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HOV TO HOOSi DUCTION OF E Characteristics of Chickens Th General Purpose Breeds-' Plymouth Rock Mos Breeds of poultry can be conveni ently divided into two classes: (1) the egg breeds, and (2) the general purpose breeds. This division is like that of cattle into beef and dairy types, and of horses into light and heavy classes. In the een breeds of poultry the primary rejiuirement is the produc tion of a great number of eggs of standard size. The fowls are not ex. pe.ete(d to be prime table specimens, but they muist lay tltrouglout the year, except when they hav.: to rest and recaperate. They do not sit and hatch chickens and they lay white shelled eggs. The more popular egg breeds are Legharns, \linorcas, An Lolas and ('alipines. The most popu lar variety of those breeds is the Sin gle Comb Witite Leghorn. All large egg farms are stocked with White Leghorn pullets and hens, because it is possible to obtain breeding stock in this variety that has blood lines of heavy egg produc Lion behind it. Pullets from a heavy. laying strain are better layers than pullets of no special breeding. EGG 7YPE. LY'7 WHITE EDO. NON-fgI7E} 4''7 How can one detect heavy laying characteristics in a mature pullet or hen? Notice the illustration of the egg type hen. Note how her body resem bles the wedge shape of the dairy cow. Narrow and trim at her neck and wide and deep at the rear, she has the greater part of her body be hind her legs. A good layer has a htrge, soft, flexible rear end, drop ping down between tier legs and so wide that the legs are set far apart to aceommodate it. The rear end of the hen corresponds to the udder of the dairy cow and must be large and yield Ing, not small and hard. * * * * * * ** * * * * * * * * * * * lI onor loll of I'ine (rope School. * * * * * * * * * * * * + - ' * * * * Ninth Gr:"ale: \\'e-lli/" .lones.; Heatrice W ard. .\l:. oi /oze. ,F'o: adiela Hiill, .Jamues 111:1s. ]lill. Nat ('Oits. (;irOcc ('oaits. Lnmor'a Steiond tradh: .\1 llred Iloozer, Loum comie Ct tIs. FT~y ir t Grde .10iim Nl-. \\'iit IIill , Oltime .linidra- t Ies' ('cenis. lIn t:.- I.airenis .\udvertise, .\lr'. WY.::. S:Ai n. ain nged gentle man of that county- andI one oef a r: iu. a ? i~ t wI tel tof whit tn - rl t ttur tufo attempit to commi'~ a (rimte against a wvomn. it th' lm- V t*re thle teloni tion arriivedI. Perha ps t he trtaine d leg'alIa ilds ot today would say that only in imti tive times would countriy mnaglsatrates and their coutrts be given so great powers and that thme 01(1 pl un was bar'>ar'aus. Authorit y to (let --rnunn uest i-ms of life and deaiit h, t P*r wotiHI eiiy ihould be given iinly to ceoet where perofoun d learine i resides and where every step is inarked bty (dellh oration and circtumstpection. MeantIme, it is lIkely that for ever. man legally ied0( in a ma igst~a to's cout in the first half of the~ last ('(n tury, founid guilty tand subesoquently hanged, two in similar localitIes have beeni lynched in the last foirty years though ni lynching that we recill has occurred in the section of Laurens county in which Mr. Stullivan lives. It may be sugegated that the judi eial processes ai-e too advanced for the conditions that still exist In some n~arta of the Soth-The Statn, dLTRY FOR PPRO 108 OR TABLE FOWLS At Make Them Good Lafing or White Leghorn and Barred t Popular Varieties. A simple test of a good layer is to measuro the distance from the two pelvic bones (one on each side of tho vent) to the rear end of the breast bone. 