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Good Highways OIL SPRAY SOLVES PROBLEM Shifting Sand Dunes Form Serious Obstacle to Improved Road Making in Northwest Shifting sand dunes which cover up a highway soon after it is com pleted have formed a serious obstacle to improved road building in some parts of the country, particularly in ' the Northwest. To remedy the evil, the bureau of public roads of the United States Department of Agricul ture has employed a more extendive application of the agency that has been used in the past to lay dust on ordinary highways:-oil. Fifty-three miles of construction of the Columbia river highway from The Dalles eastward Hes through sandy . An Improved Road in the Northwest country, In many places of a volcanic ash as light as flour. As fast as cuts are opened up and fills made in this light soil the wind whips out the fill slopes and sand dunes creep into rock cuts, completely blocking the road. OH is the only agency yet found to stop the trouble. The equipment used to spray the crude oil consists of two supply tanks, or drums, in which the oil is carried from the storage tank at the railway siding, and a tractor, which draws the oiling rig and sup plies the steam through a hose to the compressor tank, which is carried dn a trailer. The oil is heated by the steam and forced through a bose with a nozzle consisting of a half-inch pipe. The steam atomizes the oil and sends lt in a fine spray for ICO feet or more, depending on whether the spray ls projected in the direction of the wind or against it For obvious reasons, spraying ls usually carried on in the direction of the wind. Where sufficient oil is used, this means of controlling)the sand dunes ls very -effective, "and it Is believed . that the cost will not be excessive, though exact figures are not obtain able at this time. NEW AND GOOD ROADS BUILT Needs of Commercial Interest?, of Tourists as Well as Farmer, Have Been Considered. Wonderful progress Is being made in constructing a great network of good roads throughout the country. The needs of commercial interests, of tourist, as well as the farmer, have been consulted in designing this sys tem. It has long been a reproach that American roads were inferior to those of most European countries but this condition of affairs ls cow being corrected. In 1916 the government appropriated $75,000,000 to be spent In five installments, the last of which, amounting to $25,000,000, was to be released July 1, 1911?, and this has since been increased by an additional $200,000,000. Up to May 1 plans had been approved for building 27,970 miles of road or nine times the dis tance from New York to San Fran cisco and of this 13,540 were actually under construction-Boys* Life. TEST DURABILITY OF ROADS Government Bureau of Road Building Has Constructed Stretch of Road way at Arlington. In order to accurately determine the durability of the various kinds of road way, the government bureau of road building bas constructed a stretch ol roadway at Arlington representing all the different methods of road build ing, and over this a heavy machine Is .drawn back and forth by cable. This ls supposed to reproduce the action of vehicles passing over It and the re sults are carefully noted and com pared. The result of the operations will be used as a guide to the expendi ture of nearly $300,000,000 which will be made under government auspices. Odd Job for Tractor. One of the odd Jobs on many farms where tractors are operated, is the dragging. of the private roads with either a home-made or manufactured grader. Wont Build Tool Sheds. "Everything comes to him who waits," but that doesn't mean that put ting off the building of a shed for farm implements will build lt. Best Soil Application. Rotted manure is commonly consid ered to be the best application that can be given the soil. Water Ditch Is Harmful. A vratt-r ditch in a field Is like a rot ten potato.In a bin. It soon eats op the good po?t of tba field._ t Cured Sweet Potatoes Bring Better Prices. Curing of sweet potatoes to ?pre vent spoilage is giving good results in Hempstead County, Ark., under the instruction of the county agent of the United States Department of Agriculture and the State Agricul tural College, who reports a price of $1.50 per bushel on the first car of sweet potatoes shipped from the new curing plant of the Farmers' Potato Curing Company which was built last fall. At digging time the farmers could have sold these pota toes on the local market for fifty or sixty cents per bushel. In loading the car it was found