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One Dollar and a Half a Year. BAMBERG, S. C. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1915. Established 1891. 1
v COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS
SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS
IN VARIOUS SECTIONS.
V News Items Gathered All Around the
County and Elsewhere.
Fairfax Fancies.
Fairfax, Sept. 7.?School opened
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of a successful session. A large number
of patrons were present at the
opening exercises. Mr. J. E. Johnston
made a happy speech of greeting,
which was followed by an earni
est and appropriate address by Prof.
> Chitty. The faculty for the coming
year consists of Prof. F. C. Chitty,
principal, and Miss Myrtle Epting for
the high school. Grammar grades,
Misses Marguerite Du-Rant, Jessie
Whatley and Hattie Googe.
Quite a number of out citizens
< have motored ^0 the mountains for
a season of rest and pleasure. Among
those who have enjoyed such trips
were Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Youjr
mans and children, Mr. and Mrs. J.
F. Preacher and family, Mr. and Mrs.
George Sanders -and Mr. William
^ Harter.
Mrs. Isaac Knopff and children have
returned from a pleasant visit to
friends in the up-country, Greenville,
Honea Path and other towns were
- visited.
Mrs. John Harter is at home after
an operation at the Columbia Hospital.
Mrs. J. P. Brooks is at home after
spending some time at Yonge's Island.
Rev. E. A. McDowell is spending
a while at Saluda, N. C. His churches
< presented him with a vacation and
^ purse, and he is enjoying a much
needed rest after spending the sum<mer
assisting in revival meetings.
Mr. O. J. Youmans, after an operation
at the Augusta hospital, is at
S home again.
Mr. and Mrs. Cleo Sanders leave
/ y for Atlanta Wednesday to take their
little daughter, Maud,; for surgical
V * ^ treatment. Maud's ihany friends
V>/\? mn/iti Konofit fT*r?m flip
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treatment
Mrs. J. -B. Johnston and children,
after visiting relatives in Greenville
and Gaffney, is spending some time
at tile Good Samaritan hospital
Chester.
1 Edward A. McDowell, Jr., after
i . ^pending the winter at the Allegha
ney high school, Pittsburg, Pa., is at
home with his parents.
Mrs. John Hucks, of Ehrhardt, Mrs.
Will Hiers, of Florence, and Mrs. S.
B. Bowers, of Dawson, Ga., have
been spending 6ome time with their
parents, Rev. and Mrs.,D. B. Groseclose.
Mrs. Ed. McDowell and x children
are home after spending a while with
^ her parents, Dr. and Mrs. J. A. Scott,
? at Monticello.
Miss Lylete Wilson recently underwent
a successful operation for ap
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pendicitis at a hospital in Charleston.
I The Y. W.v A.'s ot the Baptist
I church recently held an enjoyable soV
cial meeting at the home of the presiEdent,
Miss Alma Knight. Games and
music furnished entertainment foi
the evening, which was most pleasantly
spent on the moon-lit lawn and
porch. Ice cream and cake were
I served.
Miss Helen, and Edward McDowell
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were "at home" to fifty or more of
their young friends Friday evening.
jjH / . Music and games were enjoyed and
a salad course and fruit punch were
served.
Miss Damaris Folk, of Allendale,
was the guest of Miss Helen McDow>
ell for the week-end.
A,"+? ? nnmhor nf nnr vniinfi' folks
U1 tC a uuuuuu* v? w ?. ^ _ 0
will leave for the colleges soon. We
shall give their names later. The
town will be lonely without them.
^ The splendid public library has
been a favorite rendezvous for the
stay-at-homes during the summer.
\ Miss Edna Kearse is the popular and
efficient librarian.
Ott's Outings.
{Ott's, Sept. 7.?Misses Eva and
Lila McCue have returned home from
an extended visit to Sumter, Manning
and other points.
} Miss Inez Sandifer has returned
home from Branchville, where she
r has been spending several days with
f relatives and friends.
