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SMN- - - D vot xxrn.MANNING, S. C., WEDNNSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1916. TH LAMAKERSOF SOUTH CAROUNA HAPPENINGS IN BOTH HOUSES OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY DUR ING PAST WEEK. THE APPROPRIATION BILL Seing Debated in Sections.-Scholar ship Bill is Killed in Senate. Many Bills Passed. Columbia. By Joe Sparks. - The appropriation bill for 1916, in troduced In the house, carries a levy of six- and one-half tnills and an ag gregates in appropriations of $2,384, 49.02, which is a decrease from last yeais bill of $79,260.80. The levy is also reduced one-half mill from last year. From sources other than the State levy, there Is a revenue of approxi iately $365,000 which deducted from the aggregate appropriation bring the amount to be raised by state levy to about $2,000,000, which was the goal set by the ways and means commit tes in -a resolution adopted on the drst day 4f the 1916 session. It is the opinion of. the committee that the actual needs of every department and every 'institution have been met and that its appropriations are in accord ance with the condition of the State's finances. The following recapitulation of to tals. for the various departments and Institutions shows the amount of ap tprpriation and a comparison with the appropriation for 1916: Governor's office, $16,830, or a de crease of $2,000; secretary of state's office, $6,920. or a decrease of $100; comptroller general's office, $9,500, or a decrease of $845; insurance-commis fIoi er, $10,595. or -a decrease of $500; state treasurer's office, $8,600, or a decrease of $5,050; department of edu cation, $15,340, or an increase of ;20; adjutant general's office, $23,931.56, or a decrease of $200; attorney general's office, $6,045, or a decrease of- $800; tailroad commission, $15,800, or an increase of $1,711; public schools, $298,500, or an increase of about $12, 900; state' librarian, ; $,559.03, or an increase of $83.03; public buildings, PAl0, or a decrease of $7,000; state eecrieha and engineer, $23,005; Ca tawba Indians, $7,500' the same; agri cultural department, $4,000, or an ap parent decrease of $8,120; judician department, $106,670, or a decrease of -300; health department, $48,816.25, or a decrease of $5,860; state board of medical examiners, $3,000, the same; tax department, $94,879.96, or an in crease ef -$125; 'University of South Carolina, $97,064.04, or a decrease of $7,087.40; Winthrop College, $147, I605.78, or a decrease of $8,643.54; The Citadel, $40,500, or an Increase of $2, 000; school for the deaf and blind, $50,393.33, or a decrease of $9,206.67; State college for negroes, $15,000, the same; State Bospital for the Insane, $417,000, or a decrease of $42;000; South Carolina Industrial school at Florence, $37,000, or an increase of .$6,000;" state penitentiary, $7,150, or an Increase of $100; other charitable andi penal institutions, $3,100, or a decrease of $1,205; chief game ward 'en's office, $4,332, or a decrease of S$108; historical commission, $4,550, the same; Interest on bonded debt, $260,043.92 or a decrease of $989.46; elections, $48,285, or an increase of $13,435; expenses common to both houses, $499.78, or a decrease of $350; the senate, $18,765, the same; the house of representatives, $35,052.20, or a decrease of $1,250; engrossing do pertinent, $6,644, the same; Medical College of South Carolina, $31,800, or a decrease of $1,515; state warehouse commission, $10,090, or a decrease of $5,000; state board of charities and y~orrections, $8,445; miscellaneous, $136,307.37, or a decrease of about $12,000; pensions,- $300,000, the same. In the appropriation bill of 1915 there was a provision for a one-half mill levy for pensions and for a one 'mill levy for the maintenance and improvement of the State Hospital for the Insane. In the 1916 appropriation bill these two items are included In the grand aggregate of $2,384,499.02. The large decrease in the office of the state treasurer results from no *appropriation for improvements in the office where an extensive rearrange ment was made last year for a spe cial appropriation. The increase of $100 for the state penitentiary is for a deficit in expenses for electrucution. The appropriation for the state board of health gives $5,000 for the mnaintenance of the bureau