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»«♦#MM11 !»♦»♦#• ||||M . • 1 y ]Ti ■;., ' : ALIVE TO VALUE OF PARKS Oig and Little Cities Throughout the Country Continue to Plan Ex tension of Systems. Th* great-war jvbteh tiai> exerted a disquieting effect oil many beneficial hMF neiivitL’s I lie world over seems not to have interfered with the progress ^»f U Ainerham- nmnieiimfities In daittg tlift thing?, (hut should he done for their L g ■, . ■ citizens, from ail puffs of the United early hatched pullet Stule: go out reports of municipal photooraphed junee* hond issues for new and extended . (►.•irks. The great cities of New York, i Philadelphia, Boston and Chicago arc '> ret content with, their expenditures of ) milltontC lijion millions in years gone by Tor parks. They nro .spending more, ujul more. I AmUtheir example is (icing followed hy scores and hundreds of- Number cities, ’('he -story df_liow Kansas Y’ily surmmifited topdgi»U|»lfr- Mil ere* ntricith'S to create a park sys tem is its well known" ns fhe^sforv of Kansas City’s pre-emlnenCe in the supply of beef for the markets of the world. Harrisburg, I‘a., recently paus ed to contemplate in .a public celebra tion Its improvements achievements during the past eleven' years*, notable among vvhbdi has lx*en the acquire ment of o8 .acres of park land, equal to one a re for every 70 of its popula tion. Lincoln, Net*., has just passed a bomhlrsue of $r»0,000,, tq huv park rlA'JRt EARLY HATCHED PULLET PPObUC XO Ml i. ANj>W'NTt« EOC.& emh.y matched pullct - scpt. 2<> rAT.'JRC - NOW LAY; NO '•& Vha>R! noyvYisO HE.N, PRfoPwCinO .- r*ATO*JM>- &uT r40CC.CS LATE HATCMEO PULLET SCPT Zfc immature- not layinc. late hatched pullet PHOTOGRAPHED JUNE 26 Chicks Grow Faster and Stand Hot Weather Much Better. SAgNWELL SENTINEL, BA&NWELL, SOUTH' CAROLINA (Special I^iformrtjion Service, U. S. Dcpattmmit of Agriculture.^, -SIBA.WBERRI& -EROM_SUMMfff .TQ FROST— (Special IntorinaUnii Service ]&. S/D.aiAi imoiit-r>f AgxuailtiiivJ WHY HATCH EARLY—AN ARGUMENT IN PICTURES ThU Woman Lydia E. PIriRlizmi , » Vege- %S /. - . table Compound—Her Personal Experience* AIcLean, Neb.—” I want to recom mend Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound to all women who suffer from any functional disturbance, as it has done,me more S ood than all the oc tor’s medicine. Since taking it I have a fine healthy baby girl and have gained in health and strength. My hus band and I both praise your med icine to all suffering women.”—Mrs. John Koppelmann, R. Np. 1, McLean, Nebraska. — • This fatnous root and herb remedy, Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Com pound, has been restoring women of An Wanted h\ April This Field of ajj/Everbearing Type Gave a Crop the Follow- / ing Autumn. DELICIOUS BERRY U H SUMMER Long-Season Strawberries Have Passed Trial Period. OF REAL VALUE FOR MARKET can be had the find season. Plants which have been set Cor a year give a fair yield at the time the usual strawl.erry crop is borne. For the period immediately after this early Siniihier ctqJf Yfit* ’ atuotint~ or finito'"se cured is small. In August. September jrjal October it becomes larger and un- del favorable conditions the late sum mer or autumn crop from certain vj,ari- eties may equal or exceed the early summer crop. Thus instead of a con stant supply throughout the season there Is a distinct early summer crop, lauds, uni a public-spirited citizen has donated to the city a beautiful tract of land worth thousands of dollars fi>$ the same purpose. Chattanooga. Seat- ■_ 11e.„Spokane, El Paso, San Antonio, Pallas, Minneapolis, Milwaukee, Pe- BIRDS BRING HIGHER PRICES troit, Jtocli.'ster, Columbus, ().. ntul Co- , lumhus, Ca.. Jacksonville, Charlotte. ~ N. (Spriugilelil, ^ ... ■ put tets'-Pmducret^TtTatTray When Mass.. I fa rt ford. Conn.. St. T.ouis, and ; Are Scarcest—Be CautioUs so on in an almost, endless chain, tire all working out the park prolrlems jti a nottitile manner. renew the c^ty - . _ . „ „ your ailment write Lydia El, Pinkham en though the Co./Lynn, Mass. The result Starting Business of “Day- Old” Chicks. BEAUTY IN HOME GROUNDS Heretofore “Everbearing” Varieties Have Been Grown Chiefly by Arpa- ; teura and Commercial Grow- c—* —- era—Crop First Season. Strawberries from your garden throughout summer atid- autumn are now a possibility as the result of the perfection of "everbearing" varieties of Thts dcttd&te