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\ % ? TUBERCULiN FOUND ~ TO BE RELIABl # Proved- Equal to Requiri Standards Set by Bureau Animal Industry * HAS MADE POSSIBLE TEST OF SICK COV\ : 'H|, , Commercial Preparations Ha' Been Tested by the Department Officials. ! ( A scries of tests concerning I qurdity of the tuberculin prepared a sold for veterinary use under Fede permits has just been completed the Bureau of Animal Industry of 1 * , department, and it is gratifying to able to record that all samples tesi v ?one or more from each establi; fa T ment holding a Federal permii I ' proved equal to the required standai * Tests of this kind are made perio cally, and the samples of tubercu for this purpose are boucht from r< ular dealers under ordinary merci tile conditions. / As most owners of live stock pr abb* know, tuberculin is the substai which has made it possible, when pi erly used, to distinguish with rema able accuracy between animals affe j ed with tubercolosis and those f f from that disease. Its potency one hand and its harmlessness on 1 other are not so generally known, i are strikingly illustrated by the i lowing facts: If a quantity of tuberculin equal the dose commonly injected under skin of an 800-pound cow to t wnether she is affected with or f from tuberculosis is injected into abdominal cavity of n tuberculc guinea pig weighing 1 pound guinea pig dies within 24 hours, double the quantity of tuberculir injected into the abdominal cavity a healthy guinea, pig weighing pound , the little animal suffers severe or lasting inconvenience, other words the dose required to a 1-pound tuberculous guinea pig sufficient to test an 800-pound < for tuberculosis, and two such do are not sufficient to injure seriou * a 1-pound healthy guinea pig. There 'are no good reasons for suming that cattle are more susc tible to tuberculosis than guinea pi and the injection of a foreign s stance into the abdominal cavity of animal is severer test of its possi harmful character than its inject under the skin. Actual injection t( have repeatedly shown that doses ill Knv/? nli** - ? 1 buubivuuu iiitiu^ iiiiM'ti us large those required for tuberculin tt ** cause no observation disturbances healthy cattle. Tuberculosis in most cases is an sidious, chronic disease, which p gresses so slowly that the bodies its victims have ample time to adj themselves to the internal change! causes without showing external si of the presence of such changes u they have become extensive. Cor quenily, tuberculosis animals wl' I ^ show no signs of symptoms of dise often are dangerous sources for infection of other animals. Few ] sons who have given the subject tuberculosis much attention fail to call having seen animals in prime c ditions and seemingly perfect hea which were found when slaughte to be so loaded with tuberculous < ease that their meat was unfit for as food. It is the absence of recogniza * symptoms in tuberculosis cattle u long after they have begun to < charge tuberculosis infection in a v dangerous to other animals and to m#n beings, an dthe great need t the disease should be vigorwj fought to prevent and stop the h vent and stop the heavy losses can by it, that gives tuberculin its gr value. ^ o ' HOGS FOR WOOD PASTURE Tamworths Recommended as G< r* ? ?- ? ior This Purpose. i ' Clemson College, July 14.?In a t wer to a recent inquiry as to the b breed of hogs for wood pasture, wh m the hogs.would have considera ^ range, the animal husbandry divis of Clemson College recommends Tarn worth. The division stale? that, th^re is one breed that can bo called "best" conditions, but that where- good r lers that will make good pork i wanted, the Tamworth will answer. Under normal conditions ,the Ta worth is a good rustler and produ ^ large litters. It is a hog of the ba< I type and the quality of the meat I high. The Tamworth does not mati I as rapidly as breeds of lard type, s\ I as the Berkshire and Duroc-Jers I but for wood pasture, where cons I erable rustling would be necessa I the Tamworth would probably be p I y ferabie. I The animal husbandry divis I recommends that some forage, such I rape, cowpeas, etc., be provided : I hogs under such conditions, in ad I tion to the mast thric they get in \ I woods. I 00 * ?. , THE COW AND HER PDRODUCT ; , EClemson Colleg Weekly Notes For Farmer and Dairyman. i I (Thes notes are prepared weekly \ by the Dairy Division of Clcmson J Bd College which will be glad to answer j any questions pertaining to dairying.) j Hav you begun to build the silo | yet 7 Now is the time. [ The superior cow will respond to in- I creased food more readily than the in1 ferior cow. .q ^ Those who wait till laying-by time for silo-building- will find it difficult j to get expert help. i If you feed a cow just e | ugh to keep her alive, she cannot produce much milk. Liberal feeding puts the milk in the pail. No matter how you try to figure it out, you will always find that there is more money in purebred stock than In scrubs. Use purebred bulls. llcj The nxan who has a herd of good dairy co^s and who uses good dairy \ | methods seldom has to feel anxious ,}'V . about the war in Europe or the price