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' COLORED COTTON . IS BEING RAISED A. W. Brabham of Olar, S. C., * Has Several Different Colors. A. W. Brabham of Olar, S. C., is attempting1 to raise colored cotton. He has shown already specimens of brown, vollow and yroen. anil i? at. work for the future hues. He is sure that black, red and gray cotton can be j produced, and he heard recently of the development of blue cotton . Experiments are being made in Mexico with black cotton, and Mr. Brabham is in correspondence with an expert there who hopes to produce a fibre of solid black, instead of white. Owing to the unsettled conditions of affairs in Mexico, however, no details of the efforts on Mexican soil, to grow black cotton, have been obtained. k A short while ago Mr. Brabham A heard through C. H. Clark of Boston, Mass., that blue cotton had been produced, and he has since added this hue to the six colors he is attempting to perfect. o NEW I IU'IT JUK ES MAY BE PRESERVED That the juice of currants, blackbor. ies black raspberries, sour cherries, and peaches may be prepared . .and kept as successfully as grape juice and by the same methods has now been demonstrated in the course of a series < f investigations which the department is conducting into the whole complicated question of fruit juices. The juices of the fruits men^ tinned, it has been found retain their characteristic color and flavor after being sterilized and stored away and can, therefore, be made available for use throughout the year in households and at soda fountains, etc. In this way it is thought much fruit that lias hitherto been allowed to go to waste may be utilized. For reasons, however, which are not as vet very thooughly understood, the various fruits differ greatly in the effects of sterilization upon them. Thus, strawberry juice and red berry juice lose their distinctive colors and flavors very readily and, therefore, can not he nut up on a commercial scale has yet been developed. Lemon juice is the more promising, but this, too, a can not yet he manufactured commercially with success. With certain precautions, on the other hand, pineapples can be made to yield a sterilized juice of a very attractive flavor which should have distinct commercial possibilities. The juice, however, should be kept in cold storage at from .'12 degrees to 35 degrees F. after sterilization, and most of the suspended material should be removed by means of a milk separator or by Alteration. Moreover, when atmospheric oxygen is not excluded in the process of bottling the juice darkens gradually These studies have already resulted in the discovery of a method producing concentrated apple juice by freez* ing, which is not only easier to ship than ordinary cider, but which will keep much better. In the concentrated juice, however, the presence of sugar and acid retards the growth of micro organisms and fermentation is very slow. Similar methods now being tried ^ out with other fruits. In the case of juice of grape fruits, for example, concentration to a sirup by freezing is easily accomplished, and it appears at the present time that there are great commercial possibilities in this I method although further experimenta lion is considered necessary. In the case of fruits whose juices do not suf I for any change of flavor or color in the process of sterilization this method is not likely to prove necessary. Details of the experiments with a discission of the o fleets upon the various fruits of sic. ilization, exposure to atmospheric oxygen after sterilization, etc., are contained in a new bul letin' of the department, No. 241, Studies on Fruit Juices. . 1 * l| Best rat and mice exterminator made. 1 Killaqulckly and absolutely wltboutodor | } Mummifies?thus preventing decomposi Iji tion. Bettor than all the traps in ttf I? world. Insist on (ionulno RAT CORN. I 26c, 60c, $i at dealers or by mall, post \ BOTANICAL MFG. CO. A Race Ste.. Philadelphia, Pa O To get small seed to germinate at this season, ( sow them in a fresh furrow made about three inches deep and cover them by rolling a wheel barrow along the furrow. I t USEFUL RECIPES 7 USING TOMATOES Our Demonstration Agent Would Like Each Member to Try These. I Conway, S. C. ] The following recipes have been prepared by assistants in The Home ( Demonstration work at Washington. We are anxious not only for every canning club member to try them but the house-wife a? well All measurements are level and I should be carefully made. Abbrevia- ( tions used are: tbsp.?tablespoonful; z tep?teaspoonful; c?cup. Brine in which vegetables stand for brief time is about 45 per cent (1 cu Salt to 1 gal water.) If vegetables are to be * brined for several months it is necessary to use a saft per cent scale. Tomato Ketchup. 