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FIELD SELECTION Of SEED CORN PAYS BIG RETURNS Character of Plant Can be Determined only Where It Grows-Choose Ears From Ideal Stalks That Vield Heavily-Dry and Cure Them W(II. 11 '8-ts as much to plant and culti valt in acre producing 20 bushels of one producing 40 bushels. So, witn present labor costs, if a farmer could e(Luce his aereage one-half and still get the same corn yield he would conslider it mighty good business. Such a program is probably too much to expect, but the United States Depattment of Agriculture points out that the American farmer is getting altogether too little yield from his corn land. Just about this time of yeat a good many farmers are realiz ing it. Prepare for Next Year's Crop Now, or a little later, American farnies have an opportunity to start increasing next year's corn crop by the selection of seed. Every spring there is a frantic search for good seed c('e1r, an d much in ferior seed corn, and mIuch inferiori seed plan ted, with re sulting inferior yiehls. The loss is la rgely (lue to delay or negligence. Autnm is the time to prepare fol a profitale corn crop the following sea son. An.\ intelligent. farmer can go into his ccr n field when the corn is mature' and select better seed than he can biiy next spring. Unless a community has an e('erienced and honest corn breed er, the best place for the farmer to oblifain seed ('011 is fromin the fields on his fairm or in his neighborhood, which are planted with a variety that ha generally proved successful in that particular locality. Too many peopl' consider seed good simply because it. will uiow. To be first class, seed corn must be: I. Well adapted to the climat ic and soil conditions where it is to be plant ed. On and after transacted througt will be for cash oil without discouut ingy thle month in v m ~ evidences of credil Notice of the forming a part of "This policy c on Ithe 20th day of thUosdrto U ulypadt h MUh ad 0hdy U Uuhtn t o p prneUodto Th.NCN MannU UMMMMMMMM Kazffi U amans KaUf AU RAM' ~)R 2. Of a high-yielding variety and from high-yielding stalks of tl at vir iety. 3. Well matured and preserved from ripening time until planting time in a manner that will retain its full vitality. 4. Free from disease and insect injury. Such freedom may indicate resistance to infection. As soon as the crop matures, go through the field with a picking bag and select ears from the stalks that have produced the most good corn without having had any special ad vantages such as excess of space, moisture, or fertility. Avoid the large cars on stalks standing singly with an unusual amount of space around them. Preference should be given the plants that - have produced most heavily in competition with a full stanl of vigorous plants. A well balanced stalk bearing two good ears will usually be found to have produc ed as much seed as any other stalk. Both ears are equally valuable for seed, even though one may be much smaller than the other. In the Central and Southern States, all other things being equal, short thick stalks ar'e preferable. Thpy are not so easily blown down, and in gen eral are more productive than slender ones. In the more northern States two varieties are desirable-an early maturing variety for grain and a later, ranker-growing one for ensilage. It is an exceller plan to select enough seed for two years. Ilusked ears of seed corn should be put in a dry place with free circula Lion of air on the day they are pick ed. They should be placed so that the ears do not touch each other. They may he hung on a string, or a hatrack device can easily be made by cutting an electrically welded wire-mesh so as to leave one strand with short cross wires sticking out at intervals. After hanging in the shed or lying on the racks ft'c two months the seed ears should be dry enough to keep safely and may be stored in moth proof barrels, boxes, or ciatcs, but should not be exposed to a damp at >E EEEEmE. -Egg IT IC the first day of September 19 h our agencies on the fire an ily. That is all premiums 1m mn or before ' e 20th day of t vhich the insurance is bound. I cannot be accepted in paymei following endorsement will b( each policy. ertificate or renewal receipt s the month following the mon or premlium .named herein shi authorized agent of this comi and this notice is hereb~y mt y with the cancellation notice of this policy. Vilson Insurar By G. r. FLO~YD, Manager. ealty and Ins1 Byv 8. W. BARRON, Owner. Manning, S. C. Going Out 0 in Every De call will convince yo s Departmei NI) MANIA mosphere. Moth-proof boxes 'cn i'asily be niado with fly screen. Keep Seed Corn Dry (ger Winter Since the corn root-rot investiga tions by the United States Depart ment of Agriculture, increasing atten tion has been paid to germination 'tests for corn. The improved rag doll germinator and methods for using it, as well as methods of selecting disase-free ears in the field, are de scribe din Farmers' Bulletin 1176, which will be sent on application to the Department of Agriculture. The question of better seed corn is one which means so much in dollars and cents that attention should be given it from now on until the seed is ready to go into the ground next spring. 