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THIS STATEGMBM IF FARMERS Proper Selection of Seed One of creasing Average Yii Look For Iu 1014 South Carolina planted 1.925.000 acres in corn, producing 30,538.000 bushols. or 18.2 bushels par acre. Wisconsin, in the same year, planted 1.725,000 acres, producing 69,638.000 bushels, or 18.2 bushels per acre. Although South Carolina planted 250.000 acres more than did Wisconsin. the latter state made 33,324.000 bushels more corn?almost twice as much as this state. This is not a3 it should be. We should be able to make as much corn per acre as any state. The question is, how are we to go abe i it? There urn tw <t nriiwitiul wuvts tn iniT^BKP our average and under our conditions both are necessary. The first step lies in improving -our land by means of thorough preparation, increasing the supply of humus, and using commercial fertilizers intelligently. The second siep is the Improvement of seed by careful field selection. It has already been demonstrated that our improved lands are capable of making from 40 to more than 100 bushels per acre. Just how much more can be grown on one acre with properly selected seed is yet to be seen, but we should certainly by all -means give the seed question more serious thought. The livestock breeder Is far more particular In selecting breeding stock than is the average corn grower in selecting seed corn. Yet the laws governing livestock improvement are the same as those governing corn improvement. The man who raises hogs keeps only the best sows, which give the largest and most vigorous litters of pigs. As some sows give better litters than others, so some ears of corn will produce more corn than other ears. Therefore, make an effort to select the best ears for seed. After selecting them, test them to see which yield best. Seed selection must begin in the tleld, in order to know what kinds of stalks the curs come from and what kind of chance they had. Making Field Selections. Before making selections, fix on the type of stalk und ear desired and stick to this type. Keep it always in mind so that the selection will be alike. Selections should always he made under uniform and normal cinditions. Do not select from the best land. Always take an average spot In the field. The stalk must bo the tirst consideration. A large ear taken from a pile of corn will not necessarily be a producer of large ears, since it might have had a better chance than some others in the field, the stalk might have been too tall and slender, and the oar might have been too high on the stalk. It is, therefore, necessary to know the stalk from which an ear comes. Select from stalks which are strong and stocky, and gently tapering from the ground np. The ear should not be growing higher than oner shoulder, as this has an important bearing on j the labor of gathering. The shank BETTER MARKETS Association Formed By Growei Section's Co-operating with t-he Office of Markots at Washington, Cleiuson College is working out soino practical and efficient marketing schemes. Some of Hie farming enterprises of Soutli Carolina have been operating at a loss and It i" up to all concerned to consider and determine upon some plan of action that will solve the problems of marketing the state's products. Although the marketing situation has not. by any means, been definitely worked out. some very significant work has nevertheless been decided upon and begun. One of the marketing schemes now under way is that adopted recently by the asparagus growers In the vicinity of Ridge ! Spring, Trenton. Wllllston, lllko and Blnckville. On duly 19 about twenty of the as- ' puragus growers met in an informal way at Columbia with \V. W. Long. I director of extension at I '.emson. The j meeting was in the nature of u roundtable discussion, and the growers took It as an opportunity to exchange iheir ideas and experiences. It developed that, with a very few exceptions, the growers were operating at a loss. The consensus was that the growers' system of marketing was wrong. They were unanimous in the belief that they ought to get together upon some united and concerted scheme of sorting, grad Ing. packing and selling their product. The growers next Invited the market agent at Clemson College and C. EL Basset of tho Office of Markets and Rural Organization. IT. S. department of agriculture, to attend an Informal -fuelling of asparagus men at Ridge Sprisg ~nd another at Trenton. At thu Ridge Spring meeting it soon developed thai the growers had hot sort I' MORE CORN Win SELECT SEED Most Effective Methods of Insld?Some Points to , in Corn. . should be just long enough to permit the?ear to turn down at maturity. If carliness is desired, such stalks can be kept separate. Do not gather the corn until it is well matured. Mark each desirable stalk with a tag or by some other method and leave it standing in the field. If the corn is to be cut and shocked, the marked corn can be left and shocked separately. After the Field Selection. Field selection is cf large importance. but there is work still to be done after the corn has been shocked and taken to the barn. Experiments have s.iown that an ear which is cylindrical. gently tapering, and has straight rows of deep, plump kernels will prro uu>.c mo uiKiioni iiorn'iuuKH Ol gruill. The accompanying photograph shows an car of the desired type. The cob should be medium to small, rather than large. Large cobs mean a smaller percentage of grain, as well as a possibility of causing the grain to mold on account of the cob's not drying out. The grains should be long and full. A gently