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POULRY IMDUSTRY Is PROF Frank C. Hare, of Clemson Raisers - Thursday Aft How to Conduct the Bu Prof. Frank C. Hare, poultry hus bandfan of Clemson college, gave an Ningxeresting and instructive :talk on poultry to a fair sized audience In the Enterpriso National Bank building Thursday afternoon. The audience was composed of both farmiers and tow-nspeople and all of them gained much valuable information. The im pjortant thing which Mr. flare st-ressed was the fact that South Carolina cllicken raisers are going about the b-:iniess in a haphazard manner and that, it will he necessary to get away froim old Ideas before poultry raising can he made prolitalble here. It Is pro fitablo in other sites, he said, a id could be eqtually if not more profita blo here. Good eggs fromni SouthI Car linua will bring as high prices in the cIty nirakets a w eggs froimi New .Jer sey and Peonliylvanlia if properly :1111 keteld. Alr. IIla re's talk was along lines similar to those in Iis pornphlet on 11g prIodtiont lol, (ex(erpts from whilch follow: Some Itliltry Hints. Altlow the hens free rnge. \\ire in the gardeln, not the hens. Stronger flrtiltty is seciuried froimt birds oni range. HemRiove the 1 male bir'ds from the flock as soon as the hnatchinig season is over, So to prodilce finftertile eggs. inifirtile .ggs vre rodiled by hens having o111 mivale birds with them. lInfe rile c eggs keep much1i1 better than those that. are fIi'tile. The male bird has no influence oi the niminber of eggs laid. The hen's greatest prollt-produeing period is tle I1 rst and second years. Hebrua ry an)d March are tle best hatching months. Cli lcks hatched during these miolnhs are freer from sore head than those hatched later. Do not allow sitting hlens to remain in the henhouse. By so doing many eggs are started to incubate, which renders them unfit for use at homne mr to market. If possible place the brood coops near the cornileld, which furnishes Every inch MAMMOTH Ba taken up with trampled on. 1I were not expect they would cert for the goods ar One lot Alen 's $'t.00, $ '. Patst at $1.99 Orne lot Alen'ms $2.0)0 and $2 $1.49 Orne lot lloy's Sults, waot $3.00j at $1.49 One lot Hoy's Suilts, wol $5.00, at $1.99 One lot .\Ien's Sutits, wo01 $l';..~, at .$9.99 [AB[ IN TIlS STAT[ College, Spoke to Poultry ernoon Giving Pointers ion siness. both shade and fresh ground. The free use of kerosene or crude ictroleium on the I'oosts, dropping boards, In the crNcks, and around the ints will exterminate 'mites. Whitc wash is also good. Spray the brood coops once a week with some of these solutions and move to fresh ground. lhUe stire and feed tho table scrias to the fowls. .\Milk is one of the best feeds for egg production. Write to the Departmeiit of Agri euiture, Washington, 1). C., for Farm ers' tlulletin on poultry. They are ftree for the asking. The1( poultry busi ness Is on1e of the most profitable indust.ies for South Carolina, for the reason that the mar kets imy good prices for fresl egg and poultry, the foods recoinmeilndol hicnil are not expeimive, and profit able.return1s are certainl if these di leeton1s are followed. liiens will lay all winter ini our state if we feed thei egg eash; anid as eggs findi ready sale antywhere, th're is no reasqn why the valuej of Iel industry inl South Caro liina cainnot he increased to Compare favorably with other nearby states. Our1 hens do Hot. n1ow produce .S11I elent eggs for our owl table, but we are compelled to impol't eggs from as far as Kansas. North Carolina and 'i'ei nessee ship us thousands of cases, while e wh have in otir poltry a reve ne1 maker for the farier's family that. does not delmand 1111e nor111 money I'i our Cotton, our1 stock or 011r farms. Breeds. While it is possible to obtain pro iltable winter egg prodldt lol from anly latlIuro pullets alhd young hells under favorable conditions, Iikti may be stated that tho two breeds which have beeln selected by the poultry lubs of the State are tile Harred Plymouth Rock for meat and brown shelled eggs, and the Single Comb White Leghorn for white-shelled eggs There are three importaint reasons why the farmers of our State do not space in our larg ARGAIN CARNIV) the wonderful bar 'he only complaints ing such an avalanc ainly be back this e certainly going. All Stanldar'd 10c Orting 7cts .o0 Pants at One lot M\en's IHaits, values ______to $2.00 'th $2.50 to 98dsg - One lot Rlegular * ___________ $1.00 Shirts, bioken slzes, 64cts ________ One lot M\en's 'heavy $12.50 Ov th $13.00 10 cr'eonts to close $7.99 [II obtain more eggs from thoir poultry during 'the winter months: (1) The fowls are kept in unsanitary, mite infested houses, or roost in the trees exposed to inclement weather. (2) Theere