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I\ Address .1, AMONG I inquiries to ?????? m. w. wall, Articles in thi I Conway, S. C. ILLUSTRATED LECTURES I FREE FOR SCHOOLS During the month of April the Farm Demonstration Division will have several it ice illustrated lectures for service in Ho, -y County. Dates have already beet, made for several schools in the county and in case that any trustees or farmers would like to hfl.Vl? Onn f.f 1 *- T 1 ?. ~ v?v ui utcBc lectures 1 win DC very glad to accommo<late them one night during this month. .BOYS CORN CLUB FOR 1916. *fhis year there are 36 boys in the Corn Club for Horry County. It is hoped that these boys will demon-1 strate some good methods this year. Ol* course they cannot buy much fertilizer but this is a universal case and we believe that these boys will show the people that corn can be grown without much fertilizer. This ijy being demonstrated by the (lore boys on Allsbrook Route No. 1. Last Lfull they planted rye and crimson clom'os on the laud that they expected to U r i V I k. * vcorn on this year. They will! (his nil nmlov wiium > .... ?? 111 ii it u tv> ?? k VI\|5 />lant their aero of corn. This is y% bright method that is recommended / C / i /v the boys to follow. Next year. , let's every boy try this out. ?fl o plowing and sowing of winter grain; One of the prettiest fields of fall' grain; oais, rye end wheat will be j seen on the* farm of Mr. J. .J. Carter! near Simpson Creek school. A i'ewj tjjptrs ago Air. Carter never used a two horse plow, but last fall he tried; it out thoroughly, and in fact he tried the three horse plow on some of his land. Tile result is being showed now. Me has about 40 acres of this fall grain in and it is beautiful. One I would think llml if Iuik in<n !? ??! I application of soda, hut it has not.' It was planted early in the fall?that jfc one reason for the good color. More plowing was being done last Saturday afternoon in Horry County than I have ever seen before on the last day of the week. This means. MORE PROGRESSIVENESS for Horry. * LARGE CIRCULATION. This department has received many inquiries relative to the things advertised in this column. One inquiry has been received from Antioch, Ela. This shows that people are reading more and taking advantage of good offer-. Chufas, $1.00 per peck f. o. b. Bay-! tyoro. y Iron Cowpeas, $1.r>0 per bushel f. o. h. Conway or Longs. Carolina Peanuts, $1.00 per hu. f.o. I), cattle Kiver, Conway, or Nixon-1 ville. Tenn. Rod Peanuts, $1.25 per bu f. i o. b. Allsbrook. 1 registered Poland-China boar, (0 * mo. old) $1*2.50. C 1 registered Jersey Bull, 2 yrs. old. in good condition, $100.00. W Golden Grain Rice, $1.00 per bu. f. s o. b. Conway. Sugar Cano syrup, 50c. per gallon * f, p. b. Myrtle Peach or Peach Tree k TTury* 1). Burcol, $1.25 per bu. R <,400 bu. Corn at market price f. o. m Burcol. Tn case any one desiring to pur/il'iCi c1/^ n mr a (' I ^ ? * ,4*'* v, i.c*ov; cvn^y \/i inunc ai llLlt'O ^?-1 illllZJl* i and address from M, SV. Wali, Oon-j way, S. C, . 11 . v ' .. . _ >***' ' % The Mammoth Yeliow J Soja Bean promises to be one of the most profitable crops for southern farmers everywhere. Makes a large yield of beans, which are readily salable for oil-producing and food J purposes, in addition to its use for forage, soil-improving and stotHc ' feeding. Splendidly adapted to'tfur I southern soils and climate. .f. The New 100-Day ]' Velvet Bean j the quickest growing of Velvet! Deans, promise to supercede Cow Peas very largely as a soil-improving, forage and grazing . crop throughout the South. Cheaper' to seed per acre than cow peas. Write for prices and "Wood*ts .