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FARM DEMONSTRATION Edited by T. The South Carolina Home Producers' Association, which is an organization of faiTn women now has approximately -00,000 containers of hiirh class products ready for sale. About forty per cent, of these products have already been inspected. Even at this i oarly dates numbers of stores have! placed these products on their shelves, i In the past, statistics have proved ^ that eighty per cent, of the canned : and preserv ed products sold in this J tate have been shipped in from other | states. In the not very distant future, j we hope to establish a new record | whereby this old ruling will be re versed and the Palmetto label will be a familiar sight on our pantry shelves. There will be an attractive exhibit of these products at the state fair. Two home demonstration club women, who have accomplished some j outstanding work along marketing j lines in their own counties will bej present. Two demonstrations will be J given by each, one in the morning j end one in the afternooh. A different type of work will be exploited each day. Mrs. S. W. Mims from Williamsburg county will be one of the demonstrators during the fair, be sure and see this demonstration and exhibit. When looking over the poultry at the fair be sure and see the White Wyandottes, Rhode Island Reds, Bar red Rocks and Cornish Games that will be there from the Williamsburg tabs. The weak chickens, the ones with low vitality; the ones with poor breeding behind them are now suffering with chicken-pox (sorehead). Not only are the weak, but also the strong, healthy., robust ones. This disease causes millions of dollars of losses throughout the country. Sorehead is very prevalent through the Southern states. We must prevent the loss and thereby increase . wur profits materially. We must prevent the spread of disease in our flocks. When we see a few sick chickens in our flock, we lose interest; we j become disheartened. Study your ' / flock at all times. Do not let them become sick. Sorehead, according to the investi ration by the French government, is caused by spores of the common mold, aspergillus fumengatus. An outbreak of the disease appears when fowls or chickens come in contact with moldy grain. It does not appear to be a constitutional disease. It is usually confined to the face, comb, wattles and ear-lobes, eyes, nostrils, and mouth, but is occasionally found under the wings in advanced or neglected cases. It is extremely contagious. There are two varieties of sorehead: the dry and the moist, the difference depending on the surface the spores attack. It is on the mucous membrane of the eye, mouth, or nostrils, the moist type develops; if it is on ?Vin /\f tka fare err adianent Darts. it will be the dry or warty variety. The moist type of sorehead is a most serious disease, since it grows rapidly on the mucous membrane. It soon eloses the eyelids, which swell to enormous sizes, blinds the fowl, and eauses it to waste away and die. If it appears on the nasal mucous membrane, the whole nasal cavity becomes blocked and the fowl breathes with pen mouth. Treatment?Look for moldy litter, moldy food like watermelons, moldy ??" mnlrl in 9nv damn nlace where the chickens run. In certain parts of the state, sorehead breaks out evp ery summer from the mold in the vegetable matter near the streams. Keep the chickens away from mold and tbey will not have this disease. Treating them with salts and sulphur is not a preventative of sorehead. Catch each diseased chicken, and immerse its head for fifteen seconds in either of these remedies: (1) FerSul, 1 teaspoonful; water, 1 quart; or, (2) Ciesoi, 2 teaspoonfuls; water, 1 quart. This solution made from Fer-Sul is the best cure for sorehead with which we have had experience. It is a brown liquid containing iron and aulphur, and is made by the Westmoreland Chemical Co., Philadelphia. Uao/1 iiriflov fVo J-?UI"H.1II? tlUULCii s ucau uuuvi ?nv olution and causing it to inhale the liquid, brings the liquid into contact with the disease air passages, and soon dries up the mucous which is being discharged. The application of salves or liquids outside the head is of little use, as this does not clear the air passages, and the chicken becomes worse and dies. Continue immersing the chicken's head in either solution two or three times a day until a cure is affected. Three or four duckings are usually sufficient for or dinar}- cases. While sorehead is an annoying and disagreeable disease, it is not generally a serious malady. If the fowls are Seated as herein recommended," there shruld be a few losses, and the I AGENT'S DEPARTMENT M. Cathcart. epidemic will <lie out in fioni two to three weeks. Another treatment used, is painting the scab with tincture of iodine. This treatment has given very satisfactory results. The infected parts of the comb and wattles are painted with iodine, which causes the. scab to dry and fall off. Limberneck?'This is a fatal disease, similar to ptomaine poisoning. It results from eating decomposed flesh. The name of the disease describes the symptoms; the neck is limber and falls to the ground; the fowl is partly paralyzed; diarrhea is present. Treatment?The entire flock will succomb unless the rotten flesh causing the disease is found and buried. Treat the chickens that are sitting around and drooping at once and you can save every one. Don't delay. Buy a piece of gum asafedita. Cut off as much as a cownea for a 1 1-4 pound chicken, half the dose for a small chick, and double for an old hen. Give the remedy every three hours. Three doses will generally cure. Another remedy is a good dose of sa'ts at the rate of 1 pound to 100 birds, repeated every three days for about a week. All gardeners should realize that a top dressing of nitrate of soda applied to cabbage, beets, carrots and turnips arising from the August planting will double the size of these and hasten the time of maturity, nianing wiciii mutii mute v.iu|/ mm better. Cabbage, col lards and other vegetables attacked by cabbage worms and chewing insects should be dusted with calcium arsenate or dusted with air-slacked lime and arsenate of iead 10 to 1. For the annihilation of the sucking insects and harlequin bugs spray with lime-sulphur or kerosene emulsion. Transplant lettuce plants eight inches in the row, thin beets and turnips to six inches in the row, parsnips and carrots to three inches in the drill. -Tnll TviaU f A r\ rArv I\ccp LUC iOil XIIOII pvvavv A j.