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INDIVIDUAL HOUSE FC* HOGS .Only Sunshine and Ventilation Need- : ed Can Be Had at Doors-Lantern Furnishes Needed Heat. i For 20 years the A style of Individ Bal house has been in use. We wera : -well satisfied with them, writes John M. Jamison in the American Swine- : herd, until we saw a neighbor using ' something that we liked better. Then ; we were anxious for some of the old j ones to go to pieces, so we could build ! a few of the new ones to give them a trial Recently we built three, and liked them so well that we shall take to ; pieces the balance of the old-style ones and make them go as far as they will in building the new obes. The most satisfactory dimension are as follows: Six feet square, 2& V ^_) Individual Hog House. feet high at the back and 5% feet at front. The creep door, 18 laches wide and two feet high, cut in the east end, six inches from the southeast corner. The large door, 18 inches wide and 4% feet high, cut in south side at eact corner. Should be built of the best notched lumber, battened or tongued and grooved, of the best quality. If metal is used for roof, it should be laid over paper or felt of some kind, to prevent moisture forming on the under side of the room, which keeps the floor wet. It should be built as close as possi ble. The only ventilation and sun shine needed can be bad at tbe doors. When the weather is too cold for safe farrowing, a lantern can be hung to a rafter on the high side, with a short hurdle cerosa the floors. There is no need of crawfishing to get away from an angry sow. ?FOR THE LIVE STUCK RAISER [Animait Must Be Developed to High eel Degree Possible-Buildings and Feed Are Factors. Every animal capable of making 'money for the owner of $100 an acre land must be well bred, well fed and : provided with the right kind of sur roundings to develop all of its latent possibilities to the very highest de gree. Some farmers spend too much ?money for buildings and farm equip ments! others spend too little. One ?extreme ls quite as bad as the other. The high price of land In the best ?live stock growing sections ls a potent j reason why farmers must keep better istock. Neither the scrub nor the ; poorly fed animal can pay a pi ?fit on ?high priced land. : No man should buy improved live j stock until he has plenty of the right j kirn* of feed and suitable buildings. Winter ls the time when tuberculosis 'is apt to Invade a herd of cattle. See ito it now that the barn is in the most ?sanitary shape into which it can be ?put. Above all supply good ventila tion, plenty of sunshine and forage .free from dust, and be eternally vigi lant to detect the slightest cough or .sympton of the dread scourg?. / If the farmer is looking for quick .returns In live stock and for a large ; percentage on the money Invested, ? there are no animals on the farm that will beat the sow and the ewe. Rations fer Gilts. At the Iowa experiment station they have found that good rations for gilts carrying Utters are: (1) Com 85 to 90 per cent.; meatmeal or tank pge containing 60 per cent, protein, 30 to 12 per cent. (2) Corn. 75 per cent.: finely cut clover or alfalfa. 25 per cent. (3) Corn, 80 per cent.; oats, meatmeal or tankage, 10 pet cent. For old sows the proportion ol meatmeal or tankage may be cul down practically one-third to two fifths and still give L->od results. LIVE STOCK ; NOTES There ls absolutely no excuse for a filthy hog pen. . . . Do not winter ticks on the sheep, foi it is all money out of pocket. . . * Both rape and pea pasture are val uable aids la fattening pigs for mar ket. se? A kicking horse is a poor invest ment, especially where there are chit dren. ese You will have to hunt a long time before you will find a better feed foi Rheep than oats. . * . The average mule will do as .nuco work at two years as the horse will at three or four. Phone Your Orders It is not neces?pry for you to come to our store to buy. Just call up on the phone and we will take your order and deliver it promptly, and you will find both quality and quan tity just as good as if you bad per sonally selected the goods. We are anxious to have you as a customer andar? sure we will hold you as s ..ch after the first purchase. L. T. MAY EiysfMd, South Carolina. A. E. PADGETT, President W. H. II AR LING, Cashier TI IOS. TI. RAI NS FORD. WM. A. BYRD, Vice President. Asst. Cashier. CAPITAL