that the potatoes were keeping in good shape.1 Less than two per cent of them were found to be damaged. In Jefferson County, Ga., the coun ty agent says 500 bushels of sweet potatoes were shipped from the cur ing house at $1.37 Vj per crate, f. o. b. Louisville, and less than one per cent were damaged. The Lenoir County, N. C., agent reports visits to two potato storage houses. One contained 800 bushels and the other was a 500 bushel house. Both storage men said they had less than one per cent of bad potatoes. In Louisiana, St. Landry County, 1,100 barrels of kiln dried potatoes sold at $4.50 per barrel. Another man in the same dis trict was unable to sell his potatoes, which were not kiln-dried, for $3.00 per barrel. The first man remarked, after he had made the sale, "No more cotton for me." In Allendale county, S. C., the county agent stated that cured potatoes were furnished to a large hotel all through the fall and gave entire satisfaction.-Farm & Ranch. Poultry House Renovation. The poultry houses are not neglect ed because it is a long job, but be cause the work is placed second to everything else on the farm. The the ory seems to be that the poultry house will be given a thorough reno vation as soon as there is no other work to do. Of course that condition never occurs on a farm and the hens may live for a long time in an un clean house. Poultry house cleaning has been made difficult because of poor floors and built-in equipment. The old earth floor became contaminated to a depth of several inches. The dirt had to be removed and new sand substituted. This was a long job and time costs money on a farm. The new type-of cement floor is easier to clean and is a good investment for any owner. Poultry equipment should be port able. All nests must be taken outside the house and sunned and sprayed. This cuts down the chances of the vermin living through the- spray bath. It prevents a lot of cracks and crev ices which are formed when large sections of nests are nailed to the walls. The commercial coal tar sprays are fine for washing the inside of the poultry house. Lice paint gives the in terior a rather neat cheerful appear ance. Lime-sulphur spray is a great destroyer of poultry pests and the orchard sprayer can sometimes be used for washing down the walls and floor of the house.-Successful Farm ing. Gov. Len 5mall Defies Enemies .Chicago, July 24.-Governor Len Small, under indictment for embez zlement and conspiracy to defraud, spent Sunday at his home at Kan kakee, no attempt was made by the Sangamon county authorities to ar rest him. The governor spent Saturday in Chicago conferring with Mayor Thompson and other prominent re-| publican leaders. He delivered an ad-: dress at Riverside Park in which he attacked Attorney-General Brundage and 'others who have been active in bringing the prosecution. Mayor Thompson spoke from the same platform and made it clear he would stand by the governor . "Governor Small has fought for you until he has been persecuted, the Mayor said. "The big interests say: 'We can't get him like we did Low den, so we'll crush him.' Well, you and I will see them in hell first.' " While warrants have not been drawn for the arrest of the governor it was not expected any attempt would be made to serve them until after Judge Smith, before whom the indictments were returned at. Spring field, rules on the question of wheth er the governor, as Chief Executive) of the State, is immune from arrest. The governor contends that he is not subject to arrest on a grand jury in dictment Judge Smith intimated at the close of arguments Friday he would rule against the governor. The governor made it plain while in Chicago he would call troops to protect him if necessary. Adjutant General Dickson, in command of the; Illinois National Guard, was at Camp Logan ready to take the field. Governor Small was surrounded hy detectives while in Chicago. When he left a number of them accompa nied him on his train. They remained with him at Kankakee and- it was un derstood they would accompany him to Springfield. Thoa. E. Watson Has Own Opinion of Federal Re serve Board. Washington, July 21.