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FEEDING PERIOD FOR CATTLE Animals Are on Full Feed When They) Are Taking Grain and Roughage to Full Capacity. (By J. L. TORMEY. University of Wis consin. Agricultural Experiment Sta tion.) The period between the time the steer is put into the feed lot and the .time when he is ready to be turned .off for beef is known as the feeding period. The short feeding period lasts (from sixty to ninety days. The long .feeding period averages one hundred "eighty days, or about six months. .Cattle are said to be on full feed when Excellent Beef Type. they are taking grain and roughage to their full capacity. Cattle cannot go on to full feed suddenly, for they cannot adjust themselves hurriedly to a chance in diet. They must therefore be worked up to full feed gradually, and so be accustomed to the ration. This period is often known as the "warming up" period, and lasts from two to six weeks, depending upon whether the cattle have ever been ac customed to any grain. Since this is a filling-up process, cattle get on to full feed somewhat more rapidly when fed on a ration made np largely of roughage material, and not a great deal of grain. Too much groin at the beginning will likely lead to digestive disturbances from which the cattle re cover only slowly. Moreover, the cattle are later more subject to such attacks. A langer proportion of steers are short fed than formerly, principally because the working margin is nar rower, and the market does not make enough difference in price for the de gree of finish nut upon the cattle to warrant the longer period. Cheaper and larger daily gains can be made during the short period than during the long period, because, since the ra tion can be made heavier and the steer forced more rapidly, he will not waste so much of the ration. VAT FOR SMALL FARM FLOCK Place for Tank ls Dug Out in Ground and Lined With Cement or Bricks -lt ls Inexpensive. The illustration shows a good type of small dipping vat of about the right size for the average small farm sheep flock. Its consrruction is sim Dipping Vat for Sheep. pie and fairly cheap. The place for the vat is dug out in the ground and lined with bricks or cement. The run ways should be floored with pino boards and the fencing may be of any suitable material. Where it is not desirable or possible to buy someone of the many good metal, portable dip ping vats for small flock use, a per manent tank like this will meet all needs. .HORSES FINDING MOST FAVOR Greatest Weakness in Industry Is Production of Too Many Gen eral Purpose Animals. : The farmer who seeks to find favor among the horse buyers of today must produce an animal that ls especially ?adapted to some particular kind of work. He must be a pecinl-purpose .horse, must possess the ability to do come one kind of work so exception jally well, by reason of his conforma tion, that he is out of place at any ?thlng else. Perhaps the greatest weakness la ?the horse-breeding industry is the pro duction of . too many general purpose ?horses. This kind of animal, while jiot especially adapted to-any 'one kind ?of work, will do fairly well almost any kind of work, yet from the market fetandpolnt be ls not a profitable ani mal to breed. < The special-purpose |animal, while not costing any more to feed and raise, win sell in most cases ?for a mach higher price. ^ F SES "So you refuse to tell me whether or not you intend to go to that plebeian public masque ball?" Gerald shifted his hat and stick, which he held in readiness for departure. "I refuse to be bullied. So I refuse to answer your question because you flung it at me as a demand to account to you in advance for my movements." "Now, Dot, you can't think that; it is all from my desire to exercise tho right and the privilege which our en gagement gives me to protect you." "Protection actuated by jealousy and intolerance isn't what I want or ex pect. As for our engagement, why-" She began to fumble with her ring. "Please, Dot," said Gerald quickly, "don't say anything about that now, and please think seriously before you join those feather-brained Gilbert girls and Charley Mason in a lark at that public masque." "Good afternoon." was Dorothy's only reply, but as the front door closed behind him she crumpled up on the big davenport and sobbed. Gerald's pleading failed to keep Dor othy away from the public masque ball, although she did decide to wear a black domino instead of the fan tastic costume she first had in mind. The Gilbert girls, Charley Mason and the two other young men in her party dressed