of vital statistics, but cuts down on the main tenance fund for the state tuberculosis hospital at State Park. Senator Buck of Horry has Intro duced a bill to provide for an em ployers' liability law. The bill Is largely a duplication of the measure now In force In the states of Alabama and Louisiana. Sentiment for the Epps bill, which provides for an appropriation of $50,000 as a special law enforcement ftund, to be expended by the governor, has become so strong that the passage of the bill Is likely prohibtion lead era assert. Prohibitionists think the bill shoulad be passed so that prohibi tion may have a trial under favorable conditions. Mann ing Kill Free Scholarship Bill. The Verner bill to abolish all scholarships and free tuition privi lege: at state institutions was killed in. the -?nate,,and the Padgett amend ment, to have the fiscal agent of the state board of charities and correc tions investigate the financial status of beneficiaries of scholarships and free tiution was substituted. The vote to strike out the provisions of the Verner bill and to substitute the Padg ett amendment was 30 to 10. Power Is granted to the board of charities and corrections to revoke state aid where parent or guardian is found able to pay. The provisions of the bill do not apply to scholarship and free tuition incumbent at state institutions. Teach Agriculture A bill has been introduced by Sena tor Laney of Chesterfield county to provide for state aid in the teaching of agricultural subjects in the public schools. The bill provides that when the trustees of any community shall have provided, by public subscrilt Lion or special taxation, the sum of $1,000 for the teaching of agricultur al subjects in as many as three pub lic schools, the state will provide an equal sum, upon warrant by the su perintendent of education in the coun ty in which the schools are located. The bill further provides that $5,000 shall be appropriated for this purpose In public school extension. The courses of study include training In numerous agricultural subjects, with orcharding and gardening likewise emphasized. Courses of *study are to be outlined by Clemson College, subject to approval by the state board of education. Special Message. Gov. Manning has sent to the gen eral assembly a special message, rec ommending that provision be made immediately for paying the salaries and expenses of .the state dispensary auditor's office for December and Jan-I uary, those for the former month hav lug aggregated $443.20. L. L. Bultman Is auditor and his assistant is A. S. Pant. Auditor Biltman In a letter to the governor explains that the ex penses of his office have been appor tioned heyetofore each month among the dispensary counties, in proportion to their respective sales during the preceeding month, the amounts of which are not known until about the 5th. - The attorney general has held that no payments out. of :dispensary funds could be made after December 31. It -was necessary that the audi tor should keep his office open dur ing December and January. Sell Beer and Wine. An effort will be made in the lower house to put through a constitutional amendment allowing beers and light wines to be sold In Charleston under rules to be prescribed by the general assembly. Mr. Fromberg is the au thor of the measure which provides "that the general assembly shall not delegate to any municipal corporation the power to issue licenses to sell any alcoholic liquors except beers and light wines, but the general assem bly may delegate to municipal corpor ations having a population of more than 40,000 the power to issue licenses to sell beers and light wines under such restrictions as the general assem bly may prescribe-" The bill by Senator Williams of Aiken to allow the judge in his dis cretion to Impose a fine for involun tary manslaughter received third read ing in the senate, and was sent to the house. The bill provides that a fine of not more than $10,000 nor less than $300 may be imposed for involuntary manslaughter. By the present law imprisonment ranges frorm two to 30 years. The bill by Senator Nickles of Ab beville to give municipal corporations power to confiscate concealed weapons and contraband liquors passed third reading in the senate, and was sent. to the house. During the past several days Gov. Manning has been working on his par don report