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PREPARE WORK STOCK ! u FOR HEAVY SEASON M ! Do Wot Put Horses and Wiuies to Plow Until They Arc in Condition. I Clemson College, Fob. 4.?At tlvs j season, when farmers in South Caro-: vlma are beginning to think about the work of the next few months, the Ani-; mal Husbandry Division of Clomson Ce'.'cgo directs the farmers attention to something that may have an Important bearing on his whole year's work and that it will be well to keep in mind as spring draws near. This is to get the work stock in fit condi- i tion before beginning the heavy spring work. On manv farms in this nlnfo thn work stock stand idle most of the | winter and rocc ive light grain rations. Such animals require at least two weeks' fitting to get them in condition to do hard work. The principal things to do in those two weeks are to increase the grain ration gradually to abnormal work ration and to give light work, increasing steadily as with the feed. Frequently horses and mules are put to plow with n() preparation of this sort, 'i hey lose flesh V rapidly and can fall off so much in >'mc week that it will he almost imp >s Vdble to got them back in good.condi, on before the season of heaviest Wwork is at end. It is not only that if these unprepared animals have not the vitality for hard work, but the suddon increase in feed often goes so bard with their digestive systems that they get off their food. mi -J i-:. vsiuiji u> uuenci to at tiK: same time arc the collar and the, harness. See that the inside of the collar is thoroughly clean and smooth aVd that it fits the horse's shoulder. If it does not fit, do not use it, as itj will cause sores and chafinje. Overhaul, rqnair, and clean the harness. JOYS (>r FARM LIFE Science Substituted for Hard Labor and I'icturesqueness. Toil with a hoe never tempted any ^>uth to take up farming as profession says Howart I. Wood, writing:i from Marinette, Wis., to The Now} York Run A 2 niuiin- 1 - ^ Kyv*.-, . in c? uintii; x w I I iu;i) 1 i'% ii 11 ~ | crs <!o not toil with hoes these (lavs.) In even such farming country i s Mar-i inette county, Wisconsin, is a farm which is worked entirely with u true-' i tor. Horses have never set foot upon U?js place, because it was transformed iTom raw land into a farm with a tractor, and has been worked by mechanical power over since. One year's crop of pure bred potatoes paid for the land, the cost of the machinery and labor, and showed a profit of T>0 per cent, demonstrating that farming as science not only eliminates Lackbreaking work, but .is more profitable wan grubbing. j) The dairy maid calls up an appeal ing picture, but it never persuaded any city-reared girl to take up a life in the country. Considering the picture, the city-reared girl imagines the stable odor, and the glamour of being dairy maid dissolves into thin air. Had the picture been one of ten cows imping milked at one and the same; time by a mechanical milker, with a ! small gasoline engine supplying the power and an attendant in white su-j pprvising the proper working of the milker and engine, it might have been less appealing to the eye of the artist, but it would have been better circu^ 1 apd to convince city girls that being fArmors' wives might not be so undesirable after all. ' NOTICE or SALE. Under and by virtue of a distress, for rent issued by H. H. Woodward and to mo directed; I have seized and', will sell in the shop formerly occupied by Felix Fri arson on the Itace Path in the town of Conway, at .11 o'clock in the forenoon on the 18th day of February A. D. 1 f> 10, the fol-i lowing personal property, to wit: One: Cook Stove and Pipe, one pot, one sifter, one broom, one hatchet, one meat block, one ice box, one heater and pipe, and one chair. Terms of sale cash. H. N. SESSIONS, Agent of Landlord. Feb. 1st, 191(5. o Notice of Dissolution. Notice is hereby given that the copartnership heretofore existing between C. K. Gerrald and Hugh B. Johnson, under the firm name of Ayrr^v Supply Co., has been dissolved by mutual consent; and that the undersigned will no longer be responsible or liable for Jit obligations of said fiim. St ptl. C. K. GERRALD. i SUCCESS OR FAILURE MADE !H THE SPRiS l A Work in the Poultry Mouse at i This Season is of Great Importance. 