i]}e I of cotthon. ( be ^ | In hot weather it is especially 1m? portant that milk be kept clean. ,, Germs thrive in heat. Careless JiandFH? j ling of milk in summer Is a most dan liin1 ??roUB Practice. Cream should be cooled immediately m~ after it has boon separated from the , milk. The best way to do this is to put 0 " the vessel of cream in running* water. |U0 Cold checks the growth of germs and keeps cream pure. >ctrec While the routine of the farm work 0)> may be adjusted to your convenience the strict regularity should be maintained ind *n things, and especially in time of 'oi-i feeding and milking. Irregular feed | ing and milking make a cow nervous to and decrease her milk flow. the j est! One. of the big advantages of dairy roe farming is that it makes a man think the Anybody can grow cotton, but not >sis anybody can take a herd of cows and the make them show a profit every month If It is not too much to say that good 1 is dairying is an education of a man. of . * If the cow produces only enoi&gh 110 cream to pay for her feed, she still J shows a profit. Remember the calves hul the manure for the soil and the skim 1S milk for the hogs. All are dairy by;ow products. ses The world's butter fat record has again been broken?this time by Finderine Pride Johanna Rue, a New J ~ Jersey Holstein, which produced in 12 months, 28,403 pounds of milk and , 1,170 pounds of butterfaX. The cow . she succeeded as record-holder was -on also a Holstein of New Jersey. sts ? s()f CANNING CU B GIRLS as ?sts Are Appreciative. In "Writing of Surnin mer School?They Return Thanks jn_ to Those Who Made Course >ro- Possible. of . ust The canning club girls attending i 3 ^ Winthrop short course, have written i gns the following which tells of the course nt.il an<l their appreciation, tse- When we first learned that we were lich to represent our County at the Winase, throp Short Course, we were indeed the very happy. Happy, <1) because of )cr_ the honor it meant for us, (2) because of it gave us the opportunity to do somere_ thing for our County, by making a on_ record here where twenty-six other , 1th counties are represented, (3) because" ; red helping others and "being helped our- ; jis. i selves, we are doing something to , use bring forward the 'home demonstration work of our State, which in our ible opinion is one of the greatest privintil logos to be bestowed upon a canning 1 _ f* \ 11V\ I ] viuu IllVlUUCIa vay We expected a great deal from the hu_ short course, and we think each girl hat found it beyond her expectations, for,' sly besides being taught something about ea_ canning, gardening, sewing, and poulsed try we had the opportunity of hearing eat some of the best lecturers our State affords. Oil the tweny second we were given a cordial welcome by Dr. Johnston, and a talk on "Dignity of Labor, by Hon. W. W. Long. Then Hon. J. L. [>od McBrian made an address on the Twentieth Century Farm Life On Wednesday afternoon we were given a lawn party by the young wonft" men's Christian Association and later est Miss Iiason talked to us on "Personal ero Sanitation." That evening, Dr. Cope i , made a very interesting address on a . * Girl's Place in the Home and Com-: lon munity. | the Thursday, Hon. J. E. Sweaiinglon told us "How to Become More Efficient Every Day." Friday, Mr. Gunter, State Supcr*or visor of Rural Schools, made an adus dress on "What I Would Like to Find ure the Club Girls Doing." Then Mr. Muermann told us something about the Chinese and Japanese girls, thus im" showing the opportunities of the Amces erican girls. :0n That evening Mr. W. R. Elliotf,'Dis trict Farm Agent, talked to us about "The Joys of Farm Life." Jre On Saturday we were entertained ich again by the Y. W. C . A. and later ey^ went to the Boston Lyric Concert. . i For the short course which we enjoyed so much, we wish to fifank Dr. ry> Johnston. We wish to thank him for re- the hearty welcome which l^e gave us and to assure him that his assistance ion *? S\r]s w n0* unaPPreciat?d. We wish too, to thank our County, as Agent, Miss Derham, and also our for State Agent, Miss Parrott and her dj. assistantts for the interest which they taken in making our stay pleasant p?* well as beneficial. We also wish j to thank the members of the Summer 1 THE HORR^f HERALD, ( ^r^.?a^ag 1 . ? ]Jr* farm; I ^BRVICE DEI All Inquiries on Farm Subjech Through These Co!um M. W. WALL, Farm Dem. Aiv B-*8888 * - JT" OUR PUBLI IV.?F. A. V T"-?