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FARM DEMONSTRATION Edited by T. Insects and Winter Plowing. ^ Winter plowing is as much a garden problem as it is a farm problem, and when done properly it will add very j greatly to the profit of succeeding crops. There is no single place on the | farm where insects are so troublesome or so abundant as in the garden. One of the recommendations for insect control is winter plowing. If' the garden is broken up and left rough through a few hard freezes, millions of insects wiil be frozen and destroyed. Not only that, but much cftoH and nther troublesome pests will be gotten out of the way. As a rule we think of plowing the garden during the first three or four warm k days in the springtime. This is too I late to get best results, as already F stated. That is a. job that should be ^done in the fall of the year, except, of course, in the case of those parts of the garden that are in perennial or winter crops. Aside from breaking the garden soil, all rubbish should be cleared up along the fence both on the inside and on the outside. This is another step toward insect control. Any manure that is to be used in the garden next year should be put out this fall and permitted to decay on the soil or in it if put before the breaking is done. By all means see that no water stands on the garden. If these precautions are taken now, next spring when the first warm days come, things will be in mighty fine shape to start the best garden you have ever had. And perhaps there is not a single year in history when a garden will count for more than next year's garden will. All rubbish and refuse remaining on the garden following the crops of the year should be cleaned off thoroughly and burned. This will help to control both disease and insect pests. Such diseases as melon leaf blight, black leg of cabbage, and others will live on through the winter in diseased 1 (plants and refuse if these are not destroyed. This rubbish unless destroyed accumulate^ very rapidly and sooner or later will make it next to impossible to grow successful garden crops. r ?*? i Vegetables for Winter Diet. The three minerals of most impor-1 tance to the body are calcium, phosphorus and iron. We need to keep in mind two important things con-1 cerning these three mineral sub-1 stances: first, that vegetables are an excellent source for them; second, that' i" ? an/lanmi +a nacrldot tVlO frpp Uicxc 10 a v^nuvuvj w **v5*w? usage of vegetab'es during the winter k months. B . The following vegetables are given as a suggestive reminder of those vegetables available in the winter, B telling which of these three minerals B they are rich in: Beets, carrots, turnip and rutabaga, ^B sweet potato, Irish potato, cabbage, collards, onion, spinach, celery, lettuce, beans (dried), tomatoes (canned), asparagus (canned). r ?0? Dry Cure Compared with Sweet-Pickle or Brine Cure. mere are iwo memoas 01 curing pork?the dry cure and the sweetpickle or brine cure. The dry cure is preferred, as it is simpler and requires less handling of the meat, as will be observed from the formulas outlined in the following paragraphs. The sweet-pickle or brine cure is not ' advocated in the southern sections of the country, in view of the uncertain temperatures, the cure being retarded when the temperature ranges above 50? F., causing the meat to spoil. Dry-cured meat improves with age and is better several months after it is smoked. Irrespective of the curing method used, it is advisable before curing to rub the surface of ^ the meat with fine salt and allow it I to drain, flesh side down, for from 6 to 12 hours. Dry-Cured Pork. f -* Formula No. 1.?For each 100 pounds of meat use 10 pounds salt, 2% pounds sugar, z ounces saiipeiei, 3 ounces black pepper, 2 ounces red pepper. Mix the ingredients well. Rub the mixture over the meat thoroughly and pack it away in a barrel, box, or on a table. About the third day break the bulk and repack to insure thorough contact with the cure mixture, then allow the meat to remain until the cure is completed. This will take two days in cure for each pound that * the individual pieces of meat weigh; for example, a 10-pound ham will take 20 days. After the meat has cured hang it in the smokehouse without washing. (See P. 22 for directions for smoking.) When the meat is packed in tight barrels the liquid formed will aid in curing the ~~ "" ""1 AGENT'S DEPARTMENT M. Cathcart. {heavier pieces of meat, which should ! be at the bottom. I Some persons attempt to use the foregoing formula without the saltpeter, but the result will not be satisfactory*. The saltpeter should bv^ no means be omitted. Be sure to cook dry-cured pork well before it is eaten. Curing Agents. Salt, saltpeter, sugar, and molasses are the principal preservatives used j in curing pork. The use of borax,' boric acid, formalin, salicylic acid,! and other chemicals is prohibited in j connection with1 meats and products! to which the federal meat inspection . law is applicable. . Salt when applied alone to meat , makes it very hard and dry, because its action draws out the meat juices , and hardens the muscle fibers. Saltpeter is used to hasten the curing of the meat It is more astringent than , salt and should be used sparingly. Sugar and molasses soften the muscle fibers and improve the flavor of the meat; hence a combination of . salt and sugar makes a good cure. e 1 How to Make Acid Test of Soil. Thrust a knife blade into a ball of < moistened earth and insert a slip of < litmus paper (blue in color and sold ] by druggists), and firmly press the 1 soil against the paper. Let remain i for ten minutes and remove. When i dry, if paperN shows a red or pink j color, acid is present and the soil will be benefited by the use of lime. Be careful to not get fingers on the inserted part of paper or on the open ing wnere paper is mservcu. The profit in froit trees is in the pruning-shears and the spray nozzle. Don't try to get something for nothing fronr your orchard. o Dragging With Auto. A western farm paper suggests that farmers keep up their roads by hitching a drag to their automobiles. The idea is to take the drag along behind the auto for a mile or two when on a trip to town, then to leave the drag by the roadside, to pick it up on the return trip, and to drag the other side of the road. It has been tried with success. ?.. . ? .. ? .1 ,i ^ - *. > f- -r^ nrii??f A "free of Double Value. Each of our farm homes should be surrounded by nut-bearing trees rather than by fother trees of less beauty and of no economic value. We pay high prices for small, inferior nuts when about our very doors can be grown the choicest sorts. Further-, more, there are large possibilities in the production of pecans for commercial purposes. Standaid varieties seldom sell for less than 30 cents a pound, yet there is a profit in growing pecans at 10 cents a pound. A pecan orchard of good varieties gives pleasure as well as profit and is to any farm or suburban home a permanent and valuable asset. The most important point in the successful establishment of a pecan orcnara is iu use u^uiuu.i wceo v? good varieties. Varieties recommended for South Carolina are Stuart, Schley, Success, Van Deman, Frotscher, Pabst, and Money-Maker. Set the trees carefully in large deep holes about 60 feet apart each way. Give them as much care and attention as is given your most profitable farm crop and you will not be disappointed in the results. A neglected pecan tree will yield no more profitable returns than will any other neglected crop or fruit tree. It is well to plant the orchard to garden or field crops driving stakes beside the trees to prevent them from being bruised in cultivating. Intensive cultivation and fertilizing of the crops between the rows of trees will usually be sufficient to keep the pecans growing thriftily. j A few nuts may be expected irom each tree in three years after trans; planting and the amount will increase each year. By the tenth year the trees should be yielding profitable crops. In fact, if a pecan orchard is cared for properly it will come into profitable bearing in about the same length of time as will an apple i orchard. | Home-Mixed Fertilizers. Farmers can save from three to five dollars a ton by mixing their fertilizers at home. Three other advantages of home-mixing fertilizers are stated as follows: ' 1. It is possible to know definitely from what sources the ammonia in your fertilizer is derived. 2. It is possible to^jrepareJgpi each crop the special^^^fc^^rertilizer best suited to 3. There is a saving in freight, hauling, and distributing, by not hav!ing to handle a lot of "filler" that i jput in ready-mixed fertilizer. j Subscribe now for The Record. 9 HUGE ECONOMIC LOSS BY MOTOR ACCIDENTS Census Statistics of Auto Deaths Tell Only Part of Story. (Capital News Service) Washington, Dec. 4.?The recent Census Office bulletin, which presents statistics for deaths in automobile accidents for 1921, in the thirty-four states leporting, shows the 10,108 men, women, and children lost their lives through accidents which can not be held to be unpreventable. It is pointed out in the national capital that the economic loss of such wholesale killings is enormous, no matter how conservative the figures are which enter into such calculations. Supposing that the average earning of each of the killed people was or would eventually be at the rate of fU/vneow/1 /JaIIoo voor onrl that JI1C bliviwaiiu UVllUi u M J y ?1?M? the life expectancy of all those who thus died was but ten years each, and the enormous total of $100,000,000 is reached, as the earning power wiped out by automobile accidents in one year. National campaigns are undertaken in the interest of stamping out tuberculosis, cancer, and other diseases which yearly slay their thousands. None of them, it is pointed out among legislators in Washington, who see in automobile accidents a wholly curable cancer in the body politic, are more deadly than the improperly, carelessly, or drunkenly driven road vehicles. The accidents caused by them thus