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What Fanners Should Do During This Month Clemson Colk&e Tells of Various Things to Be Done “Down on the Farm” in January. to Agronomy. * F6r better profits plant cotton that will produce staple of dne inch or better Plant only cotton seed that give good germination Do not plan for more cotton than can be givert proper attention. Study fertilizer needs and buy m&- teriak intelligently, to make more profitable yields Plan for food and feejd crops make the farm self-sustaining Horticulture. Prepare hotbed? and coldframes for cabbage, tomato, pepper, egg-plant, cauliflower and onions. Plant cabbage seeds in hotbeds January 1 to 10. Plant English Peas, if soil \% in con dition, covering five oo gix inches. Prepare land for Irish potatoes, and order certified seed. • • Prune aH fruit trees preparatory to spraying with lime-sulphur in ea^fr February. Plant fruit trees rather than later, if soil h» in condition v Dig, separate, and -reset all canna roots not dug last fall. Plant Diseases. Continue cleaning up orchards to _ destroy fallen fruit and limbs. Prune grapes and remove and bum disease-harboring vines. Spray spinach field for mildew with blues tone, one-half pound; fish oil soap, five pound*; water, 50 gallons. . Order mercuric chloride to treat seed potatoes. Eatomatagy. Continue cleanup of trash and rem nants about edges of fields and gar den, to kill hibernating insects. Do not bum woods areas for con trol of insects. Gather and bum fallen severed pe can twigs to help to control the bee tle. Put orchard spraying outfit in or der to put on the dormant spray for San Joae Scale and diseases. Fumigate with carbon disulphide to save grain, peas, and beans from be- * tag mined by weevils. Clean bee yards of all old rubbish and dry gras, by plowing.—with care not to hit the hive*. Clean any hives where the bees have died and »tack them under a shelter. If twes are not located right, move them now. Agricultural Engineering. Rearrange farm buildings and fields for more efficient use of labor aryl machinery. * Remove *tumps, stones and other obstructions and terrace or drain the land for better use of land and machin- Increased Need and Use . for Home Ground Feed Increased use and need for ground feed among dairymen and poultry- men have led to many developments In feed grinding equipment An in crease in the amount of available power on farms In the form of trac tors; electric motors and gasoline en gines has made farm grinding^ an easier and simpler matter while Im provements in the construction of the grinders themselves have made them more efficient fend cheaper to operate. Observations Indicate that both home grinding and custom grinding Is on the Increase. Under average con ditions, custom grinding Is generally considered cheaper for the farmer who needs less thdn 200 bushels of ground feed per year. On farms us ing more than 400 bushels of ground feed In the course of a year, grinding can be done at home with Individual equipment at a considerable saving. If as much as 700 bushels of grain are to be ground annually, an individual grinder on the farm will do the job at about half the cost of the custom grinder. Losses 'From. Hog Cholera Lowest Raising Animals Under Mc Lean County System Is Emphasized. By Grace Jewett Axsti* Roasting Corn Borer in Very Practical Way The European corn borer has been “roasted** continually for years by those who hove had their fields de vastated as well as by those who fear Its Infaslou. Now It la found that It can be roasted In a practical way, aays the Wisconsin Agriculturist. There Is a danger of spreading this peat by way of seed corn. Some one might bring a single ear of seed corn Into a dean district and from that might spread the scourge. It Is found, however, that tbe borrer In the cob or grains can he killed by heat. Tbe United States Deportment of Agriculture re|»orts that a tempera ture of 11)8.4 degrees, maintained for 24 hoars, will kill IL Tbe same le an It will come from 140 degrees for eight hours; 145.4 degree* for five hoars: 150S degrees for three hours, or 1M4 degree* for two and a half hours. This would he a very low oven temperature. This la a good tiling to know and may help In preventing (be spread of this daogeroita peat. Farm Notes Krnalno la active on 73 per rent of all the land In the United States. • • • Agriculture, like Industry, wilt well to make war oa waste In forma. do till liutiding Ml Build. Profit. I ti< try. Plan to use at leari two-mule teams for every operation possible. One- mule plow-stock faiming can never be made profitable. Resolve to build an implement shed and farm shop to take better care of farm equipment. Dairying. Make an inventory