0 IROBLEMS IN ROAD BUIIDING CAUSED BY HEAVY RAINS during July and August, cloud bursts, which are practically very heavy thunderstorms, cause serious problems in road construction in Ne va(a and Utah. The Bureau of Public Roads of the United States Depart mnent of Agriculture has worked out several effective mcthods of protect ing roads from these immense sudden flows of water after long dry spells. Where the drainage channels are well defined no great diflieujty is involved in the design of the road drainage structures; but where the flood spread out over a delta or a valley it is a problem so to locate the line and G. C. COOPER, Licensed Optomieterist EYES Carefully Examined, Glasses Fitted, Broken Lenses Duplicated. Satisfaction Guaranteed. SUMTER, S. C. 21, all business I tornado policies it be paid in cash hie mnonth follow EE! Notes or other it of preiumin. attached to and hiall becomne voidN IM 21fl usiness it tororlce SQU JE E7FD TO DEATi When the body begins to stiffen and movement becomes painful it is usually an indication that the kidneys are out of order. Keep these organs healthy by taking GOL.MEDAL The world's standard remedy for kidney, liver, bladder and uric acid troubles. Famous since 1696. Take regularly and keep In good health. In three sizes, all druggists. Guatanteed as iepresented. Look for the name'Cold Me On ever, boa and accept 1o drainage structures that the latter will save the road from destruction. In sectiono where the flood tends to spread out, a wide berm on eadh side of the roadway -- makes a sub stantial protection. The borrow pit provides material for the embankment and serves as a diversion drain. Some times a short concrete dip is used for the purpose of passing to water ever the road in a comparatively wide and shallow flow instead of under it. - A dip is simlply a pavement extending the full width of the roadway and protected at each edge against under mining by a cut-off wall extending 18 inches below thg bottom of the pave ment. Instead of attempting to build up a grade for this pavement, so as to raise it above the flood water, the lip follows the grade c* the wash, and the water passes over it in time of flood. Where the deltas are so wide and the country so undevel oped as to make the cost of a coni crete dip excessive, the dlips are sur faced with gravel and the downstream edge is protected by a concrete cut off wall. In connection with these drainage dips ia V-shaped'system of dikes and ditches is used, converging toward the road if it is desired to lead the flow from two or more wash es to a single dip, and diverging 'o ward the road when it is better to split the flow of a single stream to more than one lip. 0 Subscribe to The Times .0 SEARCH FOltEGIN COUNTRIES FOlR PARASITES OP CROP PESTS Rienewed attention is being paid by the United States Department of Ag riculture to the introduction of so called friendly insects-parasites which destroy serious crop pests with out themselves doing damage to hu man interests. Two different exped tions to that end are now in progress. Thomas R. Chamberlin, of the Salt I ake City laboratory for cereal and forage insect investigations, is now en route to the Europen parasite labora tory at Hlyeres, soutlirn France, an will study the insect enemies of the alfalfa weevil for the purpose of col lecting and shipping to Utah and ath er infested territories the natural ene mies of this serious pest. Prof. I. F. Wickham, of the Idaho State Univer sity, is in Mexico on temporary ap pointment from the Oflice of 'Truck Crop Insect. Investigations and will search for parasites and other natur aIl enemies of the Mexican hean beLtle, which is doing serious dlamatge in the Southeasternl States. Prof. Wickham started from Parral, and m!! also work in southern Mexico and in Gua Lemaia if opportunit permits. 