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Riding dairy cows for iu and profit Cta Should Be Fid Sufficient ?ilanced Ration to Produce ?axirnurn Amount of Milk Clemsoa (Allege, 8. C. feeding of dairy cows Is neo for profitable production. Cows for two purposes; body main ice and milk production. A great fanners in South Carolina keep which are fed only sufficient to enable them tc perform their functions, such at heating the , pumping the Moo I, digesting the and moving about Cows fed only k Mmaintenance rations'* are neo trtty money losere or ?boarders, cow can produce milk without loss weight only altar she has been a sufficient amount to maintain body functions, and a surplus which to manufacture the milk, ?afhtehanco retfcn Is a fired and ehe mere lead a, cow can above that ret ulred for main* ice, the greater the amount of feed ible* for milk prcductlon. the standpoint of economical tion. one can a lord to give s all the feed the will consume! it gaining In wsight, and nc mere. A good cow will generally lose ta weight tu the early part of the mc pas*** ail gain In the Utter Bach cows ahatld be fed lib with the ass un in ce that they [may fer the extra feed during the lsotaeioa period. most common s intake made In state Is that of net feeding the la aanrmer whet, on pasture, with the very test pasture a aastet give her mhztmum produo on pasture alone. Cows giving 2f air more of milk should hare at S pound* of gram feed even when beet pastures. When pasture at itoor and glee are Toad the cows win return a profit on mere grain feed than tie above, and should -eceive It The tbsi dairymen m the ttate are begin ni to realise the value of summer , epale. ana are building; silos of small diameter tor summer feeding. When; tie) grase is short and flies worry the so that they cannot feed as they on grass, a silo tor summer is food insurance. If it is found unnecessary to tea me ?Do dur* tag the summer, ft caa be seeled up ess* the sfmge fed the following winter. Tue beat roughage leeda to be fed silage In this state are alfalfa, pro* iuctSon* Ittel, peaiurt meal, wheat j and corn meal art) the moat com grain feeds need In the South. Of the value of wi est bran used cottonseed meal It probably the appreciated. Tilt is a bulky I. hag a laxative effect (the opposite cotton seed meal), and contalna potash and phosphorous which to bates up the cove body. None the above grain feeto should be Ted to. They should be mixed in order a balanced ratio a. Cows should 1 pound of th?) grain mixture te B pounds of milk produced dally, or approximately 3 pounds of grain feed to a gallon of milk. Ttils, with all the gjood rougiage they will consume will give a ccw sufficient feed nutrients far maximum economic production. GROW fiOOD STRAWBERRIES Portion of Every Homo Garden Should Bo Devcted to Strawberries to Supply Froth Fruit for Table. Clemson College, 8. C. A portion of every home garden should be devoted to strawberies. They aro easy to grow, do well on practical? ly every kind of soil, and a very small area Is sufficient to supply the family By planting varieties that ripen in succession, fresh fruit may bo had from early spring until late in the summer. In the early fall, until tht first of November, is the best time tc set the plants. Delighting in coo weather, if sot sit this time they wil become well established by spring, am. will bo able to resist droughts whicl. often occur at this season. In selecting plants Tor the new bed only the strongest of the presen year's runners should bo used. Tht roots of new plants are always white which distinguishes them from olde: plants whose roofs are always black Previous <do planting, remove a por tlon of the leaf surface to lessen evap oration, and shear the roots to abou one-half if they aro very long. A com mon mistake in planting is to ecooi out a shallow hole and thrust th? plant into it, leaving the roots * crumpled mass with their tips nea; the surface where they quickly dr: out To avoid this .make a deep hol? with a spade or long-pointed trowel, In sort the roots and spread them out fai shape, allowing them to hang dowi full length. In this way, every par of the root system will bo tn dlrec contact with the soil and kept con ?tantly moist. Place the crown, o bud, just tt the surface. If It Is bolo* the level of the ground, after the sol settles it is smothered; If much above the mots will dry out Of the various methods of tralnini strawberry runners, the hill system it without doubt the most satis factor? for he home grower. The plants art placed 14 to 18 inches apart in tht row. and all runners kept removed, ei cqpt a few trained with the row tc produce new plants. Not suite so man? berries will be produced as with som< of the matted row systems, mit the} will be much larger and of superloi quality. It is well during the first see son to pinch off all the fruiting stem; as they appear in order that the en tire eCrenjrth of the plant may be di reeled to the development of the crown and leaves. By the end of th' season, the plants should have thlct broad crowns, oach holding the rudi meuts of several stalks of berries am containing Plaint food In sufficlsn ilko^aa^ail SBKft^ n WTtmwm cro, w^a^^a^^^a^^a^p^Bav?, ?a.,-? ? strawberry bed may boar fron three to live crops If given careful at , tention, but It is better to allow th plants to frutt only twice. As tht bed gets older, the plants becom weakened and often diseased. For th* very highest grade berries, the plant should be allowed to fruit only onc< end a new bed set annually. If you had a farm so poor, and et sandy, and so run down that it wouldn' produce a hundred pounds of cotto to the acre, what would yon do Wltl it? Plant cover crops. Write the Extension Division o Clemson College for bulletin No. If "Frrage Crops for South Carolina." 