is a great percentage of un proIftablo fowls in each flock-roost ers, old hens and young chickens of all ages-so -that there is no incen tive to feed the entire floct for win ter eggs. (3) The fowls are fed mainly on grain that will make them fat, and not on .the proper food to make the productive females lay. It is a simple 'matter to change these conditions and have eggs to sell this winter, without materially in creasing the expense of feeding the fowls. After paying for the cost of their food, a breeder in Prosperity mado $25S.75 Mlear proflt from his henls last winter by selling ther eggs at market prices. How can you get eggs from your fowls? A Sanifary Poultry House Is Needed. lFrist, remodel your poultry house, if iecessary, mid make it coinformi to S-'oulth Carolina conditions, where the fowls require aln oeCI-front, draift proof house in% winter an(d as cool a house as possible in summer. If you want to bii(ld, erect in expeilsive house closed tight on the east. anld West. sides (and also the north side in winter), anld open oil tle south olr front. A good size to accommodate fort y fowls is 1) feet long, S feet. wide with the studs 6 feet high in front and I leet Iigh at the r'ear. The 10-foot I(I e G feet highu I('a'es the south. Cover 'his souhlii froit wI ith 3-1 inich mesh wire nettilng, with the exception of 2 feet at the bottom ,which is boarded kill to prevelit wNind11s blowing ill oil the CovIs. If you do ]tot require to licep out rats or sparrovs you cani use 2 iteli WIre nettiig, whtlich is cheaper t'an the small inesh. A door 2 feet d iniles Wide is placed at either eld of tile front alid Covered simi Hlarly with Wire netting and boards. Before coin pleting tie rear (north) side .make three wooden doo's 2 feet wide and 3 feet long for the upper half of the wall. Hiinge them outside to drop down, and cover the openings with wire netting. These back doors must be closed tight in cold weather, but by opening then in summiier the hot all, inside tLte house is removed by the draft created and the house is much cooler than the house with no circu lation. Have Rioosts and Nests Rtemovable. Small packing boxes from the gro e store was simply c %L. It was a sea o: gains offered that ti we heard were the g he of bargains as we week., If you werei We Want Y< .We want your good'a that every article you whether dnring this Moni or during our regular cou unqualified guarantee. ~ you are satisfied, and by this effort to get your but bring your friends, we wi will appreciate the servic give you. -AURENS. SOU cery store, with clean straw and a couple of nest eggs in thin, are iore sanitary than nests built under the drop board or nailed to the house where they cannot be readily cleaped. Nail four laths to the boxes, raise them one foot from the ground and place them against the wall. Six nests are sufficient. Two roosts about 10 feet long are required, made from 2 by 3-inch dressed lumber with the c'orners of tho 2-inch face (on which the fowls roost) rounded. Nail cleats 4 inches wide by 2 feet long to the side walls, with two notches 2 inches wide by 1 1-2 Inches deep cut in tieni 1.1 inch es apart for the roosts to rest in. The two roosts are level (not one above the other to cause flghting over which will have the top roost) vith tile up per edge 36 inches above the sill, and tie rear roost 10 inches from the north wall. The drop-board is 20 incleis wide by about 10 feet Lg, placed (; inches below the botton f the roosts. Clean off the droppin tgs at least once a week. Kerp Scratchlinga 3111ierirA n IIIe Floor A 'dry earth Hloor is sat istactory. ,ill in withii garden soil so that it is higher than the otitside grolnd, thn cover it with 6 inches or st raw, piie straw, leaves, litter of anly kind of shavings. l'laeC the water d14di o a box or shelf of S11ilclent size for the hen1s to stand oil, iII order to kenp it clean of litter and dirt. The house is now Completed an11d ready for the fowls i1t in t odelill an old hosoe with crevices iII whi h inites van 111de, it is lineessary to cov er the intoriolr with heavy huilcding. paper fastened oi with lathi13. When fitisied, lilowashl the walls .1n1d the houtse will be Inite proof ant bright. Keep Onfly 31stfu1 re Puihets nd Yoltin' Hens. Kill or 'eilove all stitlIus males, broken-down hels and youllg cl ickens and leave only the matutre pullets and yoling henls. lIens lay as Well without a male bird as with one, since the heln which holds the world's record of laying 303 eggs in one year was never with a male during the entIre time, and the egg-laying contests have proven this fact with thousands of hens. Infertile eggs are preferable to fertile eggs for table or cooking use and should always be produced when chicks are not