Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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CHIMNEY CORNER SCHOOL Of AGRICULTURE FOR FARMERS A Great Number of Farmers' Bul letins, Books, and Other Printed Matter Containing Latest Infor mation on All Subjects Available to Help Farmers Improve Their Business. Old pioneer stories tell of boys who, after working all summer in the clear ing, attended school in the winter. Conditions have changed but little to day so far as spare tir for study in the summer is concerned, but winter still offers it opportunities, and no matter how old or young the farmer is he can generally find time at this season for a few extra licks at 'read ing up" on some phase of farming that will come in handy next year. A School Around Every Fireplace His schoolhouse may well be in his own chimney corner, and December should mark the beginning of the ses sion of this school. lie has a wide range of subjects to pick from and is bound to find something on practi cally every question of farming with which he is concerned. During the year there have been printed a con siderable number of good textbooks on farming. The United States Dc partment of Agriculture, as well as the various State agricultural colleges has embodied in bulletins the results of long and patient labor on various things pertaining to farming, and have put into type facts that will mean dollars to the farmer who learns them and puts them into practice. Of course, this chimney-cornei school of agriculture allows its stu dents much leeway. The curriculum is largely elective. The farmer may study one subject and leave another alone, as his interests and his busi ness may dictate. But there will be enough bulletins that are of interest to him to make a pretty full course of study. If he has neglected his educa tion and isn't "up to his grade" there may be a great (eal more than he can handle in one winter. The Department of Agriculture has been publishing bulletins for a great many years. Hundreds of Farmers' Bulletins have been issued and every one of them discussess something that means money or better living to a large class of farmers. Many of the subjects have been supplemented and localized by State agencies-the agri cultural college or the State depart ment of agriculture. There is no reason why any farmer may not have all the scientific infor mation that exists on all phases of ag riculture that mean anything in his particular operations. All he has to (I is to read and study by his own fireside. If lie needs tutoring, there is the county agent, whom he can con sult when lie goes to town on Satur day-or he might possibly have th' agent out to supper an( a session by the fireside some night. The Department of Agriculture has printed lists of its various publica tions. Any farmer-or any city dwel ler or suburbanite who is interested in chickens or a garden or any of th things that pertain to farming--can have a copy mere!y by writing fcr it,. For the average farmer it. is worth spending in evening over, reading titles and checking the ones in Which he is interested. EAGLE "MIKADO"A0 For Sale at your Dealer ASK FOR THE YELLOW P EACLE EAGLE PENCIL CO Your Blank Book CARRIED) IN ST() Sheet Hri lders - Day Hools .1 urnals Figuring Ledgers C'ash ,Jomt C'ash H~oks Loose Lea We Carry the .\lost. Complete Lit Supplies in Sc COLUJMBIA OFFICE .liib Printing. Oilice Eqi (COlA;M IA, SO NO'l Mr. Farmer: Non is the time to turnn all mloney. (Get allI your (Con xtIoget her, a s our Milk. Ship the (ream 2 or* and gel ai tice, little check ('eh have the Skim Milk to reed to1 yo ter' than whole mnilk. A great heir calvesc on t he cows, in ot he HfA NDSOM l PtOITl whkich theic South Ca rotina has enough cows Hu tter that they need, but at t he shipped fruom other sect ions andl~ TIlil S GIREATl PittOFITI Thei( Farmers in t he West are active initerest ini shipping or C re th is state and the fa rmers musii~t y buiildl up the farm and still GIV E Weare in a position to han have' alt machinery to Mlauf~actur F or Furltier Informat ion W',r WEST EN% C(lA H2IE Then' he' can mail this checked list to the Department of Agriculture, and the bulletins checked will be sent to him without charge. There are a few bulletins the supply of which has become exhausted and copies are no longer given away, but they may be bought for a low cents each from the Superintendent of Documents at Washington, D. C. The procedure is explaineo on the list that ih furnished by the department. It Pays To Go To School. Every farmer owes it to himself and his family to find a little time to go to school every winter-to read 5, 10, or 20 bulletins that will help him to make better crops, better live stock, to carry on his operations with less exhausting strain on himself. It should be mentioned, too, that this chimney-corner college of agri culture is co-educational. A large number of the bulletins are devoted to household subjects. They contain information that will enable the far mer's wife better to carry her half of the load-to feed the family better with less work, to realize more for the portion of the farm output that comes under her directions, to have the minimum of inconvenience in the house and to get the maximum of comfort out of it-a thousand things that will help along in making farm life pleasanter and more profitable. THE SELF-SUPPORTING FARM Under boll weevil conditions it is considered extremely important for each farmer to raise as nearly all of the staple food and feed crops