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The Cole Corn and Cotton Planter. The Cole Corn and Grain Dropper. The Cole Fertilizer Distributor. The Rex Fertilizer Distributor. The Victor Fertilizer Distributor. The Acme Fertilizer Distributor. The K. P. Fertilizer Distributor. The Gant Fertilizer Side-Dresser. The Cole Fertilizer Side-Dresser. The Iron Age Harrow. The Handy-Andy Horrow. The John Deere Drag-Harrow. The Planet Jr. Cultivator. The Planet Jr. Cultivator with Sweeps, The Syracuse One and Two-Horse Plows. The Chattanooga One and Two-Horse Plows. The Celebrated Stag Brand Paint and Stains. The Beautiful and Sanitary Wall Coating "Alabastine." The American Field and Poultry Wire Fence. The Red Seal Dry Battery (GUARANTEED) The Edison Mazda Elec. Lamp- - (It's only rival the sun. Come and let us SHOW YOU. s Th Milmi Hairhar Co._ SPRING COAT SUITS AND DRESSES. Our Spring Coat Suits and Dresses are now here in all their newness and beauty. fresh from the Northern cities, where onr buyer has been the past two weeps giving her personal supervision to be sure that Dame Fashion's mandates will be obeyed in Manning. Everything'is TANGO this year. We have this beau tiful color in these Coat Suits and Dresses, and they are certainly handsome. We also have them in Labrador, (open, Reseda and Mahogany, and in all sizes. No store in this section of the State can show a better selection, and the garments are priced right. r Silk Dresses in the Very Newest Colors and Weaves. All Sizes and Prices. Ladies' Neckwear in Tango and Other New Colors can be found here now. D.>H IRSCH MA N As The Spring -Time Comesi ]- on we want the Ladies to come in and see our 1 PERFECTION Oil Cook Stoves and Bakers. The Stove needed for warm weather. We have sold more of these Stoves the last year than any other retail tirm in the State. We want our Farmer friends to see our * One and Two-Horse Plows, Su~bsoilers,F Cultivators, Planters, Distributors. And a great many other things which go to make farming easy. PLOYDEN HARDWARE COMPN'Y Here They Are! The Famous Three Favorite *Seed Potatoes! Irish Cobblers, Red Bliss Triumphs, Ij Early Rose. I45c. Peck. Foi- the quality seed we ofler, the above is a very close price. Our Potatoes are the best selected Maine seed and will prove the cheapest in the end. They are - ~free from frost bite. See us foi- anything in Field or I arden~ Seeds. ~Malning Grocery Col PRODUCING MORE CORN 4 Must Have Experienced Breed ers in Each County. Varying Conditions of Soil and Cil. mate Necessitate Breeds for Vari. our Localities-Care Urged in Selection of Seed. (By P. C. HARTLEY.) Several attempts have been made by different writers to outline and put into practice methods of corn breed ing that would be simple enough in their operation to be generally prac ticed by farmers and still embrace the principles necessary for satisfactory plant improvement. These attempts though yielding profitable results, have never been entirely satisfactory, An Ear-to-row Test Plat, showing 1usking method used. (Seed Is first elected from the best plants of every good-appearing row. Each .row is hen harvested separately and' its pro :uction recorded.) eading to the conclusin that the yrigination and production of higher )reeding types of corn must be by a pocial labor. Our improved breeds )f animals have been produced by specialists. As varying conditions of soil and limate necessitate breeds of corn for arious localities, we must of necessity iave experienced and skillful breeders n each county, if we wish to obtain he full possibilities of the plant. CLhose who grow but a small acreage f corn will find it advisable to pur :hase their seed from these experi mnced seed-corn breeders of their lo :alities. Extensive corn growers can, luring occasional years, purchase im >roved seed for multiplying plats and n this way avail themselves of the ac omplishments of skilled breeders ithout the necessity of purchasing ach year their entire supply of seed. In localities in which no one is as -et giving the necessary attention to >reeding high-yielding strains it will >e advisable for the farmers to main ain seed plats which may be isolated >r occupy a portion of the general ield. Corn-growing contests which base he competition uppn the profits de ived from the crop grown are in reasing in interest and embrace the undamental principles for which corn s grown. Exhibits of a few select irs demonstrate the ability of the in lividual in picking out perhaps from comparatively worthless corn a few ars possessing uniformity and fine appearance. A correct record of the irofits derived from a certain acreage f corn Is the best proof of the excel ence of the strain of corn and of the :rower's