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f RAISE TURKEYS WITH PROFIT Many a Poor Little Poult Never Comes to Be Beautiful Bird Be cause of Wrong Start. Turkey hens raise much better poults than chicken hens, for the rea son that they never wean them, but hover them at n,-?ht and watch over them days until they are nearly grown. Mrny a poor little poult never comes to be a "beautiful Thanksgiv ing bird" because he has not the right start in life. He does not require much, and that is just the point where we fail him. "We want him to grow, and we stuff him until he gets indiges tion, an enlarged liver and numerous other ills, and some fine morning we find him with his little toes pointed toward the North star. In the wild state little turkeys spend the first few weeks of their lives in the woods and li'^e on insects and seeds. They have to exercise to get food and consumo only a small quantity at a time. We cai not follow nature exactly, but wo can use good sense if we will. A raw egg is nature's food for a young bird. More than that, it is easily digested, and. like infects, it is a meat food, therefore a good substitute. Wheat bran is a bulky and bone-making food and will not harden in the bowels and cause trouble. Sour milk is medicinal to turkeys and chicks also, and is a protein food. The three can be com bined in a mash, made rather dry, never sloppy, and make an excellent starter for the little poults. This alone is their food for three weeks, fed in small quantities on a clean board. For the first three days they are better shut in the coop with the mother, but after that they should romp at will in the dry grass. Grain is given only a little at first, and gradually increased until it forms one whole feeding, preferably at night, and after they are large enough to wander over a wide range one feed ing is sufficient each day. Wheat and cracked corn are perhaps the best grains. ANIMAL FOOD FOR CHICKENS Sour Milk Exerts Beneficial Influence on Digestion of Young Fowls, Account Its Acid. The best animal food for chicks is sour milk. On account of the acid it contains sour milk exerts a beneficial influence on the digestion of the chick. Sour milk can safely be kept before the chicks all the time. Milk should always be supplied in fountains that will not permit the chick to get its down wet. A chick stuck up with milk is a sorry sight. Vessels in which milk is supplied should be scalded and aired daily. Some poultrymen still practice and advocate the feeding of eggs tested out of incubators to baby chicks. A hard-boiled egg. when of known qual ity, makes a rather indigestible food for the chick's tender organs, but when eggs are fed that come from an incubator that has subjected them to a temperature of 103 degrees for a week, one is courting danger. Not all eggs that are tested out of incubators are infertile. If you feed tested-out eggs to baby chicks be quite certain that they are infertile. Eggs containing blood spots or red streaks should be discarded, as they were fertile and the germs are in a state of decomposition. The in fertile egg, when held before a strong light, is perfectly clear. FEEDING CHICKS SOUR MILK Dangers of White Diarrhea and Other Diseases Can Be Greatly Re duced by Its Use. By feeding sour milk to chicks, the dangers of white diarrhea and other chick diseases can be greatly reduced. The feeding of sour milk has a bene ficial influence for the growth ot chick-; and in lessening mortality from all causes. The milk should be fed in porcelain lined pans anti should be kept be fore the chicks at all times. r Bronze Turkeys. HANDY SELF-FEEDING HOPPER Small Wooden Box, With Side Taken Out and Put Back Slanting, Will Be Satisfactory. The simplest feed hopper can Ue made out of a small wooden box, tak ing off one side and putting it in slant ing, and have the trough arrangement at the bottom similar to the drawing. Dry mashes will make hens too fat, if they are fed exclusively, but if the rest of the ration, such as wheat and other grain is thrown in the litter or straw, making thom work for that part, Self-Feeding Hopper. it will not make them overfat. Care must be exercised with the heavy breeds, especially the Orpingtons, in feeding any dry mash, as they are in clined to walk over to the feed hopper, fill up. and then become too lazy to scratch for any other feed. It is a good practice with such a breed to sim ply let them eat a small quantity, and then fix the hopper, so that they will have to scratch for their feed for the rest of the day. Exercise is one of the main things in egg production, and the entire system of feeding should be di rected towards giving them plenty of exercise, and at the same time ensur ing a full crop when the bird goes to roost at night time. With the lighter breeds such as Leghorns, there is no trouble, whatever, with the birds be coming too fat, but with the heavier breeds there is a tendency as above mentioned.