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% SORGHUM GRAIN VALUABLE FEED Nearly as High Feeding Value as Indian Corn When So Used * readily eaten by all Live stock M O T1T7 XT rv * * ? Pn MVM/vxn rTTU ^ I nvjn j i' til mux a ** uu Plant Sorghum for Syrup ^ Will be Interested. To create a firmer and growing market for grain sorghums, the production of which has been greatly increased during the past few years, the sorghum specialists of the department k in Farmers' Bulletin No. (?8G, Uses of * Sorghum Grain, soon to be issued, urge growers of sorghum to use these grains more largely in feeding stock. Since so'ghum grain is a ? feeding grain, the'authors point out, it is reasonable to believe that it can be fed as profitably where grown as elsewhere, other things being equal, yet the value of this grain for feeding in I beef, milk, pork, and egg production is not fully recognized. As a result, in some seasons it has been almost a drug on the market, until the following spring, when scarcity and increase in^ price of feeding corn turned attention frkvvnivl it It* it io t r? V./1 it-* vvf ?? v?k m i v? 1.1. i i/ in vv/ uv; 1 11 n 11 v sense the money crop in certain districts, i< must be readily and profit* ably convertible into cash. This means that the surplus must he able to rpove freely, at good prices, soon after being thrashed, it therefore, seems especially unfortunate that those crops should be grown in the midst of the greatest stock-producing section of the country, and yet not to be fed on the farms where they and the stock arc grown. a To reverse the statement, both cattle for feeding and grain sorghums for feed are raised extensively in the plain area, but the cattle are shipped out to bo fed elsewhere. In this direction scorns to lie tho greatest opportunity of expansion in the use of the grain sorghums. This is especially ti*ue because the farmer /in growing kafir and milo commonly ^tises cheaper land, and is close to the source of cottonseed meal as a protein concentrate to be added to his sorghum grain-feeding ration. Moreover, if he himself is the feeder, the stock are fed under milder winter coditions than those with which the corn-belt feeder has to deal. The recent rapid increase in the Viumbcr of silos in the States of Oklahoma and Texas will be a direct aid to cattle-feeding operations. The combination of home-grown silage and feed ing grain, with readily accessible cottonseed meal, ought to aid in making feeding profitable in the grain-sorghum belt. Cattle-Feeding Values of Grain Sorg4 hums as Compared with Dent Corn. To determine the feeding value of grain sorghums, the chemists of the department for five years made analy ses of different grain sorghums grown at the Amarillo cereal field station at Arm illo, Tex. ill i i 1 / i i i n i\ii trie analyses tor eacn kitui oi sorghum were averaged and these averages are given in the bulletin. A study of these tables of analyses led to the following conclusions on the part of the specialists. There are no striking differences in in chemical contents among the differm ent varieties. The differences from w year to year in any one variety are \ , nearly as great as the differences beJ* tween varieties. However, it is noted ' that foterita is higher in protein content, lower in fat content, and a little lower in starch content than is milo, to which it is most similar. In protein content it is more like the Blackhull kafirs, though having less fat than these. The milos and Blackhull kafirs are the staple grain-sorghum crops. When those are directly compared it is seen . l _r i 1 1 M* 1 a J max, me khuts nave more protein ami less starch than the milos, with about the same quantities of fat. The analy ses of shallu are not numerous enough to be conclusive. They seem to show, however, that it is relatively high in protein and fat and comparatively low & starch. rghum Grain Compared With Corn. To compare the feeding value or sorghum grain with dent corn, the chemists analyzed samples of dent corn grown in different years, in different States,, and these results, which included a number of varieties, were averaged. A comparison of the < HScr-y'wXv ^^^B^!'