ability along all lines of pro-' ucing in a profitable way higher -ields to the acre. Neglect of good preservation of seed orn has brought failure to many who ipected good yields from pedigreed eed. It should also be remembered hat the better the growing conditions he better opportunity heredity has to isplay its superiority. Our best im 'roved strains of corn, like our best ireeds of animals, have become adap ed to favorable conditions, and these sust be supplied if we are to profit 'y their improvement. We are using methods. that are so uperior to those of a few decades ago hat we have almost ceased to search or better. Present methods, however, An Ear-to-row Test Piat with corn usked, showing a method used in scertaining which seed ears have ielded best. (The weight of seed from ach row is added to the weight of the est of the ears to determine the total production for each row, I. e., each eed ear planted.) re capable-of great improvement. For stance, all- corn planters and check owers drop all the kernels of hill lanted corn together in one small pace. On a large portion of our rich orn land checking is necessary so hat weeds can be controlled by cross ultivation. Pays to Plow Deep. The poor crops this~ year surely tell s that it pays to plow more than four aches deep. Stir up the subsoil in omo way. Get a good seed bed, so he roots can run down instead of sim ily along the surface of the soil, to se dried up by every little hot wind hat comes along. Applying Whitewash. If whitewash is strained it can be pplied in the hen house with a force lump, which will drive it into the racks and crevices. Water for Ducks. It is a mistake to think that ducks annot 'oe raised without a simu col, as they n-ed only eiu I. :>r drinking purposes. ill Releve Nervous Depression and Low Spiitt he Old Standard general strengthening tonic ROVE'S TASTELEsS chill TONIC, arouses the ver, drives out Malaria and builds up the sys m. A sure Appetizer and aid to digestion. 50c: The Cotton Crop. No one ought to go without a shirt his year merely because the cotton rop will be only about 13,000,000 paes. It isn't many years since that ould have been a bumper crop, and ast two crops were very much larger han any others ever picked. The rope of 1911-12 and 1912-13 slightly xceed 34.000,000 bales. Add 13,000, ~00 bales for the present "short" crop nd we have 47,000,000 bales for three rears, an average of nearly 16,000,000 ales a year. A few years ago 12,000, 00 astonished us. And the world's, :onsumption must be outrunning popu ation for prices have ruled high while production was making new record. hladelphia Rcrd. To Cure a Cold in One Day 'ake.AXTA TIVE BROXO Quinine. It stops the ough and Headache and works off the Cold. ruggists refund money if it fails to cure. FEED FOR GROWING PULLETS Fowls Shoua Be Compelled to Work for Anything They May Get-Pure Water is Essential. When it is necessary to move the chicks from the brooder house to quarters where they may be properly developed, they should be given a large tract of ground where they can get all the exercise that is so essen tial to their development. They should be made to work for all the things that they get, excepting one feed each day, that fs given them about four p. m. Of course, this plan will not succeed i: they are placed in a bare field where there is no green food for them, and where there is almost no chance for them to se cure any bugs and worms. * A mixture of two-thirds wheat and one-third cracked corn is given them in the afternoon' at the time men tioned above, and this should be fed in sufficient quantities so that they will all have enough. If any is left over, the pullets will make short work of it in the morning. Each colony house is furnished with hoppers that are filled with a large quantity of mash, and these hoppers are never allowed to become empty. A hopper for grit, charcoal and oyster shell is also in each house, and the same care should be taken that these'are kept filled. The section containing char coal is particularly important, as this Is one of the best medicines that are used in the poultry yard. - Pure water is also essential, and should be carefully watcihed. It would be a good plan to sprinkle a small amount of lime near the door of each house. Another good plan for the health of. the flock is to put a small amount of salt, carefully ground with no lumps, in the mash about once each week.