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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-03-03
cro.. Section Of a Sweet potato Storage House.

age period. Although this may seem
to involve considerable expense, it has
been calculated that for well-built
house, one good stove; will provide
heat enough to cure from ten thousand
to twenty-five thousand bushels Of po-
tatoes. @,.4
4 By careful storage in this way grow.
ers will find it possible to put their
product on the market when the de-
mand Is at the greatest, usually from
the middle of December to the middle
Of March. Careful grading and pack
ing will lessen loss from decay and
secure better prices. In fact, to quote
from the bulletin already mentioned,
with the growing demand for sweet
potatoes there Is every inducement for
the southern farmer to adopt better
methods for growing and marketing SO
as to make the sweet potato q more
important money crop" It is as q
money crop that the southern farmer
should regard the sweet potato. A few
early plants, however. should find a
place in his home garden for home
consumption. Even, moreover, If 1t is
not desired to grow sweet potatoes on
commercial scale, by little atten.
ton to the principles Of storage which
have already been discussed, the farm!
er will find: It quite easy to keep 9
sufficient supply in good condition
throughout the year for the use OF his
Own family.
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coTToNsEED AS FERTILIZER e
Contains Nitrogen, Phosphorie Acid
and Potash, and Has Value Of
$f4.e6 Per Ton. i,

+ The following answer was given TO
an inquiry concerning the value OF
cottonseed as a fertilizer and as feed
by g. s. Traps, state chemist OF
Texas: ,l, a5 5i4' 'l /
The average composition. Of cotton.
seed is as follows: Nitrogen S.13 per
cent, phosphoric acid 1.27 per cent,
potash LII per cent. With nitrogen
at zoe a pound, phosphoric acid at
SC pound and potash at &c a pound
a ten Of cettonseed would have q
fertilizer valuation Of s14.96 per ton.
I am unable to tell you, however,
whether or not this fertilizer would
give profitable results on your black
hog wallow land. Land Of this char
acter usually needs vegetable matter
more than it does fertilizers That is
to say, it needs applications of stable
manure or rotation of crops in which
a Iegume, such as cowpeas, clover,
etc., Is grown to be turned under or
grazed of. Sometimes 1t reacts to
fertilizers and sometimes it does not
II Scottonseed meal gives good results
then the cottonseed ought likewise
to give good results. Whether you
should exchange for meal or not de-
pends upon the besis of exchange,
Good cottonseed meal has something
more than twice the fertilizing value
of cottonseed. It is also Of good feed.
ing value, and 1t would probably pay
you to use two pounds per dsy Of
cottonseed meal for, your horses and
mules to take theSplace of the more
expensive corn. -
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MATERIALS TO MAKE SHELLS
Articles Containing Lime Must Be
Given In Liberal Quantlties-Do
Not Overlook Grit Box.

There is no possible objection to
.eeding egg shells to hens, provided
they are broken in small bits so that
the hens may not. readily recognize
them, or they may get in the habit OF
eating eggs. Oyster shells and clam
shells pounded up fine must also be
fed and in liberal quantities, for all
of them are needed to provide the hen
with material to make shells. DO not
confuse the grit box with the box con.
tanning the shell-making material. b
Mix the ingredients II desired, but
see that there is enough Of sharp bits
of stone, broken flower pots and
crocAery, fine cinders and. the like In
the mixture so that the hens may OBJ:
tain sufacient to- grind the foUd they
conf6me. .The4 bear n fhs has
- kt: mr. tis spt b So s. 1 \!
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Ordinary Pasteboard BOX and Small
Lamp Can BE Arranged Without
I. Much Trouble or Expenss.

"a simple outfit for candiing eggs
can be made out Of q small hand lamp
and al, ordinary pasteboard boz sufA-
ciently large to be placed over the
lamp, after the ends hare bean re-
moved. without risk Of fire. In order
to supply air to the inclosed lamp
notches should be cut IA the edge on
which the box rests "A round hole is
then cut in the box at the level ot the
lamp fame and the Gambling done by
holding each egg against this hole;
while the rest Of the room is ID dark
ness. The light from the lamp re-
yeals the contents OF the egg and
those that show any defect can be re-
jected. 8, Is q ~ II 81
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cient working is generally shown BY
a mottled appearance In color on the
cut surface. This Is largely due to an
uneven distribution Of. salt. This re-
suits in a salty condition and Injuries
the keeping quality. The aim Of
butter makers should be to produce a
high-grade article that is, uniform
week after week in flavor and compo-
sition. This can be done by careful
methods in ripenirg, sailing and work
ing. 49,.
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sunny part of the yard or house. II
the dust boxes are literally supplied
the hens will give one material help
in keeping out the insects. @:
Preserve Poultry Manure,

Farmers pay little, II any, atten.
tion to the preservation Of their poul-
try manure. When rightly preserved.
poultry manure is concentrated fer.
tilizer, and its fertilizing constituents
will rank with many Of the CONNER
cial fertilizers on the market that sell
at $40 q ton.
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Puzzle for Papa.

