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Seasonable Suggestions.
Tt takes time to boil a baby's bo
ties, but it saves sorrow arid sleeple
nights.
Insufficient exposure to sun ar
air is said to be one cause of exce
sively oily hair.
To eggs baked in individual ram
' kin dishes, add a tiny cooked lir
fr?- sausage and a slice of tomato.
The healthy mother who nurses h<
haby gives it a life insurance polic
at a mighty low premium.
"A man is poor, just in proportic
as he wants what he has not got an
. cannot get."
Scorch marks on linen may be ri
moved, it is said, -by rubbing wit
fresh cut onion, the garment bein
soaked in cold water afterward.
Before pouring hot fruit or custar
into a glass di;sh, put it on a w<
cloth. This will keep the dish froi
cracking.
If you wish to drive a nail in
plastered wall, first put it in ver
hot water until it is thoroughly heal
ed. You can then drive it in clea
without breaking or chipping any o
the surrounding plaster.
The average annual egg yield o
each hen in the United States is abou
70 but the record is over 300. Let u
keep purebred poultry and give i
proper care that our hens may ap
proach the record.-Progressive Fai
Tn er.
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Which is the Best Breed?
"I intend going into the poultr;
business, and wish to know whicl
is the best breed. Wish to get fane;
price for eggs and chicks."
This is just one of a number of in
quiries about the "best breed," all ?
little different, but all alike in om
respect They show clearly the writ
ers know too little of poultry raising
to make it a safe thing for them un
til, at least, they learn something oi
it
They ignore the meat side of poul
try. This is shown in almost everj
letter. Now, for the average farmer
and even the village "back lot" poul
try is of prime importance.
An ordinary hatch of chickens will
usually have about equal proportions
of cockerels and pullets, and as soon
as they reach the age, when sex can
be distinguished all the males should
be separated from pullets.
Pullets also should be culled. As
soon as pullets reach the age when
theil- physical conformation, as an in
dication of probable future produc
tiveness, can be safely noted, quite
a good proportion should be set aside
for table use.
The Mediterranean breeds-Leg
horns, Anconas and Andalusians, and
also the Campines and Hamburgs are
all deservedly popular. Many of them
are heavy producers of eggs, and
produce them on a less amount of
feed than the larger breeds. But they
naturally are summer rather than
winter layers (though this may be
modified somewhat by proper timing
of hatches), their eggs are apt to be
small, and they are all very small
birds and their flesh is of inferior
quality.
The American and English breeds
are all fowls of good size, ranging
from 5 or 5% to 7 pounds for pul
lets and hens, and from 7 to 12
pounds for -cockerels and cocks. All
the American breeds have yellow
skins. The English breeds have white
skins, which, -while not so popular as
yellow skins, by no means indicate
the slightest inferiority in quality.
The lordly Orpingtons with white
skins, are of choice table quality, be
side reaching about the largest size
for poultry when full grown. The
Sussex, also English, are unexcelled
.as table fowl, bringing top prices in
the best English markets. Then, the
Speckled Sussex offers a varied plum
age, mahogany red, with greenish
black bars and white tips to feathers
that are a constant delight to the
owner of beautiful poultry.
Our American Plymouth Rocks,
Wyandottes, Rhode Island Reds and
Whites, Buckeyes, and the latest ac
cession, the Jersey Black Giants, are
all fowls of good size and of good
.choice table quality. The cockerels
of any of these breeds, if caponized,
jnake the choicest quality of table
poultry, and command top prices in
^all leading ,.i?rkets. The Minorcas,
?though a Mediterranean breed, reach
?the size of the Americans and also
:show quality of flesh.
In egg production most of these
breeds rank high; in fact, we find
from laying contest records that some
of them equal the best; of the Medi
terraneans. It is in all breeds, some
what, a matter of strain rather than
breed. Then all of them are most de
cidedly winter rather than summer
layers and most of the lay larger
eggs than the Mediterranean and
mostly brown or brownish eggs.
