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SOUR MILK WILL * FATTEN CHICKENS Chickens Fattened This Way Bring Good Prices on the i Markets - r14 TO 1a DAYS At***" :"*T [ IS TIME REQUIRED ? tlrmA * -mmti v?wwu mtiXAUtS lor lYIlLK-Uja % Chickens in all Large Cities. ? ? I Clemson College, Aug. 30.?Milk? feeding chickens in lath coops is xi ' profitable industry wherever butbermilk or sour skim-milk can be obIT Ained at a reasonable price?not Hj^ more than 50 cents per 100 pounds I or 4 cents per gallon. The poultry husbandman of Clem son ColVegc recommends this especially to farm wives who have a near market for j poultry of high quality. ,';-j Fattening coops are madt: 16 inches I wide, 18 inches high and *6 feet long J for twelve chickens. Laths are nailed one and one-half inches-apart on a light frame, legthwise top, back and bottom, and up-amklown in front. If large chi/kens are to be fattened, the front laths should be two inches apart. A trough is placed in front of the coop and the fowls put their heads through the front laths and eat from the trough. The coops are raised two feet from the ground and the drop ping fall on the ground through the slatted bottoms. Thus the chickens are kept clean without the labor of cleaning the coops. Coops are placed outside under trees or in a well ventilated room. I A packing-box may bo made into a coop by removing the top and one side nailing laths over these openings. The toy) then becomes the front of the coop, having the laths running up-and j down, and the open side of the pack-; ing box becomes the slatted bottom of 1 the coop. In making coops, allow six j inches in length for each chicken so it j will have just sufficient room forstanding and sitting down. ^Tho best breeds to fatten are Plymouth Rocks, Rhode Islands Reds, Wyandottes, Orphingtons and good crosses of these breeds. Leghorns do not fatten profitably unless confined ^ when quite young. | Chickens to be milk-fed are greased with 33 percent, mercurial ointment, to kill lice as in the case of laying I hens. During the first day in the cftips they are watered but not fed. On the second day they receive three light feeds of a mixture of equal parts cornmeal, ground oats, and wheat shorts, made into a thin porridge or gruel with sour skimmilk or buttermilk. The right thickness is obtained by using one pound meal to one and one-half pounds milk, making a mixtare that will drop but not run from the paddle or ?poon. Feed the chickens lightly for four days to accustom SI iU i ~ iU ~ 1 Ui! rro ms 11it'x11 tw uic ciiuiigcn UUIUUIIUIIH. i nen S feed twice daily all the mixture they || will eat until they are fat. Give fresh I water twice dafly and put small stones E in the trough twice weekly. H 4Trom 14 to 18 days is the proper J time for fattening chickens and they J| should gain tliree-fourth to one and I one-half pounds each in this time. At present prices of ground grain and I with buttermilk at 40 cents per hunB ^flred pounds, the eost of making a /pound of chicken flesh is about 8 cents Wm Milk-fed chickens "bring higher prices Bm'&an any other poultry meat and it WW will pay any one to build a few coops and fatten chicken?? for sale or forj home use. There are good markets for them in all large cities. o Notice Patrons. The Toddville Graded School will open Monday, September 6th, 1915. ] It is very important that every stu-l be enrolled on the opening day. 1 wish to urge every patron in the district to take notice of this and act accordingly. SAM J. BLAND, Principal. o Give rose bushes a thorough summer pruning and they will produce an abJKidant second crop or roses. RUB-MY-TISM Will cure your Rheumatism Neuralgia, Headaches, Cramps, Colic, Sprains. Bruises, Cuts and Burns, Old Sbres, Stings of Insects Stfc. Antiseptic Anodyne, used inrnally and xt#?rnsllv, Price 25c. % i USE LEGUMES TO BUILD UP THE SOIL Let These Gatherers of Nitrogen Share the Farm With Oats and Wheat. > *"'t i .jttAav ClemBon College A\ig. SO.?For throe years the demonstration forces of Clemson College and the United States department of agriculture have put soil-building in the very front of the things they have been teaching South Carolina farmers, for the rea son that they believed that the most serious limiting factor in Southern agriculture is the like of humus, or decayed vegetable matter, in the soil. Giant strides in soil-building have been taken by the state during these three years, but there are many farms which have not yet felt the invigorating influence of good soil-building methods and this work will be continued energetically until the state has been completely won to soil-building. Many experiments have proved that the quickest and most