'ihc season of late winter and early s^.mg it, one ol the busiest una also w.ie of the most important for the poultryinan. On what he uoes at this time depends, to a large degree, whether his year will be a success or a failure. Constant and varied work is necessary and nothing should be put off. Here are some "do it now" suggestions for this season. Decide to increase egg production. Give this problem all the time you can spare for it. Some ways of gow.g uooui tins are mentioned ooiow. Breed trom your best layers, if pos-1 sibie; if you e?o not know which they are, then select the hens with red i combs, good space faoouc three lingers' wuith) bot.voen the pel vie bones,| and space of about four fingers' width | from pelvic bor.erj to rear end of, breast bone. Mate such layers with good, vigor-1 ous roosters, allowing eue:i male ten tj fiftoeii pullets. Brocn from young males father than from two-year-olds. One week ai .( i * the , oosici* is v? if a the liens Hie eggs v\;il be fertile. Dust the sitting fan with insect powder before giving iicr the eggs. (i,. J-u. vii cue ri-iucl-i.iii day oj inclination immerse the eggs in water of J 0<i <icgrces (warm to the hand). This mois tens the mcnmraiics, or skins, inside the shell. buy a sitting c f eggs of good layin;; or general utility strain for hatch Ing, or home babv chicks, if you wish * * i to improve your stock. v levi.i ana \. iiitewa. il your poultry house. G ease the liens with mercurial oint meat to kill lice. Huy the Mil per cent ointment and iub a little piece?about as big as a wheat kernel?on the flesh under the bird's vent. Grease; a place as huge as a quarter-dollar' and you will kill all the nee. One ap- i plication monthly is sufficient. If in doubt as to how to carry outj any of these suggestions, write to; Clemson College and your questions will receive prompt attention.?F. C. Hare, Extension Pouitry Husbandman, Clemson Agricultural College. i/% ft 11 ?V? n m +4. mm m a m tmm UUPTI USE LYE FOR FERTILIZER So many farmers have asked the commercial value and use of concentrated lye. This form of potash should not be used at all for fertilizer. The lye only analyzes thirty-five one hundret.hs of I per cent or potash. It is not wholly the potash in the lye that gives it the caustic effect, but injurious acids and soda. I would.not advise the use of lye in making compost, but rather use lime or acid phosphate to decompose the compost. It is not the duty of the Farm Demonstration Agent in each county to act as a fertilizer inspector, but his duty is only to give advice in drawing the sample and furnish blanks for taking a sample to be analyzed by the State Chemist. And any farmer who has a right to believe that his fertilizer does not come up to the guarantee, can apply to the Farm Demonstration Agent or Clemson Col lege and get the blanks and draw his own sample and have it analyzed free of charge. Al. W. WALL, Farm Dem Agent for Horry Co. %f There is more Catarrh in this section of the country than all other diseases put together, and until the last , f'MV years was supposed to be incurable. For a great many years doctors pronounced it a local disease and pro- 1 scribed local remedies, and by constantly failing to cure with local treat ; ment, pronounced it incurable. Science has proven Catarrh to be a { constitutional disease, and therefore 1 requires constitutional treatment, i Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio, is the only Constitutional cure on the!' market. It is taken internally. It acts'1 directly on the blood and mucous sur-!i faces of the