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The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-09-10
SeasonaSlc Work.

The game is never out till it is played
out, and the growing OF chickens need
not cease rs long as anything else
grows. Indeed. it may he continued
after the winter is we'll on by ln2ans OF
incubators and brooders. But, setting
this feature OF poultry culture aside
for the present, it is possible to do
much out in The open while the fall
growing season is still OH
We should cut down the weeds and
brush in the fence corners Gear Off the
garden site, the truck patches where
the stuff is maturcd and gathered. p!ow
them up and SOW to rye winter turf
oats. wheat, turnips-anythins in fact
that will langthen the season OF green
and give the hens and chicks :: fresh
bite we'll into the cold season.
The Matching season is still on, too,
where there is good management. ana
by the selection Of a good mating. the
saving of the eggs and setting OF the
fall sitters, we may be able to bring
off number Of late chickens, OF whid
we can eat the roosters and save the
pullets for late autumn layers next
season. Not that they would be UNITE
fap in maturing to the laying age, for
fail pullets usually lay by the following
March, but because they generally lay
better in the fall than those Matched
earlier in the season
Incubators and brooders may be util'
lied in the fall. too. in Matching ana
raising up to the frying size chickens
by the quantity to be marketed as soon
as they reach the desired age.
The culling of the general focK
should begin now. and an the undcslra-
BILE surplus disposed Of, that the pull
lets and the better specimens may be
pushed to n more perfect maturity.
Indeed. there is much to be done in the
poultry yard right new--Farmer S
Home Journal.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-09-10
One Doa's Intelligence.

The intelligence CT animals seems
as a rule to be underrated rather than
overrated. A dog breeder described
the other day wonderful collie that
had belonged to Sir John Lubbock.
This dog" he said. would, when 1t
was hungry, lay at its masters feet a
card marked Food When 1t waS
thirsty it would fetch a card marked
Drink When it wanted to take a
walk it would bring q card marked
Out Sir John Lubbock trained it to
do this trick in less than month.
He put the food card over the dogs
'ood and made it bring the card to
tim before he would allow it to eat,
and in the matter OF drinking and
going out he used like method. The
cards were similar in shape ard color.
Nothing but the writing on them diff
.ered. Since, therefore. the dog dis.
tirguisted them by the writing alone.
it may truly be said that the animal
could read"
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-09-10
Fcr.ilizinr Cotton For Lint.

There is nothing new in feeding
plants or animals for special qualities,
since all our valuable farm plants
have been developed from forms much
less useful. In the case Of cotton, it
is possible to produce seed. at the ex-
pense O. lint. but cotton planters are
interested il the lint production mainly
and without regard to the quality or
quantity Of seed that may incidentally
be obtained.
1t is well known that each Of the
principal plant foods-that is, potash.
phosphoric acid ard nitrogen, has its
special function to perform, and an
over-supply Of one or the other Of these
plant foods Mt the expense Of the 9TH
ers may Influence growth disadvan-
tageously. To illustrate. some plants
by what might be called overfeeding
with nitrogen, fail to produce any seed.
By the same means fruitins may be
very materially checked. On the other
hand, an excessive use of phosphoric
acid may check the growth, and de-
velop seed Oh plants scarcely Galf
grown.
, This illustrates the influence OF plant
food in industrial plants, and brings
!, us to the main point Of the sketch
the fertilization Of cotton for lint.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-09-10
SOUTHERN : FARM : NOTES,
1-=p@'d=-D
TOPICS INTEREST TO THE sLAg1 s7ocy hS9 Truck GROWER

