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The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1905-10-12
Sow Some Barley.

Wheat and barley sowing season vii.
soon be here, so let me impress on your
farmer readers the Importance. Of
barley crop. As the writer has had eX-
perience, he feels it duty to lend en-
couragement to those not skeptical in
raising barley. My last years farming
was thirteen years ago, when l had
forty-five bushels to the acre, while l
only had thirteen bushels Of wheat
to the acre right by the side of my
barley and the same quality of land
SANDY, and all sowed at the same time
and drilled alike, one and one-fourth
bushels to the acre. Harvested barley
18th of June, and wheat the 18th;
stacked and thrashed at same time.
Sold wheat at sixty-eight cents and
barley at sixty cents. 1t is easy to
compare expense and profits.
Sowing was done first days of Sep
tember. Barley should be sowed soon
after the middle of August, as it re-
quires early sowing so the crop can get
an early start to grow up and cover the
ground before white frosts or winter.
No danger of fly in barley.
Best soil is sandy loam, or dry clay.
Never wet OF sprouty, or where water
can stand over at any time of the
year-well tiled clay will do. but loan
or sand is best. An ordinary soil for
wheat will raise good barley. Barley
doesn't grow as high as wheat by six
or eight inches, and the straw is soft
as oats straw, and is better feed for
stock than wheat or oats, and the
boards are full six inches in length
and are relished by all kinds Of stock
the same as the straw, and in shocking
and stacking makes thatching almost
like shingles.
The grain is good feed for all kinds
of stock and poultry. and when ground
with equal parts Of corn makes the
best feed for mich cows that can be
had, and to sum it all up it is rich
feed, and those that have the right
kind Of ground will burn daylight for
q candle when they fail to raise barley.
and if they have more than they can
feed, sell it to feeders, and, not to
brewers, as feed won't make drunk.
but beer will, and drunk will fight and
kill, and play havoc generally.-Henry
Baker. in Indiana Farmer.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1905-10-12
METAL BEDS AND THEIR CARE.

If metal beds are chosen with an eye
to their keeping bright, and then given
just little care, there's no necessity
for their turning dull and furnishing.
Experts say that brass oughtn't to
tarnish if it's properly treated IN the
first place, and the brass trimmings to
white beds are the first places usually
that show wear.
Be careful, in getting your bed, to
see if the trimmings (or the bed itself,
if it's all BRASS are carefully finished.
If you don't know the signs yourself,
ask some one who knows; it may cost
little more than you thought, but it
will be less in the long run.
Ems rneling can be done (redone, that
ISL /.t- home with very little trouble.
AnL enamel paint costs so little that
there's no excuse for letting a white
iron bed get shabby, even though fire.
quent landings may have SCARED the
enamel here and there.
Once, in every few weeks, too, an
enameled bed should be gone over with
soapy rag-it is surprising how much
dirt will come of and how fresh the
enamel will look after its cleaning
Washington Times.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1905-10-12
paYeloninr Suitable Sheep.

A writer in the Shepherds Criterion
says that Ito develop a good flock of
breeding sheep for wool and mutton
would begin with ewes that are half
Cotswold and half Merino and mate
that with a buck that is full blooded
Shropshire. In this cross you get a
grade of sheep that is hard to beat
for both wool and mutton. By this
method l once got twin lamb that
sheared, when little more than year
old, sixteen pounds Of good wool and
when a year and half old the carcass
weighed 160 pounds. 1 cross my sheep
back and forth as my judgment tells
me is best. If the sheep are getting
too wrinkly and the wool too short l
get either a Cotswold. Oxford or
Shropshire buck, and if the fleece is
getting too hairy and light in weight
breed back to the Merinos."
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1905-10-12
Weeds Are Bad Enemies.

A North Dakota man, who thinks
weeds the worst enemy to be met with
in the production of garden, writes
the Farm, Stock and Home that they
must be fought early, late and all the
time. The best time to kill them is
before they appear above ground. If
the garden is large a good harrow is
the best of weed killers. Corn and
potatoes can be narrowed once a week
from the time they are planted until
four inches high. If the garden is
small the iron hand rake and wheel
hoe are indispensable. Plow all the
garden as soon as you are ready to
plant the first early vegetables; then
once a week stir the implanted ground,
about an inch deep, with hoe or rake,
and thus destroy the weeds while
young and tender. 1t must be remem-
bered that the secret Of good garden
is constant and careful cultivation
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1905-10-12
rmnrovinp Heavy Red Clay Land.

