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* CARE OF THE DAIRY COW. * * - - * Clemson Extension Work-Arti- * * cle 30. * * As dairy products have, for a long tne, been popular as human foods and are destined to remain so indefi nitely, it is sunprising that so little attention has been given to 'the pro duction and especially is this true in our Southern States. It is safe to say that there are not articles so com &nonly used in our diet about which there is such a lack of accurate knowledge and such extravagant ..methods of production as is the case in the production of milk, cream, but ter, or cheese. With our peculiar advantages such as clim'atic conditions insuring long seasons for crop growing and elim inating the necessity for expensive bousing of cattle, the State of South Carolina should figure largely as an exporter of .airy products instead of relying on other States to supply a considerable portion of our needs in this respect. It is not for a moment assumed tht every farmer could profitably en gage in ,the dairy business, but it is. certain that there is room for many ,more and that many of those already engaged in it could add materially to their profits by a better unders-tand of the underlying principles. The st important question to be decided starting a dairy farm is that 9f Choosing -the k1nd of eoM to be kept. Without entering here into 'a dis ussion as \to the relative merite of certain dairy breeds 'it is sufficient to say that there are certain charac teristics which distinguish the pro 11table dairy cow from the profitable beef, producer; that these character istlcs aire especially found in such breeds 'as .Terseys, Guernseys, Hol teims and Ayrshires and that the strictly beef type of cattle are, as a rule, unprofitable in the dairy. NOt every man can profitably handle the pure breds at the start, but good grades of the above are very isaisfac tory.' No mati;er how good a start bas been made in the selection of the cow there still remains the important question of proper handling and feed ing. CIt is a ma,tter, of common ob servationi that.4u;ing the season when the pastures are providing an abund ant supply of feed, succulent and nu tritious, it is an easy matter to keep up the milk flow; hence we can not do better than to substitute, as far as possible, these natural conditions at other seasons of the year. This means that during the winter it is neeary to supply some 4eed thatis succulent oer juicy; this again means ensil'age, and right. bete is a good piace to say that for herds of ten or t5ve.lye head and over the silo is a proftable investment. T,orn ensilage is, however, not in itself rich enough for 'a complete i'ation.. and should -erefore be supplemented with some concentrate and ini this section cot ton seed meal should be used as a basis for the concentrated portion of the feed. A fairly good ration for a cow weighing 90 pounds and giving thirty-two quarts of milk daily would be forty pounds corn enisilage; four pounds cotton seed meal; to pounds corn meal; and two and a half' pounds wheat bran along with about six punds good, bright stover or mixed sorghum,and pea vine hay. The corn meal may frequengly be profitably replaced by dried br-ef pulp which is giving very good results as a dairy feed anid can ge ally be ob tained here for mnuc as than corn meal. Salt should ~iven regular ly, prefet ably on tfeed, say about a small table s full sprinkled on, food 4i'ce,dal - rbest results the cows should be warm and comfortably housed in er and, chiefly because feeding aring should be done at -reg tervals, it is best to supply wat the stable. The dairy cow is a nsitive creature and quickly ill treatment, so that all rough ent should be absolutely abol in the dairy barn. Treated in manner the dairy cow will go on placently chewing' her cud, gen erously pouring out the milk, and scarcely noting the difference between summer and winter. Fed on such a ration as above descri'bed, which is only one of many good ones, the cost to keep at market prices for the feed for a cow giving 750 to 900 gallons of milk would be from $50 to $60 per year. Figure out the profits from such a busineSs for yourself and when through do not forget that in a short time after establishing a small dairy herd the per acre. yield of cotton and other crops may be doubled and treb led; in short there is no more idea: method of buidling up a farm than b3 establishing a dairy herd on it. Wiher prorrly handled the losses from dis eeiuadiyhrarco artv ease iadar herd are cparatv - 3y-e a o - -' -o of the cornor FLOWER lARD .Have just receivel Pots, all sizes to Five Jardiniers, decorat4 Cuspidores, decora 17 Qt. White Linei 10 Qt. Wite Lined' 100 Pieces in this sa and last un Anderson' NEWBERRY, S iseases will be dealt with in a sl equent article. It is safe.,to"say that the dairy co isdestined to play an important pa itebuilding up o ayo u alled worn out farms. E. Barnett, eterinarian S. C. Experiment Statia Advice For the Parson. it-Bits. They were a simple-looking coup] o thought the iminister as he joint Ate,m irrevocably in the holy bonds mtrimony; but his suspicions wel roused wheni, after the ceremony, I bserved the bridegroom searchui trough his pockets and looking rifle humiliated and confused. "Ihn afraid, parson," said the your an at length, "that I ain't got at 'oney like ,to pay you with." Thei, after a moment of det tought, he looked. up cheerfully. "But I'll tell you what I'll do--I ell you how you can fix your g eter so it won't register!" An Old Friendship. Lndon Globe. The confirmed ear-biter spoke sa 7. "You told me," he said, "that W inso~n was the sort of man one got now viery easily. You understand e got to know each other so quic y that when, at .the end of the fit belf-hour of our acquaintance, I tri o touch him for two slhillings he se e never lent money to his intimat ecause that was the way old frien hips got broken up." Duck Hunting. oledo Bilade.. "How many ducks did you shot "The divil a wan." -"Dtidn't you see any?" d'Sure-th' lake wor full av thi: ut iv-ry time I'd point me gun an, d'ye moind, another wan w'd g etwixt me an' him an' spoil me aiml The Call of the Blood for purification, finds voice in pimpl4 oils, sallow complexion, a jaundict look, moth patches and blotches the skin--all signs of liver troubl ut Dr. King's New Life Pills mal rich red blood; give clear skin, ro heeks, fine complexion, health. T hem 25c. at W. E. Pelham's. 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Notice is hereby given that I will make final settlement as administra tor of the estate of J. C. Moore, de ceased, in the probate court for New LUberry county, on Wednesday, Febru LBary 1, 1911, a t11 o'clock in the fore re noon, and immediately thereafter ap ply for letters dismissory as admn Iistrator of said estate. M. C. Morris. Administrator. '--t-tw GNE TI Mr. I. L. Blaustein, American Cash Pure more Home Office in some time ago in Newberry Branch. TE STOCK Ladies Coat Suits in and pleasing Coli Ladies Silk at only .The Entire Si at Y< Anenican .Cas N W BE R RY, Wood's Seeds T For The armU ana Garden have an ~established reputation extending over thirty years, be ing planted and used extensively -1 by the best Farmers and Garden- U ers throughout the Middle and Ul Southern States. Wood's New for 1911 will Seed Catalog help* yo*t to what crops and seeds to plant I1 for success and profit. 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