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CONDITION OF CAR( j AS REPORTl V .K Saluda. S. C., August 9, 1919. 1 Office of Field Agent. i According to a report issued by B. j B. Hare, Field Agent, Bureau of Crop ; Estimates, United States Department | / i of Agriculture, the condition of the leading growing crops in South Caro- j lina, excepting cotton, on August 1, j was as follows:* Corn 80 per cent of normal; rice 85 per cent; hay 90; millet SS; cowpeas S3; Irish potatoes S2; sweet potatoes 85; tobacco 74; alfalfa 90; tomatoes 75; cabbages 75; onions S4; sorghum for feed S5; sorghum for sirup 85; peanuts 85; watermelons 70; muskmelons 70; apples 45; peaches 42; grapes 78; pears 55. The condition of corn in the eastern and northwestern counties is from "good" to "excellent"; in the central and southwestern counties it ranges from; 'Very poor" to "good." A large percentage of the acreage of late plantings has been abandoned on account of the excessive rains during the latter half of July and a consider able percentage of that planted on bottom lands has been destroyed by overflow of creeks and rivers. The total production is estimated at 38,900,000 bushels, which is aproximately 600,000 bushels more than last t i! V B^HllPfiffi&iW|0^3p|^^^^^M^HIW?jrooBSIff Q BMS ^aawp^||Bj^K^HS5J^BB 9 I ?? * i i Mr. FuL IL1NA CROPS !j i9 BY FIELD AGENT;' year but 2,000,000 bushels less than!* in 1917. j1 j C The peavine hay acreag'c is much j smaller than usual, because of the j1 ' -- -1 1-:?T. ?a. 4* PAA/-1 lint ' ^ scarcity anci mgn pncc wi octvi, the prospects for good yields are very j n promising. ; o All fruits and vegetables were in' i' jured to a greater or less extent dur- j ing the month by the continuous!' heavy rains. ! 0 Marked deterioration in condition ; of tobacco since last report is noted. I ^ the condition on July 1, being S5 10 per cent of normal and only 7 4 per ^ cent on August 1. j p Where there has been proper culti- i j. vation sweet potatoes appear to be in j f excellent condition, although an un-j^ usual growth of vines usually indi-j]( cates small potatoes with few in a j f hill. h Total production of corn for the j entire United States is estimated i0 at 2,788,000,000 bushels as compared j 0 with 2,583,000,000 bushels in 191S and j <;< 3,065,000,000 bushels in 1917. Thefp j production of wheat is placed in . j round numbers at 940,000,000 bushels | s or approximately 25,000,000 bushels ; q more than last year. h f GASOL.IXE 25 cents a gallon. Caugh- ; J man-Kaminer Co. ; I H. ] , < . * it it. . . m e ' 'j . . Wtr. V jT p ^ "A f Af I /* % mer is th -rwi .f OF INTEREST TEST YOUR COWS. Clcmeon College. August 12.?: According to the latest census fig- ' ires there are 202,000 dairy cows in iouth Carolina in 1010. Of this; lumber only *7 arc being tested, or ess than one cow out of 2000. As he expense of making the test is tot excessive, and the value of the nimal and her offspring is greatly nc-reased. every owner of registered ; nimais should place them on test ; avs Prof. \V. W. Fitzpatrick, Chief i i f the Dairy Division. During the past year mere has teen a great incrase in the numbers f dairy men in South Carolina ! oing official testing. .At this time' :ist year only three men were test- ! ng: now there are twelve herds! rom which cows are on official test ! i istributed among the breeds as fol- \ dws: Jerseys, f.ve herds and fifty- j our cows on test; Guernseys, five! ;erds and twenty-six cows on test; j foltein, one herd and seven cows: n test. The Jersey breeders doing i fficial testing as follows: J. A. ! ffianklin, Camden; J. M. McFarland, ; tishopville; John Hickson, Follock; . H. Bowden, Anderson; and the 'outh Carolina Experiment. Station, ,'lemson College. The Guernsey j eeders who have cows on test are as ( allows: R. M". Cooper, Jr., Wisacky; | . *L?. Mcintosh, Doves; R. A. Smith,! - ~ j ^yncnDurg'; ju. k. .ucunncncn, | OF NO! (Orangebur gr ess, Sei Ed "The comes mo pass. Mc I character which deA Calhouns business < nificance, v > i 3 Only E TO FARMERS j opvillo; and Ware Shoals Mfg. Co.. Ware Shoals. The only Tiolstein cows in test arc the seven cows in the Clomson college herd. Each of the Associations of the leading dairy breeds in America has sneeial herd books in which cows of the breed with record? of produc- j lion are entered.' The plan is to en- j tor the