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Easy to Underfeed a Good Dairy Cow. It is as easy to underfeed a good dairy cow as it is to over feed a poor one. If a good dairy cow, well fed uses one-half the feed consumed to maintain her body, one-fourth to manufacture milk and the other fourth is given back in the milk, it is easy to see how a poor cow, that wiir not live up to this division of the feed, may be overfed. On the ?other hand, while a good dairy cow, if underfed, is likely to draw on her own body to a certain extent, still if she is not given all the feed she can use on this basis of one-half for her body and one-half for milk pro duction, the milk production is pound to suffer, for the body must nave its needs supplied or it cannot do its work. If two cows of the same weight ^require the same amount of feed (half a full ration for a good cow) .to keep up their bodies, then each should be fed the same for this pur pose. That is, each should have a basic ration for this purpose and rthen any additional food should be in proportion to the milk produ ced. Let us suppose that these two ?cows are getting all the roughage "they can consume. This should be some succulent feed such as green pasturage, silage or roots, and in ad dition all the legume hay they will consume. If these constitute the xoughage, they will be well fed in so far as the roughage is concerned. One need know little more about feeding roughage, for if these feeds oe grown on the farm and the cow receives all the green feed or pastur age she will consume, all the silage she will take, -or a fair allowance of Toots, and in addition what legume bay she will eat, she is to this extent being well and economically fed. If anything more is fed, it should be on the basis of milk produced. If one of these cows be a poor dairy cow she will not pay for any concen trates or grains in addition to such roughage. In fact, if she is an aver age dairy cow she will not pay for much if any grain when given all these good roughages she will con sume, and since these roughages, if produced on the farm, are cheaper than grain or concentrates, only the good cow or those better than the average are likely to pay for grain "when given all the roughage they will consume. But if the other cow be a good one she will pay a profit on some grain and should have it. The greatest defeat in the feedng . of dairy cows is that few of them have all these succulent feeds and legume hay they will consume. Pas tures are short and overrun with weeds, silage and root crops are too often missing, and legume hays are very much too scarce. When these conditions exist, then high-priced grains must be fed to even keep up the bodies of the cows and "dairying doesn't pay." But even when these roughages are given in abundance the good cow or any cow which will pay for it is entitled to grain in quantities that she will pay a profit on. The cow get ting these roughages that will pay a fair profit on only four pounds of .grain a day is not entitled to 6 or 8 pounds. On the other hand if 8 pounds of grain is feed, to a cow that will give a better profit when fed 10 pounds of grain, the owner is a loser by his failure to give this cow .as much feed as she requires to pay :the best profit. It is apparent that cows can only be fed economically when given all the home grown roughages of the beLt sort they will consume, and are then fed grain only in proportion to the milk produced. To feed in this way, the milk must be weighed and a record kept, and each cow fed ac cording to her production or milk flow. This is some trouble, but if it is too much trouble for any man, he .had better go out of the dairy bus iness-Progressive Farmer. A red headed Irish boy once ap plied for a position in a messenger office. The manager after hiring him sent him on an errand in one of the most fashionable districts. Half an hour later the manager was called to Ihe phone and the following conver sation took place: "Have you a red-headed boy work ing for you?" "Yes." "Well, this is the janitor at the Oakwood Apartments, where your boy came to deliver a message. He insisted on coming in the front way, and was so persistent that I was for ced to draw a gun." "Good heavens! You didn't shoot hi m, did you?" "No, but I want my gun back." Only One "BROMO QUININE** To get the genuine, cn ll for full name, L.t. TIVB BROMO QUININE. Look for signature c JB. W. GUOVB. Cures a Cold in One Day. Stop* ?cough and headache, and works off cold. 25c Roads in South Being Im proved. Chicago, Aug. 25. -Southern states have added $40,000,000 ! to their highway improvement funds this summer, according to reports to