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Barrett & Company Cotton Factors Your cotton solicited. It will receive our personal attention. Augusta, Ga. Deep Plowing Season We have and still arriving a full line of Oliver turn plows, Oliver middle-busters, Oliver subsoil. Repairs of all kinds, such as -points, bolts5 extra wings, extra land sides, extra handles. Jones & Son. Ready for your Fall Suit, Overcoat or Hat The J. Willie Levy Co., Augusta, Ga. Everything that Boys Wear The most complete women's Suit, Cloak and Shirt-Waist dept in the South. Make our store your headquarters. MAIL ORDERS PROMPTLY FILLED. m A. J. Renkl, j m R E E W E L ?Bc] 706 Broad Street, Augusta, Georgia. Augusta's Largest and Hand somest Jewelry Establishment THAT NEW ' When you are ready for a new fall suit drop in to see our stock. We also have the newest styles in hats It will be a pleasure to show you. Large stock of shoes, both Crossett and Selz-Schwab. Nothing better on the market for the money. Come in to see us. ims Larg? stock of felt mattresses in one and two pieces up to $15, other cheaper grades also on hand. Ramsey & Jones. Full line of household paints in all colors in cans from halp-pints to gallons. Ti ramone & Morgan. SPRAY OUTFIT HELPS Equipment Necessary Depends on Work to Be Done. General Purpose Pump Should Be Made of Brass to Prevent Corrod ing by Copper Sulphate Used in Bordeaux Mixture. (By H. G ARMAN.) The kind of a spraying outfit tb get depends entirely on the kind of spraying to be done and the extent of the work proposed. If one has a few rose bushes or tomato plants about a dwelling, or even a few small fruit trees, he can get along with a small hand pump known as a bucket pump. With a little extra hose and a pole, or a bamboo rod, with which to elevate the nozzle, lt ls possible to spray trees Manner of Spraying With Knapsack Sprayer. eight or more feet in height with such an outfit Grape vines can be sprayed very well with a bucket pump, pro vided there are not many of them. If there are many ^ ines to spray a knap sack sprayer may be best. This is a very convenient outfit for spraying tobacco, potatoes and other low growing plants, which from the man ner of their cultivation, it is not prac ticable to go among with a team and wagon. For extensive spraying, it is well to secure a strong pump attached to a barrel or trink that can be hauled about in a cart or wagon. Hand pumps so attached are used for small orchards and other plants grown in a moderate way, but power pumps are necessary for extensive spraying and for that required by tall trees. A man engaged in fruit growing or potato growing, as a business, ought to have a power sprayer of some sort, either operated by the wheel of the vehicle carrying the outfit, as In the compressed-air sprayers, or by a gas oline motor. A general purpose spray pump should be made of brass so that it will not be corroded by the copper sulphate used in bordeaux mixture. Nozzles, too, should be made of brass, and ought to be constructed so that they can be quickly cleaned of solid particles that may lodge in the outlet The pump:, will last longer and give better service if washed out with clear water whenever done using them. Hose should be of the best. For trees it 1B well to have a sufficient length so that the nozzle can be ele vated on the end of a pole among the branches. The precise length will de pend upon the size of the trees. For orchard work a length of 10 to 16 feet will serve when the pump is operated from a wagon bed. For Get Read FalF Ever Not Exhibits wil be opened 19, ? The people o determined to ] held at The rural tet chapel Thursda Prof. T. B. Wil! Base ball gam< team. Interes one, come all! Rev. John Mil Thomas Palmore, ! King K s ii ade trees cn large size ic may oe necessary to have 50 feet or more. The hose ought always to be detached, drained and hung up in a cool place after using. A cellar is as good place as any that is commonly avail able. $150,000 PAID FOR HORSE Government of Argentina Buys Crag ' anour, Which Was Disqualified In Recent English Derby. The sum of $150,000 was paid rt? cently by the government of Argen tina for the horse Craganour, which was first past the winning post in the recent derby race, but was dis qualified for bumping. Only on four occasions has the price paid for Craganour, which is to be used for breeding purposes in Argentina, been