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. j PtB-? \ W iil AND PDUL'I KILL BRING P < i Grape is One of Hardiest and Develop Well Without Fro] to Train Vines to S< PC Unquestionably, the grape is one of the surest fruits that can be grown in South Carolina. Practically all the standard varieties will succeed. Nor is the fruit often Injured by late frost. In general, it is safe to say that when vines are properly cared for there is a ?oHain,tv r>T a. CFOD e\'6ry | jreer. j But although the grape will pr*,- ( duce some fruit under almost any treatment, yet results that are really worth having cannot be obtained with- ( out proper care of the vinos. The old practice of planting a vine just anywhere and letting it grow at will is entirely wrong. Under such conditions, vines become thick and fall on the ground, there is a tendency to overproduction of fruit, to small bunches, j and inferior berries, and at about the j time the grapes begin to color up, they begin to rot. As a result, when the fruit should be ready for use, one-half or two thirds of it is worthless. Besides, vines handled thus are weak . and last only a few seasons. Perhaps the worst mistake in grape culture is failure to prune properly. It B very important that the \ines be trained to some definite form. The easiest method of training the grape la as follows: First year: Plant one-year-old vines. As soon as they have been put out. cut them back to th ee buds, as shown at (a) in illustration. Should all three of these grow, rub one off. leaving the strongest two to grow and form the frame of the vine. During the first season's growth the young shoots should be tied to a stake, as shewn at (b) In illustration. This is to produce healthy canes. Should they be allowed to run od the ground, they will be weak and more liable to injury. Second year: A trellis must now be prepared. Set posts 20 feet apart along each row of grapes. This will give space for two vines between each two posts. Tho posts, when set, should show four and one-half feet above the ground. The end posts should be set at least three feet in the ground and well braced to prevent giving when the vines arc stretched. The other posts should be set at least feet Agep. To the po:ts I wires on which to train the vines. The lower wire is two feet above ground H and the upper wire two feet abo\e lower. Those preparations made, the young canes should be taken off the stakes, one cut off at the height of the first wire and tied, and the oth r allowed to extend to the top v. ire, as shown at (c). Digging a Difc Things move quickly nowadays. The village of yesterday is tomorrow's metropolis. Speed is ;t requisite, and newer methods that smack o!" rapidity and labor and money saving are 111 demand. D'.tcues tliat once consumed many day." of hand or machine labor are now being blasted out in almost the twin kliug of an eye. i'.y degrees man is 1 learning to adopt some "I nature's sim \ \ l<le. but mighty forces. Ami the gul- 1 lies ;iii'! vai;e.?s llint old M??iliirtli i lias create/ by lie* natural upbe: va!s ami en:,-. .oiss arc beitm dapm'ticd in m smaller way by S"".iic of the mine j pinkie?i*.: : nil tip to da!i' farmers. ( I'.^uii:;.' Co. lies wit!i dynamic is < simply a i.e. or ami in>v i; iju w! > Uiiiit tl of .;e.. li inii.iii.ij. file i 1*1 1j Oil ciaplo e I in v.ei Hii. k is si...p.y to I . p.an b . ! j iiiii ;itvii to \\w. ly 1 , font* ii. ' ' . : ibe I. ,e ?le ' .! : to ! : ;i , i;. n .cii ; ; e \\ ii ij : h eiiii; ... . i : >i i_}it d minute. , l.'iii-- sir. : ' .i'vli 'ii e l.