Chicago automobile associ?tions. Im provement work is going forward at top speed in every state south of the Mason and Dixon line. Roads former ly impassable when the tourist traf fic turned southward this fall will be ready to carry their burden, because the reports indicate, bond issues and paving projects have met with pub lic approval. Tennessee has spent $883,000 in the last few months on repair and improvement of main highways. The state sooon is to vote for a $75,000, 0.00 bond issue. If passed the state good road association, which is fa thering the bond issue, claims that a gigantic system of paved highways will be completed in the next eight years. At least 50 years would be re quired to complete the system under the present financing plan, it is said. The plan contemplates no increase in property or vehicle taxes. Tiie gasoline tax will serve as a toll charge collected only when peo ple actually use the roads. Alabama, another state which car ries the bulk of tourist traffic in the fall and winter has invested about $5,000,000 in highway improvement this summer reports indicate.' Geor gia lias added a total of $780,000 for repairs and extensions of the state systems. Kentucky has made many improvements in its roads and has contracts under way estimated at $870,000. Other outstanding con tracts for road work include Louis iana $932,000, Mississippi $844,000, North Carolina $7,780,000, and South Carolina $1,104,000. Florida, objective of thousands of tourists in the winter, also is improv ing its roads. Plans for the general improvement of the Dixie Highway between Jacksonville and Miami in clude widening the road, elimination of railroad crossings and straighten ing of curves. The old road is being used during construction of the new highway. Travel over roads in the Southern states haj increased 500 per cent, in recent years, according to estimates. Engineers engaged in the South ern improvements estimate that the pavements already completed have reduced transportation costs to the farmer from 26.6 cents for carrying one ton one mile to nine cents a ton mile. Consolidated schools, commun ity centers and modern churches have followed closely in the wake of improved highways. Will A Tractor Pay? There are only a few days be tween the date of maximum bene fits from a cover crop of clover and the date of profitable corn or bean planting, so the work must be done with dispatch to insure success. A similar condition prevails when wheat and oats are to be followed by beans or peas for forage. It is in such emergencies that we have found the tractor of greatest ser vice. In fact, in many cases weather conditions may be such that the pro duction of the whole crop hinges on prompt action. I have been somewhat disappoint ed in the cost of tractor operation compared with mule power. For gen eral farm work I have learned that the "Missouri Hybrid" will deliver power at the draw-bar of most farm implements at a less cost per unit than any mechanical power yet de vised. But there is great advantage at times on the farm in the ability to concentrate power. We need to have one man to direct the equiva lent of four or more mules and do it quickly. Here again the tractor has an open field to itself. Summing up my conclusions, there is a profitable place on most properly balanced 100-acre farms or larger for a tractor, and possibly some smaller. However the farmer who allows a smooth salesman to get his name on the dotted line for a tractor believing that it will do all that is usually claimed for it and at a ridiculously low cost, will more of ten than not regret his purchase. Last, but by no means least, be slow to purchase any machine if it is difficult by reason of distance to get repair parts. They all break sometimes, and this always happens when they are in use. This may hap pen at a time when a few days' wait ZioDgq saketao it etaoietao taotatt ing may defeat the purpose of the machine for a whole season. There fore satisfy yourself about service before you decide to buy.-F. P. Latham, Member North Carolina Board of Agriculture.-Progressive Farmer. FOR SALE: Barred Plymouth Rocks pullets and cockerels at $land $1.50. D. J. LaGrone. 