as is possible to supply all needs of the landlord, the tenants, and the live stock. These things can be grown at home much more cheaply than they can be purchased from other sec tions, and producing them should not interfere with the production of staple cash crops but should round out a well balanced cropping system. On any farm on which a good ro tation is followed for the purpose of building up the fertility of the land and maintaining a system of diversi fled agriculture, all of these crops can be grown economically and to good advantage. Without a good all-year garden there can be no "100 percent" self supporting farm. The soils of South Carolina are more than ordinarily adapted to the growing of fruit for home use, and in some sections for commercial shipment. Home Dairying With an abundance of milk, but ter and cream for the family, 25 to 35 per cent of the grocery bill may be saved. Each farm family of five should own or be furnished with two cows of standard dairy breed (grade or purebred.) One cow should be bred to freshen in the spring and the other in the 666 will break a Cold, Fever and Grippe quicker than any thing we know, preventing pneuinonia. Pencil No.174 Made in five grades ENCIL WITH THE RED BAND MIKADO MPANY, NEW YORA Supplies For 1922. CK IN COLUMBIA SLedger Sheets Books~ Columnar Sheets nals Post Bi1ndlers f Ledgers' Ring Books e of Blank Books and( Loose Leaf uth Carolina. SUJPPLY COMPANY ipmient. Ruibber Stamps 11T1 CA ROLINA 'ICE your1I produ1ctI Oin the ftam inito Iso buiy a Separator, and( separaite 3 limes a week to this Cr eamnery 11nd every week. You will t hen ur calve*s and hogs, which is het many farmers today are raising words, TI'lRO1W 1NG away a couIldl0)1 btiln by sh ipping Creami. to sulj ~ y its St ate with1 all t he preseniIt timen the Buttecr is being or farmers AREJ. LOSING A LI. nmakintg money, but are taking an ami. Theii Boll Weevil has st ruck et~ into) somiethIing else w hichi willI 'ItEM :510NEY. lle your' CRlEA M Dl), A , as we eI 'lIT R an1 ~ud tatke care of you. !D DAIRY CYP'RESS SASH DOORS BLINDS MOULDINGS AND MILLWORK fall and in this way about two gal lons of milk per day may be pro duced if proper care and feed are provided. All feeds for the family - cows should be home growpX. It is important to prepare one to two acres of permanent pastures for each cow in order to produce the dairy products for the home more cheaply. The milk cows should be pastured on the cultivated fields in the fall when possible and on oats and ryo in the winter and early spring. The milk cows should be bred only to purebred bulls of a dairy breed. The cheapest means of in suring the service of a good bull for a few cows is to organize a dairy bull association among neighbors. Poultry The keeping of a flock of laying hens on the farm i san important part of good general farm manage ment. On every farm there should be at least 30 to 40 laying hens. It is more advisable to keep pul lets and yearlings than birds over two years. For general farm conditions, the dual purpose breeds, Plymouth Rocks, Wyandottes, and Rhode Is land Reds are the most popular and from records appear to give the most favorable results. Purebred poultry stocks produces a greater number of eggs, a more uniform product, makes possible the selling of eggs for hatching, and creates a greater interest in poultry. Hogs It will take four hogs averaging 150 pounds each to supply pork for the average family of five. All feeds for hogs, save possibly a little tankage, should be home grown. It takes approximately ten bushels of corn and sixty pounds of tankage to produce a 150-pound pig. If buttermilk, so ybean pasture, rape pasture, or corn and velvet bean pasture is available, it will not be necessary to buy tankage. A splendid way to fatten hogs is to turn them on corn and velvet beans and let the hogs do the har vesting. It has been thoroughly demon strated that good pastures will save about two fifths of the grain ration. One or two acres of rape or rye for winter pasture and access to Bermuda pasture for summer, will produce sufficient grazing for a brood sow and her litter. It is important to use only pure bred boars, as this is the most economical way of improving the herd. The surplus feed crops resulting from dliversified farming may be sold through the (dairy cowv profit ably if a convenient market is avail able. A silo is recommended for herds of ten or more cows. Corn and sor ghum are the best crops for ensilage. Balanced rations for milk prodluc tion should be madle from home grown feeds; corn, velvet beans, oats, cottonseed meal, peavine hay, alfalfa ha". soybean hay, silage. Goodl cows should be fed liberally, and unpriofitable cows sold1 to the butcher. It is better to sell cieami to a~ crea Imery than to make farm but ter for sale. Bleef Cattle On farms wvhere considerable areas of cheap pa~sture~ lands are available, or on farms wher-e large amounts of rought feeds are pro duced, beef cattle raising will yield a goodl income to the man who will give it his attention. WINTEltING l)A IIY HIEIFElRS Clemson College, D~ec. 19.-Since milk can be manufactured only from feeds consumied by the dlair~y cow, it is of greatest advantage-to insure the most economic production---to have cows of the greatest feeding ea pacity, says Prof. J1. P. La Master, chief of the dairy dIivision, in d is cussing the winter care of heifers. Wit~h the greatly increased interest in dairying in this state, his sug gestions are most timely. The methodl usedl and success oh 1itined ini developing the daiiry hei f eris in the herd will dleterm inie the future profits fromi the dairy husi nes since in a fewv years these heif ers will have become the milking herd. In order to, make profitable' cows from these hei fers it is neces sa ry to dlevelop) them into large en pac*ious animals. 