exceeded in the amount paid foi a race horse. These were Ormonde, which was sold for $156,250 to an American sportsman; Cy Ilene, which went to an English sportsman for $157,500; Diamond Jubilee, sold to an Argentine breeder for $157,500, and Flying Fox, which holds the record for price and was sold to a French sportsman for $196,875. Corn, for Silage. Com for silage should be plowed only one way. The corn should be drilled in the row and thinned to one stalk to the foot A small-sized stalk and ear is much more preferable for silage than the large stalk and ear that usually results where the corn ls cultivated for feed. Milkweeds Poison Sheep. If sheep are poisoned by milkweeds, and the evidence seems to be fairly conclusive that they are, it is only when there is little else to eat, for sheep do not eat milkweeds under normal conditions. Place for Drinking Vessels. Drinking vessels placed'in the hen houses should be put on a shelf that ls raised at least six inches from the j ground, or the fowls will scratch a ! lot of dirt into the water. I _;_ Tuberculosis Among Hogs. Tuberculosis affects hogs. During 1912 the government inspectors con demned about one million carcasses ; and parts of carcasses for this dis ease. 8na(Tow Garden Cultivating. Continue to cultivate all the vege . tables in the garden frequently and j shallow. This is especially true of ! the tomatoes. They cannot be expect j ed to continue to bear fruit if this j essential is not properly taken care j .bf. Frequent cultivation in addition to the prolongation of the bearing jOgriod of the tomato tends to lessen the damage due to the blossom end rot of this fruit Keep this good i work, going by all means. Giving Hogs a Bath. Kansas Agricultural College says: Few things retard the growth of a hog so much as lice. Years of ex perience have shown that the best remedy for destroying the lice and fleas is dipping in chemical solutions. Dipping also keeps the skin of the animal in a healthy condition and thereby aids growth. Because of cheapness in first cost and lasting qualities, most dipping v&ta are now built of concrete._ flfflHBMMHHI^^ T17T y For The ' at Bettis jemher 17 and 1 be entered, gates < ;0,xand 21. f Edgefield and Aik make this the gr?a ichers' association y night and Will be iams of Hampton, \ ss every day; special ting speakers ?ac ns, Pres., Robt Supt. Henr ey, Mgr. Board of Dir TO KILL TENT CATERPILLARS Single Spray of Arsenate of Lead When Incests Are Observed Would Stop Depredations. If a grower is spraying his fruit trees faithfully with arsenate of lead from tent caterpillars, or the tents may be crushed with the gloved hand, when they can be reached, at a time when the caterpillars ure inside; or burned by a torch on the end of a pole, twisted out of their place by means of a wire brush, attached to the end of a long pole. These remedies are effect ual only when the caterpillars are in their tents, early in the morning, or In stormy wet weather. A single spraying of arsenate of lead, when caterpillars are observed, would prob ably stop 1 eir depredations. The forest tent caterpillars can be destroyed when they collect in bunch es on the trunks of trees. Prune off and destroy the twigs holding the eggs. Breeding Draft Horse*. The breeding of heavy draft horses is one of the most profitable branche? of live stock farming. Few farmers realize the importance of size in a draft horse, when put on the market, either in public or private sale. A horse that weighs less than 1,500 pounds is not considered a draft horse in any of the horne markets of the country, yet the mares kept on the ordinary farms are usually light er than that. This accounts for the small, scrubby lot of horses that are constantly being put on the market at a loss to the breeder. Care of Swine. Two things which should be avoid ed with swine in cold weather are, first, do not let them sleep in or upon heating manure, because they become -warm and then rush into the cold air, frequently contracting colds, coughs or severe pulmonary diseases that are sometimes fatal; second, bed them' well in dry quarters where there ia no draft of air blowing across them. GOWANS King of Externals Is the one Standard prep aration universally and enthusiastically endorsed by Doctor, Druggist, Lay man. GOWANS Cures Pneumonia, Croup, Colds, Coughs, Pleurisy and all ailments caused from In flammation or