1 contains much valuable Information HOW TO PRODUCE CHEAP PORK IN S. C. ftape (56 Daye After Sowing) on the experimental lot of Clemson College. Pthpe la one of the beet forage for Swine. The cheapeet pork. beef, mutton, nnd milk are produced by use of forage Or pasture In addition *o some grain (concentrates). For example, in a recent feeding experiment at Clerason College pork was produced at a cost of font and four ti>a/hs cents (4.4) to six cente (6) per pound when forage crops were wed with the grain rations, while gains produced on grain alone cost front aine (9) to twelve (11 ) cents per pound. Such results are not uncommon in comparative feeding experiments, therefore it Is a fair comparison of cost ol gains w4th snd without suitable forago. Forage alone is not sufficient. Fo> growing tigs, feed in addition to forage from two to three pounds of grain dally for each one hundred pounds of llvo weight, in which case a 100-pound pij would bo getting from two to three pounds of grain daily. If hogs are bein? fattened lesvler feeding Is advlsabln. Good water and abundant sunde art also essential. Kail and winter pasture should be arranged for without delay. Sow rap* In September, preferably before the middle of the month. Rape demands rlel and well-prepared soil Top-dress with well-rotted barnyard manure if pot elbl*. Use onW rv Dwarf Ksex rape und sow at rate of seven to nine pound per acre; liberal flooding pays. Other good fall and winter grazing crops art Abruiil rye. oats and whsat. Remember that fall and winter grazing crop are not posnlble unles* seeding Is dor.o at once. Burr and Crimson clover sre splendid legumes for grazing and <un be depended on for late winter an: early spring grazing. 1 TO HAVE GREAT FAIR. Event at Walterboro In November to Take Place of Colleton County Af? fair. Walterboro, Sept. 25.?Arrange? ments are going forward for the hold? ing of the Great Southern Carolina fair at Walterboro the first week In November, this fair taking the place of the Colleton county fair wh'.^h has been held for a number of years. This year the fair will be participated in by exhibitors from the four counties of Hampton, Jasper, Beaufort and Colleton, comprising the counties em? braced In the Southe n Carolina as aoclatlon. The paid secretary of the association, S. L. Reld, who has of? fices here, and the able assistant sec? retary, Miss Law ton, are devoting much of their time to this proposi? tion and every indication points to a very successful occasion. I A feature of the fair will be the racing. The fair association is build? ing a complete racing plant on ! grounds adjoining the property of the I association. A half mile track Is now under construction, and this, It is hoped, will attract many horses from llfferent portior a of the State. Liberal purses are offered by the association ind this alone will prove a very in? teresting feature. The fair premium list is now in the 'lands of the printer and Will be gen? erally distributed In the four coun des as soon as completed. This book will reveal the fact that the fair's premium list is attractive and that large awards will be paid to the mccessful exhibitors In the various departments. Excellent and clean amusements have been secured, and the officers ire hoping to make every day a fea? ture day. NOT SEEKING. OFFICE. ? -itk. ? Jo v. Manning {lays He Has Plenty of Work Bel ore Him Now. Columbia, Sept. 26.?"I am noi hlnklng about the future; there is ?lenty of work for me as governor luring the next two years," said Gov. vfanning yesterday, when asked if he vould be a candidate for the United tates senate in 1918. Gov. Manning aid that his mind was not concern? ed with politics. The governor Is noW considering the many matters to be >rought before the 1916 legislature, le will make an effort to bring about satisfactory adjustment of the fire nsuranee ^uaSftp. i Gov. Manninir Is giving much at ention to rural credit? and will likely levote a considerable portion of his nessage to this important subject. V commission was provided by the ast legislature to study the rural redlts quest Um and report to the -ext general assembly. This com nisslon has nor. yet held a meeting. . EXTENDING ALDERMAN ROAD. ?dttlo Gate City Hopes Alderman Road la Coming There. Florence, Sept. 24.?A large force *f hands under the charge of super ntendent of construction, Mr. Jesse lay, of Alcolu, S. C, have located at iamvllle, near Oak Grove, in ?.nls ounty, which place Is the present lorthern terminus