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Cause: 1 Holding the milk or cream at too high a temperature before ripen? ing. 3. Ripening, murnlng or working at too h:?h a temperature. Ktmedlee: 1 Cream should be cooled to ?",0 d<green F. within an hour after se? parating.. I. Do not ripen the cream above 70 degrees F. Churn and work at' lew enough temperature so that two washings of the granules will take cut all the butter milk. It will then be In such condition that the butter will not turn greasy while being ked. High Acid Flavor. ? ndlcated by an excessive sour taste smell. 1 ause: Over ripening the cream before rnlng. lemedlea: Develop lean nchi In cream be> ? churning. Milk or cream should be kept more than two days be ? churning. . Start ripening the cream below degrees F. tirensy Body. 'ause: o\er churning the butter. Over working. Washing the butter granules In warm wash water. ? I burning ut too hUh a tempera tu re. Rt medlea: 1. Stop churning when the granules are gfcgejl the slxe of wheat kernels. Work the butler M more than Is ne**esaary. .1. Never use wash water nbovj th? temperature of the butter milk, when drawn. t. t'hurn at low temperature so that the butter gra duIch will not stick together while washim;. MNss My? Cause: 1. Washing butter granules in too cd.1 wash w?ter. Remedies: 1. Wash water should be about the (err peruture a* butler milk when drawn. < ..lor?Mottled Appearance. Cause: 1 OMVN distribution of suit. 2 Fslng too cool or too warm wash water Not enough moisture in b itttf W hi n Worked. 4. Churning too warm. Remedies: 1. Distribute and work the salt evenly. Nave the wash water about the mime temperature um the butter milk when drawn. 3. l?eave enough moisture in the butter so that the suit will readily dis? solve while working. 4. Churn the er? no ?t a tempera? ture low enoush to pre\? nt the gran? ule** from sticking together and allow the butter milk to be washed out. then salt Is quickly and more easily dis? tributed and dissolved. R. II. Mason Farmers In all sections gl Sumter bounty have already planted or are pl uitmg (..l.aceo plant bed* and a gSfSJI gjgfSgfSja i,f totoSOS Is SOW assur? ed lor this county. If the season H favorable f..r tobacco l he Sumter market will haw a |gfgjf volume of business for a new market. Tr e PSJhrOOd SOUIgslttOl of the sen ? *t< rdav gSOmhag reported with? out gat ommembi' log IhS bill to re? quire th? ere lion of union st ations at Spart mbur? and sumter. SenStOf Apptit gtftd ihn? the eommlttoi bad not gSMsl able |cj RMihe head or tail of th.? measure ?Tie- State. Girl's Tomato Club, Sumter County MISS MARY LEMMON, Ctunty Agent \ \m l? STATES: DEPARTMENT OF \<.ltl(ti.ti RR, BUREAU OF PLANT INDUSTRY, 1'aimcrs' < o.opcratUc IlegSjOfJSlration Work. Wa,him;toii, I). (\ Greetings to < mminu Ctah Members or i?t i. \w arc proud of the many good rooordi among club members of 1118 and ihr faithful work and line Ma] shown by our girls in all the Southern States. Here it |? time to btlflll work on our gardens for another year. There are finer opportunities than ever for you to help the club work of your State and county, meanwhile learning to .In many interesting and valuable things tor your home. Please keep this letter and the ones Whleh folloWi read the instructions carefully and refer to then from time to time. You will thus be sure J that yo i are folowing directions. White to us if you need further in-| formation. Rolen for llcgtmilng Work. 1. Secure a tenth acre of ground; this may be 132 feet long and 33 feet wide, or any other convenient width and length provided it contains one-tenth acre Off I,III square feet, j 2. When you have finished your work next summer, we shall ask youI to write a history of it. so begin at, once to keep a record. Keep a note? book for the purpose and record (a) the date, (b) kind of work done, (c) time used. j 3. Keep a record of your expenses charging H> oents an hour for your own work, and for all hired work and supplies, charge the actual cost. Esti? mate the value of stable manure at J- "'a p,.r ton. allowing a good two hone load for a ton. Charge your? self $1.00 for the rent of your tenth