The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1920-04-14
.DO|NCS OF OUR
COUNTY FARMERS

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Last week I mentioned that DR.. c..
e. Gamble at New Zion had pure
bred Guernsey bull. made mistake
in the Doctors initials however, for
it is DR.. e. B. Gamble who has the bull
Dr.. Gamble also has two fine purebrcd
Duroce sows.
MIR. K. r. DuRant near Alcolu, has
very fine flock of purebred Plymouth
Rock chickens. He has about fifty
hens in the flock and the cockcrels are
some of the best he could obtain. At
! feeding time, when the whole flock is
together, rare sight for the people
of Clarendon, for there are not MANY
such flocks of purebrcd chickens in our
County. The pullets are now LAYING
and Mr.. DuRant gets /, large number
of eggs each day. They do take more
care than just chickens but it pays.
Mr.: w. N. Rush at Sardinia has a
fine flock of purebred White Leghorn
chickens. Mr.. Rush seems to be
gathering a great many eggs too for
Il have been there twice in the last two
, weeks and both times 1 have seen eggs
in the nests and also around outside
| the barn and it looks. ss if Mr.. Rush
can't build enough nests to hold the
eggs. The Leghorn is the best breed
when plenty of eggs nre wanted, the
Plymouth. Rock and Rhode Island Red
are good breeds for both eggs and
meat
Mr.. j. c. DuRant, Jr., near Alcolu
has fine flock OF purcbrcd Rhode
/ Island Reds and has bec> YER: sue.
cessful with them, and says they GER
talny pay better than mongrcl chick
ems. l have heard quite a number of
people iii different parts of the county
say that purebred chickens would not
40 as we'll or lay as many eggs as
mongrel chickens did. which is very
true if they kept their chickens on the
principal of 'get-your-own-fce
starve.' But, if you are willing to give
little more time and some feed to
purebred chickens and keep their
houses clean they will find that they
Will be well paid for their time and
work. Ask any of tire above three
men If YOU don't believe it.
Mr.. C. A. Harvin of Davis Cross
Roads and Mr.. NJ. N. Hickman of New
zion are the first men I know of who
have a ready set out tobacco. Mr..
Harvlm has set out two acres and Mr..
Hickman three acres.
| have seen very few tobacco beds
this year that had anything like q
stand of plants. Most beds are so full
OF weeds that if there are any tobacco
plants in them the weeds hide them.
The trouble and work caused by weeds
could be reduced to almost nothing if
proper care would be taken when pre-
pairing the bed. If the bed is on the
edge Of a field it should be thorough
ly burned SO as to kill all weed seeds.
If the bed is made in the woods where
it is shady most of the time not so
much trouble will be mad from weeds
like plenty of sunshine. Beds in the
woods will not be damaged from cold
winds like beds made ous in the open.
1t will also pay to have heavier cover
ing for the bed than the hismy tobacco
cloth ready to cover the beds in case
of cold spell of weather. Some years
heavier covering is not needed but i'm
other years, like this year for instance,
the money spent for heavier material
viii mean good crop instead of a
thlrd or fourth of crop. You can
hgure for yourselves what that will
mean to you in money.
Messrs. G.. f. Morris and J. Smith
of New Zion have very fine tobacco
beds. Mr.. Morris will be able to set
Of
Smith planted his bed in the woods
and with little extra care and one
application of soda has a fine crop of
plants.
Mr.. e. B. Fielder near Pincwood has
a fine herd Of hogs with a purebrcd
sire at the head. inoculated G5 head
Tor Mr.. Fielder the other day and both
pigs and hogs are in excellent condi-
ton and as far as | was able to find
out, 1T IS because he reeds his hogs.
Purebred hogs will make more than
twice as much gain as scrub hogs will
on the same amount and kind Of feed
but purebrcd hogs cannot compete
with scrubs in roofing for living in
woods and swamps. Mr.. Fielder ex-
poets to ship a carload of hogs to
market next fall That will hit the
boil wecvil square in the solar pexus.
Mr.. j. p, LaMaster, Federal Dairy
Husbandman now with Clemson Col
lege, is in Clarendon this week aiding
IN the organization OF Bull Associa-
tion. Mr.. La Master is one Of the best
Bull association men in the country
ana with his aid we will organize one