Chemical analyses show that the lint
of cotton contains much more potash
than nitrogen. anu perhaps ten times
as much potash as phosphoric acid.
From this, however, the planter is not
to suppose that potash alone is needed
for lint cotton and that nitrogen and
phosphate are Of little Importance, be-
cause to make lint, We must also make
stalk. leaves and bolls. The point is
simply that to ensure lint in good
quantity and quality. VIC must have
free supply of potash in tie fertilizer.
Now, curiously enough, commercial
cotton fertilizers are often compound
ed from cottonseed meal and acid
phosphate. neither Of which contains
an appreciable amount OF potash.
These materials are used because they
are common in the South. anu not so
much q matter of cost. Potash costs
per nound about the same rs phos-
phoric acid and about half as much
nitrogen. but 1t must be imported, and
hence potash is apt to be lacking i'll
average commercial fertilizers. The
lint making problem, however. re-
auires potash and all fertilizers offered
for cotton mus be examined for this
Ingredient.
1t is very simple after all. Tie State
inspection calls for IN analysis of fer
tilizers stamped or printed OH the pack
age. Nitrogen flor ammonia), potash
and phosphoric acid are all marked in
percentages. For lint cotton. the pot
ash in fertilizers should not be less
than three per cent. while the nitrogen
may be lower in case COW peas or other
leguminous plants preceded the cotton.
r.. Garwood. in Southern Planter.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-09-10
NUMBER THREE.

OF hens that are to be given free range
in a pasture. The top is the roostinG
room, access to which for cleaning can
be had by letting down q hinged door
in the rear.
The space below can be used during
transforms, the hinged front protecting
this and also the roosting room from
rain, while giving free circulation Of
air. A TOW Of nests is placed in the
lower space. access being had by a
hinged door at the end. Half dozen
colonies OF hens in such coops can be
scattered about in rough land, such
places being especially enjoyed by
poultry.
The floor extends only along the
rear siGc Under the perches and the
hens gain access through the open
space. Ey leaving out the nests. and
providing cleated boards for stairways,
to the upper story, this house is equal
ly we'll adapted to young stock.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-09-10

from shunks and weasels. 1t has q
tight bottom. and each side of the roof
Is hinged to the SIDE SO that it may be
opened to catch chick or to clean it
out. A piece Of coal sieve is the door
and ventilator. through which air can
pass but no animal. The handles pass
through the house. making low perches
for the brides. When moving it raise
one end AID drag the handles at the
other end. A bit Of chain keeps the
roofs together, and in very hot weather
permits the insertion Of a chip to hold
1t open half an inch or more the length
Of the ridge to let the heat escape.
Every farm ought to have half dozen.
We should certainly hinge the roof,
or sections of it. at the top as in num-
Der one, rather than ut the bottom. as
Our correspondent advises.
Number three. which we copy from
the American Agricul nrist, shows a
practical coop for summer colony
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-09-10
Borers.

One pint Of carbolic acid, five gallons
of whitewash, one pound of sulphur
half pound of salt, one quart OF SOAP
used in Georgia largely for peach trees.
and prevents borers. Use just before
the trees bloom. Dig around the tree
close to the body, exposing the roots
slightly. and apply the wash from roots
to crotch Of tree. The scent of the acid
remains three months. When this
wash is used, one never has any trouble
with wormy peaches, the scent proDab-
" keeping curculios away.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-09-10

broods out of their crowded coops and
up off the ground as soon as they are
large enough to use perches. The
structure described below can be
adapted to either purpose.
Number one is 4 handy and mex
pensive colony" house for hens or
growing chicks, and is so light that
1t can be moved about anywhere.
There is no window, but an overlap
ping portion Of the roof can be raised
for light and ventilation. the open
space being covered by wire netting.
Such = hen-house needs only light bit
of frame-four pieces for sills; two A
pieces for the ends and ridge pole.
A panel removed from the door and
covered with wire netting would be an
Improvement.
Number two. Nothing elaborate, Is
It! And yet it answers every purpose,
and not only protects from storm but
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-09-10
GRATEFUL, HAPPY WOMEN
Thank Pe-ru-na for Their
Recovery After Years Of
Suffering.

