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i Address .11 AMONG I inquiries to ??? m. w. wall Articles in this Con* ay, S. C ?Jld I PERMANENT PASTURES IIAS BEEN STARTED There have been several permanent pastures started in Floyd* township this year. On- which deserves special fi'inXrr. h '. . ; vn Mr; C. F. l>u se'fc plf.CC ft Ffaydfl X Roads. 1'l.el Burr ciov .1' ha# "taken" very well] a <1 it will entirely re-seed itself. Tlie B: nr.uda yrass is doimr fine also. ? It\ E SHOULD BE DISKED IN AND THKN TURNED| it is oemg notice on several farms | where the farmers are plowing: under rye at this date* I notice that they just turn it under without first disking it. The rye should be disked in well and then turned. Whore there are rye stems sticking out of the soil all.over the field, there will he considerable trouble in later plowing besides the great effect it will have upon the soil moisture. DO NOT PULL SPROUTS FROM PEACH TREES At this particular time some are asking if they should pull the young sprouts or "shoots" off of the young pet ich trees. This certainly should not be done until fall and then they should bo cut with sharp knife. By] pulling them off now there will be a; greater chance for disease and insects to sot in and ruin the trees. HOW TO OBTAIN INOCCULATION FREE The Government w'll send to any or.o who fills out an application card enough inoceulation for one acre of any kind of legume. Any one desir ini? to try an acre of velvet beans, soy beans, or any of the eowpeas will do well to call and got some cards and fill them out now and get the inocculation free of cost. FOR SALE. f? bushels mixed eowpeas at $1.20. Good fodder at $1.25 all f. o. b. Loris. o HEW A K E Til R NIP-RA PE SEED Farmers Cautioned Not to Buy It? Department Will Examine Sam pies. Two hundred thousand pounds of turnip-rape seed, or enough to sow approximately 50,000 acres, have been imported from Argentina and Japan and are being sold as winter rune. The peed specialists of the depni'trrrrni therefore, are again cautioning farmers to avoid the purchase and seeding of turnip rape?which is not winter .....i r? a. e i?'.|n= turn i? nwt .MiiuiiMf mi uif nirii^v purposes for which winter rape is grown. The seeds of turnip rape are smaller and have a more deeply pitted surface than those of winter rape. The young plants are easily distinguished by the difference in habit of growth and the character and color of the leaves. Winter rape produces a definite stem, with the leaves occurring along it at intervals. Turnip rape does not produce a definite stem, the leaves all growing in an apparent whorl at the surface of the ground. The leaves of winter rape are thick anct succulent, free from hairs, and covered with a grayish bloom. The leaves of turnip rape are thin, hairy, and bright green, like those of the garden turnip. Persons purchasing rape seed may submit samples to the Seed Laboratory of the department for determination as to whether the seed is that of turnip rape or winter rape. Samples of both turnip rape and winter rape seed, for comparison, will be sent on application to the Seed Laboratory. RUB-MY-TISM Will cure your Rheumatism Neuralgia, Headaches, Cramps, Colic, Sprain9, Bruises, Cut9 and Burns, Old Sores, Stings of Insect9 Etc.* Antiseptic Anodyne, used internally and externally. Price 25c. r I# / NOTICE. There has taken up at my place two black male hogs unmarked about eight or ten months old. Owner ma> get same upon proving property am' paying charges., B. B. VEREEN, ttt. Vina, S. C. o tote M Sorts, Otfecr INimiss Woa't Curs. Tbe woratCMca, so matter of how lone standi n*, re cured by the wonderful, old reliable Dr. Porter's Antiseptic Healla* OH. It relieves Ma and Heals at tbe same tine. 25c, SOc, $1.00 > ~ jOBRY'S PROGRESSIVE fl 5 Deoartment are Prepared by , )eal With the Problems of the H County Farmer. INTESTINAL WORMS CAUSED BY NEGLECT intestinal Worms m4<> common iu hogs and arc particularly ' j".vi?v.s vO' ] growing pigs. In sufficleiitly fed, neg- 1 locted pigs living in dirty pens and i yurds, fed from filthy troughs, drink i ing contaminated water, bathing in i old hog valUws, and rooting and I sleeping in maunre piles and stack bottoms soon become infested with worms; consequently they do not thrive, but develop into pot-bellied rickety, profitless runts. Pens should be kept clean and dry and the manure frequently removed. It has been asserted ?by various experienced feeders of hogs that a mixture of charcoal, ashes, lime, salt, sul pliur and copperas kept where the hogs can cat it will tend to prevent worm infestation. There is not as yet positive experimental evidence in support of the idea tluft such a mixture will prevent worm infestation, but the mixture does apear to satisf> the hog's desire for mineral substances and probably is of value as a tonic and appetizer. It may he made up if. the following proportions: Charcoal Mixture. | Charcoal, 1 bushel. | Hardwood ashes, 1 bushel. ' Salt, 8 pounds. ' Air-slaked lime, 4 pounds. : Sulphur. 