-~| On The Business ?The farmers of 1 must stud>; business. ) the fundamental prin JS j its functions to sociel there can be no intt standing. Mr. F. A. City Iiank of New Y< v saiiu ?ai*: & i5^ "The first and n gjipSS^ \ that of gathering \\\ small sums and larg? ? - voir upon which res have temporary use for money. It is evide aggregate available for the employment c community. Hut much more is accomp actually deposited in the banks, for by i notes the efficiency of money is multiplie business, for example one of the great actual money; on one side of its bank and drafts it-i$ daily receiving from c while on the other side will be entered cattle, etc., its only uso of money being nMioru'liio . ? If there were but one bank in a < bills by drawing cheeks on that bank, an diately deposited it in the bank, the anic would not change at all and the entire 1 settled on the books of the bank. And i when there are several banks, for they d the checks they receive on each other, although the small balances are paid in in every large city there is a 'Clearing banks meet daily to settle their accounts A bank is constantly receiving from i are shipping products to other localities In other cities, which it usually sends banks in the central cities with which il this way these scattered credits are cor these accounts in supplying customers \ away from home. As each local commv amount abroad in the course of a year, other. It is evident that the banks are and Industry of a country. The banker 1 a dealer in money, and of course his owi exchanges his credit for the credits ac credit for their accommodation, but he r. judgment that he can always meet his This is the essential thing about bank casn. * School and especially the Y. W. C. A. m for the many acts of kindness which T] they have shown to us. th ETHEL WHITE, B ESSIE COX, w Horry County Club Members, a o *b gi h( WHAT BILL DID. hi tli *" pi Bill Turner was a farmer, he labor a ed all his life. He didn't have no a schoolin' and neither had his wife. But Bill was built for business and made the wheels go round, and left a. J11 healthy fortune when they put him 1 under ground. He was always taking chances, paid a hundred for a bull. His neighbors called him crazy. ^,c but he left a stable full of cows that I 1.^ ?i ? - uroKe tne record, making batter by the ton, an' Bill had his picture printed in the Squeedunk Weekly Sun. He to had newfangled notions of makingfarming pay. He even bought a fool nc POT OF GOLD WAS NEVE AT Does the experience gained in any 1 years count for anything ? Would it in< rendered and the quality of the articles I would. You know it is true. For the p paper. With exception of a very short original stock contributed to form the c< sponsible for every line published and t or set of persons for whatever policy I c During all of this time I thank God aim has been to run this paper as to the interest and welfare of the people of Ho ed it. When I look the paper to publish it page. The price I got for it then was $ paper has been increased to 8 pages, all for it is still 81.00. At the beginning I making. Now I have the benefit of .10 j the printing was done from hand type i stands to reason that I now give more t money, for the old price of $1.00 has ne reason that it costs me much more to pi ly. Now listen: Just at the time when I up to the standard I have set and when subscriber, the so-called hard times caus some subscribers decide that they will v subscription. You see the situation. T1 appreciate it and enjoy it. Know they cl idea I want to convey. It is a fact as n am to publish this paper and continue it ey to do it with.* There is no other wf "hame is to remain on the list, you must i you must do it in a reasonable time. To refer to the heading of this arti< business you must understand that we h pot of gold at the rainbow's foot. It hat profit for it. You can do your part by and pay up your subscription without del 30NWAY, S. 0. ERS' 3 Will He Answered ns. Address: rnt, Conway, S. C. I C FORUM |i anderlip i of Banking this nation to come into their own We must, as & class, understand ciples that underlie every industry, ty and its relation to agriculture, for illigent co-operation without underVanderlip, president of the National >rk, when asked, "What is a bank?" nost familiar function of a bank is ) the idle money of a community, 3. and thus forming a pool or reserponsible persons may draw as they tit that this makes large sums in the >f labor and the development of the lished than the use of the money the use of drafts, checks and bank (1 several times over. A very large beef nticker.a msiv use vprv little account will bo entered the checks everywhere in payment for meats, the checks it draw* ju pavment for ; for small payments, to labor and community and everybody paid all d everyone receiving a check imrneuint of money in the bank evidently nisiness of the community would be tho situation is but slightly changed tally exchange among themselves all which practically offset themselves, cash. This is called 'clearing' and House' where representatives of the with each other. ts customers, particularly those that , drafts and checks drawn on banks for deposit to a few correspondent l maintains permanent accounts. In isolidated unci the bank draws upon vith the means of making payments initv sells and buys about the same these payments largely offset each very intimately related to the trade is a dealer in credit much more than i credit must be above question, lie quired by the customers, and lends fills t conduct the business with such ivn obligations with cash on demand, credit, that it shall always be the achine to help him load his hay. lie neighbors fairly snorted when icy saw the blooming thing; said ill would never make it work. It asn't worth a ding! Bill didn't say single word, an' didn't care a darn out what they said, fer slick as reuse, his