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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-08-18
Poultry Notes.

Protect your poultry from spring
rains.
Sour table scraps are not good for
poultry.
\ Whole corn Is good for laying hens
duing cold weather.
Hens do better if kept in separate
lots of twenty five each.
Give the laying hens fresh water
slightly warmed three times a day
during cold weather.
Large breeds should never be kept
in the same feck with small breeds.
Table scraps should be cooked and
given to the laying hens.
When hens acquire the feather
pulling habit they should be sent to
market at once.
Feed the laying hens at daybreak
ard sundown, and keep them wonk-
ing the entire time between.
Roosts for poultry should be placed
on.a level, Sc that there can be no
preferred positions.
Lice always attack poultry more
when they arc in an unthrifty condi-
tfon than when they are well fed and
properly carei for.
If hens are confined to the poultry
house on cold days, see to it that they
do not have to stand on the bare
floor. Use straw, cofnstalks, corn
hlsks or other dry material for a
floor covering. Hens with cold feet
will not lay very many eggs.
Although turkeys will eat snow
they should not be permitted to do
SO, but should be given plenty of
fresh, clean water.
When raising turkeys Tor market
medium sized ones will be found bet
ter than extra large ones.
i Save few of the old turkey hens,
as the two-yes!r-old is better breeder
than the you1lg hen.
Turkeys should not be housed with
chickens, as they require different
conditions.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-08-18

Ia fence into a nearby field and at
tocked team of horses. Cornering
the animals, the boar sprang at them
and dismembered them.
A number of men had gathered by
this time, and I. B. Smith, who own
ed the driving team, undertook to
drive the boar away. Leaving the
mangletl bodies of the horses. the
boar turned on Smith and ripped
open ore leg from ankle to thigh.
The log was shot as it stood over
Smith rrepareing to attack him again.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-08-18

Man With No Money and His Chances
A correspondent says that he would
like to farm as we advise, but is not
able to do so. He never will be able
so long as he follows the old planting
method and buys fertilizers on credit
and depends on these to help his poor
land make a crop and grow poorer in
the making of it. He is better able to
buy plain acid phosphate for the peas
and clover than to buy the poor Is
q fertilizer to make sale crop. He
is better able to grow peas and feed
them than to grow cotton or tobacco
merely with the aid of fertilizers.
And as, little by little, he adds to the
fertility OF the soil. he will be getting
better and better able to farm right.
He Is better able to grow peas
and clover with only acid phosphate
and little potash than to buy nitro
gen that the peas will give him in
abundance. If not able to farm in all
respects as he should with more
means, he can at least make begin
ming and grow into the eability to farm
as ne improves his land He will ce-
tainly never be any more able if he
follows the old hopeless plan.-Pro-
gressiye Farmer.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-08-18

Elet Grass Make Money For You.
cne of the essentials of successful
stock raising is good pasturage; and
Y one Of the greatest handicaps to sue
1 cessful stock raising in many sections
of the South is the lack of suitable
pastures.
A good pasture means, first of all,
plenty of grass; but there are other
things necessary to make a really
good pasture. 1t must have water
and shade as we'll as grass; and in
any section where cultivation has
succeeded range conditions it must
be enclosed.
Now of shade and water there Is
no scarcity In the South, and we have
the grass, too. if we would only real
ize it. But when it comes to fences
we are tremendously handicapped.
It is safe to say that there are
thousands of farmers in every South
ern State who would grow many
more and much better cattle and
horses, hogs and sheep, If they had
good pastures for them to run in.
Yet 1t is easy to find ali over the Cot
ton Belt fields grown up to Bermuda
One OF the finest pasture grasses
In the world-in which the owners
plant corn or cotton year after year
and spend all summer fighting the
grass only to have a poor and very
expensive crop at the seasons end.
I We heard not long since farmer
talking 1of how he was going to kill
out the Bermuda on poor hillside
preparatory to getting it ready to
SOW In grass. All, that he needs to
: do-and all that thousands of other
farmers need to dds to put good
fence about that field and some stock
on it and give 1t little attention for
a few years. keeping down briers and
bushes end giving it an occasional
narrowing, and he would have pas
ture which would pay him ten times
as much as he is now getting from
these acres.
good nermanent pasture should
be one of the established Institutions
on every farm and in the despised
and neglected Bermuda we have d
grass Of which Professor Spillman of
the U. S. Department of Agriculture
says that mo other grass bears pas
turing better or Yields more herbage
in the form Of pasture With our
winter growing grasses and Iegumes
sit would be easy for us to. supple
ment IT SOFAS 70 have pastures practi-
eaily the year round.
Yet we SO on fighting it to grow
sorry crops OF low priced cotton and
tobacco to- pay for the butter and
beef and lard and bacon this same
grass would make for us five would
let liz
nly smother one of the south's
neglected opop prtunities.-Pro Mas
sey
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-08-18
CARE OF THE SINK.

