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MIXTURE FOR LAYING FOWLS Scatter Equal Parts of Cracked Corn, : Wheat and Oat? in Litter-Make Hens Exercise. j i In order to obtain eggs it is neces sary to have healthy, vigorous stock, 'properly fed. ' A splendid mixture for laying bens Iff equal parts of cracked cora, wheat, -and oats, which should be scattered in the litter. Bran or middlings and beef scraps should be kept in receptacles to which the fowls have access at all times. Plenty of exercise increases the egg yield. Provide four or five inches of good, clean litter in which to scatter the grain. Cabbages, mangels, potatoes, sprout ed oats, etc., make excellent green feed. When wet mashes are fed be sure they are crumbly and not sticky. For the first three days chicks may be fed a mixture of equal parts hard boiled eggs and stale bread, or stale bread soaked in milk. When bread and milk are used, care should be ex ercised to squeeze all milk out of Che bread. From the third or fourth day until the chicks can eat wheat and cracked cora, commercial chick feed ls a good ration. Plenty of pure, fresh water, grit, shell, and green feed should be avail able from the first day. ? , There ls very little danger of over feeding young stock. Feed the chickens about five times daily and only what they will eat up .clean in a few minutes, except at night, when they should receive all they want. FEED HOPPER FOR CHICKENS Device ls Easily Constructed Out of Old Soap Box-Grain Supply Kept Properly Screened. A feed hopper for chickens can eas ily be made by sawing the sides of a laundry soap box as indicated. A lid jis fastened oh the top by hinges, and the feed is poured in at the top. The front slants, which keeps the feed al ways sliding down as it is taken out A Feed Hopper for Chickens. of the opening. The opening is covered with chicken wire to keep the fowls from stepping into the . feed and foul ilng it. The dotted lines show the orig inal construction of the box.-Popu lar Science. GOOD EGG-PRODUCTION HINTS Presence of Male Bird Has No Influ , ence on Number of Eggs Laid Infertile Eggs Best. Produce the infertile eggs. Infertile eggs are produced by hens having no male bird with them. Removing the male bird has no in fluence on the number of eggs laid by hens. The hen's greatest profit-producing period is the first and second years, and unless a hen is an exceptionally good breeder she should be disposed of at the end of her second laying season and before starting to molt. Few eggs can be expected until the pullets are matured. If possible, mark the pullets that lay in the fall, and use them in the breeding pen for the following spring. Soft-shelled eggs are often caused by fowls being confined, becoming overfat, and from lack of mineral matter. CHICKENS NEED GREEN FOOD Cabbage Tied to Stake ls Excellent ! Long Stuff is Liable to Cause Trouble With Hens. When green food is given to hens in confinement It should always be cut or chopped fine. A cabbage tied to a stake is excellent, but a variety is better. White clover, red clover, lawn grass, tops of vegetables, or even young corn fodder, will be relished by the hens if chopped into short lengths so that they can easily eat it. Long food sometimes causes the hens to become crop bound. Grit Is Necessary. It i3 absolutely necessary to suppl? grit, in order to keep fowls healthy, as grit t?.kes the place cf teeth. LAMENT ABSENCE OF GENIUS Frenchmen Wonder That Great War Has Not Produced Literary Man of Great Ability. That the epoch 1914-15 has not pro duced a single genius in France ls made the occasion for comment by the French journal, Le Cri de Paris. "In fact," says the Cri, "it appears that the stars in our literary heav ens have been growing pale for some time. But the time has produced an astonishing, almost miraculous phe nomenon. Certain works already an cient, of which the authors are dead, have suddenly become noted as in comparable, which before were not considered so beautiful It is the war that all at once has revealed their splendor, and today'they evoke uni versal enthusiasm. One may count them upon the Angers, for there are but four of them: A poem, a piece of music, a sculpture and a painting. "The poem is the hymn of Victor Hugo, The Devoted Ones Who Died for Their Country.' Few French knew it before the war; now everyone knows it by heart, or pretends to know iL The piece of music is 'The Mar ceillaise.' The young people lmag ined it was a ritournelle, a mero flour ish. They have just found that lt is a masterpiece. The sculpture is the 'Marseillaise' that Rude cut upon one of the door jambs of the arch of tri umph. The painting is a panel by Puvis de Chavannes, in the Pantheon, 'St Genevieve Watching Over Paris.' So in the midst of the storm that which was great has become very great; and that which was mediocre has become small, very small." i_ JAKE PRIDE IN NORSE ORIGIN i - Natives of Orkney Islands Refuse to Admit That They Are of Scot tish Blood. Miss Elinor Root, who has been vis iting the little-known Orkney islands, tells us that the natives are very proud of their Norse origin, indignant ly repudiating the idea that their for bears were Scottish. "People do not speak here with nearly so broad an accent as the peo ple in Scotland," Miss Root