of livestock, feed and equipment at once. Decide now whether you will have silage for your oows next Mi and plan for its production. Analyze your herd record* for 1929 and decide whether you can improve in management and feeding for the coming year. Repair pasture fences, clean out under-growth, bushes, and briars, and stop the washes in pastures. Start the New Year right by keep ing daily milk record on each cow and feeding grain in proportion to the milk yield. Animal Husbandry Give the eWe flock shelter from .rain and what legume hay they will clean up. If sheep receiving plenty of feed ire still thin, aend samples of manure t^Dr. W. K. Lewis State veteriharian, Columbia, to determine if they have uaraaitea. * * 8| Double-treat for cholera all hogs which are to be carried until spring Provide bogs with shelter and liberal bedding foivthe winter. See that hogs have green feeds— barley, rye, ofita or rape. Winter the breeding beef rattle herd on unsalable roughage but don't let them loee over. "d pound* oer Clemson College.—W. H. McLain, of Aiken County, believe* that poor land can be made to produce rich- land crop, by proper fertilising and rotatmg with soil-buiMmg crops, af ter making a profit of $82.49 per cent rem a five-acte soil-building rota- on, nays R. W. Hamilton, extension agronomist. “Five acres of poor sandy land were put into a two-year soil-building rota tion in 192K,’* explains Mr. Hamilton. “Th. first crop was com and soy beans and the corn made 15 bushels per acre. > The soybeans and com stalks -were turned under and a win- tar legume cover crop was planted. This was turned under ahead of cot ton, which was fertilized with a home mixture of 400 pounds of acid phos phate, 50 pounds of muriate of potash and 100 pounds of nitrate of «oda, and then side-|diessed with 100 pounds of nitrate of soda. A check plot was given the phosphorus and potash, but no ammonia, , , - — “The average 1 yield on the field was 1358 pounds of seed cotton per acre. The check plot made 780 pounds per acre. “The total cost of the crop was $30.24 per acre; the value was $92.73 :psr acre, leifving a profit of $62.49 per aqre, or a total profit on the five acres of $312.45. “Mr. McLain knows that soil-build ing crops combined with intelligent fertilization will give profitable yields” red br the United State* Department of Agriculture.) og cholera seems to be slightly less revalent this year than last, and last year losses from the disease were the lowest since the United States Depart ment of agriculture has been keeping records. Dr. U. G. Houck, associate chief of the bureau of animal industry announced In a summary of informa tion assembled from thirty-one states. In four of these states, however— Indiana, Michigan, Nebraska and Ohio —hog cholera is more prevalent than last year. Approximately the same amount of cholera as last year was reported for Colorado, Kentucky North Carolina, Texas,' Illinois, Mississippi,. Tennessee, and Wisconsin. Less Cholera Reported. In Alabama, California, Georgia, Kansas, Maryland, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Arkansas, Iowa, Florida, Idaho, Louisiana, Missouri, South Carolina, Utah, and Oregon observers report less cholera this year than last. With the exception of three states the decreases are slight, but Oklahoma re ports a redaction of 50 per cent, Lou isiana 40 per cent, and Idaho 30 per cent. “The hog cholera situation. In gen eral,^ said Doctor Houck, “teems to be somewhat better than last year. According to our Information there has been considerable Increase this year over last year In the amount of Ituronnlcatlon agalnat hog cholera In fifteen of the thirty-one atatea. There was do appreciable difference In nine states and seven states report leas I munlzatloo thso Isst year. 1 * Doctor Houck referred to a report from Idaho stating that most of tbe hog cholera of gtcent mouth* occurred on farms where there bad been pur rhaaee at public grounds of onlmmun- I zed animals. A middle-western vet crioartan explained occasional “break* 1 of tbe serum usually occurred when “too little attention Is given to the condition of the herd Immediately prior to Immunisation.