The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, February 27, 1919, Image 10
TO PURE BRED
DAIRY SIRE
How Valoable.—Pedigree Hus
Individua'ity.
TEST YOURSEEDCORN
Make Sord ofaGood Stand
Clemson College.—“It is a common
saying that the sire is ‘half the herd.’
As a matter of fact, in most cases, he
is of even greater value,” says Thos.
W. Moseley, Dairy Specialist of the
Extension Service.
A Common Practice.
Yet many farmers do not appre
ciate the < above sratc jt nt and year
after year are content to ytfe any bull
that will make their cows come fresh.
The remit rf the use of inferior or
scrub sires is that the calves are near
ly always inferior to their dams, and
after awhile the farmer complains
tha-t his stock has “run out.” One
farmer who owned a scrub hull bred
him to his cow. which had produced
14T).S pounds of butterfat in one year,
and their daughter when she came
into milk produced only 12G.3 pounds
of butterfat; This heifer was bred
back to the scrub bull and a heifer
from this mating produced only 99.7
pounds cf hnt.erfat, of 47J. pounds
less than her grandmother. At 50c
per pound for butterfat this would
mean an annual loss of $23.55.
An Investment That Paid. .
Another farjm-cr who had become
discouraged with scrub sires decided
to buy the best he could afford. Kc
mated him with his cows, which were
just “ordinary.” and the first six heif
ers produced an average cf 93.8 pounds
ef butterfat more than their dams.
With butterfat at 50c per pound this
would mean an increased yearly in*
come of $281.40. These heifers were
retained for five years and in that
time brought in SI.407.00 more than
their dams. In other words, through
the use of a good pure-bred sire for
only one year he realised $1,407.00.
Only Pure-Bred Bulls Are Good Bulls.
But you can’t expect these results
by using a scrub bull. The scrub
bull has no individuality. He is the
result of years of careless, indiscrim
inate, haphazard breeding. In his
blood runs the inferiority of many an
tagonistic breeds. The scrub bull is
a mixture and almost without excep
tion the -bad far out weighs the good.
The scrub bull chokes instead of pr>
moting improvement in the herd..
And you can’t expect these results
from a grade bull, no matter if he is
the son of a high-producing cow
The grade hull has no lines of good
blood back cf him. He is more apt to
transmit the weakness of his makeup
than his strong points.
But you can expect these results by
using a good bull. A good bull must
be a ’ pure bred bull. He must be
more. He must be a good pure bred
bull.
Ute Only Bred-F*r-Production Sires.
~ A good bull must have beck of him
a family of high producers, because
he can transmit to his offspring only
what he has received from his ances
try. His mother must be a family of
high producers, because he can
transmit, to his offspring only what
he has received from his . ancestry.
His mother must be a high producer,
and his sire must come from a high
producing dam. His sire must have
sired high-producing daughters. ( If
his family for two or three generations
back has a record of uniformly high
production, there is little doubt that
he will be able to transmit that qual
Ity to his offspring. And such a bull
can earn for the dairyman many times
his cost.
But Pedigree Is Not Everything.
Many an animal has a fine pedigree
hut is a very poor individual. The
right dairy sire should be a" good in
dividual as well as have a good pedi
gree. He should be fairly typical of
his breed and «how Masculinity, Ca-
parity. Size and Quality.
The real value of a dairy sire to
any herd is told when his daughters
freshen. Then we are able to tell
whether he is improving the herd. If
his daughters are better producers,
than -their dams were at the same
age, then we are on the right track. 1;
A sire which does not improve the^
herd and whose daughters are not
better than their dams should be sold
at once.
If you caught a man mnning off
with $100.00 worth of your property.
I would you sit bock in your chair and
let him do it? Well, then, why be so
partial to the scrub or grade bull?
He is robbing you of $100.00 every
time he breeds one of your cows. He
is breeding your herd down and not
UP- , ’ t
Clemson College.—This is the time
of the year to that seed corn for ger
mination. The importance, of testing
s'jed corn cannot be over estimated,"
for it means a good stand of corn and
a good stand of corn moans a good
yield of corn.
One of the best and most reliable
ways of testing seed corn is with the
germination box. Any farmer can
make cheaply, his own box. It may
be any size to suit the needs of the
individual? *.The sides should be made
of 2x4 timbers; the bottom, of any
convenient material, A box the size
suggested here will test two hundred
ears at one time, enough seed to
plant -about sixteen acres. It usually
requires about 12 ears to plant an
acre..