The many friends of Mrs. L. D.
Odom will be glad to learn that she
is able to be up after being confined
T. to her bed for two weeks.
Mrs. Lloyd Hightower spent sev
eral days Irfst week in Branchville
at the home of her cousin, Mr. Ed.
Simmons.
? Mrs. Florrie Free, of Blackville,
is visiting her sister, Mrs. L. D.
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BEAUFORT PRIMARY SEPT. 17.
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Democrats Will Nominate Candidat
for Mayor and Council.
Beaufort, Sept. 4.?The municipa
recall election, to be held Septembe
' 28, growing out of the collection o
back taxes, is the all-absorbing topi
here. As soon as the action of th
o-rtrom r>r nrHorino- the plpptinTI Wfl
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I known the executive committee o
, the city Democratic primary club me
and issued a call for a primary, fix
ing September 17 as the date. Th
qualifications for voters are the sam
as for other primaries. Entries fo
those to oppose the incumbents
Mayor Danner and Commissione
Marscher, close on Tuesday.
The fight against the collection o
| back taxes goes merrily forward. Th
bank finally paid its tax under pro
| test. The Beaufort-Savannah Steam
boat company has also started pro
oeedings to get its $835 back, am
, Mr. George Holmes refuses to pa;
. his in, alleging that City Treasure
Legare "fraudulently and malicious
ly" attempts to force him to pay bacl
taxes that are not due. Mr. Holme
yesterday tried to get Judge Shipp
at Florence, to enjoin the city fror
"collecting the tax. The judge re
, fused after hearing arguments. Mr
Holmes's attorneys- say that the;
will appeal to the supreme court
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THe tax assessed agamsi um
amounts to $10,000 and is said t<
be on personal property.
Odom.
Your scribe visited Binnaker Sun
day-school last Sunday. There wai
a good attendance. Why can't w*
have some more country Sunday
schools? We have the boys ant
girls, all we need is for some of oui
good neighbors to take hold.
Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Odom and littl*
daughter, Myrtle, visited at the hom*
of the latter's cousin, Mr. E. Monro*
Sandifer, Sunday.
Mrs. Annie Zeigler visited at th*
home of her uncle, Mr. W. M. Mc
Cue, last week.
Mr. Olar Zeigler, of Ehrhardt, ha:
been visiting relatives here the pas
week.
Denmark Dots.
Denmark, Sept 4.?Mrs. H. W
Goolsby and daughter, Frances, re
turned to their home In Hartsville
. after visiting relatives here, in Barn
well and in Fairfax.
Mrs. J. B. Guess is spending som<
time with her mother, Mrs. Mitchell
in Batesburg.
- After a week's visit to Mrs. W. M
Graham, Miss Minnie Blount has re
turned to her home in Johnston.
Miss Louise Zeigler was among th<
guests who attended tne house part:
given by Miss^ Jessie Armstrong ii
Barnwell last week.
""Miss Alice Lyles is at home afte:
two weeks' stay in Baltimore an<
other points North.
W. M. Graham spent severai day:
in E?till this week.
I'wigs Stuart, of Georgia, is ii
town for several days.
The young people enjoyed a pic
nic at Holman's bridge on Thursday
Mr. Hart, of Estill, is among th<
visitors here.
Miss Lula Bess Wroton has recent
ly returned from a visit to her broth
er, James Wroton, in Portsmouth
VaMiss
Doris Goolsby spent a fe\
days in'Yemaseee with Mrs. W. F
Marvin this week.
Mr. and Mrs. S. D. Guess are a
home after a week's stay in Hender
sonville.
LeRoy Smith, of Ehrhardt, was j
recent visitor here. .
Clear Pond Clippings.
Clear Pond, Sept. 6.?Septembe
has entered with its cooler weather
Makes an overcoat feel comfortabb
; these mornings.
The farmers are busy picking cot
ton and gathering hay.
Mrs. G. W. Folk is at home from {
visit to hor daughter, Mrs. J. H. San
difer, near Denmark.
