The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, May 04, 1928, Image 8
AN ORDINANCE
To Require the Payment of Licent*
on Jiuxiue**, Or-rupationa, and Prot
chhioiix in the < T y of Camden,
S. for the } ear From May 1.
1928 to May I, 1929.
lie it ordained by the Mayor and
f'ounrilmeti of the < ity of Camden, in
< ouncil ushcnibted and by the authority
of the Knme.
Section 1. Kvery person, firm,
company, or corporation, engaged on
May 1, 192k, in any culling, business,
profession or occupation in wliole or
in part within t he city of Camden,
as may la- hereinafter Hj>ecifted, a ha.'I
obtain during the month of May,
1928, a license therefor in the manner
hereinafter prescribed. Kvery person,
firm, company f or corporation
commencing business in said city on
or before the first day of May, 1928,
shall in like manner obtain u license
therefor In-fore entering upon such
calling, business, profession or occupation
as hereinafter specified.
Section 2. Kvery person, hrm,
company or corporation engaged in
or intending to engage in any calling,
business, profession or occupation for
which a license is required, shall apply
to the Clerk and Treasurer of
the City of Camden for the same?
by whom all such licenses shall be issued,
and ahull at the time of apply-,
ing, make and sign a written statement
under oath, and file it with the
suid Clerk uiul Treasurer, setting
forth: hirst, his or her or its name
or sty le, the name of the persons'Constituting
such firm or company.
Second. The calling, business, profession
or occupation for which li
cense is required. Third, the place
where such calling, business, profession
or occupation is to be carried
on; the amount of capital invested,
or the gross annual income. Parties
in business on the first of May, shall
inuke such application for new license
and file such written statement before
May 21st.
Section 3. A penalty of fifteen
per cent shall be added to all licenses
which are not paid during the moifth
of May, 1928, except such as may
become due after that time. Provided,
however, that immediate payment
may be required in eueh and
every case at the discretion of the
said Clerk and Treasurer, and the
foregoing provision shall in no wise
stay or hinder action to enforce immediate
payment; which tax and pen-1
alty shall be recovered in the manner
hereinafter prescribed, and if any
person, firm, company or corporation
required so to do by the terms
of this ordinance ahull refuse or neglect
to make out und deliver to the
Clerk and Treasurer of the City of
Camden, on or before the time heroin
required, the statement provided
for by Section 2 of this ordinance, or
shall make a false statement, or
shall refuse to take and subscribe an
oath or affirmation as to the truth of
such statement, or any part thereof;
<" from any cause shall fail to take!
out such license as may be required
by this ordinance, the said Clerk mil
1 reinsurer shall report the case to
ttie Ma) or, who shall proceed to ascertain
as nearly as possible, the business
of sueh person, firm, company,
or corporation, for which he, she, or
it may be liable to a license tax
therefor, and in case of default for
the purpose of such investigation;
the said Clerk und Treasurer shall
notify the person, firms, companies
or corporation in default to appear
before the Mayor at his office?at a
time Stated in said notice; and also
sui h witnesses a> the Mayor may
desire to examine. The witnesses
cubed as aforesaid shall be examined
by the Major, under oath or affirmation.
touching the nature of tin business,
of such party, and everything
which may evimi- the amount'of license
tax for which such party shall
he i in hie.
from the information thus acquirthe
Mayor shall find ami assess
the amount of license tax due h\
such party whether he, she or it attended
the investigation or not, and
shall add thereto a penalty of fifteen
per cent, thereof, and should such license
tax and p.-unity he not paid
within live da\s thereafter, the said
( lerk ;yal Treasurer shall issue an
execution thereof under his hand and
the seal of trie City of Camden, directed
to the chief of police of the
< ity of Camden, or the Sheriff of
Kershaw County, in said State and
the said ( hiet of Police or Sheriff
-h.il; proceed to collect the said license
tax and penalty. by lew a . 1
sale of rea, ,.r jM-is..na) property, hnow
provided by law for the collection
of taxes, together with an^eiditnmal
five p.-r cut. ,.f the w'..le
amount, which shall U- the Sheriff's
or thief ot Police's <.. inpensation for
making such collection, m addition
to one doom- for making such levy.