economical way to build up worn-out soils is by using the winter legumes, such as burr and crimson clover and vetch. The use of the clover and vetches as winter cover crops was accordingly made the principal point of attack by the demonstration forces and the results since 1909, when South Carolina had only 387 acres in clovers of all kinds am commonly "known. Last fall, owing to the advisability of growing money crops during winter and to the diffirilltv of obtaining win..... - ? - ^ o / ter legume seed, Clemson College used its principal effort to have farmi ers seed their land to wheat ami oats, and the results have justified this. Rut there was necessarily not so big an acreage in winter legumes last year as there would have been had the war not begun when it did. This year, moreover, Clemson College is again urging farmers to sow wheat and oats and again ft is likely that there will be less interest in rlovers than there would have been had this been a year of normal condi1 Tun o Nevertheless, Clemson College urges farmers to remember that a farmer's first need is good land and that in South Carolina much of t?ie land can not be called good land, because it is liking in humus. While a farmer is planning to sow his oats and wheat this fall, he should prepare also to plant burr or crimson clover. The clovers will gather nitrogen from the air for him, as no other crops but the legumes can do, and if he turns them under in spring, they will give him not only a new, free supply of nitrogen, hut a large quantity of humus as well. Any farmer who is trying to reduce his fertilizer bills should by all means il 1 M % . ^ grow tne ciovers tnis winter. Hy st?pplying nitrogen and a large mass of humus, which unlocks some of the plant food in all soil, a continued use of the clovers can save at least onehalf of a man's fertilizer bill. The arguments in favor of sowing winter legumes are many. Let these gatherers of nitrogen share your farm this winter with oats and wheat. NOW HER FRIENDS HARDLY KNOW HER fiat This Does Not Bother Mrs. Barton, Under the Circumstances. Houston, Texas.?In an interesting letter from this city, Mrs. S. C. Burton writes as follows: "I think it is my duty to tell you what your medicine, Cardui, the woman's tonic, has done for me. I was down sick with womanly trouble, and my mother advised several different treatments, but they didn't seem to do me any good. I lingered along for three or four months, and for three weeks, J was In bed, m sick I couldn't bear fot any one to walk across the floor. My husband advised me to try Cardui, the woman's tonic. I have taken two bottles of Cardui, am feeling fine, gained 15 pounds and do all of my housework. Friends hardly know me, 1 am so well." If you suffer from any of the ailments so common to women, don't allow the trouble to become chronic. Begin taking Cardui to-day. it is purely vegetable, Its ingredients acting in a gentle, natural way on the weakened womanly constitution. You run no risk in trying Cardui. It has been helping weak women back to health and strength for more than 50 years. It will help you. At all dealers. Write to: Chattanoora Medlcta* Co.. Ladles' Advisory Dept.. Qtattano<<ga. lenn.. for 6prcuii Instructions an yoyr case and 64-page N*?k. ' Hon# Tnaeimeot tor Women," aent id plain wrapoar, lxh-n THE HORRY HERA I lisWEl IF FIB Proper Selection of Seed One ? , creasing Average Y r. Iwij Fc In 1914 South Carolina planted 1,925,000 acre# in cofrn, producing 36, 538,000 bushels, or 18.2 bushels per acre. Wisconsin, in the same year planted 1,726,000 acres, producing 69, 638,000 bushels, or 18.2 bushels ?pei acre. Although South Carolina plant ed 260,000 acres more than did Wis consin, the latter state made 33.324.00C bushels more corn?almost twice at much as this state. This is not as it should be. W< should be able to make as much corx per aero as any slate. The questioi Is, how are we to go about it? Ther* are two principal ways to increase our average and under our condition! both are necessary. The first stei lie3 in improving our land by mean: of thorough preparation, increasing the supply of humus, and using com mercial fertilisers intelligently. Th< second step is the improvement o seed by careful field selection. It hai already been demonstrated that ou improved land3 are capable of niak ing from 40 to more than 100 busheli per acre- Just how much more cai be grown 011 one acre with properl: selected seed is yet to be seen, but w< should certainly by all means giv< the seed question more eeriou thought The livestock breeder is far mor particular in selecting breeding stocl Jinan is trie average corn grower ii selecting seed corn. Yet the law governing