J.T.B.. Atlanta, Ca, writes: / have
100 acres of heavy red land which
have sown in cowpeas and intend SOW
ing the land in wheat and grass this
fall. Will it be best to take the vines
of for hay or plow them under? Whaf
Is the best grass for permanent pas
ture, on high and wet land? Kindly
give me your opinion OF subsonins
heavy red land,
If your land is a heavy red clay and
you wish to improve its texture, pioW
under the cowpeas. You may regard
this as a great sacrifice, but humus Is
one of the essential elements OF the
soil. Humus is Of more importance
than some of the forms Of commercial
fertilizers which are so generally used,
because it changes the entire mecnan>
ical condition Of the soil, allowing ar
and moisture to penetrate readily 80
that the plants may breathe and the
process of fermentation 60 Forward
with rapidity, which is quite as I'm.
portant as a large available supply Oh
plant food. You have often observed
that low, swampy soil will often not
grow crops until it has been wen
drained, simply because the air can NOT
penetrate into the soil. The value OF
humus Is not generally recognized, or
there would be less hesitation In plow-,
ing under green crops. At the same
time, when it is possible, it is always
advisable to cut the pea vines or any
other green crops and make into hay.
feed to live stock and reapply in the
form of farmyard manure. Where
stock is not kept on the farm green
manure must be resorted to and VIII
be found profitable if judiclousi!
handled.
One of the very best grasses to sow
for permanent pasture on high uplandi
Is tall oat grass, and you will not max
a mistake in using it. 1t will furnish
about as much grazing in proportion as
any other grass you can grow, and IT IL
eaten with relish by all classes OF hv
stock. 1t is hardy and stands traml 4
ing. but has one objection in that 1t l
inclined to grow in tussocks and doe
not make a smooth and even sod. Fol
low, wet lands, there is nothing better
than red top, which makes good graz
ing and a fair quality Of hay. These
grasses may be sown spring or 1aii' ac
cording to the season and soil eondi
tions. Subsoiling is advisable on heaY!
red clay lands. 1t is best done in'tn
fall. as it is then not so likely to puddi'
the land.-Knoxville Journal
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1905-10-12
Good WhIter..h For Tree..

In the New England States white
wash is frequently applied to fruit
trees, especially apple trees, and seems
to have the effect of keeping off fungus
and insect pests. The whitewash as
used there is generally made by simply
shaking the lime with cold water. But
II would be better to slake the lime
with hot water. 1t may be made to
stick better by adding some SKINNED
milk. Some even heat some glue, and
when it has become thin liquid dilute
It with hot water and add it to the
wash. This still further helps the
sticking quality.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1905-10-12
To conplete the Ration.

We read great deal nowadays IN
the farm papers about balanced ra-
tions. Such information enables the
farmer to feed his animals. so that he
can get the most profit out of them for
the cost of the food. Such information
is good. and we Hant to encourage it;
but those who feed animals should al
ways bear in mind that ration is
never perfectly balanced unless there
is a little kindness mixed in with
it. You need have no fear Of using
too much kindness" for the more you
use the better; but very, very grave
results oftentimes happen to those who
do not make use of it at all.-Weekly
Witness.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1905-10-12
SOUTHERN !: FARM.* \