system. They offer one hundred dollars for any case it fails to cure. Setid for circulars and tesr timonials. A .1 A ^ "? - svuurcss; r. J. UMliilNI'JY <fc CO., j Toledo, O. j Sold by Druggists, 75c. Take Hall's Family Pillfc for con-'1 stipation.?adr. jl ? j Very Flattering. > A newspaper is awfully compliment cd when a resident says he's been so busy all his life that he's nerer had j time to subscribe.?Times & Dcmo-jj crat. J i V THE HOBBY HEBAL bill a^ Red S Horse and Mule It's something the horses an< appetite?starts the saliva i *ar superior to an all grain pf|<^ mules a treat, and at the same WM Our RED SIIIRT (first grade) contains Corn, Oats, Ground Alf #?? and pure cane molasses, and anal l'roteiu 10(/v i Pat 3'/c ; Fibi k PIEDMONT HORSE & MULE M01.ASSE! ?\! 12%, Carbobydrotcs 65%. IsWAMPFOX H0P.SE & MOLE MOLASSES FEE I PERFECTION HORSE ft MULE FEED ""ft ^ Protein 12%; Pat 3%; Fib 12%; Carboh grain and ground Alfulf~ Meal. 1 RED SHIRT 1 fix Vint Gtnde: A balanced ration cc/nlai: g ^ keeps them in /rood condition. Increase* tl I Sj at n reduced cost of fecdin/r. Contains ; fl ||l| Ground Alfalfa, Pure Cur.e Molasaes and | ^ Fibre 1294 . Carbohydrates 60%. | PIEDMONT DAIRY FEED g^gs*I BED Sl?RT HOG MP Wo manufacture also RRD CURT Scraic ? "seven EGGS A WEEK" MEN hash <; \ lticc. Cottonseed Meal, Cs?w Fir.t?, M. vi'\V\\ Protein 18%; Fat 1%: Fibre 12%; 1 An v'iov,n o.. '?! (. iups in rut ad.ncari i A proih'.cti', even to the bn?:s and 1"-j: \y')\, fci" Oat:?, Corn, Wheat, At folic ij ^'vv Wc ;.Ik? < jury r. f"!l "">N AND 1 SljbtL "v f'-'0<!f rs fho> I'V/ //^\ v V1 <,ri Koit iiiifi.^ )?ii(U j' )( s>\fs" V-/ 1 \\ nncr'sti #?/ w 'V-.A; ft COBi* HS?!/! wiyt' J :\ I) tut your ! 1 w / a CI1AliLE *^+*aumamt,r iiii -c-ji-'i rrum^ -i .it *?. -.*.. trrxr xt itityttj aaun "STONE" MAN IS ~~ FOUND IN TEXAS Shell Hints at Crime?Hollow in Flinty Breast?Skin Like Bronze J El Paso is now likely to get some publicity as a result of the discovery of the form of a man in stone in the Kio Grande valley, says an El Euro (Texas) correspondent in Washington Post. The discovery was made Lv J. K. Mann, of Highland Park, who hah been exploring pari* of the Rio Grande river for years. Air. Mann makes no claim regarding his discovery, other than to state that it was made in the Rio Grande valley. He is taking great care of his find and it is kept in a bonded warehouse and is guarded as carefully as would be an equal amount of gold. "I am making absolutely no claim regarding it," said Mr. Mann. "I will simply say that it was dug up from the ground and that it Is a Texas product. J have my own ideas what it is, but they may not be in line with what learned men will tell us later, and I am anxious to have their opinions." Mr. Mann declined to sav wlicr^ ihp boctv wan exhumed, as he believe* there may be more in the locality. Turning back the covering, Mr. Mann disclosed what appeared to be a human form in some sort of bronze. A careful inspection showed that the body?for that is the easiest way to refer to the discovery?was not not bronze, but apparently stone. Finds Pores in the Skin. A closer inspection revealed lings and pores similar to those in a human skin. Part of the abdomen was missing and the cavity bore the look of a piece of stone broken away. In the left breast was an indention, and Mr. Mann produced an old and much rustpd cartridge which, he declared, was found near the body when it was dug up. This cartridge was evidently from a large bore gun, and was made in the [lays when the whole base of the cartridge was a cap. which would be dis1 1 * . * * i-iut.-'Ki'u i?.