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The funeral Of Belin Dupont, son
of Mrs. LaMotte DUPONT who died in
California. was held today Interment
was made in the Dupont burying
ground. Bishop Coleman conducted the
services at the grave.
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HOW TO REMOVE PlMPLES. .FREcKLES, MOTH, BROWN
PATCHES, BLAcKHEADS. oILlNESS AND ALL DE-
FEcTS FROM THE. FACE, NECK AND ARMS.
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KILL THE POTATO BUGS.

Every farmer understands the imp0r-
tance OF killing grass and weeds before
they come up" by stirring the ground
and exposing the sprouting seeds 10 the
drying influence of sunlight and air. So
with potato bugs except that they can
not De- literally killed before they come
ont Of the ground The idea is 20 KIN
The first brood. which may not number
more than a few dozen 10 the acre, and
yet in few weeks their descendants
may number legionS. Where Irish pota-
toes are planted on or near the same
ground occupied bY that crop the pre-
ceiling year. and there were potato bugs
on the crop that year. there will almost
certainly Ice more or less bugs that VIII
appear early in this season. These early
bugs are those OF the last maturing broad
Of the preceding year Having pass,
the winter in the ground either in an
advanced pupai stage. or as perfect pee
ties. they seem 10 know when e. is about
Time for the potato To come up and pro-
ceed To- come M themselves and az
once commence feeding On the potato
tops. 4 week ago about April - not
more than one plant IN teu of my garden
plot n POTATOES had shown above the
surface. and set I found several fun
grown potato beetles making an early
breakfast from plants not two inches ma
eight Others had probably also made
their debut on 4 now years life. bat had
become Disguised at thr srIut provision
Tor their first meal and had taken wings
&C. some other locality. or course 1
promptly brushed these few 10 tho
ground and brought down with force
ths heel 81 No. Shoe ou the striped
rascals. aud thus destroyed, iu embryo
possibly half "a Thousand uf more that
would otherwise app tr q frw weeks
as a SECOND brood. . Now pass along lh"
psTatp rows every morning Wcquiriu.
ouiy a worry few minuteJ and look ont
Ter other early arrivals. bat have mos
found any more $50 FAR
Tho secret of .tst succ'es is thus indi-
Gated. DO is fn destroy Oh" first brood. COZ
ae many of them ass possible. ct 'eur "
81 they SHAH all at once appear iu cone
siderable numbers. ana especially NJ il
IS "a considerable ur.u and do, plants
haN" reached the irIEhf cot inches 'r
u.ar.. iusu-rtipu and the destruction 'I
such bugs as ana. hr found must xiv"
WAY. or Do, followed up with more cDr-
tain t.,atmsut This consists ol spray
Ing Nitn e solution sc paris green Boa wA.
t.r ur dustiug over thc Wet foliage a
mixture ul paris green Hud SOM" ch fn
naur or rnal ASHES. Hr other Tine mf-
trrfll
Th. upuId enar. So shat method be
alauted hould b. made ul stirring oua
pound 80 paris grr,u ia seventy -ilF" TO
t.r... hundred rallOIa Of water This
SHOULD be SPRAYED 600 tho plants hN msInf
81 20 spray pump. COZ spraying machine,
80 which many Kinds are spa The mark &.
81 almost ANS hardware store cheap
cha rnra, pump ,lu te h1aEht Tor "a
COLLAR. and 1871 auswrr very wen fof
spraying au ordinary 'dtchcu garden
.rup Hui n planting potatoes Tor truck
Va d #Hf
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v neither to pillow the land to kill the
weeds. I'm afraid I'll injure the grass.
,. | want to get some informa ton about
burr clover. Can you give me the ad-
dress Of any one who has grown il?
Answer-1. 1t is not likely that YOU will
seriously iniure the bermuda grass by
anything YOU may do to destroy the other
grass ana weeds If you do not wish
10 pillow it, simply run the moving ma
chine over the surface two or three times
before fall. The bermuda will take care Of
itself.
ami early. summer pasture pleut on good
soil. and will succeed on bermuda sod
but ii dos not amount to much on poor.
exhausted soil. and stock are not very
fond Of il at first Hairy Vetch is much
better. do rot know who grows burr
clover now.
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water that carnot well he drained on by
means of surface bitches by digglES
wei at the lowest point to ri porous sra :
ttIui of soil of course the success OF this
lar depends upor finding 4 non-water-
bearing porous stratum.
T. would get some good mich cows
and few sows and pigs Of good Dreed
ana run a dairy and pig farm. II YOU
have good. nearly hay market YOU
might find it profitable to renovate the
bermuda sod. fertilize we'll and raise hay
To succeed. however. with q bermuda
grSSs meadow the soil should he moist.
rich soil.
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mixture is early in the morning. or I'M
mediately after a shower-while the TO-
liage is wet. The simplest appliance for
using the poisoned -four is n bag made of
sleazy cloth. large enough to hold few
quarts and tied to the end of lath or
light staff or feet long. Tho bag is 10
be partly filled with che mixture AMI
shaken along over each row so as to coat
every leaf. Or such Dag may be fas-
tened TO each end of a light pole Cor read)
long as the width of two rows, and thus
two rows may be treated at one going.
say the first and third. then the second
and fourth. etc But on a small patch
one row at a time rs more convenient
and the work viii likely be more thor
ough
OF the two methods sprG wing is prefera-
lie. as it en- be rore quickly and more
effectively done.
1t should he understood that a heavy
chower of rain viii wash OFF the poison,
and thus leave the plants unprotected.
In such case. IL the shower occurs with
In twenty-four hours after the spraying
or busting il would be well to repeat the
operation at once. especially if any bugs
are noticed that are not either dead or
in dying condition.
IT is hardly necessary to give a minute
description of the potato beetle. When
IN the larval stage it is of a livid red
color and of all sizes up to nalf inch in
length. The fun grown. perfect beetle
81 q little less than half inch IN length.
oval in shape like the ordinary lady
bug" with very distinct stripes length
wise the wing coVerts. If YOU find such
"A bug or amy other bug eating the potato
tops get the poison ready and Ego for"
him at once. If the bugs are not all
destroyed successive broods appear 10 the
number of three or four. during the
summer. the last brood going into the
ground and hyberuating during the win
ter IL. J. KEDDlNG
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~ YOUNG ORCHAKD-t2) PECAN tUl~
m REQ DRAINING l-AED-tD btH-
AITDA GRASS.