1c is accompanied by Mr. L M. High, who will cooperate in this inve-stua ion, andl willI searc halIso for nat urail ene ies cof the Colorad> potato hee'ti and of the sweet-p~otato) weevil. D)IGGING POT)'ATO(jES IN NOl'TH C'ENTlRA L A N D)EA STIElN STiATlES P'ota toes recquirie 1i to 100 clays af te r planting b~efore any wvill he ready for use. The tubers are not fully ma turedl until after the vines die or at least rinendi andc shed most of their fol age. Late po.tatoes in the Northern WEAK, NERVOUS, ALL RUN-DOWN Missouri Lady Suffered Until She Tried Cardui.--Says "Result Was Surprising."--Got Along Fine, Became Normal and Healthy. SpringfIeld Mo.-"My back was so weak I could hardly stand up, and I would have bearing-down pains and was not well at any time," Bays Mrs D. V. Williams, wife of a well-known farmor on Route 6, this place. "I kept gettIng headaches and having to go to bed," continues Mrs. Williami describing the troubles from which she obtaIned relief through the use o1 Cardul. -"My husband, having heard of Cardul, proposed getting it for 'ua "I saw after taking some Cardul . . . that I was Improving. The result iwas surprising. I felt like a different person. "Later I suffered from weaknesu and weak back, and felt all run-down. I did not rest well at night, I'was se nervous and cross. My husband said he would get me some Cardui, which he did. It strengthened mae . . . My doctor said I got a'lojng fine. I was in good healthy condition. I cannot say too much for It." Thoumandls of women have suffered as Mrs. Williams describes, iutil they found relief fromi the use of Cardtll. Since it has helped so many, 'you should not hesitate to try Cardui II troubled with womanly ailments. ror ale evwere.r a &%id Northeastern $tsttes are frauppt i caught by frost before the vines ripen, so should be dug just about the tine frost first strikes them. NPotatoes should be dug when the soil is reason ably'dry, so that It will not adhere to them. A sppding fork or a potato hook is best for digging them and great care should be taken to avoid spearing or cutting them in digging. Only a small quantity should be turn ed out at once, as they will become sunburned if exposed more'than al hjour or two. Store potatoes in a cool, dry place where Miey will get plenty of- ventila tion and be in the dark. Potatoes mist not be allowed to freeze eithei before they are dug or while .in stor age. A goodI cool, well-vekitilated cellar or stor cellar'forms a suitabl storage place for potatoes and under proper conditions will keep through the winter and into the early summer Another method is to bury the pota toes in a pit outdoors and cover thenr so that frost can not get to them. 4 *4 YESTERDAY IS TOMORROW ACT T START YOUR BAN First Natio W .C. DAVIS A. C. BRADI J. T. STUKE Ginners, Oil Mill and We have a large and well as at present low prices. We only Babbitt, Belt Dress- Files, ing Belting, Steani C Rubber Belting, Water G Leathei Belting Engine Gandy Ejectors.. Shaft 11 Flue Epanlders, Injectoni Flue Cleaners, Lubricat We have anything that sh< chinery supply house. COLUMBIA SU] 823 Wecst Gerv'ais St., R STQ i and look o3 I have 'to si I our line nie I come to to I be you are I market ju i what we h I but would I privilege a Iof showin, i anyway.V\ a you only st t.will give I Prices anic I ways in'lin aus whlen it M. Br NOTICE OF DISCHARGE I will apply to the Judge of Probate for Clirqndon County, S. C., 6n the 29th day of August, 1921 at 11 o'clock a. M. fr Letters of Dischitrge as Exe cutrix of the Estate of Junius M. Strange, decensed. Margaret Rebecca Strange, Executrix.. Wilson, S. C., July 28, 1921. pd TRESPASS NOTICE Pursuant to the rovisions of Section 241, Criminal Me of -SRth Carolina, notice is hereby given ta4 the. ands of the Brooklyn Cooperap Company leased from the Santee River Cypress Lumber Company in * Clarendon County are posted, and all persons enterin g without authority upon the same will be duly prosecuted. Brooklyn Cooperage Company. Georgetown, S. C. 4-t-c IN kRETROSPECT A PROMISE ODAY! K ACCOUNT NOW! ial Bank President [AM, Vice-President 3, Cashier. Machinery Operators! nortc stock of Machinery Supplies mention at few of them: Packing all kinds, augeSi Pipe, Valves, overnors, Wood Pulleys, 11gers Steel -Shafting, Iron, Pipe 'ools, rWre.nches, all kinas. uld be found in a first-class ma ?PLY COMPANY COLUMBIA, S. C. P IN rer what we g 1ow you in } xt time you g wn. It may a not in the i st now forli ave for sale, g give us the W nd pleasure g' you thru ( re will,how * ich goods as rou service.t I terms al e. Stop with L town.