!vI>y>'',','v^^flH BHt vmwm o^^Bt^^>'< ''vC^no^^H B just let's you go-i B don't have to tab jS stand how to sm N We tell you Pri: gs you roll 'em, P. / y can be! Realiz< lj smoking Princ< lead-me-to-it wh 9 Prince Alber R9 in handsome H crystal-glass the high poit K. J. REYNO averages for corn with tlia avera, < for different sorghums ? I lowing* results: ine |.siK-;n to bo distinctly higher in protein COTitent than corn. The carbohydrate content is practically the same. The fat content is much lower in the grain' sorghums, while the fiber content is also somewhat lower. Since fat is roa'lly a concentrated carbohydrate. 1 ... * this shows corn to he distinctly richer ! in carbohydrate, or starchy matter, and the sorghums definitely better in protein content. As the digestibility in feeding grain ' is a very important feature, this phase I also was investigated with the follow, ing conclusions. T.-. l ..n a. a 111 (icm-iai, tin int* results agree in 1 showing that the starch of the sorghum grains is less digestible than that of corn. It is found that this difference averages about 10 per cent. In other words the sorghum grains have i about 90 per cent, of the feeding value ! of corn. In the early experiments a j difference considerably greater than ! 10 per cent sometimes was recorded, j Later experiments tend to show that ; the difference really is not so large or j this figure. Let 10 per cent be allowed as a fair ! average of the differenc in value. The i grain sorghums are shown still to bo ! profitable feeding grains when the i price is not more than 90 per cent, of the price of corn of the same grade. Palatability. There seems no need for discussion of palatability. Stock and poultry of j all kinds eat the sorghum grains read- j ily when they are of good quality. Moldy or wormy heads or musty and weeviled grain will not be palatable j any more than corn, oats, or barley in I the same condition. Owing to the hardness of the kernels, i.t is always ! desirable to grind or chop them for feeding. -o ' CHEAP INSURANCE. You can buy on-* bottle of Dr. Hilton's Life For The Liver And Kidneys No. 2, and cleanse your symptom from all the impurities of your body, and save lots of sickness, and lost time. Price 25 and 50 cents. For sale by all Druggists. Distributed by Murray Drug Co., , Columbia, S. C.?adv. Have you a surplus of apples, peaches and other fruits? If so, why not can them for use during winter? .1 I tr P ^ Ha Prince Albert is i &|||ji single admission; full and two out lalU the jimmy pipe llwfnt cigarette roller! j||ggt| it has everything I||1bJI tobacco line! T I? takes cut the bite Now. you listen to tl you P. A. will come i ^ of it on the first fire u the national jo. to-it all the day long withou :e a correspondence course in P j\ Vnn < obo_trk. if -?-? ? ? A VVA Lj JLIC lice Albert will put new joy i. will sound a new note as to e that men everywhere ? a 3 Albert tobacco, That isper in your ear! t is sold everywhere in toppy red hags, I pound and half-pound tin humidors; * i humidor with the spongc-moistcner top if of perfection. LDS TOBACCO COMPAPT F0DDBFP81LIRG FK3WHED TO Farmers Warned That Thi Practice Cuts Down Yie'ci of Corn. Vhcn shirnrnerinp: heat waves 'lane on the corn ficl'is of South CfiroHor: i August and September fodder ."pul ling" time is at hand. The Unite States Department of Agriculture i cooperation with Clcmson College an demonstration agents throughout th State has "hoson the season this yea as the most effective time to wage vigorous campaign against the Ion established practice of "fodder pul ling." W. M. Frampton, agriculture secretary of the Charleston Chambe of Commerce, is pushing the oarnpaig in this county with vim. and report that his efforts are meeting with som success. The campaign against fodder pull ing is the result of scientific experi ments which have caused exports t arrive at the conclusion that the,prac ticc occasions, a loss of about 20 pe cent to the corn crop. L. L. Bakei A D. CONWAY. S. V. , both ways! \ i regular double-header fc a two-bagger with the ba in the ninth! Yes, sir, it { smoker just as it satisfi You can't put P. A. in wroi J anv man ever hankered ho patented process jEixes and parch! lis nation-wide smoke news, mei icross like it was an old friend, tp, it's so good, and so cool, and s * t pmAkfi/rk jr o#? t a come-back! And you tobacco smoking to underitural like ! kinks into your palate!