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The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-12
Hiuh.Grade Beeyes Best.

One has but to watch the market
from year to year to be satisfied that
it pays to raise beeves that are at least
partially "blooded." The advances in
price have been principally Gu blooded
animals, such as the Hecefords, Short
horns, Angus and Galloways and their
grades. 1t has been a surprise to peo-
pie in the large cities that during all
this time of high prices for beef there
have been markets in the cities where
the prices of meats were comparatively
low-where the prices seldom exceed
ed IA cents per pound for the best
cuts. The explanation Of. this is that
the lowpriced meats come from low
priced animals, the low-priced animals
being those that have been sent to
market out of herds having no par
ticular breeding. Now much Of this
cheap meat is really good, but it can
not get the price that the meat from
grade herds commands. The men that
are making money are those that are
raising the high grade steers The
low-grade steers and the nondescripts
are not money makers. Yet these low
selling animals consume about as
much feed as do the hiSh-priced ones.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-12
First Drainage Work in England.


While the theory Of deep drainage
OF water meadows and swamps by
open bitches was advocated as early
as 1860 In a book published by Capt.
Walter Bligh, there seems to have
been no general adoption Of the prac-
tice Of drainage until more than .
century later. says Drainage Journal.
In 1894 Joseph ELLINGTON, a poor
Warwickshire farmer who had come
into possession by inheritance OF
farm so extremely wet as to be OF lit
tie value. conceived the idea of drain
ing it If possible. His first expert.
ment in this direction proving sue.
cessful. he continued until his whole
farm was dry and furnished good pas
ture for his sheep, which had before
died from disease caused by the wet
ness Of soil.
From this he was employed more
and more widely by surrounding
farmers to drain their wet lands. and
for period Of over thirty years he
gave his time to this work, and many
thousands Of acres Of marsh and
boggy land were transformed by his
skill into land the equal of any In the
Kingdom. He seems to have had q
peculiar faculty, not generally pos
sessed. for locating hidden springs
and underground currents of water.
which enabled him to lay out drains
with marvellous effect, althor..h he
was man without any education.
Towards the close of his Ice Par
lament, at the solicitation Of the
Board of Agriculture, voted him 1000
pounds sterling as reward for his
discovery. The board also appointed
MIR. John lohnstone, an educated
Erglishman, to study Elkington's
methods and learn from him the prin-
ciples which governed his work, that
he might reduce them to writing for
the benefit of Others, something Elk
ington was too illiterate to do.
This Johnstone did, but either Elk
ington did not choose to make Pub
lie his knowledge, or Johnstone Gid
not succeed in grasping his ideas. for
when Ellington died, shortly after,
his system of drainage seems to have
died with him, and no one has since
been able to apply his methods with
his success.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-12
Canada to Seek African Butter Market.

Canada to Seek African Butter Market.
A writer in Canadian paper says
that Canadian dairymen are looking to
South Africa fora possibls butter mar
ket. 1T will be necessary" says the
writer, Ito have on board the steam
ships a system of refrigeration for the
reception of such articles as butter and
cheese, or else there is no possible
chance of such perishable goods MAX
ing the trip through the tropics and
reaching far away Africa in anything
like a good state lf preservation. The
head of one C; the important Mon
treal wholesale butter and cheese
houses stated Ehis morning that special
packages, as vell as cold storage, was
necessary. 1.ne experiment OF sending
such articles as butter and cheese into
tropical countries had never resulted
satisfactorily until special provision
was made fc- taxing care of the Ship
ments. In the case OF butter and
cheese, special packages would have to
be constructed, and for butter, alright
metal castings would have to be made.
Again, special machinery for the pack
ing of these cases with butter would
also have to he manufactured and in
stalled. Occasionally men come on to
Montrcnl from the tropical countries
full Of enthusiasm as to how much
money could be made by shipping Ca
madam butter and cheese. Almost
without exception these shipments
when made turned out disastrously
just for the reason that due precau-
ton was not taken in packing the
goods: for tropical market. The
packing which is necessary to insure
shipments reaching the South Africa
market in as good condition as Danish
butter, for instance, would mean the
expenditure of nearly SO per cent on
the original cost of the butter. There
was no reason, however, why Canada
should not do this as we'll as any
other country, provided. of course. that
the government had the foresight to
place vessels on the route which had
frst-class refrigeration
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-12
Trapped BY Flaurss.