** the cot queore of administering virus when the animal* were not In fit physical condition to receive It. In such cases losses are likely to be severe. Harm Dana by V and ora. Doctor Houck also quoted an ob server of tbe swine Industry In Ne braska at saying that “vendor* of swine remedies have become Inc teas Ingly prevalent during the last few years In Nebraska. In many cases they have caused owners of sick herds to delay In securing competent veter inary assistance until too late to snve their bogs, la other cases the reme dies fed to prevent sickness have ac* tually caused sickness." This otiaerv er ilao emphasizes the desirability of raising hogs under the IcLean C'omf * ty system of sanitation as sponsored by the United States Department of Agriculture, comments on the deslra blllty of feeding balanced rations, and emphasizes the advisability of Imme diately employing a competent veter inarian when disease appears in a herd. Grace J. Austin. Not for many scores of moons has brown so taken the world of style as at the present time. And. tbe masculine lords of creatlo n have meekly followed along with their women folk; so that much brown is seen in suits for men's wear on practieiUy all oc casions. except those where black is the. only admis sible garb. When these brown suits are matched in silk and leather for hose and shoes—per haps with hat and top coat, and s flash of brightness given In the tie, what more could the average man want? In the meantime, black velvet Is forging ahead In feminine approval— that material which never will go out of style so long as water runs over tbe river beds. Many of these curious little short evening wraps will be made of black velvet perhaps heavily banded with fur. The black velvet, net or crepe evening gown has an Important place this year and never loses Its dignity. F1B£ HEALTH AND ACCOMMI INSURANCE COMPANIBS. Panonal attention given bnetaNi office In Harrison Block, fig, BARNWELL. S. C is n Prescription tm Odds, Grippe, Flu, Fever end It b the most speedy NOTICE! i Against Hunting, Fishing 6 Trapp] - , n Any person or persons entering upon the lands hereinafter referred to, situate in Barnwell, Richland and Red Oak Townships, for the purpose of hunting, fishing or trapping, will be prosecuted to the full extent of tho law: Mrs. Flossie Smith 1,000 W. H. Duncan 405 Mrs. Kate M. Patterson ... 3,000 Dur.caimon Place 1,650 Mrs. Jane R. Patterson 1,000 Sweet Water Place -500 John K. Snelling 100 Barnwell Turpetine Co: Simmos Place 450 Middleton Place 300 Mose Holley — 160 S. B. Moseley 100 Llttto drops of crystal. Llttla (trains of slaas Aro seen sa pretty neckwear «Everywhere voo Barnwell, S. C., Sept. 8, J. M. Weathersbee 672 Estate of H. A. Patterson.. 2,000 Joseph E. Dicks R. C. Holman 400 A. A. Richardson 1,000 Lemon Bros. 160 Bruce Place 600 B. L. Easterling Cave Place .. 200 J. P. Harley 160 L. W. Tilly 100 H. L. O’Baimon 72 Ha net Houston 160 GEO. H. WALKER/Owner ANGUS PATTERSON, Mgr. 1920. Feed horses eel and r.»:l*» rongSage gram t# krep Advertise in The People-Sentinel a well sumy them thrifty. Avoid sudden change 1 ? in rations. c Poaltov. Provide the btrr*:;er* with balanced ratio i and amide range Mate breed i pens about two weeks in ad'..nc, 1 <t securing hitch ing eggs. Use one ma’e U each 15 hens in Mediterranean breeds, one to 12 in American and English breeds. brooder bouse and i Move ready for uae. Tractors Are Gaining on Many Truck Farms In regions around large centers of population where truck gardening pre vails and in other places where small road crops are grown, the garden trac tor is gaining a strong foothold. Poultry, fruit or truck farms use this mechanical power very advantage ously In seeding, cultivating and har vesting. as well as In other draw^bar and belt power tasks. The garden tractor fills a demand which results from the ImpractfcabfHtjr of maintaining horses In thickly set tled truck or fruit-producing areas. !n such areas land Is expensive and the cost of home-grown horse feed is too high. ' 9 These garden tractors are small and compact and can' he operated advan tageously in gardens, orchards or oth er close quarters since they may be turned sharply ufid since the tools that operate are close to the source of pow- generally between the driver and the engine. Legume Crops Are Not Satisfactory for Silage crops do not make good fertilizer as a rule. They are so high in nitrogen and low in sugars and starches that they do not keep well in a silo. At the University of Mis souri some years ago Professor Eckels was able to make very good silage ow of alfalfa hay that be allowed to wilt before potting in the silo. Most ex periments. however, have not been so successful. It Is necessary to save some sngar and starch ferraentitloa to develop a good keeping quality. More and more stanzas might be written about little beads of wood, little leaves of golden metal or swing ing pendants of many a shape and kind. One thing Is certain, beads are appreciated, and It la a wonder that no bride, so far as Dame Fashion knows, hat been given a "bead •hower." Those who have attended grand opera this year In New York report the gowns to be more resplendent and the jewels more flashing than la any year since the World war. Emeralds seem to be