Miss Muriel Armitage, SO Greenwood
Ave, Detroit, Mich, District orsannsl
of the Royal Templars OF Temperance
in a recent letter, says: ~
"I think that a woman naturally
shrinks from making her troubles puo-
Ec but restored health has meant 30
much to me that feel for the sake OF
other suffering women it is my duty 70
tell what Peruna has done for me.
"I suffered for five years with uterine
irreeularities, which brought on hysterIa
and made me a physical wreck. 1 tired
doctors from the different schools Of
medicine. but without any percepbble
change in my condition. In my despair
I called on an o.d nurse, who ADVISED
me to try Peruna, and promised good re-
suits il I would persist and take 1t reg1r
larly. I thought this was the leas. !
could do, anG procured bottle. knew
az soon as began taking it tnat IT was
affecting me differently from anything
/ had used before, aud SO kept on tax
ing It. I kept this up for SIX months,
and steadily gained strength and heaitst
and when I had used fifteen bottles =
considered myself entirely cured: l am
a grateful, happy woman to-day. .-Miss
Muriel Armitage.
Peruna cures catarrh Of the pelvic or
cams with the same surety as 1t cures
eatarrh of the head. Peruna has be-
come renowned as positive cure for
female ailments, simply becanse The aii-
ments are mostly due to catarrh. "a
tarrh is the cause of the trouble. re
rnna cures the catarrh. The symptoms
disappear. EFk--l
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-09-10
THE LENGTH OF LIFE.
Longevity Of Man Increasing, Says an
Austrian Physician.

Austrian Physician.
Medical men are discussing lecture
by Professor Pduger, Of the Univer-
sity Of Bonn, on longevity, in which be
asserts that the average length OF
human life Is steadily increasing, says
the Indiana Medical Journal. He
maintains that cne-third CT all the
deaths registered in Munich are due to
heart disease, brough on by the i'm
moderate use Of beer, and that tobac-
CO also claims large percentage OF
the victims. Among forty centenari-
ans who have come under his notice
there was Only one smoker, while
nearly all professed to moderate use
If alcohol. What Professor Pfuger
most seriously warns people against
Is the thought and fear Of death. The
mind must be occupied, he says, in
order to secure longevity. Hard-work.
ing men who retire rarely live much
longer.
The German census statistics shcw
that in 1871 the centenarians num-
bered 147 mea and 2S7 women, but In
1900 only five men and thirty women.
The above press report Is Of interest.
AS Is well known in Munich the con-
sumption Of beer per capita is greater
than elsewhere in the world and the
percentage of heart disease is higher.
Beer has a worse influence on the
heart than either wine or whisky
Tobacco is better borne by adults and
the aged than by youth. No child
should be allowed to smoke before the
age Of twenty-one. Wine has been
said to be the milk Of cid age; 1t
should not be used until past the noon
Of life. That the German census
shows reduction Of old men since the
war with France is natural. The age
Of industrialism, Of city life, Of strain,
Of alcohol and of the veneral diseases
with increase Of tabes dorsalis and
general paresis Is the present age OF
Germany as it Is Of the United States.
Oaly the sedate and the temperate In
all things can expect length OF days.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-09-10
Winter and Spring Pasture.

Dwarf Essex rape should now be
seeded for a fall. winter and spring
pasture for sheep and hogs. This
crop is one of the most valuable Tor
those animals and will make meat and
growth very cheaply. Sow two to four
pounds to the acre broadcast on we'll
prepared land and harrow lightly and
roll. Let the plants make a fair
growth before turning stock on to
them, and do not Craze too closely and
they will then continue to make growth
nil through the winter and spring and
provide constant pasturage.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-09-10
How'a THIS"

We offer Ono Hundred D, :rs Reward 70.
arv cnse OF Catarra TIM; cannot be cured by
Halls Catarrn Cure.
FL. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned, have known F. J.
Cheney for the last 15 years, and believe hin,
perfectly honorable in al! business traasac.
tions au1 financially able to carry out any
obligations made by their firm.
WEST g. THUA1, Wholesale Druggists. Toledo,
..
WALDISG, krNSAS i MARvIS, Who.esa.a
Druggists, Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh Cure is trken internally, act
ing directly upon tho blood and mucous sur
faces Of the systsm. Testimonials sent free.
Price, 75c. per bottle. Sold by all Druggists.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-09-10

self i'll enough to go to bed, but she is lar
from being able to do her work withons
the greatest exhaustion. This is a, very
common sight, and is almost always due to
pelvic catarrh.
It is worse tnan foolish for SO many
women to suffer year after year with dis-
ease that can be permanently cured.
Peruna cures catarrh permanently ie
cures old chrome cases as well as slight
attack, the only difference being in the
length of time that it should be taken TO
effect cure.
II you do not derive prompt and satisfac-
tory results from the use Of Peruna, write
at once to DR.. Hartman, giving a full state
ment of your case and he will be pleased to
give you his valuable advice gratis.
Address DR.. Hartman, President OF The
Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, Ohio.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-09-10
Searching For Road Material.