u h-ch shall lx- paid by delinquent
without entry or mileage fees; provided.
however, that ar.v person or
corporation shall have the right uf
appeal to the City Council of Camden
(notice of such appeal having been
given to the ( lerk and Treasurer
withm five days' from the time of
whn h such assessment ot licen-t and
pena.tj shall have been made) and
upon hearing such appeal, the -aid
Council shall make such order therein
as it shall deem just and proper; and
provided further, that in lieu of the
remedy above set forth to enf ;ve
payment an action or actions mav be
brought in any court of competent
jurisdiction for the recoverv of su n
license tax and penalties. And pr.
vided further that any person, firm,
company or corporation who shad
carry on. or attempt to v arrv on a v
calling, business, profession or oc, a
pat ion without a license as herein
required, or who shall neglect or re
fuse to give the information requ.r- 1
or to answer such questions as may
be required or who shall fail to attend
before the Mayor to be exam
ed by him when so required, as provided
in Sections 2 and 3 of this ordinance
may bo deomed guilty of a violation
thereof before the Municipal
Court and may be fined not more than
One Hundred Dollars, or be imprisoned
not exceeding thirty days.
Section 4. All license granted under
this ordinance shall be posted ir
a conspicuous place, except in case of
vehicles for hire, which vehicles shall
have placed upon them metal badge;
-~ : .fc*'v ->v .
with the number of budge* and the
license year marked thereon, such |
i>adges to be furnished by the Clerk
and Treasurer uuon payment of the J
license tax. Failure to display such
budges will subject the person* own-!
ing or using the same to a penalty'
not more than Five Dollars or im-1
prisonment not exceeding ten days.'
The license granted under this ordinance
shall at all times be subject
to inspection by any officers of
the City of < amden and no calling,
business, profession or occupation
shall be carried on elsewhere than the
place named in this 1 icense' therefor,
unless authority la- granted by the
Clerk and Treasurer, which authority
shall he endorsed on the license.
Section f>. All licenses granted under
this ordinance shall continue in
force until the first day of May A. D.
1020, except such as are written for
a shorter period, us may hereinafter
he provided.
The City Council reserves the right
to revoke any licenses for any cause
which to them may seem to l>e just.
Section 6. The following sum or
sums of money are required to la*
paid to the said Clerk and Treasurer
for a license to carry on the business,
calling, profession or occupation in
whole or in part within the limits of
the City of Camden, as in each case
specifically appears.
Class No. 1
Business or income basis, $1,000.
On each additional $1,000, ten cents
per $ 1,000.
Where the gross annual income
from the business, callings, or professions
enumerated in the following
schedule, .shall be One Thousand
Dollars or less, the license shall be
at the rate set forth in said schedule;
und where the gross annual income
exceeds One Thousand Dollars, the
license shall bo increased from the
amount set forth in said schedule at
the rate of ten cents for each Thousand
Dollars of gross income in excess
of One Thousand Dollars.
Agents for laundries, per year $25.00
Agents advertising, not printing
office 15.00
Agents for merchant tailors . . 10.00
Agents selling books, j>er year 20.00
Agents selling books, per day . . 5.00
Agents selling fruit trees or
<K ..
Agents seinrrg sewing machines,
paying merchandise
license 15.00
Agents selling and delivering
soft drinks other than those
paying license for bottling
Plants 100.00
Agents, advertising land sales
where the land is valued at
more than $5,000.00, per
year 100.00
Architects 10.00
Agents, claim and collection . . 10.00
Auctioneers, for a year or less 10.00
Automobile agencies 30.00
Automobile dealers or agents
not having an established
agency in Camden, soliciting
or selling automobiles or
trucks m Camden, par year 75.00
Automobile livery or truck,
either for passenger or baggage.
each 15.00
All drivers of automobiles or trucks
for hire whether for passengers or i
baggage shall be persons of good;
moral character, and no license shall
be issued to anyone who does not
first furnish the City Clerk satis-!
factory recommendation; and if such'
drivers upon report to the City Coun-'
(il aie found not to be proper per- '
sons to run said automobiles or
trucks, license to the owners of same
shall be revoked unless said drivers
are immediately taken off said auto-!