Small Sadie's father is travelling
man. and during his absence new
baby arrived. Upon his return Sadie
met him at the door and exclaimed:
"Oh, papa, you can't guess who was
born while you were away!"
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Iiaa MedIunn SIG Eaas.

Eggs for setting should be of me-
dunn size and run an average In re-.
gard to color. An unusually small or
unusually large egg should be discard
ed. A uniform lot as to shape, size
and color will bring the best result.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-03-03

the snow from the path To the poultry
house; to make thing gs comf fortab16 for
the hens these; stormy days. & ,;' 5l;;s
Some people imagine that 4 ifI they
give their chickens skim milk water
Is not necessary. This Is q mistake.
as milk turns into solid food almost
as soon as att sreaches a birds disasrs
tive apparatus. and water must al
ways be- given. 54s 9s.s
II the poultry house is perfectly dry
and By that we mean the: ground I'M
der and above It, the chickens wi1i|
not suffer from the cold: |
At the high prices OF grain the man
who has to buy all Of his feed must
figure very closely and make the most
sof every pound OF 1T ID feeding hisI
poultry, else he Will come out DIT thsI
little end tof the horn III the spring
h f5 There IS nothing better than, ground!
charcoal d to- f correct slight bowel
trouble III chickens. 5f 81 4; Sc 4
al perforated dust can ts just an
necessary IN the poultry house as the
sprayer II the fowls are to be kept
;free from insects. ss;g S.st, S4s
n It iB not stretching the tr. IN To say
that / II the farmers mark keted their
poultry In the: best possible condi ti6As
their receipts would be Increased one
third. Neither is 1t fetching the ruth
to say that less than 10 per cent of All.
the poultry marketed is ia perfect
condition when II reaches the con-
sumner. !. & AZ { 81
II you are selling eggs Tor hatch
ing, q visit to the best breeding farm
you can easily reach. VIII pay you
well. o Observe closely the, methods f0l.Si
lowed there, and then improve on
them all you can &. s 81 Il,
Always ship eggs in baskets Or
cartons made for the purpose and
never In dirty old boxes pscksd In
Bsawdust Or bran & sss,3;
y W The pullets do not need a MEET
egg tas q pattern, but one or two
dummies placed III the nest VIII show
them where they ought to lay j5s5
OUTFIT FOR G NDLlNG EGGS,
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. Crop Of LustyAl Lambs. -.
Proper feed and care will insure a
lusty lot Of lambs in the spring.
M 10. save Sugar.

When making Cranberry jelly use
a pinch of sods before straining the
cranSetrts6 ST will take onlyeabuue,
half fas inuca ssugar and d4does not hurt
s4hs havor, keep + e from iellying.
SStewed M,ri nulssrb b ete may be
5haHdiaf "a said way.
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A sIiaht piffernee.

First Father-""What? Your son is
an undertaken? Why, i thought you
said he was a doctor" Second ,PatsHs
nal Relative-"No; ! said sshat he ifol5
lowed the medical profess fiaxsI
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Best Farm Hen,

The farm hen is the hen that yields
a profit in the, I gg basket rather than
the one that takes off the blue ribbon
in the show. Sometimes the two are
combined in the same bird but not al
ways. T..
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The Dust Bath.

3 A good dust bath should be convens
lent and in addition good insect
powder should be used freely at the
end Of the first week and again about
three days before the hatch is done,
busting II freely into the feathers and
srouad thg naaPg material.
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provide Grit and Charcoal.