". S. Blatchley. State Geologist OF
Indiana. WILL with three assistants. 90
over the State thoroughly in search
Of material for building roads, teStin:
the stone that Is found in the stone
belts, and searching for gravel de-
posits where none are as yet known.
as rich stores Of gravel can often be
found few feet below the surface by
those who know the geological fea-
lures which indicate their presence.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-09-10

S1.oo Big 5oo-Pound Steel Range Oncr.
II you can use the best big 600-pound steel
range made in the world, and are willing to
have 1t placed in your own homo on three
months free trial, Just cut this notice out
and send it to SEARS, RoEBUcE 4 Co., Chi
cago, and you will receive free by return
mail big picture OF the steel range and
many other cooking and heating stoves;you
will also receive the most wonderful 81.
steel range offer, an offer that places tine
best steel range or heating stove in the home
OF any family; such an offer that no family
in the land, no matter what their circum-
stances may be, or how small their income,
need be without the best cooking or heating
stove made
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-09-10
A Good Example.

A. s. Graves, who lives near Shen.
andoah. Iowa. manages to have good
roads alongside OF his farm nearly the
year around. He keeps the road grad
ed up properly. and when the ruts
get dry and rough he goes out with
his team and harrows and scrapes the
road and makes it smooth.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-09-10
Female Weakness is Pelvic
Catarrh.
Always Half Sick Are the Women
Who Have Pelvic Catarfh.

Catarrh of any organ, if allowed to pro-
gress. will affect the whole body. Catarrh
without nervousness is very rare, but pei
vic catarrh and nervousness go hand IN
hand.
What is 20 distressing a sight as poor,
ha!f-sick, nervous woman, suffering from
the many almost unbearabie symptoms OF
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-09-10
Teachers Get a Year on.

Successful teachers Of Chicago
schools who wish to continue their
studies in colleges. universities. etc,
now may be granted leave Of absence
for the period of one year. under the
authority Of the superintendent OF the
schools.-New York Commercial Ad.
yertiSer
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-09-10
Larrest Bottle In the World.

The largest glass bottle ever blowh
has recently been made for exhibition
ut the st. Louis Exposition. 1t hold
forty-fve gallons, and required forty
pounds of molten glass, drawn from
tie furnace and shaped on the end OF
q huge blowing pipe.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-09-10
Monocles For Ladies.

Wearing monocles, the latest fashion
for ladies, a craze recently started in
Paris by ladies of the Servian colony.
Is extending to London.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-09-10
Summer Houses.

: 1t is often advisable in summertime
to establish a colony Of fowls OH new
runs, away from the farm buildings
and from the general flock. For this
purpose, light, portable and cheaply
constructed houses are needed.
It is also desirable to get the growing
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-09-10

It's where the bore is concerned that
absence makes the heart grow fonder.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-09-10

The average political candidate does not
care so much for the nation as he does for
the nomination
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-09-10

FITS permanently cured. No htsor nervous
hess after first days use OF DR.. Kline's Great
NerveRestorer.S S2trial bottle and treatjsetree
Dr.. r. u. KLINE, Ltd. a31 Arch ST., Philn. .PI
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-09-10

1t is better to run the risk of wasting
yoar sympathy than to hoard it.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-09-10

Mrs. wiaslow's 5oothInSSyruo 10: chlldr,1
tee.ting soften tns gums, reduces inda:nma-
iicn ,allays pain cures wind collie. 25c. abo.tle
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-09-10

{iso s Cure Is the best medicine we ever used
1or all affections OF throat and lungs.-WA
.. ENpsLEY, Vanbnren. Ind, Feb. 10, 1850.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-09-10
81 90 Big soo-round Steel Range one,

A good bit OF bravery is exhibited after
til danger is past.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-09-10

PUTNAM FApELEss DYES color Silk,
Wool and Cotton at one boiling.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-09-10

When it comes to STRINGS things up
the cook is generally all there.
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The Necessity.

