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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-11-24
Georgia ard Conuvu..,u.,

Georgia ard Conueuri.u., -
Rural New Yorker when to pick
peaches for distant shipping. He
says: Neither by size nor feeling
can you tell anything about it, but
just lift up the branches and look at
the under or shady side of the peach.
In white-feshed sorts like the Car
man and Belle Of Georgia when tho
shady side nearest to the stem end
begins to take on a whitish or cream
color in place of the green color, then
the '%critter' is ready, and you 4
pull it; you want to get them good
and solid and firm, In the yellow
varieties, the green hue will begin to
turn to a le~mon-yellow, and it is
ready to be picked, Above all things,
do not have anybody feeling your
fruit; that will make @ brown or
bruised spot a little later on. Use
your eyes when taking them from the
trees, and after they get in the
baskets you are all right. Be sure
they are not soft enough for good eat
ing when they come of the trees, OF
you will be up against a loss
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-11-24

Yeas Wttl
crops is increasing. particularly in
the older States, where the soil has
been worked tie longest. There has
been, lie states. an increase of two
bushels in the average yield Of wheat
per acre il the last forty years, al
though the Weld of cornhas decreased
one-half 4 bushel.
THE sells CT Nev England have
materially increased in Yields of corr
and wheat during forty years" says
the professor, but, what is more
startling, they are producing consid-
erably heavier Yields than the soils of
the Mississippi River States"
He adds that an examination of the
records shows that the leading Euro
pean nations ere not c1jy producing
greater. crops now than at an earlier
period, but the crops are larger than
those produced by the comparatively
new soils Of the United States.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-11-24
Blaine's Old Mansion.

Washington Is wondering whether
the Westinghouse mansion at Dupont
circle will next winter be thrown open
and so dispense again its lavish hos
pitality. 1t is a substantial looking
brick house, and in the days when 1T
was built for Mr.. Blaine it was re-
garded as one of the palaces of the
city and pictures of it were used
against Blaine in his canvass for the
Presidency, and the question was
asked where did he get the where
withal to build it. He actually had
to establish his residence elsewhere.
The Westinghouse family finally came
into possession of it and vas lavish
with social functions, but Mrs. West
inghouse has lately been fender Of
London and Partisan residence, and,
further, the Westinghouse residence
has been quite outclassed by houses
or rather palaces erected since.
Young Westinghouse has lately
married an English girl ard it is
hoped that he will establish Il winter
residence in this city, or at least that
Mrs. Westinghouse will care to live
once more in America nov that her
son will establish himself in an Amer
lean home.-Boston Advertiser.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-11-24
CoRNEs

The dogwoods are, with but one
exceptiohs Eee and tall shrubs, and
this exception is a low growing and
extremely pretty plant every hardy
plantsman admires. The Canadians
call it bunch berry, and it has two
distinct values in the garden, n as a
spring Towering plant, another as a
berried plant in autumn. In early
spring one gets a good display of ex-
quisitely formed white flowers that
are modelled on the line of anemone,
and they are borne on PROSTATE
woody stems a few inches. In au-
tumn the leaves color a good yellow,
and the berries a good red, and there
is more beauty in its autumn garb
than one considers possible in so low
ly a plant. 1t wants using to good
advantage, however, and one must
group it in some notwithstanding
a torrent" in the cooler positions of
the garden. In such. form it is ado
Observation-Disclosures News.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-11-24
wEAN THE PIGS.

1t is not a good plar to take all the
pigs from the SOW unless n or two
CT them can be turned with her some
hours after, TO draw the milk she will
have at that time, and again, say af-
ter a lapse of twenty-four hours. The
preferred way is to leave two of the
smallest with he~rforseveral days, and
after that leave only one for two or
three days, by which tine the flow
of milk will have been so gradually
diminished that no injury will result
to the SOW by keeping them entirely
away from her. This extra supply of
milk helps also to push the smaller
pigs along in growth and put then
more nearly on an equality in size
with their thriftier mates.-From Co.
burns Swine in America"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-11-24