4 pounds. Pulverized copperas, 2 pounds. Mix the lime, salt, and sulphur thor! oughly and then n ix with the chur! coal and ashes. Dissolve the copperas in two parts of hot water and sprinkle i over the whole mass, mixing it thorI oughly. Keep some of this mixture in a hox before the ho^s at all times, or place in a self-feeder, j Santonin, which was formerly widci Iv used as a remedy for worms in I hogs, is practically unobtainable at i the present time owing to foreign 1 trade conditions. The following treatment has been found to be very effective against intestinal worms in experiments conducted by the Zoological Division of the Bureau of Animal Industry: Withhold all food and water for 24 hours then give ouch pig from 1 to 4 ounce* of castor oil to which has been added oil of A.mrican wormsood as follows: Small pigs, 2 to *i months old, .'br? drops; pigs weighing f.O to 100 nounds. ">0 t,> 100 drons: lmwv r?iir? r ' o-' 1 tcaspoonful. Knrh j?i?r should ho dosed sepnvatoly f *, he 'v>st results nvn to ho obtained. Dangerous to Drench Mors. Drenching hogs is dangerous. : they are liable to got the remedy into the lung's. With ^ullicient assistniv pigs may be hold, the mouth kept ope by means of a couple of loops of wir? or rope, and the medicine given di rectiv in a tablespoon. By this met1; od, though it is troublesome one ma> be certain that each pig gets his prop er dose. After dosing, the pigs may be fed and watered. Repeat the treat nient in 10 days. Further information on swine husbandry will be found in Farmers' Bulletins issued by the department, v list of which may be obtained upon tn>r>l !/i?f ^ 4 1- A i----- - * f * 1 1 * U)/|/Iiv.uviuu lU lilt- I./IVISlOn OI i'UDIlcations. o To Run. Becoming more and more evident that T. R. now stands for "To Run.'' ?The State. Wood's Productive Seed Corns. Our Virginia-grown Seed Corns have an established reputation for superiority in productiveness and germinating qualities. Wood's Descriptive Catalog tells about the best of prize-winning and profit-making varieties in both Whlto and Yellow Corns. Cotton Seed. I We offer the best and most improved 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 Beans. SUDAN GRASS. DaQls Gnus and all Sorghums and M9t?ts* Catalog mailed free on request. T.W.WOOD 6 SONS. | SEEDSMEN, - Mch??,Vt. J TP TOUT HBtAU (RMERS "Soil Boildinic [ and I Able Writers Economic I orry Production. D ASHES FROM WOOD ANDBONE MEAL: The recent groat advance in the price of potash because of the German embargo on exportation, and in ( rJie price of acid phosphate because of 1 the increased use of sulphuric acid for munition purposes, naturally stimulates interest in all home sources of fertilizer materials. Such sources can not be expected to furnish a large supply, but any materials which are available should be preserved and used. In this connection attention hould be drawn to wood ashes and bones. Wood ashes prepared by burning the wood in the air, contain on an average of 5 to 10 per cent of potash, The content of potash is determined by the species of plant, the soil upon which grown, and the portion of the plant burned, whether root, stock, or branches. The potash is in a highh soiuable form, and unless the ashei re protected from the weather will 'each away and be lost. Potash must however, be in this soiuable form to '-.v r.v.. vu vaiuc ivi iiu/A . jjni and wood aslios properly cared for re, therefore, a valuable home source >f supply. Farmers who ouse wood for Tuel should slorc all the ashes produced in a weather tight place, since by so doing they may assure themselves of at least a small supply of a fertilizer ingredient otherwise almost unobtainable at present. Hones are another source of fertilizer materials which should not be " vcvloolccd. Ground bone has long been recognized as a valuable fertilizer material, and as a source of phosphoric acid its use antedates that of ohosphate rock. Raw bones contain from 20 to 25 per cent of phosphoric acid and 5 or G per cent of nitrogen. There are many methods of treating bones, but probably the simplest and