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WHAT THE DEPARTMENT Of AGRICULTURE IS DOINI A Point of Vital Contact. One of the points of vital contac between the United States Depart ment of Agriculture and the State ag ricultural colleges and experimen stations-the chief means, perhaps by which experiment station work extension work, and the like ar coordinated and kept fairly uniforn throughout the country- is the Asso ciation of America Agricultural Col leges and Experiment Stations, whicl will hold its thirty-third annual con vention in Chicago November 12 t< 14. At the same time a number of subsidiary and related organization, wil hold their annual meetings. Among them are the Country Life Confer once, American Association of Far. mers' Institute Workers, the Confer. once of Farm Management Demonstr tors, and of the State leaders of coun. ty agents for the North and West the Association for the Advancemeni of Agricultural Teaching, the Society for the Promotion of Agricultural Science, the Society of Agronomy and the Farm Management Associa tion. Some of these organizations have been fostered by the Department of Agriculture and the agricultural col leges. Others are independent organ. izations with related interests. - In practically all of them, officials of thc Department of Agriculture are inter ested. A number of department men will be in attendance, and, through the various meetings, will feel the will and the wishes of the people at the same time that they pass their own thoughts along to workers in various lines throughout the country. Guarding Against Fires. These are the days when the fire hazard is considerably increased over what it was in the summer months. With the coming of cool weather, quick fires are started in the stoves or furnace and often a flue discover ed that needs repair. Accumulations of inflammable rubbish In which a bad blaze may be started should be got rid of. Matches are used in increased numbers in winter, and that means ad ditional chances of accidental fires. Kerosene is employed in greater quantities, being used for starting fires and for the lamps, and, there fore, this hazard is increased. An even graver menace lies in the im proper handling of gasoline. It is highly important that every precau Candy-Cola It(C Bot TheNM ICanad..Cola| HANDS, ARMS, LIMBS ASLEEP And Was Run-Down, Weak and Nervous, Says Florida Lady. Five Bottles of Cardul Made Her Well. Kathleen, 1la.-Mrs. Dallas Prine, of this place, says: "After the birth of my last child...I got very much run-down and weakened, so much that I could hardly do anything at all. I was so awfully nervous that I could scarcely endure the least noise. My condition was getting worse all the time... I knew I must have some relief or I would soon be in the bed and In a serious condition for I felt so badly and was so nervous and weak I could hardly live. My husband asked Dr. about my taking Cardui. He said, 'It's a good medicine, and good for that trouble', so he got me 6 bot ties...After about the second bottle I felt greatly improved...before taking it my limbs and hands and arms would go to sleep. After taking it, however, this poor circulation disap peared. My strength came back to me and I was soon on the road to health. After the use of about 6 bot tles, I could do all my house-work and attend to my six children be- I sides." You can feel safe in giving Cardui a thorough trial for your troubles. It contains no harmful or habit-forming drugs, but is composed of mild, vege table, medicinal ingredients with no bad after-effects. Thousands of women have voluntarily written, telling of the good Cardul has done them. It should help you, too. Try it. I 74 tion be taken to store the gasoline supply in properly located and con structed reservoirs. This is the season also for the far mer to look to his fire-fighting equip ment. A pail of water is the oldest, simplest, and cheapest of fire extin guishers. There is no reason why pails of water, to be used only in case of fire, should not be installed in every farm building. If possible they should be painted a special color, pre ferably. red, or labeled so as to be conspicuous and less subject to un 2uthorized use. The chemical extinguisher has come into quite general use on automobiles and elsewhere about the farm, and has many advatnages over the water bucket. It can be employed, for ex ample, in subduing fires among oils, where water is of no value. In the absence of a chemical extinguisher, san dis serviceable in extinguishing mm m ::::::iimmmmmmmm krink That Sa ~uenches That Thi tied in a