< (Crop Special" giving full information in regard to Sola and I Velvet Beans, Cow Bees, Millet, Seed Corns, Sorghums, Sedan Grass, etc. Mailed free. T.W.WOOD Cf SONS. SEEDSMEN, - Richmond, Va, ) 4 HORRY'S PROGRESSIVE s Department are Prepared bv Deal With the Problems of the County Farmer. FLOWERING HABITS AND ALSO SHAPE A little care given to the pruning of ornamental trees and shrubs during the early part of March will do much to control their growing and flowering habits and enable the home owner to have well-formed plants and welltrained hedges or boundary plantings. The pruning of ornamental trees and shrubs is, in fact, one of the first duties that may profitably be performed in the home garden. The amateur, however, should not make i ruthless assault with shears or pruning knife upon everything in his yard Klnu'nrinu' tvnnii o?wl ..U . Ur. 4-1...* . ,u ? v> 1.1 wo tiitvi niii u.in bloom in the spring or early summer should not receive radical pruning at this time, according to the garden specialists of the department. Of course, if on these plants there arcdead or weak branches, those should be taken out, and any crossing limbs that arc rubbing and seriously interfering with the growth of the brush should be removed, 'i ho tips of the limbs, however, should not be cut off, nor should any young wood that does not interfere with the growth of the bush he removed. It must be borne in mind that the blossom buds for this vca.r's flov.'f*? I r Wn>T> I'rvnif .1 1..C-4 yt-ar, and every shoot removed lakes off that much of the prospective blossoms. 'I'vees and shrubs that bear their flowers in midsummer and which wove not pruned in the fall may be pruned at this time. Plants of this sort arc the Rose of Sharon and the shrubby hydrangea. Whore the largest possible mass effect is desired, these plants should he pruned but little. If the aim is to secure the largest possible trusses or blossom heads, last year's growth should be pruned back to two or throe eyes to a stem. Such severe pruning, however, is not conducive to the most attractive development of shrubs. Pruning Rose Bushes. rMi: > * 11riiu1111r roses snouui not he pruned at this time except for the removal of surplus or interfering branches. Every bit of wood removed now reduces the amount of bloom the plant will bear during the coming season. Roses used in border planting should Ik treated in exactly the same way as other shrubs, except that many of those species will he improved by hav ing all their old wood cut away once in eve'-y five or six yearn. This would mean cutting ail the old canes off within three or four inches of the ground and. forcing the !?u.-,h to throw up entirely new wood. Roses used for cut flowers, like the hybrid perpctuals, the hybrid teas, and teas, should he severely pruned. The hybrid perpetual:; may bo cut as soon us freezing weather is past. !Miming of the hybrid teas and teas, however, should be left until the young growth has started, in both cases the plant should be cut to within f> inches or I foot of the ground, hour or six eyes to a stem is about ho proper amount of wood to leave. ' FOR HORSE AND C9LT t. m. . Cicmson College, Aiaren 20.?In comparisons with anv grain rations. oats arc the best siftgle grain ration for both mature horses and eolts and for males. There is no other grain so safe to feed and from which such satisfactory results are obtained. The live stock experts of Clemson College adyiso, however, that it is absolutely rtf'CMSa VV iliilf nnfc hr> nlnnn unfl titfcly free from smut in order to obtain host results in feeding to colts. "Musty" oats arc dangerous for colts. A fair allowance of oats for colts after weaning is a sfollows: Up to one year of age, from 1 to 3 pounds daily. From one to two years, 4 to i) pounds daily. From two to three years, 7 to 8 pounds daily. The best way to feed oats is in the whole grain, the expense of crushing not being justified unless colts suffer in teething, in which case it is advisable to feed steamed crushed oats which are very nourishing and appetizing. It is always wise to feed plenty of roughage to growing colts. Feed ing concentrated feeds in excess is discouraged, as it is important that THE HORRY HERA I FARMERS "Soil Building ^ and K f Able Writers Economic I Horry Production. 