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SC?TTER MANURE NO? Spread lt Over Fields Before ? Plantfood Is Lost. Task fs Especially Essy In Winter* time When Other Work is Not Pressing-Spreader Will Soon Pay for Itself. 03y M. F. MILLER. Missouri College of Agriculture.) All available manure should be scat tered evenly over the fields before spring work is likely to begin. It is always best to scatter it before it has had time to lose any of its plantfood by lying in the rain or by fermenting, and it is especially easy to do this in the wintertime when the other work is not so pressing. Even scattering is much more important than most peo ple realize. Greater returns per ton are secured by light, evenly scattered applications over a large area instead of heavy ir regular scattering over a smaller acre age. For this reason, the spreader will soon pay for itself on farms of 100 acres or more simply by increasing the returns per ton from the manure, to ?say nothing of the saving in labor. ' If possible, it is better to use the spreader because (1) it saves work, (2) lt makes it more likely the manure will be saved and scattered promptly, land (3) most important of all, it makes possible the even scattering which is so desirable if the full value ?of its plant food is to be secured at this time of the hight cost of com mercial fertilizer. The loss is not very great if stock is fed in barns, sheds, or lots and the manure hauled every day or even every Piling Manure Outside Where Rain Will Wash Out Its Fertilizing Ele ments ls Expensive Practice. week. If this plan cannot be followed, the stock may be fed in an open shed and the manure allowed to accumu late on the floor where lt will be tramped down and kept compact and moist enough to prevent fire fanglng or rapid fermentation. Even in the open shed a great deal of the fertiliz ing value will be lost through leach ing into the ground unless the floor ls of concrete or similar material. En tirely aside from the fact that it helps to insure a dry sleeping or feeding place, the concrete floor helps to pay for itself by the saving of manure which results. j Probably the least possible loss in manurial value results if the animals can bo allowed to run upon the fields which need the applications. If the feed lot is located on a hill side, the value of the manure may be largely 1 lost through washing, but If lt ls lo cated on more level ground and moved ' from time to time better results will be Obtained. Fields that are too far from the barn or feeding headquarters can hardly be handled in this way, and long winters or continued bad weather make it much more difficult, but if the ground remains frozen so that it is not injured by tramping and the weather is not too severe, it Is usually possible to take advantage of this plan and every effort should be made to : conserve the valuable soil fertility in ' barnyard manure. TIME FOR REPAIRING FENCES ,Work Done During Winter Season Is N Just That Much Time Saved Spring ls Rush Season. } Most farmers delay the repairing of fences until spring, but this is gener ally a costly delay. Where parts are rotted off the fence will sway back and forth with the wind and weak posts will be broken off which might otherwise have lasted for a year or two longer. Then the fence may become broken or stretched, to Its injury. The spring is always a rush season for ev ery farmer. Fence repairing done in the winter is just that much time saved. There will be plenty to do next spring. STRAW USED FOR ABSORBENT Where Used Abundantly Animals Are Kept Clean and Value Added to Manure Obtained. Straw makes the best absorbent, keeps the animals clean If used abun dantly and adds materially to the value of the manure pile. Wheat or ont straw ls cheap and abundant ou most farms, or easily procured. Mrs. Jay McGee, o? 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Sold only by State Department of Agriculture under authority of Gen Tal Assembly. Gives farmers an opportunity to obtain cheap lime '.arbonate. Shipments in bulk only, carloads not less than 30 nor more than 33 tons, at $1.50 per too, cash with order. Freight on shipments o agency stations may be paid at destination. Shipments to non agency stations must be fully pre paid. Freight rates on Phospho-Marl io stations in Edgetield county are is follows: Etlgptield, Parkshill, Trenton, Johnston, $1,00; Modoc. Clarks Mill, Meriwether, Woodlawn, 81.05 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. OrganizedS1892. Property Insured $2,500,000. WRITE OR CALL on the un derpinned for any information j'ou may desire about our plan of insur ance. We insure your property against destruction by FIRE, WINDSTORM or] LIGHT KING, and do?so cheaper than any Com pany in existence. Remember, we are prepared to prove to you that ours is the safest and cheapest plan of insurance known. Our Association is now licensed to write Insurance in the counties of Abbeville, Greenwood, McCor mick, Laurens and Edgetield. The officers are: Gen. J. Frasei Lyon, President, Columbia, S. C. J. R. Blake, Gen. Agt., Secy. & Treas., Greenwood, S. C. DIRECTORS. A. O. Grant, Mt. Carmel, S. C. J. M. Gambrell, Abbeville, S. C. .Ino. 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. Ti ru merman, 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. 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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]j\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., Eu. 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.-No other chan ges. Train No. 110 leave Aiken 1:35 p. m., Pine Ridge Camp 1:39 p. m., Croft 1:50 p. m., Lakeview 1:57 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 Residenc?. 'Phone 17-R. Office 3. To Cure a Cold in One Day Fake LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine It stops thc Cough and Headache and works off the Cold. Druggists refund money if it fails to cure. E. W. GROVE'S signature on caca box. 25c We are n the fanners formulas an The roads our people ' haul their 1: us. Royster' Georgia Cl rial, Cotto Soda, Top See Mr, E( 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 heed ot a newspaper in the household was never greater than at thc 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.asses fitted 'only when necessary. Optical work of all kinds. EDGEFIELD, S. C. 1917 By placing ou two ways: Firs mendous rise in our orders filled ; anything they w We have just ] ebrated Crossett better on the ma We can show : the popular leatl Come in. It v DI ow ready to deliver to our customers, and ; generally, Fertilizers of the best brands, d manufacturers. ? are now comparatively good, and we hope will take advantage of these conditions to [)17 supply of high-grade fertilizers sold by s Goods, Armour's Goods, Swift's Goods lemieal Works' Goods, Fertilizer Mate ra Seed Meal, Hulls, Blood, Nitrate of Dressers. . R. C. Padgett for price and terms afield Mercantile Co, Igefield, South Carolina 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. Correspondence Invited Liberal Advances on Cotton Shipments ING OXFORDS ?2?Z r orders early we have profited in it, we bought before the late tre leather; and, second, we have had promptly. Our friends can now get ant in stylish spring footwear. received large shipments of the cel and Selz-Schwab Oxfords, Nothing irket for the money. you all of the stylish lasts in all of lers. rill be a pleasure to show you. 3RN & HIMS