berry. Kyerbenring strawberries are not a brand new dis covery, but heretofore they have been grown chiefly hy amateurs and com mercial growers who have tested them In comparison with ordinary sorts. In a recent publication of the United States department of agriculture an- uoQocement is made that a sullielent number of trials of these varieties now- have been completed to indicate- their * real value for home use and for mar- j ket it> certain sections'of the eoQRfry. j] Primarily a Northern Type. The regions where it Is known that everbearing varieties can he grown extend as far south its the northern parts of Virginia, Kentucky,. Arkansas- and Kansas. South of these limits there are probably-points Where they ’ may be. grown with some degree of success, hut they are not definitely known to succeed there. The two lending varieties of this type of strawberry, tfie Progressive and tin* Shperb, are fiotable not only because they prodmv"TriilJ - frpnTJIt time of flic usual emp until lute sum mer or autumn, but also because-they* are exceptionally resistant "10” leaf- spot diseases. They ,nre also yery hardy. '1 lie Progressive has been found to withstand the winters of the middle West better than any other variety ex cept the Punlap, one of its parents. The Superb also Is hardier -than most varieties of strawberries. Another re- umrkalde chartfeteristic of these varie ties is that if their blooms are killed by fhist they soon flower again. There fore in many sections subjecrTo late spring frosts, which often destroy -the- crop, these varieties are *purticuLarl.y valuable. „ Small Crop First Season. If plants of t he-everbearing tvpe are set early in the"spring, a small crop HHH I l i I II I 1II I I II I H I4> Thirteen varieties .of '-ever- bearing" strawberries are In the trade at present. They are: Ad vance, Americus, Autumn,. For ward, Francis, Iowa, Onward, Pan American, Peerless, Produc tive, Progressive, Stundput and Superb. In addition, a variety known as the Minnesota No. 1017, distributed by the Minne sota Stafe Horticultural society and the Minnesota tigrirulttlral experiment station, has-been in troduced. Only two of tin* va rieties introduced, the Progres sive and the Superb, have been widely grown as yet. The Amer icas Is grotvn to li slight extent and the others very lit.tle. The Minnesota No. 10-J7 has been widely tested in Minnesota and is grow n.to a slight extent In surrounding stales. Farmers’ Bulletin IMU of the Unhed States department of agricul ture describes these varieties in detail and discussed their sult- abiliiy to different sections. i v \. then a period pf. conqiarative rest when little frdif is produced, followed Ltil.4..iLlUg 4.>cUau1-vl1u.‘ a a fni rJx'-nTrtTrrnn Much May Be Done With a Little Care and Work, and the Results Are Gratifying. Unless a S(ierial effort • Is made throughout the—country to hatch the 1918 chicken crop early, the nation's need for a greatly Increased output.-of poultry fiesh (ind eggs Is not likely to be fully met. t White chickens can j ih’i vlsable to attempt^ to poultry flock tion ctunes strongly to the. piuiltry lie gimier yvlfh the first warm days of spring/ Previous experience In the raising of chinks often increases the chances of suo ess, but tlie land avail able to the buck-yard jpoullryn-au usu ally is too small to undertake a chick bu-iness. No attempt should be made to raise chicks unless a plot can be .provided separate from that to which the hens have access and upon which there is grass or where a supply of green feed Can.be furnished. Where ilicsf eon ditiyns- .cunu,pt jm. ha.d..iL ls^IhoLIvl. £u& tb*‘ beginner who is keeping only hens for eggs to kill tin* hens as soon as tjiey have outlived their usefulness and replace them by well-matured pul lers iu tfie fall. If it is believed practicalde to liatcb and rear a few chicks, this can best be doue with hens. If it is desired to purchase anil rear a few- day-old chicks and no hens are available for purpose, it is possible with little merica to health for more than forty years and jit will well pay any woman who suffers from displacements, in flammation, ulceration, irregularities, backache, headaches, nervousness or “the blues” to give this successful remedy a trial. For special suggestions In regard to • 1 L u 1 4 n T •• .11 M I. V Ul M L A of its long experience is.at your service. reatment Clears Dandruff Soap 25c. Ointment 25 and-50c. FROST PROOF CABBAGE.PLANTS ~dier»ejr and- CUrartfiflton WaVeftetd, 8nd- ce'sulon nnd Flat liuteh. By exprruw, Wi\ ft.86; t.OOO, f2.iXI; 6.UU) ai $1.75; 10,000 up at ITjO. W■ O. B. HERE. Dfll»*r**d pareo! j>o#t 100, 35u; l,0p0. $2.50. Satlsfactiou guaranteed. -• D. F. JAMISON* SUMMERVILLE, & C FOR SALE ONU TMorsA.NI* HL'iHKU** pure CLHVBLftND BIO H< U.L CtriTON SKHD. outton tha* made ..n« to two bales per ■ere. 