8-23-2t. The Christian Conception of Education. By President Rufus W. Weaver. Education is a process the ob ject of which is to direct aright all human thinking. Its realm inclu des all fields: One of fact, the other of appreciation. When education is limited solely to the realm of fact it takes the form of imparting information. When ed ucation includes the realm of appre ciation, then the knowledge of all facts, whatever may be their kind or character, is so imparted to the student as to make surer for him the meaning of the universe and to re jveal more clearly to him the beauty and . the harmony of nature, and thus to quicken within him the conviction that every duty must be performed because he lives in a moral universe over which there ever reigns a holy ?and righteous pod. The peril of science in the field of education is not so much in its the ories as in its tendency to exclude everything except the physical facts under consideration. True education seeks to develop in the student the purpose to use all the knowledge which he has acquired regarding the facts of life so as to express more fitly and more perfectly his appre ciation of all that is true, beautiful and good; for out of his appreciation are the issues of life. The culture of true and holy appreciation is far more important than the mere "ac quisition of collected and systema tized facts. The school which is free to en courage and to develop the appre ciation of that which is best in life is the school where truest education can be secured. The institution which gives pre-eminence to the ap preciation of Jesu s Christ as reveal ed in the New Testament and which is al le to inspire students to think in harmony with his divine mind, provides for the next generation the men and the women who are des tined to become "the salt of the earth" and "the light of the world." Governor Harvey Commended. We have never believed that the great rank and file of our people had given themselves over to law lessness, and we are more than ever convinced that this is so, judging by the words of commendation express ed in approval of Governor Harvey's course in tightening up the reigns in the matter of law enforcement. The chief executive of a sovereign state has it within their power to do much towards compelling respect for law. When he shows a disregard for the findings of the courts and juries, the spirit for the contempt for law is accelerated. When he shows he stands firmly for law and for law enforcement, the spirit of respect for law is increased. What is a gov ernor for, anyway? To make the law of no effect, or to execute the law? If he be the chief executive the prin cipal function of his office is the ex ecution of the law. When he fails to stand for the enforcement of the law, he fails, in just so far, to func tion in the chief matter involved in his election to office. It is not an easy office, if one meets the require ments. A prisoner having fought his way from one court to another, con victed in all, finally stands face to face with a long term of imprison ment or execution, The last and only remaining hope of the prisoner is an appeal to the governor. Friends, kinsmen, attorney-one after anoth er and by various methods, put up a series of .bombardment's against the executive mansion. It is a hard thing to stand firm when ali this on slaught comes. Men of weak convic tion cannot stand. Men of weak minds mistake the insistence of the few for the voice of thc many. The truth is, the great majority, although silent, are in accord with law en forcement. They know that to give government you must have law en forcement- This is so plainly true that it needs not to be argued. If it be not true your juries, courthouses, and the entire machinery of govern ment is farcical. Governor Harvey has our sympa thy and respect, in his strong stand for law's enforcement. He is doing much to bring this stale back to its senses, to rid it of anarchy and vio lence. He should be given ful] en dorsement by the good people of this state.-Union Times. Let us not forget the community, county, and state fairs. Let us re member that it is our duty to do our bit in the affairs of the community., county and state. Now is the time to plan what we are going to exhibit at the fairs. We can't do our farm? and ourselves justice in this matter if we wait until the last m\nut2 to got our exhibits planned. This is a work that is broadening and interest ing, developing in us a better appre ciation of country life and the farm. SYSTEMATIC SOIL BUILDING Crop Rotation, Legumes, Drainage, and Fertilizers Important Features. Clemson College, Dec. 26.