as a band of gypsies, and they were surprised and disappointed whea Dorothy appeared in her domino. Once in the gay crowd, though, all entered heartily into the merriment. Here and there through the hilarious crowd other domino-clad figures were scat tered, giving a needed touch of black to the kaleidoscopic whirl cf color. Some energetic domino-clad man un dertook to gather all the dominoes together and line them up in mock protest at some of the gayeties going on about them. Dorothy was drawn into his group, and she gayly, though silently, tried to induce a tall, broad shouldered fellow-domino to become also a fellow participant in making things gay. Reluctantly, at first, but gradually more willingly, the tall fig ure began to move about with some show of life. As the crowd grew more mirthful Dorothy became less and less gay. Her tall companion could see that she was vainly searching for someone. He squeezed her hand reassuringly arid broke the long silence between them. "I see that you have lost your friends," he said simply. "Will you allow me to help you find them or to take you home if you can't find them?" A few moments later, they were en tering a taxi, to whose driver Dor othy gave the half of a visiting card containing her residence number, hav ing nodded a vigorous negative when her escort asked her destination. As they were whirled along in the taxi, the man softly asked her to speak to him, as he was sure her voice must be as charming as were her grace and ease in dancing. He even squeezed her hand lightly, and although she was unresisting she still shook her head and remained silent This seemed to add to the young man's determina tion, for he began to plead eloquently, but was astounded to be roughly pushed away with two tiny but deter mined hands. As the taxi turned a corner. Dor othy realized that she was nearing her home, and she quickly sprang up and covered the eyes of her escort with her hands. "Swear you won't look." she whis pered hoarsely, and with those soft hands pressing his eyelids, the man willingly promised. A few moments later, the taxi came to a full stop, and Dorothy electrified her companion by kissing him full on the mouth and springing from tho door the instant the driver opened it. Quite forgetting his promise, he sprang after her, but took in his sur roundings with a dumfounded glance. About six strides took him the distance that Dorothy had covered in sixty rap id steps, and he overtook her just as she reached the marble-lined vestibule to her homo. "Dorothy, dear," he pleaded, "why didn't you let me know it was you?" "Just because I wanted to see how far you'd go in doing the very things you tried to forbid me doing when I hinted I was going to this ball," she eyed him defiantly, like a plucky fight er at bay. "Your tender pleading for the sound cf my.voice and your gen tle squeezing of my hand when you thought I was somebody you didn't even know convince me that you are at least human enough to be incon sistent and also that you're not to be trusted.'* "Which ought also to convince you that it's time to treat me like a human and take me for better or worse." Then, very softly, he added: "Don't ycu know, dear, that it was only be cause I wanted to lock after you that I went to that old ball?" Dorothy had backed up against the bell so that with her elbow she had managed to press the button without Gerald's knowledge. "And don't you know," 6he retorted, "that it was cnly because I recog nized you by your dancing that I-pre tended to be lost from my friends and enticed you into bringing me home?" The silent footman opened the front door and Dorothy vanished through it with a softly spoken good night before Gerald fully realized the unexpected food fortune that had come to him. (Copyright, by the McClure Newspaper Syndicate.) Remarkable Sread Baking. What, we wunder, was the ultimate result of an experiment made In Marylebone, England, in April, 1S54? Two Frenchmen affirmed their ability to produce 150 four-pound loaves from a sack of flour, which at that time pro duced only 90 to 100 loaves. The Marylebone guardians lent their bak ery for a trial. The bread was to bear chemical tests, and to contain nothing prejudicial to health, but the process by which it was made was to remain the secret of the two French men, who offered a demonstratloa of their skill. The experiment was de clared ut the time to be perfectly suc cessful. Two sacks of flour, under seal, were issued by the workhouse au thorities. One was worked up by Eng lish bakers, and produced 90 loaves, weighing 300 