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Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1915-04-01
TRIMMER FOR HORSES FEET
Tool, Resembling Pair Of Pliers, IN
vented by Idaho Man, Neatly Re-
moves Superfiuous Growth.

For the neat and expeditions trim.
ming of a horses hoof, an Idaho man
recommends tool that he has pat.
ented. It resembles a pair of pliers
with an extra joint. A pair of cutting
jaws are pivoted together and to each
of the jaws an arcuate rack is pivoted.
These racks, which constitute the In
ner ends of the handles and have stop
shoulders beyond them, mesh with
each other on their inner faces. The
rack members are held together by
yoke that has rollers on both sides,
SO that it moves readily back and
forth. This allows complete freedom
of movement of the various parts OF
the tool, yet keeps the intermeshed
teeth of the racks from slipping out OF
place and making the implement use
less. The cutting jaws are operated
over the top of the hoof.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1915-04-01
SOUND ADVICE FROM MAINE
Pertinent Remarks From Experiment
Station on Poultry House n.y.
aiene and Sanitation. Il

The Maine experiment station, in o
very excellent bulletin on Poultry
Diseases and Their Treatment" !"
makes some very pertinent remarks
about poultry house hygiene and sani-
tation. in which the spraying machine
finds use.
The thing of paramount importance
in the hygienic housing of poultry Is
cleanliness. By this is meant not
merely plain, ordinary cleaning up, IN
the housewife sense, but also bac'
THEOLOGICAL cleaning up; that Is, dis
infection.
All buildings and structures OF what
ever kind in which poultry are housed
during any part Of their lives Should
be subjected to a most thorough and
searching cleaning and disinfection at
least once a year. This cleaning up
should naturally come for each differ'
ent structure at time which just pre-
cedes the putting Of new stock into
this structure.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1915-04-01
LURE OF POULTRY INDUSTRY
Care Of Birds Is Inherent and Attrae.
tive to Wealthy People AZ Well
az the Poorest.

There Is something in the care Of
birds, from a canary to goose-or 1t
may be even an ostrich-that attracts
people. Why, we cannot tell. It is
simply inherent and is attractive to
all kinds Of people, and this Is why
poultry raising is taken up by the rich
man as an agreeable way to invest
money and some of his time, and the
business and professional men as an
exhilarating change from their respec.
tive duties, and after time source
Of profit. The poultry industry is a
great proposition today. Some writer
declares that our emblem should be
the Industrious Hen," not the "War.
like Eagle" But, after all, be the
poultry keeper a wealthy man OF
leisure or a washerwoman with q
back yard scarcely large enough to
hold her washtub and her poultry, the
keeping Of poultry resolves itself at
last into tho ordinary everyday bust.
ness of keeping Alright, buying and
selling, II there be any progress con-
nected with it-and there should be.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1915-04-01
HARROW FOR WINTER GRAIN
Not Advisable When Work Cannot
Be Done at Right Time-Reason'
able to Expect Dry Period.

Narrowing wheat is advisable II the
work can be done at the right time,
and if there Is a crust on the surface
of the soil, and the soil is dry. 1t Is
not advisable to harrow wheat when
it is wet, or if the work cannot be
done at the right time. The best way
to do the work is to use a peg
toothed harrow and run lengthwise
of the drilled rows of the wheat. The
work is best done when the wheat
first begins to grow in the spring or
before it IL much more than six
inches high.
II the grain is too thick, harrow
ing will frequently give a good in
crease in yield, particularly in dry
seasons. In favorable seasons when
there is plenty of rainfall, harrow
ing will have little effect. 1t is safest
to take this precaution. for no one
can tell what the weather conditions
will be, and it is reasonable to sup
pose that there will be dry period
before the crop is matNred.-Depart-
ment of Agronomy, Oklahoma A. and
NJ College, saltwater.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1915-04-01
LOW TEMPERATURE IS BEST
shurn Should Not Contain More Than
Two-ThIrds Of Its Capacity to
Insure Good Butter.