sV0pESO ~ Vs0NVOos
It is an old saying that figures VIII
hot lie." Many q person IL caught by
this idea. T. Greiner tells how he
found out that the adage is = mis-
take. He became interested in the
raising OF poultry when he was boy.
He says: Poultry papers and poul-
try writer's had told me Of the lot OF
money that might be made by raising
chicks and eggs for market. Estimat-
ing profits on paper, from imaginary
hgures, Is always an easy enough mat
ter. One hen gives 81 year clear
profit; 1000 hens must give $1,000,
That was as clear as daylight and
needed no proof. Anyhow, If / had
no acquaintance with the real facts,
I had unlimited faith in these figures.
It I was without experience, never
theless was convinced Of my own
superior smartness. If others had
succeeded l could, and possibly in
greater degree. began operations
with about $50 laying hens, which
were KEEP: for the purpose Of getting
eggs to sell in the open market. 1t
did not take me long to find out that
$50 hens housed in one building, no
matter how large, will not lay ten
times as many eggs as fifteen hens
kept by themselves and given q large
range. The outcome was sc discour-
aging that, instead of increasing my
stock of layers, as originally intended
Der to 35 or 40, number more near
ly in harmony with the conditions OF
thu farm and market.
Will Permansarate OF Potash kesp
Eggs?
In $50 cubic centimeters {about one
quart) of distilled water (boiled
water will answer) there was dis
solved one gram (about one-twenty-
eighth of an ounce) OF permanganate
of potash (crystals), says report OF
the Rhode Island Station. On May
1s. 1899. twenty eggs similar to those
Of the previous tests were washed with
water, and then allowed to remain
immersed for one hour in the dilute
solution of permangaHate OF potash.
This liquid has beautiful light pur-
plish tint, and gives the surface Of the
Shells q coIee brown color. After
carefully drying the eggs were packed.
small ends down, and not in contact
In fine dry sand, and the jar stored
in the cellar closet. Result: Good,
0 per cent; bad, 100 per cent. This
lot examined April +, 1900, showed
enlarged air cells, some of which were
mouldy within. Six of these eggs
were rotten; fourteen were clearer
than the others, but had watery
whites, summy yolks, and nlusty fla
vor. The brown colcr of the shell,
caused by the permanganate Of pot
ash, is readily removed by bath OF
sodium bisulphite tNaHSO3). The
permanganate Of potash preseryatiye.
although it has been highly recon-
mended, proved, in this long period OF
testing, & failure.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-12
The Cranberry Crop.

The 1902 cranberry crop of .hu
United States is estimated by the Sec
retary of the American Cranberry
Growers Association to amount to
725,OOO bushels, against 100000 bush.
els in 1901.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-12

Before the use Of drainage tile was
thoroughly understood two-inch and
three-inch tile were quite generally
used. To-day four-inch tile is consid-
cred as small as should be used In
any case.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-12

'Vulture hook" is applied to stih
projecting feathers at the hocE-joint.
The feathers must be both stir ana
projecting to be thus truly called and
condemned.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-12

Old Noah was great ball player.
He pitched the ark without and with
In and later in the game he put the
dove oft ON dy.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-12

horticulture a. q science IL still in
It's infancy. Many OF the greatest
problems are yet unSolved.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-12
An Argument for Pure-Rre6 Sires.


Cattle that show the colors and quail
tiles of the beef breeds, sell better than
those that do not, and this is sufficient
reason for using bull of one of the
beef breeds whenever the object is to
produce beef animals for sale. Buy
ers are of the opinion that pure-bred
beef animals and, also, the grades of
pute-bred sires, produce the best quail
ity Of beef as we'll as the greatest num-
ber of pounds of dressed meat per hun
dred pounds live weight 1t is fact
that animals vary greatly in the per-
centage of dressed meat they will
yield. Common cattle with bad treat
ment dress from 40 to SO per cent,
while pure-bred and grade cattle with
better treatment dress from IS to 65
per cent. Some few dress 67 to 60
per cent.-Niss. Sta Bulletin.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-12