F the State Of Georgia
should appropriate annual.
ly a half million dollars
for the next five years. TO
be expended in the estab-
lishment Of an improved
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-01-09

has been contagious, and he has led the
people in many of their most important
and beneficial enterprises.
Mrs. f. w. Porter died at the home
of her father, William l.. Mandigo, on
the old terrace Friday night after an
illness of little over a week. She un-
derwent an operation for appendicitis
Wednesday. from which she rallied, and
it was felt she might recover but she
soon grew worse. The funeral was
held at the Methodist church Monday
afternoon, the pastor, Rev. l.. o. Sher-
burne, officiating. The body was placed
in the tomb and will be laid in Oak Hill
cemetery. Mrs. Porter has been well
known here as Clara Mandigo, for more
than eight years an efficient clerk in the
store of j. c. Day & Co. She leaves
a husband father. mother and other
relatives to mourn her loss.
Last Sunday evening a union temper
ance meeting of the churches was held
in the Baptist church addressed by Rev.
o. r. Miller of Holyoke, Mass, on the
topic practical workings of the high
license law in Massachusetts" The
speaker scored the license principle
roundly giving many personal incidents
showing it's failure to restrict and the
evils arising from 1t. Next Monday
evening Mrs. katherine Lente Steven
son, president of Massachusetts w. c.
Il. u. and formerly corresponding secre-
tary OF the natlOnal organization, VIII
give an address in the Methodist church
under the auspices of the local w. c.
4. T., her subject being prohibition
VS. High License" Citizens are be-
coming more and more interested in the
various discussions and good audiences
attend the meetings to hear what is to
be said that is new.
The annual meeting of the ladies' union
of the Congregational church was held
on New Years day. The following of
ticers We're chosen: Vice presidents, Mrs.
G.. II. Gorham, Mrs. E. G. Osgood and
Miss Osgood; secretary, Mrs. L. S. Hayes
treasurer, Mrs, Ned Pierce; directors,
Mrs. II. f. Blossom, Mrs. f. a. George,
Mrs Clark Chase, Miss Gorham and Mrs.
WEIGH; and other committees The past
year has been prosperous and the society
opens the new year prepared to do good
work. The annual church supper was
held at 6, with the roll call at 7. followed
by the business meeting. DIR. a. l.. Min
er was elected a member of the business
committee for three years to take the
place of l., S. Hayes, whose term of of
flee expired II. f. Hamilton b. e. Mer-
Ram and j, A. Pierson We're elected a
music committee The year has been
prosperous. All bills have been paid and
there is a small surplus.
! Another fatal accident occurred in the
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-01-09
FIRE Losses Smaller in 1902 Than in
1900 and 1901,

Inc year 1902 was comparatively a light
one IN the fire losses of the United States
ana canada. Allowing a generous esti-
mate Tor the month of December in the
ABSENCE OF carefully compiled figures by
.he Underwriters, the total losses were
haroly IN excess of s161, 100000. This Is
ABOUT , s9'OOo'OOO less than the losses for
,SUl' and between $1,000. 600 and s1s. 900 900
iess 'hah the record of 1900, which was
me worst year in the recent history of
IRE underwriting. The allowance for
december, NSOOO.O0O, in arriving at the
general total, was $1,000 900 larger than
mat OF December, 1900.
mere was only one month in which
me hre losses exceeded the 500 OOO OOO
marx In February the Paterson fire
caused over 100000 damage, while in
waterbury more than $1,000 900 worth of
proPerty was destroyed In the wear
l'oI mere was only one 800, 600 900 month.
,' that was when the total jumped I'D
by the slO,5OO,OO0 confederation in Lack
sohvlile: In 1900 there We're two months
ea ga n or which showed losses in excess
y, s-ouoo'oOo; In April of that year the
lava onN and Hull fire DESTROYED nearly
SMo'oVV'Voo OF property, and In June the
w, tNoi'n German Lloyd pier fire in Hobo
Ken contributed a loss of $500. 900