livestock improvement ar the same as those governing corn im provenient. The. man who raises hog keeps only the >>est sows, which giv the largest and most vigorous litter of pigs. As some sows give bctte litters than others, so some ears o corn will produce more corn tha: other ears. Therefore, make an 1 fort to select the best ears for seeti After selecting them, test them to se which yield best. Seed selection imis begin in the field, in order to "k'nov what kinds of stalks the ears com from and what kind of chance the; had. Making Field Selections. Before making selections, fix 'on th type of stalk and ear desired and stic | to this type. Keep it always in min I CO 4 i> n t ^ 1 ' I ow cuciL lii? seiecnon will bo alike Selections should always be made 111 dor uniform and normal dlndition; I)o not select from the best lane Always take an average spot in th field. The stalk must be the first conslc eratiem. A large ear tttWen from pile of corn will not necessarily be producer of large ears, since it migh have had a better chance than som others In the field, the stalk migh have been too tall and slender, an the ?ear might have been too high o the stalk. It is, therefore, necessar to know the stalk from which an ea comes. Select from stalks whferh are stron and stocky, and gently tapering fror the ground up. The ear should no he growing higher than ernes shouldei as .this has an Important bearing 01 the labor of gathering. The shan] AIRSHIPS HARRASS GERMAN FACTORIES Largest Airfleet Yet Mentionei in the Dispatches Fling Down Bombs. Sixty-two French aviators on Aug ust 25 flew over a German army fac tory t*> the north of Sarrlouis, throw ing down a total of moiti than 15 shells. Thirty were of large caliber. Announcement of the aerial raid i made in a war office statement. Th statement reads: "During the day of August 24 French aviator threw down bombs o the railroad station of Offonbough, i Baden, 17 miles from Karlsruhe. A this point there is an important rail road junction in the Grand Duchy. "On August 25 an aerial squadroi composed of four groups an includinj a total of 62 aviators, flew over th heights of Dellingen. Here there is i factory where shells and armor plat are made. The location of this plan is to the north of Saarlouis, in Rhen ish Prussia, 30 miles southeast of Tre ves. The aviators threw down witl precision over 150 bombs, 30 of whicl were of large caliber. So far as official reports have dis closed there never has been previous ly an air raid of such magnitude. Ii a few earlier ventures thirty or mor< aeroplanes were used. Press dispatches indicated that th< belligerents built great numbers o aeroplanes and these machines art now sent forth in flotillas for organiz ed assaults on a large scale. 4>, CONWAY, S. C. If ME CORN iiU.SELECT SEED )f Most Effective Methods of Inield?Some Points to ir in Corn, . should be just long enough to permit . the ear to turn down at maturity. If earliness is desired, such stalks ctfn be kept separate. Do not gather the . corn until it is well matured. Mark each desirable stalk with a tag or by . some other method and leave it stand. ing in the field. If the corn is to be ) ! cut and shocked, the marked corn can i be left and shocked separately. After the Field Selection. j Field selection is of large importv r.nce, but there is work still to be done l after the corn has been shocked and. 3 taken to the barn. Experiments have j 3 snown that an ear which is cylindrl-, 3 cal, gently tapering, and has straight! , rows of deep, plump kernels will prro3 duce the highest percentage of grain, r The accompanying photograph shows . an ear of the desired type. The cob . 3 should be medium to small, rather f than large. Large cobs mean a small-; 5 er percentage of grain, as well as a r ! possibility of causing the grain to . | mold on account of the cob's not dry-1 g ing out. The grains should be long; 1 and full. A gently wedge-shaped and I ^ ^ P ?^ , [1 jBj?? n A GOOD AND A BAD EAR y A?Shews poor ear with too much space between kerne's. a?shows , poinved kernels of sar**e. p ! B?shows good ear with no space ^ between kernels, b?shows plump kernels of same. 5- plump kernel will leave very little! 