* If just how good the makin's ill over the world?are certainly ought to put a >c; tidy red tins, 10c, and also, in thai dandy pound fV' ? that keeps the tobacco at if, Winston-Salem, N. C. supervising agent of the boys' corn club work, who ir> a moving figure in' , *he oamoaign says: i "The results of scientific cxperi ; ij ' ments conducted during the past four years, at the farm of 1). R. Coker, at , Hu.rtsville, S. C., shows conclusively I that a loss of from 10 to 24 per cent' o is sustained wiicu fodder is pulled ! from the corn. The extent or the loss ! wiii dcp?nd, of course, upon the stage ! at which the fcdclcr is pulled. It was! 'frr'Jcr proved that seed corn taken, ! from a fodder pulled field is very! i much lower in vitality than the seed ? j c ?r:i taken from a > c. ' here the fod-1 ajucj was not pullcl Still further ex'"! pc rim.cuts shows that when seed are c | planted from which the fodder was, 11 j pulled, the previous year, that the loss ! has run as high as 19 per cent in the (>' results obtained the second year. I feel r that this is sufficient evidence to wara rant us in advising against the corns' mon practice of fodder pulling. 1 advise all corn club boys not to pull tbe l' ] fodder from their plots, as they will r | sustain quite a loss in lie viehl of 11 corn as a result. s "I i'ind that some of the boys are v under the impression that they can pull their fodder and take credit for same in discounting the expenses in " producing their crop. This is a mis0 take, as no boy will be allowed to take " credit for his fodder in case he pulls r it. On the other hand, he runs the '? risk of losing from 10 to 24 per cent il Lye in the Slop | disease is caused by germs H v into worms. Stop it at the I 1 r < ? ? ? gt; uy ieeaing Kea Uevil Lye. I /ents disease and your hogs feed I er. See directions on the can. I v cans ? try it ? that's the test. 1 Saves Hogs and Feed | K^great Pjg|WG<ANSiJj ig, because ho f for in the i, because we tell \B You'll get fond I yu >o chummy 1 B ^si tOWBU^^WE&Hb a \ ' (j CIGARETTE U*U^ , . l(Xvn ?, VUO - " ... v..^. .-1,1 Will. I (> POWDER 08SPANY i HAY MAE DYES. ? New York.?A conference between Dr. A. I). Chambers, chief chemist of ' the DuPont dc Nemours Powder Co., v and Dr. Thomas li. Norton, who is conducting* an investigation of the dye 3 stuffs situation here for the department of commerce, gave rise to a re- * port that the powder company will , place its immense chemical producing p resources at the disposal of American h dyers. 1 VEGETABLE OILS Ti. O. Miller. Hornardston, Mass., writes as follows: "Could -you kindly give me some information about vege- , table oils that are used as substitutes for lin-ced oil? Where, in your opinion, could soy beans and sunflowers be most profitably grown?" There are various oils to adulterate h linseed oil, hut. we a'*o not aware of any u oil that will take its place, or even add anything to its value. It seems that linseed oil is the only one that has ever been found that possesses the proper drving qualities to secure the ^ results desired,, Whatever is added to H f.. .. .i..*..: ii ov i in?i 11 n". v i y i \ t' el u | : llll' ii I . Soy brans and run flowers mav bo lt profitably groun under some eondi g( tions. There are a groat many regions whore they will grow sat'sfac?orilv, and we believe that the middle west v or west would perhaps give the best (l returns, all things considered. In Colorado the Russian sunflower makes n a wonderful growth. It is grown quite A extensively for feeding chickens. jr The soy bean is a crop that will y stand a great deal of dry weather *v hence is profitably grown on rather dry soils, although it responds to ^ moisture as well perhaps as any other 11 crop. It is grown