1 Select red ripe tomatoes. The extra juice small and broken fruit which will not do for canning may be used, i if they are sound and red. Any green I or yellowish parts of fruits will make a ketchup inferior in flavor and color, and nob good for market. Use whole j spices tied loosely in a bag while | cooking and remove before bottling to prevent darkening the product cause* by ground spices. This does not apply to red pepper which helps to give ! a bright red color. The pulp of sweet Spanish pepper or the ground Hungar ian paprica may also be used to give color* and flavor. Remove seeds from 1 sweet red pepper*, chop and add ,1c. of < this pepper and 2 medium si/.e onions to 1 gal tomatoes before cooking. Cook the tomatoes thoroughly, put i llrrout h coliander or* sieve, saving all i pulp, and measure. For* every gallon of pulp use the following: 2 tbsp. salt, 1 4 tbsp. sugar, 1 1 tbsp. mustard (powdered) 1 pint good vinegar, 1 level tbsp each whole of all spice, cloves, cinnamon and pepper, 2 small red peppers sliced and seed j removed. After putting tomatoes through colander add ground spices and spice , brtg, and cook for 1 1-2 hours, or until nearly thick enough, then add vinegar and cook until thick. Rapid cook- 1 ing (being careful not to scorch the ketchup) will give a better color than slow cooking. The finished product should l)e a fine bright red. Pour the ketchup at once into hot sterilized bottles. If any quantity is made for sale, set the hot bottles at once into a vessel of hot water having a false bottom in it to prevent break-( age, put the cork stoppers in loosely and tll'Oi'f'Sfi ?> hru'linn- on I , ?.? v j/UIIil. I *?I >'> I minutes. Drive the corks in tightly and when cool dip mouth of Dot!lc into melted pgrruft'in or cover stopper with sealing wax. Green Tomato Pickle. 1 gal. green tomatoes, 1-2 do/, large onions, 3c brown sugar, 1-2 lemon, 3 pods red pepper, 3c vinegar, 1 tbsp. whole black pepper, 1 tbsp. whole cloves, 1 tbsp. allspice, 1 tbsp. celery seed (crushed) 1 tbsp. mustard seed, 1 tbsp. ground mustard. Slice the tomatoes and onions thin, j Sprinkle over them 1-2 c. salt and let stand over night in a crock or enamel vessel. Tie the pepper, cloves, allspice and celery seed in a cheese cloth \ hag. Slice the lemon and chop 2 pen- r per pods very fine. Drain the tom.i- | ioes and onions well, add all seasoning c except one pepper pod to the vinegar. \ then ndd the tomatoes and onions. Cook for 1-2 hour. Stirring; quickly at intervals to prevent burning. Remove ' spice bag to prevent darkening product. Pack in 10 oz. jar and garvish with slender strips of the red pepper, placing them vertically on the opposite sides of each jar. Process for 15 minutes. Recipes for Mustard Pickle, spiced J cucumber salad, pickled onions, spiced | vinegar, etc., will ho furnished to any j one requesting them, just send your I name and address. It is hoped that all of these recipes will be used and samples of your products sent to the County Fair in November. Sincerely yours, ANNIE M. DERI1AM, Home Demonstration Agent. ... . \ Sale I'ndcr Execution. By virtue of executions issued in the case of ICellog Switchboard and Supply Co. and National Carbon Company vs. O. E. Todd, one dated June 21st, 1915, the other June 22nd, 1915, T have levied upon and will sell before the Court House door, at Conway, S. C., during legal sale hours on salesday in August next, it being the 2nd day in said month, all and singular the following described real estate of O. E. Todd, to-wit: "All the interest and estate of O. E. Todd, the same being an undivided interest in fee, in all and singular that certain tract of land in