special favorites. Yet bow often It has been whispered that In these days of danger many owners of genuine jewels wear careful replicas of their possessions. So why should not the rest of us indulge In a few green crystals? j It might as well be admitted that knees are nearer the vanishing point than they bare been for a number of years. Ami no man nor woman can prophecy how long tbe changed con dition wilt remain. One thing la cer tain. tbe length of skirts Is a vital topic of conversation north, south, east and west. The same powerful fashion wlsartl which sent skirts do* n lower also said “darker, darker** to txwlery. snd worn en are obeying. This dark cry has j been raised In several chill seasons. I hut without gaining so much of a re sponse as this year. Perhaps the dark hose are accepted aa a sort of corol- j lary to tbe longer skirts. Just as prop ositions In geometry have little “bitch* ona** or big imposing bills In congress have little “ridem" that sometimes cause more discussion than tbe orig inal hllla. Dame Fashion, being of a frugal mind, thought the other day ahe would try to find the mystic shade of dark hose which will look just right with black pumps and also be the very thing to wear with ton oxfords. A fisherman choosing artlficlnl files Is not ahead of the hoalery-chnoser In care necessary. One shade, wonderful with tan leather. Is out entirely when put with black, and just the reverse with other shades. But It can be done —that Is, Dame Fashion thinks It can. To name the shade Is another matter. Each must hunt until she can say. “Eureka, I have found U!*’-T-und then she wMI be mtisfied. (©. 1925. Western Newspaper Union.) I LONG TERM MONEY to LEND My. ■ ■ — ■■ ■■»■ ■ ■■ — mw—" ■ ■ 7 i A, ■ .mi, ~i,i ■ JSaiSMi 6 per cent interest on large amounts] Private funds for small loans. BROWN A BUSH BARNWELL. ROUTE CAEOUHA. ERRORR-ROR—RRERRREEEROREERffiROaRERffERa+aoa—aRREil TREASURER’S TAX NOTICE The Cour ty Treasurer's office will be opea from September 16th, to March 16th. 1930, for collectiaf 1929 taxes, which include real aaff personal property, poll snd read tax. All taxes doe aad payable between September 16th and December tlst» 1929, will be collected without penalty. All taxe s not paid aa stated with be subject to penalties as provided by law: January ;*t, 1980, one per cert will be added. February 1st, 1980, two per cent will be added. March 1st to 16th, 1930 seven per cent, will he added. Executions will be placed in the hands of the Sheriff for collection af ter March l&th, 1930. , When writirf for amount of taxes, be sure and five school district if property is in more than one school district. All personal checks given for taxes will be subject to collection. Bloused Pack Features Chic Frock From Paris hifb-prodtcmc stack city has the State leads i» tbe pro of apple * 1 I i I ll II » i & i mm l «■* i j l I No. 24—Ashleigh ....... 6 1 w | 12 1 1 3 4 12 No. 23—Barbery Branch . 6 10 12 ! 1 I 8 ! 4 80 No. 46—Barnwell ... 6 10 12 1 | 3 4 29 No. 4—Big Fork •*...... 5 10 j 12 1 1 8 1 4 18 No. 19—Blackville 5 i 10 12 1 1 3 4 , 31 No. 35—Cedar Grove — 5 10 12 i 1 3 - 4 28 No. 50—Diamond 5 10 12 1 3 . 4 14 Nq, 20—Double Pond 5 1 10 j *12 1 1 3 ! . 4 19 No. 12—Dunbarton 6 10 12 1 1 3 ‘ 4 27 No. 21—Edisto 5 10 12 1 8 4 9 No. 28—Elko 5 10 12 1 3 j 4 30 No. 53—Ellenton ..... 5 10 12 l j 3 4 11 No. 11—Four Mile 5 10 12 l 8 4 14 No. 39—Friendship 5 10 12 1 3 4 14 No. 16—Green's 5 10 12 1 3 4 30 No. 10—Healing Spring*- - ^ - -=I6- -Y2- 3 4 20 No. 23—Hercules 5 10- 12 1 3 4 27 N% 9—Hilda s......... —6- rnr T* TH r$ 4 35 No. 52—Joyce Branch 5 . r 10 12 1 3 4 26 No. 34—Kline 5 10 12 1 3 4 18 No. 32—Lee's — 5 10 12 1 3 4 10 No. 8—Long Branch .... 5 10 12 1 3 4 17 No. 54—Meyer's Mill 5 10 12 1 3 4 26 No. 42—Morris 5 10 12 1 8 4 14 No. 14—Mt. Calvary 5 10 12 1 3 4 28 No. 25—New Forest * 6 10 12 1 3 4 28 No. 38—Oak Grove 5 10 12 1 3 4 19 No. 43—Old Columbia .. 5 10 12 1 3 4 26 No. 13—Pleasant Hill 5 10 12 1 3 4 ' 16 No. 7.—Red Oak 5 10 12 1 3 4 16 No. 15—Reedy Branch . 5 10 12 i 3 4 21 No. 2—Seven Pines 5 10 12 1 3 4 12 No. 40—Tinker's Creek . 5 10 12 1 3 4 17 No. 26—Upper Richland . 5 10 12 1 8 4 . 26 No. 29—Willisten 5 10 12 l 3 4 32 “vT*---’ • 47 68 49 64 62 44 66 46 49 49 65 62 70 61 58 45 62 61 49 68 63 54 61 60 51 66 47 52 61 67 The commutation road tax of $3.00 most be paid by all between the ages of 21 and 66 years. All male citizens between the of 21 and 60 years are liable to pell tax of $1.00. Dog Taxes for 1929 can be paid at the same time other It is the duty of each school trustee la each that this tax is collected or a the provisions of this Act. Cheeks wfH not bo ncceptod for taxes i eept at tho vfek of the rigfct ta ImU •> KM**, feii I • y*- *