Provide Grit ana ShdrGodts
During the winter months, or while
fowls are confined, supply them with
suitable grit, charcoal and green stun
in addition to the regular grains. 2
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kTOuSuOuI luS ySdI. UIOWCIo
Ter rushed them out for sale
time; flooding the market
\ded, badly packed, and un-
stock or else stored them In
Its for banks where a large
ecayed. The result has been
M large percentage Of the
pand, low prices for that portion
hich did reach the market. "a
The remedy for this situation, say
experts in the department of agricul-
ture, Is the marketing Of crops from
storage houses To keep sweet pota-
toes in good condition they must be
well matured before digging, carefully
handled, well dried or cured, and kept
at a uniform temperature after they
, are cured The storage house is de-
signed to make possible the last two
requirements. Detailed plans for the
construction of such storage houses
will be found in Farmers Bulletin
No 54s which has been already men
Ationed. On many farms in, the South
buildings such as abandoned tenant
houses, which with few alterations,
puld be used for this purpose, are
ready in existence. The cost Of the
cessary alterations or Of erecting
house, varies. Of course, too much
local conditions to be STATED with
accuracy, but in general 1t is
the outlay need mot be very
the potatoes are first stored
buses temperature Of 80
Sdegrees Fahrenheit with
ZION is maintained for
/. !: ! !: !: !" !: !: !: !
nkweeks in order
rer After the
lropghly cured
Rture Is grad
Fahrenheit
E pit as posi-
IL the stor-
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of s:slIs afaiss on &Woolen. I
5N etsiis spots with ancilllII
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-03-07


SILK
in OF shades with
daytime wear.
suits plain high
chine huoned neck collars
from
o family
portra CALLER
la
made SILK combined with
is known as "cocctc
An evening
through
tho j. Mostly COMPANY
slightly
Bon Ton made
complete the mads-in- fehr'ond Mo
hich the TN,
allies in
company's exhibited
firm.
In the demtaiiod
roll COLI
All the dthor any
desc ption will participate show
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-03-07

All the window exhibits and inte-
Ft"r decorations are expected To be
completed by Monday night. and the
stores viii 10 thrown open Tuesday
morning dressed in their spring APP
narel and ready for tho inspection Of
tho public
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-03-07
The Coming Show---As Merchants See 1t

With all OF tho shop windows and
interior OF the stores CARRIED In tho sea
sons brill!ancy In patterns, style and
mode. Richmond shopping thorough
fares viii shine forth with rcsplcndcut
hues for tho Spring Fashion SHOW this
week
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-03-07

"
There will be something attractive
to see in every shop and shop window.
rs the season has been prolific in the
nvolutio, n, d.Si..,, ,,1 ,,.
,,,, ~
WHY" nave wv e'e'''t"' OF the hoNe!
IN every line of goods there VIII be
something that will hold the eye ana
,,,o,I "a ,h, ,os, ~, ,u,. -.
''''' 49, '''e''' %
'"e S"oPpc'S'
The decorators art Will put forth
everything that possesses the elements
a, ro,o,, s,., 49,, , =,
grand assemoiaSe "t goods which the
merchants Of this city are getting
together I'm order Ia make Tho bir
i
'P' ' "''7 '"'"- ''"S
70 he remembered.
In the millinery shops collections are
nroc,ico1v cnmnl.,. y.r,. ,i,,lo h,,c,..
are 20 oe eNeiHt"ihs III coiors'
old rose navy and army blues. battle
ship gray. san0 and red arc tho nre
yailiru shade. ma ,r,,,,. ,o, .a
"''' "''F '' g az"
RIBBONS are shown on the hats for
spring in rich profusiou
MANY and 50 varied orn Tho s,,.Ios
g., -,
- 'Pt''''' az" "a Us '''''VS
that every woman eat! wear Just what
She looks best in and vet be I'm the
hcirb, M r,sbior ,o- n,.. ,.,fo.o j.,
amy season We're StNiFs loss pronounced
or was there such riot OF colors
Richmond's windows VIII. as usual. re-
eact ,no ,,,., 49,,
'''' =" Nv
new gowns and modes destined TO play
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-03-07

1e howerhke girl
ginning to slverhere
L personality OF each instead OF
iron hand Of Fashion has done
soiutey refused commit
be
as are the mode
Redeem
pire style while others
itude for decision
II left crnon and
NAMED indoors On the street however
4thers costume
Consequently
the sea- she does about
good to look Her evening
Fashion Show this
Dresden china shepherds
those beautiful howerrd netas
ed pctcoat Hush!
charitable o. t at all
Take for instance
yfu is in
ct
purple and lavender tones and
silhouette
skirted Some
and I'VE yards around the bottom
henga twoya Skin
The demand for country
rms OF the bsigns
tenf haig'aR bu
suits that w foiloS the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-01-16
Got the Best Of Ed