pounds; the other was worked up by the French bakers, and yielded 134 loaves, weighing 520 pounds. Several scientific men were present, to "see fair," but not, as may be guessed, to penetrate the mystery of the French bakers. Locked-Up Potash. About two miles northeast of Su perior, Wyoming, are the Leucite hills, which are made up largely of Igneous rocks in the form of volcanic necks, sheets Intruded Into the stratified rocks, and dikes cutting across the sedimentary strata. Associated with these intrusive rocks are volcanic cones and lava flows. These rocks have long been objects of scientific interest be cause of their unusual character. Late ly they have attracted additional inter est by reason of the potash-rich min eral, leucite, they contain, which may some duy be utilized if a process can be found for extracting the potash cheaply. It has been estimated that the igneous rock of the Leucite hills contains more than 197,000,000 tons of potash.-Bulletin G12, U. S. Geological Survey. Warm Religion. In an eastern city a pastor of a col onel church consulted a plumber and steamfitter about the cost of putting in u baptistry. The estimate was soon furnished, and the figure was regarded as satisfactory. "But," said the plumber, "this cov ers only the tank and the water sup ply. ( )f course, you will want some ar rangement to heat the water?" But the colored pastor had a truly economic mind, and his own ideas of religion, also, for he promptly dis sented. ' "You see," said he to the plumber, "I don't iow to baptize nobody in that there baptistry that hain't got religion enough to keep him warm."-Philadel phia Public Ledger. Deep-Sea Diving. "Yes, sir; it seems simple enough to put on a diving dress and go down Into the sea, but I can assure you that it is not quite so easy as it looks," said a deep-sea diver. "The farther one goes down l>elow the water the greater the pressure, and, consequently, the labor and exhaustion of working is greater. You would probably find 70 feet quite deep enough for your first dive. The pressure on your head would be so great that, not being used to it, your ears nnd nose might bleed. In diving the rate of ascent ls important If the diver is less than SO feet below tlie surface he can be pulled up two feet a second with safety; for greater depths the rate of ascent must be slower." Figs From Sycamores. Ordinary fig trees in Palestine bear the figs at the outer end of the boughs and twigs. Just above our house In Beirut stands a gnarled ancient syca more. At certain seasons the trunk it self und many of the larger branches are covered with thousands .of small green figs,-which grow on small twigs springing directly from the huge trunk and larger branches. They are green, prickly, juiceless, and fall by thou sands, with not even a hungry child to pick them up. They never mature, except when someone climbs the tree and pinches them for a number of days, as a boy pinches an apple or or ange before eating or sucking iL-The Christian Herald. Happiness. The tin-box philosopher, whose rugged countenance greets tts from many an advertising page, voices a truism that ls particularly applicable nt this season of the year. "What's happiness?" asks he, and then, like all philosophers, pedagogues and editorial scribblers, answers Iiis own question: "Huvin' a little less than we want and the health to hustle for that 'little less.'" After all, lt would be a pret ty slow old world-no ambition, no "pep," no hustle-if we were all sat isfied-if we had everything we want ed. And it's good to be able to pitch in and make the dirt fly-it's line to be doing sumething worth while. Parents Largely to Blame, A normal child provides his own amusements unless he ls spoiled by in dulgence. Many are the complaints that children-modern children-are hard to please, that more and more are they coming to depend upon an "expenditure of money. When children repudiate the fascinating paper dolls provided by the newspapers, dolls and wardrobes that were not known In our days, something is wrong with them. When they want no gifts but wrist watches and toys run by electricity they are to be pitied for they have reached the verge of boredom, Where does the blame lie? PLANS FOR DIPPING CATTLE Solution May Be Applied With Scrub bing Brush or Animals Can Be Immersed in Tank. Where the animals are few and easy to handle, dip may be applied to tile animals. To do this use a scrub bing brush, sponge, etc., and apply the dip. All parts should be rubbed, and care taken to see that the dip ls evenly applied. The second method is