-Nor'-West Farmer. HOLDER FOR POULTRY WINGS Device Restrains the Fowl So That lt May Be Suitably Dusted With Insect Powder. The Scientific American, in describ ing a poultry wing holder invented by R. Nyce of Lansdale, Pa., says: This invention provides a device whereby the wings of a fowl may be held back and restrained in such posi tion, so that the fowl may be suitably dusted with a germicide. It provides Poultry Wing Holder. a device of the' type described in the nature of a spring clip which may be initially engaged upon the fowl's wings when they are folded back, and a locking device for locking the clip member in position. EGGS SAVED FOR INCUBATOR Should Be Kept in Cool, Well-Venti lated Placed-Aim to Keep Germ in Good Condition. Eggs saved for incubators, or for hatching in any manner, should be kept in a cool, well-ventilated place, and not too dry, so as to retain ihe moisture and keep the germ in a good, healthy condition. We keep our eggs in bran, using enough to hold the egg up on the small end, says a writer in an exchange. We do not believe eggs cared for in this manner need any turning before being incubated. Each egg must stand alono, and none should bo piled on top. Eggs saved for only two or three days can be kept in a basket or flat box, but it is not well to have too many layers. GIBRALTAR OF THE BALHC i Powerful Fortress of Sveaborg, Guard ing the Gulf of Finland, Has Been Frequently So Called. After more than 18 months of nava? war upon the Baltic sea between the fleets of Germany and Russia, the drst successful shot has yet to be fired against the mighty fortress of Svea borg, which guards the neck of the Gulf of Finland, and the water ap ; proaches to the Russian capital, says j a bulletin issued by the National Geo ' graphic society at Washington.. Svea borg, best known as the "Gibraltar of , the Baltic," powerfully secures its holders' control to all the wide basin Of the Gulf of Finland, thus giving them a most important base for dis puting the control of the northern inland sea. It was the acquisition of this stronghold that constituted the strongest impelling force in Musco vite politics toward the conquest of ; Finland from the Swedes. ! Across the neck of the gulf from I Sveaborg lies Reval, the seat of other ! powerful shore defenses and of im ! portant Russian navy yards. These i two points block the way from the . Baltic against any naval power al ! most as securely as the forts Kilid Bahr and Chanak Kalessi blocked the j English ships at tho Dardanelles, i Reval is situated on a sharp bay at ! the northeastern gulf shore of Es ; tonia. Sveaborg fortress stand3 just ' before Helsingfors, the capital of Fin land. There are hundreds of small, thick ly wooded islands strewn over the j coastal waters around Helsingfors. It is upon a group of seven of such is lands, which are larger than their neighbors, that the almost impregna I ble Sveaborg fortress is built. More over, small redoubts and batteries are well concealed in several of the out : lying islands which surround, like a thinly-flung skirmish line, the fortress near the coast. Many a vain seaward attack has shattered against Svoaborg's defenses in bygone days, and in recent years j Russia has brought the strength of the place up to Twentieth Century re quirements. It is said that more than 1,000 guns are mounted here and sev eral thousand soldiers are quartered : in the fortress even in times of peace. During the Crimean war the allies at tacked this point violently and with out success. The story goes that Eng lish guns alone hurled more than a thousand tons of shot and shell into the fortress, almost without apparent effect. It has fallen only once, and then bribery is credited with victory and not the force of arms. It sur rendered to the Russians without an effort at defense, surrendering at the same time that its garrison of 6,000 men laid down their arms and turned over their formidable defenses, the whole country of Finland. Scared by Canary. If after spending a night in the street of many lights, you should be awakened by something tweeting on ; your bedpost, you naturally would fear i the worst had happened, wouldn't you? Someone on the tenth floor of the Waldorf-Astoria kicked "up an awful noise during the early hours the other morning, says the New York Times. He summoned clerks, bellhops, por ters and detectives to his aid. When j they reached his room they found the sojourner cowered beneath quilts ex ' pecting any minute to have a pink ele ; pliant or giraffe lick bis face. The I cause of his fright was a canary, i There it was, perched on the rail of his bed, fluttering and tweeting and I enjoying its freedom. After the bell , hop had captured it, the sojourner called for a bracer and then swore good behavior forever afterward. Dur ing a banquet at the hotel the other night some of the members in mo ments of incongruous activity opened a few of the cage9 and let the ca naries flit out into the room. Since then a canary has been appearing here and there in the hotel at annoying "in tervals and frightening sleepers. ._ Storage in Cato's Day. Storage of crops against a favora ble time for selling appears to be no j new idea. We find a grain of sound j advice in Cato's writings 2,000 years j ago: "Let your buildings be proportioned I to your estate. It is fitting that the I farm buildings should be well con ? structed, that you should have ample of cellars and wine vats, and a good supply of casks, so that you can wait for high prices, something that will redound to your honor, your profit and your self-respect." Evidently the problem of getting the best prices was then, as now, a ques tion of providing storage facilities, ei ther on the individual farm or for a ' group of farms, such as were included in most Roman estates.