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.1 SOREHEAD JN POULTRY Kxtr«m«ly ConUgloua Disease of Fowls Can Cause Serious Loss Unless Promptly Checked. Sorehead, a disease of chickens caus ed by spores of a common mold, ap pears'when fowls come in-contact with moldy litter or moldy'grain. It seems not to be a constitutional disease. It is usually confined to the face, comb, wattles and ear-lobes, eyes, nostrils, and mouth, but is occasionally found under the wings In advanced or neg lected cases. It is extremely con tagious and may^ spread through a flock in two or three days. Sorehead is of two kinds, dry and moist, according to the surface at tacked by the spores. If it is on the mu cous meftnbrane of the eye, mouth, or nostrils, the moist type develops; If on the skin of the face or adjacent parts, it will be the dry or warty vari ety. The moist type is a most serious disease, growing rapidly. It soon closes the eyelids, which swell to an enormous size, blinds the fowl, aud causes it to waste away and die. When sorehead appears, it is not necessary to isolate the diseased fowls from the flock. Look for moldy litter or food and if It Is found replace it with fresh. Check the disease by color ing the drirtklng water pink with a few crystals of permanganete of pot ash, and paint the face and comb of the apparently w^ll chickens with equal parts of creolin and water, or a strong purple solution of permangan ate of potash. Give appetizing food. It is advisable to mix the egg mash with buttermilk or sour skim milk and teed sprouted oats4aily. Cook cheap meat, cut it up, and throw to the chickens. The fowls that have the warts should be caught and the crust of each wart removed The tissue un derneath is red. Dip a clean feather in one of the remedies named below and touch the red tissues with the liquid. Next morning the treated wart will have a black scab aver It, which dries and falls off In three or four days. A week later one cannot de tect where the wart was. In treating the moist variety, it is necessary to drop the remedy Into the eye. nostrils, or whatever organ Is at tacked This seems cruel, but it saves the fowl. The remedy the writer prefers Is pure, undiluted creolfn We have not lost a chicken from sorehead since using this remedy. It will eradicate the disease from thft ate and. if used In time, will save the sight. Other good remedies are iodine, cresal or similar disinfectant, sesolemn, all used undiluted; purple solatiou of per manganate of potash, liquid shoe pol ish (black), and solution of copperas (as much as will He on a 25-cent piece, dissolved In a cup of water). A clean feather is best for applying the rem edy. FRANK C. HARK. Extension Poultry Husbandman. Clemson Agricultural College. A TREE OF DOUBLE VALUE gouth Carolina Farmers Urged to Plant Pecan For Ita Shade aa Well ae It'a Fruit. I have before me i>ecan nuta of thcr 1915 crop that were grown In the Coastal aectlon of South Carolina aud some others that were produced In the extreme northwestern corner of the state at an elevation of 900 feet. These nuts, representing one of our best varieties, ttm ■Sttmrt.' gfe »uffl-' ‘ clent evidence that the pecan will thrive In practically every locality In South-Carolfnn.. from the foothills of the 31ue Ridge Mountains to the sea shore. * Each of our farm homes should be surrounded by nut-bearing trees rath er than by other trees of less beauty and of no economic value. We pay high prices for small. Inferior nuts when about our very doors can be grown the choicest sorts. Further more, there are largo possibilities in the production of pecans for commer cial purposes. Standard varieties sel dom sell for less than 30 cehlsL,^ pound, yet there Is a profit in growing pecans at 10 cents a pound. A pecan orchard of good varieties gives*'press ure as well asjmjflt^jgml is to any farm or suburban home a permanent and valuable asset. The most important point ia the successful establishment of a pecan orchard is to use vigorous trees of good varieties. Varieties recommend ed for South Carolina are Stuart, Schley, Success, Van peman, Frot- scher, Fabst, and Money-Maker. Set the trees carefully In large deep holes about 60 feet apart each way. Give therii as much care and attention as is given your most profitable farm crop and you will not be disappointed in the results. A neglected pecan tree will yield no more profitable f&turns than will any other neglected 'crop or fruit tree. . f Unnecessary for