6 the digestive tract be developed by distending it during the growing per, iod. Ungainly, large-barreled colts may annoy the feeder, but this condition always disappears with maturity. Proper feeding of colts should always be accompanied by plenty of out door exercise for the young animal. In no way can a colt be ruined so easily and surely as by liberal feeding with lack of exercise. Close confinement and the raising of good colts dc not go together. o TURNING COVER CROPS IS BEST THIS YEAR Conditions in South Carolina are such this year as to make it much I more profitable for those farmers who have leguminous cover crops to i turn them under than to cut and sell them as hay. Chief among the rea| sons that make this true are the following: 1. Potash can ?iot he purchased ' litw>o,. ty vtu cic an;/ |M ar i*s HUlllCKMll | j quantities and the greater part of the potash existing in the soils of South ; Carolina can not be used by plants unless quickly decayed vegetable matter be supplied to the soil. 2. Nitrogen can be supplied by turn ing under leguminous cover crops and the cost of fertilize! s thereby greatly ; decreased. ! 0. Avudablc fertilizer materials of 1 ail kinds are liigh-priced this spring and tho best possible use should be i made of such as are bought, by turn- I ing under cover crops to hold moisture and lessen damage by drouth. Even in ordinary years, tho farmer with poor land will generally find it more profitable to turn his cover crop than to cut and sell it as hay. The tv*o tables below are based on the fruitier prices of materials (nitrogen, j 20 cents a pound; phosphorus and potash, 5 cents a pound each) and the difference would be much more striking at present prices. It will pay a farmer to study these tables carefully and consider whether to take temporary profits for hia hay or to build up iiis land and reap larger profits later. Approximate value of fertilizer deposited, per dry ton of growth when crop is turned: Cowpcas $ 8.30 Red clover 11.90 Bur clover 12.00 Vetch 15.50 Crimson clover J1.25 Soy beans 8.U3 Approximate value of fertility deposited in roots, per dry ton of hay, when hay is cut and sold: Cowpcas 8 .50 ! Red clover 3.SO Bur culver 1.50 Vetch 1.70 Crimson clover 08 Sov levins ?>*! It should also be remembered by the farmer that on poor land the hu' mus added by turning- the entire | growth of one of those crops is worth j probably as much as the fertilizer thus returned to the soil. Soil without | humus can not use commercial fertilij y.crs to the greatest advantage, o? Now is a good time to plow and fertilize the orchard that is not planted to a cover crop. ... . . . _ . . .k. In planting vegetables use enough seed to be sure of a good stand. If| later the plants require thinning this is preferable to the inconvenience and delay of making a second or third sowing. Cut back old seedling pecan trees for top budding during the coming summer. Saw off the main trunk so as to leave 5 or 6 branches and cut these back to stubs 8 to 10 inches in length. New shoots form on the stubs which by the middle of summer will be ready to be budded. ; Soak seed Irish pptntoes in a formalin solution to prevent scab. Use 1 one-half pint of commercial formalin to 15 gallons of water. Let the pota ? toes remain in the solution for two or three days after the treatment. ; Plant melons, cucumbers, squashes, ' and other vegetables that do not trans plant readily in the hot-bed now. The , plants will get a few "weeks start of those grown from seed planted in the open ground and consequently come I into bearing earlier. Tomato carts ; make a good substitute for pots if the ; bottoms are melted -dff. w ?D, CONWAY, S. C. Uses and A bus By Prof. R. J. H. De Loach, Dircc1 i - 3. ROTHAMSTED EXPERIMENT The Third of a Sci Tlie Rothamsted Experiment Stat the great work it has done along a! gone into the laws of soil fertility, In these laws, and has in all its history out a plan of farm management by wi at minimum cost to the farmers. The Rothamsted experiments beg Bennett Lawes began experiments 011 who loved the soil and to experimen fertilizer manufacturer in a certain sc for transforming bone into superphos took out a patent for this in IS42, ai he managed for about thirty years. 