-a ????' ami ii:e l -:r . : i<- . ap til->-e.J j \ir' Wv It.: jj,." \\ O SI! V ; . i|": i . ' . \ .i i* printing pi-..:! i ih . . i . foiv. M : 'I: . r. ; I fact n?v:r!. over ;'i . r old exjK'ricsi. i'r' . s- . ' i-r bring your printing i !? . ; r-. * v'1' do the rest. j Sllbscibc to The ChconiHo I THE GRAPE RGFjTABLE RESULT! Surest Fruits, But Will Nt per Care?Very Important Dme Definite Form. ceding season's growth can be fou to take their places. If this canr be done, all the canes should be c back to two or three buds. The buds will throw out shoots the nc season on which the fruit will borne. It is always best to renew t arms each year if possible. When tl method is followed, each vine will p duce from 75 to 100 bunches of grap each year, which is enough. T vines arc also kept thinned out, that the sun can strike all portic and that spraying can be done si cessfully. For further information on t grape, farmers should write to Sicln S. Rittenberg, Clemson College, a ask for Bulletin Xo. 15, "Fruit Culti for South Carolina." C. F. NIVEN. Assistant in Horticulture, I Clemson Agricultural College * V ?-**?!( n in a miasH n :i enrtriivc of dvn unite iu Mi'1 !..'f ilo lut!" of tin* line r.f ii.ir.'ct! hde it i in (I w ill do rite work. A si11ii* row of limes i*;ii) usually b lepeiided upon too:, avate-i di.eh i ?; even 10 nine feet wide and a "i.d :* .i \ lo forty iii' iies deep. V?'i;e:e ? iitehes are n.taiied the Ii > e> b mule deeper and loa.ie! heavier. o wo or more lines of Ii V.es. spa eil fror hive to four fvet a;iarf. < an be e ed lueiilent;:!!y the hVes ran be mad* i: lie roii;:he t k.ml i f swamp or in lloji nitek beds. v.n >re other meihails o liteliin^ are p; i i; a!iy imp issib'e. W'iicu li e so;! is dry or t!: * v.eilhe s too col! 10 use the propagated nioili d of li i>:iiu de-eri'el above iov reevdnt: farni or sintupin^ powdei i : e.l iii lio'us spread fart I or apart ii ten in l.i:;e ditrhes as far as foil r li\e feat, in ilns iase eieli hnli mis! be | -1 with an oieetrk' < aji is lie e?:pi ve Vio.k will not pmpa rate in d w rrronnd. 'liie e'toapest lineal foot of sinnl I ii i-l; is oiu i.ied by uslinr the e!e<tri< itinyr met hod and farm or xrtiinpiu; )'iwdrr. ! jj * _ . ? C UiiCll. i 1 p. : I ml f'm,.*; a n?IIS|>!o 1 ' I: l| < Y ?!i 1.1 a: a! 1! an f s 'a! !?':i.i?:< ir->11? ' i -a! i'.II'i:" ays t>? Ml i?it<> ]<?c <. \\V 1 ;\v j'.'il a'M( ' ' rr, S^uth < 'aiiilii I !>. "> ;." lilaiiks. . ij Y ' ' *."m? I'1 -r-H? -iJUL ~hH" Pruning the grape, (a) Young vl transplanted and headed back three buds, (b) First year's growl two canes allowed to grow. ( First season's pruning, (d) Secoi and all subsequent seasons' pruni Third year: Numerous canes w be thrown out from the two that wc left the preceding season. The pri lng necessary this year will consist lemoving all canes except four, o going each way from an old viue both wires. These four canes are co monly called "arms." They form t frame on which the fruiting canes w he produced. .After this year the pruning will ci sist of renewing the four "arms" ea I'wr when suitable canes of the p: f WHY CROSS BREEDIP 5' Farmers sometimes get the mistaken idea that cross breeding will improve their stock. On the contrary, , cross breeding has many disadvanj tages and farmers are strongly advised not to attempt it It has at times )t been used with success in the hands of breeders of long experience, but for the inexperienced breeder it is a most dangerous practice. Cross breeding is the mating of two purebred animals of different breeds; for example, a purebred Hereford bull with a purebred Angus cow, or a purebred Berkshire boar with a purebred Duroc-Jersey sow. It should be clearly distinguished from grading, which means the mating of a purebred with a scrub or an animal of very little pure blood, and which can be done with perfect safety and Is urged upon farmers. One of the principles upon which livestock breeding is based Is thai like tends to beget like. When twe purebreds of the same breed are mated, we expect the offspring to be . like its parents, because there is, be hind each parent, a long line of pure ? blood. When two purebreds of dif j ferent breeds are mated (crossbreed ; Ing), there at once takes place a ? | battle of breeds and the offspring will be like that parent whose, blood is strongest. When, therefore, two old ^ breeds, as Tamworth and Berkshire or Jersey and Holsteln, are mated ne there is a bitter conflict between t0 bloods and Influences that have requlr :h' ed centuries to reach their presenl state. rid In cross breeding the first cross is no sometimes good, but after that such ill breeding is very uncertain, because >re the nature of the offspring will de m- pend upon whichever of its bloods gets of the mastery. Moreover, there is s ne danger that sometimes the goot on blood in each parent will balance thai m- in the other, which will cause an out he ' Dropping of some bad characters thai ill had been held in check ever since th< breeds began. 