Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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A Hide and a Shoe. It has been said that the entire in dustrial problem is wrapped up in a cowhide and a pair of shoes made out of it. Let us see about that. A farmer takes a good sized cow hide to market and gets $1 for it. He then steps across the street and buys himself a pair of shoes made out of a cowhide, just like the one he has sold, and he pays $8 for the shoes. What has happened to make such a difference between the price paid for a cowhide out of which at least six pairs of shoes could be made, and the price which the farmer must pay for one pair, or one-sixth of the cow hide? Several things have happened. The cowhide must be tanned and put in shape to make shoes. The leather then passes through certain j hands in trade before it reaches the shoe manufacturer. The shoe man has in his employ, we will say, several hundred men, each group of which does a certain fixed amount of work each day and on a certain part of the shoe. Add also to the leather what are know as "findings," cloth, the metal hooks around which the shoe strings are wound, and the polish which -finally makes the shoe market able. But the matter of the wages paid to the different workmen in these different factories and then to the actual makers of the shoes, together with the hours of labor spent in the making added to the overhead ex pense of the shoe manufacturer, add ed to the profit he and all the other manufacturers demand for carrying on the business of making shoes do not explain to the political scientist the great difference between the . price paid the farmer for the cowhide and the price he had to pay for one pair of shoes made out of it. Eight times as much is too much. Especial ly when we remember that the far mer is not paying eight times as much for a cowhide that makes one pair, of shoes. How proud old Brindle must be to think that although her hide is worth only $1 in the market, yet when she has been made into shoes for the far mer her hide is worth forty-eight times as much! So! Bossy! Stand still while the political economists figure out the cause. For it is beyond the intellect of Old Man Ultimate Con sumer. On Bee Diseases.. Clemson College, July 18.-Com plaints of dead brood being carried out from bee hives haye/ reached'the. j bee specialists, and castes that have come under their observation' have been identified as picked brood and suggestions made for requeening to strengthen the colony. At this time bees must be watched with some care, because those hives that have weak queens will show the effects. When the hives weaken down to the point where they are being robbed by the strong colonies, reduc ing the entrance of the weak colony is* advised so that the guards of the weak colony are able to defend the entrance. This must be accomplished by laying on the lighting board a brick or a block. Instead of this, a board containing one or more three eighths-inch holes may be fitted over the entrance. Attention is. directed that the strong honey flow is over in most sections, but there is an abundant honey dew in many parts of the state, and bees are working heavily on it. This is the time of the year to start building up colonies of bees so that they may gather sufficient stores and be sufficiently strong to winter successfully. Citation. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA v COUNTY OF EDGEFIELD. By W. T. Kinnaird, Esquire, Probate Judge, Whereas C. F. McDaniel, of above County and State made suit to me to grant him Letters of Adminsitra tion of the Esate of and effects of W. L. McDaniel, late of said County and State, deceased, \ These are Therefore to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred and creditors of the said W. L.,Mc Daniel, * deceased, that they be and appear before me, in the Court of Probate to be held at my office at Edgefield, S. C. on the 4th day of August, 1921. next -fter publication thereof, at ll o'clock in the fore noon, to show cause, if any they have why the said Administration should fiot be granted. Given under my Hand this 18th day of July, Anno Domini, 1921. W. T. KINNAIRD, (L. S.) Probate Judge, E. Co. Ford parts are off. Let us do your Ford work'. We use only genuine Ford parts. YONCE & MOONEY. DAIRY POINTS GREATER USE OF PUREBREDS By Fractional Ownership of Bulls Indiana Dairymen Get Benefit of . .? Such Sires. In Harrison county, Ind., where the "Better Sires - Better Stock" move ment Is gaining headway, dairymen ?ire making wide use of good, purebred bulls in an economical manner. By fractional ownership of the bulls they receive the benefit of such sires with out incurring the entire purchase cost. In one day recently the United States Department of Agriculture received statements from three dairymen in Harrison county, all of whom follow the practice mentioned. The advan tage of a choice of several sires ls the wider opportunity to make desirable matings, thus hastening progress In grading up a herd. lu many other localities dairymen are combining their forces, sometimes with the object of testing bulls before sending them to the block, sometimes to save expense, and sometimes to give local predominance to one breed or another. An informal combination ot this sort is often highly useful. This is not the same thing as a bull association. The co-operative#bull as sociation is an institution designed to accomplish these, and many other ob jects, on a large scale, by a form of organization which has been extensfve Antoinette's Itchen Rose King, $15,000 Guernsey Bull Owned by Rowan County, N. C., Bull Association. ly tried nnd perfected by experience. It is recommended by the department that farmers should give consideration to the benefits they can secure for themselves by a closer and more ef fective union of interests in a properly organized bull association. CUT DOWN BIG MILK LOSSES Marked Effect Upon Prices That the Ultimate Consumer Must Pay for the Product To develop better methods for handling and shipping milk from the . farms, to yie city market Is the ob ? ject of an investigation of practices in various milk plants, which is be ing made by the dairy division of the United States Department of Agricul ture. Milk losses during shipment have a marked effect upon the price that the consumer must pay for the product, and upon the price that the farmer receives for the product. The losses are of two kinds; those re sulting from milk souring in transit, and those from theft, spoilage and leakage: Both are believed to be avoidable if the farmer, country deal er and* city dealer will work to gether. Dealers are being asked to give in formation on various