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[News for tl ?ummnHMnntwuttmmmnuiimmutiminntmntiinmiiiwminwnmnnmminiiimninnuniiimimi ORCHARD AND GARDEN 1 WORK FOR THIS WEEK 1 ] The Progressive Farmer. s Make plans for a bigger and bet- < ter garden. j Scatter stable manure broadcast 1 over the unoccupied portions of the j . garden. 3 Determine this year to have an ' orchard that does not lack for prun- j cnravintr cultivation or any of 1 *"*>9 ?or the other features that go to make heavy yields of first class fruit. ^ Send for vegetable catalogs preparatory to ordering seed for the ^ spring garden. Collards should be protected with j pine tops o ra covering of straw to } prevent injury during severe cold i spells. If you haven't a hot bed make ( one before the week is past. In can ^ be used to advantage from now un- ] til late into spring. t Garden peas of the more hardy i types may be planted in the Coasted t section of the South; also onions ( and radishes. } Collect and burn all dried, rotten fruit that remain on the trees or , that has fallen. This is a means of reducing disease and insect pests next summer. Set out frost-proof cabbage plants for earliest spring cabbage. The Jersey Wakefield and the Charleston Wakefield are good varieties to use for this purpose. Cover the tops of celery with ( straw or other coarse material. Pro- 1 tected in this way, it will remain ] in perfect condition throughout the 3 winter. Plant a portion of the hot bed to < lettuce and radishes. Sow the let- ] tuce in rows ten inches apart with 1 radishes in the middles. . 1 Rather than allow fruit trees to be scattered here and there ,over ] the farm, let's have a real orchard 3 in which the trees and not the field * crops take first place. J In the colder portions of the South cabbage that are in head , should be protected during January and February. A simple means of protection consists in laying the ' plants down with the heads towards the north and covering with soil un- ^ til the top of the head only is ex- & posed. With the existing hieh cost of fer-l, ~ ~ , ! I tilizers of all kinds it is important j that every farmer have a compost heap where leaves, ashes and other 1 refuse matter about the place can be accumulated for use on the garden soil. See that the pumpkins and cushaws are keeping in perfect condi- f tion. They should be stored in a t dry room having a temperature of j not less ihan fifty degrees. \ If you are thinking of paying a c dollar or more apiece for pecan j trees, remember that there are good j nurseries where they may be bought T for sixty ccnts. Find out the names t of these nurseries and patronize j them. Make an inventory of your or- ( chard and in case you find that it ( does not contain all o" tne differ- f ent kinds of fruits that do well in i 1 your locality with varieties ripen-1 j ing in succession order enough trees ] of the proper sorts to make up the j deficiency. Remembering the pleasure both 1 yourself and the little folks had eat * ing Christmas nuts and apples, make up your mind to produce those things on your own farm so M to have them in abundance thru') out the winter. Practically every farm in the South will produce win ter apples (if the proper varieties are planted) and nuts such as pe-j cans, black walnuts, Japanese walnuts and even English walnuts. F. J. Crider, Clemson College, i PLANTING THE YOUNG TREES. ] Clemson College, S. C.,?Plan to i set out your orchard sometime be- ' tween November 1st and February 16th ,as trees will grow better when : planted during ^ this season than I ?5' ~ A when planted in the spring. Com- J municate with your Demonstration j Agent and get his advice as to a : reliable nursery also about the varieties that are best suited to your j section. j Plant the trees as soon as possi- 1 ble after they arrive. If it is im- ] possible to plant them as soon as j le Farmer" z ?; ZSZSXZ2SZZSZSSXSZ. Cal :hey arrive, open the bundle and leel them out until they can be planted. Dig the hole large enough ^ so that all the roots may be spread th? jut in their natural position. For C01 ipples and peaches the holes should q1 De about 18 inches deep and 2 feet Soi In diameter. On stiff hard soil dynamite may be used to advantage. vw rhoroughly mix the top soil taken ot from the hole with commercial fer. . _ . _ thi tilize. 