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The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1916-09-21
PROFIT IN CAPON INDUSTRY
Prevailing Scarcity Of Meat Creating
Demand for FowIs-Necessary
Operation Is Simple.

The capon industry which now can
be carried OH profitably is sure to de-
velop rapidly, in the opinion Of N. +.
Harris, superintendent of the poultry
plant at the Kansas State Agricultu-
raj college.
Where capons are raised in large
numbers. says Harris, it now is possi-
bic to ship them direct to large cities
where there is ready sale at good
prices. Owing to the prevailing scar
city of meat-producing animals it is
probable that the capon will find n
permanent place on many of the farms
of the middle West and will be q
source Of constant profit
Numerous buyers in small towns
have made quotations in the last sea
son ranging from Id to 1S cents n
pound live weight, depending upon the
size of the capon. If capons are
raised on the farm this allows a good
margin for profit. The operation nee
essary to produce capons is simple
anG can be performed by anyone after
a little practice. The capon does not
as n rule grow much more rapidly than
the cockerel but puts on more pounds
or meat for the amount of food con-
sumed.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1916-09-21
SELECTION OF GOOD LAYERS
Pu'iet Should Have Fine Head, Alert
Eyes and Comb and Face and
Wattles Of Fine Texture.

Judging poultry Is said to be finer
art than the selection Of other farm
animals, but the man or woman who
picks pullets with fine heads alert
eyes and combs, faces and wattles Of
hne texture has taken the first step
toward increased egg production.
GOOD pullets should stand square on
their feet, with legs wide apart with
the front end of the body slightly high
er than the posteriGr end, and with q
long back and tail carried rather high.
The body should be wedge shaped,
yielding ample room for the reproduc.
tive and digestive organs.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1916-09-21
South Carolina
department. Of Agriculture,
Commerce and industries,
Bureau Of Marketing.
e. J. WATSON Commissioner
A Weekly Bulletin of
information
Western Newspaper Union News servio.


western Newspaper Union News Service
The Bureau during the past week
has had the busiest experience during
its existence in the matter of filling
wants without the necessity of adver
tfsing the wants and a large volume
Of business has been done.
In view"of the fact that the inspec.
ton forces of the Department of Agri
culture have found the state thor.
oughly flooded with so-called seed oats
shipped from the West that are loaded
with Johnson grass seed and other
impurities and are of low termination.
and the Department has found it alb.
solutely necessary to tie up many OF
these shipments and deal with them
the advice is again given to the farm
ers Of the State to apply to the State
Bureau Of Marketing for pure home
raised oats for seed purposes. The
warning Is repeated that to plant the
kind Of oats being shipped this season
as alleged seed oats is simply to invite
partial or total loss Of crops.
The Bureau has recently received
numerous inquiries as to whether or
not nitro cultures for all legumes were
still being supplied by the Department
OF Agriculture. For the information
OF the public 1t may be stated that just
as last year the Department is supply.
Ing flesh cultures delivered anywhere
in the state all carrying charges pre-
paid
The Bureau Of Marketing has also
received numerous inquiries as to
whether or not the Department was
still under contract made under the
Act supplying pulverized mari. which
Is the greatest need Of every acre of
land In the State, particularly where
legumes are planted. For the informa.
tfon Of the public 1t may be repeated
that the Department Of Agriculture is
now in position to meet all demands
for mari with prompt shipments. and
a post card inquiry will Immediately
bring the delivered price per ton, no
shipments Of less than 80 tons being
made, however.
The following is the list Of untitled
Wants and Offerings for the week:
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1916-09-21
DETERMINING SEX OF CHICKSI
Certain Marks by Which PuIlets May
Be Distinguished From Cocker
els After Hatchfng.
tRy G. s. ANDERSON. Colorado Agri-