\ me narnmer or the gun hit ing it anywhere. This cap had been discharged by a gun with a strong hammer, for the firing pin had been1 driven through the cap. The "body" is in a reclining posi-! tion, the left arm supporting the head, while the right arm is thrown across the breast and the hand rests in front of the "body". One peculiarity of the "body" is that the right hand has two perfectly formed index fingers?five fingers and a thumb in all. Three Teeth are Visible. The lips have been slightly worn away, and three white teeth are visible "If the "body" is that of a human being turned to stone, it must I ^builds up Iti. tJT T T> ^ iS^NUCARTlHC|! v ji HIRT j Molasses Feed^^B i mules like?fives them an running and aids digestion. feed. Give your horses and time save money. \f||jig? Horse and Mule Molasses Feed alia, made appetizing with salt ^|| j 1 [yzes as follows: ' ] e 12</c; Carbohydrates 57ft i ^ C FTP!) Second Grade?Analyr.es: Pro- ' UJ?!i tcin yViVtl Fat 2\Wii Fibre ^ j] ^ B i n (3rd '.adc> This analyze*: Protein 9^ ; ^ jj _ Fat 2%; Fibre 129?; Carbohydrates 55^. ^ I ? Mlxcdt We manufacture also a dry mixed (no * ises) Horse and Mule Feed, which analyzes: rfl ydraUu G79c>. This is composed of straight 5jj ' DAIRY FEED j ' line Molnsres. Cattle nro vor.' fond of it ~ > 1c (low and enriches the <juality of the milk $ 1 j round Com, C. S. Meal, Wheat Middling, :> Salt. Analyzes: Protein lo'/c; Fut 3Vc? ? k Analyzes: Protein : Fr.i EM'.r'ct I ihre \l irutis .r>o"(1. ^ u of P5a;cs?t !ve Ta**l r.?re, Ground Corn. Rice fattening. Kccnj li.o hoxs in irood "ondition. /?? >; It Feed u.il r::::> SHIRT Puhy Chick Feed. " 'oirpos d (? Ground, Ci rn, Ground (l| ii|l t .. t n 11 u , .v...s-,n nS. 'nt l.irui r.ntl Lf'v vcvi M - ?\. Analysis: \ L'url?o.i. iL.Uca 40!/t? ' y a'.l ?"f ftur food ! ) ni: ''c f-om Carol-lift i?. Wo ? - .*, Utoroforo. i:i tl?c market liaj i .y r i--- *-? ili?ynt'vk of C?{AI2\, T " _ . < '>" m BTIC AW. rn a" * s n~c ir.WcJ /r ' N\<.', feuv ff " Uonn you how t-? // V3*v.' *v?AA\ y ' 1.111s ... .. Writs I }0 .,: 5 V A .?' r, \\ y:'. 'P )| i Carter fa. \ STON.S.C. >V v... . kVR3B5<?UW W.r -7XV . r.^-L - * >" .vt v.u-jk*v j ;v have bee a that of a young man, pro'oably 18 or 19 years old, and of a person used to outdoor or a rugged life The sinews of both arms and legs arc quite apparent. The hips are small, but well developed. Approximate measurements of the body: Height, 5 feet (> inches; prescn* weight, 850 pounds; approximate estimate of weight of man similarly built, 120 pounds; measuremtns around chest, 85 inches; neck, 1-1 1-2 inches; around head above ears, 22 inches; feet, from heel to too, 9 1-t inches; biceps, 12 inches; knee, 18 1-2 inches; around hips, 3d inches; from instep to crotch, 29 inches; wai.it, incites. "1 am in El Paso for m> health.' concluded Mr. Mann, and 1 hope to resume my explorations within a couph of months. Just what I will do wit my discovery 1 can not say a; tie present time. 1 intend to have sorn? experts examine it." ? o !>uy only the very host veg^tab'c seeds. It pays even if they d;> cost more than the inferior sorts. A Shame to the Churches, If True. "Girard," in the Public Ledger, calls attention to the significant fact that the collections or offerings in all the nine hundred churches of Philadelphia on a recent Sunday did no'. rquai tne .>uw,uuu paid to soe the Harvard-Yale football game, although the congregation numbered ten times as many as the footbal1 spectators. J: "Thedford's Black-Draught pf M is the best all-round medicine lever used," writes J. A. 8 'Jta Steelman, of Pallonville, Texas. ? H "l suffered terribly with liver ? |P troubles, and could get 110 relief. fcfe The doctors said I had con- : ?3? sumption. ! could not work at K jj|j ail. Finally 1 tried l| I THEDFORD'S 1 I BLACK- I 1 DRAUGHT I S and to my surprise, 1 got better, B m and am to-day as well as any B j S man." Thedford's Black - B Draught is a general, cathartic, B jH vegetable liver medicine, that 1 9 has been regulating irregulari- H c H ties of the liver, stomach and Hj M bowels, for over 70 years. Qet H yfl a package today. Insist on the M , jjl genuine?Thedford's* ?