which will be sent to the* general assembly this week. The acts of clemency by the governor have been few. He, however, will give a complete history of every case acted on during his first year In office. A bill by Senator Ketchin to pro vide for an election in Fairfield coun ty on the issuance of $50,000 in bonds for repairing the court house and erecting a county jail was given a second reading. The house adopted a resolution to have a commission of three appoint ed to aid the insurance commissioner in investigating Into certain alleged irreglarities In rates, as outlined in a newspaper article written by John T. Roddey of Rock Hill. The reso.lu tion was presented by Mr. Dixon. After many delays the house passed the bill amending the resident hunt ers' license law so as to include 14 counties under Its provisions. The additional counties are: Sumter, Fair feld, Edgefield, Richland, Newberry, Spartanburg, Bamberg, Kershaw, Co1 leton, Horry, Pickens, Union, Ander son and Saluda. There are now 31 counties in which the law is in eff'ect. The 2-cent rate bill, upon which a hearing was held before the railroad committee of the serate, is to receive a majority unfavorable report in the senate. The bill has passed the house. A bill providing that the liquor left over In the dispensaries be sold at wholesale prices to bidders without the state was Introduced in the house by Mr. Sturkle. A bill has been introduced by Sen ator Laney of Chesterfield to enact a system af graduated inheritance taxes. Similar bills have been be fore the legislature within recent Everyl Febhruary 1~ ENORMOUS SALES FOR LAST MONTH DYING DISPENSARIES DID A LARGE BUSINESS DURING DECEMBER. OVER HALF MILLION DOLLARS Charleston and Richland Far in Lead. -Stock Carried Worth More Than $75,000. Columbia.-The dispensaries in 14 counties of the state sold $512,271.22 worth of whiskey during last Decem ber, according to a statement just prepared by L. L. Buitman, former state dispensary auditor. The profits for the dispensaries in the several counties for the last quarter 'of the year aggregated $200,247.05. The value of the surplus stock is estimat ed at $75,000. Following shows the sales for De cember and the profits for the last quarter of the year by counties: Sales Profits Aiken .........$ 33,954.84 $ 19,833.02 Bamber ....... 6,993.42 . 5,710.92 Barnwell ...... 12,558.13 ....... Beaufort ...... ....... ....... Calhoun ....... 12,582.27 2,011.01 Clialeston .... 144,309.95 ....... Florence ...... 33,275.43 24,680.54 Georgetown ... 19,470.24 ....... Dorchester .... 11,163.27 5,473.45 Jasper ........ 4,030.45 1,680.34 Lexington ..... 16,756.19 13,658.96 Orangeburg .... 47,283.45 27,675.52 Richland ...... 128,613.63 75,497.85 Union ......... 35,661.10 , 17,499.89 Williamsburg .. 5,581.85 6,525.55 Total .......$512,271.22 $200,247.05 Chester Boy Enjoys Stay. Chester.-A letter was .received from J. L. Glenn, Jr., by relatives which gives an interesting account of his doings since he left Oxford uni versity at the beginning of the Christmas vacat'on. He has been in France during that time with head quarters in Paris and has been operat ing a motor car for French army sur geons, his duties being mostly to transport surgeons from one hospital to another. He writes that he has had several splendid trips and has enjoyed the scenery and the oppor tunity to become intimately acquaint ed with the French people. He was provided with a car of one of the leading French makes, and with the splendid roads that France possesses has greatly enjoyed his work. - He wrote that he would return to Oxford between January 20 and February 1 to resume his studies. Revenue Officers Busy. Greenville.-R. Q. Merrick, internal revenue officer with headquarters in Greenville, has with his assistants raided 27 illicit distilleries during the month of January. Property of the stills was destroyed in each instance,' the total value of this property amounting to a considerable figure. In addition to breaking up the outfits, thousands of gallons of beer or liquor in the making were poured out by the officers. Although the number of stills located was large, the number of men arrested was small, not more than five baving been caught. Since teh revenue officers have become more and more active, the moonshiners are more wary. Their lookouts are keener, and It Is seldom that the of ficers are able to catch the men at work. Agent is Appointed. Orangeburg.