1-2 pound or 8-4-z. Place the trees in a barrel of wa- J. 1 th( ber or wrap them in a wet sack and :arry them to the field. This will tor prevent the roots from drying out j|L before transplanting. Cut off any oh broken roots with a sharp knife, bel ind prune back the roots until they ire only 8 to 10 inches in length. ^ To plant the tree, throw a little Df the top soil in the hole, then ma place the tree a little deeper in the lole than it grew in the nursery md throw in a little more top soil wo Work the soil around the roots well bui' md pack firmly with the foot as jach shovelful is thrown in, leaving cm i slight impression around the tree Th After the~ tree has been set, place about two inches df loose soil over gel _ a packed surface. Coi xrees handled in this manner , will give good results. ity ? m FORESTRY EXPERIMENT. ed cu Clemson College, S. C., Jan. 1.? ^ Clemson College is cooperating of svith the Forest Service of the U. S. ^ Department ot Agriculture m a reforestation experiment at the Coast Pr< Station near Summerville. Five ^ - *n lifferent kinds of pine have been jut planted as ' follows: The loblolly, ?* long-leaf, and slash pines of the Low ^ Country, the short leaf pine of the on Piedmont section, and the Maritime pine. The slash pine has been found to be the most rapid grower sf these native pines and it is valuHi] ?ble both for lumber and turpentine. The Maritime pine which is the turpentine tree of France and Spain and which has been found to ?row well in Florida, is being care- Bh fully tested out. This tree produces the best quality of turpentine in Di] the world. It has been ascertained ;hat all our native pines produce Bo seed abundantlv and that all that is leeded to enable them to reproduc^ To themselves is; to keep hogs and fires >ut of the old fields, and deforested , An sections. To KEEP SEED CORN SAFE. t " ' /IClemson College, S. C.?Seed :om may be left on the racks where he ears have been dried. But it 1 s generally preferable, says the Th' Jnited States Department of Agri:ulture, to store the ears in mouse- Wt iroof barrels, boxes, or crates durng the winter. In any case they Bu nust not be exposed to dampness or hey will absorb moisture and be "I'i njured. After hanging in the drying shed, ^01 >r lying on the racks where there is . :onstant circulation of dry air for A :he first two months after they lave been selected from the stalks To n the field, the seed ears should be 3one dry and contain less than 10 <(j, 3er cent of moisture. Some farmers ^ place the thoroughly dry ears in the :enter o fa wheat bin, and then fill T I a the bin with loose, dry wheat. mm u#_. mm m nan vour Living Without Money Cost v, We are all at a danger point. On ^ the use of good common sense In our ^ 1918 farm and garden operations de- N pends prosperity or our "going broke." N ^ Even at present high prices no one can plant all or nearly all cotton, buy J food and grain at present prices from | car supply merchant on credit and make j money. Food and grain is higher in i me proportion than are present cotton W< prices. -pjj It's a time above all others to play | Bafe; to produce all possible food, we ^rain and forage supplies on your own do< acres; to cut down the store bill. exj A good piece of garden ground, rightly planted, rightly tended and kept planted the year round, can be to made to pay nearly half your living. It He will save you more money than you , madft on the best three acres of cotton pou ever grew! chi Hastings' 1918 Seed Book tells all no ibout the right kind of a money say- no ing garden and the vegetables to put in It. It tells about the farm crops as C"1 well and shows you the clear road to do real and regular farm prosperity. It's C0] Free. Send for it today to H. G. HA8TING8 CO., Atlanta, Ga.?Advt llfl MM PROSPERITY I IS HOME MADE a , | 2 fi Be Continued Indefinitely In | South If Farmers Do Their Part, g Says Hastings | Ltlanta, Ga.?(Special.)?That the | taent wave of "farm prosperity" in | i South is "home made" and can be | itinued indefinitely is the Interest- | ; statement made recently by H. | Hastings, President of both the i itheastern Fair Association and the f orgla Chamber of Commerce. Mr. | stings said: "Unthinking people are | 7 apt to attribute the present wave | farm prosperity in the South to the | .'Bent high price of cotton rather | m to its real cause." 'Naturally, the high price has helped j treat deal, but the real reason for ? i money being in the farmer's pock- I or bank is that when the 1917 cot- | i crop was made the farmer owned g instead of owing it to supply mer- | wt at the end of the season, us was j tally the case in times past Never | tore had the farmers of the South g ne as close to feeding themselves, | >ir families and their lire stock 1 m thalx #vwn irrM an In 1917. Thev S 1 need of few store purchases and i | de few or no debt*." 