of the Alcolu (Alderman) Railroad, and have begun vork on extending this road on to vards Florence, the county seat. The arge forces aro now at work building trestle work across Sparrow Swamp, it Hamville, w ilch will require about me-half mile of trestle. The line of oad is blazed out for several miles rtorth of Sparrow Swamp, in the di? rection of Florence, but the construc lon forces will not divulge anything a to the ultimate terminal of the lortion of the road now being con? structed. All they have to say Is that hey were Instructed by Mr. Alderman o follow the trail as laid down before hem and "build track." Should Mr. Alderman decide that Florence would be a good place for Ilm to come to with his railroad arid ?onncet here \n ith the Atlantic Coast dne and the Seaboard Air Line, he vould make nc mistake. Besides this le would give to the people of the rurbevllle, Seloc, Sardinia, Olanta, totts Cross roads, Oak Grave, Ham llle and Elim a line of railroad direct rom their hones on Into Florence, he county seat of Florence county, ? nd his name would ever be praised. The Florence ('hamber of Commerce vlll take up the matter at once with lr. AldOrman and see if he cannot be nduced to "co^ne to the Gate City." TIGERS SENT TO GANG, on Vernation Brought to Rank* ol Prohibition Law Violators. A Jgustn, (5a., Sept. 23.?Local blind ,?e ? operators were thrown Into a ante today when Judge Black sen snssd three white men, Vr. S. Pit nan, ,T. E. Allen and E. M. Green, to the chalngang for six, four and hreo months, respectively, without he alternative of a fine for selling 11 inor. Several other prisoners, first iffsndsrs, were fined and rentenced to .he chninKnnp:, the labor sentence be iii* suspended during good behavior, JtEV. M. J. KYSER RESIGNS. Win Leave Paxville and Homo Branch Churches?Personal News of Pax? ville. Paxville, Sept. 26.?Rev. M. J. j Xyzer, pastor of the Baptist church here, and at Home Branch, has tend ered his resignation of the two churches to become effective as soon as the vacancy can be supplied. He has not yet made a positive decision as to whence he will go. It is with much regret that his congregations ac? cepted the resignation. Mrs. Marion Cox and children from Florence are visiting at the home of "her mother, Mrs. H. J. iMcLeod. Miss Lula Corbett, the postmistress here, has been quite sick for several ddyf. She is not yet able to resume her duties. Miss Hattle Herlong left a few days [o for Norway, where she will teach Is session. Dr. Theo. W. Gunter has returned from a visit to his father, Mr. J. M. Gunter at Swansea. Miss Hattle Grlflin left this week to visit her sister, Mrs. Kyzer in Co rnhibia. Miss Vivian Curtis left Thursday to resume her studies at Columbia Col mga. , Mr. S. Weinberg has rented the res foence of Mr. Bruce Bradham that has been occupied by Mr. H. Cain. He wilj move his family in this week. Mr. du. is now occupying the home of Mr,. Elma Tlsdale, who recently moved to Rock Hill. ..,*?? i Miss Jessie Curtis, Mrs. Annie Her long and Pen Herlong motored over to Dalzell last Sunday. Mrs. W. R. Keels was called to the bedside of her father, Mr. DuRant. at filliott last week. He is still criti? cally ill. PjERSHlXG SUCCEEDS MILLS. nder of the Expeditionary to Become Chief of Military airs. ?fyVashlngton, P. C, Sept. 25.?Sec Baker announced late today the president would nominate fJ i " \ A* ??Gen. Pershing, commander of American expeditionary forces in ?tico, to be a major general to fill tn*e vacancy created by the death of TethJor Gen. Mills. 1'?C/rrON STANDARDS ABROAD. Washington, Sept. 25.?Cotton Idards promuglated recently by Houston for American mar to govern [Kreiling on the cotton exchange at Rotterdam, Holland, making the first Li recognition of the system abroad, end encouraging agriculture department officials In their effort for establishment of a universal standard. The action of the Rotterdam ex? change, reported to the treasury de? partment by Commercial Attache Thompson at The Hague is expected here to eliminate much of the con? tusion that has existed in trade be? tween American shippers atid Dutch buyers and spinners. News and Views of Pisgah. PtsWh, Sept. 23.?A fine crop of pea vine hay has been saved which will gTeatly aid during the winter. Cotton is doing just what was ex? pected. The lightest crop since the Iry year. About forty per cent, of last year and this will take a late .all to mature the young bolts. I saw in Columbia a large cotton planter from Texas and he says he has travel? ed over the cotton belt and South gen? erally and the poorest cotton crop ho ever saw. He says when the boll weevil gets here it will do us as it has Texas. President Wilson must have a high regard for the people of this State for the respect and deference shown him at the burial of his sister. Great ci'owds were around, but not a thing marred the solemnity of the occa? sion. The church was packed to Its utmost capacity and the large aud? ience ro:,e when the funeral proces? sion entered. The revvices in the church were short and interesting. The secret service men kept all from the Interment, but the family and friends. The mound was covered