(By c. 8. ANDERSON, Colorado Agri-
cultural College, Fort Collins. Colo)
With the rapidly growing day-old
chick industry the question Of sex
determination naturally arises. Many
buyers would like to order oil pullets,
all cockerels or given number of
each, and would be glad to pay an ad-
ditional price for this assurance.
The sex of Barred Plymouth Rock
chicks can be told with a reasonable
degree Of accuracy. The pullet has
dark, willow-colored beak, some
times streaked with black. 1t is Of
finer bone than the cockerel and the
legs are dark and smoky colored. The
cockerel has bright yellow legs and
beak and usually coarse head and
prominent eye. The cOckerel is gray
or slate color while the pullet is dark
er. The white tip Of the wings and spot
on top Of the head are most notice
able on the pullet, due to the con-
trast with the deeper black. This
Means can only be used to denote
the sex the first couple of days. After
this time they all take on the one
characteristic blue color the beak
and legs Of the pullet fade out to yell
low.
Similar methods can be employed
with all parti-colored breeds. With
solid colored birds the best means
of determining sex Is the prominent
cOckerel.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1916-09-21
SUPERIOR DvckHousE ON LONG ISLAND

Ducks can be raised with success
and ut profit on general farms, saws
Alfred r. Lee, a poultry specialist of
the department of agriculture, but
they do not appear to be as well
adapted as a source of income to ay-
erage farm conditions as fowls, al
though they serve to add variety, both
of meat and OF eggs, for the farmers
table. If the demand for ducks, and
especially for duck eggs, increases,
breeds Of ducks which are good LAYERS
should be profitable on farms, particu-
larly where there Is good pasture land
containing a stream or any running
water. Farmers rarely give the neces-
sary care to their ducklings, either in
feedtng or In marketing, to be able to
cater to the trade In fancy green
ducks.
Duck farms are usually located on
light, sandy soil, generally on sloping
land. where the droppings will leach
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1916-09-21
UGH! CAL0MEL MAKES YOU SICK!
CLEAN LIVER AND BOWELS MY WAY
Just Once! Try "Dodsons Liver Tone" When Bilious Constl
pated Headachy-Dont Lose Days Work.

Liven up your sluggish liver! Feel
hne and cheerful; make your work q
pleasure; be vigorous and full Of am.
bition. But take no nasty, danger
GUS calomel, because it makes you
sick and you may lose a days work.
Calomel is mercury or quicksilver,
which causes necrosis OF the bones.
Calomel crashes into sour bile like
dynamite, breaking it up. That's
when you feel that awful nausea and
cramping.
Listen to me! II you want to enjoy
the incest. gentlest liver and bowel
cleansing you ever experienced just
take spoonful of harmless Dodson's
Liver Tone. Your druggist or dealer
sells you so cent bottle Of Dodson's
Liver Tone under my personal money
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1916-09-21


sinkham's Vegetable Compound?' NV
mother bought it and the next month I
vas SO well that worked all the month
Without staying at home day. am
10 good health now and have told lots Of
iris about it. Miss CLARicE NORM.
% Russell Street, Taunton, Mass.
Thousands Of girls suffer in silence
hvery month rather than consult a phy-
"iclan. If girls who are troubled with
painful or irregular periods, backache,
aeadache, dragging-down sensations.
Hainting spells or indigestion would take
lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, safe and pure remedy made
rom roots and herbs, much suffering
'aight be avoided.
Write to Lydia e. Pinkham Medicine
Co, Lynn, Mass. (confidentiaD for free
advice which will prove helpful.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1916-09-21

back guarantee that each spoonful
will clean your sluggish liver better
than dose of nasty calomel and that
1t won't make you sick.
Dodson's Liver Tone is real liver
medicine. You'll know 1t next morn.
ing, because you will wake up feel.
Ing fine. your liver will be working,
your headache and dizziness gone.
your stomach will be sweet and your
bowels regular.
Dodson's Liver Tone is entirely
vegetable. therefore harmless and
cannot salivate. Give 1t to your chill.
dren. Millions Of people are using
Dodson's Liver Tone instead of dan.
gerous calomel now. Your druggist
will tell you that the sale of calomel
Is almost stopped entirely lere.-Adv.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1916-09-21
NATURES WAY FOR CHICKENS
Follow That Rule as Far as Possible
In Feeding and Caring for
Young Animals.

We should follow nuture-or rather
let nature have her own way as nearly
as possible-in feeding and caring for
any young animal. Who ever heard
Of chicken having bowel, or any
other trouble when the old hen found
most Of Its food, and cared for it as
only a hen can? When we assume
to take natures place in feeding and
caring for animals, we are on danger
GUS ground.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1916-09-21
Loading Guns With Afr.