most satisfactory for tkc small operator is to reduce them to bone cmal. fhey should first he thoroughly steam ed, say in a boiler such as is used for producing lime sulphur, after which ! they should be dried and ground to 1 n 1 .111 I 1 1 Qlli.b it ft vt all .inn nv 1*1 Hi C? ! k?WV U CI I II HI V, ll.. bo secured at small expense, and ma\ be used for other operations on the farm. The bone meal so produced may be applied direct, or in combination with wood ashes. The application of wood ashes and bone meal to the soil furnishes the necessary constitutents of a complete fertilizer? nitrogen, phosphoric acid, and potash. A method of composting wood ashes and whole hones, which is said to nve originated in Russia, is as follows : "in a trench of or 4 feet deep, rood ashes and whole bones are pilot i alternate layers, each. about six inches deep. The lowest and the uppermost layers are of ashes, and each layer of ashes is saturated with water as soon as it has been laid. Upright stakes are set in the trenches at intervals of about 3 feet at the begin ning, and they are withdrawn after 8 or 10 days' time. Into the holes which the stakes have left enough water is poured to saturate anew the ashes. At the end of two months, when the bones have become considerably softened, the heap should be thrown over, moistened, and allowed to ferment anew. This process should be repeated at intervals as often as necessary. Five months and three turnings should be sufficient." o To Drive Out Malaria And Build Up The System Take the Old Standard GROVE'S TASTELESS chill TONIC. You know what you are taking, as the formula is printed on every label, showing it is Quinine and Iron in a tasteless form. The Quinine drives out malaria, the ? a _ - - hod uuuas up me system. 50 cent* o Cheap gasoline and cheap sugar are merely traditions.?Evening Post. Illiteracy in Latin America. New York City is spending more for education than all the Latin-American countries combined. In the Argentine Republic 50 per cent of the people are illiterate, in Mexico 82 per cent and in Brazil 80 percent or more. "The work among the women is growing intensely interesting. At first they stood off and looked at me, for at first missionary women were not?well, especially loved. But now to see them smile and 'Brazilian hug' mc makes me so happy and thankful.! ?Mrs. M. G, White, Southern Baptist Missionary, Bahia, Brazil. I >. CONWAY, S. O. _ SUGGESTIONS FOR ' REARING CHICKENS ' i s (Continued from Page 2.) t upon one's experience in feeding. The 1 yotmg chicks may be fed any time i .?fter they are 3G to hours old. 1 whether they are with a hen or in a i brooder. The first feed may contain > either hard-boiled eggs, johnnycake, 1 stale bread, pinhead oatmeal, or rolled 1 oats, which feeds or cominations may t bj UHcd with good results. Feed the- 1 bread crumbs, rolled oats, or johhny- i cake mixtures, moistened with water. i five times daily for the first week* ) then gradually substitute for one o. 1 two feeds of the mixture finely crack 1 ed grains of equal parts by weight of i cracked wheat, finely cracked corn, 1 and pinhead oatmeal or hulled oats, to i which about 5 per cent of cracked I peas or broken rice and 2 per cent ot charcoal, millet, or rape seed may be , added. A commercial chick feed may be substituted if desired. The above i ration can be fed until the chicks ar: two weeks old, when they should be fed on grain and a dry or wet mash mixture. After the chicks are 10 days old r good growing mash, composed of two parts by weight or bran, two parts middlings, one part cornmeal, one part low grade wheat flour or red-dog flour, and 10 per cent sifted beef scrap, may be placed in a hopper aiu. left- hpfovf* Hi pin ut -ill tiiMpo Ac soon as the chickens will cat the whole wheat, cracked corn, and othei grains, the small-size chick feed ca bo eliminated. t Fine charcoal, grit, oyster shell, and clean water should be kept before tin chickens at all times, and cracked o? ground bone may be fed where the chickens are kept in small bare yards but the latter feed is not necessary for chickens that have a good range. o IN LOVING MKMORY of My Dear Mother. | Nancy Grainger was born about the date of 1863 and died on the night of April 11th, 1916. She was 53 year? old. She had suffered from a goitre on her neck for a long time and had suffered in other ways, and when she had gotten all run down and very nervous she went to The Burroughs Hos 1 pital, Conway, S. C., but only suffered there for a week before the final -Sum mons came and ended her sufferings j REAL ESTATE, REAL ESTATE LOANS, CONTi * ^ f ?xnixaixzu:izz-Atxtt:itznza\ ^ t 11 \\ g |; i | ij | P In E i S III I w c li I 1 c I I TO WR || ij SURAN< || | PANIES | | WRITE | SOUTH 1 I ] [ !; ? mmtmrr? lumimmma ??