acre. Selection g| Soil. Seh l t a piece of well drained sandy loam soil, preferably one nearly level. Avoid soil that ha? been In tomatoes the previous year, especially if there has la en any disease on the plants, as some of the diseases live over win? ter in the soil. Soil where cotton has boon injured by the nematode or root knot should also be avoided. Plow the soil six to eight Inches deep in the fall or earlv winter and apply two to three wagon loads of v\e|| rotted manure to your tenth-acre' plot. Leave the soil rough during the winter to prevent washing. If DC well rotted manure is avail ible use coarse manure and apply it before plowing and turn it under so It will der.iv i.eforc spring. Varieties of Tomatoes to Plant. Where there is any prospect of an KMMll market for tomatoes it If adVloabki to plant about one*fourth of the plot to an early variety like I irttana. Plant the remainder of the plot to ii good tram of Stone toma? to. Whore no marks! Is available ? few early tomatoes should be planl ? tl for home use ;md the remainder <?' ? ??.. plot planted to '.he Stone f G I nnlllg purposes. BtSjffttgfJ ti c Plants. To got an sari rrop it ll necessary, to start the plants during the winter Thl I st method is to gOW the sc d ill 0 hot bod In rows two to three inches apart, and when the plants have ds? VslopSd their llrst true haves trans id. mt IllOffJ to stand gbOVt two nches apart each way. This transplanting, hould bo done in shallow boxes Hied with good rieh soll or dlrsct to anoth? . r part of the bed. For the general OffOp, mown for canning purposes, tins transplanting is ail that is neeeo? iiy until ready to plant to the field. For extra e.irh tomatoes it is advis? able to auain transplant the plant when tbev roach i holght of four or five Inches. This time plant in three or four inch floWCI pots, strawberry boxes or tin cans which have, had tho tops and bottoms melted off. When grown in th I way the plants can be bft in the liod Of eold frame until the blossoms, begin to open. Mai.in- a Hot Red. The hot hod may be made as fol? lows He led r well drained location, where the bed will be sheltered, pffS? feral Is on the south side of a build in tr or lino. Make an sxcavatlon ? Ighteeg Incbcg deep tho sits your bed Is to be. Throw In fresh horse ma? nure and park by tramping. The ma? nure bonp should bo about even with the surface of the ground or eighteen Inches deep, Tin manure furnlshe; the heat to Man Iho plants. Put on top the manure four of ii\e inches of a good garden loam, which has not gffOJjfg an\ diseased plants, and cov ,r the bed With gUtSS hot bed sash If sash cannot be secured, egnvai ma) b6 substituted for the glas* The) temperature will run high for a fear days, but no seeds should be planted until the temperature falls to about 80 degrees P. which will require three or four days. A bed made about live feet nine inches wide and about six feet long will b plenty large enough to grow plants for a tenth acre garden. Thin sise bed will take 2 hot bed sashes which measure three feet by six feet. The frame to support the sash should bo about fifteen to eighteen inches high at the back and six inches low? er in front in order to drain off the water. The slope should be toward the south. During bright days the bed will heat very quickly and it will be nec-j ?ssary to ventilate by raising the ?Mil on the opposite side from the wind. Toward evening dose the sash in order to get the bed warm before night. Water the bed in the morn? ing on bright days as watering in the evening or on eloudy days will have a tendency to injure the plants and increase the danger of freezing and damping off. Ventilate the bed alter Watering in order to dry off the plants. Before the plants are set out they should be hardened off and this can be done by transferring to a cold frame or by removing the hot bed sash during the days in mild weath? er. As the plants become hardened j the sash can be kept off at nights j when there is no danger of frosts.! ThU hardening off process must be done gradually to prevent any serious! check to growth. If it is impossible to make a hot, bed the plants ean be started in shal-i low