When ready to churn care should be
taken not to put too much cream IN
the churn. The churn should not con-
tain more than two-thirds of it's capac-
ity. Much weak and short-bodied but
ter is caused by overlooking the churn
and churning at the wrong tempera-
ture. Salvy, mottled and streaked
butter is often due to an uneven tenn
perature Of the wash water used dur
ing, the working process. A good bod
led butter is usually inspired by a low
temperature, but a high temperature Is
almost sure to cause q weak bodied
product.
Z Sometimes butter Is difficult to
gather" especially when combined
churn Is being used. The grain of the
butter seems to be worn out by the
mass OF partly gathered butter pound
ing and pouring over the inside por-
lions of the churn and by the worker.
and when the butter Is finally worked
1t is brittle and weak bodied.
Do not have the temperature OF the
wash vary very much from that OF the
butter, but IL the butter comes at so
high q temperature as to make 1t soft,
the wash water must be cold enough
to harden the butter. so that 1t will
bear working without overworking or
destroying the grain Of the butter and
giving 1t a salvy appearance.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1915-04-01
Hn1 EnR GROWING CHICKS KEEP RQlL IRY HOUSE CLEAN
Thorough overhaulins Needed TO De
stroy Lice and Observation-Disclosures
Ing 10 Recommended. q

TO get rid Of lice and mites and stay
rid Of them the poultry houses must
be kept clean. Take out the roosts.
nest boxes, dropping boards and other
fixtures and give the houses q thor
oughly good whitewashing. Get 1t into
the cracks, for that's where the mites
stay, when they are not on the hens.
Paint the roosts, nest boxes and other
fixtures with kerosene before putting
them back. II crude carbolic acid Is
added to the whitewash and kerosene
1t will be so much worse for the YER
min. Use it at the rate Of about pint
to five gallons of whitewash, and about
the same amount to a gallon Of kero-
sene. II the house has a wood floor
scatter air.slaked lime over 1t and
sweep 1t we'll into the cracks. Don't
use fresh lime, because the hens may
pick some of 1t up and 1t might kill
them. ~
J This thorough overhauling Of the
hen houses should be repeated at in
tervals of a month or so until the yer.
min are destroyed. And it should be
done three or four times year any
how, because lice and mites will get
into a hen house II 1t Is neglected.
Swallows going in and out Of the
houses provide one source of infec-
tion."
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1915-04-01
FIELD PEAS AND C0WPEAS
Latter Crop Required Hot Climate and
Conditions Of South for Proper
Development.

(By ALVIN KEYSER, Colorado Expert
ment Station)
A great deal Of inquiry comes to
the agricultural college in regard to
cowpeas. 1t may be we'll to call at
tention to the fact that there is a diff.
ference between cowpeas and field
peas. Cowpeas are really beans.
Cowpeas is a crop which is grown in
the South. 1t requires hot climate.
and hot conditions for its development.
1t will not thrive at all in cool wealth.
er and the least frost absolutely kills
1t.
Field peas on the other hand are
true peas and will stand very great
deal of cold. They are not injured by
slight frosts. They grow better in
cool climates where the days are rel
at!vely cool and the nights quite cool.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1915-04-01

"A, bird in the hand" is an ancient
phrase-but it makes lot Of differ
ence how the bird is handled. Espe-
cially Is this true with the poultryman
who breeds any of the heavier strains
Of hens, ducks and geese. 1t is Just
as easy to carry fowl properly. and
much safer and wiser besides. Here
are few suggestions by J. g. Halpin,
secretary of the Wisconsin Poultry as
sociation:
Garry duck by the neck as indi.
Gated in the picture. Don't grab 1t by
the wing or the feet. Ducks, like pup
pies, can stand being handled by the
scruff of the neck better than to have
their weight suspended from one wing
or their feet, which are rather frail.
Pekin, Rouen and Aylesbury ducks and
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1915-04-01
COMMON DISEASE OF SHEEP i
Animals AFFLICTED With Foot Rot
Should Be Removed to Clean, Dry
Lands and Trouble Attended 70.

The frat thing. to do for sheep with
foot rot Is to get them on to jeaCf
high, dry Rnds, Their feet sA0d4J
then be examined and any foreign mat
ter between the toes, which may be az
gravating the case, removed. All
ulcers containing pus should also be
opened and the pus drained on. ~
The next thing to do is to apply
strong disinfectants to kill the trouble
some parasites. Ointments made OF 9
lard or lard-and-flour body, with car
bolic acid or sheep dip In generous
proportions incorporated, are some
times used for this purpose. This ts
applied after the foot has been thor.
oughly bathed and cleaned up. This
treatment requires considerable time
and effort and is not practical in large
flocks.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1915-04-01
EXCELLENT HINTS ON HORSES
Intelligent Management Is Essential
Point-Don'e Sacrifice Quality to
Sze-Time for Water.

