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jjWELVE GOOD SILO MASONS .One Great Obstacle, the Cost, May Be Partly Overcome by Construct ing Pit Affair. f Snail I build a silo? This question is being asked by the .more enterprising farmers and ranch men all over the West The cost of the silo is the greatest obstacle, but if this stands seriously ?in the way a pit may be dug and fin ished at a cost not exceeding fifty to .<5ne hundred dollars for material. Pit ellos are very satisfactory and are certainly to be desired rather than to have no silo at all . Twelve good reasons why the farm er should provide himself with a silo ?are given, by T. B. Woodward of the jdairy division. United States d?part ement of agriculture, in Farmers' Bul letin. No. 556. Every one of them toadies some spot of vital importance Ito the feeder. L. More feed can be stored in a given space in the form of silage that In the form of fodder or hay. ! 2. There is a smaller loss of food material when a crop is made into silage than when cured as fodder or bay. 3. Corn silage ls a more efficient' feed than corn fodder. 4. An acre of corn can be placed in the silo at less cost than the same ftrea can be husked and shredded. 5. Crop can be put in the silo dur ing Weather that could not be utilized for making hay or curing fodder. 6. More stock can be kept on a A Battery of Silos on a Pennsylvania Dairy Farm. iven area of land when silage is the asis of the ration. 7. There is less waste in feeding ilage than in feeding fodder. Good pilase properly fed is all consumed. 8. Silage is very palatable. 9. Silage, like other succulent feeds, has a beneficial effect upon the diges tive organs. 10. Silage is ihn cheapest and best form in which a succulent feed can be provided for winter use. IL Silage can be used for supple menting pastures more economically than can soiling crops, because it re quires less labor, and silage is more palatable. 12. Converting the corn crop into Silage clears the lund and leaves it ready for another crop. Almost anything in the way of for age crops may be put into the silo and Will keep until it is needed. ^-;-> Abuse generally educates the cow to kick. . * * Peanuts make a splendid crop on the dairy or hog farm. ? A good dairy cow is the most proflt iable piece of property on the farm. < * * ' Keep the cows clean and you will not have so much trouble with stringy a?lk, ' Y . . . Tiie-income of the dairy is the most : constant m.'? systematic income of the entire farm; % * *' \ For dairy cows the temperature of the hara should not fall below 40 de grees or rise above 60 degrees* . . . The good milker is the cow that tarns the most feed into the-largest flow of good, rich, healthful milk. m m .rn The young calf's digestion ls very easily upset Be careful that it is rightly fed and kept in clean quarters. . . . Leave all other work to help a cow that appears to be in trouble, whether it is your cow or your neigh Jtor's. . . . . Carelessness is one of the most !co!Wso" causes of failure on thc dalry 'tarin. Look to your work and to the details every day. t KEEP UP FERTILITY OF SOIL When Trees Begin to Show Signs of Starvation Nothing Is Better Than Application of Manure. -x A great many farm orchards' have been left in tod for many years and are in 6Gd ki ih? present time. Many are cultivated each year and the crop taken off the land, says farmer's Guide. In most cases no effort has been made to keep up the fertility of the soil. Apples are as profitable as any crop grown on the farm. If the trees are not taken care of, a farmer has no reason to expect that they will give good yields. You do not expect hogs and cattle to thrive without reg ular feed, and just as truly the trees will fail if you starve them. The only difference is, that because of a store of food In the earth, trees will live a long time between feeds. This is so true that young trees growing on rich land need no feed until after the fruit ing years begin. But after a tree has borne three or four crops, it will be much less vigorous. Th? leave.8 will be smaller and of a lighter color, and they will be noticed to drop quite early in the fall. The leaders will make but slow growth, perhaps none & all, where a few years earlier theF ?xf?nded ten or twelve inches a year. Tk? difference will be noticed in the size' 6? the apples, for they will be small ?i? Imperfect. ^^$53??r All these' changes are danger sig nals. Yotif'&eef are feeling th? ex haustion of ft&Vattofl. The remedy is manuring, and nuning ls so Cheap as the barnyard mttt?fe for lt contains matter which the soil fJ?edja td restore its primitive condition. Do ?rot feed in a half-hearted way, for wU?S # tree' feeds only once in eight or tefl f?