-R. V. B. CONSTRUCTION OF HOTBEDS Objection Is Made to Digging Trench Because of the Waste of Time and Good Fertilizer. Having read several gentlemen's ideas about the construction of hot beds, I thought I would give my expe rience. One man In a contemporary paper says to dig a trench two feet deep and fill with manure. Now that is a waste of time and manure, says a writer in Farm Life and- Epitomist. I have been making hotbeds for 16 years and never fail to have plenty of good stocky plants. I use' the follow ing method: , Mark out space about fifteen inches larger all around on the top of the ground than the frame is to be. Put on about ten inches of good fresh horse manure, keep it well packed by putting on a few inches at a time and then tramp down solid with .the feet, until you have the required ten inches. Put on your frame, pack ma nure around up level with the te . I now put about four inches of dirt on the manure and put on the sash for a few days until the bed . becomes thoroughly warm. Then get a board Easily Constructed Hotbed. 18 inches wide and as long as your frame is wide, and mark, off rows three or four inches apart, and sow your tomatoes and other seed in the rows. When you have a space as wide as your board planted, put a board on where you have planted, and get on It and finish your bed by mov ing the board up four inches at a time and marking row, sowing, and moving board up again until you have finished. [ have always secured good results from this plan. Keep sash on close on cold days, and give air on sunny days. The objection to the trench is that if we have heavy rains the hole will fll with water and consequently we have a "cold" bed. Beds to transplant tomatoes can be made by the same method as above. In making mine for trans planting, I use very little manure. NOTES OF THE POULTRY YARD Contaminated Ground Is Frequently Caurse of Disease-Plenty of Range Is of Importance. Feed abundance, with variety. Growing chicks need plenty of range. Grit enables the gizzard to prepare the food for digestion. Exercise produces warmth, produces pleasure and promotes health. Abundance, without variety, will wear the breeding stock out quick v. The chick's constitution is made be fore the egg that is hatched is laid. The richer the fowl't ration in pro tein, the more water will be required in digestion. Soiled and contaminated ground is a frequent source of disease among the young chicks. Food cannot produce good results unless fowls have good air. Impure air causes the digestive organs to be come sluggish. Hens will eat a great quantity of coal cinders, and they are very good for them. Try putting a load in the" hicken yard, and watch the results. C' an Tillage. Clean tillage helps to swell tha er's profits by making larger yile. Cultivate frequently and thcroughly. Co-Operative Dairying. The s'iccessful results attending co operative dairying in England were~ made the subject of a report of the~ department of commerce and labor by B. F. Chase, United States consul at Leeds. The report shows .that the dis ~tributing depots at Leeds, Bull, Scar boro and other places, handles more than 400,000 gallons of milk annualy beside large quantities of other dairy products, Its total business amounting to $120,000 a year. Co-Operative Shipping. Co-operative shipping associations are being organized in many part"s of the corn belt. Their main feature is to give those who market less than a carload of hogs or cattle at a time a chance to club together and sell their live stock at the larger markets. thus saving the slice that goes to the local buyer. The theory is sound and in time will win (cut. There are alto gether coo many slices tken from the fa r' pludset:" bo'cre it. rcece CO-OPERATE IN HOG SELLJ! Practical Plan for Farmers Given b} W. J. Sh.a. d : Ccnfercnr.e for Educaticn in South. The fo!cwing plan for co-operativ: egr-:E!ng by farrnerc was laid be fz-: t.: cor er nce for education ir the c :"h by; W. J. Shuford of Hick cr:crs from si:: :1 . selling association eough hens to fur b ~ ~ ~ ~~r" C! lr ,- L ea r: i'rv s a:i sc .. c c le loa l. In the ncigbc:hooi that would be accus F-e o I : ight wish to during Could eto I piacc le: s:n of the gg The children cotid brig in the cg whca they cer:e to sr hel. Sa les. etc., ce-uld be kaoked artsr by tLe teachar. Constitution ard] by-laws should be very -siLpl. Tihee should be an agreement in writing specifying fresh. clean eggs, gathe:-d daily, and d: livered at ie:st twice a week to the association for a given peric; and riles thould be made that if a patro:: brought in bad cZs over three tines he w cid be d:'ap:ed from the a;;o ciation. A stamp shec'l:, be given each member with a number on it as a means of identiletion, together with an agreement to attend a meeting when called by the president. Officers should censist of president, secretary. manager and treasuret', with a governing board of from four to six directors. 