lI0Af-fS
Federal law regulating the manufac-
! ture and sale of adulterated butter
/ have Eeen calling on H. E. Barnard,
State food and drug commissioner, in
considerable numbers recently for in
{; formation as to how to avoid trouble
at the hands of the Federal inspect
ors. The answer invariably is, "AIake
good butter"
Under the Federal law any butter
which contains sixteen per cent. or
more of water is adulterated butter.
A license tax Of $500 is required for
its manufacture; license for dealing
in the material at wholesale costs
$3.50, while a retailers license costs
S4S, In addition a tax of ten cents a
pound is imposed on all such adulter-
ated butter manufactured.
ut is easy for the farmer and the
small butter maker to make butte?
which will ;tapd the Government
test" said Mr.. Barnard. "Tht chief
point Is to remove all the buttermilk
contained in the butter when the
churning Is complete. This can be
done by washing the product repeat
eddy through clear, cool or cold water
until no traces of the buttermilk re-
main. Then the butter should be
worked. either by O. machine worker
Or by the old fashioned paddle such
as our grandmothers used to use. By
washing and working any batch OF
butter which q farmers wife may
make may be made as solid and firm
as creamery butter, and will easily
meet all the requirements Of the Fed
eral food law.
"Many farmers wives who have
prlded themselves fol years on max
Ing good butter really make only a
fair grade of axle grease. Their but
ter contains SO much water that 1t
would not pass Federal inspection,
and under strict Interpretation of the
law, the maker would be subject to
fine II an attempt we're made to sell it
as pure butter. Much of the butter
that comes from the farms to the In
dianapolis and other markets is
washed through perhaps only one
waite, nodded into patties and rushed
to market.
under the most favorable condi-
tons it will not remain sweet more
than a few days, because of the but
teTmilk it contains. This butter COM
mands only comparatively low price,
whereas its value can be greatly en-
HANGED if properly treated. At the
same time the danger OF the makers
being called to account by the Fed
eral inspectors will be removed.
Moreover. many farmers wives
makes the mistake of churning their
cream before it is ripe enough. The
cream should be permitted to stand
until fully ripened before the butter
making process is started. Indian.
aDolis News. /.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-11-24
About Buttcr-NIalsinS

A lady who seems to know q good
deal about practical dairy matters
contributes the following items to the
Farm Journal:
Sprinkle the salt in the butter and
let it stand one-Ealf hour and then
work.
You will find all the salt dissolved
and the butter will be moist and have
plenty of grain.
Many people work butter too much.
1t should be pressed together. Never
use a rubbing motion.
Ifworked as soon as sailed the but
ter will be dry, as all the water will
be worked OUT, will consequently
weigh less and tie favor will not be
so fine.
If butter is to be used at once one
washing is Sufficient; il Il is TO be
kept q long tine wasA two Of three
times.
Never ca1ra until the last added
cream has been Clixel twenty-four
hours il wi8ter.
Churn IN Il room as near sixty &C.
gree: rs pass;5!e. Never il 4 very
bet Or q Very cc;l 90 Ne"er fill
the churH more than half full.
Never attempt to causa without
usirS q Thermometer.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-11-24

using a disk. Of course, there ma!
be some instances where light horsei
will have the advantage, as, for in
stance, when drawing a harrow. or
weeder. But the number of instances
when the light horses of the farm
will do work as we'll as heavy horses
are comparatively few. Very much
will depend upon the kind of land
and upon the nature of the farming
that is being carried on, but on nearly
all kinds of soils good strong horses
will be found preferable to those of
light weights, On clay farms it Is
simply indispensable to keep horses
able to do work that calls for much
strength to do 1t properly. This ques-
ton is sufficiently important to en-
gage the attention Of those who ap-
parently have not thought Of it, or
having thought of it have not been
duly Influenced by its great impor'
tance.-Weekly Witness.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-11-24
Hog Feeding Test.