with the most beautiful and costly flowers. Many beautiful flowers were placed on the graves of the president's father and mother and other relatives. Mr. Wilson is a pleasant man to meet and knows how to shake your hand all right. Washington people say in this respect he is very much like Mrs. Grover Cleveland, who was one of the most gracious ladles ever In the White House. Mrs. Wilson is a fine looking lady. Very gracious and pleasant in her greetings. Just beforo the train left the president from the rear of his car shook hands with hundreds of people who had gathered to see him off, and he left amid the waving of hats and handkerchiefs on their silent farewell, wishing him a safe journey home. A talk with many northern people, mostly Republicans, say that Mr. Wilson will get a large per cent, of the Progressive and Independent vote which will elect him. We hope so. Evidently he is stronger than his party. m mmimmmtmm mmWm* * ' A CHANCE FOR THE DOCTORS. ?'Progress" Calls on Sumter County Medical Association to Wield its In? fluence for County Health Officer. Editor Daily Item. The physicians of the Sumter County Medical Association will nev? er have a better opportunity to exert their professional and personal knowl? edge and influence in behalf of their fellow citizens than is now presented to them to take the lead for the es? tablishment of the office of whole time county health officer, and for se? curing a complete county health sur? vey for Sumter county. Professional ethics need not inter? fere with their ability to do something great for their county. The fact that the movement for a county health officer, and the secur? ing of the unit health survey for Bethel and Dalzell school districts, the unit survey having been completed with splendid results, were started by a man who is not a physician, or pro? fessional man, need not deter' the county medical association from now going ahead, and by their superior professional knowledge and greater and more telling personal influence, induce the county legislative delega? tion, and board of county commission I era to establish the office of county health officer. Sizing up the results of the com? plete county health survey of Green? ville county by United States govern? ment sanitary experts, and seeing just what a magnificent advertisement such a county health survey has prov? en for that county, and adding the value in dollars and cents, of the hun? dreds of lives saved by increased effi I ciency and general interest among ru? ral people of all kind in rural sanita? tion, not to mention the thousands of dollars saved by preventing prevent? able sickness, it seems that Sumter county physicians would grasp the op? portunity to help out in a great movement of this kind. The non-pro? fessional men behind this movement, say that they are willing to drop out I entirely if the physicians of Sumter, and Sumter county wish to show I what they can and will do. 1 We naturally expect our family phy I slclans to lead and teach us how to I keep well. We love them more than I any one else outside of our families, I and look to them to lead us in matters I of physical well being, and in many other ways. Sumter county taxpay? ers will follow Sumter county doc? tors, if they lead. The State ?ad j county oflVlala-Bdll doubtless do like* wise. When you stop to think what a complete county hearth survey by five to seven trained, expert professional sanitarians of the United States De? partment of Public Health, and State Board of Health means, It seems worth while going after. A doctor can better appreciate this efffort. To have every house and premises In Sumter county, outside of Sumter city, including every incorporated and unincorporated town, village and com? munity, every house in the rural dis? tricts, and the premises thereof, white and colored, rich and poor, visited by these government experts, and the in? mates Instructed what to do to pre? vent disease and premature death, and the fact that hundreds of timely, Il? lustrated lectures on the various com? municable diseases and how to pre? vent their spread will be delivered to audiences of white and colored citi? zens, at every school house in Sumter county, white and colored, has been promised for this county, provided we create the office of county health offi? cer, should surely appeal to every In? telligent and progressive man and woman of this county. It matters little who might be credited as the real men and wo? men behind the movement. The ques? tion Is shall we organize for the ac? complishment of these things we can get for nothing, if we have a county health officer. This movement was started not for personal glory or credit, but for the greatest good to the greatest number of Sumter county people. Greenville is holding a big health celebration next month. ? That city and county will secure world wide advertising that money could not buy. Sumter city and county can get the same thing if those who are primarily responsible for the public health will just get busy now and go after these desirable things. ? Last Saturday a rural policeman, Mr. Sam NcVman, reported what was supposed to