5n' Because of this uncertainty of re suits, a crossbred Bire should never b< re' ised nor any crossbred females kepi nd for breeding, except where a pure bred is at the head of the herd. Be :Ut :ause breeders understand this, t so crossbred can never bring more or >x* ;be market than it is worth for raea or work, and the farmer who breeds . such animals loses his chance of sell 'v.k his best product at purchrat roies ~ he COLDS iNEEO ATTENTION ,n8' --Internal throat and chest tro^iblei ac- produce Inflammation, irritation, ?>vell ing or soreness and unless checketi a he once, are likely to (cad in file. Caught in time Dr. Bell's Pine n<^ Tar-Honey loosens the phlegh and de ,re stroys the germs which have settled ir the nose and throat. It is soothinj and healing. Pino is antiseptic; hone: s soothing?both together possess ex ? client medicinal qualities for fight coM germs. Insist on Dr. Bell': 'ine-Tar-IIonoy. 2"c. all Druggists Corrected. I New Maid?Please, ma'am, when 1 Inlng the dinner in should I say "Dsn uer's ready" or "Dinner's servedV p 'distress? Well, it it's like it was yes u erday you'd hotter say "Dinner i: -poiled." y Warning. r Wyoming is a name corrupt!"' fJ nn almost nnpronoun cable in iiai ' word meauiug "land of ln:ge plains." u r COl oHS AM) COLDS ARE DANhEKOlS i*Vw of us realize the danger o uighs and Colds. Wq consider tnen common and harmless ailments. IIow ever statlstice tell us every third per on dies of a lung ailment. Dangerou Bronchial and Lung diseases follov a neglected cold. As your body strug .-1... 1....4 - ? .1.1 ........... ,,,, Imlli.r nil 1,'Il'S ?1--?III1>| umi >?*-! 111.-., .... ... en 11 he ]i:ul than Dr. Kind's New his ^ rovery. Its nn*rlt has boon tested l>; ' old and young. In use over -! " yearhot a bottle to-day. Avoid the risl of serious Lung ailments. Druggists I' Has announced a puzzle OF KNOWLEDGE. It History for South Carol ing, instructive and ma; hundred and eighty-five 88 subscribers to THE 8 "" send in their answers Ia1 te ks Read The State for Par ii ai the Conte ,'<i THE STAT ? OOLU3 >-*-v i. IS NOT ADVISABLE prices. If for no other reason than this, a fanner should hestiate to cross breed. Keep in mind clearly the dif *.1- 1 a i ierence oeiween we pureureu auu wio crossbred. The purebred is the offspring of two purebred parents of the same breed. The crossbred is the . offspring of two purebred parents of , different breeds. A crossbred can never be registered, even if each of its parents was a breed champion. | If cross breeding is inadvisable, however, grading is advisable and is recognized as the quickest economical way of building up a herd. Grading is the mating of a purebred with a scrub or with a grade. Generally the purebred used is the sire and the scrub or grade is the dam. Grading is perfectly safe because all the power is on one side and the results can be predicted. A purebred Angus bull mated with scrub cows wUl produce calves of 1 which more than eighty per cent are pure black and hornless, such i3 the 1 power of pure blood over mixed blood. There is no better way for the ! young breeder to begin than with a grade herd and a purebred sire. In a 1 j few years he can make his herd as ": profitable as purebreds and will have ' learned how to take care of a pure1, bred. But let him avoid cross breed1 ing. J. M. BURGESS, Associate Professor of Dairying, ' Clemson Agricultural College. [ Last year the ^tension division of . Clemson Coliege,put forth its great; [ est efforts in a campaign for increasj ing the acreage of wheat and oats. <? (1 This year it is again urging the sow! ing of wheat and oats, but has added H (1 livestock to its propaganda. "Take the second step?livestock." " ! i t Manure is subject to heavy losses I from several sources. For instance, t many farmers lose practically all iheir ! liquid manux-e. yet this contains more t valuable plant food than the solid. II j There are a number of ways to save I stable manure and every farmer I should exert himself to get the most } possible out of his manure. t The most serious limiting factor In nr .: Southern agriculture Is lack of humus J 11 in the soil. The easiest and most i j economical way to get humus In th~ t soil is by growing and turning winter 3 legumes, This also enables a farmer to get nitrogen from the air and cut i1 his fertilizer Mils. ^ il.