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VARIOUS FEEDS FOR HORSES Desira le to Know Value of Different Roughages in Determining on Economical Rations. The problem of feeding work horses is one involving the economical pro ductioi of energy and maintenance of health It is of considerable impor tance to know how much hay and how much grain a farm horse at hard labor should receive in order that he may work -vith the greatest efnciency and econoriy. With high priced grains it is very desirable to know the relative value of different roughages in order that economy may be practiced in making up a ration for work horses. In ord-r to determine some of these points a number of experiments have been <.nducted at the Illinois station, .ten tezams being used in the tests, with the following results: But little difference was observed in the value of clover and timothy hay when fed in conjunction with corn, oats, oil meal and wheat bran, the difference being slightly in favor of clover. The results show a slight saving due to mibing grerand grain with chaffed :clover hAay, but not sufficient to justify the ex-)ense. Hor es fed alfalfa and timothy ate less g: tin and hay and gained slightly more i a weight than those fed clover and trnothy while doing the same amoun-. of labor. . Twenty to twenty-two per cent. low grain was required to maintain the - Well-Fed Horses. weight of horses fed alfalfa than those fed tim othy hay. Horn s fed coin and alfalfa ate 22 per cen.t. less grain than those fed the mixed ration, and lost 6 pounds more in weizht per head in eight weeks. The ration of corn and alfalfa cost 6 cents I hss per horse per day than the mixed ration. HQrses fed ground corn and oats with wheat bran, oil meal, timothy and alfalfa hay consumed 9 per cent. less feed aad gained 3 pounds more in weight per head in six weeks than those 13d whole corn and oats with a simnilar ration. Farm work horses at hard labor should receive from 1 1-5 to 1 1-3 pounds of grain, and from 1 to 1% pounds of hay per 100 pounds of live weight per day. In order that their weight may be maintained. CASH IN EARLY VEf.TABLEC catches the dimes and dollars. E~vea though there are many gardens in town, *here are a great many who prefer to buy their vegetables. Ia connection with the sale of vegetables, early plants pay a handsome dividend. says a contributor to the Farm and - Home. The great thing in gardening is te have the vegetables ready a week or two before the other fellow. You not only get the advantage of high prices at the first of the season, but when cnce a customer, If your goods are O) S, you can hold them through out the season. A c arter of an acre is large enough to begin with. This amount. if worhed intelligently, will produce an astonishing amount of "truck." The piece of ground selected for the garden ~should be cleared of all rub French Salad Plant. bish or trash, such as large dry weeds, sticks. etc., that will interfere with eultilvat on or which will cause the soil to lose moisture. The spot selected should be top dressed with well rotted stable ma aure or that from the pigpen or poul try house. Use all of these; there is ao danger of getting the soil too rich. But be sure and get the manure well mixed with the soil. After plowing and harrowing the piece of ground, scatter 125 pounds of high-grade com mercial fertilizer over it and work it In three or four inches with a culti vator. Cultivate the garden all you can before planting. It matters not how rich the garden it, the fertilizer will warm it early in the spring, and also start and help to keep up a rank growth throughout the season. Sheep In United States. There are 54.000.000 sheep In the -nited States. For Children There Is Nothing Better. A cough medicine for children must help their conghs and coids without bad effects on their little stomachs and bowels. Foley's Hon ey and Trar exactly tills this neced. No opiates no sour stomach, nio con stipations follows its use. Stuffy colds, whe'ezv breathing, coughs andI eroup are all quickly helped. For sale by all dealers every where. adv. Recipe for Happiness. Do not give up. Do not allow the black waters of melancholia to close over you. Hold your head high. Live your life beautifully in the face of failure, loneliness and contempt. Hap-. piness is high art. Be a great arm --Helen Wolieska. Malaria or Chills & Fever Prescription No. 666 is prepared especially for MAL UlA or CHli.a.S a, FEVER. Five or ? x doses will break any case, and if taken tren as a tonic the Fever will not rerm. It acts on the liver better than arriel and does nct (ripe or sicken. 