Result Of Good caro and Feedsno
Clinton D. Smith, before the Apaer
ican Friesian Breeders -
sociation, ct Syracuse. N. T.. said y
part:
A few years ago, at the Michiea1
Agricultural college, had the pisas
ure Of carrying ON IN experiment %.
test this question. The grand pey
torrance OF our three great Hot
steins-Rosa Bonheur 5th. HouwIe
D and Belle Sarcastic-had attracted
the attention OF the farmers Of tne
state. Their cry was that "wsnle you
have done wonders with cows, 1t y
all because you have had such MAJ
velous stock with which to deal" Tne
board was easily persuaded 70 grant
my petition and allow me to put ID
a herd OF some 80 grade cows, to see
what the influence Of persistent good
care and persistent dry milking wouio
be upon the yields of these cows. ana
incidently upon the form and eapac
ity of the cows themselves. re
gret that the experiment was not con-
timed longer, but want to call your
attention to some Of the results OF Sne
feeding for q single year. To meet
the farmers on their own ground.
went from station to station on tns
railroad and drove into the country,
buying good average cows. mostly
grade Shorthorns, but occasionally one
with Holstein blood. The cows arrived
at the college between August and &C.
tober, aud the feeding began. We gave
them grain ration we'll balanced, out
composed of such materials as the
farmer has upon his farm except thai
we supplemented the grain feed with
bran, cottonseed meal or linseed meal.
according to the dictates of the mar
ket. The surprising thing to me was
that Holstein grade costing us $50
responded to the feed SO we'll that she
gave us 10,3l0 lbs. of milk, containing
Ia lbs. of fat in ~ weeks, an aver.
age of almost lbs. of fat a week. In
fact, the average yearly yield for the
whole herd exceeded 1000 lbs. of milk
and 304 lbs. OF butter. Next to the
highest yield OF milk came COW with
9,135 lbs, and then Ave other COWS
each with an amount CT over 5000
lbs. to her credit. Four cows gave over
800 lbs. of fat, and but II cows gave an
amount Of fat insufficient to produce
300 lbs. of butter. More than one OF
the COWS would have gone into the
advanced registry had they been pure
bloods.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-12
The supply os swine

No man can tell even approximate.
~ what the present supply of swine
Is. The hog Is an animal that multi
plies with such rapidity that his pro.
geny keeps way ahead OF the census
taker and even of the statistic max.
ers. We can Judge of the increase in
the number Of swine largely by con.
ditions being favorable or unfavorable
to an increase Of the supply. The
short corn crop of last year and the
short supply of ether feeds resulted
In decreasing the numbers of swine
on the farms, as it resulted in send
Ing many of them into the markets.
But the conditions of this year ap.
pear to be different The corn crop
bids fair to be good one and the
supply Of other feed is abundant. It
has been easy for swine raisers to
keep the pigs and push them forward
to good size before sending them to
market. which was not the case last
year Mu'titudes of farmers are hold.
ing their pigs for a later date, when
they shall have reached the size that
will give them the most money This
results Tor the present in a scarcity
OF swine and a good price. Later we
may expect to see the market much
more fully supplied. Just now the
butchers are declaring that pork is
the most expensive meat on the mar
ket. This condition cannot last. Two
litters of pigs per year for each brood
SOW makes it possible to enormously
increase the supply of pork whenever
high prices for pork prevail.
Rye Imports Of the United Kingdom.
United States government report
gives the following regarding the i'm.
ports OF rye into the United Kingdom
tEngland, Scotland, Wales and Ire.
lsnd). A bread grain that the United
Kingdom purchases in considerable
quantities is rye. During 1900 the
importation of this cereal amounted
to 2,449,00C bushels and had value
of $l,751 1000. The quantities fur.
nished from year to year by the sew.
eral countries contributing to the
supply have varied widely, and espe-
cially the imports from Russia and the
United States. The two countries
mentioned have alternated as the lead
ing source of importation. In 1900
Russia furnished slightly larger ship
ments than the United States, the i'm
ports received from the former coun.
try amounting to $4,000 bushels and
having value of $613,O0O, or 35 per
cent of the total, while the Unite:
States contributed $4,000 bushels, val
ued at s555.Ooo, or 80 per cent. After
Russia and the United States, the
only important sources were Canada,
Germany and koumania- In 1900 the
imports from Canada We're recorded
at $4,000 bushels, with a value oi
1868. 600, or q per cent. Germany
supplied in that year 216,000 bushels,
the value amounting to Sl65,000, or
9.4 per cent. The quantity Of rye re
ceived from Roumania during 1900
was unusually small, amounting tc
only 10000 bushels, with value OF
$4,000, or 2.5 per cent.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-12

