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SAMPLE THESE HAM DAINTIES Are Worth a Place at Any Table Where Good Living ls Properly Appreciated. Ham With Pickle Sauce.-Buy a four-pound piece of tender raw ham Remove the skin and neatly trim all round. Heat a tablespoonful of lard In a saucepan, lay in the ham ano lightly brown for five minutes on each side. Lift up the ham and place on a plate. Put in the saucepan two ounces Of larding pork cut in small pieces, one small sound sliced carrot, one small sliced onion, one branch sliced celery, two branches of chopned pars ley, on-j bay leaf, two cloves and one saltspoonful of thyme. Allow this mix ture to brown for five minutes, mixing occasionally, and add the hem. Moisten with a cup of hot water, and, if handy, two tablespoonfuls of tomato juice. Season with half a teaspoonful of pep per. Cover the pan and let boil for five minutes. Then place in the oven to bake for 35 minutes. Strain into another saucepan and add six vinegar pickles, finely chopped, one table spoonful of chopped capers, half a teaspoonful of chopped parsely and a tablespoonful of vinegar. Lightly mix and boil for two minutes. Pour over the ham and serve. This dash requires careful preparation to be tasty, but when properly cooked it is a meal in itself with a service of potatoes. Delicious Ham Savory.-Place in a chopping bowl three ounces of cooked, Jean ham and chop for ten minutes until lt is a smooth pulp. Then add half a tablespoonful of good butter, two teaspoonfuls of table sauce, half a saltspoonful of cayenne pepper and half a teaspoonful of mustard. Chop the whole well together for five min utes more and place this paste on a plate. Prepare six small round pieces of toast. Divide the ham preparation evenly on the toast and serve imme diately. HINTS TO HOUSEWIVES Do not fry fish in butter. Do not allow fish to stand in water. Very good fish chowder is made with haddock. Whea the top of the stove is red j hot. the oven i3 not hot. Old velveteen should be saved for | polishing cloths. Dry Sour rubbed on tin with a news-, paper will clean it beautifully. ? Cheese is very nourishing, and j should be served in many different ways. Do not forget whole hominy when | planning nourishing and inexpensive dishes. French fried potatoes dfcfped in cornmeal before frying are excellent, j Baked Apple Dumplings. Select tart apples, pare and core , them and cut in quarters. Three large j . apples should make six dumplings. The dough is made as follows: Two and a half cupfuls of flour, one heap ing teaspoonful of baking powder and one teaspoonful of salt. Sift these in- : gredients together. Rub two-thirds cup of lard into the flour and mix with enough cold water to make a dough which can be easily handled. Divide the dough in six parts and roll each part out large enough to hold the apples. When the dough is rolled, put the apples in the center nand fold the dough over it, pinching the ends together. Bake in a shallow buttered dish in a moderate oven and serve , with cream and sugar. Corn Pudding Au Gratin. Dice two tablespoonfuls cream i cheese, and mix with one-half pint J canned corn. Add one-half pint milk, one well-beaten egg. one-half tea spoonful sugar, one-half teaspoonful salt, and pepper to taste. Now melt one tablespoonful butter in baking dish, pour in the mixture and sprinkle bread crumbs over top. Bake in a ! quick oven. When I open a can of corn, I always divide it in two, and j make two different dishes of it.-Eos ton Globe. Veal Scallop. Chop, cold roast veal very fine, put a j layer in t^e bottom of a pudding dish, i season why salt and pepper, cover with a layer of rolled crackers and bits of butter; r.et well with milk and continue ^ntil dis!- is full. Wet the whole with broth and milk; invert a pan over it so as to rt*lain steam and bake one-half hour. ? Italian Salad. One cupful of shelled peanuts four large bananas, a few white grapes and one cupful of mayonnaise dressing. Put the peanuts through a food chop per; split the bananas and dip them in the dressing, thon roll in the nuts. Serve on crisp lettuce leaves gar nished with the grapes. Tcrr.ato Timbales. Boil two cupfuln of tomatoes and half an cnion five minutes. Thicken with a teaspoonful of dissolved flour. Cool, add three boaten eggs and fill small buttered molds. Set in a pan of hot water and bake until firm like custard. Baked Onion With Cheese. Peel and cut out in one-half inch [ slices large white onions. Parboil in ? salted waicr. drain, and arrange in a j buttered baking dish with bits of but- J ter. and bake until soft: then sprinkle with salt, pepper and a layer of chees'). Return to the oven long enough ta rz??t tho cheese. Wc .'