-The Tal lie of a well-drained, fertile soil can not be over estimated in fighting the boll weevil. In the first place, a well drained soil is absolutely necessary to success, as cotton will not make an early growth on a cold wet soil. In the .second place, it has not been found profitable to raise cotton on poor land under boll weevil condi tions,' because the overhead expenses are so great that it makes the cost of production very high per pound of cotton. Some practices which have been found extremely important in supply ing and maintaining the fertility of the soil are suggested below. Crop Rotation,-It has been found that the. fertility of the soil may be maintained more easily and more ec onomically by a systematic crop ro tation than it can be done without a rotation. The value of crop rotation in keeping up the fertility of our land can not be over-estimated. The Clemson Colege agronomists have worked out good rotations for various phases of farming in the dif ferent sections of the state and will gladly furnsb them upon request Summer Legumes.-It is recom mended that summer legumes be planted everywhere possible, and that all such legumes as are not needed for feed for livestock be plowed under for soil improvement. This will re duce the fertilizer bill very materially and at the same time will add much valuable organic matter to our soils. In a recent experiment conducted by Clemson College at Allendale, S. C., where cora followed cotton, a yield of 15 bushels was secured without the use of nitrogenous fertilizer. Where cora followed a crop of velvet beans, the same plot gave 37.7 bushels, show ing that the velvet beans supplied practically all the nitrogen required In the production of a good crop of corn on a poor sandy loam soil. Winter Cover Crops.-It is also im portant to plant winter cover crops on all land not otherwise occupied, as these not only help to preserve the fertility of the land and prevent wash ing and leaching, but are also valu able because the boll weevil can not live through the winter in a green cover crop, since he is unable to eva porate sufficient moisture from his body to enable him to stand the win ter. Drainage and Terracing.-It is im possible to raise cotton satisfactorily on land that is poorly drained, and it is impossible to build up the fertility of land that is not properly terraced. Therefore, good drainage and proper terracing are primarily essential to successful crop producion under boll weevil conditions. Lime Where Needed.-The use of lime is recommended where a good system of crop rotation is being fol lowed and where green manure crops and winter cover crops are being grown and plowed under to increase the organic matter in the soil. Lime will not be profitable to apply to corn, cotton, or small grains, except under the conditions given above. Livestock Manures and Commercial Fertilizers. Commercial fertilizers should be used judiciously, and all the barnyard manure possible should be applied to our farming land. Un der boll weevil conditions it has been found that the earliest crop (which under boll weevil conditions is the best crop) is secured from prop erly balanced fertilizer. It is impor tant to have enough of f?ach element in the soil to supply the needs of the crop, and yet it is not wise to have too much of any one element, for that will delay the maturity of the crop, especially is this true- of nitrogen and potash. Many experiments have shown that a little nitrogen gives a late crop. It has also been found that too little potash is likely to result in dam age from rust and too much potash is likely to delay the maturity of the crop. The Extension Service and th? South Carolina Experiment Station have issued from time to time various publications that will help farmers build better soils. One of the most important of these is Extension Bul letin 48, "Farming under Boll Weevil Conditions," which can be secured free from county agents or from the Extension Service, Clemson College, S. C. CO-OPERATION IN THE PRODUC TION. STANDARDIZATION, AND MARKETING OF FARM PROD* UCTS. It is recognized that farmers need and should have a larger share of the consumer's dollar paid for farm pro ducts. To get this farmers need to pay more attention to uniformity in production, to proper standardization of products, and to orderly distribu tion of products. These things can be accomplished only by co-operation through organization. The individual farmer is seldom able to make satis factory market connection. Therefore farmers are urged: (a) To perfect community organiza tions for uniform production through the adoption of standard varieties, standard containers, standard grades ??tc. (b) To or?anize co-operative mar keting associations on the commodity basis lc: the proper grading, adequate warehousing, necessary financing, and iklllful selling of farm products. Farewell Party for Captain Snuggs. Captain Harold H. Snuggs, who sails soon for China, was tendered a delightful farewell party by the B. Y. P. U. of the South Main Street Baptist church on Monday evening at the home of Mrs. J. Lide Wilson on Edgefield Avenue. The guests came in tackie cos tumes which afforded