A solution of chloride Of zinc,
which can he obtained at the drug
gist's, and used in proportion of one
pint to four gallons OF water, forms
most eiicisns cleansing and puri-
.ying agent for the sink waste pipe,
promptly nelltralizing noxious effluvia
and arrestirg vegetable decomposi-
Ion Carbonic acid mixed with wat
sr in the proportion OF two table
spoonfuls of acid to cup of water
will prove a good disinfectant in case
of odors arising from sink waste pipe
Boston Pont. Il
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-08-18
Keeping Egg Record.

For keeping account Of eggs res
ceived hang calendar with white
background near the door of my
poultry house, so that on returning
from a visit to the hens the number
of eggs may be marked each day with
the pencil attached. In this manner
a daily, weekly and monthly account
is kept, and 1 know what the average
is per hen for any length OF time.
From this it is easy to calculate how
hens pay. 1t takes only few sec.
onds day for the record.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-08-18
MUNYON'S EMINENT DOCTORS at.
YOUR SERVICE FREE.
Not a Penny to Pay For tho Fullest
s.. Medical Examination.


If you are in doubt as to the cause
OF your disease mail US postal re-
bquesting a medical examinationblank,
which you will fill out and return to
Jus. Our doctors will carefully dag
nose your case, and il you can be
cured you will be told SO; If you can
not be cured you will be told so. You
are not obligated to us In any way, for
this advice is absolutely free; you are
at liberty to take our advice or not as
you see fit. Send to-day for medi-
cal examination blank, fill out and
return TO us as promptly as possible,
and our eminent doctors will diagnose
your case thoroughly absolutely free.
S Munyon's, SD and Jefferson Sts..
Philadelphia, Pa.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-08-18
Keep the Hogs Free From Lice.

In summer some do this by sup
plying q place where they can make
!; g wallow. do not believe in the
common hog Wallow. It will pay
better for any man who keeps from
fifteen to twenty-five hogs to provide
q dipping vat and use it regularly to
keep dis hogs free of lioe. The great
losses resulting from the ravages of
lice are not appreciated. A dip COM
posed Of any one of many cheap and
excellent coal tar disinfectants, in
the proportion Of one part of the dis
fnfectant to fifty parts of water, can
be made at trifirg cost. If this is
not done. the hogs should be thor
oughly sprinl1ed with the solution
every week or creased with mix
ture OF one part kerosene and three
parts OF any uon-jrritatfnpi oil snf
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-08-18
mi AGONY WITH ECZEMA
Whole Body Mass of Raw, Bleeding.
Tort4ring Humor - Hoped Death
Would End Fearful Suffering
ry r,,roI ry,fiD,1ro

