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WINTER CARE OF EWE FLOCK Of Great Importance in Insuring Lamb Crop in Spring-Feed Clover or Alfalfa Hay. i The winter care of the flock is im portant to ins?re a lamb crop to be harvested in the spring. Ewes in good ?condition need not be fed grain until ?about a month before lambing, when .they should gradually be accustomed ito it. Ewes ia thin or poor condition should receive from one-fourth to one ;half pound of grain daily. Corn alone ils not the best grain ration. A ra tion of six parts corn, three parts ?wheat bran, and one part linseed oil leake, by weight, has proved very satis factory. A ration of corn, oats, and bran, equal parts by weight, can also ?be recommended. The sheep should receive as much (dover or alfalfa hay as they will eat Sheep in Winter Quarters. fThe amount of hay eaten can be cut i down by the use of corn silage or corn istover. Two pounds of clean, sweet icorn silage can be used to replace labout one pound of hay. Well cured icorn stover ls also relished by the ewes. Ordinarily, there is little d?s iger of the sheep eating too much of lt, !lf the hay Is fed once a day. The (greatest danger of corn stover comes from making It the exclusive feed. (Clean salt and water should be kept (before the flock. Sheep should always :>ave a dry, well bedded floor to lie on. -Ohio State Bulletin. FEEDING SWINE OR VERMIN? Coal-Tar Solution as Dip or Spray ls Recommended for Treatment Some Other Remedies. It has been estimated that a 150 pound hog has 92,000 drops of blood. If the hog Is supporting 1,000 lice and each louse takes one drop of blood per day, what per cent of the hog's blood will be lost daily, and who will pay the bill? Using a coal-tar solution (1 per cent) as a dip or a spray, is recom mended for treatment, but there are other mixtures equally effective. These are : 1, equal parts kerosene and machine oil mixed together and ap plied with an oil can, brush or swab; 12, crude oil (thinned with kerosene If .too thick) applied with a brush or as ra spray. Crude oil applied to the ?.backs of the hogs slowly works over .the greater part of the hog's body, but should be applied to the ears and both .flanks. CORN AND LIVE STOCK FARM . Former Produces More Feed Per Acre Than Any Other Crop for Cattle ^, _ Except Alfalfa. - Corn and live stock farming go hand In hand. The great corn-growing sec tions are also the great live stock sec .tions. Corn produces more feed per acre than any other crop except al falfa. It should be fed with alfalfa as these two feeds make a balanced ra tion. Stock relish corn and corn fodder ?whether cured in the field or in the silo. This grain is unequaled in beef (and pork production. The meat pro duced from it is of a firm consistency. SCIENCE IN FEEDING CATTLE ^Farmer Who Sells Half-Grown Feed * ?rs for Someone Else to "Finish" Is Losing Money. The cattleman who fattens his ani mals "from birth to block" has a much better chance of satisfactory returns than he who sells half-grown feeders I for someone else to "finish" for mar keting. The latter turns over to the stock yard men, to feeders and the railroads a very large share of the profits which ml^ht haye been his._ Colds should be "nipped in the bud", for if allowed to run unchecked, serious results may follow. Numerous cases of consumption, pneu monia, and other fatal dis eases, can he traced back to a cold. At the first sign of a cold, protect yourself by thoroughly cleansing your system with a few doses of THEDFOBD'S BLACK DRAUGHT the old reliable, vegetable! liver powder. Mr. Chas. A. Raglan d, Or I Madison Heights, Va., says: "1 have been using Thed ford's Black-Draught for] stomach troubles, indiges tion, and colds, and find it to be the very best medicine J ever used. It makes an old man feel like a young one." Insist on Thedford's, the original and genuine. K-67 AND POINTS THE WAY FOE PEE PAEEDNESS IN THE WAB ON THE BOLL WEEVIL. Naturally Phosphated Agricultur al Lime. Each ton contains 97 eta to $1.10 worth Bone Phosphate of Lime and 68% Lime Carbonate. Sold only by State Department of. Agriculture under authority of Gen eral Assembly. Gives farmers an opnortunity to obtain cheap lime carbonate. Shipments in bulk only, carloads not lees than 30 nor more than 33 tons, at $1.50 per ton, cash with order. Freight on shipments to agency stations may be paid at destination. Shipments to non agency stations must be fully pre paid. Freight rates on Phospho-Marl to stations in Edgefield county are as follows: Edgefield, Parkshill, Trenton, Johnston, $1,00; Modoc, Clarks Hill, Meriwether, Woodlawn, $1.05 Plum Branch, Parksville, $1.10 per ton. Cut out this ad and save it. It makes ordering easy. For further information, apply to E. J. WATSON, Commissioner, S. C. State Dep't Agriculture, Columbia, S. C. Abbeville-Greenwood Mu tual Insurance Associ ation. Organized Jl 892. Property Insured $2,500,000. WRITE OR CALL on the un dersigned for any information you may desire about our plan of insur ance. We insure your property against destruction by FIRE, WINDSTORM or LIGHT NING, and do so cheaper than any Com pany in existence. Remember, we are prepared to prove to you that ours is the pafest and oheapest plan of insurance ?known. Our Association is now licensed to write Insurance in the counties of Abbeville, Greenwood, McCor mick, Laurens and Edgefield. The officers are: Gen. J. Frasei