to immerse the animals in the dipping solution. There are at least two kinds of vats. Healthy, Vigorous Type, Free From All Vermin. One is the cage vat used for a few cattle. It consists of a cage in which the animal is placed and then low ered into tlie vat of solution. But where a large number of animals are to be dipped, the swimming vat is de sirable. In this type '?he animals are forced to swim through the vat and thus become immersed in the solution when they plunge Into it. The coal-tar dips advertised are made from some of the products of the distillation of coal tar. When mixed with water they form a milky emul sion having a strong odor of coal tar. Most of these products have u decid edly deadly effect upon parasites, and In addition are used as disinfectants in hospitals, barns, poultry yards, hog houses, etc. SHEEP BUSINESS OF COUNTRY Generally in Healthy and Prosperous Condition-More Mutton and Wool Are Demanded. The sheep business of the country is generally in a very healthy and prosperous condition. The Flanges and farms are not crowded ; in fact, there is a scarcity of sheep to supply the de mand. Sheep owners lind there is as much clear money in raising sheep and producing wool at present prices as there is in most other live stock op erations. The evidences of better bred .sheep, whereby more mutton and wool are produced, is the argument that counts in these days. The demand is for mutton first, then the largest fleece of good merchantable wool. The ability of mun to increase both mutton and Wool qualities by selection of breed ing stock is a plain and workable proposition. HANDY AS WATERING TROUGH Substantial Device Constructed Out of Old Boiler by California Farmer Fitted to Barn. A substantial watering trough was made by a California fanner of au old boiler fitted to the side of the barn, Use for Discarded Kitchen Boiler. as shown in the sketch, writes John Hoeck of Alamada, Cal., in Popular Mechanics Magazine. The openings were plugged and a section was cut on three sides and bent back to form a support, giving an opening at which the anlmuls could drink. Good Weed Killers. Sheep are good weed killers. The fleece will more than pay for the feed eaten. The lambs are clear profit. Buy a few head as an experiment. Pigs in Right Place. Pigs in alfalaf mean alfalfa in pigs -a good Illustration of the right thing lu the right place, Copyright 1909. by C. E. Zimmerman Co.-No. 44 AF all the unhappy homes ^ 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 off 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. Mims, Cashier; J. H. Allen. Assistant Oashier. tatf*. ', DIRECTORS : J. C. Sheppard, Thos. H. Rainsford, John Rainsford, B. E. Nicholson, A. S. Tompkins, C. C. Fuller. E. J. Mims. J. H. Allen. (Perfect Procees) HOSIERY The long lived hose with the aristocratic appearance. Sheer and lustrous at "points of view*'. Reinforced at "points of wear". DORN & MIMS Bank of Parksville Established 1908 Capital $18,000.00 Resources $47,370.00 Pays Five Per Cent, on Time :Vk Certificates of Deposits Wo have all the resources of this big country behind us to lend you money to the extent ol your nt eds. We are Conservative We are Safe MiMmiuoiiiiiiim'jmM I (ffi?KesiAward) ?iven toi lenanes k at Ike Panama ? Pacific Exposiiiorf j W?s?rsaifedfo Superiority of Educational Merit. This new creation answers with final authority all kinds of puzzling questions such as 1 'How isPrzemytl pronounced?" "Where is Flan ders? " "What is a continuous voy age?" "Whatisa/.omV-vr/" ''What is ichite coal?" "How ia skat pro nounced?" and thousands of others. More than 400,000 Vocabulary Terms. 30,000 Geographical Subjects. 12,000 Biographical Entries. Over 6000 illus trations. 2700 Pages. The only dich?n arjwith the divided page-a Strohe of _ genius. Regular and India. Paper Edition*. Write for speci men pages, il lustrations, etc. Free, a set of Pocket Maps if you samo this paper. cac. MERRIAM CO, Springfield, Hui. Brilliant Electric Will keep the young folks nt home. It will make them happy auil con tested. Invincible Dayton Electric Lighting System is the best plant on the market. Complete, plant* installed as low ns si 75.Q0. including engine with litillt-in magneto. Cnn you afford to do without light?? ^ The Dayton mi Electrical Mfg, _Jg| ? Company. Tl-ft R. H. Middleton Clark's Hill, S. C., Dealer in Light ins;: Plants and Water Works. 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. GEO. F. MIMS OPTOMETRIST! Eyes examined and glasses fitted only when necessary. Optical work of all kinds. EDGEFIELD, S. C.