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FARM DEMONSTRATION Edited by T. LIMING FOR SOUTH CAROLINA j Recommendations Made by N. E. Winters at National Lime Conference . At the National Lime Conference in Knoxville, Tenn., Sept. 11-13, Nf E. Winters, extension specialist in soil fertility, and Prof. H. W. Baire, director of the S. C. Experiment Station. represented Clemson College, and Mr. Winters discussed the use of lime for South Carolina conditions. The following is a summary of his recommendations. Lime Needs of South Carolina Soils.?The soils of South Carolina are deficient in lime for the most \ successful growth of legumes and for most economically solving our nitiogen problem; hence lime is essential for best soil improvement. * Liming Materials.?Pulverized limestone either high calcium, or Dolomitic limestone, also burnt and high grade products from any of these may be used. In deciding which form to buy, the percentage of purity, fineness of grinding, and price of grinding, and price delivered should be considered. Fineness of Grinding.?Pulverized limestone which will pass an 80-mesh sieve is just as quickly available under 3b.il conditions as a very finely % precipitated product or burnt and hydrated forms. ^ Quantity and Frequency of Application.?For our coastal plain soils ' we recommend not more than one ton of high grade pulverized limestone (or its chemical equivalence in other forms) per acre once in a rotation from three to five years. For the Piedmont soils, from one to two tons of pulverized limestone per acre per rotation, from three to five years. For alfalfa, not less than two tons per acre of 80-mesh limestone or not less than three tons of 20-mesh. A heavy application of lime may actually : educe the yield of cotton, peat nuts, or cowpeas, as is shown by experiments in Virginia, Tennessee, North Carolina, and South Carolina; but i used properly in a good rotation, it increases the yields of all crops in the rotation. Limin<r and Crop Rotation.?Most South Carolina soils are low in or game matter ana nitrogen, and lor soils in this condition lime is recom ~wij We Need Moi WINTER Bovs' and Children's ___ Boys'* and Youths' ! I TTninn Suits, tin Men's heavy Union ' Men's' heavy fleec Drawers, each Men's heavv fleece 11 Drawers, the su Ladies' heavy ribbe* Ladies' heavv ribbe< Big line of Ladies' v ed Vests and P The above item, p pants . DR1 Two thousand yard: spun at, the yai -rv i i r* k .Klg lot OT Apron tjrl Best Dress Ginghar Solid color and Plai Our entire line at sacrifice prices. FOR ( 12 yards of 36 inc] Homespun \v Fi'om 12 to 1 < Saturday. Xot o tomar. W. E. 1 ? AGENT'S DEPARTMENT M. Cathcart. mended as a pait of a soil improvement program and not as a means of increasing directly the yields of either corn or cotton. Lime increases both symbiotic and nor.-symbiolic fixation of free nitrogen in the soil, promotes bacterial action in general, helps to give a quicker turnover of the organic matter which is the capital stock of the soil and indirectly through legumes and oiganic matter added, increases the yields of all crops in a rotation. Hence lime should be used in a good rotation in which legumes play a prominent part for green manuring or pasture. Lime and Fertilizers.?Where lime is used with legumes and green manuring, mineral fertilizers (phosphate and potash) will be the ones most needed to balance up the nitrogen supplied through the use of legumes and lime. Rations for Suckling Pigs. While it is true that a sow will usually produce sufficient milk to keep her pigs in good thrifty condition, it is advisable to feed the pig some additional concentrates. Any one of the following rations suggested by Prof. L. V. Starkey, chief of the animal husbandry division, will be relished by the pigs. 1. Soaked shelled corn 100 pounds; skimmilk or buttermilk 300 pounds; pasture. Nutritive ratio 1:5. 