.li Knowing. Dart ~\!:eoes should be ironed on the wrong olde wit* 'rona that are not too hot. MORE MEAT-MAKERS FEWER RAZOR-BACKS "Piney-Woods Rooter" is Giv ing Way to Better Bred Members of Hog Tribe The ungainly, unprofitable hog known as the razor-back is fast giv ing way in South Carolina to a bet ter type-a safety type that insures reasonable profits from reasonable care. The well bred hog far exceedB the razor-back in both meat and pig production and modern farming con ditions require that thes? two factors be carefully considered when ho^s are being selected. Good farming has no place for the razor-back, be cause good farming is first of ali economical. Market hogs are storehouses in which grain, forage, and other fced.5 are stored up in the form of meat. The small granary is of comparative ly little value; the profits are in those having at least reasonable ca pacity. The razor-back is a "store house" with very little capacity and can not make rapid gains. On the other hand, a pig of any of the pop ular breeds ii capable of attaining a weight of from 250 to 350 pounds at nine to twelve months old; indeed, such weights are not unusual in tho Corn Belt. The well bred hog far outclasses the razor-back in regularity of breed ing and ability to produce large lit ters of pigs. This is one of the most Important points to be considered in hog-raising. Finally, look at this picture of a typical razor-back and then call to mind the appearance of any well-bred hog. The differences are so striking that a comparison seems absurd. A typical "piney-woods rooter" one year old. The kind of hog not to have, lt is less common in South Carolina than it once was. However, one need not begin with an entire herd of pure bred animals in order to succeed with hogs. The logical method is to use pure bred sires-whether breeding hogs or horses or cattle-and to grade up the herd at minimum cost. Decide on the breed of hogs you desire to raise, se lecting from the popular breeds; use only pure bred boars of this breed, sticking to the breed chosen, and at the same time avoiding inbreeding; j give reasonable care in feeding and : general management. If these things are done, you may expect the hogs ?o , respond by bringing In steady profits, j R. L. SHIELDS. Chief Animal Husbandry and Dairying , * Clemson Agricultural College. During the fall of 1914 Chicago ! wholesalers quoted the following prices per pound on named varieties of pecans: Schley, 45 cents; Van Dernau and Delmas, 40 cents; Stuart,! 35 cents; Alley, 30 cents. The wise gardener looks to his tools tn the first days of spring so as to be ..pady when the rush comes. ?viNG-s Nttt Uri: PILLS ThR Pins TS-io): Do Cur?. r Fertilizers with Pota Fertilizers with Anni Cai! on the E< for tl Armour's, Royster' Che We will be able Gi Call on R. C. Pad: Uses and Abuses of Fertilizers \ j_By Prof. R. J. H. tfe Loach, Director of Georgia Experiment Station. 2. INTELLIGENT USE OF FERTILIZERS IN GERMANY. The Second of a Series of Six Articles. All state institutions have fostered the fertilizer trade since its origin in the early fifties. State organizations of all kinds have taken a lively j part in the building up of the trade, and in later years the states have taken it for granted that the trade is profitable to farmers and merchants alike, and have therefore framed laws to reg?lale its manufacture and sale. In every state where fertilizer is sold in appreciable quantities laws have been passed exacting certain requirements of the manufacturer, as to analyses, grades, etc. Besides the trade, over-ambitious, might forget its obligation to the consumer and offer for sale interior material under the name of fer tilisers. We may say without fear of successful contradiction that the states themselves are largely responsible for the rise and volume of the fertilizer trade. It has long been recognized that Germany leads the world in many lines of science. This is perhaps true in legard to the use of fertilizers in early years. Germany discovered that mineral salts applied to growing crops increased the yields immensely, and gave time and study to the under lying causes, and has suggested to the other parts of the world many valu able lessons on her findings. Von Liebig, through his studies and lec tures on modern agriculture, has made known much of the work of Germany in the early history of the use of commercial fertilizers. Liebig says that Kuhlman, a German agricultural scientist, applied salammoniac to a meadow in the years 1S45 and 18-16, and found that on a hectare (2% acres) he gath ered 8,140 pounds of hay more than on the same kind of meadow where he did not use the salammoniac. He secured this result by using about 200 pounds of salammoniac to the acre. In commenting upon this Von Liebig has the following to say: "It is quite certain, that in the action of the guano, which produced the crop next highest after the Chili saltpeter, an unmistakable part was played by the ammonia contained in it. On the other hand, however, the experiments with carbonate and nitrate of ammonia show that a quantity of ammonia, or nitrogen, equivalent to that in 20 pounds of guano and employed under the same conditions, was almost without effect." Fertilizer Experiments In Germany. A little further along he says: "The most recent observations