wedge-shaped and A GOOD AND A BAD EAR A?Shows poor ear with too much space between kernels. a?shows poin-ed kernels of same. B?shows good ear with no space between kernels, b?shows plump kernels of same. plump kernel will leave very little space between the rows. Sharply iiuimcu kiuiiih urc usually loose on I ho cob. The spacing and shape of the kernels will vary with the variety, but care should always be taken to select only those ears that have well do vcloped kernels that are not loose on the cob. The careful study and selection of the individual ears must bo done after the corn has been brought to the barn and the farmer can do It in his spare time. As soon as the corn has been carefully selected it should be stored in a well ventilated room out of reach of rats and mice. It should be inspected at intervals throughout winter to see that it is in good condition. F. O. TARBOX. JR.. Extension Corn Breeding Expert, Clentson Agricultural College. FOR ASPARAGUS rs of Five Towns Will Handle Output. ed, graded md parked uniformly. Much emphasis was laid on the noces sity of adopting standard grades and a standard park and upon ricld sorting, grading, packing and inspection. Mr. Ilasset pointed out the value of forming an asparagus Growers' Association. adopting rules and methods satisfactory to all concerned, and putting the management of the association in the hands of the best available manager. This manager was to have competent inspectors to see that all asparagus coming into and going out of the association quarters was up i?> ihi* aianuuru. l lie inspectors were to see that all cars were carefully load ed and routed In accordance with the manager's Instructions. The manage! was to keep in touch with all markets, and prices, and to sell to the best n i\r kets. With these suggestions in mind, the growers formed a temporary nrganiza tion. A meeting for further organization was then held at Trenton and representatives from ltidge Spring. Trenton. Williston. Klko and Hlackvllle were present. J. N. Knight was chosen as chairman and R. It Tillman, Jr.. as secretary and by-laws were adopted. Bight representative directors were selected who will meet in January to perfect the organization, draft articles of incorporation and definitely decide upon a manager, Inspectors and officers for the association. The success of this association trill depend not only on procuring a capa bio manager but also upon the con certed support of every member. KRKiJ W. HOKMANN, Market Agent, fie as tea Agricultural College. { CURE FOR ALL MALADIES night Living Will Aid the Individual, as Well as Put an End to All National Disorders. A correspondent asks Doctor Evans, the noted hygienist, several questions about the meaning of health and the means to preserve it, and after answering the questions categorically, eight of them, he adds, "Yes, right living." That is the best remedy of all. Cut, then, it qpt only cures bodily ills but morai aud mental ones as well, and not ouiy individual ills, | but social and national distempers, too. Itight living is the cure for all ! maladies of body, community, race. In fact, there is no other reliable cure. We may got some temporary benefit from this medicine and that, but, after all, the last remedy is right living, and this includes not only right food, pure air and water, proper exercise and necessary sleep; i,..i :i I.. i - * * - * " 1 nut it uiciuucs suites oi mind and iu-art, of disposition, habit, and the kindly phases of life. Health is harmony with the beautiful world, with its flowers, its birds, | its stars, its streams, its trees, and ! everything that has.a language and a song. A morbid, cross, quarrelsome ! disposition contributes to sickness in some form. It will attack the liver, the kidneys, the lungs, the ; nerves and put a malady in them all. ?Ohio State .Journal. DEVICE THAT AIDS MEMORY Automatic Enumerator Designed to Help Busy Man to Remember His Appointments. A new device, particularly designed for offices where a great many appointments are to be kept track of is an automatic annunciator that sounds a gong when the time of an appointment has been reached. The memorandum is made on a papei strip on which is marked in the proper order the days of the mouth and the hours of ihe day. The paper is wound in by a drum controlled by clockwork. In using, the memorandum of the appointment is made on the line corresponding to the date and hour, nnd nn ilio aon n linn n perforation is made in th* paper. At the time indicated this perforation reaches and actuates a trigger, winch rings the gong, giving audible notice that the memorandum should l>e examined. The paper strip is long enough to last a month, and can be filed away after being used.?I'opu' lar Mechanics. KEEPING WARM WITH ICE Simple Demonstration of Process That at First Seems Altogether Out of the Ordinary. The process is simple enough. It consists in the furnishing of a double-lined car with four galvanized iron cylinders reaching from the door almost to the top. In summer these cylinders are kept tilled with ice and salt in order that the car may he maintained at a cool teni pcraiure; in winter tney arc tilled with ice in order to keep the contents of the car from freezing. lee is nominally at a temjx'rature of degrees Fahrenheit, and it is a substance that changes its temperature reluctantly, being a had conductor of heat or cold. Hence, when zero weather prevails without, the cylinders of relatively warm ice pre-1 vent the escape of heat; in other words, so it is claimed, they maintain the temperature within the car. Still another device whereby ice is employed for protection against cold . 