MlDA GRASS.
have planted young orchard.
want YOUR advice about cultivation, pfIh-
,nt, ctc Would Ike 20 plant u pets Tor
early has: land will produce lht''-lo"fthS
~ A bale Of cotton per acre nave il'F,
u4cd any commercial fertilizrI Would
ike 10 experiment with the peas. Pleas"
Four wears ago Z planted pccaus 500
feet apart on riCu alluNim lHld- Ho"
INV. .bnut 200 Young trees growing niece
IL Have cultivated the laud every Nt.tr
In cotton. what i- your advice about tho
care OF thc young tr'r8t
T. have a small piece ~ .ani "n which
the winter stands u Wtt weather n"
chance 20 drain without cutting "a drtp
atch about pur.uuJrtor oi 30 ihil' l'nh
NtsW fyr special reasons. want ~ huhH
a house on this wet spot IT l'il' th N"'
toll mn how 90 yet rid cot tn standing we
II Won had I2o acres Of land incioe.d.
On acrpe cleared. most ~ ~ 20" WIN h't-
mudu tsr'ss. what w. uld Nou 90 win y .
This go acres OF laud once produced Sixty
b.,l.g 81 cotton. hut chat WAS long l4H"
ur0 Nhlrtv years or mtfcl when i.'f
vas ro bermuda grass On g. 'nd 'N'i>
thing was favorable. d' h'i 'ii' TOD
Ilant in corn or cotton
Answer You failed o. stat" what rini
Of fruit trees Your orchard consists uf
or what are they are. if first year. ur
INST planted wh'ihor apples. i'aches or
r..trs. cut al the head Off to bare
stem takine care that There be several
Good buds about the tor 81 th" stub u
second or third year. cur back about hait
o. tho preceding years growth Of every
leading branch Boo such =. say ns 10 ald
ia forming au open aNWmrtr!c.h hctd
rather spreading thar tall II the ltud
viii produca turcc-fomths of a bale OF
cotton per acre 10 is rleh enough for
p,nches and plums excepting about 2
n unda acid phosphate. pounds ktuit
and 1 pound cotton meal ptr tree. scat-
tersG around iu "a circle Of 3 cor f"ct VA
dius aut. dug or narrowed In ~ You plant
IN COW peas I advise You - wait until
Julv Ii planted carly say !u Aprl-thc
teas viii Interfere with tho ypdus trees
az only wear Dld). An ORE hard OF nrst
year trees is not the place for q quick
growing carly planted crop. Plant iT rows
: f,ot Wide and give two CIVILIZATIONS 10
IN, peas and gather the peas would Doe
better for the land than 10 make the vines
into hay.
= Pruue the pcc1ns $50 as 10 cause low.
and spreading ueaGs and plant the grove
in cotton. sweet potrtpcs or coWpa4s.
I>ecp the sell around the trees free from
grass and weeds.
9. Possibly you might get ria of the
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Notice to InQuir6rS.