The essential point in using pure
bred draft mares on the farm is intel
ligent management.
The last 200 pounds We can put on
q young draft horse is the most profit.
able 200 pounds of meat we can pro.
duce on the farm.
No drawing card holds out quite
such strong inducements to good hired
men as the farm that maintains high
class work horses.
1t is a great mistake to sacrifice
quality to size.
A horse is worth just what he can
endure for his owner.
Many farm horses get more hay
than is good for them. 1t is poor
plan to keep their feed racks or
manger full of hay all the time.
A horse watered the last thing at
night and the first thing in the morn.
ing is not going to take too much.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1915-04-01
WRONG PRACTICE WITH s0WS,
First Pere-Bred Sow Is Usually Put
In Pen by Herself, Petted and
" Generously overfed.

It seems almost natural for the pur-
chaser of his first pure-bred SOW, i'm
his desire to give her extra care, to
overfeed her, to keep her away from
the other hogs, put her in close
pen, where she is petted and fed at
regular meal times, and lunch be-
tween in some instances, in their
anxiety to do the very best for her
possible.
This method Of treatment is sure 70
ruin the SOW, both in the feeding and
Ii the close confinement, preventing
her from taking the necessary exers
else, SO needful to the proper strength
ening and building up on q solid
foundation and to harden her in de-
veloping her, giving her good COM
stitution, broadening her and
strengthening her with the exercise,
which is also impaired to her coming
litter. n
The parlor SOW, with her pettings
and care, is nearly always d failure,
and the party is wondering why II y,
writes William Carruthers I'm Orchard
and Farm. It is the wrong meth6d
throughout. It is unnatural and Al.
most certain to result in failure Of
the SOW. fst1
Feeding when properly done, com.
bined with exercise, is the proper
idea. Feeding of the right character
is essential; it needs to be regular.
at uniform times, and with plenty of
water and proper exercise, is the power
that is depended upon to develop and
improve the breed. The feeder is an
important man in the destiny OF the
hog and should understand the busi.
ness and act according to reason ana
the experience that is taught from
those who have made a success OF II.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1915-04-01
AVERAGE PRODUCT OF A cow
Two Hundred and Forty Pounds Of
Rutterfat Should Be Produced
In Year From Animal.

A good dairy animal should pro-
duce 240 pounds of butterfat year.
If she produces a milk testing five
per cent fat her production Of milk
must be 5000 pounds. If the milk is
four per cent it is equivalent to 5000
pounds and If three per cent to 5000
pounds.
If the cow is dry six weeks out Of
the year her daily average Of butter
fat will be about three-fourths Of a
pound.
If the herd can be made to average
this amount daily it is an excellent
record to maintain. There are herds
that will average more than this, but
they are few and far between.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1915-04-01
Pail and Seat Combined.

introduced near the top is a funnel
arrangement having an outlet spout
and an inlet opening. AS the milk
Is drawn from the cow it flows into
the can through this funnel extension.
This apparatus relieves the dairyman
of the necessity Of carrying both the
stool and milk can, as he must do un-
der ordinary circumstances and at the
same time the milk passing so direct
ly from the source of supply to the
can, the possibilities of contamination
are greatly reduced.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1915-04-01
PAIL AND STOOL COMBINED
Device Recently Invented Acts 40 Re-
.ceptaele for Milk and Good
/ 81, = Seat for the Mixer.

3 In the dairy where the herd is fof
any considerable proportions the mat.
ter Of getting around among the ami.
mails at milking time Is one Of some
magnitude and anything of the nature
Iof an innovation, which will facilitate
this operation and at the same time
make for cleaner milk. will get ~el'
,tome. A combined stool for the milk
srl and receptacle for the milk has been
recently Invented with this object. A
u.6a alers eMhat larger than q buckeS
Is snppSrted on four legs and fe-eh-
sorEed for the purpose OF supporting
th& weight which 1t is called upon
toI do. The top Is covered and the
I'D acts as seat for the operator.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1915-04-01
Detailed Illustration Of Plan for a Hotbed.