One of the State experiment sta
tons has made a careful test in feed
ing hogs certain foods, and gives the
results in the following summary:
/. That it required eighteen per
cent. more barley by weight than corn
to produce the same gain in feeding
pigs when both grains were fed in the
proportion of four parts Of grain to
one of shorts by weight.
2. That it is profitable to feed bar
ley to hogs if pork is selling at an
average price.
5. That the of the pigs
fed barley and shorts showed a great
er distribution of lean and firmer flesh
than the c~arcasses of pigs fed corn
and shorts.
4. That pgis fed on corn and
shorts will dress a higher per cent.
than pigs fed on barley and shorts.
s. That cross bred Yorkshire
Berksh;~cs made more grain than the
other cross breds or pure breds used
in this trial.
Another test at feeding other foods
is given as follows:
j. We can conclude from the re-
suits cf this trial that ground reject
ed wheat is capable Of producing good
gains when fed to swine in connection
with shorts.
9. In comparison with corn it re-
quires SO per cent. more rejected
wheat than corn to produce the same
gains.
3. The quality of pork produced is
even better than that produced by
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.gineers.


The demand for practical business
sense in both the system of supervis-
ion and the work of construction OF
road building grows apace.
From the New Orleans Item, OF re-
cent date, is this excerpt: so long
as we continue to dissipate our money
and time on roads and levees and
similar public works, through many
channels, and thus divide the re-
sponsibility for 1t, and encourage its
dispersion into utterly unfit and in
competent hands on a vicious scheme
of political preference, we shall mere
ly continue to pour out our money,
like water into the great river,
through so many pipes"
And from the Portland, Ore, Ore
CONAN, this paragraph is taken, il
Illustrating a similar demand for re-
form in the road building system OF
that State: THE principal element
in a good road is brains. Sir Joshua
Reynolds used them to mix his paint
with. The lack of them is the chief
fault in our highways. Consider the
myriads of idiots who have been tink-
ering at American roads for 500
years and then wonder, ii You can,
that the work has been foolish and
the money wasted"
Why is it thai the idea that any
one who could lift one end OF a dump
board could build q road came to be
so generally accepted in the past, any
more than that anyone who could
throw q ,plank across a stream could
build a bridge, or that anyone who
could carry a hod could build a house.
is difficult TO conceive. 1t is an idea
that has cost the people of this coun-
try an immense amount of money.
Road building is a branch of en-
cheering as much as land surveying
or railroad construction, Or bridge
building, or mining, or any of the 9TH
er specialties of the profession. 1t
requires training and field experience
in the engineer and an organization
with a responsible heal and efficient
subordinates for the department
work.
How little the necessity for special
education for road work is under
stood even at the present is illustra-
ted in the recent remark Of an engi-
neer, who has s,ood for yeas il the
front rank of highway builders, to
IT, effect that che of his most trying
experiences has been TO secure field
assistants who could. comprehend a
cross section. 1t is believed that this
is a condition co nmon in all the
States where improved roads are be-
ing constructed on an extended scale,
1t is not just, however, to class all
these men as "iiio.s," for they are
intelligent enough i'll other direc'
tons; they have undertaken work for
A"" have not been trained and
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-11-24
HOG FEEDING TEST.

One of the State experiment sta
tons has made a careful test in feed
ing hogs certain foods, and gives the
results in the following summary:
/. That it required eighteen per
cent. more barley by weight than corn
to produce the same gain in feeding
pigs when both grains were fed in the
proportion of four parts Of grain to
one oe shorts by weight.
q. That 1t is profitable to feed
barley to hogs If pork is selling at an
average price.
9. That the carcasses o. the pigs
fed barley and shorts showed a great
err distribution of lean and firmer
flesh than the of pigs fed
corn and shorts.
4. That pigs fed on corn and
shorts will dress a higher per cent.
than pigs fed on barley and shorts.
5. That cross-bred Yorkshire
Berkshires made more gain than the
other cr%oss-breds or pure-breds. used
in this trial.
Another test at feeding other foods
Is given as follows:
/. We can conclude from the re-
suits of this trial that ground rejected
wheat Is capable of producing good
gains when fed to swine in connection
with shorts.
2. In comparison with corr it re-
quires SO per cent. more rejected
wheat than corn to produce the same
gains.
8. The quality of pork produced
is even better than that produced by
corn.
4. If pork is selling for 4 reason
able price, a fairly good price may be
expected from feeding the rejected
wheat to swiue.-Weekly Witness.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-11-24
= 4 DOGS KNOW,