--Miss Gracde Patrick of Bowman has been named as home demonstration agent, In Orangeburg county. -She Is a graduate of Winth rop college and former principal of Dorange school. Miss Patrick is just from the Winthrop school for training home demonstration agents and Is thoroughly fitted for the work. Miss Patrick will confer with L. W. Liv ingston ,superintendent of education, and L. S. Wolfe, farm demonstration agent, as to her work In Orangeburg county. Knitting MIII For Spartanburg. Spartanburg.-A knitting mill with a plant to cost $50,000 and an annual pay roll exceeding $30,000 is to be established In Spartanburg at once by H. W. Kirby, formerly of Wil lamston, and associates, who are North Carolinians of experience in this industry, according to announce ment made here by Secretary Moore of the Chamber of Commerce. The plant is to be located on the tracks of the Southern Railway, In the west ern part of the city, and its construc tion Is to be begun at once. FIre at Orangeburg. Orangeburg.--The disastrous fire that laid waste the Orangeburg ferti lizer plant was extinguished after about 12 hours work. This company had just got In a big supply of fertt lizer and mixing material. The loss is between $75,000 and $100,000, the oficers of the company being unable to tell at this time what amount was on hand. Insurance carried amount ed to $80,000 and will probably cover the lcsc. The origin of the fire was unknown. Eleven Southern railway freight cars were burned. yodyC 4. 15, and 16, SCHOOL LEADES TO CONFER Program Is Announced For Meeting of Public School Executives in Co lumbia March 16-17. Columbia.-William C. Bynum o Georgetown, president, has made pub lic the programme for the meeting of the department of superintendents, State Teachers 'Association, to be held in Columbia during the convention of the association, March 16, 17 and 18. R. A. Gentry of Ridgeway is vice president of the department, W. E. Black of Lexington is treasurer and L. M. Bouknight of Latta is secre tary. They programme follows: March 16, 4 P. M.-President's ad dress, W. C. Bynum; "The Attitude of the School Toward Home Study," J. C. Daniel; "The Backward Pupil and What to Do With Him," D. R. Riser; general discussions. March 17, 9:30 A. M.-Open dis cussion of the following subjects: "Status of the High School Principal in His Relationship to the Supdrin tendent of Schools," introduced by W. H. Hall; "The Teaching of Eng lish in the Primary Grades," intro duced by Miss Trix Barbour; "The Superintendents' Part in His Teach ers' Meetings," Introduced by R. B. Cheatham; reports of committees.. March 17, 3:30 P. M.-"The Teach ing of Science in Our Schools," George Harris Webber; "The Superintend-# ent's Responsibility for a Teacher's Efficiency," S. H. Edmunds; "What Can We Do to Make the Standards. in the Teaching of English and Liters: ture Definite and Uniform in the Pub lic Schools of South Carolina?" R. S. Bailey; general discussions. Creamery Routes Are Profitable. Clemson College.-Summaries made of the year ending December 31, 1915, shows that the year was a very suc cessful one for the Clemson College Co-operative Creamery and Poultry association. As a result of the year's activities, the farmers in. the Pied: mont counties who were patrons of the creamery received nearly $33,000 and the average price paid to them for butter fat was slightly more :than 28 cents per pound; which wil icom pare favorably, it-is said,..witE prices paid to patrolfs of: the 'ery large creameries of the Middle West. At the close of 1915 . there -were 183 patrons, with 702 . cows' and, 232 cream separators. At the beginning of the year there had been 62 patrons, with 190 cows and 48 separators. The butter fat receipts were largest in August, when they reached. 14,815 pounds. The average monthly re ceipts were 11.561 pounds. h5'aver age price paid for butter fat was 28 cents. The -total amount returned to farmers during the year was $32, 778.79. For Good Roads Work. Washington.-Senator Tillman has offered an amendment proposing to in sert a new section in the United States revised statutes. He would have con victs sentenced by federal judges for less than one year labor on the roads of the respective county where sen tence is imposed or where the crime is committed. He would also have it provided that such convict would be under the same management and con trol as those sentenced -by state courts. It is also provided that such work shall be .in all cases performed on such highways as are- used for rural delivery mall purposes. Cotton Expert Goes to GeorgIa. Clemson College.