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:X" ' i : - . ' ' * . Farmers' November Farm Calendar Agronomy . Continue planting of cover "rnnc anH email orain until work is finisl e 1. Sow wheal on fertile well prepared laud. Do as much deep plowing as weather permits on heavy soils and where no cover crops have been planted. Store next yenr's planting seed io a dry place well protected from rots and weevils. Fumigate if necessary. lertfcnltnre Prune scuppernong grapes. Set out strawberry plants and asparagus roots. Set peach, apple, pear, grape gnd other fruits. Clean up terraces and ditchbanks about the orchard to destroy winter quarters of insects and diseases. Prepare cold frames for winter lettuce, radishes, etc. Set narcissus and other bulbs early this month. Dig dahlia and canna roots and store in a dry place for the winter. Animal Husbandry Repair or build comfortable quarters for all livestock. * Castrate all boar pigs that are to be fattened for pork. They will fatten more rapidly and more cheaply. Keep all animals free from lice They are more comfortable mst vioniatPA loeo (AA/I UU 1 4UIIC icoo IC^U. Breed sows any time after November 8 for March litters. Give sows to be bred a ration supplying plenty of protein to have them gaining flesh at breed ing time. This insures a larger and stronger litter al farrowing time. ^ As soon as frost kills the velvet bean vines, pisture the fields This is. the most profitable method to harvest velvet beans for dairy cows When the silo is opened, see that all mouldy material is thrown out before feeding starts to avoid indigestion and other serious troubles. Remember that in feeding calves milk, the quantity should not vary suddenly* and that the milk should be warn and clean Feed calves milk from a pail which is sterilized after each feeding. Feed the service bulls rather heavy grain rations (containing no cottonseed meal) and legume hay to prepare them for heavy breeding season. EntomohHiy Rush cotton picking and destroy stalks. Contiuue farm cleaning to destroy the weevils' winter quarters. Plan for the winter sprays for the orchard, the shade trees, and hedges. Winter is the time to spray for scales; write for info mation. Get the spray pump in Rood working order and do not wait until time to use it. Pack the bees. Beware of unscrupulous fruit tree agents. Plait diseases Contract for "certified" Irish potato seed for next spring's planting. Plow under cotton stalks and ' plant a covvr crop to lit Ip control anthracnose and other disseases. Get shellac and coal tar or corrosive sublimate and white lead paint tocovtrall large cuts made in pruning. Destroy diseased garden debris to decrease the number of diseases carried over to next year. Ptnlfry Take an inventory of your poultry and keep accurate records for the ensuing year. * ' S" S3' TW-"^T** .*. .5 Section Tractors on Soothe rn Farms A canvas, which was made in the spring of 1921 among 648 tractor owners in Alabama, Georgia, North and South Carolina, and Tennessee, all of whom had bought their tractors new between March, 1918, and September, 1920, indicates that tractors can be used profitably on many southern farms. The results of the inquiry are given in Farmers Bulletin 1278, Tractors on Southern Farms. I he bulletin is designed to be of service to southern farmers who are comtemplating the purchase ot tractors. The experience of present owners is summarized with reference to the advantages and disadvantages in their use; the kind, quality, and quantity of work, as well as other related information. A noticeable feature concerning the farms reporting is their large size as compared with other farms in the same state, more than 90 percent of them being larger than the average for that section. The average size of the 684 farms is 290 acres, while the 1920 census gives the average size of all farms in these states as about 75 acres. As would be ex pected, corn and cotton are the principal crops. Most of the tractors reported on_were pulling either two or three plows. Of the total number, 2 percent were one-plow size, 76 percent were two-plow, 20 percent were three-plow, and 2 percent were four-plow. The CPVO nf trootnr' tiinf t Vi air hnlintra aibV VI t HVIV| iuai lU^J UCIICVV l>est for