-Just what Senator Tom Watson thinks of the Federal Reserve Board is best shown in the following resolutions which he offered in the senate a day or two ago: "Whereas, the secret, unlawful, and ruinous policy of the Federal Reserve Board during the last year has inflicted an irreparable damage of at least $31,000,000,000 upon the helpless American people by the sud den contraction of money in circu lation without any previous notice to the citizens who were to be disas trously affected by this Wall Street policy; and, "Whereas, the said reserve board has loaned to monopolistic profiteers the larger part of the entire loanable funds of these government banks; and, "Wh/ereas the ^aid Federal Re serve board has been insolently heed less to the universal cry of their vic tims who are the laborers, farmers, merchants, and plain common people of our country upon whom depend the future welfare, prosperity and defense of this republic; Be it there fore "Resilved, etc., That the President of the United States be, and is here by, directed to remove - from office immediately after the passage of this resolution the present five members of the Federal Reserve Board, and to appoint in their stead, five mem bers who shall not be bankers, but who shall be men of affairs, compe tent and honest and not mere assidu ous servitors of the Morgan interests, the Standard Oil interests, the pack er interests, the Steel Trust inter ests, or any other legalized maraud ers upon the common people of this Republic." CARE FOR BREEDING CATTLE Have Both Cows and Herd Buir In ' Good Physical Condition to Insure Uniform Calf Crop. If it is desired to have calves dropped In the fall or early .winter months^-November-the cows should be bred In February and March. One way to insure a uniform calf crop is to have both the breeding cows and herd bull . in good physical condition at- this time. A herd bull that baa been left with the wintering herd to shift for himself is, as a rule, in poor condition when the breeding season arrives, and the chances are that he will not be a sure, vigorous sire. The ration for the herd bull should consist of a liberal amount of rough ages, such as corn silage, legume hay, stover, or straw, and. In most In stances, unless In good condition, a small allowance of grain. The breed ing ?ows should be healthy and vigor ous at time of calving, otherwise they should receive in addition to a lib eral supply of silage, legume hay, or other roughage, and a small amount of grain, in order that they may give suf ficient milk to nourish the calves prop erly and at the same time maintain their own condition. COLOR PREFERRED IN BUTTER That Which Is Not Too Pale Is Gen erally Favored-Quality Not Always Affected. . The color of good butter should be, clear and even throughout. Although the shade of the color does not always affect the quality of the butter, pref erence Is generally given to that which ls not too pale in color. When the cream is churned at too high a tem perature, the butter comes quickly, but loses much of Its natural color. Churning at too low a temperature, and consequently for too long a time, also destroys the color of the butter produced. Color in butter ls often spoiled through overwashing or over-, working it Butter is of a paler color from sweet cream than from ripened, as in the former case there is more buttermilk In the finished product FOR CLEANING MILK BOTTLES Cold or Lukewarm Water Prevents Hardening and Sticking of Albu men and Casein. When milk bottles are allowed to stand, the casein hardens on them and lt is almost as difficult to.remove as when lt Is burned on by the use of hot water. If it ls necessary to let your milk bottles stand for any length of time, lt ls best to pour cold, or luke warm water Into the'm, which will pr? vint the hardening and sticking of the albumen and casein. Then, when it tie comes time to wash them, lukewarm water can be used followed by ? hot water, boiling water or live steam. By tSi??! method, the bottles will ba dean, and all bacteria will be killed bj the hot water._ BUILDING MOTORTRUCKS AND HIGHWAYS Farmer Enabled to Secure Better Prices by Delivering Products Di. rect to Market. There ls a worthy movement on foot for better roads. Every business man, every home provider and every motor ist should support lt Good roads ben efit all classes of people in their every day life. This vast country has grown so enormously and so fast that its rail roads cannot deliver the goods nor carry the people as the prosperity o? the country and present demands re quire. With good roads the farmer can de liver all his products direct to towns within a radius of fifty or more miles and though making more profit him self, he is reducing the high cost of living. The merchant is able to take ad vantage of new sources of supply, to buy his stock under favorable condi tions, and give it on sale to his cus tomers in less time than he could have secured delivery by the slower and costlier raliway