on the comportment of the soil towards the food cf plants show how slight is the knowledge we possess of their mode of nourishment, and of the part which the soil, by its physical condition, plays in it. The comportment of the salts of ammonia, of chloride of sodium, and of nitrate of soda, towards the earthly phosphates in the soil, may perhaps assist us in throwing some light on their action, or one of their actions, on the growth of plants." This statement was made because It was always found that when common salt was added to certain mineral manures, greater yield was obtained, end Von Liebig came to the conclusion that this was due to the relation of this added material to the liberation of potash in the soils. Only a short time after the war between the states the German pot ash beds were discovered and by rapid leaps and bounds this material gained in favor with planters as well as experimenters. The necessity for find ing a combination to liberate the potash in the soils was now removed and thorough satisfaction was found in the use of the nitrate of soda and the potash salts, and here the industry stood for a long time. Liebig does claim, however, that Tribasic phosphate of lime crept into the formula and was found efficient. This fact is very significant and happened to be dis covered by a constant study of the use of the nitrate of soda and potash salts. Liebig thought that these two plant food materials had the power of dissolving phosphoric acid in the form of earthly phosphates, and these in turn added greatly to the yield of farm crops. Germany's Crop Yields Greater Than Other Nations. We have here many hints of wbat afterwards really developed to be facts-namely that the three great elements of plant food that should be applied to the soil for good crop yields are phosphoric acid, ammonia and potash. For many years these three elements have been the essential elements of plant food in a fertilizer formula. Today Germany applies more mineral salts per acre to her crops than any other nation in the world, and partly as a consequence gets higher yields of farm crops than any other nation. It is significant that these t\To facts are so closely related, but it must be remembered that Germany has learned the lesson of good tillage-deep plowing, the proper use ol vegetable matter in the soil, and the dangerous practice af continuous cropping with any single crop. It is also to be remembered that the lands on which the most money can be cleared without any kinds of fertilizers are the lands that will give greatest profits with fertilizers. RHEUMATIC PAIN ST0PF?D. The drawing of muscles, the sore ness, stiffness and agonizing pain of Rheumatism quickly yield to Sloan's Liniment. It stimulates circulation to the painful part. Just apply as directed to the sore spots. In a short time the pain gives way to a tingling sensation ol com foi t and warmth. Here's proof-"I have had wonderful relief since I u*ed your Liniment on my knee. To think one application, gave me re relief. Sorry I havn't space to teli you the history. Thanking you for what your remedy has done for me "-.lames S. Ferguson, Phila, Pa. Sloan's Liniment kills pain. 25c. at Druggists. 3 We have a few more watches and some desirable pieces of jewtlrj that we are selling at cost. Thi> is the opportunity of a life time to those in need of lhe>e gouds. B. B. Jones. Food Crops First. The food supply is the most im portant consideration of the far mer. Other things may be post poned, but there must le enough food to supply the family's needs. Without a sufficient food supply ? ano foods ot the right kind the ! work of the manager and his help- j lers would not be of much value in ? production. Why not raise as mindi 1 food as possible on the farm? What j other crops are more profitable ! than the crops for food ?ind tVed? While weare taking preparedness wh.\ not prepare to ?ive comfort -. hiv bv producing and saving foo?".? -Ex. i Seed Irish Potatoes. We can supply you with the eel'?-1 brated Buist Irish potatoes for planting, none better on the marke. ? We have the Bliss, Early Rose, Cobbler and other popular vari*-j ties. F'erm A Holstein. sh ionia he B Fertilizers with Phosphate Fertilizers That Make Crops Mercantile Company Goods Made s, Swift's, and American Agricultural mical Company's Goods to furnish some Two Per Cent Potash Dods for Making Cotton yeti or A. E. Padgett at their office -BUM--? To Have A BANK CoimiElit 1909, by C. E. Zimmcsman Co-No. 44 F all the unhappy hemes, not one in a hundred has a bank account and not one home in a hundred who has a bank account is unhappy. It seems almost foolish to put it oft' any longer, when it is such a simple, easy matter to start a bank account. BANK OF EDGEFIELD OFFICERS : J. C. Sheppard, President; B. E. Nicholson, vice-President E. J. Minis, Cashier; J. H. Allen, Assistant Oashier. DIRECTORS : J. C. Sheppard, Thos. H. Rainsford, John Rainsford, B. E. Nicholson, A. S. 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