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Planting and Cultivating Fail Potatoes. Clemson College, July 14.-Those "who would grow a crop of fall Irish potatoes are reminded that the time to plant this crop for best success is from July 10 to about August 1, and that the Lookout Mountain variety gives the best results because of its good yield and keeping quality. The following suggestions are made by the horticulturist specialists on meth ods of planting and cultivation. Planting.-Moisture content and previous preparation of the soil pre determine the stand. Preparatory to planting, it is well to reopen the fur rows and to follow immediately (be fore giving the soil time to lose any of its moisture) by dropping the tu bers or parts of tubers, 12 zo 14 inches apart in the drill and cover ing to a denth of 3 to 6 inches, de pending upon the character of the soil-heavier soils being planted more shallow than lighter soils. Parts of cut tubers should be as large as practicable. Packing the soil about the tubers either by stepping lightly with a rubber sole shoe of with the bare foot directly upon the tuber when dropped, or by use of a light roller following covering with the plow, insures a much better stand, if the soil is sufficiently well pulverized to prevent crushing the tubers. If tubers of the spring crop of the current year are used for planting the second or fall crop, "sprouting" preparatory to planting will be very helpful in obtaining a stand. This is recommended only where it is not possible to get seed that have been held over in cold storage or otherwise and may be done by drying the tu bers by stacking in trays or shallow piles in an open shed excluding the light for a period of ten to fourteen days, and then spreading them upon the ground in a. cool shady place cov ered with straw to a depth of 3 to 'i inches and watering sufficiently to saturate the straw but by no means such as to drench the tubers. Plait ing should be done as soon as slight sprouting begins. Cultivation.-Frequent shallow cul tivation, either by harrowing across or with the rows, should be given at intervals of ene week apart or as soon after each rain as soil condi tions will permit, until a good stand is obtained; after which cultivation should be such as may be necessary to keep the crop in a high state of cultivation. Under normal conditions, from 90 to 110 days from planting will be required to make the crop. More About Bur Clover* Clemson College, July 14.-Bur clover has about the same soil im provement value per ton of growth as does crimson clover, says N. E. Winters, Specialist in Soil Fertility, who thinks that a great many men do not have the patience to get a start of bur clover, and that a great many have a half acre of it back of the barn, trying to fertilize the whole farm with it. If bur clover is scattered over a field soon after the seed are harvest ed, any time during *June and July, it is like ly that at least a patchy field of bur clover will be obtained the first winter. One farmer I know, continues Mr. Winters, just shovels the seed in his wagon, and while his boy drives the team he throws it in piles over the field as the wagon moves along. I asked him one day why he did not try to scatter it uniformly over the field and he replied: "The stuff grows in bunches the first year, so I may as well sow in bunches." After two or three years with proper treatment, however, he would have a good field of bur clover. Several instances have been noted in South Carolina and other South ern States regarding the value of bur clover. As an example, Mr. C. W. Salter, Ward, S. C., Route 2, in four years in rotation with corn and cot ton multiplieci his yields of corn by three and doubled his yield of cotton, at the same time increasing his fer tilizer bill to where he was using only 200 pounds of acid phosphate per acre on corn and the same on cotton. The bur clover was supplying the God given nitrogen, and the organic mat ter added to his soil from the clover was making the potash available in his Piedmont land. The Confederate College 62 Broad Street Charleston, S. C. A Boarding and Day School for Girls. Begins its session September 26, 1922. Historic institution situat ed in a healthy location. Advantages of city life, with large college yard for outdoor sports. A well plained course of studies in a home-like at mosphere. A business course open to seniors and elective course to ju niors and seniors. A domestic sciei.ee course open to seniors, giving prac tical and theoretic knowledge of cooking. A sewing course for seniors and juniors. A well equipped Library. Primary department for day pupils. For catalogue and further informa tion apply to the college. Cotton Growers' Association Secured Funds. Columbia, July 17.