Jack Tar knows what it means to
tote heavy shells around ship, but Jack
Tar Will not need to worry about this
duty longer, according to the Popular
Science Monthly. Ammunition Is now
loaded by pneumatic tube straight
from the magazine to the firing turret.
An Intricate mechanism prevents the
shells from entering the breeches OF
the guns Mt great speed and also pre-
vents any mistake in firing.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1916-09-21
OFFERINGS.

A few bushels or Fulghum oats to ex-
change for Abruzzi rye, and burr clover.
from noxions weeds a"d harvested with
out rain. CSC per bushel.
Few. bushels mixed meas to exchange
FOR crimson clover or rye.
512 bushels Italian rye seed to exchange
for II bushels Fulghum oats. $3.50 per
14o bushels burr clover seed. well clean
ed; $, ner hushel.
ton per ton.
TWO 8 all Durham bulls, ss5 AMI $40.
10 head of Black Angus cattle. sows
and heifers. bred to registered Durham.
7c per lb fob.
One pure Jersey heifer, fresh in spring,
$50. 90
Three Jersey hc'fer calves. SIS. 90 each.
F. One Holstein calf. price AMI description
Several pure bred Duroc Jersey hogs.
Reasonable.
Some grade berkshire shoats. 40 and 80
]bs.: each cents per pound.
Five registernd RerFsh're gifts SIP 30
each. One rerstercd Berkshire boar s15:
each. One registered Berkshire gilt SEQ:
registered Berkshire sows $40 each: s
registered berkshire gifts. SIS VIII OK.
change for rye corn or lambs at market
price
Three dozen three quarter berkshire
pigs. IS rer pair. delivered in South Car
olina. Cash with order.
Six Duroc Jersey pics from registered
stock 81 en.h. One registered Duroc Jer-
Sey SOW, $40.
Three gifts bred to registered O. 7. G,
VIII exchange for meat hogs.
One registered Imported o. 7. G. boar.
:. Two crossed 0. 7. G. and Berkshire pigs,
A pure bred Kentucky saddle and har-
ness mare. description on application.
One horse mule. Price on applicat ation
One saddle hnrse. registered and bred
In Kentncky. $3.50.
One thoroughbred stallion. or will ex.
m
A few $. c.. White Leghorn pullets. 75e
each: cockercls: 7k" each
ons seysn Eur oToneon r. dooi hess s. si25 each
Trio ~ Mammoth Pekln ducks. Fo.
best offer.
100 White Leghorn chickens.
Mammoth White Pekin ducks, 81 each
20 hounds OF nice clean goose feathers
soc pound.
4 erarhhophone and 30 double records.
VIII exchange for pair OF Duroc pigs.
One Johnson mower and rake with lot
OF extra repairs. VIII exchange for sect
oats, rye; etc. Internat,on1l Corn Kins
$500 WIN ke take farm seed1, in part pay
capacity "mnlottc" cream scparator:
dozen. White and yellow Jonquills. 25t
per dozen.
n,o Home = cured m , hnms. q cent?, per pound
.-alao mess. One extra cleaning feeder
for. 7o-saw gin.
Mandy I,nn incubator 100-eRg caDactty
$40 Or will exchange for sweet pota toes
1v0 acres improved sand hill land. II
acres In cultivation. $22 per acre. one.
third cash, balance on terms.
One SO horsepower cylinder Ever.
ett car In fine condition EXCEPT tires. s30c
a fey hominG pigeons. S1.50 a pair.
One barrel chmrn Il .galions) to Elk
change for anything Of equal value.
Three White Leghorns. cockerel 75o
hen 81. cock $500.
- Tratne, pointer dog, fob, Silver O,
10 husheis Abr;;zzi rye. S27B per bu.
nerksh!re ehoats to exchange for rs,ii.
Rerltghtro rows to exchange So, hms,
{ o5ovsr and Abfussi rye, = d 'i :
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1916-09-21

DR.. Peery's "DEAD SHOT" is an effective
medicine for Worms or Tapeworm In adults
or children. One dose Is sufficient and NO
supplemental purge necessarY.-Ady.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1916-09-21

freely into the soil, so that the land
keeps sweet and clean. The farm
should have good shipping facilities
to aid both in shipping products and
In buying supplies. The arrangement
OF the buildings should be planned to
economize labor and allow for future
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1916-09-21
PREVENT LICE AND CHOLERA
Both Flourish In Hot Weather, and
May Be Avoided by Little Work
Before Trouble Begino.