*?#!)*0*0*0000000*00000 mmmmmmmmm?mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm?mmmmmrnmi in this world. Oh, how hard it was to jive up dear mamma. We miss her jo much, we miss here smiling face all :he time, but we have a bright hope ,hat she is in the Gloryland and th*at nc too shall soon join her there if we nit live as she lived. It is impossible for us to understand God's dealings vith his children. We don't know His exalted purposes. We can onl> ift our hearts in submission and sa> ;hat thy will be done and not ours Never again will we hear the sweet /oiee of dear mother. Her chair is meant and a place vacant ?in her tome that nover can be filled. W; ;ong for a touch of her vanishe<l land and to hear the sound of her /oice, but it is forever stilled in this world. Yes she is gone where trouble, sorrow ami affilctions are unknown. She is gone to the Mansion we believe eternal in the Heavens, the one Jesus went to prepare for her. Ami we long to hear her singing the heavenly voices. Wo immngino we hear her and see her beckoning come. The funeral services were conducted by Rev. Tom Patterson, who lives near Loris, S. C., and a large crowd followed her remains to the burial ground, where she was laid to await the time when the dead in Christ shall rise. May we, who are left behind, live nearer to God and when we are called join and embrace dour Mamma in the skies. Her Loving Daughter, VIOLA. | o North Carolina Democrats in Stat( | convention have indorsed President; Wilson for reelection and chose Senators Overman, Simmons, Gov. Craig and Gen. Julian S. Carr as delegates at large to the St. Louis convention. o DANGERS OF DRAFT. Drafts feel best when we are hot and perspiring, just when they aremost dangerous and the result is Neuralgia, Stiff Neck, Sore Muscles, or sometimes an attack of Rheumatism. In such cases apply Sloan's Liniment. It stimulates circulation to the sore and painful part. The blood flows freely and in a short time the stiffness and pain leaves. Those | suffering from Neuralgia, or Neuralgic Headache will find one or two applications of Sloan's Liniment will give greatful relief. The. agonizing pain gives way to a tingling sensation of comfort and warmth and quiet rest and sleep is possible. Good for Neuritis too. Price 25c. at your Druggist ?adv. Bounty Ti L. 0. MATH, Mgr. VAY, SOUTH CAR( S-4-4-* WVl xatxamtmx : HAVE 4' FOUR COMPANIES in ou: :y and are pri lite any form :e. all of thes are licensl in the state ( carolina. r rf\ f ' natn 65 GERMAN SHIPS IN THE PORTS OF U. S. f r Gross Tonnage of Interned Fleet Is 488,368?12 Austrian Vessels, Also. | 1! Germany's merchant marine is represented by almost one-half million gross tons?05 ships?now interned at various American ports, says the New York Journal ol* Commerce. The aggregate gross tonnage on these German vessels sheltering at United States ports 488,308 tons, and twelve other ships, belonging to Austrian corporations, also detained at our ports, aggregate 56,713 gross tons, according to information compiled by this journal. The German ships now in United States ports include some of the finest and largest passenger and freight ves sels which were formerly employed in the transatlantic services of the Hambui g- American Line, the North German Lloyd and one or two other German companies. In the list are such vessels as the Yatterland, of 54,282 tons gross; the President Lincoln, i iions gross; Kaiser Wilhclm 11, 19,801 tons gross; Grosser Kurfurst, 18,102 tons gross; Pennsylvania, t*t.T188 tons gross; President Grant, 1S,j (>72; BarbarossU, 10.915 tons gross; Princess Irene, .10 881 tons gross; Amerika, 22,022 tons; Kronprizessin Ccc'lie, 10,508 tons gross; Gineinnatti, 10,880 tons gross; Bulgaria, 11,440 tons gross; and the Friedrich der Grosso, of 10,095 tons gross. Out of the total number of sixtyfive German ships now detained at American ports, no less than twenty-* 1 eight, of an aggregate gross tonnage 1 of 804,545 are at the Port at New York, eight at Honolulu, seven at Boston, three at Baltimore, three at New Orleans, two at Philadelphia and tHe balance scattered among various other ports. o , <? M i The senate has confirmed the noYni-1 nations of Clinton G. Rowland to be postmaster at Central and W. R Wright, .Jr., at Shelton, S. 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