1 Gilbert, and these two men for more agricultural investigations in regard t j feeding of domestic animals. In 1889 1 which had now grown so important, t parts of the civilized world, to a bo* half a million dollars. Twenty Years Experi Among many other things that w< with fertilizers, mineral salts, and m animal manures, to determine .iust who For this work plots of ground were measured, and then planted to the cr< 4? ... 1- ? iv ?oik. tsniaii plots would be used f animal manures, and in each series throughout the entire experiments, wli different combinations of fertilizers, c each and of these plots, and with intei were continued for twenty years and Many experiments were conducte the following results: The plots that in twenty years, 'J,?,S3 pounds of hay; alone, 3,pounds; the plots with in 11:011 i a salts, .">.711 pounds of hay; thos< of ammonia salts, ti,72(> pounds of hay manure and nitrate of soda (?. t?>7 pom cost of the fertilizers in comparison to thou* use, one could nol fail to see the Larger Yicldo Weri The Kothanisted st-xti.cn was imori land a id tho part played in this by the many experiment? carried out. there applying plant food to the soil. Pant things being equal, ami ilie tenilixntix her possessions recommended. P wi fertilizers on corn. Seven plots were Piot 1. rnmanurcd. i'let L\ Mixed mineral manure, 30(1 sulphate soda, 100 pounds sulphate litnev Plot 3. Ammonia salts, comprisii 200 pounds muriate of ammonia. Plot P Ammonia salts and mixed 1 'lui 7). r i > f liiiiinretl ;inti iui" v i.< Plot ('?. Two thousand pounds rap I Mot. 7. Fourteen tons farmyard n The results of sfcv years of oxper in yields was obtained with fertilizer: salts, the guano and J\'ipo cake pave i lour or live lnishoh*, increase of dress mineral manures were used, the increa was greater, and in 4 greatest. It set the effect of the ammonia salis in ordei was in e ve-\v case a substantial increasa plots, that remained unmanurod. Tin. great object in giving the abo> tion c? fanners and business men that ago farm crops is a subject as old as a Kothamsted did iniu h fundamental w that ammonia salts and other mineral not valuable. Farmyard manure was more so when ammonia salts were ant SHIPPERS FINED FOR MISBRANDING (Continued from Fa go *2.) . lerstale shippers, the Dr. B. J. Kendall Co., Enosburg Falls, Yt. Some of the curative effects claimed for this; product wore :"Antiapoplortinc * * * The Appoplexy and Paralysis Remedy' for Appoplexy and Paralysis, relieves; Rheumatism, Heart Disease, * * V, "The only Appoplexy Preventive ar.d Paralysis Cure * * "It is a i v viiiuiiiuv;vii ui I T'MltiiliriS rCCOgU 1 '.ICO.J by medical science for preventing i Heart Clot and for preserving' the integrity of the blood vessels, especially j of the brain, * * * those remedies; acting most effectively upon the; blood for the removal of clot and re-1 lief of Paralysis following' cerebral ( hemorrhage * * V Analysis of! j this preparation showed that it did not contain medicinal agents having the therapeutic or curative powers claimed for it. Imitation Graham Flour. The North Star Feed & Cereal Co., Minneapolis, Minn., was charged with, the interstate shipment of graham j flour which was adulterated and mis- ] branded. Examination of the product showed it to ho a mixture of bran, shorts, low-grade flour, and other mill products made in imitation of graham flour, and the Government alleged that this mixture so injuriously; affected the quality of strength of I the article as to constitute adulters;-1 tion under the Food and Drugs Act.1 Misbranding was alleged fro the rests-, on that the product was labeled j "Choice Graham Flour," which state-1 meats were false and misleading, as the article was not si choice graham : flour, but was si mixture consisting of j siri inferior 'grade of flour, bran shorts j (l,wl -?111 rm unti v/mvi nun piuuucis< i no court