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LUCKY STRIK C.IGARET TenforlOcents. Handy size. Dealers carry both. 10 for 10c; 20 for 20c. It's toasted. .IVE STOCK MARKET REPOR1S KEEP PRODUC[RS IN[ORMED Farmers Advised to Study Them in Season and Out-Give Current Prices as Well as Probable Sup ply and Demand Covering Long Period. How can the farmer and stock rais er turn the live-stock reports of the Bureau of Markets United States De partment of Agriculture, into dollars is frequently asked. The answer is for the farm(,: to get so much information out of the reports that he can conduct his breeding, feeding, and marketing operations a little more intelligently in the future, and therefore more profitably than in the part. Markets Move in Cycles. Market reports are history, and the chief value of history is the basis which it provides on which to forecast the future. In other words, what has happened in the past will probably oc cur again under the same or similar circumstances. Small benefit is ienerally derived from reading a single market report, ore one covering a short period of time. Markets move in cycles, and the man who would keep informed must follow them diligently in season and out. This is a matter of particular importance.to the stockman, because his business is, to an unusual degree, a long-time speculation. le must prepare now and lay is plans today in the light of what 'he thinks the market will be anywhere from six months to tow years hence. But how will the department's report assist him in domg this? First of all, he should take into ac .EmEEEEEEEEEEEEE D U U U U U * I an U U o RA U U U U Sqan Del U U U U U U 'TE I N * ORS ES HIEEEUEE~mEEEt gount of live stock in which he is in terested. Assume that cattle is his line. The monthly report Stock at Stockyards, gives the numfler of cat tle andi calves marketed from month to month through 68 central markets. If such movements are unusually heavy for any considerable, time, it may indicate a cattle shortage during the next year or two, and a shortage of any commodity usually means high er prices. * * This same report also shows the number of cattle and calves that went back to the country as stockers and feeders. If such movements were ex ceptionally light, it would help to con firmt the belief that a com arative shortage in cattle was impending. On the other hand, heavy stocker and feeder shipments would go'a long way toward neutralizing the importance -of the heavy. receipts, for the stock man would know tnat most of these cattle going back to the country must be returned to market during the next few weeks or months and eifter con sumption channels. Having established in this fashion a broad basis for his operations, let us assume the stockman is feeding a lot of steers for the market. le must now give market reports more care ful and persistent attention than be fore. It is quite important that he know what kind of cattle are in best demand on the principal markets. If there is 'a steady inquiry for heavy Seashore Sund, TO CHARLI Con mencing Sunday, June 5, an( and including, September 4, 1921, t ATLANTIC C The Standard Railr( will sell Sunday Excursion Tickets to (late of sale, at $2.13 FROl (War T and operate following schedules to Lv. Snmter Lv. Manning Ar. Charleston Returning, train will leave Charle ning 11.11 p. m., and Sumter 11:50 Correspondin Excursion Fares to and from Ciarleston, Sumter, stations. Baggage will not be chei Summer Excu Tickets are on sale to all principi resorts daily until September 30th, 31st, and permit stop overs at all s on application to conductor. For tickets and further informa Ticket Agent, Manning, S. C. W. J. CRAIG, Passgr. Traffic Mgr. WILMINGT y Goods at this stor< any person to quc an ar ticle that is i We want every complete confider sell a bill of goods that we have sold of its quality. TF, giving the public It is our policy. The Dry G( Clothin You need are rea a fair price will be article. The square dea ..the asking. EW IDE Manager M IEEEEEEMEREMERERi Finished cattle, and that kind are sell., ing at a premium over lightei weights it will probably pay him to "feed his eattle out," unless the cost of feed is exceptionally high. If, however, consumptive demand seems to be drifting steadily toward lighter retail cuts of meat, or, because f general business depression or some >thcr cause, is centering chiefly on the lower and cheaper grades, he may find it more profitable to market his cat tle at an earlier age and before they have attained great weight. Abundant information along this line will be found both in the live stock market reports and the reports lealing with meat-trade conditions In the large consuming centers. Keep Posted on Consumption In this connection the stockman will ilso be interested in keeping advised as to whether the slaughter of meat is increasing or decreasing and whe ther the movement applies equally to all classes of meat, or whether slaughter of beef is decreasing while that of some other class is increasing. This information is obtainable from the statistical report covering the live stock and meat situation, which is based oil the Federal meat-inspection reports of the Bureau of Animal In lustry and is also published monthly )y the Bureau of Markets. Because oif the important bearin I which it ha,; on the price of cattle he will also Want to keevi in touch with iy Excursions ,STON continuinvr every Sunday until, hie O A ST E ad of the 0outh to Charleton, limited returning 4 MANNING ix Extra) accommodate Sunday Travel: --- - 7:00 a. m. ------- 7:40 a. m. ---------- -10:35 a. m. ston 8:20 p. rn., and arrive Man p. m1. and Schedules will be effective Florence, and ail intermediate ked on these tickets. rsion Fares il Mountain, Lake and Seashore limited returning until October tations going and