-
Would End Fearful Suffering
In Despair: Cured By Cuticura.
SWoris cannot describe the terrible &c
sema I suffered with. It broke out on my
head ard kept spreading until it covered
my whole body. was almost solid mass
of sores from head to foot. / looked more
like piece of raw beef than human being.
The pain and agony endured seemed more
than / could bear. Blood and pus oozed
from the great sore on my scalp, from un-
der my finger nails, and nearly all over my
body. My ears were 80 crusted and swollen
I was afraid they would break off. Every
hair in my head fell out. I could not sit
down, for my clothes would stick to the
raw and bleeding flesh, making me cry out
from the pain My family doctor did all
he could, but got worse and worse. My
condition was awful. 1 did not think /
could live, and wanted death to come and
end my frightful sutferings.
I'm this condition my mother-in-law
begged me to try the Cuticura Remedies.
l said would, but had no hope of recov-
cry. But oh, what blessed relief / cxperi-
enced after applying Cuticura Ointment. 1t
cooled the bleeding and itching flesh and
brought me the first real sleep l had had in
weeks. 1t was as grateful as ice to burn
ing tongue. would bathe with warm
water and Cuticura Soap, then apply the
Ointment freely. 1 also took CuticuEa Re
solvent for the blood. In short time the
sores stopped running, the flesh began to
heal, and / knew was to get well again.
Then the hair on my head began to grow,
and in short time was completely cured.
I wish I could tell everybody who has &C.
gema to use Cuticura. Mrs. VIM. Hunt, 1856
Thomas ST., Newark, N. j., Sept. %, 1908. Z"
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp, Sole Props.
of Cuticura Remedies, Boston, Mass.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-08-18

a boar maddened by the heat, ran
wild on ~ est Middletown farm and
seriously wounded one man and kill
ed three valuable horses before be-
ing shot to death, says a dispatch
from ashington, Pa, to the Phila-
ie1phia North american.
TIE animal, which was owned by
*. Rush, broke out Of its pen and
attacked q pony in the barn yard.
Before the pony eonuld escape the
hog had gored it to death with its
tnsksa The boar then broke throagh
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-08-18
Gold Rose For a Queen.

Ills Holiness, the Pope, has Just
received from the papal jcweler a
beautiful rose of gold and specula-
tfon is rife as to the queen it is des-
tined fer. The papal rose of gold is
occasionally sent as a special pentc-
costal gift to a Catholic queen.
The European Catholic queens who
already possess the rose are Queen
Amelia of Portugal and Queen
Marie Christina of Spain. The Cath
olic queens who have not as yet re-
ceived the golden rose are Queen Vic
toria of Spain and Queen Helena OF
Italy.-Rome Dispatch to New York
American.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-08-18
BAD DREAMS
Caused by Coffee.

Il have been coffee drinker, more
or less, ever since 1 can remember,
until a few months ago I became
more and more nervous and irritable,
and finally I could not sleep at night,
for / was horribly disturbed by
dreams of all sorts and species Of
distressing nightmare.
@Finaily, after hearing the exper-
ience of numbers of friends who had
quit coffee and were drinking Pos
tum, and learning Of the great ben
efits they had derived, concluded
coffee must be the cause of my trou-
BILE, so I got some Postum and had it
made strictly according to directions.
II was astonished at the favour
and taste. 1t entirely took the place
of coffee, and to my very great salts
faction I began to sleep peacefully
and sweetly. My nerves improved,
and wish 1 could wean every man,
woman and child from the unwhole-
some drug-ordinary coffee.
people really do not appreciate or
realize what powerful drug it is and
what terrible effect it has on the hu-
man system. If they did, hardly a
pound of it would be sold. would
never think of going back to coffee
again. I would almost as soon think
of putting my hand in fire after I
had once been burned.
"a young lady friend of ours had
stomach trouble for a long timS and
could not get we'll as long as she
used coffee. She finally quit coffee
and began the use of Postum, and is
now perfectly well. Yours for
health"
Read @The Road to Wellville," In
pkgs. There's Reason"
Ever read the above letter? A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and full Of human
interest.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-08-18
LETTER BLOWN SEVENTY-FIVE, MILES in TORNADO

Flora, now dead, in 1889, while she
was attending school at Edgewood,
in Dickson county. 1t was found by
Edgar j.. Davis in his cornfeld, eight
miles west of Lebanon, Tenn, and in
closed to Mr. Harvill with a note in
quiring about the storm. As the
tornado travelled northeast, it is sup
posed that it passed through section
CT Wilson county, but with much Of
its force spent-From the Nashville
Tennessean.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-08-18
A Trio of African Geese.