Miss Clara Priester, of Bamberg
visited Miss Mayme Morris last week
Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Carter ant
little son, Fred, of Lodge, wer<
guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Foil
Saturday and Sunday,
t Misses Clemmie and Janie Fender
of Caldwell,* spent last week witl
Miss Vera McMillan.
Miss Corrie Collins, of Hilda, re
turned to her home Sunday after i
pleasant visit to Mrs. Herbert Foil
and Miss Lynn Walker.
"* '?^ A T\wn trr/1 tr /*vf "TT*nll 'o onOTI
.VII'b. o ?v u,? ) ui r aiiv>ii O) u^fvn
; Saturday and Sunday with her daugh
ter, Mrs. J. B. Folk.
Miss Ethel Hutto, of Blackville
, visited Mrs. Herbert Folk last week.
AMICUS.
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IN THE PALMETTO STATE
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SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS
KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
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Stat? News Boiled Down for Quick
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Reading.?Paragraphs About
fc Men and Happenings.
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t T. E. Stribling, of Seneca, aged 53
t, years, committed suicide on Tuesday
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e head.
b Emma Smalls was committed to
r Walterboro jail Saturday night charg>J
ed with killing Jim Monroe, aged 75
r ?both colored/
Herbert Moses, of Sumter, has resigned
as private secretary of Gov.
Manning and O. K. LaRoque, of Marion,
has been appointed in his place.
Jno. H. Earle, of Greenville, forj
mer railroad commissioner, commitj
ted suicide in his office on Wednesj
day, shooting himself in the head
with a pistol,
t Jesse McNeil, a negro, was electros'
cuted at the State penitentiary Thursi
day. He confessed some time ago to
a the murder of his wife, and made no
. further statement.
Warohnncfl Pnmmissinnpr McEail
y j rin praises the president and his ad!
ministration for what they are doing
i for cotton, and says if the crop is
3 marketed right the price will go to
12 cents.
Lightning struck M. T. Walton's
barn, at Johnston, on Sunday night,
s fire resulting and consuming the
3 building and twenty-one bales of cotton.
No insurance was carried on
1 the building or cotton.
r Solicitor R. A. Cooper, of Laurens,
was in Columbia Friday and called
3 on Gov. Manning. In response to
*} questions by newspaper reporters, he
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3 had nothing to say as to the guber-(
j natorial race next summer.
$ J The safe in the office of the Stand-1
-.ard Oil company in Greenville was
blown open with . nitroglycerine
3 Thursday night and $135.65 was
t stolen. It is supposed to have been
the work of professionals.
State constables operating under;
Sheriff Martin in Charleston seized
13,400 bottles of beer during the
month of August, in addition to nine
barrels of beer, 376 gallons of whiskey
and a lot of brandy and champagne.
.
a ' Lawrence- Talley, 3-year-old son
of M. C. Talley, was struck by an au'
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lomoDiie on nanover street, t^uaneston,
Friday and died an hour later.
Richard Nelson, the chauffeur, was
sent to the police station awaiting
3 the inquest.
j Edward E. Felder, a prominent
i banker of St. George, S. C., who was
spending the summer at Asheville, N.
r C., with his family, ended his life
1 Monday night by cutting his throat
with a razor. Friends said the banks
er had been suffering from insomnia.
T. U. Vaughn, under sentence of
1 death, was carried to Greenville from
the State penitentiary last week to
- have his insanity tried by a jury, but
. the trial was postponed. Vaughn
b has not spoken a word in a year, and
h.e is a physical wreck and perfectly
- helpless, but there is doubt whether
- he is sane or not.
? Governor Manning issued the following
requisitions Thursday: On the
v governor of North Carolina for the
' return of R. S. Wilson, escaped from
the chain gang; on the governor ot
t New Jersey for H. P. Banks, charged
" with bigamy; on the chief justice of
the district of Cqlumbla for Robert
1 Whitney, charged^ with breach of
trust.