1!? tlit'AU inrr nnon oot. I vv..v.. %.. ... him'., iii^ uj'vn tat when the weather id near the zero point, a plentiful stream of water, which, freezing at once, forms a complete coat over the ear. The ac-j CALOMEL WHEN Bit MAKES YOU SICI "Orison's Liver Tone" Is Harmless To Clean Your Sluggish Liver and Bowels. Ugh! Calomel makes you aiek. It's horrible! Take a dose of the dangerous drug tonight and tomorrow you uiav lose a day's work. Calomel in mercury or quicksilver which causes necrosis of the Itones. Calomel, when it comes into contact with sour Idle crashes into it, breaking it up. 'I his is when you fuel that awful j nausea and cramping. If you arc slugfish and "all knocked out," if your iver is torpid and bowels constipated or you have headache, dieriness, coated tongue, if Iweath is laid or stomach sour, : just try a spoon/uJ of ktnsits* Msas's Lissr Tom iamtghX as aj |usr?stsa. i JN hith? IM AH "They say there's germs in kisses." "The more the merrier, so far as I am concerned." QUITE TRUE. "A statesman cannot afford to be humorous." "Perhaps not, but he should have a sense of humor." "Why?" "So he can shape his conduct in such a way as not to tickle the risibilities of people who can afford to be humorous." ACTUAL MEASUREMENTS. "A straight line," said the geometrician, "is the shortest distance between two points." "I suppose so," replied the man j with a suitcase. "But mighty few lines are us nearly straight as they appear to !>e on their railroad maps." UNCOMPLIMENTARY. Stella?What does her husband look like? Bella?Like she had Bhopped for him by phone. SIMILARITY. "They say babies smile in their sleep when dreaming of angels." "That's nothing. So do theatrical stars." ALL UP. "Well, Jones, did your suburban garden come up to the scratch ?" "It sure did after my neighbors' hens got into it." SARDONIC DEFINITION. i "What is a party platform?" "Something that a candidate haa to stand on, whether he feels liko standing for it or not." ALSO IN DEBT. "The beauty of automohiling is that it keeps one out of doors. "Not always. It frequently lands one in jail or the hospital." BY THE 8EA. | Knicker?IIow do you suppose men live '.n a submarine? Rocker?Didn't you ever have a room in a seaside hotel? MOST UNFORTUNATE. "You seem depressed today." "And so I am. I went into a restaurant for something to eat and lost a fine coat." "Too bad I How did it happen?" Must hs I started out the owner , claimed it." .I0US? NO!STOP!: ( AND SALIVATES Here's my guarantee?flo to any drug store and pet a 50 cent bottle of I)odson's Liver Tone. Take a spoonful and if it doesn't straighten you right up and make you feel fine and vigorous I j want you to go back to the store and get your money. Dodson's Liver Tone is destroying the sale of calomel because it is real liver medicine; entirely vegetable, therefore it can not salivate or make you sick. I guarantee that one spoonful of Dodson's Liver Tone will put your sluggish liver to work ami clean your bowels of that sour bile and constipated waste which is clogging your system and making you feel miserable, f guarantee that a bottle of Dodson's Liver Tone will keep your entire family feeling fine for months, (rive it to yowr children. It is ha radons; donm't gripnnud thay tikn its I Aanaaat tnafe. tion of the ice is said to he Uie same as in the other case. A similar plan is sometimes adopted in the transportation of bananas, a fruit that is especially susceptible to cold. The bananas are put in paper bags inside of heavy canvas sacks and covered with salt hay when the temperature is dangerously low. WANTED 'EM j=ll ~=I1 ' IE31= I How I Do You The Net Prei the Union Centr; Policies written i lows: For $1,000. Kind of Policy. Af 3 Ordinary Life $ 20-Payment Life 15-Payment Life 10-Payment Life I 5-Year Term : * We write all and rates are pre Ask for specimei Bailes & j "?" ?II -I E1I= VERY LOW R Panama Paci SAN FRANCIS< Opened February 20th, ( Panama-Calii SAN DIEGO Opened January 1st, 1915, Southerr Premier Carri Tickets on sale daily and 1 Good Roing via one route ai Stop-overs allowed. From Round Trip Columbia, S. C $8 Charleston, S. C. 8 Orangeburg, S. C. 8 Sumter, S. C 8 Camden, S. C .. 8 Aiken, S. C. 7 Chester, S. C 8 Rock Hill, S. C 8 Spartanburg, S. C. ? ... 8 Greenville, S. C 8 Green' <od, S. C. 1 Newl- ry, S, C 8 P portionately low rates from trv rates to Seattle, Wash.; Por ir a.-1 y other western points. 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IB I IC= E ATES ACCOUNT fic Exposition, * ZO, CALIFORNIA. closes December 4th, 1915? fornia Expos'n , CALIFORNIA. , Closes December 31st 1915. VIA i Railway, ier of the South. limited 90 days for returning. ^ id returning via another. Fares Or.e way ria Portland, OrrfM 52.45. $104.24 55.15 106.86 12.15 104.79 * 4.15 105.55 4.14 105.06 * 9.15. 102.46 12.90 102.32 12.90 102.32 11.50 101.00 0.00. 101.00 "9.20 101.00 11.10 102.81 i other points. Also very low roundtland, Ore.; Vancouver, B. C , and various routes, points of interest, Also descriptive literature udoii >ur trip. >n our services are free? Address Pass. Agt., Columbia. S. C. iry, G.P.A., W. E. McGee, A.G.P.A ington.D.C. Columbia, S. C. ) NOW uilding's good ring is great. ction of a new home, tenement, modeling or repairing of your )W. You will be the winner i.L - 1- - * ... tin uu me worn cneaper ngnt 0 it a little later. If you wait ivp the golden opportunity will ecome higher, the Lumber and already firmer, and people who back to normal in a short while, igures and will cheerfully furour work will require. "* ins and 1 Now. y Lumber Co. le 72.