-C. A. McLendon, who for the last two years has been conducting the cotton wilt Investiga tions in this state under the direction of Clemson College and the federal department of agriculture, has resign ed to take a position as expert in cot ton breeding with the Georgia state board of entomology. Thousands of dollars have been saved to farmers in this state through the cotton -wilt work and Mr. McLendon's services in that'field have been notable. Qsath Sentence For Negro. "York.-At a special term of court, ordered by Gov. Manning and held here, Israel Good, a 17-year-old negro, was convicted of criminal assault up on the person of a little 6-year-old white girl of this county and was sen tenced by Judge Thomas S. Sease to be electrocuted on Friday, Feb. 25. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS ITEMS. The Enterprise Carbonating Com pany of St. George has been commis sioned with a capital of $1,000. The petitioners are: V. A Bunch and T. W. McGill. The publicity committee of the Orangeburg chamber of commerce and agriculture is offering a prize of $1 to the persons writing the best let ter of 50 words or under as to how to entertain the crowd that will visit Orangeburg during the next "get-to gether" day. The secretary of state has issued a commission to the Citizens' Build ing and Loan Association of Bamberg with a capital of $60,000. The peti tioners are: A. W. Knight. George F. Hair and W. A. Klauber. Rivers in the whole state touched the high water marks last week and trouble and damage was reported from many places. The secretary of state has issued a charter to the Shelley-Cook Company of Aynor with a capital of $4,000. The officer~s are: 3.. T.. Shelley, presi dent, and 3. W. Cook, secretary a treasurer. ome t at the Grad< NO NEW DEMANDS MADE TO GERMANY THINKS BERLIN FAILED TO UN DERSTAND THE LAST LUSIA TANIA NOTE. WORD "ILLEGAL" ONLY BAR Situation is Considered Very Grave. Berlin Hopes to Satisfy the Unit ed States. Washington.-The one word "ille gal" &s differently interpreted in the United States and Germany protrudes from the tentative draft of tie Lusi tania agreement, perfected -by Ambas sador von Bernstorff and Secretary Lansing as the' stumbling block which 5as caused Berlin to refer to the negotiations as having reached a crisis and Washington to characterize the situation as grave. Germany's answer, presented to. Secretary Lan sing by Count von Bernstorff, pro poses instead of an out-and-out admis sion of illegality of the method of submarine warfare used by the Ger man naval authorities in sinking the liner, an acceptance of liability for the loss of neutral lives which Berlin hopes will satisfy the United States and still not bind Germany from continuing her submarine campaign. German officials.believe their prey lout promise to discontinue sinking unresisting merchantment without warning brings the submarine cam paign within the pale of international law and that any inclusion of that phase in e Lusitania agreement is unn'ecess and humiliating to the Imperial Government. The word "illegal" in the draft the German Ambassador transmitted to his Gov ernment -as meeting- all the conten tions- of the United 'States, is taken to have been 'regarded in Berlin as being susceptible of application not to 'the Lusitania case alone; but to the entire submarine campaign. That is the only explanation offi cials here can find for the statement of Doctor Zimmerman, under Secre tary of Foreign Affairs, - that- "the United States suddenly. made .new de mands which it is impossible for us to accept." - PASSES PHILIPPINE BILL.. Senate Would Authorize President to Grant Independence. Washington.