Anger falls aside and witherp on the
breast Of peaceful love.-Tanpyaon.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-12

Though the man Of push may be IN
the rear you can't keep him there.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-12

People who never really say any.
thing always nave the most to say.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1902-01-04
8I@U UzJ81@s

debted for a nice box Of Santa Claus
CONNECTIONS. May she live long, hap
py and prosperous life!
Mr.. A. G. McCulloch, Of Bonham,
Texas, came in to see his relatives and
old friends on visit. He will remain
something like month.
For some merely technical reason,
the Sabbath schedule has not yet been
put into operation at Howelrs free
ferry. We hope, however, that the diff
ficulty. will soon be overcome, and that
the ferryman will have chance to
spend his Sabbaths like other people.
Most Of our people claim that the
railroads ought not to be allowed to
carry on their work on the Sabbath
day and now is the time for them to
prove their faith by their works, and
begin the reform at home, where all ef-
fective reforms do begin.
The holiday season has been the
quietest one we have had in a number
Of years. We haven't seen drunk
man or any disorderly conduct dur
ing the whole Of the time. Everything
has been peaceful and everybody en-
joyed themselves.
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A JOKE ON BILL ARP.
Says That He II Not the Father of
the Monticello Paper Man.

the MOnt1cellO Puper Man.
They seem to have large juicy joke
on Major Charles H. Smith, the Car
tersville, Ga, philosopher, so well
known as Bill Arp. He writes to The
Constitution about it as follows:
But, Mr.. Editor, am still perplexed.
My Christmas pleasure has been mar
red somewhat by my pity for the poor
credulous dependent women all over
the land who are dupes Of that Mon
ticello man. Every day brings more
letters from those who have long since
sent the $25 to my son at Monticello,
Fla, and get nothing back. They say
they trusted him because he was my
son. Many of them begged or borrow
ed the s25. for they could not get the
subscribers and so they made up list
of names from their acquaintances and
then they went to work on the endless
chain humbug and got other women
to send money and be duped.
Now, Mr.. Editor, I beg you to put it
in large type and print it in red ink
that Joel Smith, of Monticello, is no son
of mine, nor do I know anything of
him or his paper. I saw late issue in
which he boasts Of having 10000 sub
scribers which I suppose means $4,000
that these dependent women have sent
him. He promised them $40 month to
write three hours a day and some Of
them sold their jewelry and other prec-
ious things to raise the S25. Mr.. Edi-
tor, do please lend your columns to stop
this fraud upon our poor southern wo-
men. And now we see that another
endless chain paper has started in Ath-
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LQCAI. AFFAIRS.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

M. G.. Willis, Mayor-Gives warning to
town water users that the rent Is now
due and must be paid by January 10.
S. M. McNeel, President-Announces
the regular annual meeting Of the
stockholders of the Loan and Savings
bank to be held Friday, January 10th.
Finley & Brice, Plaintiffs Attorneys
Publish a summons to absent defend
ants in the case of York Cotton Mills
vs.. E. Martin & Co.
John E. Carroll, Supt. Of Education
Gives notice to teachers Of the Janu-
ary meetings of the Saturday Nor
NAL for teachers.
L. M. Grist & Sons-Publish a list of
the premiums that will be given to
clubmakers for the return Of sub
scribers to The Enquirer.
The Enquirer-Makes announcement of
the publication of a new serial, 1.-The
Knife Throwers," by the author OF
mot Like Other Men,"
j. Q. Wray-Gives his thanks to the
people Of Yorkville and the county
for the patronage given him during
the past year, and solicits a continu-
ance Of your patronage during 1902.
Riddle & Carroll-Tell you where to
buy your groceries during the year
1902, and have something especial to
say In regard to flour.
Sam M. Grist-Thanks his friends fol
past favors and makes his promises
for 1902.
w. o. Rawls, The Plumber-Extends
his thanks for favors during 1901, and
asks that you see him for anything ir
his line.
Clyburn-Heath Mule Co.-Tells you
that the Owenboro wagon is the best
ever offered on this market, and also
have something to say about buggies
and their livery business.
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CAUGHT AT THE FERRY.