1 space between the rows. Sharply j pointed grains are usually loose on j the cofc. e j The spacing and shape of the ker-! neis will vary with the variety, hut : 1- : care should always be taken to select i a only .those ears that have well de-1 a ! velopmi kernels ithat are not loose on' t the cob. The careful study and selec-i e j tion of the individual ears must bo1 t ; done after the corn has been brought! d ! to the barn and the farmer can do it! n in his spare tlroe. As soon as the i y i corn has been carefully selected iti r j should be stored in a well ventilated 1 ; room out of reach of rats and mice, g It should be inspected at intervals n throughout winter to seo that it is ir >t flood condition. r, F. G. TAR BOX. JR.. n Extension Corn Breeding Expert, k Clemson Agricultural College. SAN FORI) R. F. I). NO. 2. > ^ As I have not seen anything from this place in some time, will try to J write a few lines. Health is good at present. Fodder pulling is the order of the day. The Christian Workers of Bethlei hem church are busy preparing for their protracted meeting, which is to begin there on Saturday before the first Sunday in September. We hope 0 they will meet with much success. ! I want to call the Simpson Creek s township supervisor's attention to 0 . some bridges on the Conway and I Whitesville road that are in bad condia tion. They arc at the present time n dangerous to people walking across 11 them at night, who are not well ac* quainted with them. mm-h los? in ", teams and vehicles. 1 hope to sec | some repairing done in the near fart ture. A word to the wise is sufficient. 7 Respectfully, e S. A. GORE. a , 0 e Purchase seed now for your orchard t cover crop. The clovers arc especially - recommended. -1 What is prettier than a flourishing !i bed of pansies ? If you wish strong h early-blooming plants, sow the seed ; now. -1 Do not delay gathering peaches for - market until they are soft. Pick them a while they are yet firm or they will e be in poor condition by the time they j reach the market . e The ornamental grounds or flower f garden is not complete without a e selection of bulbous plants. Order - your stock of bulbs now for fall planting. i DONT STOP WHEN FILLING THE SILO # Important Enough to Have Men and Teams to Keep Machinery at Work. Hi ???. N V I O ' w , - . " Clemson College, Aug. 30.?Silofilling time is at hand in many parts of the state and, for the benefit of those who are having their first experience with silos and silage and for tnosc who are not quite certain that they have been doing the work properly in the past, Clemson College is issuing a few simple directions which, carefully observed, will enable one to fill a silo economically and properly, Corn should bo harvested for silage when the ear is dented and the shuck begins to turn brown, or shortly before the corn is fully ripe. The most important point in filling a silo is to make certain in advance that there will be enough men and teams for cutting, hauling, feeding, distributing and other operations tc keep the silo-filling machinery at work all the time. It is when a man permits his engine to stop every few hours and has to start it again at much trouble that silo-filling becomes irksome and expensive, and the onl\ way to avoid this is to determine ii advance the number of men and team; it will require for the work and tc keep the machinery in motion con stantly. Hauling the corn to the silo is an other important item. A farmer wh< Unr. uir. I r: ? i i e r \.: iicio 111Dilute i*ui ii i iciu uir i rum 111 silo will realize the mistake of thi: when he begins to haul. Silage eon should always he planted as near a possible'to the barn. A big labor saver in hauling is the low-dowi wagon. The work is done much mor< easily when the men do not have t< lift the corn to a great height to 1oa< it into a high-bodied wagon. Low bodied wagons may be bought cheap lv or ninv be mode en ail v Diveet inn for making thorn are given in Farm crs' Bulletin 578, U. S. Department o Agriculture. In filling a silo with an ordinar blower, there is a tendency for al larger pieces of ear to fall in on place, while the stalks and leaves wil be blown a little farther over. It i 4 e i v ? .. uL-si, iur mis reason, to nave a distri butor attached to the blower, but, i none is* had. a man should bo in th silo with a fork to distribute the grai well over the surface. Men shoul also be in the silo to pack the silag around the walls instead of letting i accumulate in the center. These mei should tramp and pack the silag* thoroughly. When the silo has been filled, thi top layer of silage should be mad* thoroughly wet so as to form an air tight covering and prevent the spoil ing of the silage for a greater deptl than eight inches or a foot. Then will be a slight loss in the top layei of silage unless it is used immediately One need not wait a day after filling the silo before beginning to use the silage. ? o TOWN IS GUARDED AGAINST ATTACK United States Troops Readi to Meet Any Mexican Incursion El Paso, Texas.?El Paso awoke tc find its streets bordering the Ric Grande guarded by United States soldiers as a result of a report circulated 4 1 i ? tt . ~ mai an uprising1 ot