subjects, such as the methods used for transporting milk from the farm to the dealer, the pro tection provided for milk while in transit between dealer and thc? city market, and the relative efficiency of different types of refrigerator cars. IMPORTANCE OF DAIRY BARN Many Failures Have Been Recorded Because of Poor Structures Building Cost High. The dairy barn is more than ever one of the principal factors In dairy farm operation. In many instances dairies have failed or succeeded be cause of the barn. This year prob-w ably there is more thought given to barn construction than ever before. This is because dairymen, farmers and breeders have come to realize the im portance of the barn and because the cost bf building has mounted so high. HAY IS ESSENTIAL TO CALF Roughage Keeps Stomach of Animal Distended and Allows Food to Be Digested. Milk ls very satisfactory to furnish food during the early stages of the calf's life, but it is the roughage that "keeps the stomach distended and al lows the food to be digested. When a enif is deprived of hay, lt will not do its'best in growth. Hay Is an essential to the young animal and should al ways be available. HIGH-PRICED LAND POSSIBLE Dairying Keeps Up Fertility of Soil and Make. Larger Yields of Various Crops. Dairying makes high priced land possible. Striking as this statement may seem it is proved by the fact that dairying keeps up the fertility of the soil and makes high yields possible. High yic-?ds show that the land is able to earn a satisfactory Income on a nigh yalnjfttloiL_._ SIP f ^ 1 THE U. S. USCO TREAD Here is tho U. S. Usco Tread, with a long-estab lished standard of service among motorists who have an eye to value, as well as to price. While selling for less than the other tires in the U. S. Fabric line, the Usco has earned a reputation for quality and dependable econ omy which is not exceeded by any tire in its class. United States Tires ' are Good Tires U. S. USCO TREAD U. S. CHAIN TREAD U.S. NOBBY TREAD U.S. ROYAL CORD U. S. RED & GREY TUBES rd tire PEOPLE used to be se cretly envious of the young fellow who came tearing up the street and stopped his car with a jerk. Now they are inclined to criticise such abuse of tires. A mark of the growing con sciousness about tires their service, their work, their value. This same respect for a good tire is the reason why the four square tire dealer has passed up odds and ends, "job iots", "sec onds", "cut prices"-and come out squarely with the standard quality service of U. S. Tires. He is getting a bigger, and also bet ter, tire business than he ever had before. He is dealing now with his own kind of people. The substantial cit izen. The . man who knows that you can't get something for nothing. The steady cus tomer-not the bargain hunter. * * * , To the man who has not yet learned the standard tire serv ice he is entitled to we say Go to the dealer in U. S. Tires and make him show you. Here is a man in close touch with one of the 92 U.S. Factory Branches-a constant supply of* fresh, live U. S. Tires. The U. S. Tire you buy is a tire built for curren t demands. No overproduction. No piling up of stock. No loss of mileage by hanging around on the dealer's racks. . Every way you look at it, a par qual ity tire at a net price. "Here ia a man in close touch with ono of the 92 U. S. Factory Branches" United States ubber Company YONCE & MOONEY MATHIS & WHITLOCK V. E. EDWARDS & BRO. Edgefield, S. C. Trenton, S. C. Johnston, S. C. Value of Organic Matter in the Soil. Clemson College, July 19.-Plant obey the injunction of Tennyson b; 'rising on stepping stones of - thei: dead selves to higher things" say N. E. Winters, extension agronomist who states that each generation o: plants lives largely on what was lef by preceding plants what it add: from the air and the sunshine. Organic matter is therefore the most valuable constituent of the soil As it is a residue from former plants, its abundance, in a soil forms a re cord of past treatment and a guide to the future productive power. It is well known that the presence of or ganic matter benefits both the physi cal and chemical properties of soils. Most profit in any business de pends upon an abundance of working capital and a. rapid "turnover." As soon as a plant is turned into the soil, this capital is attacked by a "wrecking crew" of myriads of mi croscopic soil organisms that break it down into its component parts and make it ready to be used in building a new plant. In other words, organic matter is a storehouse in the soil holding 95 per cent of the nitrogen, often 30 per cent of the phosphoric acid and large amounts of the potash, lime, mag nesia, sulphur and other necessary plant food materials in the soil. De cay liberates these materials in avail able forms for the use of plants, and a large part of the value of good drainage and moisture control, lim ing, cultivation, and fertilization is due to their stimulation of. this de cay process. Rapidity pf Decay Important. The value of green manure, farn manure and crop residue often de pends on how rapidly they decay ir the soil. Fresh vegetable matter in corporated with the soil is manj .mies more valuable than old car bonized residues which have resisted decay for a long- time. Only about 2 per cent of the nitrogen in the old stabilized organic matter of an un treated soil becomes available in a single growing season, while 35 per cent of the nitrogen in a leguminous green manure crop or 25 per cent of that in stable manure becomes avail able in the same time. Hence a ton growth of a legume crop cut up and plowed into the soil may supply more available nitrogen to a growing crop than seventeen tons of old carbon ized organic matter in the average soil. Notice of Final Discharge. To All Whom These Present? May Concern : Whereas Whitfield S. Mobley has made application unto this Court for Final Discharge in re the Estate of Mary Ware Coleman, iate of said County and State, deceased, oi this the 7th day of July, 1921 These are Therefore, to cite any and all kindred, creditors or psrties : iterested, to show cause befort me at my office at Edgefield Court Bouse South Carolina, on the 13th da7 of August, 1921 at ll o'clock a.j m., why said order of Discharge should, not be granted. W. T. KINNAIRD,! J. P. C., E. C., S. ?3. July 7th, 1921. THE FARMERS BANK OF EDGEFIELD, S. C. Capital and Surplus Profits - - - $190,000.00 Total Resources Over.$800,000.00 SAFETY AND SERVICE IS WHAT WE OFFER TO THE PUBLIC Open vour account with us for the year 1921. 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. All business matters referred to us pleasantly and carefully handled. We Solicit Your Business. 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