Dispensary Constable r. L. Scoggins
made rich haul Of whisky at Howell's
ferry last Monday, securing in all
about IS gallons.
The whisky was in charge Of two Ne
groes who were trying to take it from
North Carolina to Union court house.
where 1t was to be delivered to various
individuals "for personal use."
The bad luck Of the transporters Of
the contraband and the good luck OF
the constable, was due to the swollen
condition Of the river. When the wag-
on reached the ferry there was toe
much water to admit of a crossing
and while the Negroes were waiting
for the flood to subside the constable
put in his appearance.
Constable Scoggins had positive in
formation Of the existence Of the whis-
ky in the vicinity, but when he got
there, he could find no sign Of 1t. He
arrested one Of the Negroes, and gave
him his liberty in exchange for infor-
nation. On the strength Of what the
prisoner gave out, the whisky was To-
Gated in the house Of Negro man and
was duly seized.
The seizure Of the liquor was follow
ed by a smart fight. 1t developed that
the people to whom it belonged had
some idea Of their rights, and they
claimed that they were transporting
for personal use. Mr.. Ben Townsend
came over from Union in the interest
Of the owners and brought Cardoza
Hampton along as witness.
It was made clear to Constable Scog-
gins that he could not hold the liquor
under the dispensary law; but he was
not willing to give up. Being pretty
we'll versed in such matters, and noting
a violation of the internal revenue laws
in that the whisky was not properly
stamped, he managed to turn his
catch over to the Federal authorities.
The reporter was informed over the
telephone on Thursday afternoon that
the whisky would be shipped to Co.
lumbia<yesterday
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Tax Extension.

There is room for great deal Of diff.
ference Of opinion on the subject
whether a tax extension Is the prop.
er thing, from standpoint of either
business or patriotism.
THE ENQUIRER has given careful
study to this matter for several years
and it has deliberately arrived at the
conclusion that there has never been q
tax extension in this state that could
be justified from the standpoint Of good
business policy. well-placed sympathy
or patriotism.
Taxes have to be paid and this ex-
tension business Is all wrong.
Take the case of York county for in
stance. There are several thousands OF
dollars Of interest obligations that have
to be met during this month, or al
least which are now due. This is on
account Of money borrowed for ordi-
nary county expenses and coupons
from Charleston, Cincinnati and Chi
cago railroad bonds.
There are a great many who real
ize that taxes are but little less cer-
tain than death. and they are so situa-
ted that 1t suits them to pay on the
first opportunity. This class does not
necessarily include only those who can
spare the money with the least incon-
venience. 1t includes many who find 1t
necessary to borrow the money for a
year and who will have to pay inter-
est.
There is another class that is so sit
uated as to be able to wait until the
last day with convenience and profit,
and the members of this class, as a
rule, not only have large amounts to
pay for themselves; but act as agents
for numerous small taxpayers, thus
sometimes controlling as much as sew
eral thousand dollars each.
Because of the rule of extension es-
tablished during a number of years
past. a large per cent. of taxpayers
waited until the last moment before
offering to pay, and when they did Of
fer to pay it was in the shape of checks
covering their own taxes and the long
lists of individuals for whom they were
acting as agents.
News Of an extension always brings
demands from the managers Of lists
referred to, to return their checks. and
in cases where the treasurer may not
yet have had time to tear off and for
ward receipts, there is nothing else for
him to do except comply with these de-
mands. These people have just as
much right to the benefit Of an ex-
tension as do any other taxpayers.
Then again, there are other individ-
uals who have not on hand the cash
available with which to pay their taxes
and who have to borrow it on inter-
est. An extension finds these people
stuck for interest which they may not
have had to pay had they been given
knowledge of the extension in time or
advised that there would be no extern
sion.
Had there been no extension this
year. York countys taxes would have
been paid up as closely as usual. The