take a place side by side with the other plagues against whieh society is at war. \ NO REST-NO PEACE There's no peace and little rest for the one who suffers from a bad back, and distressing urinary disorders. Kingstree people recommend Doan's Kidney Pills. Be guided by their experience. J. N. Hammet SOI West Main street, Kinjstree, says: "Whenever I have used Doan's Kidney Pills I have always found them to be just as represented. Some time ago I was troubled with my kidncy3 and I had to get up several times during the night. The kidney secretions were scanty and there was a dull ache across the small of my back that annoyed me. This trouble seemed to tire my system and before I felt any more effects from the weakness I bought a box of Doan's Kidney Pills at Gamble's Drug Store and was greatly benefited. I am satisfied that Doan's are a most reliable kidney remedy.". j Price 60c, at all dealers., Dont simply ask for a kidney remedy?get Doan's Kidney Pills?the same that Mr. H&mmet had. Foster-Milburn j Co., Mfrs., Buffalo, N. Y.?Adv. I i I TRESPASS NOTICE. Pursuant to provisions of Section 241 Criminal Code of South Carolina, all persons are herebv warned against" trespassing on lands of the undersigned in Mouzon and Sumter township in any manner, either by cutting o hauling wood, hunting or trapping, 01 allowing stock to run at large on same, violators will be dealt with according to law. W. E. NESMITH. ll-23-4t. t?l 1 I I'M I H h'M MIMI I'M!; TAKE NOTICE. 11 ip 11 ? All parties sending in notices ? 1 ! of "Hot suppers," "Box parties," !! ; I Barbecue suppers, plays, etc. \ J ?' being held for the purpose of ?1 i . making money for any cause < i J \ whatsoever, are charged for at \' '1 the rate of 10 cents the line. i i ? 11 Count six words to the newspa- .. JI per line and enclose cash with J | '' order. Otherwise such notices *' 11 will be ignored by {! ;; THE COUNTY RECORD. [\ I. ?i IIII M I III IHI MM 111 M11 j I WOOD! j PHONE 132 i: Mixed Stove Wood, $4.50 :: j: Oak Wood, - 5.00:1 ? Prompt Delivery and Good J J Measure. 11 : BROWN & THOMPSON:; U 1111 111 EMM II 111 1 ?IM 11 oexxxxxxxxxxxx: I USE! I Are Ac i " *? < J They are not or I?I friendship and good ; J; real service to the fi \ | j come. IAn Allen Princ* White Kotary Sewir make a good family Mother would L Kitchen Cabinet, Ni Give father a ] Caii aVi I ( t VAFUUU. J v Daughter or sisl j J \ or Porch Suit. The; ; i; For brother or s< j' his clothing, or a nic j i j Baby will enjoy 11: Kiddie Car. ! J j For the friends ; i \ Wool, Axminister V ! 11 Grass Rug; Gold Fis <, > i |, | You can't give < 8 ciated. because ever ! j y uine service in tie 1 I WILUAMSBD j | KINOSTREE, She | Only ! J Till !?: Shop early, because jJ; cial offerings for Ch Z: However, Christ t j your wants in our lir |; offerings are here ai S store. There are nu member of the fami] 3C Among the mori ft lowing: ft Shoes, I [ Hats, :?: Neckwear, ;1; Handkerchiefs, 5 Hosiery, ft Besides these it !?; seasonable goods th* IS Christmas time. Ca [tractive showings w help you in making tives this Christmas. Kingstr< KINGSTREE, | X wvvwy ooooooxxxxxxxx* ?UL GD ipreciated ily a means of expressing will at Christmas time, but ieid or relative so remembe ess Range, Perfection or Si Lg Machine, Talking Machii gift, as all will benefit the ike an Electric Reading La ice Diningroom Suit or Ruj .leading Lamp, a comfortal ber will appreciate a nice E y will make home life more ] >n get a Chifforobe or Ware e TravelingBag. a Carriage or Push Cart, i give a nice Table; Chair, ] elvet, Tapestry, Fibre, Con ih, Gold Fish Globes and Fc i piece of Furniture that wi y item in Furniture will fill ifel of everyone. KG FURNITURE i J. DEERY, Manager SOUTI >13 Earl 7 More ' ^nristm; the early shopper gets the iristmas. mas has not caught us un le this year. Many of our sp id are now being placed on merous useful and practical ly to be found in this showi e practical gifts we would i Sweaters, Art I Bath Robes, . Rugs Sofa Pillows, Drug Scarfs, / Trun Fancy Work, Bags ems you will find many otl it will make useful and prj ,11 at our store and look ov< e are making for tlie holid; your selections for your fr i ie Dry Goo< 'The Store of Quality" SOUT 5TT Most! ||| the feeling of \ J they perform a 2' \ red for years to ] [{! I'i iplex Oil Stove,, le or Piano will |, \ reby. 5 \ fir i i '3 k imp, wararoDe, i; g for her room. X \ )le Rocker or a j j | < 1 > ! i1 t ledroom, Parlor j1; pleasant for her. . j J; Irobe Trunk for U\ HI*. Jit * Swing, Chair or jit- ? Jit J?t Reading Lamp, ;,; goleum, Rag or jit >od. J11 11 not be appre- j i \' a place of gen- J i; J11 J-t * 11 COMPANY | I CAROLINA j| | 9tx5txxxxn ly! :jt m uays | as ill ;i: pick of the spe- .!1! < ; ' , , i'f * I ' prepared to fill fecial Christmas ; i; display at our ;1; gifts for every j J j ng. ?; r suggest the fol- ; ! ! '? , :getts, :?! Irs ^ * ' ier staple and ?! 1 pt i pa 1 (rifts for ' > /.vv^vv,* o y sr the many at- j ( \ a vs. They will J11 41 * lends and rela- ; l <?> Jii x 38 Co. | H CAROLINA. ; | -T?A