-The Philippine bill which would extend to the islands a greater degree of self-government and would authorize the president to gra:d them 'absolute ~ independence within four years passed the senate 52 to 24. Various Democrats, led by Chairman Stone of the foreign rela tions committee, tried unsuccessfully to amend certain features of the inde pendence clause, but in the end the Democ-ats joined by six Progressive Republicans, voted solidly for' the measure -It is understood the bill will go to the house with the backing of Presi dent Wilson and will be passed for early passage. Administration lead ers seemed -confident that the bill, would have the approval of the house Democratic majority ~The Republicans who voted for the bill were Borahi, Clapp, Kenyon, La Follete, Norris and Works. By overwaelming majorities the senate had -refused to- modify the -Clark amendment, adopted several days ago, which contains the independence pro vision and also gives the president authorty to extend or withhold inde pendence' at the end of the four years Turks Evacuate Erzerum Petrograd.-The Novoe Vremya as serts it has received truhtworthy in. formation that the Turks have evacu ated Erzerum, one fo their principal strongholds on the Caucasian front. Mayors' Conference. New York.-M1ayor Mitchell has tel egraphed the chief executives of 600 cities, asking them to 'appoint dele gates to the Mayors' Conference on National Defense in St. LouIs, March 3 and 4, and to attend themselvcs If possible British Want Appam. Washngton.--In the name of the British owners of the steamship Ap pam, Sir Cecil Spring-Rice, the Brit ish Ambassador, lodged with the State Department a formal request that the ship be turned over to the Briizh Consul under the terms of Th~e Hague Conyention. Notice also was served that it would be In ylolation of international law If ' the -United States permitted the German prize commander of the Appam either to increase the efficiency of the ship; to add to her offensive power or crew. National Capitol Closely Guarded. ??ashington.-The extra number of guards appearing about Capitol Hill prove to he reminders that somefa natics may undertake to repeat some dEstrictive exploit like that of last summer when a bomb exploded in one of the corridors- The destru'tion of the Parliament building at Ottawa has also caused apprehension. The fre-proof character of the Capitol is -egarded a~s nearly perfect. Addi ~ional c:ards have been put at the C'apitol. It has been der'ided, more overto search the Capitol' at nizht. >The' d School Bui RIER FLODS DO SERIOUS DAl AGE BREAKS IN ARKANSAS RIVER LEVEES DISASTROUS TO LARGE SECTION. THOUSANDS ARE.HOMELESS Sixteen Lives Have Been Lost-Prop erty Damage Will Run Into Hun dreds of Thousands. Little Rock.-The rapidly widening lake in southeastern Arkansas, form ed by the flood waters of the Arkan sa- river pouring through breaks in the levees, had engulfed a score of towns, leaving several thousand per sons homeless. Sixteen lives have been. lost in the last few days, and damage that probably will run into hundreds of thousands of dollars has resulted in the rich farming territory. Still greater damage is. feared if the Mississippi continues to'rise as in the last few days., Predicated stages at Arkansas City would endanger the le vees there and a break in the Missis sippi. levees would precipitate a ser ious situation in the river valley. All day the 700 men who remained in Arkansas City toiled in an effort t4 strengthen the levees - against the fast rising waters and they were hopeful that the levees would hold and the town be saved. The narrow strip of levee is the only land in sight there. On -one side is the river, swol len until its surface is 15 feet above the level of the town. On the other side of the levee is the great flood lake nearly 40 miles long and 20 miles wide. 'From It only the upper stories of buildings in Arkansas City pro trude. At the levee are three steam boats, one of which is, ready to carry the workers. to safety should they lose their battle with the flood. They are living in the second stories of their homes and in box cars on the levee. GERMANS HARD PRESSED. Fourteen. Thousand Interned in Span ish Guinea, West Africa. London.-The British are pressing the Germans hard in the Kameran region of German West Epuatorial Africa. A Spanish official communi cation says that .900 Germans and,14, 000 of her colonial troops have cross ed the southwest border and sought asylum in Spanish Guinea, where they were disarmed and interned. Excepton the Western line in France and Belgium and on the Cau casus front, little fighting of moment Is in progress in any of the war the aters. In northwest Russia there have been aerial raids by both the Germans and Russians and in Galicia and Bu kowina small infantry and grenade at tacks. At one point along the line where the Russian general Ivanoff is In command the Russians found a sys tem of Teuton mines and having wired it, detonated the mines. ' 'Ihe British and French in Bel gium haves helled, with .destructive effect, German- trenches in Boesinghe, and the French heavy guns have si enced a German battery to the east ofBoesinghe. Canadians Warned. *Guelph, Ont.