boxes in the house. Get shallow boxes from a store and till with good, | rich soil ami sow the seed as de? scribed for the hot bed. Bore two or three holes in the bottom of the box , for drainage, Keep the box ag near a window as possible and at living room temperature. Colse attention should be given to watering as the air of a living room is usually dry and will soon dry out the soil. The plants must be developed in the light j or they will be weak and spindling, i They should be transplanted to other . boxes or to a oold frame, whieh Is made in the same way as the hot bed except that the manure is left out and canvas may be substituted for the glass sash. In the far South it will not be necessary to have a hot bed; the cold frame will be sufficient. Sincerely yours, Mary B. Creswell, Assistant in Demonstration Club Work O, B. Martin, Assistant in Charge Demonstration Club Work. Note: The next letter will contain Instructions for transplatlng tomatoes and will also give suggestions about other vegetables Which may be In Oluded upon the tenth acre. In the preparation of this letter, valuable assistance was given by Mr. H. C< Thompson of the Horticultural Division. Note: Any girl between the ages of 10 and is years who may wish to join the Tomato Club can do so by writing to Miss Mary Lemmon, .Sum-1 tel. S. C. Now is the tim<' to iiirchase seed and plant the plant bod. The fol? lowing are the best varieties: Brim? mer. Stone, Acme, Livingston Core loss. It pays to bay uood seed from reliable seedsmen. Among the best are r. w. Woods & Son, Richmond, Va., 11. (J. Hastings A Co., Atlanta, Qa., Mlxson seed Co., Charleston, B. C. A poultry association and a poul try show will do a great deal to de? velop the industry of poultry raising In this |4 Ctlon and should be en oouraged by all who are Interested in the promotion of small Industries to which this section is peculiarly well adapted. Kach year several thousands of dollars worth of poul- J try and cuks are shipped into this city j from North Carolina, Tennessee and other States and this is money that could and should be kept at home, A few years ago Morrlstown, Tenn., was unknown as a poultry market, for I little, if any. were shipped from that place, but it is now one of the most Important centres of the poultry in? dustry in the c ountry. A lew men In ? . . , , terested themselves In poultry raising, i made it pay and now poultry is the . money crop of that section of Tenn ' essee. Review of Year in Peninsula. Rembert, Peb. 4.?it is no newi t< your readers that we have had som? spring weather lately. As a conse? quence small grain is showing up well. We have heard nothing of lice or Hies in the oats this season. Some of oui people put In their small grain with unusual t are, and that is as it should be, . We have before mentioned In your columns Hodge Lenolr and his thor? oughness in farming. He does noth? ing by halves and the results prove thai it pays. In a year or two he Will have one of the finest siiiali farms in all the country around. We have otln-rs, too, who are succeeding, as W. J. Spencer, Sylvester Allen and R. ES. Atkinson. Bob Atkinson is the man who believes in drainage, who by drainage has made the peninsula a habitable place. He has some neigh? bors who would do well to take les? sons from him. Some of our colored farmers are clearing money at fanning too, among whom may be mentioned Tom Wright, "Pig" Tom Williams, Ed Sanders, the miller, and Harrie Dinkins. So the past year has been a good one with us, and we enter hopefully into this new year. Prof. Harris Watson passed through our community from Wedgelield, where he is principal, to the lower State firm Saturday, January 31. There is a man who comes all the way from Syracuse at stated times on business ( ?) Let him come, he can't help it. Neither can another who comes much oftener. In the one case we are expecting to "hear some? thing drap;" In the other it is rumor? ed we are soon to lose one of the finest young women who ever grew up in our community and one who has 0 host of friends wherever she is known. But we had hoped with a lit-J tie work at matchmaking, one of our, boys would