As mothers, Mediterraneans are
unreliable and are usually classed as
non-sitters. As we see it, the farm
poultryman and "back lot" breeder
should always s?lect an American or
English breed as offering the best
combination of good egg production
with a good quantity of high-class
meat for his table.-Progressive Far
mer.
"Up to the People.
The enforcement' of the prohibi
tion law is up to the people of the
country.
No matter how honest, how vigi
lant or how energetic officers may be,
they are simply fanning the wind in
an attempt to put down a business
which is kept alive by the sympathy
and patronage of a large number of
citizens.
Exeprience has shown that some
men who have been able to resist un
usually strong temptations as officers
of the law fall for the hush money
and the bribe money which the boot
legger or blind tiger willingly parts
with as a necessary part of the cost
of operation of his business. Other
officers find themselves handicapped
by the attitude of the men who rank
otherwise as "among the best citi
zens."
The federal enforcement division
in this state has fourteen raiding
men. How can fourteen men cover
forty-six counties?
They must depend on the sheriffs
and other peace officers of the coun
ties. In some counties the state and
federal officers work in harmony; in
others there is not only a lack of
harmony and sympathy, but down
right opposition and resentment.
I It is not only in South Carolina
but in all the other states.^
Lack of sympathy as to prohibition
enforcement is not confined to some
county officers. Governors of states
do not hesitate to express their dis
like of the law. Governor Edge, of
New Jersey is a conspicuous example.
There is Governor Miller, of New
York, judge and lawyer of the high
est rank, who said in a speech in
New York city last Friday night that
"th-? method of enforcement violates
personal liberty and breeds disre
spect for all laws." He said further,
however, though he was personally
opposed to the Eighteenth amend
ment, he was in favor of enforcing
all laws regardless of personal judg
ment or taste.
That is the thing so many good
people are overlooking; that, regard
less of judgment or taste, the law is
the law and must be enforced.
Our officers must feel behind them
the moral support of citizens, and in
some cases they must feel the indig
nation of citizens because of failure
to do what should be done to enforce
the law.
Not until citizens make this force
felt will there be any real respect
for or enforcement of the law against
the making and selling of intoxicat
ing liquors.-Index-Journal.
Lever D iscusses Crime Con
ditions.
"The Challenge to Authority," was
the subject of the address delivered
by Asbury F. Lever of the federal
farm loan board in the chapel of the
University of South Carolina at the
formal opening of the institution yes
terday morning.
Mr. Lever in approaching his sub
ject said that recently the pope had
made an address in which he named
the five greatest menaces of society,
placing the challenge to authority
first.
Mr. Lever said that never was
property more insecure or human
life held less valuable than at the
present time. He said that the exis
tence of crime did not disturb him
as it had been ever since the begin
ning of the world and would contin
ue until its end, but, he said, the
tremendous increase in the last few
years did alarm him.
Mr. Lever gave authoritative fig
ures showing that in 1912 there had
been 9,000 federal criminals while
in 1921 there are 70,000. These fig
ures do not include state criminals
or any except those tried in federal
courts.
The restraints of the law, said the
speaker, are broken with utter dis
regard to consequences, and he gave
as causes the breaking of the prohibi
tion laws and the laxity with which
these laws were enforced. He also
spoke of the unwhipped criminal and
the conscienceless profiteer as con
tributing influences, and included the
slowness of the courts as a minor fac
tor.
At the outset Mr. Lever said he
might be choosing a dangerous sub
ject, but thought is advisable to a
group of young men preparing for
life ,and in closing said he looked for
a brighter future when the world and
the United States would be more law
abiding.
Mr. Lever was given "fifteen"
upon the conclusion of his speech by
the members of the student body and
faculty present. The audience also
sang "We Hail Thee Carolina" in
chorus and an orchestra played dur
ing the exercises.-The State.