-The South Carolina Cotton Growers' Coopera tive Association has made arrange ments with the War Finance Corpo ration for an advance of $10,000,000. This money will be used in making advances to the members of the as sociation. Each member will receive 65 per cent of the current market value of his cotton at the time he de livers his cotton to the association. With the financing problem solved, all officers elected and many of the technical heads chosen, and the head quarters practically in shape for oc cupancy, only the warehouse problem remains to be solved and the associa tion will be ready to function. No trouble is anticipated in securing am ple warehouse space. Owners of ware houses all over South Carolina have tendered their space to the associa tion for its use if needed. Now that the association is about ready to function there are many farmers over the state who have de cided to join. There was a steady in flow of contracts last week and the number is expected to increase each week from now until September 1 when it will be necessary to close the membership books. During the past week there has been a steady stream of visitors from every section of the state to associa tion headquarters and without excep tion they have told of the strong loy alty on the part of the members in their respective sections to the asso ciation and of the growing enthusi asm for cooperatiy marketing. Preventing Contact Cases of Typhoid. A subscriber writes: "We have a case of typhoid in our home. We have just had the first dose of vac cine. Besides the vaccination what would you recommend to keep the rest of us (five in number) from tak ing the fever?" As you have a doctor in attend ance at your home and he is already giving the typhoid vaccine, the first suggestion is that you look to your doctor and hot to your neighbors for advice. The doctor, I am sure, will ap prove of the following measures; he may give you additional suggestions to meet any special conditions which may arise in your home. The patient should be kept in a screened room or at least 'under a bed net that will not allow the flies to touch him. All flies about the house should be caught and killed and their breeding places (mainly horse ma nure and the filth in the open priv ies should be removed. A sanitary (fly-proof) privy should be install ed;-your state board of health will send specifications for building same. As few persons as possible should wait on the patient, and those doing the nursing should never cook for others in the family. The ones who wait on the patient in any way should wash their hands thoroughly and dip them in an antiseptic solution (a ta blespoon of carbolic acid in a pint of water) every time they touch the sick. Eat nothing that has been in the sick room. All the dishes that are used by the patient should be boiled before they are handled or used by anyone else. It is very important to disinfect the bowel and kidney movements of the sick person. This may be done by placing two large heaping tablespoon fuls of unslaked lime in each half pint of discharge and then adding a pint of boiling water. The discharges should be thoroughly mixed with the solution and allowed to stand for two hours, then should be buried.-Pro gressive Farmer. Dog Grieving to Death for Master. Saluda, S. C., July 14.-Not mad, not sick. No physical ailment what ever, but just simply grieving to death, is the present .condition of "Collie," the handsome collie dog be longing to Hon. W. L. Daniel and family. Having sold his home several weeks ago to Guy H. Able, Mr. Dan iel vacated the apartment on July 3, leaving Saluda for Charleston for a two months' visit. Prior to his going, however, he made arrangements with Mr. Able, who moved into the house on July 4, to care for "Collie" dur ing their two months' visit. Since that time, "Collie" has refused to eat at his new boarding place, Mr. Able states, he has tried many kinds of tempting food on the dog and still he refuses to eat. He drinks a little wa ter occasionally. "Collie" is becoming very feeble, just merely able to stand up. The Daniels have been notified Mr. Able states, of Collie's plight, and hopes some member of the fam ily will arrive before it is too late to save the dog's life. FOR SALE: Five good young milch cows and six head of choice beef cattle. M. C. PARKER. Nitrogen in Nitrate of Soda Does not "Evaporate Into the Air." A reader writes: "I put nitrate of soda around cotton and corn about 10 days ago, since when we have had no rain and very little of it is visible on the ground now. Was most of my nitrate wasted by evaporation into the air? Some