required. Scatter Grain Twice Daily. The pullets and hens should be fed a mixtures of grain once or twice rowded to the ove' F happy bargain hu ey did not complai reat number of peoi: are offering. Thos riot in this great thrn ur Business! ill with it. Rest assured purchase at this store, imoth Bargain Carnival, rse of business has our eare going to see that dJoing this we are making, miess. Come and see us, iI appreciate it, and you e and the bargains we TH CAROLIN. daily, depending on the range they have. Scatter a ban(dful for Macli bird in the six inches of litter on the floor of the house to compel them to scratch and exercise. An active, hustling lien is a money-maker, but a hen that leaves the roost late in the morning and rests at every oppor tunity is nothing more than food rob ber and should be treated as such. A good gf*Qn mixture is equal parts b)y weight of oats, cracked corn an( wheat, but any palatable mixtures of grains Is suitable. This food Is sim ply a means to make the liens work, keel in good health and eat more of the following egg mash. An Egg 3ash Is a Necessity. Here in South Carolina we have al abindance of cottonseed meal, which is on1e of the best foods to produce eggs a nd grow young chicks. A mash ComIIIpo tilded to make eggs and not fat is iere given: "Ottoinse: meal 1.. .....10 poinds Corn Imeal ..........40 poultds Grounild 01tS . .. ... . 0 pounds-l" Wheat bran .. ........50 pounds Wheat shorts ....A.......0 poundl(s Ground litnme rock (fortillz ce lime)............ pounds Groui1d chreia ...... 12 poulids Salt ..2..1......,....... pounds This is tle chielpest food fr ak ing 4-ies, and lhough it has not beon tested It Clellsoll Colle(ge, he results that reliable feedelrs have obtaI ie: withl it warrantt 0111 recoliimmnIld:g this itiash to yott. Keep it in thfe house before the liens all the titu. Use a (-m)vred box with sats a1 rolind it, so (lite hlls (1,ant not soil or wa'Ioe h , orl pul t it ln a hoppel. Do not Mix it with water and f'eed only once a day, heciaise the lio's will over reed and thent stand around allid gV.t cilile. By feeding the tmash dry the hen1s consilie it graduall- as iature iiteided. The ground lime rock is her tilizer liane, not the bunit iml'e used for wh ite washing. The grounmld charcoal can be eliminated if it can not be readily obtained, but always add the salt. Lime an1d Water. Have a box of ground limac rock or Crnshed oyster shells in the house to supply a possible shortage of lime for naking the shell of the egg, ev en though there is lime in the egg mesh. Keep the water dish filled with fresh water. FKggs contain G-5 per cent of water, alld a ihen wit hout con stant access to water cannot lay well. rflowing onl the ope nters whose thought ni when their "pet cc le that did not come e who were not prep )ng, you had better i La es' $13. 0 One lot La Sweatr s at. 0 Suits, to $1.99 QO lot Li All .\ilinery Sills, to losed oumt at Half Price. - Onic lot Ri close at, One lot Laies'C $3.50 to $5.00 Skirts at Onie lot S (lose at, $2.99 Onie lot Ladlies' Skirts at $3.99 ONLY SUtE COHN CURE EVER KNOWN "Oets-It" the Now Way, 2 Drops Do i To endure the pains and tortures caused by a little thing like a corn is ridiculous, simply because it is unnecessary. The new plan corn cure "GETS-1T" is the, first one over known to remove corns without fail, without pain and without trouble. This is why it is the biggest-selling corn cure in existence today. It is now used by millions, because it does away with sticky tape, with plasters and cotton rings that shift their position and press down onto the corn, with salves Use "GETS-IT" for Come. and You iWY CWon't 'nHoller"* Wfen You Put on Your Shaoe, that "raw up" the toe, with "harness es" that cause pressuro and pain, wRh knives, razors and files, clawing and pulling at a corn. 4";TS-T"is Iapplied in two see onds. '1'wo drops applied with the glass rod do the -work. Pain goes, the corin shrivels, vanishes. Accept no substitutes. Try it on any corn, wart, cnllus1ik or bliunioll tolight. "G cIS-lT" is 1 1sold by druggists ever.ywhere, 25c a bottle, or selt di "MTS- T" is sold in Laureins by lnys llauinacy and Iau rens Drug Co. Auto Repairing and Plumbing We are now Prepared to miiake Aito- - mobile lIepairs and do I'luibing Work andti will appreclate thie patron. aire (if the public. Swygert & Northey At 3cLaturln's Old4 Stand ntear I)epot. Plhone No. 316. nling day of our ; were too much rns" were being prepared. They ared stated that et in line quick, Clies' $20.00 anld $25.00 CoaIt c lose at $9.99 dies' $1).00 to $18.00 Coat close at $7.49 bbion, worth -c to 60c, to the yard Icts per yard iks,, worth 50c to 60c, to the yard cts per yard K iTiS SA' iCIICD. 7.50 islanikets at $5.49 h.50 Islanlke( s at $3.99