imposed a fine of $40 on this company. "Maraschino" Was Not Genuine Article. On the charge of adulterating and misbranding an interstate shipment of "Maraschino," the S. Hirsch Distilling Co., doing business under the name of the Minuet Cordial Co., Kansas City, Mo., was fined $50 and costs. Adulteration was alleged for the reason that an imitation product flavored with benzaldehyde had been substituted for genuine maraschino which the article purported to be. Misbrand-I I es of Fertilizers l*r of Georgia Experiment Station. ' STATION AND FERTILIZERS, ries of Six Articles ion is in Kngland. and is noted for 11 Hues of agricultural work. It has is been the lirst to discover many of been especially interested in working bich soil fertility could be maintained an in the year 1837. when Sir John his private estate. He was a man t with it. Strange to say, he was a mse, as he early discovered a process iphate by the use of sulphuric acid, nd built an extensive business which ; n 1843 he associated with him J. H. than fifty years conducted extensive o soil* and fertilizers, and feeds und Sir John turned over his large estate, ind had become so well known in all ird of directors, and endowed it with ments on Same Plots. ore done, experiments were conducted any forms of ummoniates, also with I it sails needed to grow the most crops. | sot aside, marked off and carefully >p with which the investigator wished or the different kinds of mineral and one plot would be left unfertilized lile the others would have applied the ?tc. Careful reports were taken from resting results. The same experiments more. d with hay, and some of these with had Tin manure of any kind averaged the plots which had mineral manure | inernl manure and 400 pounds of atn- , 3 with mineral manure and 800 pounds ; the plots which received the mineral j ids of hay. Considering the very low ' tluj increased yields brought about by value of the manure salts. ; Always Obtained. ?stcd In the permanent improvement of > use of fertilizing materials. From the was never a donl"t of the wisdom of or yields were always obtained, other n of the soils throughout Kngland and is decided to ascertain the efforts of treated as follows: 1 pounds sulphate of potnsh. 200 pounds magnesia, 3,*>o pounds superphosphate tg 200 pounds sulphate ammonia and \ mineral manures, as riot 2. unit's Peruvian giiaiiu. to cake. lanure. intents follow; The greatest increase ^ richest ill .l?ntlln,ii.i 'IV ... .v..ii.i. i lie ammonia ille largest increase', which was about sed corn, in 1 'lot 2, where only the i so was least, while, in Plots :< and it uns thai the mineral manures needed r to holi> them become availalde. There ' e where fertilizers were used over the ,e information is to bring to the at tenth e question of fertilizers for the averay farm of agricultural education, and ork on it. In 110 case was it foum j immures, when applied together, wer somewhat valuable by itself, but 1: plied with it. wnw>?WMMWMii 1 II ?*+mmmwmamwmwmmmmmmmmu???? ing was alleged because statements. 011 the label represntcd the article a.being a genuine maraschino liqueur,; when, as a matter of fact, it was an imitation product flavored with ben-; /aldehyde, and further, that the style and appearance of the package, which; was made to resemble containers as used by the foreign manufacturers of the genuine article would mislead pur chasers into the belief that it was of foreign manufacture, whereas it was of domestic origin. \ To Drive Out .Malaria 1 And Build Up The System ; Take the Old Standard GROVE'S! TASTETKSS chill TONIC. You know j what you are talcing, as the formula is printed 011 every label, showing It is 1 T - _ - - x^wwuiiv: ami noil 111 a lllStClCSS iOrill. The Quinine drives out malaria, the Iron builds up the system. 50--cents o f|i ^ "Thedford's Black-Draught |nj S?j is the best all-round medicine gj?j lever used," writes J. A. jjp fata Steelman, of Pattonville, Texas. m* "I suffered terribly with liver ||g troubles, and could get no relief. l|| The doctors said I had conffl sumption. 