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THE CONSTITUTION,
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EFFECT Or RI-RNING DEE GLASS.

EFFECT OF BT RNING OFF GRASS,
n. ". Collins Elisville. Miss.-To what
extent does IL impoVerish land 10 burn OH
i'm the autumn when the soil is very dry
heavy coat of dead crab grass. lespa-
dcsa etc? BY answering the above you
viii confer u favor upon n! self ana
others.
Answer-1'he burning off the dead crab
grass ard other vegetable matter does
not cause any material direct injurS 10
the soil. The injury is rather "a negative
one ami consists ia depriving the soil Of
the humus tdecayeC vegetable natter
which would ne added to the soil If the
grass. etc. be termed under When the
matter is burned an that it had taken
from tho SOIL while growing on II would
D.. restored 10 the soil ian the form of the
lsn,s But the great bulk of the plants
was made up ON ingredients taken from
the air and an Of this would 81 of with
the smJk" and Doe lost. An such matters
should DE turned under in tine fdii. not
later than November i--not very deeply.
else they viii not rot So readily. BY
March they will h. practically i'm such all
Nancei stage uf rafting that they viii not
only be i'm thu way OF cutivatirC the next
g.ep but Will greatly aid i'm opening
al, So soil tcl1y soib cor binding an open
S. D. besides conserving the moisture from
rains. bcau grass. weeds. cte.. do not
@id muCh plant food to the soil tneiJher
uoss horS" lot mapUrel but acts mainly as
a mechanical amendment.
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WORNY OR DYsPEPTIC MILE

r. Z. s, South Carolina-I have a
young mule that is in rather a strange
fix. Would Toe very glad to have Won
tell me her trouble She is only 3 wears
old have worked her one wear. When
| got her she was as pert I'D quick "a
q horse and she stood the work fine
But within the past three months Oh
has gotten poor and is very slow and
sluggish in the plow Her annette "a
good and ! feed her regular and give 4
plenty She gnaWs at the trough and
side OF the stable nearly all the time. !
have given her tonic and stock food and
neither have or seemed to do any good
Her health generally seems TO he good
She has not been sick day since I have
owned her.
Answer think your mule has dysnAn-
STA. and possibly worms also-for these
20 together usually. Treat her for both
as follows: Give her as one dose night
and morning for one week. one dram
each of copperas and tartar emetic and
two drains Of cotton seed meal in =
bran mash At the end of the week
give il n drench of one pint of raw lin
seed oil and one ounce of turpentine. At
the end Of three weeks from the begin
ming of the above treatment repeat the
treatment. and during the two weeks
between the two courses and for two
weeks afterwards give the foJlowi,p
tonic: Mix four ounces each of saltneter
end copperas. divide into twentv-four
doses and give one dose in a bran mash
every night
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of the china tree would also prove ef'ec-
tive.
(The above will also answer Ire inquiry
of Bryan Vaughn, Scarboro. Ala)
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CLEARING LAND WHEN SAP lS Is
TIMBER