State to Send Away Large Sums for This Product Annually. BIG DRAIN ON RESOURCES It is well to plant the orchards to garden or field crops, driving staked beside the trees to prevent them from being bruised in cultivating. Intensive cultivation and fertilizing of the crops between the rows of trees will usually be sufficient to keep the pecans'grow ing thriftily. * « A few nuts may be expected from each yjar. By the tenth year the tred? should be" yWldlng profitable crape In fact, it a' paean orchard ia cared tor properly it will come into profit able bearing In abogt the tame length *11 ah**w>le.orchard. I aa'ranpU orrh: r j^rirmKa. HorticultuHat. Agricultural College. Money Now Spent For Mules Would Purchase Good Draft Mares From Which to Obtain Mules—Pointlj on Care of Mare and Colt—-Home Raised Mules as Good at Any. c The tremendous outlay for mule power on the farm can be eliminated to a large extent in Sofith Carolina. Already a cons’ideralile number of far mers In the state are raising their mules at home and if this policy la adopted by all the state's farmers, the large annual drain on the- state's re sources for this product will be stopped. Invested In brood mares, the amount usually spent for mules would purchase large, well-bred draft mares of the right type for producing mules. The cost of raising mule colts on the farm to an age nt which they can he put to work is about $90 each, when even every item in the process is charged against him. This amount 'oulids large, but the fact ia that most of It is charged against things that are not missod on the average farm, since the roll can be developed large ly on pastures and preducta of the farm that would probably not be mar keted In any other way. Mares selected for mule raising should be of draft type, with quality, and should weigh about 1.400 pounds, though smaller mares are used with good results for producing mules of light weight. If mares are bred to foal Id fall, when work on the farm la usually lighter and fall pastures are good, they need lore very little time during the year from their work in .he field. Light work la beneficial to a brood n.are even up to the time ol foaling, and the resultant colt is stronger and more thrifty because of It, provided the mare has been proper ly nourished with succulent feed for a few weeks before foaling. The average period of gestation, or time between service and foaling, la about $40 days or 11 months, although this variM somewhat In both direc lions. With this information, a farm er ran have his mare foal at about the proper time. - * The pregnant mare's grain ration should he proportioned to the amount of work she does About three weeks before foaling, wheat bran should be added to her feed, the proportion of this being gradually, InereMed and other grain proportions decreased as foaling time approaches. Her food should be altogether free of moldy grain or woody fodder or straw. An essential point is to give the mare'in foal-a large, roomy box stall. After foaling, mares should reat for about two weeks before being put back at work. . % Give the mare and her colt aa much pasturage as possible, with the addi tion of bran and grain while the colt la young. Care and attention are es sential to mature the colt to proper size and grain should be given to It regularly with its pasturage or clean hay. Do not Irt a colt follow Its mother on he road or In the field. Do not let a colt suck while the mare Is overheat 'd. Always let the mare cool off first. That mules can be raised profit-* ably In South Carolina has been dem onstrated by several farmers In the state, who save the expenditure usual : ly made for mule power and claim for the home-raised mule many advan tages over its Imported competitor. Write to Sidney S. RKtenberg, Clem son College, for an itemized statement of a comparison of mare and mule. JOHN O. WILLIAMS. Livestock Demonstration Agent, Clemson AgrlcuITilfaT^eoUege. , LETTERS T© CLEMSON. each tree In three yekrs after trans planting and the amount will inereasei-wishlng to write to the college for la in seeking information or help.from Clemson College, farmers should ad dress the expert or officer in whose line the point in question is, when ever possible. This will avoid delays which are sometimes costly. This Is especially true of such matters as in sect pests, plant diseases and animal diseases, which can'spread so rapidly. In outbreaks of hog cholera, farmers should either communicate immediate