25c Pain In Back And Rheumatism. Torment thousands of people dailv. Don't be one of these suffer ers when for so little cost you can get well rid of the cause. Foley Kidney Pills begin their good work from their very first dose. They ex ert so direct an action on the Kid Knev and ladder that the pain aKd tornent of itekaelc, rleutatis-m1 atid kidney trouble is soon disj'i led For sale by all deale.-s every where. adv. Rare Works of Art Stolen. Twenty-five thousand dollars works of art were stolen froyn the church of San Mossimo, Padua, Italy. recently. Early in the morning, the thieves broke into the church and carried off two magnificent paintings by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo. The pictures hung In the side chapels on either side of the high altar, and were wrenched from their frames in such a hurry that portions of the canvas were left on the frames. Declare War On Colds. A crusade of edneatiOnl which a ills "thiat coinmou colds tnay be :-ome uncommon within the next -eneration" has been begun by prominent New York physicians. Here is a list of the "don'ts" which the doctors say will prevent the an Kjual visitation of the cold: "Doti't sit in a draughty car." "Don't sleep in a hot room." "Don't avoid the fresh air." *Don't stuff yourself at ineal time. Over-eatingr reduces your resistance" To which we would add-when you take a cold get rid of it as quick ly as possible To accomplish that von will find Chamberlain's Cough Remedy tnost excellent. Sold b% all dealers National Characteristics. An Irishman fights before he rea sons; a Scotchman reasons before he fights; an Englishman is not particu lar as to the order of precedence, but will do either to accommodate his customers. The Duke of Wellington, called the Iron Duke, once said that the best troops would be as follows: An Irishman only half sober, a Scotch man half stewed, and an Englishman with his stomach full. Nearly Every Child Has Worms. Paleness, at timnes a finshed face unnatural hun.::er. pckinur the nose great thirst. etc., are indications, of worms. Kickapoo Worm Killer is m reliable. thorough medicine for the remnval of all kinidez of worme from children and adults Kcekatot Worm Killer in pI-asant candy form aids digestion, tuines system. over coming constipatioK and increasinir the action of the liver. Is perfectly safe for even the most delic-ite chil dren. Kickapoo Worm Killer makes children happy aid healthy, 25t Gnaranteed. Try it. Drug store" or by mail- Kickapoo Indian Medi cine Co., Philadelphia and St. LouiS Cheap Filter. The most impure water may be purified by filtering through charcoal. Take a large flower pot, put a piece of sponge or clean moss over the hole in the bottom, end fill three-quarters full of equal parts of clean sand and char coal. Over this lay a linen cloth large enough to hang over the sides of the pot. Pour the water into the cloth and it will come out pure. More Dottles Sold Each Year. It iseasy to understand why anI increasing number of bottles of Foley's Honey and Tar Compound is' sold yearly. Thos Verran, 286 Ed ward Stre'et, Houghton. Mich . give an excellent rea-on when he writes: "Folev's Honey and Tar Compound has always proven an effectiv-' rem edy, quickly releivintr tickling in the throat. and stoppin~g the congh with no bad after effects." For sale b: ll dealers every where adv. Antiquities in Danger. Hidden away in the national .n seums and libraries, and zealously guarded .are a number of priceless manuscripts and books which, but for a fortunate chance, might have been lost to the world. The chief treas re of a museum at St. Petersburg is the oldest known Greek manuscript of the New Testament, which was about to be burned by the monks of a Syrian monastery, when, by a lucky chance, one of the priests, struck with the antiquity of the manuscript, in terfered in time to save what had been thought valueless. A 1i1g.t Ot Terror. Few nights are more terrible than hat of a mother looking on nler bild choking and ezasping for bre' 'th uring an attack of croup, and noth ng in the house to releive it. Many nothers have passed nights of terror n this situation. A little fore hought will enable you to avoid all this. Chamnberlain's Cough Remedy is a certain cure for croup anid has ever been known to fail. Ke-ep it t hand. For sale by all dealers. To Save Money. Economy, rightly unaierstood, re. quires careful study and consistent action. A knowledge of market prices and money values are necessary for an intelligent solution to the high cost of living. But such knowledge of itself does not quffice. Consistent ac tion is equally, if not