their conditions was reported by till of the owners Two percent of this number preferred the one-plow size, 66 percent the two-plow, 29 percent the Three plow, and thS}? percent favored the four-plovr*#4kirgcr The saving of time arc? labor made possible by the use of the tractor was given by nearly half the owners as their answer to the question of what they considered its greatest advantage Other replies were better work; relieving the horses of hard labor, reduction of expenses, and the best work possible. l.'rm Gcsslp F ?t hois vho cooperate don't wail i. i s'-eir ship to come in; thej mu ? t11 to meet it. A ;. o h1 (; rrner looks upon his land .s a building lot, not as mini property. Sei i v ii >7S and buving pork may i ? ; i itable, but not for the farm, r .\!io sells the hogs. Asm i i eight words: Our cows met', usd then our children died. Nearly one-third of the people gainfully emoloved in agriculture produce only one filth of the national income. What's the answer. A tip on burning cotton stalks: An acre ot cotton stalks is worth $10.00 or $1200 for humus and fertilizer. . If one farmer in a community wants to raise sheep and his^ neighbors want to raise dogs, how many sheep will be raised? A <1 j * - rvnoiuer goon eneci 01 doii weevil damage: The farmer who' has to cheat the wcevi) to make cotton will take better care of it and market it to better advantage. What is a rural community? A region of common interests in u hich people can be brought to gether into community orgamza tions to work out their own problems. A famer dub who buys a scrub Gets nothing foi his mon. L t's go inquire for a purebred sire, And put our luck in one. x. nsSJULiL . . . - .v ==M ! LIVE STOCK FACTS ? ? ..Ml. PUN FOR IMPROVING STOCK Prograaalva Firm of Butohera In Ohl< Hit on Novol Scheme to Build Up Quality. (friputt by the United atntee D*p?rtm?al of Agriculture.) Recognizing that live-stock lrnprov# uaeut la beneficial to the meat trade ai wall as to producers of animal* butchers are becoming Interested Ui the better-sires Idea. A progressive firm of butchers lu a small -Ohio dtg seeks to better the live stock of that locality by a plan described In the fol< lowing letter to the United States D? partment of Agriculture: "While we have never made a bust' ness of dealing In purebred live stock," says the writer, "we have always encouraged their use. We try to keep fl line on well-bred young bulls In out vicinity, and whenever we buy an animal for slaughter we use our best efforts to have him replaced with something better. We bellevs this plan will help to build up the quality ol cattle in the neighborhood, to the advantage of both ourselves and ths farmers. "When we kill an animal that has an exceptionally good '.dresa' we display the carcass In our window, giving on a card the age, live weight, dressed weight and the percentage of dressed meat. In this way ws advertise to producers that they get more live weight and we get more dressed weight from well-bred stock than from inferior stock of the same age. Ws have demonatrated also the superiority of veal calves from well-bred parents, and have shown that they mean mors to the farmer in dollars and cents than the other kind." In commenting on the plan, livestock specialists In the bureau of anl,'ual Industry point out that smalltown butchers are In a position to help First Cross snorthorn Steer Obtained by Uelno a Purebred Sire With a Common Cow. . I* * In Influencing the quality- 0<f~ TCtura generatlpnn catfre and hoge 4m| come to their cutting blocks. The plan as presented by the Arm of butchers quoted is In accord with methods at live-stock Improvement advised by the department. ACUTE SHORTAGE OF HORSES Farmers Experience Difficulty In Ob? talnlng Animals Required for Farm Work. Difficulty is being experienced by many farmers In obtaining work horaaa needed. This fact has been made dear to W. H. Peters, chief of the animal minuaiiury uiviHion or tne university of Minnesota, by the number of Inquiries made by him and members of his staff as to the available supply of farm work horses. "There Isn't any doubt that for the hist two years the number of colts raised has been less than the number of horses that have died," said Professor Peters. "Is the inevitable result