returning up tion apply to 11. D. CLARK, T. C. WHITE, GenI. Passgr. Agent. ON, N. C. OU get that and i othing else when cu buy your Dry * . We don't want S stion the value of I ur chased from us person to have a ce that when we * ~the mere fact of I it is a guarantee * at's what we call * a square deal.I >osUSos ANNIN, Sh.eC. I U ~,Etc.,ana g LUMBER Rough Boards Rough Framing Long and Short Leaf Get My;.Prices! Quick Delivery! E. B. SHORTER, Phone 222 Manning, S. C. the market for hides, tallow, an(l oth L-1r animal by-products. When such pr(oducts are selling high the packer and slaughterer can pay relatively more for Cattle than when by-products are low. For sich information he Will consult the hide and skin report which are published at frequent intervals. PRICES OF FARM CROPS BELO)W PREWAR AVERAGE The prices of six of the important crops on May I of this year were be ow the prewar average prices for that late according to figures collected by the Bureau of Crop Estimates, United States Department of Agriculture. These crops are corn, oats, barley, [lax, potatoes, and cottcn. The report showed that the prices of the three Lcrains-wheat, rye, and buckwheat wvere above the prewar average prices. During April the average price of wheat declined from $1.50 to $1.23 per bushel. The report. shows that in xeneral the industrial crops, such as lax, cotton, and broom corn, are the most depressed in price, and that food rops, such as wheat, rye, potatoes, aind apples show relatively less de :ine. The prices in various parts of the country vary, with South Dakota be ing the center of the low-price district Lhe May I report shows. The aver agc price of wheat in that State was )0 cents per bushel, and in some counties it was as low as 70 cents. Corn was selling at an average price f 32 cents per bushel in South Dako ta, while the average price for the United States was nearly 60 cents. The price of oats was 23 cents per bushel in South Dakota, the average for the United States being 36.8 cents. The report showed a bigI decline in the price of old potatoes, especially in Michigan, where the average was 29 cents a bushel, which was 20 cents be low the average for the United States. 666 lis more imitations than any [)ther Fever Tonic on the market, but no one m ants imitatiom. ---o VA LUE OF MILK IN TIE DIET SHlOWN WVITII RAT EXIBlIT A striking exhibition of the value of milk in the diet has been prepared by Lhe Dairy Division of the United Sta tes Department of Agricultur(e for ttse in edlucat ionarl milk canmpa igns. The exhibit consists of twvo stutfed and( mou ntedl rats, one a large-boned healthy specimen, the other an under sizedl weakling with skin clinging to its poorl y developed hones. The~ ill ustra tion~ com paries ani a'de luate d Iiet (conta in ing all the food es sen tials with an i nadeq uate, poorly chosen diet, lacking some of the fool ['ssen tialIs. T1he large, well-developed healthy rat had its cereal diet souple mented with milk, and the advantage reetr ing is shown by the we'llI-develop cd tissues, muscles, anrd hones, the smiooth lair, the bright eye(s. aind the healthIy color of the living rat. The priotein of mnilk is capable of' building muscl a r tissue. Tihe iineralI of the milk, especially Iimeio, builds str'ong born's, arnd thre food arccesriea's (vita.. mines) of the milk inisure growth arid heailth. T'heo smnaIl rat was depriivedl of mrilk andr othJet rofdequate' sourr'cis of t hese NOTlIC( I will apply to the P'robate Court for Chirendon C'ounty , S. C., on Mon clay, *Juine 27, 1921 af (liven o'clock in thne foreinion for a I ischar'ge as Adin rist rator dei huris non with the Will aninexed of l'staite of Rosar Greeni ree, deCceased. I' red I eses''ne. Manoni ngM. :, 1tn' I921 21 -5t-c NOTlICE OF' DS(IARGE I will aply~l i to the' Judge of Pr'o bate tot' C'larendoni Iii unuty, S. C., on the' 20th (lay (if Junre, 192) at 11 o'cloc(k A. M. foir I ut Iers of D ischarge is Admninist rat or of the Estarte oif Vir. ginria It. firown, deeased. Adinristratr. Summnerton. S. C'., .\Iay 19, 1921--.p. G. C. cOOPER, Licensed Optometerist EYES Care fuhys Examined, Glasses Fitted, Broken Lenses Duplicated. Satisfaction Guaranteed. SUMTER, S. C. necessary food constituents, hence the same age. On May 4 both groups weak, gelatinous bones, thin muscles, were again weighed. The six rats re lack of growvth, and c!onstant losqs in ceiving milk had gained 542.5 grams. weight and size. Both rats had wheat The others showed a loss of 17.1 biscuits, but only one had inilk with grams each, or J02.7 grams for ie iot the biscuits, of six. These rats were chosen from two This is not considered a scient tie cases, each containing six rats. On experiment, but a simple exhibit to March 24 each group weigbed 485 show the eflects of an inadequate i grams. All rates were young and the as proved by experimental research. OWEN BROS. MARBLE and GRANITE CO. DESIGNERS NANUFACTURERS ERECTORS Dealers in everything for the cemetery. u The largest and best equipped mon G~reenwood,..-------.-...S. C. a A TTENTlo()N - nel i h maoinuts..Rls ~j~4 TOURISTS AND Y Shongd hameeLr ~*i *Milln of our "Tourists W ~I,- ~ .~> Speial 1tm)tiil)Qd t i i- pc e (ole $75. 0r Lw $70. Rd eiI- no poles oW. stak u. . 111 be St up in five to egavt mohoute.y. Rolls up 4 feet. t. m iees long and yrinthes, Lmar tiameter is nWater S wproof ove,. COLUMBIA SUPPLY COMPANY STOP "INj and look over what we ' ,,have to show you in our line next time you Scome to town. It may ~be you are not in thee Smarket just now for* whatwe havefor sale but would give us the Sprivilege and pleasure* nof showing you thru ianyway. We will show Ou w insttutg is gesve ueyving al Ptricues ar ieeand trsh eans wYou n rerimney Stopd Threith no Sus org when it on. 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