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ADVANTAGES OF PUREBRED SIRE Fourteen Reasons For the Use of Sire* of Good Breeding and Individuality. Clemson College, Dec. 22.-Never toefore waa th? farmer in South Caro lina so serious about a serious matter as today. Just how he can emerge iron: a cotton-covered crysalis and find ?his land stocked with good hogs, cat tle and sheep is truly a difficult prob lem. The quickest, cheapest and best way to improve live stock is to invest in the right sort of a sire and, having purchased him, give him good feed and care, says Prof. L. V. Starkey, Chief of the Animal Husbandry Di TiBion, who makes the following brief suggestions in the form of fourteen ad vantages of a pure bred sire of good breeding and good individuality. 1-Economical and Rapid Improve ment: ! One pure bred sire will improve the herd as rapidly as 50 pure bred females. ?-Lasting Influence: The value of a pure bred sire is not seen entirely in thp ..rst gen ! oration but continues in the fol lowing generations. S-Fewer Sires Necessary: One pure bred sire properly man i aged will do the work of four scrub sires as they are usually managed. 4- Advertisement Valuable: Well bred stock attracts the at tention of buyers. 5- Demand Created Fer Our Local ' Pure Bred Sires: The breeders of pure bred stock I in South Carolina should ba en couraged by a good market for their breeding stock. 6- Opportunity to Work Gradually Into Pure Breri Business: If there is a pure bred s^re in the community, it is an easy matter to purchase one or two pure bred females and soon be in the pure bred business. 7- Co-operation Possible: If there are as many as four or five pure bred sires in the commu i nity there is an excellent oppor tunity to co-operate by exchanging sires. 8- Pure Bred Sires More Valuable Than Scrubs After Their Period I of Usefulness is Over: 1 A 2.000-pound pure bred bull is i worth more for beef than a scrub which usually weighs 1,200 to 1,400 pounds, i-Prepotency Important: A pure bred sire will sire individ uals more like himself than like the dam. This is due to concen trated blood lines. 16*-Increased Value Through Uni formity: Buyers will always pay more for a uniform carload of livestock j than for a mixture of scrubs and purebreds. 11- Offspring Worth More: A calf is worth $5 to $10 more, a yearling $15 to $20, and a two-j year-old $25 to $30 more if sired by a purebred bull. 12- Wealth Created: The farmers' gain is not some-j , body's loss, for a farmer can j ; raise a better calf and no one is ! the poorer. He thus creates wealth. 1S-Good Influence on Owner: When a mas has purebred live stock on his farm he naturally takes more interest in it and feeds and cares for it botter than he otherwise would. 14-Better Living: The pure bred bull means more money, which m turn makes pos sible better homes, better st hools, better churches, better roads and a better and more satisfactory country lifo. exposed. They should be wrapped ior otherwise protected when carried to the field and immediately cover ed with a shovelful of soil when dis tributed. Methods of Pruning at Planting. ?Correct methods of pruning should be carefully employed; otherwise, tho .hap? of thc tree might be completely destroyed. At planting, all broken, [bruised and otherwise damaged roets should be removed, and the tree in spected for diseases and insects. For apple, pear and plum trees two years old, three to five well branched, remove the central leader and all out er branches back eight or ten inches to .utside buds. One-year whips of ap ples and pears should be cut back to single stem of 24 to 30 inches, and one year whips of peaches and plums jShould be cut back to single stem 16 ito li baches. One-year cherry whips, should be cut to 24 to 30 inches high, and two-year cherries should be cut to three to five laterals and a central leader each eight to ten inches. Two-year grapes should be cut to two canes six inches above ground, two or three buds each. Muscadine grapes, two years, should be cut te three to fire canes six to eight inches above ground. Full information and instruction about fruits and varieties for differ ent sections of the state, ages and ?sizes of trees recommended, suitable .distances for planting, cultivation, ?pruning, spraying, etc., may bo had liront the Extension Service of ?lem ?oo College. Extension Circular 18, "Orchard and Nursery Information," will be sent free upon request. Why play a losing game running a free boarding house for boll weevils twkea you can get good dividends from ja boarding house for pigs? utomatic V, After the Chero-Cola Bottle is uniformly filled it passes to the automatic crowning machine, where it is hermetically sealed with the famous Chercr Cola crown which keeps all the goodness in and, all impurities out. This gives you Chero-Cola as pure, wholesome and refreshing as it is delicious. This is another of the many , reasons for the universal popu larity of Chero-Cola. T/f?ff?S NON? SO GOOD Biggest in the World No, we are not referring to our bank. It is big enough for all community needs, but it isn't the big gest thing in the world. ? The biggest thing, the most important thing in the world is SERVICE. That's the one excuse your business has for being here. The amount of service rendered is the measure of your need. Our bank honestly tries to be of service to this community. We try our best to anticipate your needs and to be of service to you. Have we succeeded? Well, ask our satisfied patrons. If you are not one of them, we invite you right now. No time like the present. The Bank of Trenton, S. C. We Can Give You Prompt Service on Mill Work and interior Finish Large stock of Rough and Dressed Lumber on hand for Immediate Delivery. Woodward Lumber Co. QUALITY-SERVICE Corner Roberts and Dugas S ts., Augusta, Ga, THE FARMERS BANK OF EDGEFIELD, S. C. Capital and Surplus Profits - - - $135,000.00 Total Resources Over.$800,000.00 SAFETY AND SERVICE IS WH^T WE OFFER TO THE PUBLIC Open your account with us for the year 1920. Invest your savings in one of our Interest Bearing Certificates of Deposit. / Lock boxes for rent in which to keep your valuable pa pers, etc. AU business matters referred to us pleasantly and carefully handled. We Solicit Your Business. Hudson, Essex and We carry all of these cars in stock and will take pleasure in giving a demonstration. All of these cars are increasing in popularity as the people of Edgefield county know more about them. Ask your friends who own one. We have on hand a full line of accessories. Come in when you need anything for your car. We carry "Diamond/' "Kelly-Springfield" and "Norwalk'' casings and tubes. Our corps of competent mechanics do all kinds of repairing, rendering prompt and guar anteed service. We also do welding of any kind. Hamilton Auto Co. Lumber for Sale My saw mill is located the Five Notch road near Cedar Grove church, and I have lumber to sell from the the yard or can cut it any dimensions when bill is furnished. Better buy while you can get it. H. H. Sanders MORPHINE habit cured the easy and gentle way. Whiskey habit by gradual reduction. Also tobacco cure at KEELEY INSTITUTE, Columbia, S. C. Box 75. Or, fling's New Discwsn KILLS THE COUGH. CUP?S THE LUNGS, . FOR QUICK SALE: 342% acres of land 2 miles from Trenton on the Tren' 'i-Aiken road. Known as part. of the old Padgett place formerly owned by the late S. T Hughes. One dwelling, two tenant houses, three barns and other out-buildings. Very low price. South Atlantic Realty Co., Inc., "Service of Guaranteed Satisfaction"" Home Office, Greenwood, S. C. i