'tinned mod re- e'eaned <>n my ««n tirlTale uacblner*. I do mj own persu.iu. seieitln* No other cotton planted on my tarm I’rlce. under 6 bushels, dro or morw bushels. |3. Write for leaflet. EUGENE S. DUKES ROWESVILLE. S. C. The grutind surrounding the typical city residence.Is not a thing to catch the eye In search of beauty. Usually it Is'a fjnIn-expanse of lawn with here and then* a tree to relieve the monot ony and provide some shade. A little shrubbery around the porch is also fie- que^tly seen, but often it Is scrawny, showing that it has been chosen at ran dom. poprly planted and poorly kept. This condition Is so general that the exceptional yards seldom fail to attra'ct attention to themselves, and Incident ally to the neglected yards, Tho war garden movement last year led many who had grown away from planting to revert to the inherent in stinct in every person to see things grow and to help them. Many were surprised that their small, kitchen gar dens began to take time which former ly went to outdoor sports, and that the pleasure was fully ns great. The bene fits are likewise ns readily recogniz able. IT this Interest can be sustained, It is probable that there will be a re vival of the home flow’er garden, and more general Interest In the beautifica tion of home grounds. be hatched at tiny time of the year, It is the chickens hatched early in the spring that give the best results. Hatching should begin from February 1 In the South to March 1 In the North and West, and should be completed by May 1. The usual time for starting the Incubators and sitting hens coip- cides too closely w ith the. planting sea son on the farms and hatching oper ations are likely to be reduced on that account. Therefore, hatch early. Chick ^Business. The city poultry keeper should tackle the business of hate),Ing chi#ks of buy ing and rearing "day-old" chicks cau tiously 6r not at all. Often It is iuud- trofibLe ’-and- expep.se to tireless brooder, which will serv* place of the l\ens. It would he well fur the beginner to obtain fToui the Department of Agri cult ure-or from State agriculture col leges, publications on. hatching- aud rearing. To Destroy Mites. In tests of a large series of inseetl- cid-s eonduited by entomologists of -Uh> United StatesTDepartment of Ag rieulture. it ‘was Ijptiiid that n . fe,v4 thorough ’applications of crude petro leum t<> the interior of poultry houses will completely destroy mites. CHARACTERISTICS OF POULTRY BREEDS Those of Laying Class Are Rela tively Small and Energetic. can always select a standard breed better adapted to their locality and their purp'fse than any nonstandard stock they can procure, and having the - further advantage - ^ reproducing true to type. ' . Out of^His Range. A voting nmn stepped Into a spdrtlng .goods store In Indianapolis recently and jiskyd to see* some guns. His .-remarks Indicated that lie was a sportsman of a -decidedly amateurish sort. The obliging salesman brought forth , till manner and varieties* of weapons, from a •JL’-eaJl.ber illle to - latest model "pump" gun, but nothing broiyjbt any response of satisfaction into the young fellow’s face. Finally tin* salesman handed him a lngli power rifle, used for lug game, with the remark. "This beautiful little gun, sir. Is Just what you want, I beliexe. It kills at three t housand yaixls." t The.young man shook his head -more iDvdouht tlian ever. "No,” lie said, "I •am a frit iii I couldn’t use It at all. You — see, I have to get closer tlian-tliat.”