rtuerta, l-'arranzu and Orosco factions had been planned for the early hours of the morning. Mexicans were not permitted tc: cross the international bridge from 11 o'clock until early next day and no American was allowed to cross to Juarez. Companies of infantry were posted at all strategic points. The rumor of the alleged plot was brought to the Department of Justice representatives who notified General John J. Pcrthing, commanding the eight brigade, at Fort Bliss. A conference of city, county and federal officials with General Pershing followed. The police halted and searched Mexicans in the down-town streets. There was no excitement in the city. o The best method of purchasing fruit trees is through your county demonstration agent. Talk this matter over with him. He has made special arrangements, and can get trees at low prices. 0 THREE BLADEN COUNTY IS PELLAGRA RIDDEN But Was Told Recently How the Disease May be Cured , j . . f f. s A WORLD AUTHORITY SPOKE AT CLARKTON Articles of Food Named Which wui uive jt&alanced . ? Diet. 1 r *. . ?* ?>. The following article recently appeared in the Wilmington Morning Star, and contains much information on Pellagra which is very prevalent in Bladen County, N. C. The article follows: The citizens of Clarkton, through the county physician, Dr. N. P. Idles, ' secured the presence of Dr. W. S. Rankin, secretary of the State Board of Health, of Releigh, who knowing the deep interest taken by the people of Bladen County in the pellagra situ^ ation, fortunately intercepted Dr. Joseph Goldberger on his return trip ^ from the far South to Washington, inducing him to accompany him to Ularkton. Dr. Goldberger was introduced by ^ Dr. Rankiti as a world authority on nnl 1 o nr>*n n ?>/l n o n Tf ^ [/v ? i uaiu nn v/ i i i v act i i t pi V/Obiuuvi t u of the United States government. ^ In Dr. Goldberger's introductory re^ marks, he called attention to the fact that pellagra is not restricted in BUr-. ^ den county, nor to North Carolina rror a to the South. ^ What is pellagra? The first outj ward manifestations of it in form of a rash appearing on hands, feet and perhaps on neck and face, accompans ied by indigestion, bowel disturbance, - nervousness. However, there are t many gradations. Insanity does not at all necessarily follow, as so many y suppose. A person may have pellaII gra without any appearance of the c rash, but would he in a run-down conII dition, tired, nervous, not sleep welt s for long periods, even two or three I- years. Anyone having the above f symptoms should consult a competent e physician. n I Ts if /?nf/ l-iint* 9 ~ T i. ... . V .vw vx >> 1^ . V III). I I ri is no more communicable than an ino growing toe nail, which often affects t many members of '.he same family. ^ What is tlva nature of pellagra and e how do we get it ? By rating a faulty diet for a long period of time?not c i caused by the feed we do eat, but by r\ not eating some particular food to fcal. ance our diet. It is closely akin to _ rickets, scurvey, infantile scurvey and ^ Beri-Beri, these diseases all being caused by deficient, incomplete, diet, r and all cured by supplying proper well balanced, well rounded food. r Can it be cured ? Yes, by eating of ^ properly balanced food one will tret well and stay well so long as lie does not neglect this important matter of diet. This disease is not confined to any certain class of people, but is found among the wealthy who have ' peculiar individual tastes and who eat i only certain things, thus failing to balance their food. How to cure?Eat plenty of beans I and peas, eggs, lean meat (preferably fresh) and drink plenty of milk. These foods have been properly tested and proved to serve the purpose. Therefore, cet a cow. if von havon't one, said Dr. Goldberger, and use the 1 milk, don't soil it. Have chickens, * make thorn lay and eat the eggs yourself. Raise your meat, eat loan moat, ' eat plenty of beans and peas and dry enough to last all winter. The ordi' nary field peas are excellent; eat them twice a day. Lot our good housewives ' take up the question of a well rounded diet, said Dr. Goldberger, who declared there is absolutely no cure in drugs for pellagra, but by the continued use of the diet he outlined the disease not only can be cured but can be prevented. "MONEY" The mint makes it and under the terms of the CONTINENTAL MORTGAGE COMPANY you can secure it at 0 percent for any legal purpose on approved real estate. Terms easy, tell us your wants and we will co-operate with you. 908-9 MUNSEY BLDG., Baltimore, Md. 3M. This is the time for transplanting cabbage, cauliflower and Brussels sprouts. Plant lettuce now and it will make heads in the open ground before cold weather.