people tell me that the nitrogen in the nitrate of soda soon goes into the air if not covered with dirt or driven into the ground by wa ter, and I have heard that it does not go into the air." Your nitrate was not wasted by "evaporation in the air." The nitro gen in nitrate of soda does not go into the air. It has largely disappear ed from the surface of the soil be cause it has taken up moisture, prob ably from both the soil and the air, and has gone into the soil moisture and through this soil moisture part of it has no doubt already reached the growing plants. In dry weather it is of course, bet ter to work the nitrate into the soil by cultivation, because it finds more moisture there and more quickly feeds the plants, but it is not lost into the air, at least, in any appreciable quantity. Except in very dry weather and a very dry soil there is usually enough moisture in the soil to dissolve the nitrate. In fact, its easily solu ble character is one of its advantages as a quick-acting fertilizer. Your ni trate of soda may not have done your crop as much good as if it had been dissolved and diffused through the soil more quickly, but it has not gone into the air and cultivating into the top soil what it still left on the sur face of the ground is probably still advisable.-Progressive Farmer. Two Cent Stamp Extends Field. Washington, July 7.-The little two cent postage stamp, representing in service probably the biggest value obtainable for the money, has extend ed its field of usefulness. It now will carry a one-ounce letter to any post office in half a hundred foreign coun tries in addition to any one of the more than 50,000 postoffices in. the United States, the many more in Can ada. Cuba and Mexico and, of course, to any of the postoffices in American possessions overseas. The extension of the two cent rate to so many for eign lands is saving Americans, par ticularly business men, thousands of dollars annually in foreign postage, assisting in extending American for eign trade, and, government officials believe, is tending to cultivate more friendly relations with foreign .peo ples. The two cent rate was put into ef fect near the close of last year to Ar gentina, Brazil, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Jamaica and Martinique. On March 1 this year Bermuda and Haiti were add ed to the list of foreign countries. Many Americans, it is believed, still use a five cent stamp in sending let ters to a number of the foreign coun tries where the two cent rate pre vails. The countries now include: Alaska-, Anguilla, Antigua, Argen tina, Bahama islands, Barbuda, Bar bados, Bermuda, Bolivia, Bon Ayre, Brazil, British Guiana, British Hon duras, British Virgin Islands, Canada, Canal Zone, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Curacoa, Dominica, Dominican republic, Dutch West Indies, Ecua dor, England, Grenada, The Grena dines, Guam, Haiti, Hawaii, Hondu ras, Ireland, Jamaica, Leeward is lands, Martinique, Mexico, Montser rat, Nevis, Newfoundland, Nicarau gua, New Zealand, Panama, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Redonda, St. Kitts, Shanghai, China; St. Vin cent, St. Lucia, Tobago, Tutuilla, Sa moa, Trinidad, Virgin islands of the United States, Western Samoa, Wind ward islands. Postal officials have no complete statistics showing to what extent the two cent rate has stipulated foreign correspondence. Some slight indica tion is given in figures relating to letter mail to Bermuda, to which British colony the two cent rate was extended March 1. During that month 2,416 pounds of American letters were sent forward to Bermuda. As suming, for purposes of comparison, they each weigh one ounce that qual ity would represent 38,656 letters. At the two cent rate they cost $773.12 in postage, while at the five cent rate they would have cost $1,932.80. There was a saving of $1,159.68 in postage, therefore. In March last year 1,892 pounds of American letters went to Bermuda. They would represent 30, 272 on the same basis, of 8,382 few er letters than sent in March this year, when the two cent rate was in effect. To Cure a Cold in One Day Take LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine. It stops the Cough and Headache and works off the Cold, Druggists refund money if it fails to cure. E. W. GROVE'S r-nature on each box. S5& Buy a FORD and bank the difference.