Five or six inches of rich soil con-
tanning much humus and sand are
then placed upon the manure, and
after the temperature Of the soil has
dropped to 80 degrees F. the seed may
be sown. The bed should be prepared
early in the spring. A good soil for
hotbed purposes may be prepared
eight or nine months before it Is to be
used, by making compost heap con-
sisting of layers Of grass sod and barn.
yard manure. This gives loose, rich
soil very we'll adapted to hotbed work.
On warm days the bed should be
ventilated to make the plants grow
stocky and prevent them from whiting.
In watering the aim should be to
water thoroughly, but not often. The
practice of adding a small amount OF
water each day should never be fol-
lowed, as it encourages the growth OF
insects and diseases, and benefits the
plant but little, since the moisture
does not reach the roots.
n We6h vi ISu udyo UClOkO IhO sihAS
!, to transplant into the field. or earlier.
If the weather permits, the sash
should be removed during the day to
harden of the plants. 1t is also a
good plan to stop watering at this
time, and then wet down thoroughly
just before taking to the field.
Different materials are used for GOV.
ering hotbeds. A cheap and quite
common one is light canvas or heavy
sheetng which has been oiled. A
more substantial covering Is the hot
bed sash, which is coming into use
more and more, as 1t is more reliable
to control the temperature with more
certainty.
A cold frame differs from hotbed
in that no artificial heat is used. They
are usually started and the seed sown
the last of March or first Of April.
Otherwise their construction and care
is the same as that given above for
hotbeds.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1915-04-01

The safest and surest way of get.
ting an early start with many plants
is by the use Of hotbeds. These can
be constructed by two.inch planks
nailed or bolted together in the form
of rectangular box, generally six feet
wide and as long as desired, The box
should be so made that when the bot
tom Is level, the sash will slope one
iIch to the foot, which will make it
six inches higher on one side than on
the other. This slope permits the suns
rays to enter more freely and allows
water to run off quickly. The bed
should be located on a southern slope
If possible and run east and west, with
the lower side of the frame toward
the south. II a southern exposure
cannot be secured. a windbreak may
be constructed on the north side and
the ends to shut of the cold winds
from these directions. The beds should
also be near the house and near a
plentiful supply Of water in order that
the plants may be carefully and easily
cared for. y
Common stable horse manure con-
tanning no litter, mixed with from one
third to one-half the amount Of straw
or leaves, is used for providing the ar
tificial heat. Straw or leaves should
be added to prolong the heating Pc
riod of the manure and to keep 1t from
heating too violently. The manure Is
gathered fresh from the stable, piled
up, and allowed TO heat. When heated
through it is forked over and allowed
to heat again. During the heating 1t
should be kept under shelter, as heavy
drenchings make 1t almost worthless.
After, it is we'll heated through the
second time, it is put in the hotbed
excavation almost to the sash level,
care being taken to spread 1t evenly
and to have the corners we'll filed.
After the manure has again warmed up
it should be firmed by tamping. The
bed is now ready for the soil.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1915-04-01
POPULAR TREE IN THE SOUTH
Perslmmon Attalns Greatest Perfee.
ton In Eastern Tennessee--closeiy
9 Resembles Apricot.
CRy A ID DARTl

IBy a. d. DART.I
In England the persimmon tree Is
often cultivated for the beauty Of its
dark green foliage, but the fruit sell
dom reaches maturity in that climate.
The long, warm summers south Of
Mason and Dixon's line, followed by
several frosty nights, render this fruit
very sweet and palatable.
Both in color and shape It closely
resembles the apricot, being about an
inch and a half in diameter, with
a bright orange-yellow color.
In eastern Tennessee the fruit Is
said to attain its greatest perfection;
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1915-04-01

all such heavy market types should al
ways be handled in this manner by
careful poultrymen.
Heavy hens with full crops should
never be seized by the legs and swung
head down.. Neither should they be
tilted up in the clumsy way shown in
the picture. They should be so grasped
that their wings are confined closely
and securely under the arm Of the per.
son carrying them, but above all
things an easy and natural position
means more comfort and less strug.
Cling and injury to the bird and pos
sibly the man as well. Flopping wings
and scratching claws often do harm b
human skin and eyes. A little careful
handling will do away With this dan
ger.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1915-04-01

there, in the autumn, 'simmon beer,
'possum and 'simmon sauce, are re.
garded with the same favor that tur.
key and cranberry sauce are in New
England.
Many animals. both wild and domes-
tic, such as cows, horses, dogs, rabbits.
raccoons and opossums are very fond
of the fruit.
1t is a well-known fact that dogs will
sometimes camp by the hour under a
persimmon tree waiting for some
thing to drop"
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1915-04-01
Dairy vs.. Poultry.