-70 K i 1B8 Bjy 3000 TRAP FOR ji CATCHING RABBITS inexpensive anti Ei'fcc'.ivc Trap J For Tills Fleet Anir.ia! Describe:!. .. An inexpensive and permanent row- | ... ci, ^rap for cotttomail rabbits, which has proved very effective in Kansas, is described in Farmers' Bulletin 702, "Cottontail Rabbits in Re-1 tation to Trees and Farm Crops." De-1 j tails of this trap were supplied by Mr. J. M. Walmsley, who has use<l it successfully on his and other farms in that State. To make the trap proceed :\s follows: Set a 12 by C> inch "tccM sewer tile with the long end downward, and bury it so that the (? inch opening at , the side is below the am face of the j j ground. Connect two lengths of (?j \ inch sewc r p'pe horir.ontally with the ( side opening. Secom! gra ic or < ven ] ',rJ. -n til > w>l\ do. Cover the joint" ^ .'1th sell Co a. > t> exclude light. Pro iv r -.(inovabh co\ , such a i (Id hi rrow died:, for the top of the a.*gc tile. Too projecting e d of the J ,'i : s . v.r od wit1, ' vk., \ ;e.h. or \vc h, s: a . t.> male 1 ho hole lock inviting to rabbits ai d encourage them to frequent the don. Rabbits, of course, arc free to go in or cut of those dens, which should be' constructed in promising spots on the farm and in the orchard. A traino I dog will locate inhabited dens. The outlet is closed with a disk of wood on a stake, or the dog guards the ope \ing. The cover is lifted ami the rao-i hits captured by hand. These traps arc especially suitable for open lands and premises, whore! rabbits can not find natural hiding1! places. They are permanent and cost , nothing for repairs from year to year.! If il 1 ? 1 it "nicnn ...jKI-vIfo t'.wi m*. v ?-' mv i i v t l | V |M'10VII I ? \ UUI lk*j V 1 H 1 baits may be placed inside these traps J out of the way of domestic animals or birds. This trap also furnishes an excellent means of obtaining rabbits for the table, or even for market. SYSTEM. One of the finest examples in the orl'i of system in business is af vded at assembling plant. of the o *d Motor Company in Charlotte. r.e yesterday the we'd; of turning nt e.rs '"os boyua. System bey.inf. tf"<?nt doer and it permer.tcs ***: / fiici of .]"* binh'inc to iho n--C ' *' von*'. Tim executive office .> ' \ry',.v :\\ ( ihc salesmen comt ua; <L'.~ O r> p , 1 he '"i'v routine of the working* force. There is no confusion, no duplication of duties. Each man has a set task and he performs it with the precision of clock-work. Evert\ minute of the working hours is made to count. The human parts of the entire plant work together like the wheels in some great machine. There is no loss of time and no wastage of material. Each tool is placed away as carefully as the clothing of the workmen. The smallest piece of material used in the plant is located by a numbered receptacle; there is a place for everything and everything is kept in its place. System scores perfection in the receipt of telegrams and telephone messages and in the attention to these. There is system in the aluminum tint in which the machinery, the trucks and the furnishings of the work shops are painted each Monday morning, a tint that makes the presence of grease or fill*! ei? /W* ^..4 I..- 1 ' 1 1 ' v vtui,\ wi ucktuimi ;iii<! unit load.- j to their removal. We were about to! | say that system threads the business office and the work rooms, but the entire plant in a combination of busi ness office. The department of least significance is under the same system /.Lizod control ar, is that of the mann i ;cr of the plant. System is carried t. :o the last door where the fiaislied i product receives its final inspection .