Congestion. Gowans Preparation hus on? of the largest and most satisfactory sales of any preparation carried in our stock. We consider it a. wonderful success. THE MURRA Y DRUG CO., Wholesale Druggists Columbia, S. C., Joly 11, IMO BUY TO-DAY! HAVE IT IN THE HOME All DrnUiate. SI. 50e. 25c. GOWAN MEDICAL CO.. Ouarinleid. and monty refundid by your Orngflti a?f.?WHM?!lr & ?mur >mwM-mw?Ml^ Greatest o? the fair will en counties are test fair ever will meet in addressed by /a., and others. I prize to best h day. Come Ashley, Secy. y Jefferson, Treas, ectors. PESTS OF SHADE TREE] Proper Protection ls Problem of| Much Importance. Sudden Losses Are Frequentfyj Caused by Overwhelming Attacks of Leaf-Eating Insects-Keep ? Pests In Subjection. (By S. A. FORBES.) The protection of the shade trcosl and ornamental shrubs of our city parks against insects has been for ?several years a problem of increas ing importance. Many of the most de sirable trees and shrubs are liable to shew destruction by obscure insect pests little understood, if at all, by those Immediately concerned. Trees which have grown for years becoming more* attractive, more val uable and more highly valued year or year, begin to weaken and decay, andi sm : JM ? 1 >^fl fl ^ ?' o. ? A Trap for the Elm Leaf-Beetle, Made of Strawboard and Smeared Wl*h Tanglefoot the owner does not know why. This is often due to borers or the scale insects or beetles, the presence of which has not been detected or sus pected, but which injuries might have been prevented if the facts had been known in time. More sudden losses are caused by overwhelming attacks of leaf-eating insects, which, although conspicuous, ara not dealt with be cause proper measures of procedure are not known. \ But, of late years, a great work has been accomplished along this line through proper experiments and ob servations. Careful examinations are being made of the affected trees and shrubs and the life history of the Insects causing the injuries is being studied deeply. This is in order that authorities in control of parks, boule vards and streets, and owners of lawns and other private premises may become posted on the habits and char acteristics of the pests, and know how to combat them. Take, for Instance, the elm tree. The spraying of large elms is, ot course, a difficult and expensive oper ation, and the canker-worms, which cause great injury to these trees, are less susceptible to arsenical poisons than many other insects. A cheap and efficient method of protecting the tree is the preparation of adhesive preparations, for trapping the insects which creep up or down the trunks of' the trees. When the elm caterpillars are full grown they leave the tree to pupate in the earth, and the female moth emerging, being wholly without wings, can only reach the tree to lay her eggs by climbing up the trunk If this is encircled at the proper time by a sticky band impassable by her or by young worms just emerging from the egg, the tree Ie virtually secure against canker-worm injury. The sticky substance may be ap plied directly to the bark as a deter rent against the attack of borers, or may be used on bands of paper, tin, or strawboard. For the elm leaf beetle a trough shaped band, the in side of which is smeared with the Trap for Elm Leaf-Beetle, Made of Tin-Lower Edge Should Be Se* cured About the Tree and Crev ices Filled in to Prevent Larvae Passing Through. sticky material, entraps great num bers of the descending larvae. Used in connection with spraying arsenate of lead on the leaves, it affords a very satisfactory means of keeping the elm pests in subjection. Use for Cull Potatoes. WTien potatoes come In, use the small ones that are of the size ot marbles for the hens and chicks. Cook them and throw them into the poultry yard, and no preparation will be nee? essary, as the chicks can easily pick them to pieces. It is economical to use potatoes in this manner, those that are usually unsalable can be converted into eggs and assist in adding to the profit from the farm. Cowpeas in Corn. Every farmer should consider the sowing of cowpeas in his corn. The cowpeas, besides enriching the soil with nitrogen, will furnish good win? Ur pasturage, and if the corn Is cut for silage the cowpeas will help bal ance the ration. About the best way to sow the cowpeas is to drill them .in between the rows of the corn al the last cultivation ot same.