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SOME CHICK DISEASES
HEAD LICE IN PARTICULAR ARE
SOURCE OF MUCH TROUBLE.
Dust Hen With Insect Powder, Spray
Coops With Disinfectant and Rub
Ointment on Chick's Head
and Under Wings.
Lice, head lice in particular, while
not a disease in themselves, are a fer
tile source of trouble and disease.
They are generally lound where the
chicks are hatched by hens, the litUe
fellows appearing droopy, pale and
with some diarrhea, due to weakness.
Dust the hen with a good lice killer,
spray the coops with disinfectant and
rub a little lice ointment on the
chick's head, under the wings and
around the vent.
While not so prevalent as some
times supposed, "white uiarrhea" is
a real menace, and here prevention is
the best remedy. Breed from serong,
healthy parent stock and avoid the
long, scrawny, crow headed hen, for
disease is transmitted through the egg.
Keep the incubator dark, feed good
nourishing food, separate suspected
chicks at once and disinfect thorough
ly. If trouble is expected use a white
diarrhea remedy in the drinking water
for the first ten days. It will save
many chicks, but will not cure the dis
ease or save badly infeoted ones.
Bowel trouble, due to Improper feed
ing, ia often mistaken for white diar
rhea Don't feed chicks until 48
hours old, but give fine grit and fresh
water from the start. Let the first
feed be finely crumbled boiled egg,
breadcrumbs or a prepared baby chick
food, given dry, or moistened with
sweet or sour milk. Do not overfeed,
but feed often. La:er give a little bit
of fine grains, such as pinhead oats,
cracked wheat or chick size cracked
cora, scattered in the litter to induce
exercise. Beef scrap should not be
given until chicks are at least a week
old. Scald the drinking vessels fre
quently, give plenty of greens after
the first five days and keep the chicks
exercising and there will never be any
bowel trouble among the birds.
Leg weakness frequently comes
from lack of exercise. Chicks appear
healthy, have good appetites, are
bright, but have no use of their legs.
Give them every opportunity to exer
cise, but do not allow thom to be
come chilled. Bottom heat in a
brooder will cause this trouble. The
beat should always descend on a
chick's back, never upward. Lack of
*-4-? mxtarials ia th? food,
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ATTACHMENT CN TAF5M GATE j
Discarded Plow Wheel and Wooden
Axle With Narrow Strip of Board
Makes Handy Arrangement.
There are a great many different
kinds of gates used on farms through
out the country, come simile and oth
ers complicated. The Farm and Home
describes and illvstrat.es one as ar
ranged by Leslie Beattie of New York i
I take an old plow wheel, fit a. wood- !
en axle to it, and bolt it to the bottom
corner of the gate. Then I take a nar- j
row strip of board six inches longer ' J
Easy Gate to Open.
than height of gate, and to the bottom
end bolt a short piece which makes it
T-shape. This is bolted to the gate as
shown in the illustration, and serves
as a lock, for the short piece goes be
tween the spokes in the wheel and
holds the gate either open or closed.
A child can easily open a heavy gate
that has this attachment.
REMEDY FOR THE WOODCHUCK
Among Other Methods of Extermina
tion Suggested ls That of a Man
With a Good Rifle.
(By M. W. WILLIAMS, Minnesota.)
The woodchuck, or "ground hog" is
so destructive to gardens in some
counties in this section, that a few
remedial measures may be of interest
White muslin strips may be tied to
the pea vine supports about a foot
above the ground, at intervals of about
a foot in the row, to keep the animal
away. Cotton or oakum may be
wrapped around a stone soaked in car
bon bi-sulphid, and the mass rolled I
into the hole as far as possible. In !
order that the fumes may have the !
fullest possible effect, close the hole |
as tightly as possible. A good marks- I
man with a rifle, stationed where he
can secure a good view of the infested
field, may prove effective. Blasting
powder and a long faa? are sometimes
?sed and so is th* tiwi trap.
Lucky; Accident for Him.
After proposing three times and
being rejected on account of his ugli
ness, a man in London was injured
in an accident so severely that when
he recovered his face had been com
pletely reconstructed, decidedly for
the better. He proposed again and
Twenty-five minutes after her di
vorce from one husband a Wellsburg
(W. Va.) woman was married to her
second. The delay was caused by tha
need to have a marriage license prop
erly filled out.-Pittsburgh Gazette
In a composition dealing with th<
habits and customs of American In
dians, a boy deeply impressed with
their free-and-easy life wrote the fol
lowing: "The Indians had few laws,
but they were well violated."
