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hj xuflouax, jhai e,v, i?i?. HE SPRING LITFEI ftareful Feeding and Man&g 1 ment Spell Success. Clnmaoo College.?With hog prlc t an unprecedented level, a shortaj [ hots ia the European countri? ad prospects tor a large export trai 1th the Central powers upon the de iratien of peace, the production ogs should be one of the most ii ortant enterprises of the farm 119, especially in the Soatb with i utar&l adr&ntages for growing fc ge, which is one of the most impc int factors for economic pork pr action. The first period in the feeding ai lanagement of a litter of pigs begii hen the sow becomes pregnant ai id* whan aha farrows. The secoi eriod begins with the birth of tl Igs and continues until the pi] Mich maturity op are marketed. I lis tinfe most of the spring pigs hai Ben farrowed, and the problem no to push them rapidly and econoi ally for the market. If the pregnai >w's ration has supplied snfficiei otein for bone and muscle buildii l the pigs and she has been ke; i good physical condition through e cise, the product should be a stron Balthy litter that will make rap id cheap gains. For the first few weeks, when tl gs will be nourished entirely by tl rw, her ration should be sufficient i irnish an abundant flow of mil owever, if she is overfed, causing 3avy flow of milk, the pigs are like > have scours. If this occurs, tl ted of the sow should be reduced ii ediately, and she should be fed : i 20 grains of copperas in her sl( orning and night until scourii ?asos. The ration for a sow sucklir Igs is about 4 per cent or ner in eight, when not on pasture. IBut f< te best results the sow and pij lould be on pasture. When on on-leguminous pasture such as rap re. and Bermuda grass, the .so lould hare a grain ration equlvale: > 3 per cent of her live weight C lfalfa, red clover, and other legume 10 grain ration need not be over Br cent of her live weight The sow rain ration should be well balance everal balanced rations are give iter In this article. The young pigs will begin to eat ; to 4 weeks of age. If the litter hall and the sow is on pasture ar u a liberal grain ration, the pi] ill need little additional feed. If tl tter is Urge and the mother a lig: ilker, the pigs should be given op of skim-milk and wheat shorts crtep not accessible to the mothe > milk Is not available, the shor ay be made into a thin slop wii kter. At 7 or 8 weeks of age, coi i* be substittued for one-half tl ?orts. The age of weaning depends up( hether or not two litters are to 1 iised per year. In no case shou igs he weaned u&der 8 weeks of agi ) or 12 weeks is better. At weanii me the feed of the sow is reduc* Ii slack the milk flow, ana tne rauoi the pics sholud be increased i at there will be little interruption e growth of the pigs. The weanii lould be abruptly, and under no cl instances should the sow be retur t to the pigs. The most critic ne ta a pig's life Is past when 1 weaned and is eating well. T1 cdlng from then on is a matter aklag the best ration from the ara do feed. For the cheapest gains pigs shou i on pasture at all times. Home pa rf* for summer gracing are alfall lovar, eowpeas, so j beans, peanut lermnda crass, rape and relv eana. Howerer, pastures shoo ot be relied upon to make pork aloe lie most rapid and cheapest gai: re produced by supplementing tl asturas with a grain ration. T] mount of grain ftr feed when ho re on pasture is approximately 3 p ?nt of their live weight The folio lg grain mixtures are recommende lorn 10 parts, tankage 1 part; co nd middling equal parts; corn arts, soybean meal 1 part; or corn arts, velvet bean meal 1 part. Wi iguminous pasture, such as alfall (iav Knono noann 1UTC1, V/Un iAiOO, a\jj tswuuo, |/VMUU tc., corn alone may compose t rain ration. There are other factors affecting t hysical condition of the animal th xert considerable influence upon t ate and economy of gains. The hould be clean drinking water a pool where they may wallow. T og has a very high body temperate nd requires considerable water a hade to keep cool. Hogs cannot ma apid gains unless free from lice. Li lay be controlled by the use of era etroleum rubbed on the hogs or tipping with any of the coal-tar di; Jogs should have access at all tim o mineral rougha'fe, which is a g< ral tonic and appetizer. The folio ig mineral roughage is reco lended: Iharcoal or slack coal 2 b Food ashes lb ir slacked lime 8 H alt n Jopperas 2 11 The copperas is dissolved tn wai rater and poured over the ?ntire m d mass. , While eggs are plentiful and west price, preserve a supr'y Utter, glass (or winter use. lie si hot the eggs used for th<3 pun* lire fresh, dean, unwaged and p tMMr Infertile. Egg3 now worth ?Bta per dozen "-ill be worth N 6 CttU next winter. J Q BROWN ROT IN FRUIT. Save Your Peaches and Piums From This Destructive Disease. 