animal? of the breed which i | make records equal to or better than i the standard of the breed. This sue- j cial classification is known as Ativan-j ced Register or Register of Me rit. In ! order for an animal to qualify for this ; special classification, she must be re gistered in the herd books of the as- j soeiation and must roach the follow1 ing requirements for butterfat in one i year: < 1) if two years old or younger she must make 230." pounds of butterfat: (2) for all older cows the' requirement in addition to the above is 1-10 lb. of butterfat for each day over two years of age until she is five years old. Thus the require- j quirement of a cow five years of age , or older is 360 pounds of fat. A cow ; is supposed to reach her maximum ! growth and production at about 5 j I years of age. After eight years of j age she usually begins to decline in milk and butterfat production. i In order to get information as to the regulations governing the teat, communicate with the secretarv of v | the breed association in which the i I JLM [WAY Of f!rvimtvi ?> WVWXiVJ / 7pnf*h firm / litorial From The Monday, / administration of t re and more a matl jsf nf flip cri'paf mip / KJ \j V/ -L VIA V/ VI Wk w relating to the org ^eloped and claimed and Websters have and industry, no les: 4 are pressing now f< "> usiness IV animal is registered or write to the Dairy Division at Clemson College. ?? DAMAGE BY STORM. During the wind and rain storm Friday night two shade trees were Mown down on the dwelling of Mr. j ]>. E. Wingard. about three miles noith of Lexington. Little damage; was done. ? IMi'OIM AVT ANN O CNCEMENT. To ladies of Lexington and middle South Carolina: Our buyer has just returned from Xew York, where he j made some of the most advantageous; purchases in ladies high grade dresses :n the history of our career. Geor- i gettes. Orej>e de Chine, tricotines. tri- i colettcs. serges, taffetas and eom.bina- | lions. Many in this lot worth up to $150 each. < ?wing to the fact that this enormous lot of over 1000 dresses is what is known as factory rejects, being slightly imperfect, we are going to offer the entire lot at prices ranging from SI.69 to $29.50 each. This ia nr?citjv?K' thr> crpflfp?f lot nf drPSSes for the money that we have ever offered to the trade. Furtick Sample Store, corner nervals and Gates Sts. lie. ? Farm and Garden Insecticides Lime and Sulphur compound, Bordeaux mixture, arsenate of lead, Paris green, Zinc arsenate, slug shot and other farm and garden insecticides for killing the pests that are destroying your cops and gardens. Tell us your trouble and let us help you. It. Harmon Drug Co. * % grCddltlllai : Columbia Reco] \ugust 1 1. ;he affairs of this n :er of business as stions of purely* s anization of our gw . the talents of the < been settled. Que s great and vital in or solution/' Ian in tli \ ALFAIJLK FARM LANDS FO SAIF. 'i* | 7 am offering for sale my home i 'place, containing; 122 1-2 acres, Conr miles west of Lexington. This is the finest farm in Lexington County? i ideally located, lying right in the forks of two public highways; gradi c-d school in sight on one side and church on the other. One 7-room | dwelling, three 4-room tenant houses, i three dug wells and one pump. Some : line timber on place, practically ail wired in; 500 young fruit trees just : coming into fruit, never failing: 75 acres open, as level as a floor, and in the highest state of cultivation. Suit! able for all manner of crops, i Also 37 1-2 acres five miles west of Lexington. 25 acres in high state ! 1 of cultivation, good 4-room dwelling, i all necessary outbuildings anu good well of water. Also one tract containing 235 acres four miles west of Lexington, within J 200 yards of Xational Highway, 30 j acres open, one good 6-room dwelling and necessary outbuildings; fine fish pond, big lot of timber on place. Also 102 acres near steel bridge, known as my river place, 50 acres ! under cultivation, balance in fine timj her; 6-room dwelling and all out| buildings. j Reasonable terms to responsible j parties. See me quick. Sim L. Hendrix. I Lexington, S. C. 1 * I ? I" I ' if % i 4 * * 1 ^ 4- I fi K IfeJ 1 f* r< E B 8 t&?J? ,??$ ^ JL x '-%-> w ? I I . rd, | lation be- 1 the years 1 > political I cerement, g C'ays and | Bstions of | their sig- J ! t i t * s ! kA 0 *\ ffk ic natc J ?y-<- *i>. :iaj SBOSBSasmSEBUESSSSiam