'T'his distance should be as wido as four f'ngers when the hen is lay ing. When the hen has this depth and is also wide across her rear it proves that she has an abundance of room to mtanufacture eggs constantly and par ticularly the egg shells, which are formed in this part of her body. Such a hen will lay well when properly cared for. liens with a small distance between the pelh ic bones and rear of breast bone and tight or unyielding rear body are not good layers. Put bands on the legs of your layer and note how many consecutive days they lay without resting. That will show how long each hen can maintain her egg flow an dihe better layers are those which can continue laying for longer periods. GEYERA. PUfRJ~4)'F TYPE L4P1 ~wt'&7x JYr' l47tl1(/(J Tie general purpose breeds have been selected primarily for the pro duction of table poultry. 'T'hey are aiso rood layers of brown-shelled eggs. They hatch their chicks and are the most satisfactory for those who want one flock of purebred chickens for both meat and egg purposes. The more popular of the general' purpose breeds are Plymouth Rocks. Rhode Isl and Reds, Wyandottes and Orpingtons The most popular variety is the lar red Plymouth Rock. This is recog nized as the best chicken for market as it is large and well-neated and fat tetns profitably when confined in crates. FRANK C. IAlt7, Extension Poultry Husbandman, Clemson Agricultural College. * * * * * * * " * # * * * * . S1111 ll,: OL.D FI F. I) N IWS. * *0 I iiihiis Old FiehI. .\l:rilh 4. There4 luV a is itSundtti: a y i i t itt r t lit Ile (b-i' rir .t at a ghtr of .11. antd \t.N. (. arrett, vet-v ill. \\W op I .lr . o l is dd u he- Luito, iot ('ross IKeys, arie visiting .\r. Dotugan I loliis. .\ltrs. lida I lowardi antI (chibirten Foutin~i Inn. .\l iss Sallie I1liii of Owings. and .\is5 .\latudtl lRidle spen-it Sitnday with .\is \ itti ( 'n a y .\lr.a *al . 4~... S. 4 *h 4pnt un d iIA .\l)a \Irs .lim~S Todna .\triv l. :.da wcut ho has bmn in tl htel for sonw itim cols.ntn Elhanrkdal. winlash at --Thy neiplhto this staediontwil Sitday asl Hnome last .\tnda eveninga l~efman Sfnday etole wThos hat wco ether w eretetauet by the inrtherstlr. and(i tamyenil Sday. Ilecl 11 ~l Homy ast cl nday, evrag before Itresent thle looks of the school houise andt( yardt W tee inmprovedi (consi dernably . If yourt ild11( has a cold, nose iuns or coughs mutch get a smai~ll bottle of Drt. Hell's Pine-Tar-ilioney.. its a pleasant Pine-Tar-IHoney syrup, just what children lIke and just the medi cine to soothe the cough and cheek the cold. After takIng, children stop fretting, sleep good and are soon on tirely well. In ast on Dr. Bell's Pine Dead Man Drives Horses. While John 0. Gorritson sat dead but bolt upright en the wagon seat, the lax reins hanging between his stiffening fingers, his teas of horses traveled safely for more than two miles the winding valley road at the foot of Garret mountain from Lodi to Richfield, N. J. Gerritsen, sixty-seven years old of 341 Passaic avenue, Lodi, was one of the largest contractors in that vicin ity some years ago. lie started to drivo from his home to the Marley stone quarry 9t Richfield. Often his team has passed over the road to the quarry. At the familiar end of the Journey the horses stopped. Men at tho quarry saw Gerritsen seated on the box, silent, motionless. Was he asleep? They spoke to him, they shook him, they lifted him from the wagon. County Physician Arm strong said heart failure had been fa. tal to Gerritsen half an hour before the horses drew up at the quarry. Floating Base for Submarines. The South American country of Bra. zil namy soon possess an innovation for subinrine wvarfare in the form of a floating submarine base capable of taking care of six submersibles of the ,400-ton type. It will be provided with the niec(sbary auxiliary