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BODY IS RECOVERED. |
Young Leon Motz Was Drowned on
August 27. C
Rock Hill, September 5.?The
body of Leon Motz, who was drowned
in the Catawba River Friday, August
27, was found yesterday by some
boys who went to attend a fish basket.
The point at which the discovery
was made was on Jas. A. Barber's
plantation, between three and t
four miles below where young Motz j?
was drowned eight days ago, while
he, also, was attending, a fish basket.
When the young man was
drowned he had grasped the basket tj
and this was torn loose from its anchorage
by the combined weight of
his body and the basket in the whirl- .
ing water of the flooded river as he
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was carried down. It is stated that g.
when the body was found the hands
still held the basket in the death .
grip. The badly disfigured but recognizable
remains were brought to
the city this afternoon, and interred
in Laurelwood cemetery. The condi- ^
tion of O. Motz, the older brother,
who was with the drowned man at t(
the time of the accident, is still piti- ^
able. He has not been rational since
he left the river after seeing his _
OJ
brother go down.
EDUCATION BOARD'S WORK. C<
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List of Scholarship Winners Approv- **
ed by Body. u
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Columbia, ^September 4.?The
State board of education adjourned $
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at noon today, after a two days' ses- ^
sion in the office of the State super- 1;
intendent. w
The date of the regular fall teach- to
era* examination was set for Friday, 8'
October 1. This examination is con- lc
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, dieted by the county superintend- y<
jj&nts, and will be held at every county
court house.
The questions were prepared by* Si
the State board and will be mailed w
out in due time. in
The list of scholarship winners 4;
recommended for Winthrop, Clem- tt
son, the University and the Citadel O
were confirmed as submitted by the U!
respective college faculties. The m
Scholarship committee of the State T
board-was requested to recommend h"
some needed changes in the scholar- ol
ship law as soon as practicable. $
The preliminary list of high y<
schools receiving State aid was approved
for the session 1915-16. The oi
list showed ninety-two of the one Is
hundred and thirty schools in opera- w
tion last year. T
In7 the appeal case concerning the e]
consolidation of districts 2-C, 2-D T
and 2-E, of Greenville county, the ac- w
tion of the county board was sus- S
tained and the appeal dismissed. The 2
attorneys appearing before the board Is
were A. G. Hart for the appellants a:
and J. A. McCullough for the respondents.
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The members in attendance on the ^
meeting were: Governor Manning, T
State Superintendent Swearingen, h
the Hon. D. B. Peurifoy, first dis- P
trict; the Hon. S. McG. Simkins, sec- d
ond district; Dr. A. G. Rembert, si
fourth district; Superintendent W. w
R. Koon, fifth district; Superintend- si
ent D. T. Kinard, sixth district; Superintendent
A. J. Thackston,
seventh district. ^
Wealthy Nobleman at Work.
Lord Norbury, aged 52 years, one
of England's wealthiest nobles, has d
''taken a job" in an aeroplane factory,
and is doing his share as a reg- A
ular workman, receiving 7 pence (14 ei
siAm+at am Vl />ll r PlnCQ t Ct th#> WOrks! P
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is a 'tiny lodge tenanted by a butler.
llord Norbury has engaged a small
bedroom, fitted plainly and simply. s*
"He's paying a workman's rent," c<
said the butler, "and he'll do his own
valeting and feed with the other men cl
in the canteen." The charge for P
meals is 5d for breakfast, 8d for din- *1
ner, 3 l-2d for tea. Lord Norbury m
hands in an 8d dinner ticket and
eats with the others. He works from n
6 a. m. till 6 p. m. each day. "No ei
leisure time,' he said, smiling, "just sI
bed and work." Lord Norbury finished
his first day's work at 7 p. m. and T
! then engaged in volunteer overtime T
erecting steps for the canteen. He tf
: was cheery and smiling and seemed
well content with his first day's 61
labor.?London Chronicle. w
Impossible. pi
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Mrs. Jonsing?Dis hyah new min c(
ister am a fine preachah, but he am ti
de leanest an' skinniest young man rz
I ebbah see! sc
Mrs. Black?Yes, an' he done tole
; mah husband, what weighs two hun- A
dred and fo'ty to bewar' les' he in
should be weighed in de balance an' h<
found wantin'!?Puck. r?