more important. The "head and heart" of a family must be one in their efforts. They must work In unison. Cause Of Insomnia. The most common cause of in somnia is disorders of the stomach and constipationi. Chamberlain's ablets correct these disorders and enable you to sleep. For sale by all dealers. Just See How It Works. Try being as polite to those with whom you are Intimately associated as to casual acquaintances. You will be surprised to see how well it works. -The Watchman. Profit in Ostrich Raising. That an ostrict farm Is of more value than a good cattle ranch is shown by an authority who puts the value of a beef animal at $40 at five years of age, while an ostrich of the same age is worth $300. Scaled It. Mrs. Robinson-"And were you up the Rhine?" Mrs. De Jones-"I should think so; right to the very top. What splendid view there is from the summit! "-Tit-Bits. Too Much Hopping. New Yorker-"One of our new ho tels, Uncle Bill, is to contain over 2,300 rooms." Uncle BIl--"Gee crack ey: I'd hate to be the beliboy!" Judge. 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 . - ~.--5 .:....a..... ~, each box. 25c.jf A Car of That Celebrated INDESTRUCTiBE AMERICIN WIRE FENCE Now in our Warehouse. Our usual Strong Lines of Merchandise now more complete than ever. A hearty welcome awaits you at MANNING HARDWA 0MPANY WE SEEK Your Business. We have been doing business with the people of Clarendon County all of our lives. We know their needs, and their is no GENRRAL STORE in Sumter or elsewhere better equipped to supply the trade. We in vite the farmer' especially to visit our store with our assurance of polite attention from competent salesmen. For many years we have set the pace in the GEN ERAL MERCHANDISE line in this city. because we especially cater to the business of the farmer; by always keeping FULL and COMPLETE line** of those things that are needed on the farm and in the household. Our business has grown in volumo, because we have built it upon the ROCK BED FOUNDATION of giving of giving quality and quantity. Our paLrons do business with us because of the confidence they have in our deal ings with them, and the interest we manifest in securing for them thle very LOWEt r' PRICES for the goods they have to buy, and the HIGHEST PRICES that, can be ob tamed for the products of their farms, THE FALL TRADE is on and we have prepared especially for it by going on the markets and selecting a large and assorted line of DRY GOODS, SHOES, CLOTH!NG, NOTIONS, HARD WARE, and in fact, we have in our store. everything needed in the home for man, woman or child. Our store may 'e cal led the COMPLETE STORE, arid we cordially invite you to come to see us. COTTON - - COTTON. We are buyers of the FLEECY STAPLE and pay the very HIGHIEST PRICES as is demonstrated daily by the fact that FARMERS from all over CLARENDON and OTHER COUNTIES bring their cotton to us, and many of them ship from their railroad station, and SEND US THEIR SAMPLES RELYING ON AND HAVING CONFIDENCE IN THE PRlCES WE WILL PAY THEM. Buy Your Goods From US-Sell Your Cot ton To us. LEVI BIOS. SUMTER, - S. C. Stop And Think. A ute before buying and paying $20.00 more for a Range of the very same quality that we sell. The Great Majestic is known throug hout the Southern States as the R ANG6E without an equal- Asbestos Lined. Mlalable Steel-A wonderful fuel saver Come in and see DwOU IHY I E DO THE LARGEST TALORING BUSI- 3 NESS IN THE WORLD ? 18 Qelling Direct from Mill to Man? Why our Phenomenal Success? Honest Methods Truthful Advertising, Giving Values Never Equaled by Any Concern. I Slie Can You Afford to Place Orders Elsewhere ? elling you direct from Mill to Man, eliminating the middleman's profit. enables us through S the volume business to guarantee to duplicate any $25 to $40 value at $15. ANY COL OR OR FABRIC. Consuming output of mills! How could your little tailor compete with us? Let us prove our guarantee--- Perfect satisfaction, Saving you half or refund your money. (U. S. LBO MEiSDCOf 41 North, Main St., SUMTEBR, S. C. UO'Donnell & Co., L 1Don' Charger It To Me! II A great deal is being said about the High Cost ofLiving, but Iam not responsible. For more than 25 years I have been adding to Syour comforts, ahd while that out of which I am ~made is more expensive, and those who manufac Sture me get better paid for their services, still I am to be found today at the same old stand, and at the same old price you paid for me a Quarter of . a Century Ago. You can have me in the plain or fancy plaids, !all sizes. Your Friend in Need, SUMTERelC11 Co. 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