-Adv. 10* They are GOOD! Plant Rutabagas This Month. Clemson College, July 14. Ruta bagas should be planted between the 15th of July and the fifteenth of Au gust. In the eastern part of the State the fifteenth of August is not too late, but in the central and western parts it is better to plant the middh of July, advises Prof. C. C. Newman, Horticulturist. The land should be thoroughly pre pared by plowing and harrowing un til a perfect seed bed has been form ed. The fertilizer should be applied broadcast at the rate of 800 to 1000 pounds per acre after plowing and before harrowing. A fertilizer analyz ing 8 per cent phosphoric acid, per cent nitrogen and 3 per cent pot ash will give good results on a san dy loam soil. In clayey loam soil it is (not necessary to have more than 1 to 11 1-2 per cent potash. The main trouble in growing ruta bagas is in securing a good stand during the hot summer months. Ex perience has shown that when the seed are planted in furrows two inch es deep and covered by simply run ning a wheel of an old wheelbarrow or planter over the row the seed will be mashed into the soil and covered sufficiently. Then when the seed ger minate, the roots will be*near the moist soil and will therefore stand drought well. When planted on the surface they will be slow about ger minating and when they do germinate the young plants may die on account of drought. About a pound of seed will plant an acre in rows about three feet apart. After the plants have come up to a good stand aiid have formed the fourth leaf, they should be thinned to 10 to 12 inches apart in the row, and cultivated clean, the soil grad ually worked towards the plants. The turnips will be ready for use about the first of November, but there is no necessity for harvesting them until the weather has turned very cold, say the first of December. The turnips are pulled up and the tops cut off below the bud and the roots banked by covering with soil. Ten to fifteen bushels of turnips may be put in one bank and piled up in cone shape. They should be covered by at least six inches of soil. Turnips put up in this way will keep in per fect condition until the weather be gins to turn warm in the spring. ff"."* Bible Thoughts for This Week Sunday. ALL IS WELL:-Let not your heart he troubled ; ye believe in God, believe also In me. In my Father's house are many mansions : If lt were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.-John 14: 1, 2. Monday. WHY WILL YE DIE?-As I live, saith the Lord God, I have no pleas ure In the death of the wicked. . . Turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways : for why will ye die. O house of Israel?-Ezekiel 33: IL Tuesday. ' PEACE WITH ALL MEN:-Fol low peace with all men, and holi ness, without which no man shall see the Lord.-Hebrews 12: 14. Wednesday. THE WAY TO PEACE:-Ac quaint now thyself with Him, and be at peace: thereby good sholl come unto thee.-Job 22: 21. Thursday. PROCLAMATION OF PEACE: Glory be to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.-Luke 2: 14. Friday. REFUGE, STRENGTH, HELP: God ls our refuge and strength, a very present help In trouble.-Psalm 46: 1. Saturday. PERFECT PEAGE:-Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind ls stayed on thee ; because he trusteth in thee.-Isaiah 26: 8. fe. ELECTRIC ^ BEST TOMC> DMiirroQ Mild-Laxative -iii IFamily Medicine THE FARM OF EDGEF Is Depository for Public Fun County of Edgefield, of Si of the United Stal The Strongest Bank SAFETY FIRST IS ANI Open your account with us for Savings Account with us, or invesl ING CERTIFICATES OF DEPOS] Lock boxes for rent in which tc All business matters referrec handled. WE SOLICIT ? Barrett & (INCORP COTTON Augusta ARRINGTON Wholesale Groee Corn, Oats, Kinds < Gloria Flour and Da Our L Corner Cumming a On Georgia Augus YOUR PATR??] ?JW See our repres?ntate Tired *T was weak and run-down," relates Mrs. Eula Burnett, of Dalton, Ga. "I was thin and just felt tired, all the time. I . didn't rest well. I wasn't ever hungry. 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Our Association is now licensed to write Insurance in the counties of Abbeville, Greenwood, McCormick, Edgefield, Laurens, Saluda, Rich land, Lexinj^on, Calhoun and Spar tanburg, Aiken, Greenville, Pickens, Barnwell, Bamberg, Sumter, Lee, Clarendon, Kershaw, Chesterfield. The officers are: Gen. J. Fraser Lyon, President, Columbia, S. C., J. R. Blake, Gen. Agent, Secretary and Treasurer, Greenwood, S. C. -DIRECTORS A. 0. Grant, Mt. Carmel, S. C. J. M. Gambrell, Abbeville, S. C. J. R. Blake, Greenwood, S. C. A. W. Youngblood, Dodges, S. C. R. H. Nicholson, Edgefield, S. C. J Fraser Lyon, Columbia, S. C. W. C. Bates, Batesburg, S. C. W. H. Wharton, Waterloo, S. C. J. R. BLAKE, General Agent. Greenwood, S. C. Six Per Cent Loans. I hereby announce to the farmers of Edgefild County that I am now prepared as the Attorney for The First Carolinas Joint Stock Land Bank of Columbia, S. C., to file ap plications for loans at 6 per cent straight. 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