1 could not work at |8g 03 all. Finally 1 tried [5$ 8 THEDFQRD'S 1 I BLACK- I I DRAUGHT I H and to my surprise, I got better, H and am to-day as well as any H Ifl^H ? ? ' man.' ineutora'SHiack- B SB Draught is a general, cathartic, B H vegetable liver medicine, that B has been regulating irregular!- B B ties of the liver, stomach and B H bowels, for over 70 years. Qet B 9 a package today. Insist on the B genuine?Thedford's. ?-70 H VALUE OF FISH ^ SCRAP FERTILIZER large Amount of Fertilizer Material in Matter Discarded By Factories 1 " ' ' 6 LARGE ENTERPRISE HAS GROWN ON OUR COAST Fish Scrap Correctly Prepared ;c ai a 4ft io Tf ui ill ftUUUl ?J> *? U Per Ton. I The general siuation in the fcrtili1 ' or industry of the country has again . d'awn attention to the waste in possible fertilizer material in connection with th~ fish canning operations on the Pacific coast. Fish scrap has long j been used as a source of both nitrogen and hone phophate, and on the I Atlantic coast an industry of consihI era hie proportions has developed in i .h? production of fish scrap for fer1 lilizv r purposes. In the salmon-canning; Industry investigation has shown that at least .*'0 CIO)' " Al i..v iiu 01 llie material as ii conies to the factory is discarded as unsuiicd for ca ;ni>:yr. This ine'udes heads, tails, fins, roe, and visctr.. This raw canning waste co:> taius about the -VI low hi;.', pmvonu ges of fort i liver ingredient Ammonia, d 67; bone phosphate, 3.46: and, in a. diiloa about 10.43 per ecu , of fish oii. lr. If'.3 approximately 0,YOU,000 cases of salt am were packed in A uteri can canneries. The wnsie producis front this industry could have been made to yield about 11,400 tons of fish scrap and about 2.4(h).OOP gallons of oil. Front the average cannery which produces, say. 50,000 cases of canned Sainton in a season, the output of dry fish scrap might be at least 115 tons and of oil about IJ),00() gallons. To a great extent this material is now wasted. In addition, there are other sources of waste. Large quantities of fish of other species are caught along with the salmon, and those are frequently thrown away as worthless Occasionally, too, more salmon are taken than can he handled by the cannery and scow loads are sometimes disca rdod. The methods of handling* the material that is now thrown away are simple and well understood. In other industries similar waste is first cooked, then pressed, and finally dried, preferably in a modern votary drier. If a redact."m plant were operated as a by-product plant *U" the cannery proper,, it might lu* practicable to use the waste heat from the fires under the factory boilers to operate the drier. Fish scrap, so pcrapred, is worth about $40 a ton for fortdizer purposes. It may, however, be used as a hog and poultry feed, awl as such will brine; a higher price. In recent years a considerable market for live materia! for feeding* purposes has been built up on the Pacific coast by canneries which handle their waste in a sanitary manner that mwontx do r %,v* composition. This scrap is competing successfully with meat so tip as a hoy: and poultry feed. A lighter-colored salmon oil has been obtained. Now is a good time to top graft apple trees. If you have on hand Irish potatoes from yaur fall crop they may be used i for spring planting. I 1 Wood's Productive i Seed Coins. Our Virginia-grown Seed Corns have an established i reputation for superiority in productiveness and germinating qualities. j . ? v/vs. ,? w>>\.( ipvi1 t v nuirv ;', ! tells about the best of jr?rh\o-winning am! profit-making writ Ties in both White and Ytlitw Corns. Cotton Seed. We offer the best and most itrii proved varieties, grown in sections absolutely free from boll weevil. Our Catalog gives prices and information, and tells about the best of Southern Seeds, 100-DAY VELVET BEANS. Soja Beam, SUDAN GRASS, Daltb Grass and all Sorghums and Millets. Catalog mailed free on request. T. W. WOOD d SONS. SEEDSMEN, - Richmond, Va.