-Country Gen tleman. Oil Surplus ls Waste. One of the causes of the lubricant working out from the differential case between the axles and tubes of the automobile to the brakes and wheels is due to using too large a supply of I oil or grease in the differential case. It is not necessary to completely fill the h?using, only to a point where the large gear will dip into the lubri cant. If the leakage continues, fit felt washers at the differential and wheel ends of the axles. As the wire employed for ignition purposes is composed of a large num ber of fine strands of copper, it is ?m pcriant that they shculd be soldered to a terminal or connection to avoid the possibility of any of the strands coming in contact with metal and causing a short circuit DUCK RAISING AS BUSINESS Fowls Are Fine for Family Use Though Not Very Valuable as Product for Marketing. The duck has its place on the farm, hut duck raising as a business is as yet comparatively unprofitable be cause of long distance to market and prejudice among buyers of live poul try. The duck furnishes a delicious roast for the family and an abun dance of feathers for home use. "Contrary to general opinion, a pool large enough for swimming is not necessary," says N. L. Harris, su perintendent of the Kansas state agri cultural college poultry farm. "Ducks can be raised on dry land-that is, if they are provided with water suffi ciently deep to allow them to sub merge their beaks and wash the sand from their nostrils. Otherwise they will die. The natural food for ducks consists of bugs, worms and green succulent vegetation found in marshy places. Notwithstanding the fact that ducks are easily raised, they should not bc hatched until warm weather, at which time such feeds are plentiful. There is danger of overfeeding, ac cording to Mr. Harris. The duck is in Fattening Pen. ?a the most ravenous feeder of all classes of domesticated fowls except the goose. The two breeds most extensively raised for meat are the Pekin and the Rouen. The Pekin is the better be cause it has white feathers, white meat, and yellow legs-characteris tics which are desired in dressed poul try. MUCH DEPENDS ON BREEDERS Parents of Chicks Should Be Strong, Vigorous, Hardy and Resistant to All Diseases. Whether a farmer will raise better poultry this year than he did last will depend primarily upon the kind of stock that is used for breeding. Every baby chick is entitled to be well born. Unless its parents are strong, vigor ous, hardy and resistant to disease, a "poor hatch" and weak, puny chicks will result, say the poultrymen at Iowa state college. The use of low vitality breeders is the most frequent cause of poor incu bating success and high death rate in brooding. Chicks hatched from poor breeding stock never reach the size of well-bred individuals. The pullets do not begin laying until the following spring and then hardly enough to pay for their feed. If the flock is to be improved, only those birds that show size, vigor and egg-producing qualities should be used as breeders. Twenty-five good females in a roomy pen with a couple of good males will furnish eggs for incubation that will produce chicks worth while, ones that will grow into big fellows worth a good price on tbe market. The pullets from such mating mature rapidly and are in condition to "lay the winter eggs." GRADING THE LITTLE CHICKS Grade According to Size and Vigor or Arrange Things So Weak Ones Are Comfortable. Owing to differences in the vigor of parent stock, age of eggs when incu bated, and other causes, there are al ways differences in the vitality of the chicks, and these manifest themselves very quickly. The stronger chicks shove the weaker away from the fcod, crowd them out of the sunniest spots in the brooder, and take the best of things generally. J Since the most vigorous chicks are i the most valuable, we do not like to discourage this disposition to thrive, but strong chicks should not thrive at the expense of the weak. As soon as '.here is a perceptible difference ir. the size of the chicks, either grade the chicks according to size, or fix things so the weah, chicks can eat by themselves. -Jatura:ist is Puzzled. I have found two weasels' dens on the margin of a muck swamp in the woods that presented the same insolu ble problem as the chipmunk's hole what has become of the bushel or more of earth that must have been brought to the surface? Both the weasel and the chipmunk have several Ralleries and one or more large cham bers of dining halls, and how each manages to hide or obliterate all the loose soil that must have been re moved is a question which has long puzzled me. If we had an American Fahre, or a man who would give himself up to the study of the life histories of our ro dents with the same patience and enthusiasm that the wonderful French man has shown concerning the life histories of the insects, he would doubtless soon solve the mystery. I used to think that the chipmunk carried away the soil in his cheek pockets, and I have so declared in one of my books, but I am now very cer tain that he does not-only his food stores are thus carried.