get that prize. Measles and mumps are abroad in our community. Mr. J. R. Corbitt's family are stricken with measles. His wife is quite sick. What if our community welcomes a( bride to itH bosom before this sets tho light. We will wait and see. Mrs. Sam Lenolr of your city has been visiting in our community. Messrs. Leon and Ca? McEachern, W. B. Thompson, on Thursday and Robert E. Atkinson on Friday, were In Sumter on business. Miss Edna Davis is visiting Mrs. M. A. Young. "Hagood." Married. Mr. T. C. Duncan and Mrs. Katie Reid 'Eradley were married at the parsonage of the Woodlawn M. E. Church, Augusta, Ga., at 4 o'clock Wednesday afternoon, Feb. 4th, Rev. J. O. Brand, pastor of the church, performing the ceremony. Plead Guilty to Charge. John Raeford, colored, plead guilty and was fined $25 Wednesday on the charge of transporting whiskey for an unlawful purpose. Gar)' Stoic paid a fine of for reckless driving and being drunk on Sunday afternoon. ??1 v . . - 1 Tax Return Notice. 1 will be at the following places on the day appointed, either In person or by depUtV fo. the purpose of taking' tax retUl .? for fiscal year beginning January 1, 1914. Returns litis year should be made of all Real Estate, personal property, capitation road tax, poll and dogd Auditor's office will be open from January 1 to February 2? for taking returns. 50 per cent penalty will be charged against all failing to make returns. Tindals, Tuesday, Jan. 6. Privateer, Wednesday, Jan. 7. Lcvi Siding, Thursday, Jan. 8. Wedgelield, Friday, Jan. 9. Claremont, Tuesday, Jan. 13. Hagood, Wednesday, Jan. 14. Rembert, Thursday, Jan. 15. Daliell, Friday, .Tan. 1G. Brogdon, Tuesday! Jan. 20. Mayesvllle, Wednesday, Jan. 21. Oawego, Thursday( Jan. 22. Pleasant Grove, Monday, Jan. 2G. Bhlloh, Tuesday, Jan. -7. Norwood Cross Roads, Wednesday, January 2S. R. E. WILDER, County Auditor I :. < * 4 I* Service-We Give It | ! i ] Service is the Mggest word in the English * j Language. i !! Business is broadened and dignified when t ! !! based on Service. j j 4ile who knows h??w to serve others is 1 31 master of himself." J ! i j! The Farmers' Bank and Trust \ ! Company. | BUSHELS w CO TO THE ACRE if you use Planters Soluble Guano 8-3-3 Planters Standard Fertilizer 9-2-2 No letter fertilizers made?soluble and avail? able nt all times. Larger yieicU prove this. This is the kind of corn it pays to raise. It bells for highest prices. Earns more profit for you. Make your land moro valuable?Use our fertilizers and increase your acreage yield. Ask the dealer and insist upon our brands. If he can't supply you, write us direct. Look for our trade-mark on the bag?it's your pro? tection. Planters Fertilizer & Phosphate Co. Manufa</hirers Charleston * South Carolina We us? only thotxvtS.C. rhosphate, fish Scrap, Blood, Tankage, Gerdau Potash) eto. "Looks Ju^l Like Her"! Y ?U can roallv say that of pictnre that comes from Map this studio, because our fears spent in following art of photography make themselves known in our work. The Man Who Knows Portraiture, Sell* Picture Frame* and doos Kodak finishing 10 % SOUTH MAIN STREET. Winburn, I ? ? H ????????? ? + v t 4 ???????? ?*?"?-?' "It's Your Money" j ~:r^rr^~r^^~^^^-^ ?THAT'S TRUE I I FUT IT IN THE BANK IT GROWS FOR YOU. if The People's Bank. I ????????4 ? ???+?++?+?+???????+ <>> ? ?>??+??+?? ? ????? Lumber, Lime, Cement, BUILDING MATERIAL GENERALLY AND i EED OF ALL KINDS. Booth-Shuler Lumber & Supply Co. Successors to Booth-!Iarby Live Stock Co. and Central Lumber Co. Geo. Epperson's Old Stsvnd Opp. Court House Wrong Watches s Ru?ht . . . Every tick that that watch of yours takes while it needs dean Ing ami adjusting means a shortening of. Its lifo. A deau watch is juM about Motionless. A dirty watch is a ?rateta that is tlektng it* way to destruction. We want you to know that nor repair de|iartmeni eststs foe the purpose of putting wrong watches snd docke right. % % ? We now liavo a first class workman In diarge of our repair do 4? partinenf and can turn out any kind of repairing promptly?lot j us show yon. Prices reasonable and all a*ork guaranteed. W. A. THOMPSON, .j. JEWELER AND OPTICIAN \ PHONE 333 6 S MAIN STREET