express and freight service. With motortrucks he can then re-deliver to his customers and give better service over a larger territory. Automobile delivery will Increase his business, lessen* his costs and increase his profits. Millions of dollars are lost every year through perishable goods spoil ing on the railroads, because of freight delays and complications. Intercity motorexpress over distances of 100 or more miles has already become a prof itable business where good roads ex ist Single large firms have actually saved over $100,000 yearly by using mo tortrucks and they will undoubtedly contribute largely to organized Im provement of roads. Good roads are a paying investment Local authorities in cities, towns and counties should act without dt-Jey ta meet the growing national ard tocal demands before trade goes te ether A Standard Dump-Truck for Road Building. . directions. It is almost impossible to get back the lost advantage after oth er dlstr ' have won it This c y has more than 6,090,000 automob ?' rers, one to every 18 of the . and about 15 of those ride ii . les. Ownei wi. lot go where bad roads exist and risk costly damage to their cars, not only to tires, but to the bat tery equipment used for starting, lighting and 'ignition. With ignition gone wrong a car cannot travel. Southern Good Roads. HAUL ON UNIMPOVED ROADS Average Coat Per Ton Mile Estimated at 22.7 Cents-Average Haul Wac 9.4 Miles. In 1906 the bureau of statistics of the department of agriculture deduced an average cost per ton mlle of 22.7 cents based upon replies from in quiries sent to about 2,800 county correspondents. The average haul re ported was 9.4 miles. Since at this time less than 8 per cent of the roads in this country were improved, these figures indicate the average cost of hauling on unimproved roads. FARMERS' "MUD TAX" HEAVY Slogan Adopted by Good Roads Advo cates of Alabama In Campaign for Needed Funds. "The heaviest tax the fanner pays is the mud tax." This is the slogan adopted by th? good roads advocates of Alabama in their campaigns to put across a 12 year $50.000,000 road-building pro gram. The farmers were shown that good roads would benefit them in a dollars-and-cents way, besides bringing them many advantages which they never had before. Like the Balky Mule. Like the balky mule, the almighty dollar refuses to move where mud and mire constitute the road from field to farm and from farra to market Farm Values Doubled. In many communities farm vaines have almost doubled when roads have Been Improved. Everything Better. Bettor schools and better roads xnean better farms and better farsa ere. / We have a high power, fast cutting outfit forced feed-a complete power plant in itself for sawing logs to any length. Does the work of six to ten men. Lever control of blade while engine is running. Haye good assortment of Gasoline En gines. All equipped with losch Magneto and offered at factory prices. Lever control starts and COLUMBIA SUPPLY CO. stops Saw W> GERVAIS ST., COLUMBIA, S. C. Consult Your Own Interest by Consulting Us When Buying Metal or Composition Roofing Mantels, Tiling? Grates Trim Hardware . Wall Board Doors, Sash, etc. FROM Youngblood Roofing and Mantel Company 635 Broad St. Telphone 1697 AUGUSTA, GEORGIA Improved Train Sendee -TO Western North Carolina Resorts NEW TRAIN Daily Beginning Sunday, June 26th -BETWEEN COLUMBIA and ASHEVILLE -VIA; Southern Railway System Service in Connection With New Train Read Down Read Up 6.45 p. m. Lv.AUGUSTA._Ar. 10.40 a. m. 7.23 p. m. Lv.GRANITEVILLE._Ar. 9.52 a. m. 7.56 p. m. Lv.__.TRENTON.-.._Ar. 9.20 a. m. 8.24 p. m. Lv._.WARD.Ar. 8.52 a. m. 8.57 p. m. Lv...LEESVILLE._.Ar. 8.14 a. m. 11.50 p. m. Lv.COLUMBIA.Ar. 2.50 a. m. 5.15 a. m. Ar.TRYON.Lv. 10.30 p. m. 5.50 a. m. Ar.SALUDA.Lv. 10.00 p. m. 6.25 a. m. Ar..._HENDERSON VILLE...._.Lv. 9.30 p. m. 7.30 a. m. Ar.ASHEVILLE.Lv. 8.25 p. m. Connects at Hendersonville for Lake Toxaway, Brevard, etc., and at Asheville for Waynesville, Black Mountain, etc. Through Pullman Sleeping Car Service Between Augusta and Asheville on Above Schedule. SEMI-WEAKLY-Leave Augusta Tuesdays and Fridays; leave Asheville Wednesdays and Sundays. First car from Augusta Tuesday, June 26, first car from Asheville Wed nesday, June 29. SUMMER TOURIST TICKETS NOW ON SALE Daily including September 30, 1921, final limit October 31, 1921. STOP-OVERS. Consult nearest ticket agent or communicate with R. S. BROWN, J. A. TOWNSEND* ' District Passenger Agent, ' Ticket Agent, Augusta, Ga. Edgefield, S. C. 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