AND SURPLUS PROFITS $118,000.00 THE FARMERS BANK OF EDGEFIEI.D, S. C. State and County Depository Desires to thank its patrons and the public for the liberal patronage it has enjoyed during the past year. Twenty-three years of close personal relations with our patrons with the satisfactory service we have given our many depositors establishes the basis upon which we solicit new accounts. Our combined .capital and surplus profits our conservative methods, and our long successful experience enables us to offer the best service. We are alw: y in position to extend to our customers such accommodations as their business, their balances and their credit justifies. We Invite New Accounts for the Yeer 1914. Pleasure and Protection "One of the best reasons why I would not be without telephone service," writes a Georgia far mer, "is the pleasure it gives my wife and the knowledge that while I am away, she has the pro tection that the telephone gives." On the farm the telephone dispels loneliness and is the means of bringing help in any emer gency that may arise. If you haven't a telephone on your farm see the nearest Bell Telephone Manager or write for our free booklet and learn how little this service costs. FARMERS' LINE DEPARTMENT SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY o Edisto High Grade Guano FOR SALE BY ' T. MaV, EDGEFIELD, S. C. Spring Blood and Cleanser. System During tl e winter mon hs im purities accumulate, your blood be jome* impure an?! thick, your kid neys, liver and beweis fail to work, .ausing so-called "Spring fever." Voa feel tired, weak ano lazy. Electric Biiters-the spring tonic md system cleanser-:F what you ?ped; they stimulate the kidneys, liver and bowels to healthy action. ?*xpel blood impurities and reston vour health, strength and ambition Kleotrio Bitters makes you feel lik? new. Start a four weeks' treatment, it will put yon in tine shape f<>r vour spring work. Guaranteed. All Iruggists. 50o and tl.OO II E Buckleii & Co. Philadelphia or St. Louis. To <~ure a Cold in One Day ice LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine. It stops Ult .?ugh and Headache ai.d works off the" Cold. >ru<?gists refund money if it fails to enre. ?. W. GROVE'S gj.Tnature aa cadi box. Sac Ve ternary Surgeon I arn prepared to treat stock for all diseases at reasonable p 'ces. My head office and hospital are at Johnton at Jordan and A maker's stable. Every 2nd Monday I will be found at H. C. Watson's stables at Edgefield. DR. J. M LOVE. Jan. 7, 1914- mos. Dr King's New Discover} KILLS THE COUGH. CURES THE LUNGS -FOR 1914 We desire to notify our farmer friends that w . are readv to supply them with fertilizers in all ul the popular brands and formulas. We ?-eli the cele brated These goods have been used by farmers of this county for many years and have given satisfaction. We ?ilso have contracted for a large supply ct ingredients f r mixing fei tilizers at home. Bear in minti that we can rill your oiders for any kind of plant food, the dependable kin j. Con e in to see us. W. W. Adams, & Company? ff?riwnr,WTr?mih.w^^ Seasonable Implements. WE desire to call the attention of our fanner friends to the John Deere Uni versal Disc Harrow, in both the solid and cutaway. WE also Have aecepted the agency for thte new Eclipse smoothing harrow, something new. Be sure to call and see it. WE have a few John Deere Stalk Cotters on hand that we do not want to carry over and will close out at reduced price. Stewart & Kernaghan Two Large Furniture Stores We invite our Ed^crield friends when in Augusta to call at either of our two large stores-down-town store No. 972 Broad and up to wu st??re ?No. 1,286 Broad. We varty a lar^e assortment of lurniture and house furnishing al both stores. At the up town store we also cany a full stock ot I ar me rs'hardware. Call to see us when III need of anything in this line. We can sell you bedroom suits, wardrobes, china closets, tables, chairs, lockers mattreses, iron or enameled beti.-, tugs, art squares, pictures, toilet set-, shades, etc. just as chea as they can be bought any where in the co un tr) . We buv direct from the factories in large quantities Mild ate in a position to make very clo>e prices. Cometo see us when in A tig usia. Mr. Wyatt H. Hammond of Coilieis section can be found at our up-town store. E. M. ANDREWS FURNITURE COMPANY 972 Broad, Phone t45. 1280 Broad, Phone 2311 j