mobiles or trucks,
i All persons owning or controlling
j hacks or other vehicles moving on
wheels and plying for hire in the
1 itv of Camden shall post in a conspicuous
place in said hack or vehicle
i i printed schedule of prices, to Ik:
jlurnshed by the City Clerk upon the
i issuance <?f license, and keep the same
: s" i" Med during the continuance of
I said .ieeuse; and shall have a tag.
j tut rushed by tlie ( ity Clerk, carrying
j a number corresponding with th?|
number of said back or vehicle,
j fastened on the outside of snul hack
or vehicle in such a position as to be
easily seen; and all drivers of such
! hacks or vehicles shall wear a metal
j badge, of convenient size, on the left
i side of his outer garment, with the
number of his license painted or ens'
'aved thereon.
. Mo rage of automobiles, nut in
connection with any other
business, per year JO.00
Barber shops, for each chair . . 5.00
Bakeries 100.00
Bakeries, or agents delivering
bread or cakes, etc \ 100.00
Bicycles for hire 5.0m
Bicycle repair shop 5.00
Bicycle dealers 5.00
Bid posters, per year 25.00
Bill posters, per day 2.00
Billiards, bagatelle or pool
tables, first table per year . . 40.00
Additional tables, per year .... 1.00
Billiard and poo! rooms to be
allowed on ground floor only
of any building and not to be
kept open after 12 o'clock at
I night. And each table shall
be considered a separntt
! business.
Blacksmith or wheelwright 10.00
Bowling alley or box ball, each
' ?!!ey 50.00
Brokers, pawn * 25.00
Brokers, merchandise 25.00
Brick masons, plasterers, taking
contracts 10.00
1' irms of brick masons, for one
member 10.00
i Kach additional member 10.00
Brick yards or dealers in brick 15.00
Boarding houses furnishing
board for three or more,
where the rates are from
. $1.00 to $2.00, per year 5.00
; Boarding houses furnishing
| board for three or more,
where the rates are $2.00 up,
per year 20.00
Business or income basis;
$1,000 ; on each additional
Sl.OOp, ten cents per $1,000.
Where the gross annual income
i-from the business callings or professions
enumerated in the following
schedule, shall be One Thousand Dol
lars or less, the license shAll be at
i the rate set forth in said schedule;
and where the gross annual income
1 exceeds One Thousand Dollars, the
i license shall be increased at the rats
of ton cenU, for each One Thousand
of gross income In ?xccm of One
Thousand Dollars, from the amount
act forth in the e&id achedulc.
Agents taking orders or delivering
picture* $25.00 each week.
All contractors shall obtain perhiita
foe each and every Job, building
or repairing, before the work is commenced,
permits to be charged for
hh follows. This is to be paid in
'addition to tin* separate license herein
required of painters, plumbers and
electricians, unless genera) contract
includes same. In the event that the
building is nt?t done by contract but
by day labor, the owner of the building
sfyall first obtain permit for each
and every job before the work is done.
$100 and less than $.'100 1.00
From $.500 to $600 2.00
From $500 to $1,000 3.00
I From $1,000 to $2,000 5.00
From $2,000 to $3,000 7.00
From $3,000 to $4,000 8.00
From $4,000 to $6,000 10.00
From $5,000 to $7,000 12.00
From $7,000 to $10,000 15.00
From $10,000 to $16,000 20.00
From $15,000 to $20,000 30.00
From $20,000 to $25,000 40.00
From $25,000 to $35,000 60,00
From $35,000 to $50,000 100.00
From $50,000 up, $100.00; and for
each additional $1,000, $1.00.