unbounded mirth, Miss Elberta Dean being pre sented with an onion as prize for the tackiest costume. A number of old fashioned games were enjoyed and an interesting feature of the even ing was a contest in which the lar gest number of words possible were spelled with letters of the name Har old Snuggs." In this also Miss Eliza beth Dean was the lucky contestant. Ginger cakes, red lemonade, and stick candy were served as refresh ments. - Captain Snuggs' sister and broth er, Miss Faith Snuggs and Roland Snuggs, who were paying him a short visit were also guests of the occasion. Miss Snuggs and Mr. Snuggs left yesterday for Saint Louis to spend a week or ten days before Miss Snuggs sails for China and Mr. Snuggs returns to Florida to resume his studies there. Captain Snuggs will remain in Greenwood for a few days longer.-Greenwood Index Journal. Painting and Stenciling. Place cards, tally cards and invi tations made of good quality of pa per and decorated with simple or elaborate designs. Luncheon sets stenciled in oils on best quality of sanitas. All orders will be promptly filled and appreciated. Write me for further information. SUSAN ADAMS, Edgefield, S. C. Six Per Cent Money All. land owners desiring loans on farmrlands at 6 per cent interest for a period of 5 to 33 years can apply through the Peoples Bank of Edge field, S. C., representative for The First Carolinas Joint Stock Land Bank of Columbia, S. C. Straight loans; no commissions. THE PEOPLES BANK. Edgefield, S. C. July 4th, 1921 We Can Give Yo on Mill Work an Large stock of Rough and 1 Imm?diat Woodward QUALITY Corner Roberts and Di Spend Next Sum Isle of 3.50 Good Only on Train Leaving I via Columbia. Arrive i Returning leave Charleston 5:15 I leaving Charleston 3:00 A. M. No 1 lor or sleeping cars. ENTIRE DAY OF FUN AND Excellent Sailing, Bathing, Fishinj Charleston, Fort Moultrie and Sulli' WEEK END TICKETS Sold for trains Saturdays and Sut reach original starting point pri date of sale. Summer Excursion tickets bearing sale to Mountain and Seashore R communicate with Ticket Agents Southern Ra McCormick Girl Burned to Death. McCormick, Aug. 23,-Miss Rbsa,^ Bell Townes, the twelve year - old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Townes of Plum Branch, met a trag ic death at the home of her parents at Plum Branch yesterday when she undertook to kindle a fire in a stove by the use of gasoline. vt It seems that Miss Townes was preparing to cook dinner for the family and had been in the habit of pouring a little gasoline in the stove to start the fire, but yesterday the stove was evidently warm from breakfast cooking and when she poured the gasoline into the stove it exploded, evidently causing Miss Townes to spill some of the gasoline . on her clothes as she was immedi ately covered with flames. She ran through the house and out in the street with her clothes all in flames and before help could reach her ber clothing had been burned and her body was burned to such an extent that although medical aid reached her within ten minutes she died with- ^ in four hours from the time she was burned. Miss Townes was a young woman of lovable disposition and numbered her friends by the score. Her untime ly death has cast another shadow of sorrow over the town and commun ity where she lived. The remains will be carried to Pickens county for in terment. ^ It is a disgrace to cotton farmers that our cotton crop is exposed to all kinds of weather in the fields, . half protected by wrapping at the gins, and then abused until it reaches the factories. We are very busy, but cotton should be picked over several times during the fall, and care should be exercised to keep it practi cally free from trash and dirt. It-n should be fully protected with bag ging at the gin and should not be exposed to rain after leaving the gin. Whenever You Need a General Tonic Take Grove's The Old Standard Grove's Tasteless chill Tonic is equally valuable as a General Tonic because it contains the well known tonic properties of QUININE and IRON. It acts on the Liver, Drives out Malaria, Enriches the Blood and . Builds up the Whole System. SO cents* u Prompt Service d Interior Finish Dressed Lumber on hand for ? Delivery. Lumber Co. -SERVICE ugas Sta., Augusta, Ga, clay on Delightful Palms )UND TRIP FROM GEFIELD, S. C. ridgefield 7:30 P. M. Saturdays it Charleston 7:55 A. M. ?. M. Sundays; also, good on train baggage checked. Not good in par FROLIC AT THE SEASHORE r and Water Sports. See Historical iran's Island. $6.25 idays, with final limit returning to ior to midnight Tuesday following final limit October 31, 1922, now on rsorts. Stopovers. For particulars ilway System