equipage for charging the accumulators and air rea ervoirs of the underwater craft. The floating base, or tender, will be 326 feet long, 51-foot beam, and wit have a draft of 13 feet. Sixty-six hun dred horse power will be developed by two six-cylinder Diesel engines, of th, two-cycle single-acting tyi'e. An Italian company at Spezia Ih building the craft for early delivery to Brazil, if it is not taken over by the Italian gove'nment. Infallible Method. As good a way as any to catch seve 'million gnats and other small insects including a few mosquitoes, is to paint your ho:ase. Any color will do, but better results seem to be obtained with some light color.-Toledo UIada lDo not fail to see our Wall l'apes at 10e per roll. S. [. & F. ii. Wlbl'ilS & ('0. WEGIVE I Reduce A S FOR W 0I U R CATALOG. PEOPLES I ALLTODAYAND INVESTI ARTICLES BY REDEEMI EVERY CASH PURCHP, (~oRGE W. !. ATKINS FH P Paul H. Bruske Maxwell M Officially che power Maxwell Pittsburg over eight hours, n Packard in ide miles an hour Mountain on gl never stopped. bition speed a ping for water LAURENS MOTOR CAR HOE POLISHE llepoliskilais Black easiest fo use. Whi {lishneai s = Tan KEEP YOURS OES NEAT The F. F. Dailey Co., Ltd., Buffalo, N. Y. Cold Settled in my Stomach. Lost My Appetite. Peruna. Could Not Am Cured. Sleep. Peruna All Remedies ^ Family Failed. Medicine. Mr. Chas. Sauerbier, 815 Main street, St. Joseph, Mich., a constant Friend of Peruna, Uses it in his Family. R~IT-SHA~G 0NS the lliehCost of Livin by Trading with ~ A K F R CATALOG DRUG STORE, Laurens, S. C. GATE HOW YOU CAN PROCURE BEAUTIFUL AND~ USEFUL NO OUR COUPONS AND CE.RTIFICATES ISSUED WITH S5E.. OR ON ACCOUNTS TO BE PAD BY 5TH. OF MONT.J 'WESITERN IJNIOK D)AY LJETER . Vc-re. NEW~~COMBi CARI.TON Pres. BIIR.VIDE 71-DE HU 128 Collect. ittsburg, Pa., 11.50 A. M., Feb. 11th, 1916 otor Sales Corpn. , Detriot, Mich. oked by newspaper men at both end8 of trip, a roadster today established new record from P1 famous mountain testing ground for motor cax ineteen mi~nutern, best prior record eight thii al weather. Maxwell driven by Ray McNamara a over entire distance 293 miles. Maxwell pul] are of ice and ran part of way driving snow E Car stopped once to adjust tire chain. Mar nd endurance. First car known to make run wi on ascent of Alleghenies. B. F. DURHA MUSTANG For Sprains, Lameness, Sores, Cuts, Rheumatism Penetrates and Heals. Stops Pain At Once For Man and Beast 25c. 50c. $1. At All Dealers. LINIMENT Dr. T. L. Timmerman. DENTIST Laurens, South Carolina Ofice in Peoples Bank Building. A. 0. lHAtT LAAWYERI Rooms 205-207 Masonic Temple Postofllco Box 685 Oreenville, S. V. Prom Pt attention given ailt business. Practice in all COURTS. UNDERTAKING KENNEDY BROS., Undertakers and Embalmers Calls answered any hours, day or night. LAURENS. S. C. C. t. Featherstone W. B. Knight. FEATIEIISTONE & KNIOiT Attorneys at Law Laurens. S. C. 1ll insin ss intrusted to Our Care Will Hale i'ompt and Careful Atten. tion. Office us1er l'almtetto Ilank M.1 Feathlersione will sin-'nd W1e~lnea3 fay if each week in Iau rens.) \. 13. DIAL A. C. TODD DIAL & TODD Attorneys at Law Enterprise (tank Buildings, Laurens, S. C. PRACTICE IN ALL COURTS honey to Loan on Real Estate-Lonr Time. H. S. BLACKWELL Attorney at Law Prompt attention given to all business Money to loan on Real Estate Offico Phone 350 Residence Phone 95 Oellc ctihmons Building B. R. TODD Engineering and Contracting Land Surveys a Specialty )enrete Work Skillfull, done or inr spected. Prawings and estimuates of all Kind. Telephone No. 346 RE BIROOKS, Vice-.Pre. S25-horse iiladelphia to 's. Time, 'ty set by veraged 36 Led over Cove torm. Motor velous exhi thout stop 12,p