27. 2. Corn meal 60 pounds; middlings 35 pounds; tankage or fish meal 5 pounds; pasture. Nutritive ratio 1:5. 60. 3. Soaked shelled corn 85 pounds; * 1 ??U It Uiiiftagc vi nail iiicai ?o puuuuo, pasture. Nutritive ratio 1:4.66. Young pigs make more economical | gains than they will make when they ! get older, and for this reason the | opportuftity to feed them well whilej young should not be neglected. It! is usually true that rapid gains are ( more economical than slow gains,? an additional reason for supplement- J ing the mother's milk. Possibly the main reason why pigs ! should be taught to eat early is that j when they are weaned they know how , to eat and not stunted. ! I Select Sweet Potato Seed Now. Seed selection in commercializing the sweet potato should be given most careful consideration:, otherwise, our jjjj ley and Name Pri UNDERWEAR. 5 Union Suits, the suit 50c Heavy Fleeced lined e suit . .85c, 90c and $1.00 Siiifc fiio onif nn 11 iv, ed Undershirts and ...... J 75c ;d Undershirts and it, vest and pants . .$1.40 d Union Suits, each $1.00 d Vests, each 50c and 75c erv heavv fleeced lin % ants to match, each $1.25 er suit of vest and .$2.25 r GOODS s of yard wide Home^d 10c nghams at the yard .. 10c ns, the yard 15c, 20c, 25c d Outings, the yard .. 20c of Dress Goods and Silks )NE HOUR ii wide Unbleaehed ill go at $1.00 r?\ rvrjr i-\ T7>n/ln mwl u uiuciv ni'At rimav aim ver 12 yards to a cus- I JENKIN annual loss of 25 to 50 percent of the entire production will continue. The up-to-date livestock breeder would not think of using a scrub sire to lead his herd; neither would the corn grower think of selecting his seed corn from "nubbins." Yet the old idea of bedding sweet potato strings, irrespective of the high or low yield in hill, continues to pre vail; and the result is poor quality, ldw yield, and an expensive crop. South Carolina will produce, this year, about nine million bushels 01 potatoes and probably not more then one-third of this quantity will be of marketable quality. This loss should oe aitnDUteu noi erui;ei\ tu yuyi | storage methods employed, but largely to lack of careful seed selection. Seed stock planted from year to year, with no attention to selection, becomes infested with various rots and if an occasional off-colored potato, or mixed variety, is used, which could easily happen under the very best condition, it goes from bad to worse. Seed selection should rest on the two general units of purpose and ideal, the variety and the hill. Select the variety that the commercial market demands?the Porto Rico or Nancy Hall, one exclusive of the other. Select those hilfs possessing and presenting, in the most noticeable way, outstanding characteristics of the variety. A hill might be high in number of potatoes but very low in the number of marketable potatoes. Therefore, selection should be at harvesting time and from the hills giving the greatest number of uniform marketable roots. Where no attention has been given previously to seed selection, the surest and most reliable source of seed would be from the vine-cutting patch. So far as stem rot is concerned, potatoes must be carefully selected in the fall before going in storage. The ! stem shouM be split open down to the | small root. Potatoes should not be j used for seed that have black rot i marks on them, or from vines the j stems of which are blackened inside. I To play safe, growers should select I about double the quantity of *pota- j toes that they anticipate bedding the | coming season and thus be able to. make a second selection. As to quantity, one should remember that three to four bushels, when properly bed- J ded, will furnish at three drawings: plants enough for an acre, or >0,000 : to 14,000. ( , : ' Home improvements cost money but save Mother. s Big Mob ces