— Indiana polls News.”' ~ Blackhull Kafir Excellently Adapted Brahma I# Most Popular of Meat Birdsf Tor Purpose—Rowdily Fed With-' Men Insist on Eating Meat amount of fruit is borne. . AVeathiT conditions play an inrpor- tnnt (iart In the amount of fruit pro duced during the summer and autumn. Only when the moisture supply and other climatic comlitioiiMiure fiiverahie can (lie.'’yield be constant. For this reason the results obtained from the everbearing varieties have varied greatly tn the di lie rent’ scelionsof the country,;and in different years. If a long drought occurs while the plants are fruiting, the berries heroine s'milll land t fie plants finally cense, to bear. ' Therefore t^ev are not Avell atlapted i to sections having long droughts elf- ceptWhen irrigation can he supplied. SET STRAWBERRIES EARLY *• TO GET'FRUIT FIRST YEAR „ y Early spring—as wipn «s you can get Into the garden—Is the time to set “everbearing” straw berries, or. in .act, uuy straw berries. With such an early start a lurger crop of fruit can be obtained the flrst year. The plants also have upporluuity to become established and to de velop better root systems'before beginning to fruit. The mark edly different behavior of the long-season varieties has led to the development of cultural practices differing In special de tails from those followed In the production of standard sorts. Directions for the .culture of the everbearing types', In so fur as the methods ^differ from ordi nary practices ‘with strawber ries, are given Ju Farmers’ Kuj- letln 901 of the U.. S. depart ment of agriculture. - Territories Produce More. •The^ two million people in Alaska. Hawaii, Forth ltieo, iifnTTTunni are try ing to'do their part for the food sup ply. Through its experiment stations in these f possessions tlie Uuitwl States department of agriculture early tn the emergency startl'd canipuigns to in crease food production. To make the territories less dependent upon the mainland of this country for their Sup plies is the* aim of the federal work ers. Important results already have been obtained. -*• ■- Porto lUco, which formerly imporU*d Tflore than $800,000 SvoFth of beans un- nuully from thg mainland, now- is in a IKisUlon to export thts product. The Alaska stations have greatly increased the areas sov^p to grains and now are able to meet Increased demands for seed grains locally adapted^ The Guam station is distributing larger qunnti- ties of Seeds and-plants for cultivation by the natives, with prospects of -mr increased production of food. Ilawnll also has Materially tncransed Itt pro »j duct ion of food eropa. Before the war Hawaii and Porto Rleo Imported somej $20,000,000 worth of food supplies froth this country niinually. Mnny of the ar ticles imported can be grown* success ftilly In these Islands.7 *. “There nro, of course,wasteful fnml- -lies, 1mit nmst UiComes are not elastic Because It Is Largest and'Most Rug ged in, Constitution—Plymouth, Rock Favored. ”—" “ throwing utvny of good food,” n writer says in the Woman’s Home Companion. "It is safe to say that u Targe portion lh this country, with the exception of TeparetrTiy'Ttre -rrmtiT* Suites ITeparU' ment.of Agricylture.) The laying breeds commonly grown of such waste as there is Ts caused s causei bv the ‘simple.jdaln’—hrrUexpcB^tve— tastes of the American man. It is not only the big.Johns, but the little Johns, of the country who emulate in conduct the ranchman who rambled into a New' Yofk restaurant, and. having road* the menu, ’clenched u knife and fork in ear'll fifit, and, bringing them <P>\vn on tin* taT>Te, cried out In a fearsome voice, ‘Meat !’„• . “This cry of ‘meat!’ wentjup in tens of thousands-.of homes after patriotic nmst p<ipu1ar hecatise it is at the .«;) women tried To put into effect the. 1Imo tho-tnVn-.^r «..,t tho most m? ^ubstifnle nmiutC*"* the Minorca, are relatively .squall, very energetic and lively, mature early, and are etfslly kept ln^ g<.»od laying condi tion. The Minorca is‘of larger size and modified somewhat in the other ■ particulars mentioned, -yet 1ms more the character of The laying class than of any other. Characteristics of Meat Breeds. In the mfint he<*e'Js there is not the same uniformity *f type that Is found In the laying breeds. The Brahma, is t me time the'largest m.d file most rugged. Ift constitution. The Dorking excels in quality of meat, hut Is generally con sidered sompwhat la< king In hardiness. The Cornisn is rather hard-mealed, hut Fuel May Be Cause of Cancer. A Scotch physician has just com pleted an extensive series of researches being very short-feathered has its spe- into the incidence of cancer which lead'-clai place as a large meat-producing him to some novel conclusions. He fowl Uy sobthefily sections where the finds that iu Scotland and the Scotch more heavily feathered Praluua does islands the perreqtagopf.cancer is par- not stand the summers well, tlcultrly high in coal-buruing Strict* £ Charaeterlrt i c . of General-Purpose and low in peat-burning districts. * Breeds Thorearp ^eo^ttbM^tblYruie- ^ R , he poprtar of tho ,7 ^ I'r, „r, ‘ e^r.