Cabinet makers or furniture
repairers 5,00
Candy manufacturers in connection
with other business . 10.00
Candy manufacturers not in
connection with any other
business 10.00
Candy manufacturers or dealers
on streets per day .... 5.00
Candy dealers not in connection
with mercantile business,
per year 15.00
Carriage, buggy and wagon
dealers, not paying merchants'
license 15.00
Circusses, menageries, animal
shows, wild west shows, and
similar exhibitions under
whatever name carrying ten
or less number of cars for
transportation of people, animals,
equipment, paraphernalia
or fixtures connected
with or incident to the show,
tvq>? n??v. ? ''"-'-of a day 00.00
*feri?s and **
shows as above enumerate^
and carrying more than ten
cars, not over 25 cars, per
day or part of a day 150.00
Circusses, 'menageries and
shows as above enumerated
and carrying more than 25
cars, per day or part of day 200.00
Circus parades, or parades of
menageries,- animal shows,
wild west shows, as aboyo
named when the show locates
outside of city limits,
shall pay for each parade,
the same license as such circus,
menagerie or other show
would be required to pay for
exhibiting within corporated
limits.
Corn and flour mills, each .... 10.00
Cotton seed oil mills including
tfins 75.00
Cotton ginners, for each gin . . 5.00
Cotton mills 75.00
Civil engineers and surveyors
or either 15.00
Druggist, licensed druggist
other than the proprietor,
each 5.00
Dealers in caskets and coffins,
paying a merchandise lit-ense
10.00
Dealers in coffins, caskets, not
paying merchandise license,
Per year 10.00
Dealers in second hand cloth1
ing whether connected with
other business or not .... 25.00
Dealers in second hand shoes,
whether with other business
<>r not 25.00
Dealers in fertilizer or agents
for dealers in fertilizer, selling
to consumers, not payj
ing merchants' license ..!. 25.00
Dealers in e'.qctric Frigidaires 25.00
Dealers in Radios 10.00
Dealers in fruit, peanuts or
cooked food on street, per
day 1.00
Dealers in fish or oysters or
; either, at place of* business 10.00
Dealers in hides, except those
paying mercantile license . . 25.00
J Dealers in ice cream, lemonade,
or soda water on the streets,
; Per day 5.0U
! Dealers in junk . . 50.00
[Dealers in junk, per month .. 25.00
Dealers in medicine other than
regular druggist of the City
either on tin street or private
property, and whether
delivering the medicine
themselves or through orders
to drug stores per week .. 100.mj
per day 20.U0
Dealers in millinery goods, not
paying merchants' license . . 15.00
Dealers in stocks and bonds as *
brokers 10.00
Dealers in kerosene, oil, gasoline
or either, other than
merchants 100.00
Dealers in stocks and bonds,
} as brokers, per year 25.in)
Dealers in wood, coal or coke
per year 25.no
Dealers in wood only 5.<U)
Dealers in second hand machinery,
per year 25.00
Dentists 15.00
Klectricians, taking contracts,
doing electrical work, or
selling electrical supplies . . 15.00
exhibitions, traveling theatricals,
musical or other, for
gain, not in opera house,
$25.00 to $100, in the descret
ion of Mayor and City
Clerk.
Fruits and vegetables sold in
carload lots from railroad
cars, within the city, and
sold either by wholesale or
retail, not an established
business, per year . . 100.00
per day 2-5.00
Flying jennies, or horse or
steam ridiflg galleries, per *
week . . . . . 50.00
Foundry, ner year 25.00
Filling stations not in connection
with ahy other business
per yeaf one pump 25.00
more than one pump 50.00
[Filling station in connection
with storage of cars per
> year f ? I rt t 1 T ft TTt 1 r t . . 60.00
f I Filling stations in connection
i with storage of cars, and
selling agencies or garages,
for selling gasoline 30.00
Fruit and produce dealers, not
selling on the street, per
year 36.00
Garages and storage 50.00
Garages, not more than two
men employed, per annum . . 36.00
Gunsmiths 5.00
Hair dreasons $10.00; chiropodists
5.00
Hotels, from 10 to 20 rooms,
per year 20.00
Hotels, from 20 to 75 rooms,
per year 40.00
Hotels, from 75 rooms upward,
per year 75.00
Dealers in fruits', vegetables,
eggs, chickens, melons, or
other farm produce (not
raised by the seller) and not
sold on the streets, per year 25.00
Hualcsters or peddlers of fruit,
vegetables, etc., including
Ready Rolling Stores, if
peddling goods, wares, and
other merchandise, manufactured
articles, f milts, vegetables,
melons, eggs and
other farm products (not
raised by the owner) per year 60.00
(No license to Ik* prorated.)