-After the fire at the ,ardine munitions plant at Hespler warnings were received by the chief of police that an attempt was to be made to destroy the winter fair buildings in this city that now are occupied by the militaPy and the arm ories where two batteries are housed Special guar-ds were assigned to these points as well as to several of the factories in the city. Ferdinand Will Visit Germany. - erlin, via London.-King Ferdinand of Bulgaria is coming to Germany, it has just been learned to return the visit paid by Emperor William to the King -of Nish, Serbia, on January 18. BritIsh Steamship Sunk London.-The British steamship Balgownie, 1,061 tons gross, has been sunk. The crew, with the exception of the second officer, was saved. Wilson Thinks Appam a Prize. Washington.-Presidenlt Wilson is understood to hold the opinion that the British steamship Appam, brought Into the Hampton Roads by a German crew, must -be considered as a prize of Germany under the Prussian-Amer ican treaty of 1628. It was stated that this accords with the view of the state department. The president has not had an opportunity to discuss with Secretary Lansing the details. of the case and therefore no final decis ion has been reached. Great Fighting Machine. New York.-The United States nas in its nav-y the nucleus of the greatest fighting machine in the world, accord ing to Frank J. Sprague, chairman of the ecnmmittees on electricity and shipbuilding of the naval consulting board, who returned here after spend ing a month aboard the battleship New Yorkt and witnessing the amn euvers cf the Atlantic fleet in South er waters;. Mr. Sprague declared th t-.-- :int vital retiuirenants of the navy at present are morc officers and. men andI efficiency in target practice. 1<1imr. Go o WEANING THE FOAL IS EASY Merely Matter of Separation, If Prop erly Cared for During Summer Months-Time Varies. If the foal has been:properly cared for during the summer months, being fed a little grain in addition to the roughage and dam's milk, weaning time will be merely a matter of sepa ration. The time of weaning will vary.with conditions, but. the best rule is to al low it ive to seven months, says Farm, Stock and Home, as the work of the mare varies from heavy to light, but If possible, don't-wean the foal before four months. The important stage of the young ster's life is now at hand. Separation from -the dam must be complete to be Two-Year-Old Eeigian Colts. satisfactory, and the colt kept in a small lot fenced either with boards or poles. While all colts may not run into the wire, the one that tangles itself in the wire is invariably the most valu able. The weaning that is most success fully accomplished is the one thrugh which the colt suffers .the least set back in growth.. If at weaning time the colt'can eat its full allowance of grain, two or three pounds of oats or one and one-half pounds of oats and two pounds of ground barley mixed to gether, with plenty of' clean alfalfa or timothy hay, it will continue grow ing'and cease to fret for its dam. COMMON TAPEWORM IN LAMBS Not Believed That They Are Respon sible for Many Deaths of Animals, Says Western Expert. (By I. E. NEWSOM. Colorado Agricul tural College, Fort Collins, Colo.) The common tapeworm of lambs is one that has a habit of getting into the duct leading from the liver, .and for this reason many who have exam ined sheep, dead of disease, have sus pected the tapeworm of causing the - death. It might be well to state that more than 60 per cent of all western lambs have these tapeworms, as evi denced by finding them on the kill ing floors at the large packing houses. While it must be admitted that in a few instances they may cause. some trouble, yet it is not believed that they are responsible for many of our lamb losses. During the siege of the Kansas horse disease some man unfamilar with the normal conditions in horses for the first time found