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EXIILE BUSINESS GROWS
KXSCS SHOWS IXCRKASE DURIXG
YEAR.
lie Consumption of Cotton Has Al
most Reached the Million-Bale
Mark.
Columbia^ September 5.?At this
me when so much stress is being
lid on the question erf consumption
f cotton by the American textile
lants the completion of the census
f the textiles in South Carolina for
le past year running exactly with
le period of the first year of the
reat European war is of peculiar
iterest. The results of the census
ere issued yesterday by Commisioner
Watson, of the State departlent
of agriculture, commerce and
ldustries.
Commissioner Watson, in speaking
f the report, said:
"These figures have an Important
earing on the cotton situation at
lis moment as they tell the story as
) how qur chief manufacturing inustry
has fared since the war bean,
and they carry a message full
f hope from the standpoint of the
itton market this year and of out
immercial and industrial future.
he figures cover the first year oi
ie war and the comparisons are
ith figures for the year period up
) the outbreak of the world war. >
"There has been an increase of
2,106,703 in the capital stock of
ie plants, the total now oeing $75,34,189,
and up to August 1 there
ere 4,708,414 spindles?very nearr
5,000,000 at last?an increase of
7,549. We have now also 113,168
>oms, or 2,497 more looms than a
sar ago. *
Consumption of Cotton.
"The consumption of cotton by the
3uth Carolina mills has almost
iached the million-bale mark. Durig
this first year of the war 857,34
bales, or 29,066 bales more than
ie preceding year, were consumed,
ver half a million tons of coal were
sed?567,031, which was 123,343
tore tons than in the preceding year,
he value, of the annual product,
owever, as was to be expected, fell
IT, the total being $77,945,256, or
6,663,930 less than in the previous
gar. The total number of emloyees
is now 51,485, an increase
f 1,548 persons, and the mill vilige
population is now 126,746,
hich is 5,786 larger than last year.
he principal increase in number or
tnployees has' been in white women,
here are 273 less negro men and
omen than last year, the total nero
help employed now being only
,898. In the employment of child
ibor the situation is about the same
s last year, but the bulk of the
bildren are above 14 years of age.
hose between 12 and 14 now only
umber 3,518 out of a total of 8,450.
here has been a marked increase in
orse power employed, the horse
ower being 18,677. The power is
ivided as follows: Water, 26,950;
team, 80,792; electric generated by
ater, 73,883; electric generated by
team, 13,160."
BECOMES MENACE.
pproximately Guerrilla Warfare Between
Mexicans and Americans.
Washington, September 4.?Borer
raids, now approximately guerilla
warfare between Mexicans and
merican troopers and Texas Rangrs,
have overshadowed the internal
olitical situation in Mexico, and in
le view of American citizens have
ecome a menace to the already
:rained relations between the two
:>untries.
Although Major Gen. Funston, in
iarge of troops at the border, has
ractically all the mobile forces in
le United States under his com^
land, today's reports of firing across
le frontier and encounters with the
liders led to discussion as to wheth/
r some more positive measures
lould be taken.
Army officers recalled that Gen.
aylor in 184 6 took stern steps to
uell a situation which was almost
ie same.
There were no official advices to
lpport reports that Mexican troops
ere massing along the northeast
3rder of Texas, but the question of
rotecting the line was regarded with
rowing apprehension. The military
jmmanders in that section deny
lat any of their men are among the
tiders, but it has been reported that
>me of those killed wore uniforms.
Gen. Carranza's reply to the Panmerican
peace appeal still was lackLg
today, and among his supporters
sre it was predicted it would be a
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BRITAIN'S FLEET WAITING.