of this condition already making itself evident? If this condition le maintained an acute shortage of work horses Is hound to result. "Farmers who have good sound mares will find it profitable to breed them. This will he particularly true If the mares can he mated to a good sound stallion of desirable draft type. In communities where such a stallion Is not available any fanner with a half dozen or more mares will find It profitable to purchase and keep such a horse." MARKET HOME GROWN FEEDS Farmer Should Determine Number of H sad of Cattle to Kaap by Available Feed. The number of live stork which fiirnior feeds on his farm should b# | determined by the amount of home Crown Mbds which he hns on hand, end the price which he can get for these feeds If sold on the market. I As n general rule live stock wlU I market home grown feeds at a profit If the live stock Is given a square deal; hut It i? out of the question to expect scrub stock to be ee viiuiuitoi uori m ui iocub. Immunizing Against Cholera. Whan immunizing hogs against cholera do not make Injections In the 'ham or .shoulder as this lowers the value of those portions of the carcass. Inject serum In the flank or between the fore legs. I Oats Not Fattening. Oats make a very poor food toT fattening cattle, as they are go bulky that the nm . ,, nough of theu- t? pu' on i . amount of fat. S ~^i ' * * i IWe are having so many de Pageland that we have decid i department of our agency. proved that boll weevils make and dry sandy soils of Pagela t season is the best in years. 1 each week, and call at our We will be glad to show yoi have other ofierings not listec known your wants we can fit ' to sell or exchange real esta once, as the season is now 01 ! N give below a few of our offerii 83 acres, clav land farm three miles from Pageland, in high i state of cultivation, good buildings, good water, good pasture. > 54 acres, sand hill faim 1 1-2 miles from Pageland, has 400 peach trees, good dwelling and barns, buildings alone worth price of the farm, two horse farm in cultivation. | 2o9 acres, sand-clay farm, 3 miles from Pageland, one-half in culti vation, good pasture, good wa, ter, three good h< uses and barns, situated on public highway. ^ 166 acres, sand-cl.iy farm, adjoining above farm, 100 acres in cultivation, good pastuers, good water, three good houses and barns, located on public highway. 252 acres, clay and gravel land, heavily timbered, good build ings, fine bottom land in cultivation, (located on government l ' 1 I . L _ r T-? uiguwuy, six miies uorm 01 rage- > t- I '' Pageland Insurance i E L. L. PARKER, President. . 1 ? A ! m/" Jt The Growth a j This Bank II I Jfc Has been n C general kno personal con m ity, and the has always1 ff On the basii Jfc and real pei S your accoun I BANK IS 1 1 - gSitrtrtrtit444HHm I mands for small farms near H ed to revive the real estate y Experience this year has * 8 5 little headway in the high nd, and the cotton crop this 8 Watch this list for offerings office for any information, i any of this property. We 1 here, and if you will make < I you up. Any one desiring ite will do well to see us at l for making changes. We gj lgs at this time. | land, an ideal home for a good I citizen. I 65 acres, located in good com- I munitv. three miles fmm Ppotp. land, two horse farm in cultivation, red clay soil and very fertile. We have an attractive price on this farm. 4 lots, size 25 x 150 feet centrally located in Paeeland, ideal business lots, fronting on Pearl street. 2 Lots, size 25x100 feet fronting on McGregor street, centrally lo cated and very desirable. 3 Lots and dwelling 50x150 feet fronting on Pearl street, a good house centrally located. 2 Lots and dwelling in- Pageland fronting on Maple street. New house and barn, well located. 92 1-2 Acres, good clay land farm 3 miles from Pageland, good ? _ j _ ? * ouuaings, gooa iwo-norse tarm in cultivation, good pasture. and Real Estate Co., J. S. WALLACE, Manager. s md Strength of $ 5 ** * lade possible by a broad W wledge of business and 3 iditions in this commun- j tangible service that it been our policy to render. 3 s of confidence, courtesy 3 rsonal service, we invite Mr S OF PAGELAND, | PARKER, President 3 MORGAN, Cashier J fMOORE, Asst. Cashier. 3 M<44444<444<<