'This can be done best before the hecifers freshen for the first time. Too many dairy heif eras in South Carolina make fairly Plilla in Red and 4ioid ,neallc bor, sealed with liue Ribbon. yearsknown aslest.,Safest, Always Rei >te 1.0n RV DlRilG0ITS EVERYWHFRE good growth dtir ng the summer season on pagtutre and then during winter are hlrowed barely to main tain this .growth, and in some in stances to lose weight because . of lack of attention an feed. The heifers never get over tis stunt, -and as a result they develop into small unprofitable cows. Rstitons f6r Yearlings During the winter the yearling heifer should receive grain in addi tion to hay and silage. A good ra tion for yearlings weighing around 500 pounds is 18 to 20 pounds of silage, 6 pounds of peavine hay, and two pounds of grain per day. This grain may be equal parts of corn meal, cottonseed meal, and velvet bean meal. If silage is not avail. able, the heifers should receive more hay, say 10 pounds per day, ana 3 pounds of the above grain mixture. Heifers should not only maintain the growth made during the sum, nier but should gain stei ly durin thbir second winter. They should weigh at least 100 to 150 pounds more the first of April than they did the first of December. Under these conditions they will grow off oit pas ture and make considerably more growth than when carried through the winter on a mere maintenance ration. 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NOTICE Paving assessments for 1921 are due and must be paid on or before the 1st January, 1922, also second in stoment of town taxes are due rud payable on or before 1st. of Jai .ary T. L. BAGNAL#~ Clerk and Treasurer, Town of Manning. NOTICE Notice of sale of property liable for paving assessment, due and pay able December 1920. Pursuant to executions issued me, a levy made for delinquent pavin assessments, by the Town Clerk and Treasurer. I will iell at public auc tion at the Court House on salesday in January, Monday, January 2nd, 1922 at 11 o'clock a. m. the following lots of land in the town of Manning, purchaser to pay for papers: Sarah Boston, 1 lot on Railroad Avenue. Colored Presbyterian Church, 1 lot on Dinkins Street. Manning Library, 1 lot on Brooks Street. Mary Rose, 1 lot on Railroad Avenue. Louis Benbow, I lot on Railroad Avenue. F. E. Barron, 1 lot on Brooks Street. Mrs. E. C. Allsbrooks, 1 lot on Brooks Street. JOS. YASSNEY, Street Commissioner. . Town of Manning. NOTICE OF DISCHARGE I will apply to the Judge of Pro bate for Clarendon County, S. C., on the 9th day of January, 1922, at 11 o'clock a. m. for Letters of Discharge as Guardian for Fabian Broadway, formerly a minor. Pinewood, S. C., Dec. 5, 1921. Bertha E. Broadway, pd. Guardian. 4ND SAVE A SOB-'BUY THE GRo get a pleac hen you find -e odd jobs acement ar ie lower grad DID Wa T 'PR E WOOD ETE >nly "good en e right thing. ( te grade for the if the skill of bi too.) The ott insisting on because it lasts if you get the riety-and there aney's-worth of]I trest retail yar st advice. So w~ . '.PLANS fo rm bine -- ribut in the mea omf your I lo lmbr dea ler -no0 maltter Address )UTHERN CYPR anufacturers' Associ 177 Graham Building, Jacksony Fla. - OTICE OF D1SCHARGE I will ,a5plyit' the Judge of Pro bite for Clarendon County, S. C. on the 9th day of. Japuary, '1922, t 11. 6lock-a.,m. for Letteis of. ischarge as Administrator of the Estate of . D. Powell deceased. Turbefie,. S. C., Dec. '1921. D. k. ovell pd. Administrator , NOTICE Notice to Delinquent Tax Payers: I will advertise in January for sale in February all of the land that I have - Ta*- . -cecutions gainst. Pe;-. sonal prop1rtyI asd be levied v -s on, and' sold. All of those that U not paped their 1920 taxes come in and pay them at once and save the cost of advertising. J. E. GAMBLE, 48-tf-c. Sheriff. NOTICE State, of South Carolina, County of Clarendon. In The Probate Court. Order. In Re-Estate of Melvina Griffin, minor. To Robert M. Griffin: It appearing to the Court that you have removed beyond the limits of the State of South Carolina, for more thhn ten consecutive months, you will therefore TAKE NOTICE at you are hereby required to appear in per son, before the undersigned Yudge of Probate, on the 23rd day of January, 1922, at the hour of 12 o'clock Noon, to give an account of all yo e actings and doings as guardian of thne Estate of Melvin Griffin, minor. . IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, that you do show cause before me at the said time and place why the Letters of Guardianship heretofore issued to you should not be revoked on account of your change of domicile to a place beyond the bounds of this State. GIVEN under my hand and seal of the said Court at Manning this 21st day of November A. D. 1921. J. M. Windham, Judge of Probate, 47-6t-c. For Clarendon County, S. C. DE THAT FITS 7E JCB'** ant sur that for a of repairs )und the [es of rugh," but Zetting the : given pur ying. (Eco ier half, of Cypress, of practically true "tide :fdre means lumber. d will give ril we. itimne insist on "CYPRESS or what purpose you buy. I nsist on " tideM ESS --ierCypress-. you c'an idenftify atio it by this mark: ille, PRESS LET US KNOW AT ONCE.