ly wi.th the county demonstraliQU agent er with the veterinary division of Clemson College. Merely address ing the college will get a letter to its goal eventually, but sometimes delays ‘.which are dangerous come, about. It Is a good plan for a farnier to keep one of the experiment station bulletins always at hand, as In the front of each of these bulletins will be found the experiment station staff, which will serve as. a directory to any one foThSti otr— moat The summer of 1,915 waarthe successful tor aUd-building that South Carolina has evef had. There is much fet to he done is this line, however. • and (l U to be hoped that this year** record wiii ba Ur cwaidid next year PHARMACY Purity Promptness Accuracy Barnwell. S. C Barnwell Auto Repair Co- Automobile Owners Let us rebuild your car and save money. Make'your Tear run like new. All overhauling work guaranteed. Try me and you wil become my customer. L.ocated in Michaelson^Building opposite The Barnwell I’eople office. A. E. MARTIN, Manager. HUSBAND RESCUED - DESPAIRING WIFE After Foot Years of Discouraging ! * had gotten to weak I could not stand, and 1 gave up in despair. Conditions, Mrs. Bullock Goto Up m Despair. Husband Came to Rescue. At last, my husband got me a bottle of Canlui, the woman’s tonic, and I com* menced taking it From the very first dose, I could tell it was helping me. I can now walk two miles without its tiring me, and am doing all my work." If you are all run down from womanly writes as follows: “I suffered for four I troubles, don’t give up in despair. Try Catron, Ky.—ln an interesting letter from this place, Mrs. Be the Bullock years, with womanly troubles, and during this time, I could only sit up for a little while, and could not walk anywhere at all. At times, I would have severe pains in my left side. The doctor was called ia, and his treat- Cardui, the woman’s tonic It has helped more tlian a million women. In its 50 years of continuous success, and should rurety help you, too. Your druggist has sold Cardui for years. He knows what it will do. Ask him. He will recom* ment relieved me for a while, but 1 was mend it. Begin taking Cardui today, loon corhMd to my bed ajaio. Alter £"r>}2S tint, nothing seemed to do me air, good. | tSSSTS tKT' "IS,- LET US DO YOUR REPAIR WORK!!! & * . We take pleasure in announcing to the automobile owners that we have been ex tremely fortunate in securing the services of Mr. W. C. Gunn, of Augusta, who is an expert mechanic and one who has made a specialty of repairing electric starters, etc. We also have the agency for the “DIA MOND” and “KELLEY-SPRINGFIELD” automobile tires, than which there are no better on the market. No matter what the trouble may be with your car, we. can fix it. THE BARNWELL GARAGE, W. D. HARLEY, Manager. 1 * Barnwell, S. C. A. H. NINESTEIX, _ HERBERT E. GYLES, Attorneys-at-Law, &LACKVILLE, ' Will practice in idl Courts. ‘ Money to loan on Farming Lands EDGAR A. BROWN, JAS. JULIEN BU§H. Attorneys-at-Law. , - S. C. i Money to Loan in any Amount fox any Length of Time Walker Building, Barnwell, S. C. TH E BA ILE Y-LEBB Y CQ. Machinery, Mill and Plumbing Supplies *• Automobile Tires aqd Accessories. . . AC.ENTp FOR _ .. THE U. S. COMPANY’S . CELEBRATED G- & J. TIRES Charleston, S. C ^X“X~X“X~:~X~X~X~X-*:-*<~x~:~x~x~>-x->**x4* 011lllfl V I ? T * v i Y I t i ? ? Y Y Y Y * ? Y Y Y y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y X X Y T X Y Y Y * Y x x x x x x x x Y x Y Y Y Y Y . ♦ j. ■(At Barnwell, S. C. Mid-Winter (jmirter-Off Sale of Clothing and Furnishings Coat Suits and Dresses. We announce today the beginning of our Mid-Winter Quarter Off Sale. As everybody in this vicinity knows, these sales are real events with us. They offer very great money-saving opportunities too, for anyone who needs or will later need, high-grade clothing and furnishings and who has the fore thought to buy them immediately. This year there is a special inducement. Owing to the war, the foreign demands for woolens of all kinds has created an dUnparalleled condition in the American market. There is a tremendous scarcity of raw wool in this country now, and the scarcity is daily growing more acute. Nobody knows where the prices will be another season. But certainly they' will be higher. So you can see it behooves you to “take thought for tomorrow” in this connection. There’s a grand chance to do it here now. The first-comers will get the best selections, naturally. Come In! Y Y Y Y ♦ Y Y I I Y Y Z