0 Clemson College.?Brown rot ol peach and plum is one of the most widespread and destructive diseased w of fruit that we haye to contend witb 50 In many cases the entire crop is de '8? stroked just as the fruit begins to le ripen. Practically every orchard in **" South Carolina is infected with it and ?* while it is widespread and very den" structive, it is at the Bame time easy m to control, according to Director H. W. Barre, of the South Carolina Ex,r" periment Station, by spraying with ,r* lime-sulfur. y There are numerous commercial brands of lime-sulfur on the market ^ and. some of these hare been tested is by careful experimenters and found id to be very satisfactory. The ordinary id commercial lime-sulfur solution has le been used at the rate of one ?8 part to eighty parts of water *y with fair success. This mixture re will control brown rot. Some w times, however, and under certain n* conditions of temperature and humidat ! ity, it destroys a certain percentage at of the foliage. The safest and best ig mixture to use is the home-made selfpt boiled lime-sulfur mixture, made as X* follows: Use 8 !bs. of fresh quick g. i lime and*8 lbs. of sulfur (flour )to 50 id I gals, of water. Make this up by placI ing the eight pounds of fresh lime in ie a tub or barrel and add Just enough le , water to slake it. An excess of water to | seems to drown the lime and retards k. ! the slaking process. As soon as the a I lime begins to crumble apart and a ly j violent boiling is set up, add eigh( ie pounds of sulfur and stir in thorough n- ly, adding enough water to keep any L5 part of the mixture from becoming dry >p ! or burning. Keep this well stirred ig and allow the boiling to continue foi ig 5 to 10 minutes.' Special care should re be exercised vat this time to keep any or part of the mixture from becoming ?s dry. Enough water should be added a in fact, so that the paste Is thin e, enough to be easily stirred. After-the w boiling has continued 5 to 10 minutes at enough water sholud be added to cool >n the mixture. is, The trees should be sprayed two tc 9 thrpo wppVs after the shucks droD 's and again at Intervals of from two tt d. four weeks until the fruit begins tc >n ripen. at OAT SMUT. is id | Easy Control Measures Prevent Greal ?b Loss. 1? * ?? | Clemson College.?Oat Smut is th( ' most widespread and destructive dis I I ease of small grain. It frequently oc r | curs as a serious disease wherevei j oats are grown if proper control meas ! ures are not practiced. This diseast ! alone reduces the production of oati ie | in this State by at least 10 per cent j and in some fields there are losses ai high as 50 per cent, which can easilj )n be prevented by inexpensive seet J? treatment, says J. L. Seal, Eztensioi _ Service plant pathologist This disease is caused by a fuagui which grows within the the tissues o! 5(1 the plant. The spores germinat? 18 about the same time that.the younf *? oat plants come up, and the lllamenti of the fungus remain alive in the oai plants without apparently causing an} lr" serious damage until the plants begii n* to head in the spring. It then con " j centrates its efforts in the oat head) 18 i and fills up the places where th< j grains should form with the black "* sooty masses of its spores. As these masses of spores break np they are scattered by the wind to al M parts of the field. Many of them lodg< ls* on healthy heads of oats 1m the field 'a> while others are Infested in the thresb ing operation; but in both cases th< spores remain alive on the grain nnti W planted in the fall. l?