hay went in the barn an >ur before a thunder storm came lilin' out that way and caught his s neighbors in a pinch and spoiled ieir new mown hay. Bill's neighbors it their milk in cans, and set 'em in tank. Bill skimmed his milk with machine and turned it with a crank. nun chops his firewood with an ax. ill used some gasoline and saws a indred cords a day with another ame machine. Today Bill's wife des in a car and dresses up in silk, mith's wife rides in a wagon and ;eps on skimming milk.?Taylor [>unty, Ky., Enquirer. o Now and during August is the time > top-bud pecan trees. Plant beets, rutabagas and turnips >w for the fall and winter use. Pound the rainbow's end business during a period of 1G crease the value of the services ; produced? You answer that it iast 10 years I have published this period. I have omvned all of the ompany in 1880. I have been relave been answerable to no person hose that the paper should take, that I can truthfully say that my policy and all other respects in the rry County, as I saw it and believthe sheet was a seven column, 4 1.00 per year. Since that time the home print. The price I charge had no experience in newspaper /eai's, practical experience. Then used over and over again. It han double the value for the same iver been raised. It also stands to oduco the paper now than formerwould like to keep the paper fully I would regret the loss of a single ed by the war came along and rait until better times to pay their lose who take and read this paper o. And I now arrive at the special luch as any fact could be that If I to your address, I must have monty to do it. It follows that if your renew and pay for what is due and cle: During the 16 years of this ave not yet managed to find the i been hard work and a very small fulfilling your obligation to renew | lay. WHERETO SELL VOI R GRAIN I Clemson Bulletin No. 13 Gives Information on Mills and Rates. Clemson College. July 20.?Farmers who have grain to sell are urged to write to Sidney S. Rittenbcrg, Clemson College, for Bulletin No. 18, of the Farmers' Reading Course. This bulletin gives a list of the grain milts of the State that will grind wheat, or buyers of grain other than mill owners, and of the new railroad freight rates on grain, together'with an explanation of the new grain rates. This ^bulletin was prepared special ly ior tnc iarmer who has surplus grain this summer and is the result of a canvass of the state that was as thorough as conditions permitted. It is believed that the information contained in it will be of much practical assistance to those who are trying to dispose of surplus wheat and oat crops. This bulletin may also be had from local banks and from the county demonstration agents of O mson College. o TOMATO BLOSSOM-END ROT. Fungus Diseases Widespread Over The State This Season. Clemson College, July 20.?Inquiries coming into Clemson College indicate that the blossom-end rot of tomatoes is usually prevalent in South Carolina this year and is doing much MM. f _ 1 -* ? ? ?uuiui&u. i ins disease is caused ay a fungus. It attacks the blossom-end of the fruit while the fruit is green ami causes it to rot and drop off before it is mature. As soon as the disease is observed, pull off all affected fruit and destroy it. After this, spray thoroughly with , Bordeaux mirtuvc. Bordeaux mixture is made with one pound of blue stone 'one pound of quick lime and 12 gal, Ions of water, Complete direction1' for mixing, will be found in Circular 25, S. C. Experiment Station, to be . had by writing to Clemson College. . If fruit is ripening, gather all ripe fruit before spraying. It is necessary to repeat the spray every week for as I long as there is any sign of the disI ease. This spray will be found effecI tive in reducing the damage done by ! the rot. o LITTLETON COLLEGE A well established, well-equipped, and very prosperous school for girls and young women. Fall term begins September 22, 1915. For catalogue, address J. M. RHODES, Littleton, N. C. Hair Grower Found at Last SIX WEEKS. AN IMPORTED CHEMICAL Introduced here by a physician of highest professional standing is positively guaranteed to remove all dandrulf and stop itching scalp in one week. Jt will pre! vent GRAY HAIR, splitting of hair at ends, make the hair beautiful, lustrous and fluffv, AND WILL GROW IIAIR IN SIX WEEKS or your money refund, ed without question. ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS IP WE FAIL TO DOASWE SAY. No red tape and no strings on this offer. Your word is sullicient. Woi men with SHORT, DEAD HAIR; men with THIN HAIR, let us prove that a hair grower has been found at last. Write a card or letter and valuable information will come to vou, PRO-VEN LABORATORIES Box 687 CHARLESTON, S. C. i Card of Thanks. Wc wish to thank our many kind i friends for their kindness and consideration in our bereavement. Mrs. D. E. Moore and family. u In Loving Remembrance. On July 6th, 1915, at 2 o'clock in the morning death visited the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Chestnut and took away the Grandma. Mrs. Lucy Jane Holt. She was born March 26, 1832 and departed this life July 6, 1915. She was 83 years, 3 