'If the 1917 crop had been made on g i old basis of plant all cotton and g r all food at present prices there I uld be supply merchant prosperity, | t little or none on the farms." g 'Naturally, the temptation Is great | Increase cotton .acreage and d<>- | tase food and grain acreage in 19111. e man who does It is foolish. The ole world it short of food and this ldltlon will not only contlnne but I worse as long as the war lasts, itinued high prices for food Is as cern as sunrise each morning." 'Real money-in-hand farm pros perls absolutely dependent on the ft" own u>.rM of ft 11 ! xl, meat, grain and forage needed home needs. Onoe that is prorictfor, erery other available acre a safely be planted in cotton or other ih crop. Th a larger part of the cost miHn| cottan or other cash crop la the food, grain and forage consumIn making it These items Itoms made' can he xluced at Irom one-third to on* If the price the merchant chargea d home production of them means it that much reduction in the . cost making the cash crop. "Farm prosperity in the South oaia d will be permanent just as long ai r farmers continue their farm oper ons on a 'home made' basis." THE SERVICE FLAG. 5 ar little flag in the window there, I ing with a tear . and a woman's I prayer, * t ild of Old Glory, born with a star 1 . what, a wonderful flat? vou are! c c le is your star in its field of white, ^ oped in the red that was born of right; ' y rn of the blood that our fore- ^ bears shed c raise your mother, the Flag o'erhead. 1 d now you've come in this fren- r zied day, c speak from a window?to speak t and say: 'I'm the voice of a soldier son I ne to be gone until the victory's t won. 1 'I'm the flag of The Service, sir; e flag of his mother?I speak for her J to stands by my window and waits aid fears, t hides from the others her unwept tears. t m the flag of the wives who wait v r the safe return of a martial f mate. 1 mate gone forth where the war ^ god thrives, save from sacrifice other men's a wives. ' v C m the flag of the sweethearts true j e often unthought of?the sisters, too. t m the flag of a mother's son c d won't come down till the vietory's won." ?By William Herschell. v * n iVVVVVVVWVVVVV V 11 DUE WEST. V > c Due West, S. C., Jan. 8.?The C lvass for the Erskine Endow- ^ nt was ably presented to the Due ^ ;st congregation by Dr. Moffatt. ^ e Sabbath morning exercises vfl mvan Arror Ia fliof nauco TVlP itor gave a sketch of the early v periences of our fathers in the * itter of education, which led up a the founding of Erskine College, c spoke of the experience of other nominations in establishing their, S irch schools and endowments, I < ting .the membership of these de- -I minations. The history of our | ^ iirch was traced from Scotland, c wn to the present and the vital j r lection of the College to the very! e of the church was pointed out.! c I m y^hivi w, ISATURI 1 == | Pcirty desii I mules, in g< years old. Parties < their m Satui 0. G. CI envelopes prepared for thi3 pi >ose, were handed by the deaco o the members of the congregatic it a meeting of the elders ai leacons following the exercises :anvassing committee was ?.ppoii id to assist Dr. Moffatt. The d vas a bad one and a small congi ,'ation present. So far about $4,0' las been secured for the endo nent. This is expected to be i Teased. Dr. Moffatt makes a fi igent and the church is fortuna n securing his services. He h nade a fine campaign. The weath luring December has been ve rying on all canvassers. Dr. Ernest Orr spent a day )ue West last week. He was si ioaed for a short time in Ch? otte, but was called back to I )glethorpe. Miss Mary Galloway spent t tolidays with her parents, Dr. ai ?rs. J. C. Galloway of Gaston; 1. C. Mr. John Todd and Mr. Walk Edwards, Jr., were visitors in Cht er during the holidays. Mr. David Kennedy and Dr. Jol [ennedy came home from Je:Tersi ledical College. Both of the iave volnnteered for the army. Dr. and Mrs. C. H. McMum nd Rev. and Mrs. Plaxco of Abb ilia, and Miss Mamie Devlin Jreenwood, spent a short time )ue West during the Christmas. The Baptist pastor preached he local church here on Christm Sabbath, taking his text from t nnouncement of the Angels on-th irst Christmas morning, the subje /as "Christmas voice." It was lost appropriate sermon and ve nuch enjoyed. Capt. William C. Young frc !andy Hook, proving Ground, I lancock, N. J., spent three days Christmas week in Due West, wi lis parents, Rev. and Mrs. C. foung and his sister, Mrs. J. iIcDill. Miss Rosa Nickles, superinten int of the Anderson hospital, was isitor at home during the holiday tfiss Georgia Martin, head nur it the same institution, visited ki Ired here. Dr. and Mrs. Paul McCain Sanatorium, N. C., Mr. Chas. M ]ain, of Virginia, and Miss Mildr McCain of Florida, spent last we vith Dr. and Mrs. McCain. T curtesies shown by rfiends we mmerous and much appreciated. Mr. R. S. Galloway, Jr., car >ver from Atlanta and upent ti > 1 . i .in Jim i. [ULE ant: DAY,JAN.] I res to purchase fi ood condition, fi Will pay liberal p Jesiring to j ules at Hall *' ' , 1 rday, Januai .ARK, Atli it- days. He was called to Aiken ns from Due West. Mrs. Julia Kennedy Moseley of fid Ninety Six, spent the;holidayAwith a her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. D. it- Kennedy. - ' ay Rev. Watson Boyce spent a part "e" Ox the holidays in Due West His 00 family will move this week to Charw~ lotte. n" Mr. and Mrs. B. Brooks of Belne # ton, spent a couple of days with iTg the latter's mother, Mrs. Delia Davis, during the holidays. They were er accompanied home by Mrs. Davis ry and her granddaughter, little Estelle Greene, for a stay of several in , days. Capt. M. G. and Mrs. McDonald irof Greenville, were the guests of Mrs. Boyce for a few days. ke miss weage 01 tne woman s uoin(j lege, visited Limestone College dur. ing the holidays. a, , Prof, and Mrs. Edgar Long and er children spent last week in Gas;S_ tonia. Mr?. R. S. Galloway left last an Thursday for Bluefield, W. Va. Dn The High School has not opened m work on account of the bad weather and shortage of coal. ay . . e- >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> of ^ V V FAIRFIELD v V in v V vvvvvvuuvvvvv in as Fairfield, Jan. 8.?We have hadi he plenty of snow for the past two at weeks, it has been quite an object! ict to keep plenty of wood. It has been a such bad weather we learn in Aury gusta cord wood is selling at the high price of $8 per cord. >m Master Walter Martin from rt. Greenwood, is spending a few days of with his grandpa, Mr. W. H. Bowth ick. S. Mr. Arthur Wideman died at his T. home near Bradley Thursday night, at 12:30 and was laid to rest at ,d- Horeb church Saturday afternoon a at 2:30. rs. He was 51 years of age and is se survived by his wife, who was Miss n- Statia Bradley, one brother, Mr. John W. Wideman of Jacksonville, of Fla., and one sister, Miss Eula [c- Wideman, with whom he made his ed home. The bereaved ones have the ek sympathy of many friends. t?i V/Minc sDent Friday I1C iUi . o UC1 AVW*?D -sr re night with Mr. Furman McCaslan. Mr. John McCaslan and son Furne man, went to Greenwood Friday vo on business. mm??a 1 S Hflrii 1 12,1918 om 10 to 30 I om 5 to 15 I rices. M sell, have I 's stable I ry 12 I . p I anta, Ua. I Mrs. J. W. Long and Mrs. Sam > > Long visited^friends and relatives in Troy Friday. - ? ( ; Misses Grace, Lillian and Pearl s Dansby spent one day last week with Miss Maggie Young. Mr. Will Long spent a few day? VjfcA with relatives at Lethe last week. Mrs. Mary F. Creswell spent last Friday with Mr. and Mrs. Joe xoung ana tamiiy. v Irene Young spent one night last week with her cousin, Minnie Belle Talbert. Misses Lillian and Frances Creawell spent one night last week with' Misses Irene and May Belle Young. { Mr. T. F. Langley and Miss Mary Spence spent one day last week in Bethia the guest of Mr. and Mrs. . R. H. Beauford. Mr. W. L. Burnside has moved to the house where Mr. John Cheatham lived, in Troy. We hear Mr. Burnside has bought this pretty home. SOLDIER AND SAILOR INSURANCE To the man who has gone to the colors the United States Government offers the safest, the most liberal, and the cheapest'insurance on the face of the earth. Approximately 300,000 men have already accept ed the Government's offer, applying for insurance of about two and three-quarter billions of dollars. The average amount applied for per man is more than $8,600, which is very close to the $10,000 maximum provided for by. the law. This insurance total, great as it is, should be only a beginning. Every person in the military and naval forces of the Nation owes to himself and to those he loves to avail himself of the full insurance 'protection. But the time in which he can do so is limited. Prompt action is imperative. Those who joined the service b?fore October 15, 1917, must apply / for the insurance on or before Feb ruary 12, 1918. After that, it will be too late. The automatic insur- \ ance which is provided until February 12, 1918, is only partial pro tection. Parents, brothers, and sisters, who have a representative of their family in the Army or Navy should, for their own sake, and for his, write to him at once urging him, if he has not already done so, to buy the Government insurance. They. should urge him to buy the full $10,000, and, above all, to buy it now. . . ' '* / -v. ' A-'JSst. > -K - ? "