- Seed for planting should not b< DS saved from flalds that show over 2 t< 6 per cent of smutted heads, and h that case the seed should be treated ss Even if a field is practically free o Br I smuts ana tnere are smutty neiai w-1 near It, the seed should be treated ^ In fact, the material for seed treat TO ment is so inexpensive that there i: no reason why all grain seed to ,b< * planted should not be treated before th hand. If there is a neighbor In your com munity who treated his oat seed las : fall, compare your field with his am \ see if there is not money saved b: he such a practice. iat ^ STEM-END ROT OF WATER nr? MELON. he i riamonn Pnllatro ?T)*ia <1iaAoaa f ire comparatively new, but It causes i nd serious loss of melons In transil There was a loss of 2,500 carloads o ce melons shipped from the southeast era states last summer, due entirel; by to this disease. .It is seldom found ii ps-j the field and the shipper is often as es tonished that 40 to 60 per cent of hi sn" melons rotted in transit, when at th lW* time of shipping they are apparentl: m" in good condition. The stem-end rot fungus is commoi u. on ripe or dying vegetation in am u. around melon fields, especially oi . cotton and corn stalks and old meloi vines. These become covered wit) black fruiting bodies of the fungus ii which countless spores are borne an from which they are scattered by th wind. When a melon *s cut irom tn Ine, a drop of sap exudes from th cut stem and provides ideal condition * for infection. The knives and hand of workmen are often carriers of ir ire fection, and thus perfectly health; >se melons may become diseased, re ^ A good stockman must be * s*< ^ cessful producer of feeds. SEAPLANES BEGIN LONG . JOURNEY ACROSS SEAS i _______ " Trespassey, May 16.?Three giant ! seaplanes of the American navy?the ; NC-3, NC-4 and NC-5?rose late toHnv from the waters of TreDassey I Bay and headed for the Azores to i make by air in the 20th century a i journey as dangerous as that made by Columbus 427 years ago. Commanded by Comndr. John H. , Towers, Lieut. Comder. P. N. L. Bel linger, the planes left their moorings 1 at the head of Trepassey harbor and L "taxied" towards the narrows. Then : rushing into a westerly wind, they 1 took the air. The NC-3, the "flag; ship" rose at 7:32, and the NC-4 two ! minutes later and the NC-1 at 7:41 i (Newfoundland time which is one ' hour and thirty minutes ahead of 1 New York time.) Within a few minutes they were : lost to sight beyond the eastern hors izon. As they passed from view natives , of Newfoundland, who lined the shores of the land-locked bay, viea 1 with Yankee sailors stationed here in sending away with a rousing l cheer the American aviators start ing on their epochal vovage. The seaplanes shaped their course t towards Corvoux, wastermost island : of tlie Azores, from whieh they ex pected to fly to Hort$, on the island of Fayal where they will descend if I weather conditions or mechanical dif Acuities make it necessary, but they 1 will go on if possible to Ponta del , Gada on San Miguel island 1,352 nau' tical miles from this port. This leg i of the cruise from Rockaway Beach, ' the. planes' home station, toPlymouth, | England, is the only one which will require night flying. i The planes are expected to main tain an average speed of 60 nautical | miles per hour although they are ca pable of making 90 miles if circumstances demand. Temperature was expected to determine the flying altitude although ' it was believed that 5,000 would be the limit. J. ! The NC-4 which was left behind at the start of her sister craft because ' ^ I r I I J I 5 . e ' * i t r i , i i i, I r i J J 3 1 i We are experien ; have the same met use the same parts 1 anteed by us as to * Don't try to do i We are getting i Touring Car, $5 Sedan, $775. The > D I 8 E J C i c D b c * 5 4 of engine troubles and- arrived here" w from Halifax only yesterday, was in st the air today almost as soon as the o] flagship, rising after a swift 25 min- ir ute cruise about Mattoon Harbor. The cl tempts to leave the water while Com- m mander Towers' plane soared above ir it and the "taxing" NC-4, but it rose w nine minutes after the flagship and ti followed in the wake of the others ti which headed for the east as soon as n< it took the air. tc Commander John H. Towers, the flight commander, announced the fol- di fowing crews: ai NC-l-^-Lieut. Comdr. P. N. L, Bellinger, commander; Lieut. Comdr. M. ir A. Mitscher and Lieut L. T. Barin, a: pilots; Lieut. Harry Sadenwater, ra- o: dio operator; Chief Machinist's Mate 01 C. I. Chester and Machinist Rasmus v< Christensen,. engineers. nn NC-3?Commander Towers in 3 charge; Lieut. Comdr. H. C. Richardson and Lieut. Comdr. D. H. Mc- ai Culloch, pilots; Lieut. Comdr. R. A. Lavender, radio operator; Lieut P' Braxton Rhodes and- Boatswain L. R. 111 Moore, engineers. ' Iv NC-4?Lieut. Comdr. A. C. Read, ^ T commander; Lieut. Walter Hinton and Lieut. E. F. Stone, pilots; Ensign a Charles Rodd, radio operator; Lieut. J. L. Breese, Jr., and Chief Machinist's Mate E. S. Rhodes, engineers. If the planes fail to take the air because of their weight the crews r will be reduced by debarring Lieut, t Rhodes and Petty