H. Il. W. Att3l.d. Ala. II IS claimed
that If Won clear land when the sap iS in
no timber. say from April To November.
,.ou rob the soil OF It's fertility and u then
becomes practically worthless for crops IN
future Please give your opinion fully rs
T. corrt~t cess of claim.
o. WHAT is tho h"et method of preparing
and cultvatng new ground I'm corn?
Answer ! take 10 stock in such a
faucirul !d,a There is nothing in it, The
forest trees do not take any more Sub.
Stance plant food Of fertility out Of the
soil than would a crop of corn the same
v,ar WHAT tx tCecs take cut Of the soil
% converted into woody tissue. leaves.
cite. and the sap carries more back TO tho
soll. The falling leaves from the trees.
acorns. nuts, etc. carry back to the soil
n GOOD deal Of the plant food that has
-epn brought up by the sap. and a great
deal more than was obtained from tho
air. The plant food that is In the body.
limbs and branches OF tree that has
cast its leaves and which was taken from
the soil would all be restored 10 the soil
II. burning the trees. etc, 70 ashes. Tho
ashes contain all that the soil supplied to
The trees Water and air supplied all the
remainder.
- plow and cross pillow and plant. Cul-
tivate mostly or entirely with n hand
hoe. New ground, As n rule. is already
loose enough and does not need to b.
stirred during the growth of the crcp.
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BODY FISTULA OR RUNNING SORE
To J. r. d.. Oak Forest. Miss-CIeau
and wash ONT the auscess. using tepid
water. Examine o. see if there be uo
foreign substance imbcdded IN the ti--
sues. and If found remove it. II moth
ing OF the sort, or if found removed
then proceed as follows: Get some but
Ter of anthony from drug store. Dir
piece of soft rag into the antimony and
press IL into the abscess. Tn a few min
utes draw IL out and replace ID with
another similarly prepared. Let this last
remain several hours and then draw Il
out and let the wound alone for three
days Then repeat the autimony for three
or four hours. and continue every three
or four DAYS until. the unhealthy tissue
IS destroyed. II may be well once in
two weeks 70 rub around the openin-
little of an ointment made by mixing
two drains Of cautharides and one ounca
Of lard. After leaving off the autimoal
inject into the opening once a day a
little Of the following. One-half ounce
each Of sugar Of lead and sulphate ~
zinc dissolved in one quart Of water.
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REMEDY FOR FLEAS.

10 u. n. r., Bayboro, n. C.-The fe-
male flea lays her eggs at hap-haZard
while the animal host is lying at rest.
The eggs fan into any damp decaying
vegetable matter and soon hatch into mi
mute white grubs and soon develop into
full grown neas. A rug or mat on which
q cat or dog sleeps will often be found
teeming with the eggs and larvae. the lat
ter finding food In any dust or dirt near
by. The partly open Joints of floors Of
ten abound in them.
The obvious remedy is first a thorough
cleaning up. Wash the dogs and cats
every other day Qn warm weather. with
carbolic soap and water, or so-called dog
soap" made for the purpose. III these an
imals are permitted 10 go through the
houses infested they Will attract all the
aGult fieas to themselves and thus be
treated. a liberal application OF gas)lin
fwhcre dogs and cats are not to be had
for traps) is excellent Green leaves ana
twigs OF black walnut Tricky spTead
about infested places will drive away
meas. But first clean up thoroughly. Out
houses, stables, etc, are not often infested
with neas. When such infrStation occurs,
however, il is doubly impOr ant that there
be a most thorough cleaning of the "Au-
garic matter is the nursery of the young
fltas. Gasoline may be used (wlth caution
OF account Of It's inflammabiity; to search
them out of hooks and crann:eS. Haul
out the refuse and scrapings To the open
field and pillow IL under. Fresh pine shay
ings or pine sawdust is excellent for driv
ing away fleas, but when they can be
had | know OF nothing superior to black
walnut leaves. Probably the green leaves
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TOP DRESSING OATS AND PEAS TO
FOLLOW.

Subscriber. Sumter, 5. C.--I have 80
acres sOwcd in oats. l wish 10 put lUJ
pounds Cf nitrate OF soda To The acre IN
"a few weeks ON them broadcast. 1hcn
when the oats are gathered J wish To SOW
the same land i'm cow peas and manure
them with 2W pounds OF acid phosphate
aud loo pounds OF kaiuit 10 the acre. Now
my object ia writing IL To- ask tins qucS-
ton: Which would pay best. To make TWO
applications as above indicated or To make
a. mixture of The whole tstdl. acid ami
X; into. loo pounds in all, and apply TO the
oats all at once, SO the oats could get the
bonert OF the acid and kainit and what
remained the peas would get2 some Of my
ueighbOTs advocate one plan ana some the
other. Which is right? Is b strictly nee
eSs1ri "a put the soda down IN damp or
wet weather?
Answer-If the eats are on ordinary
soil ana were literally fertilized AT or
before sowing with acid and potash and
rot enough nitrogen the proper thing to
do will bc to apply the nitrate OF soda
alone and very soon But IL no acid and
potash was added at e. before sowing
these may be applied now I'm connection
with the nitrate of soda. But the appIi-
cation now OF the acid and potash can
not possibly bc as curctN" as II IL had
been made az planting. There is no dan
per OF thes. fixed salts teaching out %.
tho soil One hundred pounds OF nitrate
or soda Is hardly enough 10 balance 2uO
pounds ut arld IT Nlt d'ld hdu b''h ap-
pIt,d at the right time but Will be suiti-
ci,nt applied now. Two hundred pounds
OF kaiuit ig nearer right than 100 pounds
for 200 pounds Of acid
have before said that ~ rs not essen
tial that the nitrate of soda u" applied 600
damp or wet weather. hut all that b.
necessary is Co apply II Wh'u The soil
h. in good season Immediately after %
ram Dwaitiug ior thu Foliage Co dry OFF,
ig the hcsf time but / would uoj wait for
"a rain II the soil IS moist aud th" outs arc
growing
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SWEET pOTATOEs IN FLORIDA