the ?own of Loris, County of Horry, and State of South Carolina, containing one fourth acre, more or less, bounded North by Todds Ferry Road, or Street, East by J. C. Bryant Company, South by J. E. Prince, West by the right of way of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company, being the lot whereon is situate the store of Loris Supply Company, now occupied by Harrelson." Terms of sale cash. Purchaser to Jay for papers. uly 13th, A. D. 1915. J. A. LEWIS, 1 Sheriff of Horry County. I H. H. WOODWARD, Plaintiff's Attorney. j THE HORRY HERALI aea? jf^ FARK di ^ Al! Inquiries on Farm Suh Through These Cc M. W. WALL, Farm Dem. ~???r zsssssssassaifi rHE COW AND HER PRODUCT Dlemson College Weekly Notes for Farmer and Dairyman. (These notes are prepared weekly >y the Dairy Division of Clemson College which will be glad to answer my questions pertaining to dairying.) Have the cows freshen when dairy products sell highest. Give the calf the first milk if he is illowed to suck at all. To the public: Help the dairyman n these hard times. Return his milki mottles. The last quart of each milking is Tom three to four times as rich as. ;he first quart. Where more than two cows arei milked, the calves should not be alowed to suck after the first day. The grade bull calf will not pay for the cost of raising if the dairyman can lispose of his products otherwise. It never pays to kill the heifer calves from the best cows, liaise them to replace the poor cows. Keen cows away from stagnant water. Slime gets on 1 he udder and thence into the milk and creates bad flavors. The warmer the weather the more important it is to see to it that the milk vessels are kept clean. He sure to feed only clean milk to Lhe baby, for you may cause serious injury to its stomach by using dirty milk. 1 i l%iLa! 1/ 1 ILa \ THAT P, R. CASEY Wil OF HIS FARMER FRIEHI HOUSE, LORIS, S, C. I WAREHOUSE BUSIES ERALYEARS, THEGRO AIM IS TO GIVE TH! P If* I i s Sis % SUGCES Loris Tobacc LORIS LA GRIPPED AND BAD COLDS" Jt6? ?i i?Oe, >, CONWAY, S. C. IERjS' OP-ARTME^}, jccts Will Bo Answered ilumns. Address: A Rent, Conway, S. C. Wash all milk bottles as soon as milk has been used . This will not only relieve the dairyman of work, but it will also help him to give you clean milk. Never take a milk bottle into a sick room, lypnoicl lever is often carried from one home to another because milk bottles are carelessly handled in a home in which there is typhoid fever. o Turn the small stream into profit by I constructing an irrigation plant. This often can be done for small costs and is an insurance against drought. Have you noticed any South Caroline grown plums on the market ? There arc a number of varieties that reach perfection in this State and bring good prices . Keep the aspargus beds well cultivated throughout the growing season. A large growth of stalks means a well develop root system and hence a better crop of asparagus next season. I Tn the ease of young fruit trees planted about the home grounds, whov,- they cannot bo cultivated, keep the il stirred about them with a hoe or piece around, them a heavy mulch of straw or stable manure. The Horticultui al Division is now having published a circular on "1" o Home Canning of bruits and Vegetables." If you are interested in canning, send us your name and address that we may mail you a copy without 1 delay . To Cure u Cold in One Day .Take 1.AXAT1 VK I 'tOMO Quinine. It slops the I , Cou^h and Headache and works oft the Cold. | i 'lTvi^Wiis rotiirut money if it fail? to cu?e. J'. ,ir nnovi-vs uiii.uture <mi acl; box. ixc. I ( i I JJ ^ I? 1^ a jl i BffifiSBgEE&nsaRara | \ i BE GLAD TO SEE ALL | ' OS AT CASEY'S WARE- i| HAVING BEEN IN THE S AT LORIS'FOR SEY WERS KNOW THAT MY : | EM SATISFACTION. | i I % B UPM H\rf i iSOR 10 o Warehouse , S. C. JOHNSON'S Ml TtblcU TONIC I FALL ARMY V. * ?g MARGi#1 ? 'RVICE On Way From Texas Has FU ed Louisiana and Farmers xf Warned ! ? V nn r-a * i i -n ? - ? i ui J.KI. ;hm l'IV li IM'.'.'C, V; usage which invariably determines a slcfinil ion do mvos tint t.hoy ar 1 'eds They are weeds through the fact that <;.!% ? I t'.-, \\<t! I < 11 ' ! < > \ < -r . . ' . . . 1 . * : - <* t.im iu.