months and i 10 days old when the end came. She leaves five sons, and two daughters ! and several grand-children and a host | of relatives and friends to mourn the loss. But while they mourn, they feel satisfied that it is Grandma's eternal ; gain. She joined the Methodist church in early life and was happily converted and lived a faithful Christian until the end. She was laid to rest the fol1 lowing day in the family burying i ground near Sanford, S. C., in the | presence of a large crowd of sorrowj ing relatives and friends. The funerl al services were conducted by the pastor, Rev. W. R. Phillips. Her Loving Grand-children, HAVY AND BYRDIE. THESE 1 DEPARTMENT RULES MEAT INSPECTION " 1 How the Government Inspects Animals Before They are Killed | FARMERS WHO RAISE SHOULD KNOW RULES Some Animals are Condemned Outright While Others Rejected Later. .-J i . i i All farmers and others who raise or handle cattle, sheep, hogs, or goats which are marketed for food purposes should know something of the general rules under which the department conducts the inspection of animals to bo slaughtered. When such animals are forwarded to public stock yards or to establishments where Federal meat inspection is maintained they are inspcctd alive. This inspection is known as the ante mortem ii cpeetii.n and is done in the stockyards or in the pens of tho os \aonsnment. w Hon conducted in the public stockyards the ante mortem inspection is usually made at the scales when the animals are weighed. The ch'ef i'ronircments for the disposal of | animals unon this inspection ;n-o as follows: Those animals which do not plainly show, but are suspected of being affected with, any <1'sense or condition which may cause condemnation in whole or in part at the time of slaughter, are marked with a seriallynumbered metal tag which bears thelegend "U. S. Suspect." All animalswhich are thus marked as suspects j are held apart and slaughtered sepa lately from other animals, the only ! exception to this rule being those held for advanced pregnancy or on account. ' of having recently given birth to ' young, and which have not been ex1 posed to any infections or contagious ! disease. Such animals .together with* their young, may bo released for breeding or dairy purposes, and when so released they must be promptly removed from the stockyards or premises of the estublisments where inspected. i O 1 ... 1 1 i ouiiio aninuus are coruiemneu outright upon the ante-mortem inspec1 tion. For instance, all hogs which , plainly show that they arc fcrfcctetl with either hog cholera or ssVifie ^ague are marked '*V. S. Condemned." Further, it a hog is one ot a lot in ; which there are symptoms of hog cholera or swine plague and the animal has a temperature of 10G degrees F. or higher, it is condemned. All animals thus marked are destroyed They can not be taken into the establishment to be slaughtered or dressed but must bo disposed of in tanks so as to prevent their'use for food purposes. In case of doubt as to the cause of the high temperature the animal may be held under the inspector's supervision for further examination and taking of temperature. Immature animals offered for ante-mortem inspection at any of the places specified in the regu j lation and required to be condemned outright; likewise all animals showing symptoms of rabbies, tentamis, milk, fever, or railroad sickness. Resides this ante-mortem inspection the carcasses are thoroughly inspected at the time of and after slaughter, and the meat and products are also inspected in the various stages and processes of preparation. The losses caused through the condemnation of animals which are unfit tor food affects directly or indirectly the price which the producer receives for his live stock. The purchase of animals for slaughter not infrequently trace diseased shipments back to their origin where disease is harbored, and thereafter decline to take animals from infected farms and localities except under an arrangement which will insure them against loss. It therefore behoves the producer to use every practicable means to keep his herds and flocks free from disease and to refrain from forwarding diseased or suspicious animals to market. : ? Apples may be satisfactorily budded by the same method as is used for budding peaches. Pull the soil from onions as they approach maturity. They will ripen 1 better for this. If you have no way of conveniently watering the flower bed, mulch it heavily with stable manure. This will aid greatly in retaining the moisj. I cure. Do not fail to set a few rows of late tomatoes. If gathered jus4 before I frost and wrapped in paper the green ; fruit will keep until Christmas, or I later and ripen well. The sight of beautiful fruit at this ! season should induce you to start an orchard yourself this fall. If yon have money to throw away and do not mind taking chances of not getting the trees you want, order from a tree agent. Otherwise, order your trees direct from a good nurseryman. COLDS&JLaGRlPPE] B or 6 doses G06 will break any case of Chills & Fever, Colds & LaGrippe* it acts on the liver setter than Calomel and does not iripe or sicken. Price 25c, , V $ ' > r?< J