'ossibly it would be best to combine the offices of secre tary, treasurr and manager. Some nearby ::arket should be se lected and a gcod grocer found who esircga goed cuali:y of eggs. Hotel and college trade riould also be cul tivatet'. ShipLme nts shcl:d be made two or three times La week in warm weather, and twice a wceei at other times of the year. A record should be hept of all eags received. If any profits accure tey should d ded among the pa.rons at the end of the year, in pro prc:icn to the amount of business fur nished.' *Cosl: sLouli. e pila for all eggs as bough, price b:,sed on daily- market repcrts. SLart the asscei. ien in a small way, give it a name, and sell your eggs -nder this n A All goods should be carefully ached in cartons. KiLLiNG BOLL T-IEEVIL EARLY arnhg Scni to Farmers in Cotton Rdlt Cauiloning Them Against Spread ci Harmful Insect. The department of agriculture is sending out wvarnings to the farmers n the cotton belt, cautioning them against the spread of the boll weevil. t Is also advising them through field gents how to destroy and prevent the spread of the insect. "Destroy the cotton stalk early in ctober if possible," advises the de partment. "Destroy your stalks even . your less progressive neighbor does ot. It will pay. Clear off and burn il your rubbish on ditch banks and ther hybernating places for the weevil.* This should be done early in he fall. "Do not plant cotton after cotton ut plant your cotton on land that has rown a heavy crop of cowpeas, velvet eans, Lespedeza, or some other legu ninous crop to supply the land with itrogen and vegetable matter. Break he land in the fall or early winter hast is to be planted to cotton next rear". "Where suffcient teams and tools re available to plow under and com letely bury the stalks this should by 11l means be done. Where it is im ossibleto plow the stalka under they hould be uijrooted, riked into wind ows and allowed to dry for a few ays. They should then be burned." To prove the value .of destroying the cotton stalks,,.the department con ucted experiments in Amite county, %Iissssippi, last year and the following esults are shown: On 117 acres where no stalks, were estroyed but where all other instruc ions of the government were followed, the average -yield was 619 pounds of seed cotton per acre. On 2S acres where the stalks were destroyed be ere October 10 and the same cultural ethods appiied,~ the average yield er acre ~was 1,050 pounds of seed otton, or a gain of 441 pounds of seed otton per acre, worth at that time $17.64. was secured by. early fall de struction of stalks. If ~it pays a few nen $17.04 per acre to cut "their cot on stalks .before' October . 10, what vould it mean to a cou'nty If every, stalk . in It were cut beforE October On the other farms in the same ounty where none of the government instructions were followed, it took trom eight to ten acres to make a bale of cotton. Crop in Poultry .Yard. Plant the p)oultry yards to some rop if posible. If this is not prac ticable, keel) the yard sweet and -ean by plowig.nd disinfectin3. For Weakness n:dLoss: cf Appetite The Old Standard generail trendhening tonic. GROVE'S TAsTELESS chill voNIC. drives out Malaria and builds up the system. A true tonic and sureAppetizer. Foradults and children. Soc. Sorting the Twins. Twin brothers who have been called 1p for service in a Paris regiment are so alike that it is impossible to distin guish between them. The other day one of the pair was confined to bar racks, but, by chan'ging his cap, wit: its regimental number, for .tht of hi brother, the.defaulter was able to pass the guard with impunity whenever ht wished to go. out. The colonel of the regiment has non Issued the following order: "Thte so! dier Bonhomme (even number) wil wear his hair as long as the regua tions, construed with the utmost len lency, will allow, and wil shave hi: beard and moustache. The sold ic: Bonhomme (odd number) will alloy his beard aind mdustache to grow fuli and will have his hair regularly cut a: closely as 'possible by the regimenta 4; Tach your Dollars have more Cent Every Dollar you tri here we give you Dc Mn Cash as a Premium. E;V R was there suc1 are inspiring to look and a Corset, like everyth We hear: "Oh. dor wearing them; they ones, too, but never 3 Every R EDFER model i vou by an early Redfern fi RE A -olplete line of I] 3M Ca Always an Active Enemy. Above :l: thi""', be on your guard agains' yoz- t :.:icr. It is an enemy Iat wi: 'ec'many : ou e:verywhere to the lar: rc'- of y .:r ic. If you listen to it. it ,-'ii frustrate all your designr. I :e you lose the ms : .ties, and will inspire you .:i: :cllantions and aversions CI to i. 1' the prejudice off. your gra-; sts. Temper cause: the ,reatest .-rs to be de cided by t;: mest paltry reascns; it obscures '::ent, ::es- every en ergy, a: rndr : ::: unequal, weak, 'vile a1:: i:7.::-:table.