* vv from weeds and give them a heavy earth mulch after each rain to insure a food crop. Plant spinach at intervals of four weeks. When plants are three inches high, thin to four inches apart in drill. When begining to use them, take out every other plant at first. Celery plants may be set now where they are to grow. Transplant them in rich land, fertilize heavily and give frequent cultivation. The sowing of turnips may still continue, the white globe, yellow aberdeen, flat dutch, purple top and cow horn for winter use. Continue to sow onion seed and plant sets until October 20. The Spanish Brown and Australian Brown are the very best keepers. Do not forget to plant sweet peas, pansies, and transplant your bulbs now, for spring beauty. Fall Plow to Kill Cotton Boll Worm. This insect makes the large holes in bolls and squares in late summer and fall. It is the same as. the com ear worm and the tomato fruit worm. Its perferred food is corn in the dough stage. Before that time it attacks tomatoes and after that time it attacks cowpeas, beans, etc. When winter comes the caterpillar burrows into the soil to a depth of 2 1-2 inches where it makes its cell in which it spends the winter as a pupa. The damage is rarely heavy enough to warrant expensive operations, but the insect passes the winter successively on cotton land and corn land that is J left undisturbed from harvest time to planting the following spring. Late fall plowing, winter disking, early spring plowing, are effective measures against this insect. The least damage occurs on such farms where rotation is systematically practiced, including winter cover crops. Saving Labor on Com and Hogs. Late com is, or should be, on the stalk in the field, where it can dry out well and get in shape for the crib. Hogs that are being prepared for the market are either on some grazing crop or are in a pen. In either case the farmer will soon be pulling the com in the field and carrying it to the hogs in the pen or on the grazing crop. Considerable labor will be required to do this, and in the majority of cases, the only benefit derived will be that the hogs gain in weight. But there is a way of getting more benefit from the corn fed to the hogs. Here are some of the advantages of letting the hogs harvest the crop themselves, rather than harvesting the crop and hauljiig it to the hog. (1) More pork is produced from the corn crop. (2) Rapid and economic gains are made by the hogs. (3) Labor and expense are saved in harvesting and marketing the com crop. (4) Crib I ? ? / space is saved because corn that is hogged-off does not have to be stored. (5) The corn crop is fed in the held where grown, thus the plant food contained in the crop is, to a large extent, returned to the soil. (6) The manure produced by the hogs is evenly scattered over the land by the hogs. If you have never tried this plan of saving labor and conserving plant food and fertilizer, don't let this j "On? <rn l\tr n-ifliAiif >r?ol/infr nn OV. ' "> ? ltiivut uiuniJif, Mil perimcnt with it. After having trieo , it once you will pdobably keep it up j since it is a splendid practice for! any farmer raising hogs and corn. J Orchard Notes. The orchard should be plowed and sown to a cover crop. If grain is sown as a cover crop, it should be [ turned under next April and the land then sown to peas. Crimson clover may be used as a cover crop and turned under during May and fol-! lowed with peas. ! All dead limbs should be removed from fruit trees, and all necessary pruning completed by late December. Fruit trees may be pruned any time between the first of November and the middle of March, but it is best to prune in late fall in order that the winter spray may be applied in December, and, if necessary, a second application in late February. Scuppernong vines must be pruned not later than the last of November or the first week in December. The scuppernong will be more productive if grown on a trellis than if grown on an arbor. Thin out the vines so as to admit ample sunlight. It is not desirable to spur back the young canes, but simply to thin out the older wood. Bear in mind that all fruit is produced from buds formed on the previous season's growth. Bunch grapes, such as Concord, Delaware, etc., can be pruned during November and December. Cutting of these grapes may be made anu planted immediately after pruning. These cuttings should be 8 to 12 inches long, and should have from 2 to 3 buds. Place the cuttings the full length in the ground, in rows S feet wide, 8 to 12 inches apart in the row. Order fruit trees for the home orchard this fall and plant in November and December. Most of us won't take the trouble to find out how easy it is to provide good pastures for hogs. Bacl * ? DEPENDS EB53E f Annou & I $50 Reduction ? 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