Said hucksters or pedlers not to
take a stand, and not to sell on prohibited
streets hereinafter mentioned.
Each wagon or truck used by said
huckster or peddler to constitute a
separate business. Each huckster or
peddler to be furnished with a budge
upon taking out license.
Hucksters or peddlers selling
freBh meats of any kind on
wagons, trucks, each per year 40.00
(No license to be prorated.)
No huckster or person selling fresh
meats, fowls, fruits, vegetables, merchandise,
manufactured articles, melons,
eggs, or other farm produce may
sell same on DeKalb Street from
Church Street to Market Street, or on
Broad Street from LaFayette Street
to York Street, on Hutledge from
Church Street, to Lyttleton Street.
Wholesale deliveries of meats and
fowls to retail meat markets may be
made on said prohibitive areas. All
such wagons from which said fresh
meats may be sold during every
month of the year except December,
January, kebruary, to keep the meats
on said wagons in refrigerators of
sufficient capacity to carry the said
stock and all portions of said wagons
not taken up by refrigerators to be
screened and said refrigerator at all
times kept in a sanitary condition,
subject at all times to inspection by
the health officer, or any one designated
by him. No license for sale of
such meats in wagons on streets is
to be granted by the City without the
application first being submitted and
approved by the health officer of the
City of Camden.
Ice dealers 10.00
Ice manufacturers, each fac,
v?ry 2^00
Labor agents per year 250.00
P*'r day 50.00
Land loan companies, or agents
lending money on real estate,
by mortgage or otherT
%vise 25.00
Laundries, steam, per year ... 25.00
Laundries, other than steam . . 10.00
Lawyers, each 15.00
Firms of lawyers, each additional
member 10.00
Lenders of money, on jversonal
property, whether in connection
with other business or
not, except such as are
otherwise specified in this
ordinance 1,000.00
Livery, feed and sales stables 25.00
Livery and drayage business
for each animal 5.00
Lumber dealers or brokers, retail
whether resident or not,
other than lumber or shingles
from timber or land
owned by sellers 20.00
Lunch stands lo!oO
House painters, paper hangers,
interior decorators taking
contracts, per year 15.00
Steeple jack painters, per
>'ear , 15.00
l)er day L00
1 lano tuners, repairers of musical
instruments, per year 5.00
Machine shops 10 00
Mo\ mg picture shows, for each
place of business 50.Q0
Manufacturers or bottlers of
s?da water, Coca Cola, ginger
ale and such like soft
drinks 25.00
Musical instruments, whether
connected with other busi- ^
"ess or not 15.00
Manufacturers of ice cream,
not in connection with ice
cream parlors, per year .... 10.00
Meat markets, green groceries.
per year 30.00
(No license to be prorated.)
All markets to be screened in
accordance with the directions
of the Board of Health
and subject at all times to
inspection by the Board of
Health and kept in sanitary
condition.
Newspapers, whether connected
with jab work or not ... 15.00
Old Hoss sales 10.00
Oculists or opticians ........ 15.00
I eddlers or agi-nts soliciting
or delivering photographs,
lit hu graphs, pictures, etc.,
for copying or enlarging per
p ^.ck 25.00
1 eddlers or venders selling
merchandise of any description,
per week 100.00
per day 2o!oO
Physicians and surgeons, or
either 15.00
Physicians and surgeons, or
either, in firms, for first
member 15 00
Por additional member .... 10 00
Popcorn and peanut parchers
each not in connection with
other business 10 00
per day . .'!!!!!!'. 2!o0
Printers, job in connection with
nwepapers 5 00
Photographers 10 00
Photographers, per day 5.00
Pressing cluhs 1000
Plum bo rs, gas fitters, heating
contractors, tinners and
steam fitters, or either, taking
contracts 15 00
That no such license shail be
issued until the applicant
Y*h?ll first stand *a satisfac
tory examination before the
inspector of sewerage.