remarked to her hostess, "and I notice the names do not sound Scotch-Cutt, Twatt, Flett, Cursitor, and so on. How is that?" My hostess stiffened visibly. "They are not Scotch. We are not Scotch. We did not come from Scot land. Have ye never heard of the Norsemen from beyond the seas? We are the descendants of them. We are not of Scotch biocd. Ye do not call the Irish English; ye're not to call us Scotch!" "I beg your pardon," I returned hum bly, and to change the subject, plunged into the theme of afforesta tion. The venture was an unfortunate one, as trees refuse to grow in the islands. "Trees spoil the scenery," declared my hostess. "We would not have them if we could. If ye go to the southland, ye cannot see anything of the scenery for the trees. We like to see scenery. -Lippincott's Magazine. Mesa Verde Prophets. The season so far verifies the weath er predictions of the Indians who oc casionally visit the Mesa Verde na tional park in southwestern Colorado for trading purposes, but who never stay an hour longer than is necessary, because of their dread of the "little people" who they believe still in habit, in spirit form, the prehistoric cliff dwellings that have made the Mancos valley famous the world over. Last fall the Mesa Verde prairie dogs deserted their villages for new ones, and the Indians have been shaking their heads over It all winter. "Rain, much rain," they say; "rain all sum mer." So far they seem to have pre dicted right. And now they are again shaking their heads. "Cold, much cold," they say; "bad winter coming." And why? Eecause this summer game has been unusually plentiful on the Mesa Verde. Deer are more fre quently seen than for years. Rab bits and hares are so numeroua one can scarcely go about without seeing them in large numbers. Coyote? and mountain liens are also unusually plentiful, which may be explained by the abundance of the small game on which they live. Mobilizing Brains. Some world-famous names appear on the list of the consulting panel which has been added to the inven tions board. Sir William Crookes, O. M., discovered thallium and invented the radiometer, among ether valuable services to science, and has written books cn such diverse subjects as beet sugar, dyeing, calice printing and fertilizers. Sir Oliver Lodge is a high authority on wireless telegraphy and other matters. The other names are equally distinguished and show that England has at lact waked up to the necessity of mobilizing the brains of the nation. Cautious Preparation. "Do you study a subject thorough ly before you make a speech on it?" "Not too thoroughly," replied Sen ator Sorghum. 'You're liable to find there's so much about it that you don't know, that you'll get discour aged." Frank Confession. "When you got out of college 1 dare say there was nothing you thought you couldn't do." "Not rj'uite. I knew I couldn't get a pass in Greek, If I had it to do over again." ' Commend us to the man who do?? J not agree with you always. You ; might as well go out in th? timber : and talk to an echo as to the person j who agrees to everything you say. SEASONABLE DISHES. j A delicious dessert is made by piling i charlotte russe mixture on pieces ol chocolate cake. An other combination with charlotte russe is the orange marmalade, using it as a garnish and serving the char lotte in sherbet glasses. The com jbinatlon is especially pleasing. ! Hneapple Toast.-Add a little sugar ! to the sirup in a can of pineapple, us i lng half of a can of fruit for this dish, i Add a tablespoonful of lemon Juice 'and boil three minutes; then add the j slices of pineapple and keep the whole I hot. Cut rounds of sponge cake, but^j j ter and dredge with sugar, then set in I the oven to brown When ready to ' serve set a round of pineapple on tho : round of cake and pou- over the sauce, j Hashed Lamb With Rice and Peas.- ! Chop fine edible portions of cold j . cooked lamb, to the meat; add a little j j of the broth or gravy and bolling wa- j ' ter, season well with salt and peppei \ and heat very hot Place the meat on hot platter, surround with cooked, i , seasoned rice and surround the rice ; : with seasoned green peas or the j canned variety. Curried Potatoes.-Peel a small ? onion and cut into thin rings; melt three tablespoonfuls of butter in s ; frying pan and cook the onion until it lr so ft ene1 and yellow; add six or eight sliced potatoes, sprinkle with j salt, pepper and a levo.: teaspoonful of curry powder, stirred smooth, with a cupful of broth; simmer ten minutes. Squeeze over the juice of half a lem* on, turn and serve very hot. A delicious combination when ons desires something especially dainty is creamed celery with shredded al monds. Prepare u rich cream sauce, add cooked, tender celery and the al? monds. Serve in timbale cases or patty shells. Baked Ham.-The Swedish people use the following covering over a ham while baking. Take tw? cupfuls ol bread crumbs, four tablespoonfuls of vinegar, one tablespoonful of mustard, one egg and a dash of pepper and salt to season, spread over the ham before baking. It forms a delicious crust and keeps In all the flavor of the meat Kat?. 7>W**ti?. Wm ?BIN?T If thou of fortune be bereft, And in thy store there be but left Two loaves-sell one, and with the dole Ituy hyanclnths to feed thy souL I PINEAPPLE JUICE. 