DAIRY
FACTS
SUCCULENT FEED FOR DAIRY
Modern Machinery for Planting and
Cultivating Roots Makes Work
Less Laborious:
(Prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
With the development of the silo
many dalry cow owners have over
looked the value of roots as a succu
lent feed for cattle. Mangel-wurzel,
beets, carrots, and turnips are the prin
cipal roots growu for this purpose.
They are particularly adapted to the
cooler and more moist portions of the
country. The principal drawback to
their use ls the labor of growing, har
vesting and storing them. On the
other hand, say specialists of the Uni
ted States Department of Agriculture,
i*Oot crops have a distinct advantage
for small dairies, as it is generally ac
cepted that a silo will not prove eco
nomical where less than sis animals
are being fed. Roots may be stored
in a proper cellar, or burled In the.
ground, and can be taken out in an?
desired quantity without Injury to the
remainder.
A surprising amount of roots can
be produced on a small acreage. A
yield of 25 tons per acre of mnngel
wurzels Is nothing unusual, while In
England, where roots are used almost
entirely to supply succulent food, the
yield per acre Is increased still further
by intensive farming.
Other kinds of beets, and also tur
nips and carrots, may be used. Tur
nips, however, should be fed after
milking rather than before, as they
give a bad flavor to the product. Yel:
low carrots Impart a desirable color
to the milk. For feeding purposes the
mangels will probably be found the
most practical beet Among carrots,
the Long Orange is recommended be
cause of its large size and heavy yield.
It forms a long, thick root, and is very
easily grown. The White Vosges or
Belgian Is grown exclusively for stock,
and is an even heavier yielder. The
rutabaga ls recommended as a good
turnip. Tlie same soils and methods
of cultivating are adapted to all three
kinds of roots.
The soil should be well enriched, and
should be one that warms up quickly
in the spring. Most growers regard
sandy loam as best adapted to the cul
ture of root crops, this being partic
ularly true of the early spring crop.
An Aero or Two of Roots Will Feed a
Small Dairy Herd.
For later crops heavy soils can be em
ployed, and muck soils are widely used
for the midsummer and fall crops.
Land that is in good physical condi
tion as the result of early and proper !
handling, well supplied with available j
plant food and rich In organic matter,
is essential to best results. Appli
cations of stable manure at the rate
of 20 to 30 tons per acre are advis
able, and this may profitably be sup
plemented by the use of commercial
fertilizer containing at least 2 per
cent nitrogen, 8 per cent phosphoric
acid, and 4 per cent potash.
The seed is sown In rows at least
30 inches apart If horse cultivation Is
practiced, but under hand cultivation
they need not be more than 15 to 18
inches. Ordinarily about 6 pounds
of beet seed per acre ls required. Seed
is ordinarily covered to a depth of
% to 1 loch. As beet seed is rather
slow in germination, the practice of
sowing some qulck-sproutlng seed
along with It Is sometimes followed.
These plants serve as markers for the
rows before the beets are up. so that
cultivation may be begun before the
beets show above the ground. Radishes
are frequently used for this purpose.
Beet seeds come in clusters, and It
is inevitable that thinning by hand
will be required.
Roots Intended for winter storage
are allowed to stand In the field until
Just before heavy autumn frosts oc
cur, when they are pulled and stored
In pits or cellars, requiring much the
same treatment as potatoes and sim
ilar root crops.
From 20 to 35 pounds of sliced or
pulped roots, with a proper grain ra
tion and dry foliage, ls a day's ration
for an ordinary dalry cow. Thus lt
will be seen that 2% tons will carry
a cow through the usual five-months'
winter feeding period. An acre or two
of beets, carrots and turnips should be
enough to supply any herd which ls
not large enough to make a silo profit
able. W!th the development of thc
?uga?*-h*et Industry mauy Implement*
and -naiads of culture have been rle
vised which reduce the labor requlra.1
to grow root crops.
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