in this Sale thai SHOES FOl You will have to 1 Give us a look. We ] of Men's Work Shoes, Children's School and are selling very cheap t Men's ALL W< and ( Men's All Wool Overc Men's 0. D. Coats, all Boys' All Wool Coats, t A few Ladies' Loi very cheap. i Your dollars v at our Money R Friday and Satur and 21. Come .One! son, - NOTICE j All claims against the county to' receive attention of the County lioar.li of Commissi..nets must he filed in the office, properly verified ar?i itemized, not later than Saturdav before the regular meeting on the first Tuesday in each month. S. J. SIXCLE7AKY, County Supervisor Williamsburg Co. O 10 .11 i.4 0-J0-?? I -Li. 666 cures Dengue Fever. Subscribe now for The Record. It's Your i Low-Priced Battery The CW Battery (Wood Separator) is built for you' and the thousands of other car owners who arc looking for low prices?but who can't afford to take chances fit. ? aa a a wren Dart cries 01 unxnown or inferior make. Quality plate*?selected cedar wood separator*?best material and workmanship throughout Sixes to fit all car*. Price: for 6-vcft, I 11-plate, 116.15 Kiqgstree Battery Co R. E. Donnelly, Mj?r. at W. M. Vause & Sons Shop. Day Phone 238 Representing R&llaid Batteries (THREADED RUBBER INSULATION) and % Batteries a W nervous headache 7 1 IMENTHOLATUM J Vchases it away. M ev Raisini t will Appeal to Pec I WINTER " buy Shoes very soon, have an excellent line i Ladies' Work Shoes, Dress Shoes which we OOL Overcoats Doats. oats, each $6 and$7.50 wool, each .. ....$5.00 >ach $3.00 tig Coats to close out /ill go a long way taising Sale next day, October 20 n A mi ^uuic /in:: i i - - H V *111111li1111111H11111111HI II Carl's Sheet A CHARLEST I: Roofing Tin--Gutfc ;; Galvanized Sheets Metal Corni< |; Corrugated Sheets Skylights ?| Copper Sheets Steel Garage Zinc Sheets Metal Colom J; Solder Tanks ;; ENQUIRIES AND ORDERS HAV :: Quality ~ Pric J 6-l-22-6m. mi 11I I l i 11 n 1111111 n 11 I I I j NOT WE WW VII and we appreciate your are not able to carry ac OUR PROFITS ai HEAD large! Help us c^ut down 0 our Profits. IF YOU WANT TO KE Gasoline Consumptior BOOK at a Handson Save Money for Yo for Us. Yours for Kingstree Ser V* A TTT r% T' riiujj u-i | Fisk and Doss Tires and r Colo Martini I Mo Saturdi pie in Need of Depe cmr att *r/vn' OMLH I ?l ? ilUl. Tliree gross Whittemore's blood Paste, the can . Three gross French Gloss liquid Polish,4 the bottl Three gross Palm Olive So 12 Cakes Palm Olive Soap Palm Olive Talcum Powde sale, the can Big line of Florida Talcun worth 15c,?but it goes the can Afon'u Wliifn TTcinlrovpVnpfc JttH O II 111 I V 11U111W1 V.111LJ.1 each Men's Soft Finish white each Men's soft finished white I for Men's Olive drab Hankei inches, each The above Hankerchiefs, f< Big* line of Turkish Bath 1 Huck Towels, well worth ' Ladies', Men's and Oh go very cheap. I nrkD AXTTl TT, JC VSXV VALlfl XI' From 12 to 1 o'clock next i Saturday we will sell Unbleached yard 1 ^ spun for ^^***^>ver 12 yards to .ingstree \ minim minimum letal Works jj ON, S. C. > ;; ers?Downspouts ;; :e Fire Doora J| $ Fire Windows ?; s Pipeless Furnace* j j ns Metal Ceilings Iron Fences \ E IMMEDIATE ATTENTION ?' 1 :: e ? Service! :: ICE! 1R BUSINESS patronage, but we r?minto 'WIUAVMi re small and OVERI verhead and increase EP a Record of Your i, Buy a COUPON ! tie Reduction and urself and Time I Better Service, , vice Station v LMORE, Manager Tubes?Accessories. ?????5S5SS5E5S? j Friday and ay, Oct. 20-21 ndable Goods! EONS black and ox 10c and Ox Blood e 15c ap, per cake .. 10c .$1.00 ;r, during this 20c i Powder, well in this sale at 10c 17 x 17 inches, .5c Hankerchiefs, :..ioc lankerchiefs, 3 25c rehiefs, 18x18 \ 8c dux* for 30c ^owels, each .. 10c 15c, will go at 10c ildren's Hose will ^ OUR I Xi^m /I n iM-t i 1 I j nuco aim 112 yards of {vide Home .$1.00 . - j one customer. , s. c.