Rent agents or collectors, per
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> year 15.00
Real estate agents 25.00
Restaurants and cafes, each. ... 25.00
Saddle or buggy horse for hire
eaich 5.00
Salvage companies or persons
taking charge of mercantile
stock, or other stock not
their own, per day 5.00
Shoe and boot repairers 10.00
Harness repairers 5.00
Shooting galleries, per month.. 5.00
Sign painters 10.00
per dajr- 2.00]
Skating rinks, per month 5.00;
per year 10.00
Sod?t founts, whether connected
with other business or
not 10.00
Stove repairers, itinerant, per
day, $1.00; per year 5.00
Stall ion or Jack for service .. 10.001
Tailors, dyers, cleaners, or
agents for either 25.00
Trucks, hauling merchandise
into or out of the CM tf of
Camden 26.00
Undertakers 25.00
Veterinary Surgeon ........... 15.00
Watch makers, whether connected
with other business
or not 5.00
Warehouse, charging storage. . 25.00
Class No. 2
Business or income basis, $1000,
on each additional $1,000, ten cents
per $1,000. Where the gross annua)
income from the business, callings or
professions enumerated in the following
schedule, shall be One Thousand
Dollars or less, the license shall
be at the rate set forth in said schedule
and where the gross annual income
exceeds One Thousand Dollars
the license shall be increused from
the amount set forth in said scedule
at the rate of ten cents for each- One
Thousand Dollars of gross income in
excess of One Thousand Dollars.
Express Companies or agencies
for business done exclusively
in the City of Camden
and not including any business
done to or from points
without the State, and not
including any business done
for the government of the
United States, its officers
agents 75.00
Railroads for business done
exclusively within the City
of Camden, and not including
business done to or
business done for the government
of the United
States, its officers or agents
for each road entering the
_ city 100.00
Telegraph companies or agencies,
each, for business done
within the City of Camden,
with points within the State,
not including any business
done for the government of
the United States 50.00
Telephone Companies or agencies,
each, for business done
within the City of Camden,
with points within the State
and not including any 'business
done for the government
of the United States.. 100.00
Tea rooms, not selling merchandise,
per year 10.00
Seasonable gift shops or sport
shops, selling merchandise,
not a charitable organization,
per year ,, 60.00
Class No. 3
Business or income basis, $1,000
on each additional $1,000 ten cents
per $1,000. Where the gross annual
income from the business, calling or
professions enumerated iti the following
schedule shall be One Thousand
Dollars or less, the license shall
be at the rate set forth in said schedule,
and -where the gross annual income
exceeds One Thousand Dollars,
the license shalll be increased from
the amount set forth in said schedule
at the rate of ten cents for each One
Thousand Dollars of gross income in
excess of One Thousand Dollars.
Merchants stocks, retail or
' wholesale, including all
classes of merchants, drugs,
jewelry, buggies, harness,
hardware, etc.
Merchandise License.
! Less than $300, per year $ 5.00
$300 less than $600, per year. . 10.00
$;>00 less than $1,000, per year 16.00
$1,000 less than $1,500, per year 20.00
$1,500 less than $2,000, per year 25.00
$2,000 less than $2,500, per year 30.Q0
$2,500 less than $3,500, .per year 35.00
$3,500 less than $4,000, per year 4(h00
$4,000 less than $4,500, per year 45.00
$4,500 less than $5,000, per year 50.00
$5,000 less than $.->,500, per year 55 00
$5,500 less than $0,000, per year 60.00
$6,000 less than $6,500, per vear 65 00
$6,500 less than $7,000, per year 70.00
h?s8.th?n $7-S0(U per year 75.00
*10,000 and above, per year.. 100.00
Accident, Automobile/ Casualty,
Fidelity, Guarantee Plate
Glass or other like insurance
Company, each Company
represented 10.00
Life Insurance Companies;
25-00
All Life Insurance Companies
doing Industrial Insurance
business, per annum 50 00
Insurance Live Stock (each
company) 10 00
Section VII. The license on anv
business or occupation not named in
the foregoing schedule shall be fixed
by the Mayor and Clerk.