|.purp» w rfaftft thof* .«■ .!-* gSt.jjrT* ,n r «| ., - . . , * different uses. The Plymouth Itock w -with • high percentage of sulphur. . . _ ' ^ .. ,, . Tims he eonolmles thn, coals and [a-ats 1 ff’Ttl ” o^fSomremonj, will, a high sulphur, content used a, a *'« t"* w,d *f range of regulrentents fuel have a direct coanectlo a _with ^i '» <!>» general-purpooo-class. development of cancer. - GRAIN SORGHUMS FOR FOWLS out Crushing. f,Pr«i5a-red by the Unite*! Stntes Depart- ibej)> of Agriculture, i . * 4 ‘" All poultry raisers should become Had Illustration of Fact. "A Soot will mak«> his homo wher ever he.sets hi< foot,"" declared one of that ilk. "W'heVe in- goes he stays." "I ofti-iHieard that', htTT I never lie fieved it." <ai<l tlfncoekney. “Nor oi. paytlmr, until today,” put in I'ut. "Me an’ McDougal an' another Ntw Civic Pride Plan. Erect a miniature jail on a promi nent corner ond through the I air red windows exhibit photographs of houses and grounds that need fixing up. ■ 7 - v ; ' - This is the “city beautiful" plan of a Milwaukee councilman. ^7 “When people let their weeds gtow or rubbish accumulate, give them ,put>- Ucityr' he ailils. The council, is con sidering the plan. - . ' ' and earlier maturing, but still V^rjr well roented and easy to fatten. The Khode Island Red”T»as nearly the same*- standards af weight as the Wyandotte-, but Is a more active bird, not putting,on fat se readily; conse quent/ It approaches the laying type •fid is popular with those who want eggs and meat, hut jsgnt eggs most. The Orpington Is at the othet; ex treme in tip* gineml-purpow’glass, be ing a h*‘nvler, meatier fowl than the Plyufouth Rock. " - * j ( Such a list of bret'ds affords^so wt4e it range of choI«>e thut poultry keepers more familiar with tlie value of siirg- hum grains, especially Th>“ Blackhulf j kafir, as a fetwl for bens.'. They are excellently udapted for ihi.<purpose ns the grains are nutritious, and in size they are small enough so that they are , readily fed without cracking or crush ing. ” 1 An invesligiLtion iuadc\in lfRiS show ed more than pJO firms ynguged in the manufacture of over 200 brands of poultry feed; ' Figures furnished at that trrmnby of these firms showed an annual output of about 30,600 ions of these products. Approximately : Qne- third of tliis quantity, -or 10,000 Tons, consisted of the seed of-Blackhull kafir. This was-used mostly in mixture with other grains, such as corn, wheat, screenings, -etc. It probably is a safe 'estimate that kafir-.or other grain- sorghum seed forms fully 25 per cent of the prepared poultry feed sold In this country. There IS u steady demand for these grains tn the manufacture of poultry feed. When tlnT crop In this country has been short, similar varieties have been Imported from as far away as In dia mid China. The poultry industry Is steadily liicreasing in this country, it is prohiilde that kafir grain’would form a still larger proportion of the totab poultry feed manufactured if it were always available at satisfactory fella, w inPin. for a (livin' competition In »li** river tlil-s jauruln’.. mi’ Mcllmigal touched the 2o-fnpi iipttoin." •... "Well," asked The eorkney, 'ju.iw- does that support yothcjilea?" ■‘Midbittgal stopped mv't’!*,' Put. ’ replied wwvw m HOURS O ol 2 r-shrsi A Baked Cereal Food Different from the usual ruri of toasted or steam- cooked cereals, prices.. -This avenue should not be neg- The Wyandotte Is a. Wttle .smaller 11eptert * * Keep Chicken House Clean. Mites are the little red spider-llke parasites thpt are fdund tn the’house and Uve off the hens at utght. Control them by cleaning the house regularly. Paint the roosts and spray the walls of the house with kerosene oB-or one of the coal-tar disinfectants."- 1 is baked in giant ovens— baked for nearly twenty hours under accurate con ditions of, heat, so that the whole wheat and malted barley flours may develop their full, rich aweetness. ; • — -V-*- c ' “ . . - ' ’* • ■* • v . • ' - 1 • . » . iMNSOMf • • . • -v • Practlce'of Soiling. ‘ The practice of soljipg is especially good on the dairy farm .where the quan tity and quality of green summer pas ture cannot always be relied upon. You don't need sugar on Grape-Nuts. ,