Lice and cholera germs flourish In
hot weather, and both by little work
may be prevented.
Running for remedies and cleaning
up when flock Is down with conta-
glous disease Is certainly q ridiculous
and frmtless proceeding and exhibit
hon Of how not to do 1t.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1916-09-21
FIERY RED PIMPLEs
Goothed and Healed by cuticura Soap
and Ointment. Trial Free.

Smear the affected skin with Cuticura
Ointment on end OF finger. Let it re-
main five to ten minutes. Then wash
off with plenty of Cuticura Soap and
hot water. Dry without irritation.
Nothing like Cuticura for all skin
rodhieg itou inis cy q. uta.
HFea 8u.nn'N each 1y in,t} 18th Book
A"Hle&a a'cacd rUcgr4 Dept. l.,
3Hiton. 500 ngHwl.c'a Adv.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1916-09-21
CONVENIENT SITE FOR HOUSE
As Women Usually Look After Chick
en- Flock It Is Well to Have Coop
Near Farm Dwelling.

The women usually look after tho
chickens. If n man wants to help his
wife he can do so by locating the
chicken coop not too far from the
house and In handy location and by
building 1t for convenience with feed
hoppers, shell hoppers, water dishes
and alfalfa racks.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1916-09-21
To Fortify tho System Against
Summer Heat

Many users of Groves Tasteless Chill
Tonic make it a practice to take this old
standard remedy regularly to fortify the
system against the depressing effect of
summer heat. as those who are strong
Withstand the heat of summer better than
those who are weak. Price soc.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1916-09-21
WANTS..

Position rs manager Of model cotton
farm. with machinery etc.
10 bushels seed barley. recleaned and
seeded
Some White Emden geese
Some NJ c.. Buncombe cabbage plants
and Danish Ball Head cabbage plants
cheap.
trio OF Bourbon Red turkeys.
family, consisting Of man and wife
and wish to better themselves. Must be
competept farm people with knowledge
Of cattle.
Some small fig trees
Six young turkey hens and one cock,
not over six months old
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1916-09-21

" 8 Cay at homo
from work and suf-
Ter a long time.
One day q woman
came to our house
an d ask Q d m y
mother why I was
suffering. Mother
told her that I suf-
fered every month
and she said, why
don't you buy O
AA&l -a ~
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1916-09-21
Qualification

you go to church more frequently
than you used to-"
Eyes. And apart from the instruc-
ton 1 derive a great deal Of satisfac-
tlon from my attendance. It's q great
comfort to be where people sing and
play line music without anybody's
spelling 1t by putting in ragtime words
or wanting to dance"
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1916-09-21
His Meal Ticket,

Il met Mr.. Blinks at the Van Gelts'
dinner last night. Isn't he most fas-
cinating man?"
HE has to be. IF Blinks didn't get
invited out to dinner three or four
times week he'd starve to DEATH"
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1916-09-21
His Limit.

did young Spcnder listen to you
at all when you spoke to him about
the bill he owes us?"
"Oh, yes; he paid close attention"
"Humph That's all he ever will
pay"
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1916-09-21
Its Puroose.

$50 this is the prison laundry?"
"Ycs, ma'am."
II suppose you wash and iron the
cOnvictS here"
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1916-09-21
MOTHER, ATTENTION!
Gold Ring for Baby Free.

Get 25c Bottle of Baby Ease from
any drug store, mail coupon as di.
rected and gold ring (guaranteed).
proper size. mailed you. Baby Ease
cures Bowel Complaints and Teething
Troubles of Babies.-Adv.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1916-09-21

LAD!ES-Best quality Toilet Articles. Rub
per per Goods and Remedies You are sure OF just
TnaaSt, Mma. Snu order and honest, prompt service.
to.' 1923 Evergreen Ave.. JnckaonviIIe, lila.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1916-09-21

B. III. Foster owns 1000 acres OF
wheat near Smith Center. Kan.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1916-09-21
Girl COULD
NOT WORK
kiow She Was Relieved from
Pain by Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound.