be a death from Infan? tile paralysis in a poor colored family in Concord township. The State health officer had to send a physician from Columbia hero to investigate the case. We had no county health officer. There was no attend** ing physician. It was hard to diag? nose a disease of this kind after death. We are floundering around in the dark yet as to what this dis? ease was. No quarantine, no disin? fection, no intelligent information. Suppose it was infantile paralysis. Shall Innocent children suffer, per? haps die In dozens of similar cases because this county has no one to look after such suspicious, and more often known cases of communicable disease Why save a few thousand dollars by econmy, and sacrifice hun? dreds of thousands by premature deaths, and loss of earning power, caused by preventable communicable diseases? Why continue Ignorant, and indifferent to human suffering, when we can secure information that will save this county millions in years to come? Who are best and most pe? culiarly qualified to lead us In these matters of public health than our own family physicians? Why not cast aside all personal dif? ferences and petty jealousies and work for a higher, physically better, and more enlightened citizenship? We save at the bung hole and waste at the spigot when we knowingly, Intention? ally, and foolishly sacrifice human health and life to save a few thou? sands of dollars in annual county ex? penses. "Progress." I?OOR CROPS AT ROCKY BLUFF. Farmers Have Fine Weather to Gath? er Hay and Cotton?Family of Mr. W. F. Baker ill. Rocky Bluff. Sept. 26.?If you will allow me a little space in your val? uable columns, I will give you a few dots from this section. Farmers are having beautiful weathser for gather? ing crops which are very short, the poorest I have seen since '81. I don't think this section will average over two bales of cotton to the plow with corn possibly a half crop. Peavlne hay is short and gardens and sweet potatoes almost a failure. Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Hatfleld and lit? tle daughter, Emily, spent Sunday with their daughter, Mrs. W. F. Ba? ker, several of whose family are sick with fever. Mrs. Hatfleld is spending a few days with them. STAMPS MAY BE REFUNDED. Collector Heyward Gives Out Informa? tion as to Return of Government Revenue Stamps. Columbia, Sept. 25.?Collector Hey? ward stated yesterday that his office was receiving numerous requests for blanks and information in regard to filing claims for the refund of docu? mentary and proprietary stamps. The office has been notified by the com? missioner of internal revenue that claims will be accepted for the re? fund of such stamps. If It is stated on the face of the claim that the stamps were purchased within two years from banks, postmasters, other parties, or from a collector. However, such claims will be allowed at a discount A* V rnB,,r"Ti4 " is., ringlttuei? shown that they were purchased dlt t>e collector without discount. Mr. Hey ward urges that if possible the dates of the purchases of stamps for which claim Is sought be given. Forms may be obtained by making applica? tion to the collector's office. WILSON CAMPAIGN FUND. Banks Have Been Asked to Receive Contributions of Loyal Democrats. Mr. L. D. Jennings, who is chair? man of the finance committee to raise funds In South Carolina for the Nat? ional Democratic Campaign, has re? quested all the banks of South Caro? lina to receive contributions to Wil? son Re-election Fund. Placards will be displayed In every bank that agrees to receive contributions, and (t is hoped in this way to raise a large sum from voluntary contributions to help defray the legitimate expenses of the Democratic campaign. All of the Sumter banks have agreed to re? ceive contributions and the cards are prominently displayed to remind Democrats that money is needed to pay campaign expenses. When you go to your bank leave a dollar to help re elect Wilson. SUPERVISORS CAN'T AGREE. And Building of York-Cherokee Bridge is Delayed. York, Sept. 23.?Theer Is a dead? lock over the rebuilding of the Broad River bridge between York and Cher? okee counties which was destroyed by the July freshet. At a joint meeting of Supervisors Boyd, of York, and Jenkins, of Cherokee, with their re? spective commissioners at the bridge site Wednesday, there was a proposi? tion from the York supervisor that he would be willing to build the bridge on the e&hte basis as before, each com y paying half the cost. Super vi: or Jenkins declined the proposition, but agreed to meet Supervisor Boyd in the middle of the river. The York county supervisor would not agree to this because there is a long approach to the bridge on the York side and a very short approach en the Orerokee side; but he was billing to go down the river about a quarter of a mile to a point where the approaches are of about equal length and go halves. This the Cherokee eounty supervisor re? fused to agree to and there the nego? tiations stand for the present. V. Ig, C A. Fund (.rowing. Another dollar has been added to the border Y. M. C. A. fund: Previouety acknowledged .. , .$tf.M R. ii. Rhame. 1.00 Total I67.0Q