&f? it needs a good big feed. Manure ?p plied at the rate of 15 to 20 loads per acre is none too heavy. GOOD PROTECTION FOR TREE Where Splitting ls Threatened as Re sult of Storm or Heavy Fruit Screws Ma)' Be Used. When trees threaten to split down as a result of wind storms or the bur den of fruit they can easily be pro tected by the use of ordinary lag screws which can be bought at any hardware store. They should be six or eight inches long and your blacksmith will turn the heads into a hook as shown in the picture. Bore holes into the trees deep enough to give the screws a start without splitting the wood, screw them hi solidly and connect with a Protection for Tree. wire cable. Do not use rope because that stretches when wet and is there fore of no account. This same method may be used to prevent the splitting off of large branches, always taking care that the screws enter the tree and the branch in such position that the wire will form a straight pull and not an angle, as it is likely to cause a split. PRUNING OF THE PEACH TREE Limited Amount of Summer Work Can Be Done to Advantage-Reduce Operations to Minimum. Sometimes the owner of a peach or chard will find it necessary to prune his trees throughout the winter when ever the weather is suitable for men to work in the orchard, particularly if the operations are very extensive. But if the fruit buds are endangered dur ing the winter by adverse tempera tures, it may be advisable to delay pruning as much au economic condi tions permit until set tled spring weath er arrives. This is especially advis able if heavy heading in ot the pre vious season's growth, is involved, since the proportion of live buds may determine the extent to which the cut ting back should be earried. A limited amount of summer prun ing usually can be done to advantage. The trees should be observed con stantly throughout the season of active growth. Whenever a branch is seen which ls so placed that ft obviously will need to be removed at the annual pruning for the shaping up of the tree, it is well to take it off at once. In this way the annual pruning can be reduced to a minimum and the removal of large-limbs rarely will be necessary. Support for Raspberries. All of the black and purple varieties of raspberries do better if provided with a support or trellis to prevent the canes bending over and dragging the ground. Wake up b?l?Iis ! The Bell Telephone is the Big Ben of Business. Ring up on the Bell. You may talk about dull times 'till you lose your breath but it won't help matters, save your breath to talk into your Bell Telephone. Ring up old customers, then start on a fresh list of prospects, there is no quicker way - none that saves more time or expense. If you haven't a Bell Telephone, get one now? Call the Business office for rates, ~ SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY Box 42, Columbia, S. C. BETTER C?OKING NO MORE DRUDGERY NEW PERFECTION Oil Cookstoves have made cook ing easier and kitchens cleaner tor 2,000,000 housewives. No more drudgery-no more wood-boxes, coal-scuttles, and ash pans. The NEW PERFECTION lights instantly -like gas, and regulates high or low by merely raising or lowering the wick. You can do all your cooking on the NEW PERFECTION-just as cheaply and twice as conveniently as on your coal range. Ask your dealer to show you the NEW PERFECTION No. 7 with the new oven that becomes a fire less cooker merely by pulling a damper. Also the PERFECTION WATER HEATER. It makes you independent of your coal range - gives you plenty of hot running water. Use Aladdin Security Oil or Diamond White Oil to obtain the best results in oil Stoves, Heaters and Lamps. PER STANDARD OIL COMPANY Washington, D. C Norfolk Va. Richmond, Va. (New Jersey) (BALTIMORE) Charlotte, N. C Charleston, W. Va. Charleston, S. C. FARM LOANSI Long-Term Loans to Farmers a Specialty. Your farm land accepted as security WITHOUT ENDORSER or other COLLATERAL. Unlimited funds immediately available in de nominations of Three Hundred and np. Established 1892. JAS. FRANK & SON, Augusta, Ga. \ v Winthrop College Scholarship and Entrance Examination. The examination for the award of vac mt 3cl/0larships in Winthrop College and for the admission of new students will be held at the County Court House on Friday, July 2, at 9 a. m. Applicants must not be less than sixteen years of I age. When scholarships are vacant after Julj 2, they will be awarded to those making the highest average at this ^tofr/ati.on, provided they meet the CPWHttina governing the award. App* ^atlt?for scholarships should write to President Johnson before the examination for scholar ship examination blanks. Scholarships are worth #100 and free tuition. The next session will open September 15, 1915. For fur ther information and catalogue, ad dress Pres. D. B. JOHNSON, Kock Hill, S. C. c I J. C. LEE, President F. E. Gibson, Sec. and Treas. FARMERS, MERCHANTS, BUILDERS, If you are going to build, remodel or repair, we invite your inquiries. , COMPLETE HOUSE BILLS A SPECIALTY. We manufacture and deal in doors, sash, blinds stairs, interior trim, store fronts and fixtures, pews, pulpits, etc., rough and dressed lumber, lath, pine and cypress shingles, flooring, ceiling and siding. Distributing agents for Flintkote rjooflng Estimates cheerfully and carefully mane. Woodard Lumber Co. AUGUSTA, GEORGIA. Corner Roberts and Dug?S Streets* Our Motto: S CORTRJGHTsHINGLES OVER WOOD SHI NGLES No Dirt. No Exposure. Inexpensive. Make tho roof FIREPROOF instead of FIRE INVITING. A stormproof roof that will (re* you from ?ll repair expose, ?ad last M lons as tho building. 7 For Sah by STEWART & KERNAGHAN EDGEFIELD, S. C. ARRINGTON BROS. & CO. 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