Eb Green made trip to the co seat
last wk and while he was there a slick
tungd clerk in a store talked Eb into
buyin a new tangled razzer which is
called a safety razzer" for which Eb
paid a doller of hard ernd money.
When Eb got back to Bingville he
TUX the razzer up to Hen Weathersby's
store and showed it all around. Harve
Hines our tonsorial barber who was
present made ali manner of fun of it
and said it looked to him like a lawn
mower and that he'd let his whiskers
grow clean down to his toes afore he
would shave his Ease with a coutrap-
shion like that which had the blade
concealed inside of it and might git
loose and a ear or a nose off afore you
knowd it.
Eb sails that was jest the pint about
this razzer-that it was lvrfeckly safe
even for baby to shave with being as
you couldn't cut yourself with it if you
tried.
Well, Sunday morning Eb tried to
shave with his new razzer. He said he
diddent try to cut hisself with it, but
by the time he got his whiskers scraped
often his Ease ne was bleeding in seven
places and looked as if he had tried to
cut his head often his shoulders.
Eb says he calkilates he don't jest
understand the hang of using a safety
razzer and if there's ennybuddy in Bing-
vile who does he will sell it for 90
cts and no qucstshions asked.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-01-16
Hod Skinner. Stuck

Tother afternoon Hold Skinner one of
our most respeekted citizens dropped
into Glenn Hines cobblers shop to git
warm and incidentally to smoke and
discuss with Glenn whilst he worked the
current topicks of the day.
s Well, Hold set down on bench near
TIE stove and after he had talked AMI
smoked a while he drapt off to sleep
and his pipe slipped orten his mouth
and fell in the woodbox. Glen he kept
right on co6biing when he seen that
Hold had went to sleep and diddent dis
turb him until 1T was time to shet up
shop and go home to supper. Then
he shuk Hold by the shoulder and told
him It was 5-o.elocle. >-~----,
Hold started Ito git up but the bench
he had been setting on stuck to him and
riz up often the floor when Hold riz.
Glenn he found on investigashion that
Hold had accidentally set down on 4
COB of shoemaker's wax which was on
the bench which had warmed up and
stuck Hold fast to the bench. Glenn says
Hold turned around and around with
that bench clingin to him jest like =
old hen with her head cut off. Finally
Glenn had to take his cobbler's knife and
cut off that porshion of Holds trout
sers which was stuck to the bench be-
fore Hold could go home.
Hold was good cal disguised being
as he thort Glenn had done It for :
joke on him and he says that hereafter
when he has emmy cobb1ing to do he will
go elsewhere than to Glenn Hines to
turrible cold day when Hold has emmy
cobbling to do being az he goes bare
foot in summer and wears gum boots
in winter
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-01-16

Weathersby's store has become a
favorite place for our most re-
specified citizens to colleckt during
the day & also in the evg being as
Hen allus keep a good fire a goin
in his store stove and the boys set
around it and toast their shins and
indulge in soshial discourse and
smoke or play checkers.
Hen says however that in spite
Of the increased number of people
who comes to. his store sinst the
cold wether set in his trade has
fell off somethink awful and that
he's purity sick & tired luggin wood
to keep folks warm who don't new
er buy nothink often him. ~
Lem Quigiy who has spent most
of his time at Hens store ever
sinst it first got cold huggin. the
Stove and sleepin two thirds of the
time says. Hen ort not to talk that
way unless he desires to drive away
trade. Hen says that it would be
a good thing if he did drive Lem
away being as Lem buys all his
tobacko at the CO seat and then
smokes it in Hens store all winter
long.
We persoom we are voising the
genl sentiment of this community
when we say that we hope this
present cold snap won't last mulch
longer. If it does it is our eddy
toriul opinyun that we'll all be
froze stiffen isickles.
SUBSCRIBE FOR THE BU-
GLE AND READ THE LATEST
lCOLD WETHER NEWS!
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THE ROGERS OF WINTER
EDDYTORIUL