1. Make a box 48 Inches long, 23
inches wide, and 4 or 5-inches deep
Procure a good piece of muslin
one inch larger each way than ths
box.
3. Mark this muslin with heavy
lines into squares 2 inches. Leave a
margin of 4 inches between the out.
side row of squares and the edge cri
the cloth.
4. Begin at the left of the uppei
row of squares (top row, first) and
number the squares to the right.
The squares down the left hand side
will then be numbered 1, 21, 41. 61,
and 81.
5. Place 1% bushels of sawdust oi
old chaff in a sack and soak well in
warm water (at least two hours).
6. Drain afid afterwards press sur
plus weter out of sawdust.
7. Place about 2 inches of sawdust
In the box and press firm and smooth
with a bijck.
8. Place marked muslin on this
BEST PREVENTIVE
for mmn
IS AtllLE ilVER
--
(alotabs, the >au seal ess Calomel That
Is Free from Danger of Salivation,
is the Ideal Laxative for Colds and
Fin.
''Keep your liver active, your systc”*
-purified and your digestive organs .
perfect working order. That is the
advice of physicians as to how to aVoid
influenza and serious complications.
At the first sign of a cold or sore
throat, take a Calotab, the perfected-
calomel that is free from the nauseat
ing and salivating qualities of the old
style calomel, and whose medicinal
properties are vastly improved.
One Calotab at bed time with a
swallow of water—that’s all. No salts,
no nausea, nor the slightest interfer
ence with your eating, pleasure, orf
work. Next morning your cold has
vanished, your liver is active, your
system. is purified and you are feel
ing fine, with a hearty appetite for
breakfast Calotabs are* sold only in
original scale dpackages, price thirty-
five cents. Your druggist recommends
and guarantees Calotabs by offering to
refund the price if you are not delight
ed with them.—(adv.)
publisher of tre Piedmont/for eight
years wiH continue to conduct the
business department of the paper,
while Mr. M/'Kissiek will becoane edi
tor and direct the news and editorial
departments. Mr. Koester has been
in the newspaper business In this,
state for thirty one years while Mr.
MeKissiclc Is at present editor of the
Greenville News" and was formerly
chief editorial writer of the Richmond
Times Dispatch. __
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BIG PRICE FOR BULL.
sawdust ^and tack to box around edge
9. Prepare another piece of mus
lin 2 inches shorter each way than
the one marked..
10. Secure another * piece of any
coarse, strong cloth twi&e as long
each way as one mentioned in 9. v
The Com.
11. Number the ears of corn to
be test(Vi from 1 to 200. Use tag in
butt of ear fastened by pin or shingle
mail. Preserve the identity of the ear
until the test is .complete.
12. Remove 6 kernels from each
ear as follows;, two about 12 inches
from the butt ofear; two about mid
dle; two about 2 inches fi*om tip.
13. Place the kernels from ear No.
1 in square No. 1; from ear No. 2 in
square No. s 2. etc., putting germ side
of kernels up and tips all pointing
toward rows of squares with lower
numbers.
14. Wet small sheets of muslin, as
n^ade in No. II,"and pTace bver kern
to hold in place.
' 15. Place a large sheet of cloth an
made in No. 10 over this. ^
16. '‘Put about 2 inches of wet saw
dust on this, press firm, and fold edges
of doth over to cover sawdust.
n. Keep from freezing. If kept
warm, sprouts should be long enough
ttl ^ or 8 day.- • '' ' _ - .
18. Open by rojling the cloth con
taining the sawdust; then taking off
the loose cloth carefully, not disturb
ing the kernels.
Reading tfte Test.
19. Do not read until sprouts are
at least 2 inches long.
20. If all the six kernels grow well,
the ear is considered “strong.”
21. If the sprouts are weak, call
that a "weak” ear.
22. If two or more kernels do not
grow, call it a “bad” ear.
23. All but strong ears should be
rejected for seed. HaVe all sawdust
and cloth thoroughly .wet,. If warm
water is used. 1L will promote early
growth. If sawdust and cloths are
to be used repeatedly, thoroughly
scald to destroy mold.