? Hatched by the Sun.
In breeding goldfish, an industry
which has flourished in China from
time immemorial, the eggs are re
moved from the reach of the adult
male fish and hatched by the sun in'
The Tapestry Mode.
The Millionaire (declining to pur
chase post-impression creation)
Xoth'n' doin'! Why, my maiden
a'nt cud darrn a better picture 'n
Danger of Too Much Talk.
Don't Ulk too much. Just after you
haye talked a man into buying, if you
keep on talking you will talk him out
cf buying.-Atchison Globe.
A literary genius is one whom na
ture lets in on the ground floor, and
Avhom the publishers force to live in
Costly English Port.
More than' $100,000,000 has been
spent in bringing and keeping the port
of Liverpool up to date.
At tho Top and Bottom.
Of ail the people in Europe the
Tnmth hare the fewest children and
til* I risk the most.
i? tv* twin sister of hypocrisy.
?]'2.W to insure sounu cou.
'peed and works anywhere.
R. L. BODIE.
R. F. D. Modoc, S. C.
fm?mw ; kB
Light Saw, Lathe and Shm
jie -Mills, Engines, Boilers?,
Supplies and repairs, Porta
ble , Steam ;ind Gasoline En
gines, Saw Teeth, Files, Belt*
md Pipes. WOOD SAW?
Gins and Pre^s Repairs.
Try LOMBA lil),
125 acres land near Hibernia
in Saluda county.
120 acres near Monetta, Sa
330 acres in Aiken county,
100 acres near Ropers.
300 acres near (Celestia or
Davis' mills in Greenwood
and Saluda counties.
50 acres near Edpetield C.
? 250 aeres near Trenton,S.C.
Several tract* near meeting
Street, and other tracts near
Monetta and Batesburg.
A. 8. TOMPKINS,
Edgefield, S. C.
(Prickly Ash, Poke Root and Potassium)
Prompt Powerful Permanent
Its beneficia.' ef- Stubborn cases Good results are
fects are usually yield to P. P. P. lasting-it cures
ftlt very quickly when other mcdi- you tostay cured
cines arc useless
Makes rich, red, pure blood-cleanses the entire
system - clears the bftin - strengthens digestion and nerves.
A positive specifiWfor Blood Poison and skid diseases.
Drives out Rheumatism and Stops the Pain; ends Maiaria;
is a wonderful tonic and body-builder. Thousands endorse it.
F. V. LIPPMAN CO. ,>S???. SAVANNAH, GA.
Copyri?ht 1909, by C. E. Zimmerman Co.-No. 41
Put some money in the Bank of
Edgefield and you will defeat pov
erty. Everybody has a horror of
poverty. There is only one way to
insure against it, that is to culti
vate a habit of thrift which you
can easily do by putting money in
this bank. Courteous and prompt
attention given to all business.
OFFICERS: J. C. Sheppard, Pre-.; B. E. Nicholson1 Viee
pres.; E. J. Mira?, Cashier; J. H. Allen, assistant Cashier
DIRECTORS: J. C. Sheppard, Geo. W. Adams, Thos. H.
Rainsford, Jolin Rainsford B. E. Nicholson, A. S. Tompkins, C.
C. Fuller, E. J. AI ima, J. H. Allen.
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and Cumming streets, two blocks from the Union Passenger Station
where we have the most modern warehouse in Augusta with floor
space of 24,800 squa.e feet and it is literally packed with Groceries
and feeds from cellar to roof. Our stock must be seen to be appre
ciated. Our expenses are at least 3450.00 a month less since discon
tinuing our store at 863 Broad street, and as goods are unloaded
from cars to warebeuse, we are in a position to name very close
prices. If you really want the worth of your money see or write us
Stewart & Kernaghan
s Edgefield, South Carolina.
Notieeto the Publie:
All persons wanting pictures framed will please
leave same at store of Dorn & Mi ms.
Best work guaranteed, and prices right.
AU pictures will be framed the same day left at
Edgefield, S. C.
April 1, 19H
ED JEFIELD, S. C., WEDNESDAY, MAY 27, ?9?4