\ i i.iv nitwit v?i ritruclmg where not wanted, oven though they may at some time serve a useful purpose. U > NOT LAY-BY TOO SOON Cotton Should Becoive Shallow Cultivation Throughout Growth. Clemson College, July 2(5.?It is wrong to hiy-by cotton at an early date, though many farmers seem to wish to do that very thing. Cotton should be cultivated until many bolls are nurture and to lay-by the crop a considerable time before maturity is to tako chances of suffering heavily from drought. Shallow cultivation is one of the farmer's most effective ways of saving moisture in his soil. It puts ji dust blanket over the soil and the moisture is unable to exaporatc through this dust blanket. The blanket, or mulch, is destroyed when the ground has baked hard or whcnx.it rains and it must be renewed by cultivating after every rain. There is no wisdom in leaving cotton to shift for itself during* the lattei part of its growth. If cultivation stops and the crop is lai I-by, the soil may lose its moisture, a drought may follow and *he cokon will suffer. Clemson College, js advising shallow cultivation of cotton until maturity to prevent loss of moisture and to help to prevent rho fruit from falling. ! I ITT! E'ami nns p cor I Li! ILkiUn UULLC^!!: A oil established, veil-equipped, and very prosperous school for girls and young women. Fail term begins September 22, 1015. For catalogue, address J. M. RHODES, Littleton, N. C. Hair Grower Found at Last. SIX WEEKS. AN IMPORTED CHEMICAL Intro(luced hero by a physician of highest professional standing is positively guaranteed to remove all dandrufF and stop itching scalp in one week. It will prevent GRAY HAIR, splitting of hair at ends, make the hair beautiful, lustrous and fluffy, AND WILL GROW HAIR IN SIX WEEKS or your money refunded without question. ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS IF WE FAIL TO DO AS WE SAY. No red tape and no strings on this offer. Your word is sufficient. Women with SHORT, DEAD HAIR; men with THIN HAIR, let us prove that a hair grower has been founa at last. Write a card or letter and valuable information will come to you. PRO-VEN LABORATORIES BOX ?87 CHARLESTON. 8. C. WHAT IS A WEED ( DO FARMERS KNOW I Questions Discussed in Bulletin Number Six Hundred Sixty Just Issued. In Farmers' Bulletin No. GOO re-1 eentlly issued from the Department of Agriculture a new definition for a weed is suggested. The author of this bulletin in discussinir a definition of a weed, says: "A weed has been defined) as a plant out of place. This definition is not entirely satisfactory, for two reasons: (1) Because a plant may be out of place and still not be a weed in the popular sense, as rye growing in a wheat field, or Kentucky bulcgrass in an alfalfa field, and (2) because a plant may not be out of place and still be a weed in popular language, as is described in a subsequent section of this bulletin on the good points about weeds. In reality a weed is a wild plant that has the habit of intruding where not wanted."' The old definition by which a weed was called a plant out of place, while a very catchy phrase does not clearly represent usage. The hundreds o ' wild plants which inhabit a field which is not planted to crops arc in common usage called weeds; yet the vast majority of these plants are decidedly in place end are serving a useful purpose through adding; organic matter to an impovi rishod soil. While ordinary all these benefits may be realized through proper rotations, in the absence of i!~ 1 pr; lice of such rotations these wild plants s< e a us?i ? i <. ~ 1 " - ri-itUMU I lUiMS IIM TIME ADVICE BY DEPARTMENT \ There are About Five Generations of This Worm < u in Year. 3 | The fall army worm, which was reported recently in southern and central Texas, lias begun its march north and has now appeared in Louisana. It I seems that the worm's natural enemii es are not sufficiently abundant in Texas this year to keep it down. There is little doubt, therefore, that it will continue to work its way northward, doing* more and more damage as it advances. The line of its probable march being fairly well km \vn, liowe*. or, iV.rmois who act in time may do much to p*otect th' ir crops, especially j alfalfa, corn and the sorghums. When I tnoy urst appear the worms are very small and feed beneath matted grass, etc. 1e g'Y and boiw en tlie corn rows is grassy, the sv< 1 may originate and feed there u itil partly grown. Thus, in the enviy stages, the worms Jure very dii* .Tult to detect .and unless 'he. "f.riYvu k : :p.: a ska?