Sanitary Ma By anning Bottling Manning, S. C. burning oil in case of a small fire or the floor or in a shallow container Sawdust is also effective in putting out oil fires, if it is scattered over th entire surface of the burning liqukE so as to smother the flames. Th( United States Department of Agri culture has issued a Farmers Bulle tin 904, "Fire Prevention and Fir( Fighting on the Farm,' which dis cusses the various types of fire extin guishers and their merits. It ma be had free by addressing the depart ment. Demand for Rabbit Skins. In recent years several kinds 01 fur, formerly of so little value as t< offer no inducement to the trapper have been raised in price, and conse queitly collecting them has beai made profitable. Rabbit pelts, which are extensively used by hat makers are among these products. One east, ern concern has announced that il will need 10,000,000 rabbit skins dur. ing 1919 and 1920, and it desires as far as possible to secure them fron American sources. This is an indica tion of a market which should inter est many a farmer boy. This fall an< winter dried, cased rabbit skins will probably bring a reasonably good re turn. They are sold by the, pound which will contain .seven or eighi skins. Many farm boys can readily acquire, in the course of the winter large numbers of skins which will nel them a tidy sum and, in addition, they will have the pleasure of trapping experience. The United States De SIGCADILLUAC Bland Cars of Character SUMTER, S. C. ummuumm Candy-Cola tifies ! >Ma! Erst ! rmner Works, CadyCoa Net purchas port for U I partment of Agriculture will supply any inquirer with the names and ad dresses of possible purchasers of rab bit skins and other pelts. How Our Milk is Used. Estimates made by the United States Department of Agriculture show how the 87,905,000,000 pounds of milk produced in the United States annually are utilized. Forty-four and one-half per cent is used as fresh milk for human food purposes, while 36 per cent of the gross supply is converted into butter, and 4.5 per cent is made into cheese; another 4.5 per cent is transformed into canned milk, 4 per cent is used in ice-cream making 4 per cent is used in feeding calves and hogs on the farms of origin and 2.5 per cent is lost in shrinkage and other waste of the dairyng industry. Prohibition has been followea1 by a flood of soft drinks of every conceiv able type and variety, manny of whici are falsely labeled, the Government contends. Literally, hundreds of nevi beverages have been rushed to the soda fountains' and "ade" standls ha makers wvho have not inft ,ned thenm selves of the provisions of the foot and drugs act directly concerning their ir.dustry. The Bureau of Chem istry of the United States Departmen of Agriculture, which enforces thi: this act, finds that a principal source of difficulty for numerous makers o 'soft drinks is their disregard of al opinion issued by the bureau severa years ago, that "such terms as ad< punch, crush, and smash, when used 1 conjunction with the name of a fruit can be applied correctly only to hev erages, either still or carbonated which contain the fruit o1- juices of th fruit named. Such termis should no be applied to products flavored onl: with essential oils or essences. Labels wvhich the bureau declares t be false hav'e been resorted to b many soft drink manufacturers in a effort tq explain the cloudy appearati ce of their products. With the use c extracts madle with alcohol rendere unlawful or inadvisable, soft-drn manufacturers have resorted to es tracts which are in the form of emul sions. Speaking generally, these ar just as good as the alcoholic extract: but when used in dIrinks give the lal ter a cloudy appearance. This charp~ teristic of many o fthe new beverage has led manufacturers to attempt'a explanation by employing wording and illustrations in their label which specifically state or imp~ly tha the beveraxge contains fruit juice o fruit pulp, whereas their productsi really flavored only with essentih oils or essences. Habitual Constipation Cured in 14 to 21 Days "LAX-FOS WITH PEPSIN" Is a specially prepared Syrup Tonic-Laxative for Habitui Constipation. It relieves promptly bu should be taken regularly for 14 to 21 day to induce regular action. It Stimulates ani Regulates. Very Pleasant to Take. 60 7.7 Id just return v York where cd an attractit $300.00 -and on our sales flo found the exact dup chase marked $200.0( This gentleman fr< now realizes two -wc facts: FIRST:-That ar furniture CAN be pt Carolina .if one knot for it. 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