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How simple the question Is, and
how easy to decide. There is the hen
and here is the egg. The hen is worth
a quarter in any market and the egg
one cent. twenty-five to one is their
comparative value. Now, then, shall
we sacrifice the egg at the nominal
price Of one cent, or shall we conVe'
it into the higher value by increasing
its worth twenty-five hundred per
cent? 1t has life-giving principle'
within it-a germ that will germinate
and grow under favorable conditions.
Better and more practical to set 1t
and convert it into a chicken that six
months hence will be an egg-machine
in a sense worth as much as the hen
that laid it. Or, If we should elect to
attain an earlier success and quicker
dividend we may sell the chicken from
it as soon as it is old enough to eat,
and In this latter way increase the rev.
enue from the egg at least fifteen
hundred per cent. ~
Some may contend that the fall
chicken is out of season, and not as
desirable as the spring Matched bird.
Granted, in part, but not wholly. The
fall Matched chicken Is naturally
part of the fall growing season, and
every one who knows anything about
the country knows that there are many,
things that may be brought to success
full maturity after midsummer. Fan
chickens for market may be raised as
successfully as at any other time or
the year-we having need only to oo-
serve the maxim that the most profit
able time to sell chicken is as soon as
1t is large enough to eat. Any one can
grow chickens to that age either WIN
hens or with incubator and brooder IN
the autumn and early fall. Likewise
any one Matching chickens OF this class
may, by selling the young ROSTERS only,
raise to maturity number OF puliefs
that will lay before the frost Is out OF
the ground the following spring time,
add thus be a continuous source or
profit to their owner. These are such
as reach the maximum of value III the
comparison between the egg and the
hen.
The autumn and early fall season Is
also favorable to the Matching and
growing of pure-bred poultry, either
with the fancier and experiences
breeder. or the new beginner. Indeed,
the desire is most pressing. Actcu'
taken now will be just so much time
gained-so much advancement made
prior to the regular Matching and grow
ing season next spring. 1t means the
utility of time that is valuable, and the
taking of step that inaugurates now
a cherished plan, or purpose, instead
of postponing it until later season.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1905-10-12
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| FARM TOPICS. |
OVERCOMING WEATHER.
I-I.I1.IT1I1I.I-1.II.1rI1.II

A proper system Of cultivation will
to a large extent Offset weather condi-
tions. Thus we read last year Of many
getting crops Of eighty bushels or more
of oats per acre, Simply because the
weather conditions were just right; but
a knowledge of how adverse weather
conditions could be overcome by soil
preparation before the grain was sown
would result in much larger crops. 1t
is Of very little benefit for a man to
exhibit sample Of oats that yielded
eighty bushels per acre If the yield was
simply the result Of the weather being
just right. But let that man by proper
soil preparation produce eighty bushels
of oats per acre for five consecutive
years and his name and fame will go
abroad, and the yield for his whole
county may be increased by this show
ing.-E. A. Rogers, in Massachusetts,
Ploughman.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1905-10-12
INCREASING FODDER SUPPLY.

INCREASING FODDER SUPPLY.
Fine and well-rotted stable manure
will also often pay in the increase OF
rowen when spread on the land shortly
after the first crop is secured. Another
method of obtaining good second
crop as advised by Professor c. ).
Phelps in the June report of the Mas
sachusetts Board Of Agriculture is to
cut early, plow and seed at once to
clover and mixed grasses, using at least
fifteen pounds of clover to the acre.
With seeding done early in July, good
crop of clover should be obtained late
in September or early in October, and
q strong growth Of grass and clover the
following year.
Taking up the specific crops that can
be grown to supplement the hay crop,
Professor Phelps gives those that are
best adapted to the purpose, time OK
seeding, quantity Of seed per acre, time
of cutting and method Of use, whether
for hay, silage or green fodder. The
crops mentioned are corn, Hungarian
grass, the millets, soy beans, oats and
peas, barley and peas, winter vetch,
rape and cabbage. Corn can be sown
As late as July 10 and still produce q
fair growth Of fodder. Hungarian
grass Is, all things considered, prob
ably the best crop that could be sown
in July for hay, and should be cut
early, even before all the heads are
formed, as it tends to grow woody as
it ripens. Soy beans are a valuable
crop. particularly for silage. Late cab
bage can often be grown to a profit
as a market crop, and the unmarked
able portions will furnish valuable
fodder. Professor Phelps says that
he has found apple pomace to be
valuable feed for milch COWS, ana
there are many sections where 1t can
be obtained for the hauling.
The article closes with some excel
lent advice as to feeding the hay crop
after all possible has been done to
supplement it. To obtain the best re-
suits. about one-half the dry matter
OF the ration should come from the
grain feeds. The cheaper dry folders
such as corn stover or oat straw. may
then be fed in connection with liberal
silage and grain feeding, and good re
suits will follow. - Massachusetts
Ploughman.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1905-10-12
Pointed Paragraphs.