Queen Elizabeth and Many Others
Busy at Target Practice.
London, September 4.? (Delayed
in Transmission.)?For the first time
the veil of secrecy over British naval
operations has been lifted. A correspondent
last week visited the grand
fleet and the naval bases. At one
base he saw dry docks capable of
dockine the lareest dreadnausrhts.
which had been built since tire war
began. Maps were shown the correspondent,
marking points where German
submarines had been sighted,
and in which the results of the attacks
were classified under "captured,"
"supposed sunk" and "sunk."
When bubbles are observed rising
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for a long time at the same spot in
smooth water it is taken for granted
that a submarine's career has been ,
ended. -/J!
When an officer was asked: "How
do you get them?" his answer was:
"Sometimes by ramming, sometimes
by gun fire, sometimes by explosions
and other ways we will not tell of." , %
All of the officers aboard the battleships
and armored cruisers are envious
of those engaged in submarine
U ??M in A/1 n n OTKAof
iiuiibD, wmuu is i cgai ucu as 51 cat
sport. The professional opinion .was
expressed that the reason the Germans
are declared to be ready to
forego submarine attacks on liners V
is the want of submarines and the
personnel to carry on their campaign.
Auxiliaries on Duty. (J
The admiral commanding at an
important naval base told the corre- 13
spondent that England had 2,300
auxiliaries on duty from the British
channel to Iceland, and that their ^
reservist crews had been zealous in
their important part in overcoming - |
the kind of warfare which Germany
wages.
As the torpedo boat destroyer on
which the correspondent was a pas- .
senger turned into the harbor where
the great fleet lay at anchor, he saw
a target being towed in the customary
manner for firing practice. "We
keep at it all the time," an officer explained.
The practice of the cruisers finish*
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ea, tney iook meir pmces m uwc.
formation among the immense field
of gray shapes at anchor in precise
order, which as the torpedo boat destroyer
drew nearer, became lane after
lane of dreadnaughts.
The Queen Elizabeth, back from
the Dardanelles, was in the fleet.
Every deck was stripped ready for
action, steam was up in every ship, ,
and as the destroyer threaded her
way, turrets were seen turning and
guns being elevated and lowered in
the course of drills. Seaplanes had
their home on a famous Atlantic
liner. -?
Cotton Seed for Beef Cattle, J
It would be well for feeders to
bear in mind the following points:
1. Do not feed young calves
heavily on cottonseed meal. .
2. Secure prices on both cottonseed
meal and linseed meal and use
the cheaper feed.
3. If cottonseed meal does not
cost over $34 a ton it can probably
be used to advantage in wintering
the breeding herd. '
4. By feeding a ration of two
pounds of cottonseed cake with corn
silage, or two and one-half pounds
of cottonseed cake with coarse roughages
such as oat straw, corn stover,
etc., mature cattle can be wintered
very economically.
5. One pound of cottonseed meal
is usually worth as much as two
pounds of corn for feeding cattle.
6. In sections where much corn,
stover, fodder, timothy, or other carbohydrate
feeds are used, it is extremely
important that some feed .
like cottonseed meal be used.
7. Cottonseed meal stimulates the
appetite of fattening animals and
causes them to consume more feed
and likewise to make greater gains.
8. Heavy feeding of cottonseed
meal should be discontinued after
100 to 120 days where dry roughage
is fed and after 150 days where
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cii/vMilont fppHs arp. liRPd.
9. Cottonseed cake can be used
very profitably as a supplemental .
feed for fattening cattle on pasture.
10. Five times as many farmers x
should be using cottonseed meal as
are doing so at the present time. Are
you one of them?
No Fit Associate.
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Mother?Johnny, stop using such
dreadful language! ,
Johnny?Well, mother, Shakesnfioro
lioaH if
yVAAU UtJVVl AV.
Mother?Then don't play with him,
he's no fit companion for you.?London
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