Lyon, President, Columbia, S. C. I J. R. Blake, Gen. Agt., Secy. & Treas., Greenwood, S. C. DIRECTORS. A. O. Grant, Mt. Carmel, S. C. J. M. Gambrell, Abbeville, S. C. Jno. H. Childs, Bradley, S. C. A. W. Youngblood, Hodges, S. C. S. P. Morrah, Willington, S. C. L.N. Chamberlain, McCormick, S.C. R. H. Nicholson, Edgefield, S. C. F.L.Timmerman, Pln't. Lane, S. C. J. C. Martin, Princeton, S. C. W. H. Wharton, Waterloo, S. C. J. R. BLAKE, Gen. Agt. Greenwood, S. C. Jan. 1st, 1917. A. H. Corley, Surgeon Dentist Appointments at Trenton On Wednesdays. ELECTRIC Q The jjg TLn?c?tive BlTTEB? Family Medicine. TAKE ? NO ALCOHOL PREVENTS Colds, LaGrippe, Rheumatism A pleasant but effective emulsion, which rebuilds the tissues, revives the system, adds strength and stimulates the nervous system. It has no alco hol, and is in every sense a tor.ic. $1,00 PER BOTTLE Ask Your Druggist. Monufactured Solely By THE FEKEOL CO, Columbia, S. C. Tarn 3n ftfce Lights! Thc Invincible Dayton Electric Lishtinz System will Rive you Better Service-Laut Longer Co&t Lens Than nny other kind of lighting plant on thc market. It ls cheaper than acetylene- -cleaner, safer, leHs expen sive to 01 ?rate, and will laat a life time. WE ITA VB A VALUABLE BOOK that tells you nil ubont Electric Lights for the Farm. Write for a copy or call and see ns. ?The Dayton Electrical Mfg. Co. Dayton. Ohl?. U. S. A. R. H. Middleton Clark's Hill, S. C., Dealer in Light ins Plants and Water Works. 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. GINS and PRESS REPAIRS Try LOMBARD AUGUSTA. GA. Southern Railway System Effective Dec. 10th 1916. Between Edgefield and||(Aiken. Trains 109, 129, 107, 108, 130 and 106-No change. Train 131 leave Edgefield 11:45 a. m., same as at present, time at Pine Ridge Camp 1:05 p. m., ar rive Trenton 1:10 p. m., same as at present. Train No. Ill leave Trenton ll: 15 a. m., Baynham 11:30 a. m., En. reka 11:40 a. m., Milledgeville ll: 50 a. m., Lakeview 11:55 a. m., Croft 12:20 p. m.. Pine Ridge Camp 12:35 p. m., arrive Aiken 12:45 p. m. Train No. 132 leave Aiken 1:25 p. m., same as at present. Arrive Trenton 2:15 p. m.-Noother chan ges. Train No. 110 leave Aiken 1:35 p. m., Pine Ridge Camp 1:39 p. m., Croft 1:50 p. m., Lakeview 1:67 p. m., Milledgeville 2:10 p. m., Eure ka 2:18 p. m., Baynham 2:26 p. m., Trenton 2:40 p. m., Park Hill 2:50 p. m. Arrive Edgefield 3:00 p. m. Schedule figures are shown as in formation and are not guaranteed. Fred R, McMillin,. District Passenger Agent, 228 Eighth Street, Augusta, Ga. DR J.S. BYRD, Dental Surgeon OFFICE OVER POSTOFFICE Residence 'Phone 17-R. Office 3. To Cure a Cold in One Day Take LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine. It stops the Cough and Headache and works oil tbe Cold. Druggists refund money if it fails to cure. E. W. GROVE'S signature OB each box. 25s Haul FertiliispsI ^?K^-W!?!^---?-----.JJjl^W We are now ready to deliver to our customers, and the farmers generally, Fertilizers of the best brands, formulas and manufacturers. The roads are now comparatively good, and we hope our people will take advantage of these conditions to haul their 1917 supply of high-grade fertilizers sold by us. Royster's Goods, Armour's Goods, Swift's Goods Georgia Chemical Works' Goods, Fertilizer Mate rial, Cotton Seed Meal, Hulls, Blood, Nitrate of Soda, Top Dressers. See Mr. R. C. Padgett for price and terms The Edgefield Mercantile Co Edgefield, South Carolina The Thrice-a-Week Edition of the New York World in 1917 Practically a Daily at the Price of a Weekly. No other Newspaper in the world gives so much at so low a price. The value and need of a newspaper in the household was never gre?ter than at the present time. The great war in Europe is now half-way into its third year, and, whether peace be at hand or yet be far off, it and the events to follow it are sure to be of absorbing interest for many a month to come. These are world-shaking affairs, in which the United States, willing or un willing, is compelled to take a part. No intelligent person can ignore such issues. THE THRICE-A-WEEK WORLD'S regular subscription price is only $1.00 per year, and this pays for 156 papers. We offer this unequalled newspaper and EDGEFIELD ADVERTISER, together for one year for $2.15. The regular subscription price of the two papers is $3.50. GEO. F. MIMS OPTOMETRIST Eyes examined and g.aeses fitted only when necessary. Optical work of all kinds. EDGEFIELD, S. C. I ? 1917 Sp? By placing oui two ways: Firsi mendous rise in our orders filled \ anything they wi We have just r ebrated Crossett better oil the ma.1 We can show y the popular leath Come in. It w wt FIRE Licensed agent for regular li censed companies by the State of South Carolina can insure country homes, barns, etc., coun try churches and schools, well rated country merchants, cotton on farms, gin-houses, seed. Write me before the fire. E. J. NORRIS Established Over a Quarter Century Davison & Eargo Cotton Commission Merchants Augusta, Ga. C?rr?spoadenc? Invited Liberal Advances on Cotton Shipments; ING OXFORDS i?iZ : orders ??rly we have profited in fc, we bought before the late tre leather; and, second, we have had >romptly. Our friends-can now get mt in stylish spring footwear. eceived large shipments of the cel and Selz-Schwab Oxfords. Nothing rket for the money. ou all of the stylish lasts in all of ers. ill be a pleasure to show you. )RN & HIMS