-John Bur roughs in Harper's Magazine. Flying Sickness. "Flying sickness" in its more essen tial particulars is rather removed from caisson disease and is not comparable in the strict sense with mountain sick ness, in spite of the fact that some of the symptoms are more or less identi cal, says the Lancet. The pilot who is lifted from his machine after a fast volplane in a semiconscious condi tion, falling thereafter into a deep sleep, shows a phenomenon not met with eilher in mountain sickness or in caisson disease. Evidently there are effects cn the functions of the nervous system which are attributable to very rapid descent through space, from low to higher air pressures, no doubt, but in which the alteration of pressure is probably only ene factor, and that per haps, not the most important. Idle Tears. "No, my 'usband ain't killed, Mrs. Marks. No sooner did I nut all the kid:? in mournin', even to Biby In the pram, when I gets a telegram a savin' 'e's alive and well. Yes, an' all this expense for nothin'." 'Wot a crool sname!"-Passing Show. WHEN YOU HAVE A COLD Give it attention, avoid exposure, be regular and careful of your diet, also commence takine Dr. King's New Discovery.lt containsPine-Tar, Antiseptic-Oils and Balsams.^slight ly laxative. ,Dr. King's New Dis-1 covery eases your cough, soothes your throat and bronchial tubes, j checks your cold, starts to clear | your head. In a short time your cold is better. Its the standard family cough syrup in use over 40 years. Get a bottle at once. Keep it in the house as a cold insurance. Sold at your druggist. 3 Notice. The Summer School for Colored teachers of Edgefield County will open July 17th, All teachers are required to be present on day of opening as the County Board of Education will be present at that time. A. W. Nicholson, Pres. M. J. Strother, Sec. J. A. Simkins, Rural Supervisor. June 24, 1916. Cash Coun We are showing an atti a every department. Everyl nierchandi.se In the stock manufacturer. See our beautiful wash coods new weaves in the popular colors Our notion BtO"k is up to the i ted. Come in and let us show y< We call especial attention to c All of the late styles in the popu sonable. Do not tail to come in tc money. NOT BUK Although the fire wi corner of our warehot have storage for 8.000 not touched, and otu usual. DAVISC Augusta, Ga. ESE "71 CoEurm WILL SLOAN'S LINIMENT RELIEVE PAIN? Try it and see-one application will prove more than a column of claims. James S. Ferguson, Phila., Pa., writes: *'I have had wonderful re lief since I used Sloan's Liniment on my knees. To think after all these year? of pain one application gave me relief. Many thanks for what your remedy oas done for rae." Don't keep on suffering, ap ply Sloan's Liniment where your pain is and notice how quick you get relief. Penetrates without rub bing. Buy it at. any Drug Store. 25c. New Through Sleeping Car. Between Aiken and New York, Washington, Baltimore. Phil adelphia, effective November 23, 11)15 on the Augusta Spe cial Via Southern Railway. Lv Aiken 1:45 p m Lv Trenton 2:25 p m Ar Washing 7:U0 a ra Ar Baltimore 8:32 a m Ar Philadelphia 10:50 a ra Ar New York 12:57 p. m Drawing Room, State Room and Open Section St^el Electric Lighted Sleeping Cars? Dining Car Service For All Meals. For- reservations and information, apply to J. A. TOWNSEND, Ticket Agent, Edgefield. S. C. Prudential Rates: Age Whole 15 Life Payment Life 18-20 8U83 $27.08 22 15.4D 27.97 25 16.61 29.43 30 18.91 32.26 35 21.90 35.70 40 25.85 39.91 50 3S.83 51.91 til) 03.US 72.GO t?5 S2.SU S9.33 Disability clause free. Reduced by annual dividends. E. J. NORRIS, Agt. A. H. Corley, Surgeon Dentist Appointments at Trenton On Wednesdays. DR J.?. BYRD, Dental Surgeon OFFICE OVER POSTOFFICE Residence 'Phone 17-R. Office 3. FOR RENT-A five-room resi dence near the high school. Pos ; session given at once. Apply to I J. L. Mims. How To Give Quinine To Children. i FEBRILINE is the trade-mark name (riven to an : improved Quinine. It is a Tasteless Syrup, pleas ant to take and does not disturb the stomach. I Children take it and never know it is Quinine. I Also especially adapted to adults who cannot ! take ordinary Quinine. Does not nauseate nor ; cause nervousness nor ringing in the head. Try ? ;'t the next time you need Quinine ior any pur j pose. Ask for 2-ounce original package. The I name FEbRILINE is blown iu bottle. 25 cents. ts With Us ctive line of spring goods in ;hing is new-not a piece of that is not fresh from the for waists and dresses. All the ). ninute. Nothing has been omit en. >ur Shoes, Slippers and Oxfords, lar leathers, with prices very rea ? see us. We can save you J. W. PEAK MED OUT is till around us only a ise was burned. \Ve bales. Our office was ? business goes on as )N & FARGO, COTTON FACTORS.