Officers Rhodes and 0 Chrstensen. \ BAPTISTS MEET NEXT IN THE NATIONAL CAPITOL Atlanta, May 16j?JIiV Kne with c their proposal to expend $15,000,000 for Christian education in the South, the Southern Baptist Convention late d today voted to establish an education , board, similar in scope to the boards I which now handle home and foreign missions. Details of the relation the new board will bear to Baptist schools and colleges and what work it may take over fgrom established boards are to be worked out later, that the hoard Is - expected to be the means of broad-] ening the religious educational j ? &k/. THE UNIVE E5 ced and know how to give hods, machinery and skill made by the Ford Motor ( the reliability of our servi t yourself. Bring it to us. l few Ford cars and can pr 25; Runabout, $500; One se prices f. o. b. Detroit. E.F. AR / "orkr of ttar convmitiun. Speakers lid that through the board greater pportunity for education in Baptist istitutions would be presented to lildren of Baptist families and that lore workers for home and foreign tission fields would result. What as termed the trend of modern mes to seek education in state-con oiled institutions rather than, in deominational colleges was deprecasd. Officers and headquarters are to be ecided upon before the convention ijourns. ' The convention voted today to leet in Washington May 12,1920, id selected the Rev. Jno. E. White f Anderson, S. C., regarded as one f the most forceful speakers in conjntion, to preach the convention ser ion. The Rev. Dr. J. R. Hobbs, of irmingham, was chosen as alternate Both the convention and the Womn's Missionary Union, an auxiliary, >day voiced opposition to any proosal for church union. The union tade known its stand in formal resoitions, while speakers at the convenon spoke against such proposals, he convention had already endorsed n address by President Gambrell of ort Worth, against union. PROSPERITY SCHOOL. The following^ program will be endered by the pupils of the Proserity school, May 20, 1919, 8:3C V/iyV/n. 1. "Vacation Song." 2. "Two Little Welcomes." 3. "Butter and Milk,"?Dialogue. 4. "Wreck of the Hesperus"?Re itation. 5. "Rose Song." 6. "Rain"?Recitation by six children. 7. Reviewing for Examination? )ialogue. 8. "Starry Flag"?Song. 9. "Did You Pass?"?Recitation. 10. "Something New in Hats." 11. "Rock of Ages"?Pantomime. 12. Recitation. 13. "A Menagerie in the School' -Play. 14. "Haste Away"?Song. 15. '^Good-Bye." net/ RSALCAR service to the owners that are in use in the Company. Ford owne: ce on Ford cars. # r 1 1 J_l?_ omise rairiy gooa aem i Ton Truck Chassis, $! NOLD ?nV 1 \ N?$ftOES-WANT "RiGHttL'* ? New York, May 13.?Announcement of a country-wide campaign to | enroll 100,000 persons "to defend | the constitutional and legal rights | now denied more than four-fifths of ! the negro race in America" was made tonight by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People." . . The organization having 50,000 members, hopes to double the number before June 21, when it will hold a national conference in Cleveland. * ' To make America safe for Americans the association has adopted the following program: * A vote for every negro man and , woman on the same terms as wfcite men and women. . An equal chance to acquire the kind of an education that will enable the negro everywhere wisely to use this vote. A fair trial in the courts for all nines of which he is accused, by judges in whose election he has participated without discrimination of race. A right to sit on the jury which passes judgment upon him. Defense against lynchings and burning at the hapds of mobs. Equal service on railroad and other public carriers, including ) sleeping, dining and Pullman cars. Equal rights to use of public parks libraries and other community ser- N vices for which he is taxed. An equal chance for a livelihood . in public and private employment. MISS ANNIE HILL TO TEACH. The trustees of the city schools have elected Miss Annie Hill, of this - city, as one of the teachers in the fifth grade for next year and she has > accepted the position. Miss Hill if a daughter of our townsman, Mr. R. M. Hill, and is a graduate of Lander College. She has been teaching for three terms in Greenville in one . ' of the schools there and the position was offered her again, but she prefers to teach at home where sh? may b% with her home people. _____________ % \ ' % of Ford cars. .We Ford Factory. We * ? * i rs are doubly guarrery. * 550; Coupe, $650; / ppB?HM?Wail / - \y , iv , FateyraSnffiflWUH