Some jokers are as artless as their
jokes are pointless.
Lots of people suddenly become
deaf when duty calls.
It takes a lot Of will power to en-
able a man to save himself from hln'
self.
When a woman really has more
sense than a man she is too clever
to let him know it.
Wise is the man who decl;n'
take his troubles seriously.
When there is a right way
wrong way the average ma
wrong.
No, CordeIfa, a photagrar
necessarily a robber because
things.
It's the wise boy who L
ate Of today and doesn't W
tomorrow.
A woman never fails II
her intuition every time
. good guess.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1905-10-12
Pointed Paragraphs.

Nearly every woman would rather
be married unhappily than not at all.
A girl hardly ever thinks low shoes
are becoming to her when the stock
ings aren't.
A man has a good business head
when he knows you can't run your
house on business principles.
ne same woman who objects IN
early life to marrying a man old
enough to be her father later could
find it reasonable to marry one young
enough 70 be hsr son.
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x RECIPES =:

Tomato and Cucumber Salad-Six
fresh, ripe tomatoes, two cucumbers,
one onion, three hard-boiled eggs; slice
all thin and place in layers III a salad
bowl; add a dash Of cayenne, If liked
and salt and vinegar to taste.
Tomato Paste-One peck Of ripe to-
matoes, four onions, twelve sprigs OF
parsley, two bay leaves, two good-sized
carrots, peeled and sliced, one table
spoonful each Of salt, sugar, ground
cloves, mace, black pepper, and whole
celery seed (tie the last up in q bit OF
thin muslin), one sea 1t teaspoonful OF
cayenne. Boil the tomatoes, onions
and carrots together lntil soft enough
to press through colander, then add
the seasoning; boil again for about five
hours, or until little Of the pulp will
jelly when placed on saucer. Remove
the bag of celery seed. Spread on shall
low pie plates and let the paste dry
thoroughly in the sun or in an open
oven. 1t can be packed in layers in
wooden boxes, with waxed paper be-
tween the layers, and is useful for
seasoning macaroni, soups, stews, etc.
Cranberry Pie-To make cranberry
pie extra good soak out the seeds. Cut
one cup of cranberries across once and
drop them into cold water to stand for
a little whGe, then skim out and leave
the seeds, add one-half cup Of raisins,
seeded and cut small. Mix three level
tablespoons Of -four in little water to
make smooth and pour on one cup OF
boiling water, cook until clear, then
add the cranberries, raisins and one
cup Of sugar. Line plate with good
paste. pour in the filling, cover and
bake. Serve when nearly cold.
Stuffed Cucumbers-Pare the cucum-
bers; cut in halves crosswise; remove
the seeds and let stand in cold water
half hour; make forcemeat, using
one-hs cupful of fine stale bread
crumlh-and one-halt cupful OF milk;
cook the bread and milk to paste;
add two tablespoonflls of butter, the
white of one egg, two-thrds of cup
full of raw veal chopped fine, and salt
and cayenne pepper to season; fill the
cucumber halves with the forcemeat;
place them upright on n trivet in a
saucepan; half cover with white stock
and cook slowly for forty minutes;
place en- slices of dry toast and pour
around rich cream sauce; serve as al
entree or vegetable.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1905-10-12
Roots For the Pig.

Whereve- roots are used as part OF
their rations, quite remarkable results
are obtained, apparently out of all pro-
portion to the feeding value of the
roots. This seems to show that the
roots serve to render the grain food
more digestible. Although pigs do not
like raw turnips, yet when the turnipS
are cooked and mixed with raw pota-
toes or cabbage. they will eat them
readily. When a small amount or
bran is fed with this mash good gains
are made.-American Cultivator.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1905-10-12
The Joculnr Diver.

The mermaid sat in the green, trans
lucent light Of an ocean cave, combing
her yellow hair with a gold comb.
Slowly, through the shimmerlns
water, a strange creature descended
a being encased in rubber and lead
and wearing a great round helmet with
a glass front.
Gracefully the mermaid swan TO-
ward this apparition.
why" she asked, "do you wear, SO
strange dress"
With chuckle the man replied:
"For divers reasons."-New York
Press,
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1905-10-12
The Life OF tho Soil.