1 Pineapple juice is one of the whole some nonalcoholic drinks which maybe bought in bottles or cai be put up at home. The wonderful Hawaiian pineapple is now well known and appreciated all over the country Medical scientists have been experimenting foi years with the fruit and juice to discover itt , w- therapeutic qualities. Il has been decided by these experts j that while pineapple juice is not a : cure-all it is especially good for the j digestive organs and a great benefit tc ; sufferers of sore throat. It ls also used in the treatment for tubercu losis. It ls a delightful drink served < with carbonated water or simply as : one does grape juice. All cooks who use gelatin with pine I apple know that they need to use ' more of the gelatin with pineapple than with other juices as it shows its digestive power on gelatin. Regents Punch.-Take the juice of three lemons, one pound of sugar, two quart bottles of pineapple juice a quart of strong Oolong tea and a quart j of carbonated water. Fruit Punch.--Take two lemons, two oranges sliced thin, add two quarts of pineapple juice, one quart of find large strawberries or raspberries, one quart of Apollinaris water and a pound of sugar. Serve with plenty of ice. Pineapple Punch.-Add to the Juice of three lemons a pound of sugar, three quarts of pineapple juice and six slices of pineapple, cut in pieces. Serve in a punch bowl with a quart of carbonated water and a large piece of ice. This will serve a small com pany liberally. Let stand a while to get thoroughly cold and somewhat di luted with the ice. Pineapple juice may be used in any number of ways as desserts. A de licious frappe is the following: Boll together for a quarter of an hour, one and a half pints of water with two cupfuls of sugar. Pour the hot sirup over a can of grated pineapple, then add the juice of three lemons, and let stand until cold. Strain and add a pint of pineapple juice and a pint of water. Freeze to a mush. /taut lyiw?*ML Cut Your Store Bili Down One Half Tens of thousands of farmer, as well as town and city folks cut down their store bills one-half last year and saved money in spite of generally short crops and re duced wages. Absolutely millions of dollars were saved and countless families lived better than ever before in the face of the cotton crisis and general business depression. How were these burdensome store bWa cut down? By the real money-saving power of good home gardens, rightly planted and kept planted and tended through the season. Hastings 1910 Seed Catalogue tells how to cut store bills dowe; tells about gar den and farm seeds of kinds and a qual ity that cannot be bought from your mer chant or druggist It's full of garden and farm information. It's free if you ask for it Write for it now. H. G. HASTINGS CO., Atlanta, Ga.-(Advt) FIRE INSURANCE Go to see Hurling & Byrd Before insuring elsewhere. We represent the best old line com panies Harting & Byrd At the Farmers Bank, Edgefield Light Saw, Lathe and Shin gle Mills, Engines. Boilers, Supplies and Repairs, Porta ble, Steam and Gasoline En gines, Saw Teeth. Files. Belts and Pipes, WOOD SAWS and SPLITTERS. I GINS and PRESS REPAIRS j Try LOMBARD AUGUSTA. GA. Southern Railway Premier Carrier of the South Passenger train schedules, effec tive October 24, 1915. I Trains arrive from No. Time 108 Augusta, Trenton 8:20 am i 130 Columbia, Trenton 9:40 a rn ?110 Aiken, Augusta 3:uo p m 106 Columbia, Augusta 8:30 pm Trains depart for No. Time 109 Trenton, Columbia 7:20 am 129 Trenton, Augusta 8:45 a m 131 Aug-Columbia-Aiken 11:45 am 107 Augusta, Columbia 7:30 p m Schedules published only as in formation and are not guaranteed. For further information apply to J. A. TOWNSEND, Ticket Agent. Edgefield S. C. Make the Old Suits Look New We are better prepared than ever to do first-class work in cleaning and press ing of all kinds. M?ke your old pants or suit new by let ing us clean and press them. Ladies skirts and suits al so cleaned and pressed. Sat isfaction guaranteed. Spee?l attention giv?n to La dies' Silk Waists and Skirts. Edgef?eld Pressing Club WALLACE HARRIS, PROP. SHEPPARD BUILDING A. H. Cori ey, Surgeon Dentist Appointments at Trenton On Wednesdays. 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We Are Conservative We Are Safe Ford Automobiles We have the agency for Ford auto-| mobiles for the western part of Edge field county. There is no better car on the market for the money. The Ford owners who have thoroughly tested these cars will tell you that. If you want a car, drop us a card and we will call on you and demonstrate the Ford advantages. W. F. RUSH & CO. PLUM BRANCH, S. C. SW-0 LADIES f Arte youi? ?rnp-cloi for CHI-CI-I2S-TER'S DIAMOND BRAND TIJJ.S ia RED and. GOLD metallic boxes sealed with Bltiov llibbon. TASE ?;O OTEBa. Br.v ?? vor '>iun?int, end asl: f r ?.Uli.C?.-.S.TfcK'S . '..(AMOS? BK A NB PIT.T.S, ?"or twc:ity-9ve rears regarded aa Best,Safest, Always Eeiiable. SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS T?H EVERYWHERE ^TK rra?D rii?TKD Renkt R E : L I assortment of pres ent that we have ever red largely of Clocks, ilver Jewelry, Sterling and China. Every de ou want we have it or 0 Je have our entire stock lower than you find the mere. 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