extensively through 'f out the south: also some of the hardy H varieties are found in the central see- cl tion. jy If you are thinking of coming west (j with a view to taking tip such work . as growing these crops, you can get information by addressing any of the s< state colleges in the west. ^ You may he able to obtain further information as to vegetable oils by addressing the Indian Refining Co., 17 Pattorv Place. New York, N. Y., Q' or the Union Petroleum Co., 3t> South *>i Second street, Philadelphia, Pa. ** - JD ??? SEVEN ILL AGREEMENT " 1 ON SUBMARINES pccted to be Made This Week Between America and Germany ,, k. ? t ^ ;SURANCES ARE IN WRITING ALSO ORAL ?*t Germany Fully Concedes the Claims of the United v'.t States. ^Vith both oral and written assurers from the German government, msmitted through Count Von Bern>rff, the German Ambassador to the lite Department, regarding Germy's submarine policy, officials of e Washington government looked pefully forward for an ultimate and tisfactory settlement of the whole bmarine problem last week. Assurice is given that liners will not be 11k by German submarines without arning and without safety of the res of non-combatants, provided the lers do not try to escape or offer restance. Officials are gratified with the Goran announcement as it is believed ? end the crisis in the relations be it. . veen mo two governments. Germany's next communication, it said authoritatively, will he a for:al disavowal of the sinking of the vabie and reparation will he made >r American lives lost in the disaster the attack was made by a German ubmarino. Germany's reply to the last America note on the Lusitania is expected ext. If that is satisfactory to the Ji'diVt States, it is believed that the Vashir gton government will then urn its attention to the problem of cutral ommeroe. A note to Great ' J i o 1 n i o / I \ - \ i\ \w o a \ f . I.UUII ir ..ii< livij, ill IVIU'-'I v'' l'lv >aration. ? ,ir ^ -f "MONEY" Phe mint makes it and under the onus of the CONTINENTAL MORTGAGE COMPANY you can secure it it 0 percent for any legal purpose on ipproved real estate. Terms easy, tell is your wants and we will co-operate villi you. IOS-9 MUNSEY BLIMP, Baltimore, del. 3M. This is the time for transplanting abbage, cauliflower and Brussels iprouts. Plant lettuce now and it will make leads in the open ground before cold veat her. 4 ?O To Drive Out Malaria And Build Up The System ,'ake the Old Standard GROVE'S 'ASTKLI/SS chill TONIC. You know ;hat you are taking, as the formula is tinted on every label, showing it is hiinine and Iron in a tastejess form, 'lie Quinine drives out malaria, the run buil ls up the system. 50 cents o OBITUARY. i Mrs. Kliza Thompkins, wife of Mr. I. \V. Thompkins, Sr., was bora July ~?th. 18-19, and died on Nov. 5th, 1914. he leaves a husband and four childen. two brothers and one sister to lourn for her. She was in failing ealth for many years but always ithout complaint. It was very hard o give her up, but Clod knew best and nok iut w '\\o wun mm. Yes, Aunt iliza, is gone where Jesus is. Where he toil and strife are over and the ,-eary arc at rest., where the angels weetly sing, and no more good byes re said; ami we hope to meet her ome sweet day in that land so pure, here all is love, light and joy. There ill lie no sorrow there. One of God's ays, every dark cloud hiding the sunght of heavenly grace, He will reiovc and face to face we shall sec ,unt Eliza. Dear Aunt Eliza, you are one but not forgotten. Never will our memory fade. Sweetest thoughts ill ever linger 'round the grave 'here you are laid. She was placed i the casket the following day and lid to rest beside little Hattie and uby in the cemetery at Poplar liurch, of which she was a faithful lember for many years before she ied. Amid a large crowd of sorrowlg friends and relatives the funeral ?rvices were conducted by the Rev. V. R. Phillips. A FRIEND WHO LOVED HER. o The Best Hot Weather Tonic ROVE'S TASTELESS chill TONIC enriches the ood, builds the whole system and will sou rtully strengthen and fortif) you to wUhstnud e depressing rfleet of the hot sumrnr' SOc.