SW EEL BOl AlOf.o IN Il A+'iN''<-''
J. +. Cade. Pierson, Fla.-Two years ago
/ tried your formula for sweet potatoes
using mU riate Of potash, using lefullHci
ut the rate of GOO pounds 70 the acre ~ ~
didn't make satisfactory Ni'iu-
Ounl was high pine lana, Ncu'u h-iN',
ahout 10 bushels of corn pes acre.
worked them frequently, nut ShdtlpW
planted. as YOU advised. Some ot my h''sn
Eprs uSe kainit ana cotton He'tl dl"',e -
rake VC'N soOu potatoes ll'Nc 9"
now wish to plant in potatoes anu
thought | woulO use your Formula ~ $50.
If February 2. using kainit instead 81 nv
rate TIE land is good. hlgh S'l"'F '"liu
was Dlauted in coWpeas last year anu
made "A good crop. | VIII ploN uhuti ON
Ctad vines nov and keep narrowed uhtli
| get ready To plant i'm MAY or Iunc. DIV.
CAN YOU tell me the cause ol l"aau.e rt
l&as a good season. vines SitN "i'' ~.
very few potatoes. Most people mere nI'H'
ON cow penned ground. pull up hlSh fi"sc7
with noe. sometimes N he me anu SOM
times Il failure T have no catll" 70 pen
md am ar.Nfoifs 10 find a good itrultHri.
can YOU give me amy Information ABOUT
it, I.uCie grass. Is IL be tier Tor pasture
/ or lawn than bermuda IL 10 'kS s'-nt
thing like bermuda. tut WIN El"" ~
poCrcr land an: a subscriber 10 me
Constitution and enjoy The farmers p's'
Answered. is Impossible for me To say
what was the cause OF the failure or your
sweet potato crop Tho vigorous growth
of tn. vines proved that there was plenty
OF nitrogen supplied m the Fertilizer. Ter
tainlv the potash was plentiful toNtr 10
por cent? The substitution OF Tour tunes
rs much kainit as the formula calls Tor ~
muriate would supply the same amount
I of potash ana great ecu OF Ny"iii',,'
! Ii ,nn.-tbir,I the weight of the kdlnlU
and would conserve moisture in "a dt>
season. Possibly you planted TO closely.
Rows ~ feet wide and planted II 20 "a
inches apart would be close enough. ~ a
/ -, wei season the high beds would do
better than the low, or no beds At an
- a ,irN season the reverse would De- lhe
case. ! am not familiar Win 81 Luo4e
grass.
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w. r. r.. Stephcns. Ca have a mule
that have had four years with some
kind of tumor or swelling right at root
Of tail. When first noticed four years ago
Vas about the size of walnut. now
about the size or "a large c3Co1uut and al
uoet as hard ass wood What con do for
n and what is It?
Answrr-If yours were u gray or white
niuI. / would conclude that the "Ncfe-
s.euce is what is called meiauosis or mel
auotie tum d. This kind Of tumor is com
mon on gray or whit. horses ana IS al
WAYS found ora those parts OF th" sklh
tuat are naturally black. even iu q gray
or white horse such AS around On" tail,
anus VuIra ANA mouth. They Hr" ulfu
through tul through with a coal b'ach
substance Tho only treatment i5 2" IT,
move 20 with huife. which IS uAu'llE
effective. hut not always since me iuiho,
rs sometime of eaucrrpus nalllI" anu
win come back d. possible 70 do g. a
srullI strong cord. say e. STOUT hNh me.
ted around fh. baar ~ The tuinur prrtif
tiihtlx and frightened up every i"w day
VIII soon cut ~ Off Th"n treat wlth pu.-
..rizoI bplr.tana Can't Euu 500 Or NJ.
j. N Co. oprrtcH