* >y a man trained in the system. Taking the plant in detail, or as a whole, here is practical demonstration of the value of system in the promotion if efficiency and economy, the principles upon which the phenomenal suc ess of the Kord Motor Company is ^An n/lo'l f 1U ?? *.1 ?i i - ^ 1 uuinivAu?v inn lone uoscrvpi'. o ( The axe has no place in the orchard ? is a pruning tool. t Manure for the garden should be ^ 'ine and well rotted. Where you have c >nly fresh stable manure available, r jut it in a pile now, keeping it turn- ^ id as often as it begins to heat. Be j areful not to let it ferment. It is iot advisable to use fresh stable manire under a garden crop unless the 1 manure has been thoroughly incor- p lorated with the soil. i wmm CONTROL ON SHADE TREES 3CCi ft< cans of Keeping Down Ravages ov This Pest to 1-lcdges REMOVE BY HAND AND USE OF SPRAY Damage Done by the Bar verm Varies at Different Times. The use of arsenical sprays and the removal of the bags or eases by hand picking arc recommended by specialists in the department as means of rontroiling the fcagwoim. a caterpillar which frequently docs much harm to .thadc was, shrubs, hedges, and in particular to evergreens. This insect fias a. curloim hah't cf constructing for itself a. hag-'.ike cau in which it . r,? 1. am.-at or. the irfosted trees. * . : .? ( nsp cuous objects . ?-.rr- <*., ? -hi-vT tl kaver, have fallen, and it i:;, therefore, comparatively easy to remove them by hand from deciduous trees in the wir.t; 1* time. Thy arc much less la.ily detested, however, on evergreens for tlie art tection of which arse; .d sprays nv. therefore, often used. A spray made of 1 pound of the prepare ! paste o ' arsor.ale of load and frt in 2.*> to dO gallons of water will lie found cffective if properly applied. The strength of this mixture may be increased to 2 or d> pounds of arsona.tr of lend for P gallons of water in the case of ?. great number of trees, but the use of a mixture as strong as 10 pounds of arsenate in oO gallons of water is unnecessarily expensive and i ay injure some forms of tender foliage. > The amount of damage that the bagworm does varies greatly at different times, serious complaints have been received in recent years from New Jersey, Maryland, Virginia West Virginia, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Oklahoma. and Kansas. The nrp.t !?-. rnt C\*t qucnt north cf southern New York and the central portion*; of Ohio r.'"i Pennsylvania. Its grcr.lral burrs;;? is probably done to u*cts ar.d shrubs along I ho streets and in the park?. end private grounds in cities and towns, (t is a general feeder, ),oi d'splayj oai ticu'T fominc v-i 'v-r rgrcor.s, especially for arborvitae. In the late spring the young l at h from the eggs which the Somrde has laid in the hag crawl out upon the twigs and imnu dir.toly Ix t;in to construe;. hags for themselves. Hay s arc made partly cf silk and partly of bits of leaf and twigs, k ko young > u-ect cuts off with its jaws a small fragment of leaf which it places between its front legs and, as the pile gradually grows, fastens it loosely together with silk. Ultimately the caterpillar succeeds in getting this material around its neck like a sort of yoke, which is added to until Its is a complete collar. Hit by bit this collar ' is built up until it becomes a completed case large enough to conceal entirely the caterpillar within it. It is within this retreat that the caterpillar enters the stage of pupation, and it is here, too, thai the female moth lays her eggs. HORRY SECOND! CORN CLUB WORK For the county who ftoouwri the greatest percentage of bor.a fide com lul) reports on the largest enrollYient, enrollment to count 25 per cent md reports to count 75 per cent. Lexington, first?scoring 87. Horry, second?Scoriivg f?l. In figuring returns: Dillon enrolled (58?reported 38. Horry enrolled 52?repojted 35. Lexington enrolled 39?reported 58 o The A moor River privet is a splenlid ornamental hedge plant. It holds ts leaves throughout winter and can ?e pruned to any desired form. The best variety of lrij?h potatoes or spring planting is one that is arly and that produces the maximum lumber of medium-sized, smooth poatoes to the hill. Two of the best are Sliss and Cobbler. Evergreens, such as pines, magnor ias, and arbor vitae, may be transdanted with better success now than n the spring.