Being as drear winter has now
closed down over our erstwhile
busting town and Bingville folks
spends most of their time settin by
the fire when they amt luggin wood
to keep the fire goin and thus ex-
cape ignominous deth by freezin,
we thort it might not be bad idee
to dash off eddytoriul on "The
Riggers of Winter in Bingville"
perviding we find ourself able to
dash off SIGH a eddytoriul with our
mitts on.
There is at present about 4 # of
snow on the ground in Bingville &
/ vicinnity in most places and where
the wind has blowd it into drifts
blamed if it amt clean over a per-
sons head. AS a result there amt
much travelling hereabouts outside
Of the beaten paths from which
the snow has been shuveld.
The snow of itself wouldn't be so
bad if it want so alfred cold. For
the past wk or more the wether
has been so freezin that it has been
all we could do to remain in the
Bugle offs and transackt our
multifarious duties without gittin
chilled to the bone although we had
on 2 suits of wool underwear. 2
prs of pants 2 shirts a heavy bear
skin overcoat and wore ear Tugs
over Our ears and artick overshoes
over our boots and even then we
had to stop writing at our eddyto-
riul desk every onct in a while and
beat ourself with Our hands until
we was black and blue to keep
| warm.
| Dad Henderson our oldest in
habitant who has saw good men,
ny hot summers & as menny hard
winters says that he call<ilates that
last Tuesday night was the coolest
night he has ever put through. Dad
says that afore he went to bed he
stuck his head outen the front door
a minnit to look at the thermometer
and it was % below zero in the
shade. Dad TUX hot soapstone to
bed with him to keep his bed warm
and the stone was so hot it bis
tered his feet, but Dad says he
would a good cal ruther have his
feet blistered than froze. When he
got up in the morning and looked
at the thermometer agin he found
that the mercury had kept goin
down and goin down until it was
all in the bulb and then it busted
the bulb SO Dad fggers that il
must of been about 10 below zero
along about 1 A. M.
: During this cold snap Her
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-01-16
SpeshiaI Motifs!

We had turrible time warming IN
our printing ink to print this ishue Of the
Bugle with being as it was thic<ern cold
molasses and the best we could do we
couldn't seem to git It het up very mulch
& as result quite = number Of copies
was all splotched up. If the copy you got
happens to be in that condishion and you
cant read this notise because its all
smeared up you'll know what the matter
is & guvvern yourself according instid
IF coming to the Bugle offs and wanting
TO fte or stop your paper.
EDITOR BUCCLE
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-01-16
Personals & LokaIs Inter.
mingled

Lash Smiley says it's almost cold
enuff to freeze the horns often a muley
COW. A muley COW amt got no horns
on her to freeze off, you dogblamed
fool.
Be that as it may we'll all be turriblc
glad when this cold snap is over. With
the thermometer Is to 20 degrees be-
low zero it don't seem possible that it
was as hot in Bingville last summer as
it was does it? Anseft-no. it, don't. s i
Doc Livermore, our expert veterinary
b human speshialist was off feed for
"a couple Of days this wt. Doc says he
being as he overet when he was invited
out to dinner to Lem Quigley's last Sum
day. Doc diddent take none of his own
medisin when he was sick although if
he would it would give his other pash-
tents more confidence in him.
Miss Mil1y Underwood went & lost a
silver bracelet which Sam Winters who
she is engaged to give her for Xmas &
amt been able to, find it ennywheres.
Sam says he had to pay dollar &
half for that bracelet and he might as
well of kept the money in his pocket
for all the good it done Milly
Liman Peterson is Shedding logs for
Jim Hicks sawmill down on Snake
Rend ;,ne cave ;+,e t,,r~;b1. ~,1d 81
~ - -, .I.ii..d .f 49,. 49,. 80
,v.+t,sr .nd eo,n.t;r,.. =. 49,. ms IL. LII.
he was one of the oxes pu!lin the load
Hez OnoeIwooo recently received a
ie.ter from ms ofot1 81, Dim feck
VINO gtated OUT 10 Hiynois several yrs
ago; pm wires tnat ne IS IN gooo
rein anG pr0sperin. cAIEK-'H was
,est IN tne nueie oins 10 say mat the
ietter from PIN IS dated July 10. lSl5.
II seems tnat Epn HiRgins our accom-
nooa!lne M. misiaid tne letter wnen
I arrived ano only Iouno II totner Gay
wnen nc was cieaning up. Hez says ms
orotneIiniaw may De oead or IN oank-
,upsy dt the present WIRING lot All nc
KNOWS.
jason tucker the brave Chief of the
b'ngvilie FIRE Dept, mas been putting
new hoops on some OF the water pals
III inc eept idteN Delng as ne says tnat
some OF tnem leaks ana otnewise would
ne no good to carry water IN to con-
fiagrashion:
I'm hendricks says ne has never saw
as hard winter as ne has saw SO far
this winter and Jim has saw a good
menny. Sometimes Jim says he is o6 yrs
old and sometimes over hunderd The
fackts IN the case IS that Jim probly
don't know Jest exackIy how old he real
Nv is. Its been so long sir1st he was