Palisade worms in the abdominal arteries of dead horses. He at once jumped at the conclusion that these worms were responsible for the disease. Had he known that approximately 95 per cent, of all horses have these same worms, his reputation might not have suffered. It is rather common for veterinarians to diagnose tapeworms in dogs, and in: about 95 per cent these diagnoses are correct, but that the tapeworms in thes~e animals are responsible for dis ease is not at all evident, except in a very small percentage of cases. So it is with these tapeworms in lambs. They can always be found in posting any large number of animals, but that they are responsible for any serious disease is evident only in a few cases. MOLDY SILAGE IS HARMFULI Complaints Made That Farmers Lase Horses and Mules-Carefully Avoid All Spoiled Stuff. Every winter farmers complain of losing horses or mules by feeding spoiled silage. Damaged or moldy, silage is not first-class feed for any animal. Even cattle should be fed carefully. but the greatest care should be exercised with horses and colts. See that no moldy stuff gets into their feed boxes and that none is left there from one feed to another to Good silage does not hurt horses. but remember the mold that some times occurs in spots may kill them. at any time. Winter Horse Feeds. Do not try to carry the horse throgi Jie winter on a hay or straw ration. Such feeding induces indiges iuqua I ut and enjoy NO REMEDY FOR= BLAtKHAt: Experts of Rhode Island Experinat Station Make Recommendatins %for Preventing " DIsaa . R (By MIIIGAN C. KLPATRI try Deparment,-Ohio"State No remedy or -s. - cf prevention- of bla .gsd- bas e-e discovered, although the d e J been carefully studii for ys tors Cole and Hadley of land experiment station-_ lowing recommendatfnd:' 1. Protect the. yard and* which ,may have the goodif - be uninfected with -the Mak Bronzes Turkeys on Aassc Farm. ganism by a thorougb n i all new'btock whether turey f geese or other domestic bfrds' i 2. Keep the turke o ich are as fresh.s-Canhik tamed and, above siakeP lated from fowls-and birds. - - . : 3. Keep every turkeyin t under :close observation in 6rae separate and at once isolatea which gives evidence of the, To facilitate -such obseratist helpful to leg-and eachdndi to record its weight from tirae 4. Ifti s known ltt b present. in any of the poultry-_: yard ana house sh'ould be. kept 4 i from sparrows, rats -and ehc . are carriers of the organis causes the disease.: 5. In fattening tribys for themX ket, increase-the :rationsan ly~ Overfeeding or a sudden increase n the ration will not. cause bak~d but frequently causes ~death fbrr4 In which blackhead- Is present. ~6. The .bodies of: all- bhiriwisL have died of blackhead shou1~b burned or buried immediately On most farmis,- it 'Is o'ut tia a question to put Into -practice allc these recommendationspe ly those in regard to th'e Isol tiond f the flock. The genera. practice i- o allow the turkeys to mingle'wIth th other fowle. Unless these recommand dations can .be rath'er closely lowed, however, It .is' not ava~ to attempt to raise turkeys afl.he disease has bnce made its appear- ' ance. The turkeys In- yourOC which do not appeai- to be lfce.' may become chronic carriers .of -thA disease. If it is necessary forg-ou to rear turkeys next-season oxiground which has been occupied by fciils-o by diseased turkeys,'you are-very'like ly to experience the same toni~e. MAKE FIGHT-.AGAJNST MiE Liberal Use of Lice Pwder is Always s - in Order-Dust. Bath Is Ess ,tial to.AU Fowls. The free use of an effective lice powder is always in order. A dust bath is very essential in i ding the fowls of lice. In applying powder hold the fowl by the feet, head down, and drk the powder well down in the feathers.>" The free use of kerosene on rosts and in the cracks .willxtr minate mites. - Whitewash is very effective agiu vermin.. Feed for Puilets. If the pullets begin to lay and -then shut off after the laying of a. .sina11. egg -or two, take notice as to, whether you are feeding them enough: Pa lets must be fed heavily= to keep. upmj regular laying in winter. -After- hT begin laying they seldom put on o. much fat. Make the Hens Scratch. When fowls are kept In confineme all grain should be scattered. In litt to kee3p ein scratchIng' for a-liva. They will produce mocre eggs and kees healthier. yourslf._