Every time crops are hauled away OF
the farm, life is hauled away from the
soil, and the farm loses in value. Even
hauling away hay and straw is pretty
nearly as bad; and the old-time way or
burning straw is worse.
1 knew an eccentric man once who
would not even have his fruit gathered
and made use of. because he said it
was due to the earth to return to her
what she had taken the trouble to pio-
duce!
The Indian to-day, who fights against
civilization, says, "Grass-mother
Earth hair. | not cut mother hair.
Earth-mother breast. l not plow
mother breast"
But to get value from the farm. some
thing must be shipped. The question
is, what shall that be, to be the most
advantageous?
The answer, according to friend OF
mine, is THAT which will take the
least value from the soil. and which
will be the most easily replaced. To
this end the value must be in the most
concentrated form
Clearly, meat stuffS: cream and eggs
are highly concentrated products. or
course the cost Of production and the
market values have to be considered IN
making the selection.
Everything raised. on the farm (what
is not wanted for the family larder),
can be turned into these crops. More
money can be made off them than off
other things. When you haul them
away. you leave the bulk of the life
of the soil behind. Live weight and
cream weight have so little bulk, com.
paratively, and the small extraction OF
fertility can be replaced at small cost.
The skim milk occupies correspond
ing place to the cream, that the per-
manent pasture does of the live stock,
when it goes eventually to the cattle
dealer.
A Government bulletin makes skim
worth from fifteen to thirty-five cents
hundred for feeding purposes. Fed
to poultry it is easily worth from th!r'
ty-five to fifty cents.-L. A. N, in In
diana Farmer.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1905-10-12
Subd uing Flying Fowls.

When fowls are kept confined they
get uneasy and long for freedom; this
is particularly the case with the smaller
breeds, says an exchange. The COM
mon method of prevention is to clip
The wings of the birds, not desirable
thing to do if they happen to be high
class fowls. A better plan is to attach
the little arrangement here described.
Take a stout cord and tie around the
points of the feathers on the wings
mainly used in flying. Tie one wing
in this manner, then pass the cord over
the back and tie the other wing. Be
careful not to draw the cord too tight,
but leave it so that the fowl can carry
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THE KITCHEN SINK.

Placing the sink in front Of win.
dow. helps to make the routine work
of washing pans and kettles less like
drudgery, says a household magazine
To secure an architectural effect for
the exterior of house this pleasure
of an outlook is often thougntlessiy
taken away from the kitchen. The
secret of making kitchen work enjoya.
Bile is to keep recurring duties at n
minimum, relieving them by every pos
sible labor saving device.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1905-10-12
A Long Run,

A long suffering traveller on a single
track railroad ventuled to complain to
An attendant of the eXasperating IN
punctuality of the service.
The employe demonstrated in virtu-
GUS indignation.
"I've been on this line now upwards
of eight years" h. began.
Have you, indeed" interrupted the
other. sympathetical!y. "At what sta
ton did you get on" The attendant
did not pursue the subject.-Youth's
Companion.
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A Distinction.

"What is the difference between
practical and theoretical farmer?
"A theoretical farmer" answered
Farmer Corntossel, "iS one that insists
on tryin' to make livin' off the farm,
an a practical one jes' faces the in
evitable an turns the place over to
summer boarders. .'-Washington Star.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1905-10-12
LiN Stock r
o DEPARTMENT OF

The Department OF has
in preparation farmers~ a. the
advance sheets of which indicate
number of instructive discussions.
In an article on Grain Rations For
Animals" the statement is made that
IL is better to use two or three kinds OF,
grain in making up ration than to
feed one exclusively, and the feeder
should always aim to prepare palatable
grain mixtures. Rations should also
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1905-10-12
Left In Doubt.

First Pennsylvania - "Well, that
tainted chorus girl couldn't make go
of it and they've disbanded her show"
Second Pennsylvanian-"At tribute to
our Pennsylvania good sense"
First Pennsylvanian-"I don't know
whether it is or not Maybe they hS-
ured that If it wouldn't so Ill Pennsyl-
vania it wouldn't go anywhere"
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1905-10-12
Didn't Cnre to Sit Down.

"Thank you, young gentleman" she
said TO the boy who permitted her to
take the seat in the trolley car that
had just been vacated, but. perhaps,
you had better take it. You lool,
weary"
y guess you'd look weary, too, lady.
If you'd been fiShin' an got ketched al
it By yer dad."-Philadelphia Ledger.