Entian Saijl to Have Co 8 t Ten Thous
and Dollars, .
Montgomery, Ala., Feb. 22.—C. G.
Parsons, a farmer and stockman, of
Rutherford, Ala., today closed a trade
with the Caldwell Farms of Missouri,
whereby he becomes, the owner of
‘Entian. f, ~5ne of the Aberdeen Angus
bulls produced by that firm. The
price was said to be $10,000, the high
est price yet paid In this country for
either a domestic or imported Angus
bull, It is said.
WITH ADAIR & SUMEREL.
Mias Blanche Martin, formerly
with the Beaudrot-Beiera Quality
Shop, of Greenwood, will arrive
this week to make her future home
in the city, having accepted a po
sition as saleslady with Adair &
Sumerel. Miss Emmie Robert
of this city, will also be connect
with this concern, which will open
for business in the next few days. |
COUGHS AND COLDS
QUICKLYJtEUEVED
Dr. Klng’sNew Discovery used
since Grant was President '
Get a bottle today
‘it did it for your grandma, for your
father. For fifty years this ivell-knowa
cough and cola remedy has kept an
evergrowing armv of friends, young
aad old. _____ ^
For half a century druggists every
where have sold it. Put a bottle m
your medicine cabinet. You may need
it in a hurry. Sold by druggists
everywhere.
Bowels Acting Properly?
They ought to, for constipation
makes the body retain waste matters
and impurities that undermittt the
health and play havoc with the ’entire
Dr. King’s
0
system-
reliable and
druggists.
ung'a
mild
s New Life Pills are [77
in action. All
PREVENT SWEET POTATO ROTS.
Increase
Production, Decrease Loss.
Clemson College.—Sweet potato rots
take a toll from two to four million
dollars every year from South Caro
lina. and as the time approaches for
bedding, the way in which some of the
more troublesome of these diseases
get into the field should be kept in
mind.
Black rot, foot-rot, and scurf lire
I NOTICE -
We have on hand a solid
carload of Motor Oils and
Greases in barrels, half
barrels and in five gallon
cans, which we are offer
ing at bargain prices.
Bell-Workman & Co.
J. RION M’KISSICK . ..
BUIS THE PIEDMOIT
Af-
Acqnires Control of Greenvilles’
terooon Newspaper.
Greenville, Feb. 14.—The control!
over winter on the potatoes in storage. \ ln ^ Interest in The Piedmont, Green-
When potatoes affected with these
troubles are used for seed, the dis
eases get on th^ sprouts and are car-
HOWTO PREVENT COTTON
THRACNOSE.
AN-
Cotton anthracnose, the fungus boll
rot of cotton, is carried in the se*»d.
The fungus lives over from one year
to the next in the boll. To prevent
this troublesome and destructive dis
ease it is necessary to practice a ro
tation, and to secure seed for planting
purposes from fields where there was
no disease last year. Seed may also
come in contact with the disease at
the gin, and thus carry the trouble
into the field. Cotton seed three years
old will be free from disease even
though they canie from fields where
the (lisease was present Avoid this
disease by observing these precau
tions.' 1 ‘
Even when they appear clean, dairy
utensils may harbor large ns miters ef
Sterilise thorough#.
fcfucteria.
ried directly to the field. Seed pota
toes should therefore be carefully se
lected and no tube" used whose sur
face shows any sign at all of black
ened 6r'discolored areas.
These diseases also live over from
one season to the next in the old beds.
The potatoes should therefore be bed
ded each year in a new place- where
potatoes have never been grown or
bedded before. \
These diseases are so common that
ijt is almost Impossible to secure pota
toes entirely free from all of them.
Therefore, It is well to soak the tubers
30 minutes in a solution of formalin*
made by adding one pint of formaline
to 30 gallons of water. This treat
ment. which will destroy any disease
germs which happen to be on the sur
face of the potatoes, can be mad# at
say time before planting, provided the
potatoes are allowed to dry and are
atored in baga or bins which have
been similarly treated. * : .
By selecting and treating your seed
potatoes you can increase your pro
duction and at the same time mgkU
th*} potatoes kittp better next winter.
ville’s afternoon paper, was today sold
to J. Rion McKlssick by Mrs. Eleanor
P. Koester * and George R. Koeater.
Mr. Koester, who hab been editor and
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