-? Old Reapers. } Contrary to the common belief, reap lug machines are uot a modem lnven" fion. They were used nearly 2,000 t years ago. I'lluy, the Rotaan blatorl qpr'"!^ w?rl* J . the first century of our eri. It Can't Be Done. 1 A bov reaches far across the table ^ ' ami helps himself to butter. y ' Father?What did you do that for? * " Haven't you a tongue? x Son? Yes. but my tongue Isn't as r long ns toy r. 'r: ? Congregationallst. HOUSEHOLD CARES < 1 ( 1 lax the Women of (beraw th? Stme t as ?M ere. 1 c c s With a constantly a hing back. A woman shorn 1 not have a L??! ^ twk. i And she seldom would if the kid- ^ . j ct.vs were well. j Doan's Kidney Pills are endorsed by ( ; thousands. < Have been used in kidney trouble y over 50 years. j Itead what this Cheraw woman says: i f , M rs. Eva Walker, High St., Cheraw, i i I says: "I had dull pains in the small j - of my back, along with headaches and r -1 dizzy spells. I tired easily and didn't - s feel like doing my housework. I had j v other symptoms of kidney trouble. j When I read of Donn's Kidney Pills, 1 1 used them and they relieved me." i-1 Price 50c. at all dealers. Don't j v simply ask for a kidney remedy?get < Dunn's Kidney Pills?the same that j k M?'s. Walker had. Foster-Mllburn Co., . Props., Buffalo, N. Y. j I ?ttak ' picture contest?a GAME is based on South Carolina inians. It will be interestY be very profitable. Five dollars will be given to the >TATE who remit now and ;er. ticulars or Write Direct to st Manager. E COMPANY, OBI A, B. 0. / Seaboard ^ "The Progressive Railv Soeeial Low ? CHARLE Dec. 13-17 Accour Southern Commei Many attractions indue Fleet, Military Parade, Sp< Water and Athletic Sports. Addresses by prominent Rural Credits and Commerce Pull information from n or write C. W. SM Division Passeng Savannah, C Fresh Beef, Pork and Por LH. A. BURCH'l PHONE Covington Hotel Bldg, CHERAV he Cheraw Chror Tax N The Tax Books will be open for j 5th October until 31st day of J Tax levy for State? Ordinary County ? Constitutional school. ... j County Roads Total levy..... .T... ...-. 1 Special Locs 'heraw Graded Special.. 3 mills. iarburg 3 )range Hill 8 " j ^at's Branch '.4 'ce Dee 3 ItafFord 4 " .. Cheraw (Outside) 2 lethel 4 Chesterfield 4 "... ?arker 4 'ine Grove 3 >hiloh 3 " . < Jnow Ilill 4 lubv 5 || . raughan 3 " . kVamble Hill 4 kVhite Oak 4 31ack Creek 5 || Ynss Roads 6 >Ilter t u lit. Croghan j? u * \Tcw Hope ' iWxford 4 ^ Winzo ? 2 Buffalo 2 ?ion __ # 2 lit. Croghan (Outside).. 2 hilTalo 2 ^ive Forks 2 ^ dan gum 2 ^ dagdand " Plains.... 4 ""enter Grove ? 5 ^ ^ friendship 3 JVfiferson 5 [jong Branch 4 TofTcrson (Outside).. 2 Ireen Hill 4 Middendorf 3 McBee - 3 >andv Run 4 Union 8 Allisrator (Outside) 2 Ray Springs 4 Rear Creek 2 Bethesda ? 2 " Tmr'per 2 " Patrick.... 3 fat Pond 2 Lewis 3 Ouslcv 7 Palmetto 3 Wallace 3 Steer Pen 5 " For Rack Indebtedness and Exte School: Chesterfield School Bis'riC and Ruby 5 mills. Choraw Township, special levy of mills for Road Bonds. . W, A. Sept. 15, 1915. ray of the South" mm Rates / -H x-L-' :ston - $ , rcial Congress ling Great Battleship iciai delected carnival, speakers on Cotton* V' earest Seaboard Agent, ^ * j ALL, \ev Agent, >a. k Saussage \ & MARKET I Second Street i/, S. C. licle $1 per Year the Jecem'oef, <i ? ^| 5 mills fll mrn^m 41/2 mills ^H^H 2 miiliJ I -9 ? 4 mills m ?., 5 mills 9 ' ;^^B I < *S^B ^B 5 mills | 4 mills B y^^B * J 5 mills 41 o mil^.. MM IB ~y:' ^ ?^HI m ndinp School Trerms: Special n 1, 2' mil's: Ml./'rojr^an, 5 mills, mills for Roads; Al.ipatm^^i treasue^^^^^^H