The cows will return money, or Its
equivalent, each day in the year, and in
way it will be less worry than to get
it from poultry. A cow isn't as easy
to stop in her milk flow as hen Is to
stop in her egg flow, nor is she as hard
to get back to the normal. The money
invested is much greater. so this Oh
sets that to some extent.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1915-04-01
DIVERSIFIED FARMING SURE
Believed That Acreage Can Be Re-
duced to Betterment of Land and
Profit to Farmer.

Intensive farming carried out to the
letter calls for specialization. and
there is danger Of not being successful
one year with another. Diversified
farming is always the surest. Under
these circumstances 1t is believed that
ON many farms the acreage can be
reduced to the betternent OF the land
and a larger profit obtained by the
owner.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1915-04-01
Select for Hardness.

Selecting for hardness should be
the main object, health and vigor to
be given the preference in selecting
each individual. The weakest ana
most useless of a flock should be
weeded out as soon as possible.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1915-04-01

In the greater issues now occupying
public attention. the passing Of the
hohble skirt hardly attracts COM
ment on its well-deserved doom.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1915-04-01
Warm Nest Ia Best.

A warm sheltered nest adds much
to the chances of the early sitter hatch
ing well.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1915-04-01
Prf,IIfI Of His lob.

An old rooster will settle the scraps
amorg { pen Of cockerels and appear
proul to do it.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1915-04-01

Please the Customers.
Study the wants Of each customer
and plan to meet them.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-01-22

As the war goes on,
shooting galleries are
springing up all over
the French capital.
The Nome daily nugget., 1915-05-28
DENIES BRITISH WAR FLEET
 BATTLES WITH SUBMARINES

LONDON. May 2S,-The Admiralty has issued complete denial of the prevalent report that the North Sea fleet of Admiral Callahan was attack ed off the Helgoland coast by sub marine lotilla which resulted in the injuring of two larger vessels of the fleet.
 The Admiralty continues to maintain the greatest secrecy as to the naval operations in the North Sea and ad- jacent waters and replies to German reports claiming submarine victories by declaring them false, asserting that England's control of the North Sea is stronger today than at any time since the war began.
The Nome daily nugget., 1915-05-28
COST OF THE GREAT
 WAR IS ExPL AIMED

of Ribot, minister of finance for France German governments own reports give official figures of actual money spent only up to December 1
 France spent $S55000, 900 in the first four months, more than seven millions a day. Germany issued one loan of $S45, 5,OOO,0OO and treasury bills for s375,- 100000 more, making $1175 OOO, 900 dur ing the first five months. She. there
The Nome daily nugget., 1915-05-28
FOOTBALL UP
 TO STUDENTS

NEW YORK.-Columbia university undergraduates must decide at mass meeting of the entire student body called for by the student board as to whether they would support football as specified by the university com mittee on student organization. The decision of the students will have great weight with the university council, to Which the faculty committee is an ad- visory body The final decision will be made in April. The faculty com- mittee has specified that only students in the college will be eligible to play and also restricts the schedule to games TO leading minor college teams.
The Nome daily nugget., 1915-05-28

Cost of the European war in money is now $2.OOOOOO an hour, day and night.
 The cost of the war to date is esti- mated by Wet Guyot, the eminent French economist, at an average of s40,000,000 day, for 1S3 days, or more than seven billion dollars for the first six months.
 Official reports of Lloyd George. chancellor of the exchequer of Britain;
The Nome daily nugget., 1915-05-28
MEXICAN SITUATION
 AGAIN DEADLOCKED

WASHINGTON, May 2S-Mexican advices to the State Department indi- cate that Carranza and Villa are still sparring in Sonora and Chiuhauhua. both positions from which to attack without fear of calamity. The dead lock has continued for nearly a month both sides being largely engaged in constructing earth work defenses and In recruiting for the decisive engage