Cnt,?ni.u111' Wherever in this ordinance
tho terms "persons, firm
company, corporation or party" are
used, the same shall include not only
IhtlM.XS*' but in thoir
shall include any agent, clerk or employee
having charge, management
or control of the business, calling oc<
upntion or profession referred' to
shAllvH ''gent, clerk or employee
shall be subject to the penalties here
I ,n failure to
with the terms and requirements of
| proprietors they WCre ^I*?s or
1 int5fC'tT?'VX' Thls ordinance shall go
of r" Zi f:r ?rst d*r
or part* ' r i nd a11 o^inances
hor,.w,th ?rdm"nc?? in conflict
( nertuith are hereby repealed.
"K "ni "'"iofl in Council
thT cuC "7 ?.i M
W. H.
MAY FARM
HUngs To Be I>on? tmm u
By
-Agronomy
CMe .pacing ot cotton Mv, J
fore leave It thick i,,
Malta-liberal appluvuioni J
ily available for,,,, ?f *?1
cotton ehortly after , hopniJ/*1!
Do not allow gra,, aiul ,1
get a start in cultivate "*I
For every row of cor,, P|3|
of soybeans.
The shortage of th, HWjJ< M
makes it necessary to p|j,nt ^tS
forage crops early and jn jl
ance.
Prepare the soil well t>ef
ing, for a gopd seedbed i? thtiJ
step in getting a goo<i staco,
Horticulture
Plant tomato seed f,jr traaJI
ing in July,
Set sweet potato plants i? J
field. 1
Make another planting 0f J
corn, snap beans, and hms btto'
Cultivate the garden frequcntbi
save moisture and destroy wee*
Plant watermelons, cantsfeJ
and encumbers at once, and i!
cabbage and collard seed about
16 for August transplanting. J
Apply nitrate of soda to gJ
crops if not growing well. T
Muloh tomatoes heavily ^ J
or leaves to hold moisture and
long the fruiting period.
'Plant diseases
Apply orchard sprays on timeJ
Destroy "June drop" peache?ti|
duce brown rot, etc.
Start spraying melons and
bers when vines begin to run.
Discard sweet potato plants
black shanks or other disease sigi
Use home-grown plants to i
bringing in new diseases.
Be sure that bought plants!
grown according to Crop Pest C?
mission regulations.
Dust roses with sulphur to |i
vent mildew.
Livestock
Sow soybeans for sqmmer grari
Castrate pigs 6 to 10 weeks old
Wean pigs when 8 weeks old.
Breed sows about May 12
September farrowing.
Select hogs to be shown at fi
Make use of forage crops and f
tures to save feed.
Treat sheep for stomach worau
Dairying
Cool cream immediately ?1
separation and keep it cot\ a
delivered to the -creamery.
Continue to feed grain to miH
cows when turned to pasture.
Allow pastures to get started
fore grazing them heavily.
Mow pastures to destroy ti
weed and wild onions.
Destroy ail breeding places o
Keep salt in the pasture sa
every day.
Plan sufficient acreage of]
crops.
Feed, yearling heifers two p4
of grain per day while on pastufti
summer.
Poultry
Separate the cockerels and I
lets at 10 weeks of age.
Select the best cockeitlt I
breeders.
(ull slow growing and off ty
pullets and sell as broflerj.--1?:
If natural shade is not availd
provide temporary shades for I
growing chicks.
.Entomology ,
If you are going to put
against boll-weevil this year,
time to be looking forward and
ciding what manner of fight yon i
make.
Spray apple and peach orchi
to control codling moth and cord
Control potato beetle and blif^
combining the beetle poison '
Bordeaux mixtijre.
Keep aphis on garden and Bo
plants under control by use of *
tine sulphate or strong soap soto*
Destroy seedling mustard
'along with whatever insects ait
; them.
| Control the terrapin bugs by ^
' Peking or brushing into pan* (
jtaining tar or oil.
Remember that most of our d
land birds feed largely on
inst
It is nice to have plenty of I*
around. *
White shirts and collars to g?1
the new lapel collar on enlisted w1
uniforms will be too costlyTJ*XWar
department. - The oU** d
shirt will be used as heretofore
Mrs. <3i(fond Pinchot, wife ^
former governor, formally
her candidacy for the Rcp?^
congressional nomination in
Pennsylvania district.
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^^ariin^on^ guarf *