-Fene Ion. "'Less' Miserabies." A servant wizl -ho had been to a cineraatograph theater vwas asked by her mistress how s'.e had enjoyed herself. "Not very much, mum," she replied. "The pictures were all so gloomy and sad. Nearly everyone died in them, and t'ere was hardly one that you could liugh at. "I thinl? it will be better next vweek," she add ed, hopefully, "for as I came out I saw a notice that they were going to have 'Les Miserables!' "-London Express. To Remove Mud Stains. Car.sonate' of soda' will remove the most obstinle oi niud stains. Ruh off vwith a cloth c:- ~inani dipped in the o3J.. Cih w ':. evrong side of the fabric witi a - rc The lates additio t. ei;ilization is the WVat~ tribe . te1 h o lived like .frogs in t::e ni:ac'::nx swamps of Lake Bangwioo, Ce2ntral Africa. Thes swamps v:ero ruite impregnable, and tu.- people vould act formerly al - low stranigers to visit tiei haunts. Nowe they have vaca ted the swamps, and liVe on dry landi. The:. hvave be conme 'aw:-abiLn. vIiingy aythi taxsandevr croroernment of ficials to their "Id-time homes. ~- r\\C RE AL Ld to ide an array of Corsets as we show yc it aud stimlating to wear: quite t ing else, becomes the rage and eve 't have that model, have a REDFI are all the fad." We have gatherei has our enthusiasm been so great. s a joy to look at and a comfort to* tting. The fitting gives an assura DFERN CORSETS. $3.50 ew Spring Suits and Dresses to shy OLLUM BI SUMTER. S. C. Old Stream Put to -odern Use. The stream which has been supply ng the ancient city of Damascus with water for nearly 40 centuries has been harnessed and will provide elec tricity to light the city and operate 100 miles of railway. Precedent Already Established. "What do you suppose your father will say when I ask permission to marry ycu?" "I don't know. But I wouldn't worry. He didn't refuse any of the men who asked for my four 5idest sisters."-Detroit Free Press. Daily Thought. The great thing in the world is not io much to seek happiness as to earn )eace and self-respect.-Huxley. Screening Land From Sandstorms. The agricultural department of the Belgium government is preparing to undertake one of the most extensive schemes for -tree planting ever at tempted. The line of sand dunes thlat reaches along almost the entire sea board, from Ostend to the Dunch fron tier, will be covtfjd with trees, which will at the same time stop the drifting the fertile land behind the proposed tree belt.d Resourceful Girl. "My dear one," said the young man ,with a sob.in his voice, "I should like to ask you to marry me, butI cannot! for a long, long time, I fear. Two peo would starve on my salary." "Oh, George. said the- beautiful young thing, throwing her arms arorund his neck, "don'-t let that worry you for a Iminute. Im a minttan suffragette etnd hav e been on four liunger strikes." Advice. Co to the aunt, thou new wife-con sider r p ies and be wise.--Judge. 34 en hau an are n m' hich br~un . me.21.96 c as Onone cre w ich r~ug men it s hghgrdefe Yours1respectfu I Jigned Cash is King. We Sell for Cash. We Give Cash As a Premium Trade $1.00 and Get 5c. Free. u today. They are inspiring ie best thege are in Corsets; rybody is talking about it.: :RN; all the -iris are SCrsets before, near. Let u pru.: this to ' ice. UP. )w you. Royal Origin of "Blackguard." The board of green cloth is respon sible for inventing "blackguard," a word that has altered in original m :aning. When first used it' was not at all a term of reproach, but referred to the lowly but honorable occupation of carrying coal in the king's palace. Can you find any other bad word in the English iangugge that can boast of such a royal origin?-London Chronicle. Finay Got Moved. "Do you think the motor-car has come to stay?' asked one man of his neighb:or. ""cl1l," replied the other, . "there. w-s one out in' front of my house the other day which I thought had; but they got a horse, after a while, and towed it home." Hadn't Made Much Progress. Three-year-old Fred one morning In - sisted upon dressing himself, saying he knew he could put his clothes on -* in the right order. After some argu ment his mother reluctantly gave In to his pleadings, and, takin off the little follow's nighti, left the room. For fully 15 minutes there was a dead silence in the bedroom, and then the mather heard Fred l'oudly calling out: "Mamma, who goes on next to noth' ing?" ceeping Cheese. To prevent cheese from getting hard :ut' a small piece off for present use Lnd place the remainder in cool safe. spread a thin film of butter over the :ut part and cover with a clean cloth. E'his will prevent that hard, cracked ondition which ruins the best of heese. . #. C. R SMITH.