African geese are popular with
many who keep geese for the market.
They are large enough and are good
LAYERS. They are hardy and will
thrive where other breeds will die.
II. a way they resemble the Toulouse
goose, their distinguishing feature
being a kind of horn just over the
upper part of the beak. They are, as
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-08-18

A letter which was blown at least
seyenty y-fvs miles has been returned
to its owner, William Harvill, in Tot
tJ's Bend; Mn Harvill's house, in
which he lived alone, was blown away
the night of the tornado, and every
thing he had was swept away. Among
the ahngs he treasured were many
papers and letters. The letter return
ed was written by his daughter, Miss
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-08-18

For the evening meal, a good feed
of whole grain; more corn in winter
than in summer. The corn may lie
given them on the cob, as they are
less apt to eat more than they really
need II fed thus.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-08-18
Skim.,dilk For PIuraagc.

Nothing will give better gloss to
the plumage Of exhibition birds than
sweet skim-Inilk. When milk is plen-
tiful it should be used to mix the
mash instead Of water.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-08-18
Repairing Buggy Wheels.

J, Make a box eight or ten inches
square at the bottom and six inches
square at the top, " to 8 feet tall,
as shown in Fig. 1. Have your
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-08-18
Variety in Feeds.

The farmers must learn to grow
variety Of feeds. We feed too much
corn, especially 10 young stock.
Economy in the use of farm feeds
must be studied.-S. M. Gown.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-08-18

The wheel that turns gathers nc
ruct.-Modern Greek.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-08-18

A Massachusetts, woman left $10,-
600 to her doy and $1,000 to her hus-
band. This illustrates one of the
danoers of keeninu docs in the home
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-08-18

the Prairie Farmer, place the box
over it, catch the eyebolt into the
hook, place the wheel on top Of the
box with board washer and tight
en- the nut on the eyebolt to hold the
wheel while at work, as in Fig. q.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-08-18

Promising is not giving but seems
to content fools.--Portuguese.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-08-18
..EVERY MAN HIS OWN sDoGToR.'

PAEEs. PRoEJsELY ILLUsrK n ATED.
This R9o e ths ssa
only possible
RPT aGal Families ssr n HapaDs re
Enlarged Mi this toon r hoEe S
5 sn roEeaoRR EeoR FGs2ssRs W f
CHICKS " Iss! In Tan Wn nus ss OF ea s cssisa ss
inteny
oet the best We
made in
Disease and Market which Fowls Save for Breed
SUCCESS SENT POSTPAID CENTS IN STAMPS
BOOK HOUSE. leonard N. city,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-08-18
a rule, more sprightly than the Tou-
lcuse. and are considered better lay

All gray cplored geese are consid-
cred favoritea for the table. and this,
il. a measure, is why the African geese
ace preferred to the white or dark
cOlored breeds. They are being bred
more generally each season, which in
itself proves that they have merit.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-08-18

The people of the United States ere
tbe greatest users Of the t:..issssea, .
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-08-18

Applied Ia the South.
Votes of Interest to Planter,
r.ssss Grower and Stockrnan

fciently often. to keep the lice OF
them.
Good shelter is needed in this ell
mate as well as any other. Not to
protect the hogs from cold, for the
hog is not an animal that suffers
much from cold, but to protect them
from rain and wind and to furnish
comfortable sleeping quarters.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1909-03-04
Notice of Publication

Notice is hereby given that at 2p. M, on the
9th day OF March, 9U9,at Boise, county Of Ada,
state OF Idaho, before state engineer, proof will
BE- submitted of the completion OF works for the
diversion OF cubic feet per second OF the wat
ers OF Long or Big Gulch in accordance with
the terms and conditions OF certain permit
heretofore issued by the state engineer OF the
state OF idaho.
/. The name Of the person holding said per-
init is Andrew Little
2. The postofhce address OF sucn person is
Emmett county OF Canyon, state of Idaho.
8 The number OF such permit Is 1882, and
date set for the completion Of such work il
March %, 1909
4 Said water to be used for irrigation aud
domestic purposes
s. Said works OF diversion will be fully COM
pleted on the date set for such completion, and
the amount of water which said works are cap
able of conducting to the place of intended use,
In accordance with the plans accompanying the
application for such permit, is l.6 cubic feet
per second.
g. The amount OF lands for which said water
is available is 50 acres, particularly described
Is follows: sw54 sel4 sec. IL, and sea nel1 sec.
3, tip. 5n., r. l Q. B.. NJ,
James Stephenson. Jr.
State Engineer.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1909-03-04
A ROYAL FUNERAL.
Strange Ceremonies That Mark the