Taunton, Mass. -" had pains in both
a'des and when my periods came had
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-12-18

DO you understand, MdISlS, Sdlu
Paula, ''the sentiment that makes a
woman keep her old letters?- Long
after all interest in the writer has
passed she still has times when the
mere lingering of the yellow pages
will send a thrill of Old-time remem-
brance through her heart.
81 do not think the time l am tell
ing you about was very joyous and
happy while l was living it, but I've
grown to know it was part of the
great adventure of life, and perhaps
the most thrilling part. It must have
been, otherwise l would not have
kept all the notes, letters and me-
mentoes Of that time"
when you asked me to tell you
my story, Margie, went to a certain
safety deposit box where 1 keep my
treasures, took out the documents
in the case and arranged them. Do
you know, dear, to my great surprise
I found the faded remains of the
bunch of violets Jeff Perrygreen gave
me when he came home on the train
with me from Vassar to find my
mother dying and my father fugi-
tive from justice?
"And beside them were the little
white viOlets Jeff sent me at the the
alter the night 1 went to supper with
him and my trouble with Earnest be-
gan. There was a wholesome kind
of wOodsy odor clinging to them still.
7 Dicked them I'D quickly and il
seemed to me that almost with a
faint rustIing sigh they dropped to
pieces-a little heap of fragrant
memories.
"As 1 entered the theater the next
evening the stage man handed me
thick note. I recognized Earnest's
handwriting and smiled a little bit
terly to myself, especially as felt
something hard within the envelope.
ct would be like Earnest, I
thought, to feel he could cure any
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-12-18

u4OppCu d magnificent uldulOuu IlLSs
l have never cared for large stones,
which have always seemed to me
more Ostentatious than beautiful, but
instinctiVely l knew this would be
Earnest's way of saying I'm sorry
81 imagine even then I subcOn-
sciOusly understood what I afterward
came to know, that Earnest LawtOn
thought any woman could be bought.
Earnest had had many sad eXpe-
riences and they seemed to have left
him with the idea that no woman
was loyal and true and that every
one Of us would leave any man for
another who would offer us more.
Isn't it strange, Margie, that
man, even in business, thinks a wOm-
an should stay with him and help
him if he needs her, when it is for her
own best interests to go somewhere
else? With another man he would
understand he was perfectly right in
doing the best for himself, but with
woman he thinks there must al
ways be some sentiment in every
transaction.
81 don't know but he is right, Mar
gle. I have almost come to the con-
ClusiOn that you cannot divorce sex
and sentiment from any business in
which men and women are engaged.
las sOoR as a woman entirely
steps out of the angel class exalted
or fallen-where she has been reIe-
gated for so long, and becomes a
real human being with human inter
est instead of idealistic characters
tics we shall have travelled a long
way in making this old world a
utopia.
"Of course, I did not think so then.
was only hurt that Earnest could
think he would be able to make-i it all
right by sending me an expensive
present.
when I read his letter I cried.
Yesterday when I read it l laughed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-21

A transformation should never be resorted to, however. except for hours when a hat may be worn, for no mat ter how beautiful a transformation it is, or how costly, the time will come, sooner or later, when someone will discover 1t, and then. woe to Its wearer, for every other woman in that community will have the secret with in twenty-four hours. Much better struggle with such locks as you have, even if the struggle entails patience and the sacrifice of other pursuits. than give your dearest enemy the op- portunity to whisper casually to even the least of your masculine admirers: Isn't it pity she has to wear a wig over her front hair, you know. Of course I presume the back is her own." But very few will give even the back that credit, once the front is guessed to be false.
 Each woman must experiment and find out for herself what sort of curl CTS produce the best effects in her own case. Thick, not too fine hair, takes well to wire or metal curlers. which make finer. silky hair, frizzy and harsh. Kid or "rag" curriers' are better for soft. fine hair, and rather thick locks should be rolled around the curler to make big. soft waves. The hot iron does no harm to the hair if 1t is not too hot: but most