Dogs have the brains, but whether
they give proof Of 1t depends entirely
upon our treatment of them. we mao
a collie given to us when a puppy
that learned to do many things; one
was to go up stairs every afternoon
and bring down a shawl that vas
done up in a strap and laid on a GER
tain chair. When he grew to a Dig
dog our lawn was too small for him
to get the necessary exercise, so we
gave him back to his former owner.
After being away for three months,
he was brought back to see us. l
felt curious to know whether ne
would remember some of the things
that had been taught him, and con-
Guided to test him with the shawl.
I had 1t placed in the same chair ana
room where he had been in tie habit
of getting 1t. After he had been IN
the house a few minutes ! said, Rob
in, you go up stairs and get my
shawl" He looked at me, but DID
move Then 1 repeated what 1 had
said. He darted off up stairs and
came running down with it in his
mouth and handed it to RE. We all
felt like applauding him.
Another proof that animals think
was given by q little skye terrier who
did everything but talk. There was
a fence around the lawn and he was
never allowed to go out alone, but IN
the spring when the ground was soft
he would dig a hole under the fence
ant go on a little outing. One day
he was discovered digging. l knocked
ON the window and said: "No, Tat
ters." He looked up at me, then de-
liberately went around back OF the
house and began 10 make another
hole. In front of his home was an
omen field and across that was q
house where this same little dog had
a fancy for calling, and where ne
knew we objected to his going. He
was scolded for disobeying, and tnal-
" given a gentle chastisement. we
hattered ourselves he was conquered
at last, but his fertile brain was equai
TO the occasion. Missing him one
dav. we saw him going up the street.
Then he went around the block TIL
he got to the house, where he stayed
for half an hour, then came Dack
home the same way, instead of taking
a short cut across the field as he had
been in the habit of doing, and wiiore
he knew we would be sure to sea
him,-H. ", in Our Dumb Animals.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-11-24

AS the demand Ior i;Snray ouSt-
neers increases the same question Of
fitness will intrude itself that is being
agitated in Other branches CT the pro-
fsssion-that Of eliminating the
quacks through a system CT State Ii
censes. AS doctors and lawyers are
required by statute to satisfy the
State of their fitness to practice, 1t is
being demanded that civil engineers
be similarly required TO attain a more
uniform standard of efficiency than is
indicated by q mere degree from
ONE of the technical schools. This
eligibility test should be extended to
highway engineers,
Road building is public work
there Is bit one employer in The BUSH
ness. a maj in seeking a position In
this line has no choice, except as to
locality, as to whether he Will work
for this man or that and nc oppor-
tunity to change from n business
concern to another, such as prevails
IN other occupations. The people
have a monopoly of the highway i'm
provement business. To induce,
therefore, intelligent and efficient men
to enter this service it is essential
not only to make the pay liberal but
to offer a reasonable guarantee that
the position shall be permanent. Tho
best talent cannot be secured for road
engineering , long'a= a man Is likely
To lose his position as the result of
the next election.-Good Reads Mag
aZina.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-11-24
LAYING OUT THE LILAC.

One of the first shrubs to blossom
in the spring will be the lilac, which is
deservedly among the most popular
Of plants. It may we'll be called a
queen Of Shrubs" and is a favorite
because OF its remarkable hardihood,
the snowy clusters of its abundant
and fragrant blossoms and Its pa
thence under cultural abuse.
The common lilac (syringia vul.
garis) is the most common in the
gardens and from it have sprung q
large number of snowy forms which
are grown in parks by more expert
gardeners. While the lilac grows in
almost any soil, to obtain the best re-
suits it should be planted in rich,
we'll drained soil, somewhat heavy
with a little clay in it if possible.
The Amoor lilac is n of the more
snowy varieties which should have
more general favor. 1t is 4 tall, slen-
der shrubs, ten 10 twelve feet in
height, which unfo'ds it's leaves very
early in the spring and produces large
clusters OF yellowish white flowers
very early in June. 1t retains its
deep green foliage we'll through the
season.
The Persian lilac is the lowest
growing variety, which is we'll known
in this country. 1t grows from four
10 seven feet in height, and has very
slender branches, which form :. grace
full outline. The flowers are pale pur-
pie, and there is also a white flower
ing ~form.-Washington Star.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-11-24
Heavier Farm Horse.