Strange Ceremonies That Mark the
Burial Of a Spanish King.
Strange and almost weird is the GER
emonial which accompanies the burial
of Spanish kings. The pantheon, or
royal tomb, is at the palace of the
Escurial, situated 5000 feet above the
level of the sea ard some distance
from the capital Only kings, queens
and mothers Of kings are buried there,
the collins Of the kings lying on one
side, those Of the queens ON the other.
After lying in state for several days
in the throne room In Madrid an enor-
nous procession Is formed, accompany
ing the body to the Escurial. A halt
is made on the way aud the corpse
rests there for one night.
In the morning the lord high cham
berlain stands at the side of the coffin
and says In loud tones, rs your majes-
ty pleased to proceed on your jour
ney?' After a short silence the pro
cession moves on and winds up to the
grand portal Of the palace. These
doors are never opened except to adj
NIT a royal parsonage, dead or alive.
When the casket containing the re-
mains is ut last placed in the vault
the chamberlain unlocks it and. kneeI-
ing down, calls with loud voice:
"Senor! Senior! Senior"
After a solemn pause he cries again:
"EIis majesty does not reply! Then it
is true, the king is dead!'
Re then locks the coffin, gives the
key to the prior and, taking his staff
of Office, breaks It in pieces and filings
them at the caslet The booming of
the guns and the tolling of bells an
nounce to the nation that the king has
gone to his final resting place.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1909-03-04
Contest Notice.
Department of the Interior.
United States Land Office,
Boise, Idaho, Feb. 8, 1909. (


A sufficient contest affidavit hav-
ing been filed in this Office by Nellie
Preble, Emmett, Idaho, contestant
against homestead entry, No. 1868.
serial No. 02437, made October Is,
1904, for sw4 set, Sd sw4, sec. 5, set
set sec. 6, tip. 5 n, r. 2 W. B. M, by
James w. Greene, Emmett, Idaho,
contestee, in which it is alleged that
"said James w. Greene has wholly
abandoned said tract; that he has
changed his residence therefrom for
more than six months since making
said entry; and that said tract is not
settled upon and cultivated by said
party as required by law; that said
alleged absence from said land was
not due to his employment in the
army, navy or marine corps of the
United States as private soldier or
officer, seaman; or marine, during
the war with Spain or during any
other war in which the United States
may be engaged, said parties are
hereby notified to appear, respond,
and offer evidence touching said allie
cations at 10 O'Clock a. m. on March
20 1909, before Willard F. Sinclair,
U. S. Commissioner, Emmett, Idaho,
and that final hearing will be had at
2 o'clock p. m. on March 81, 1909,
before the Register and Receiver at
United States Land Office in Boise.
Idaho,
The said contestant having, in
proper affidavit, filed February 2,
1909, set forth facts which show that
after due diligence personal service
of this notice cannot be made, it is
hereby ordered and directed that
such r.otice be given by due and
proper publication.
VIM. Balderston, Register.
Fred V. Tinker, Receiver.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1909-03-04
Watch SPRINGS.

The watch carried by the average
man is composed of ninety eight pieces,
and its manufacture embraces more
than 1900 distinct aud separate opera
tons.
Hairspring wire weighs One-twenti-
eth of grain to the inch. One mile of
wire weighs less than half a pound,
The balance gives five vibrations ev-
cry second, 200 every minute, $4,000
every hour. 49,, eco every day and 49,
GS0,000 every year.
The value of springs when finished
and placed in watches is enormous in
proportion to the material from which
they are made \ ton of steel made up
into hairsprlngs when in watches is
worth more than twelve and one-half
times the value of the same weight in
pure gold.