%n eye on his ? folds ra \ to f:. i his corn and sorghums suddenly attacked by my| riuds of the worm wlvi h havo grown, ray Miy t.nv; \i i n urit\ and merged from their hiding places. When this happen*-, vorn will 1 e s.r'oped to bare stalks i nd alfalfa to bare stems. The fail array worm, when very young, is aeariy black. It grows rapidly, ultimately obtaining a length of about 1 1-2 inches. At this tage the ' body is striped on a ground varying in ! color f om a pale yellow brown to i black, more or less streaked and in, terniixed with dull yellow. On each 1 side there is a broa 1, y.kov;, undulating line, more or less strongly mottled ! with red. It closely resembles the i common army worm and owes its name to the fact that, originating in the extreme ?<mth, it makes its way | northward as the season advances, attacking fresh vegetation of almost 1 every son that it encounters on its way. - ,' Ordinarily there a.c t'.r.m three to , four or even five generations of the 4 fall armv worm in the coarse of a year. The worms, when full grown, descend an inch or two into the ; ground r.i order to pass into the pupal statu prep, iratorv to immersing as the j adult moths which lay the eggs for the next generation of worms. This habit of descending into the ground to i enter pupation > of great importance 1 in the control of the post. Shallow 'i cultivation! will destroy from 50 to 90 per cent ef Oe insects pupation at rlany time, d o efficiency of ihe meas, lire depending upon the thoroughness i with which the work is done. In alfalfa the use of the spiked-tooth harrow or the alfalfa cultivator is best unless it is known that disking is not i injurious to the plants. Cultivation I of the ground between the rows of ! corn has been fmiiwl * ^ 1 ......... ui .niuj nearly I ;il! of the pupae, thereby preventing ' the developing of another generation. I. When Inc fields arc threatened with invasion, hut have not as yet become actually infested, a deep furrow I should be plowed out around the en1 tire circumference of the field. Into this furrow the advancing worms will fall. They may then he killed by dragging a heavy log through the fur1 row, or, in sections where irrigation is possible, the furrow may be filled with water and a small quantity oT kerosene sprinkled over the surface. Tow will kill the worms almost instantly. Where a close examination of a cornfield shows the presence of the fall army worm actually attacking the ; corn, the Department of Agriculture recommends dusting the 'plants with powdered arsenate of lead, using from throe to five pounds per acre, mixed with two or throe times its weight of ' i sour. I liis precaution i f>f course, out of the question on torero crops or on corn afterwards to be used for fodder on account of the danger ?f poisoning stock. In such cases a hundred pounds of wheat bran may bo mixcci with a couple pounds of Paris green or powdered" arsenate of lead, preferably the former, and the whole mass worked into a stiff dough by the i use of ;> to 4 gallons of molasses and the juice of a half dozen oranges or lemons added thereto. If this is sown i broadcast en the ground where the | worms are at work they will feed ; upon it and he killed. The worms, it has boon found, will come to the poisoned bait from distances of from 5 to 10 inches. In alfalfa fields the immediate cutting and curing of the alfalfa is advisable as soon as the infestation has been discovered. This will not only save the hay crop but will out off the food of the fall army worm and check thereby the development of another generation which may be many times more destructive than the first. As soon as the hay has been removed from the field ,the ground should be l rolled with a heavy roller or brush dragged, or the poison bait can be used. o Hoe the weeds out of all the corners of the garden before they devlop seed and then you will lessen the number of weeds that will come up next year.