We are more than ever convinced
that many farm horses are entirely
too light for the work required OF
them. On nearly every farm we see
horses of different sizes, and while all
may be good for certain uses, fer
heavy work and much Of the work on
a farm properly titled, is heavy. the
stronger horses not only do the work
easier than the others, but they do it
more effectively. For instance, sup
pose a farmer wants to use his spring
tooth harrow. When horses are
strong enough to do this work prop
erly the teeth can be put down much
deeper, and consequently they do the
work Just that much more effectively.
Tha same is true with relerenes t.
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CORNSTALK FIBRE.

When the green stalks are givel
10 hogs care should be used to pre-
vent cattle from having access to tn,
woody fibre which the swine will leaV!
after chewing the stalks. Pigs rellsi
the stalk for the sweetness in it, bu
leave enough saccharine matter II
the fibre to make it attractive to cat
tie, especially the younger stock
This fibre is indigestible, and thu
cattle, if allowed to pick it up, will
frequently eat a sufficient Quantit!
to cause impaction and harmful /
not fatal results. 1t is not safe tt
let cattle into yards where swine are
given green cornstalks.-Swine il
America.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-11-24
RASPBERRY -ANTHRAcNosE.

What is the trouble with my rasp-
berry vines? The leaves die and
drop off as though they had been cut.
Last year the vines did not die until
berries were half grown; then they
commenced to turn yellow at or near
the end of the canes. Only the pre-
ceding years growth is affected each
year. Is there a remedy for this
pest? If so, what is ito. R. B.
Answer-It was impossible to de-
termine from the small twig you sent
what the trouble is with your rasp-
berry canes, but a%nthracnose is most
likely the disease that affects them,
Cut off the diseased limbs and burn
them. and spray with Bordeaux mix
tnre ~earlY-next spring. This disease
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-11-24

while the sun has sllii d.. Che LOO
Of summer, Choose a day that has
clouds in it, too, for you will feel
their movement even when you do
not look up. Then take your pail
and set out. Do not be in a hurry,
and do not promise to be back at any
definite time. And, finall?, either go
alone or with just the right COM
panion. I do not know any circum-
stances wherein the choice of a COM
panion needs more care than in berry,
ing. 1t may make Or mar the whole
adventure Atlantic,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-11-24
CHEAP WATERING VESSEL.

The cheapest and most satisfactory
watering vessel l have been able tc
find, writes Mrs. ]. G. Deaton, is as
follows: For a pen Of a dozen fowls.
take a half gallon bucket or coffee
can; make hole with nail n inch
from top and invert this, filled with
water, in an earthenware dish
saucer for one gallon flower pots are
good for this.
This fountain supplies the water
in the dish just as needed. 1t should
be placed on a box or frame ten
inches high, or in back part of pen
to keep the litter out of it.
Always empty water vessels at
night and keep them scs:ded once Z
week.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-11-24
NICK.

T am going to tell you about my
rat Nick. He is all black, with the
execution of one little white spot on
his neck.
There are a number of trees near
our house. and consequently many
sparrows. Last Saturday while moth
er and I were on the veranda Nick
zane up the steps and began to rub
against me. 1 took no notice OF him
until mother exclaimed: "Why, Nick
has a bird in his mouth" took the
bird away and whipped him severely.
The bird was still living, so mother
wrapped him up nice and warm. He
was a little bird, so I think probably
he was learning to fly when Nick
caught him.
In the afternoon the bird was hop
ping around as lively as ever. After
he had eaten some bread and milk
began to think he had been more
frightened than hurt. That night my
brother MADE Dick (for that was
what 1 had named him) a bed IN a
basket. He hoped i'll and nestled
down.
The next morning, when l went to
see how my little bird was, found
him dead. 1 think probably ne had
been hurt more seriously than
thousht.-Janet n. Murray, in the
New York Tribune.