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list CKEOSOTED j FENCE POSTS. Treat Your Own Posts od The Farm.?Last From 15 tor 20 Years. Clemson College.?With the development of bur livestock industry and the resulting increased need for pas'tur^s, facing becomes an important problem. A troublesome phase of hia om ia laafinw fan nnatc Long-lived fence posts can* easily be made from most of the common inferior woods by a simple preservative treatment on the farm. Properly creosoted, these non-la$tirig woods make posts good for i5 to 20 years, $ays W. R. Mattoon. Extension Specialists in Forestry. ' Kinds of Wood to Use. * Most of our common woods readily take in creosote, a product of the distillation of coal which makes wood fiber very resistant to fungi, or .rot. a:id to practically all forms of animal life which injure wood. Sap pine, soft *or red maple, black gum, sweet, gum, beech, red and black oaks, cottonwood, willow, the poplars, ar^ good i examples cf non-lasting woods which are easily treated, the wood becoming the' container for the preservative fluid. Because of cross bands of tissue of the various white oaks, they are unsuitable for treating. The more ittcMntr wnnds fhlaek locust, red cedar. I mulberry, chestnut, black walnut, osage" orange) do not justify the expense of treating for the slightly increased lasting qualities. Woods differ in checking or splitting when in ordinary use as fence posts. This is important, since such openings allow the entrance of woodrotting fungi to the inner portions of the untreated wood. For example, black gum, due to its interlocked, twisted fiber, has proved an exceedingly satisfactory wood for treatment. The bay of the southern swamps "checks" badly, giving poor results even in the first 5 to 8 years follow' ing treatment. * * Method of Tretffcinjj. ^ i Jtasts 3 to 4 inches in diaineter are "Efficiently sirong for line posK { .Small posts require less crdfesote, and last practically as long as large ones, j Round ppsts are better for treating' -than split posts. It is very important to have the' wood thoroughly seasoned. -The posts; should be cut, completely peeled, and; open piled in a dry situation well ex-: l.osed to sun1 and wind. Peeling is i most easily done in the spring sea-1 son, always immediately after the tree is felled,-before cutting it up into post lengths. , Patches of the thin inner bark, if left, retard or prevent locally the desired impregnation of the wocd with the preservative liquid. A spade forms one of the best tools for peelv. tag. In late fall and early winter, especially in dry situations, it may be , necessary to use an ordinary draw knife. Tops of'the posts should be beveled A- -T- 1- eltAiil/l Ko , UJ blieu lUiU WttlCI. X uow ouvuiu WW ent to allow only about 3 inches above <he top wire. Posts with long tops are unsightly and more costly in wood used and treatment. A light ' "V crosscut saw avoids waste in chopping, and makes smoother ends. A satisfactory treating equipment tor farm use consists of one cylindrical galvanized steel tank 3 feet in diameter by 4 feet high, and one horizontal rectangular steel tank 3 by 8 feet The treatment consists of soaking the butts in hot creosote (about 200 to 215 degrees F.) for one to two boars, depending upon the density of H? the wood and time required to get a deep penetration of the creosote, and I then immersing the whole post in a I-COia DHIU, <XL it IcmiJOiaiuio ui ?/v to 110 degrees. F! ir .The butts should be-treated for a i height of one foot above the ground % Jlne. The tops th*s get only a shallpw - treatment but sufficient tc make them last as long as the butts. Cost of Treatment. T.;- A gallon of creosote will treat S P? '"posts,. 3 to 4 inches across the top. or f 2 posts 4 to 5 inches. In ordinary SjUitifties a high grade of creosote can 4"'b0 purchased for 15 to 20 cents per jF. gallon in barrel Hots delivered. War " time made it cost from 30 to 35 cents. fjC Depending upon the size of the post f? and price of cr?o.iote, this*' is a cost creosote of frorji 5 to 15 cents por Is jHJst, or average of 10 cents. Oth^i items of cost for the peeled post ? should not be over 5 cents apiece, and for overhead charge on equip' ment about 2 cents, or if labor for - treating the post is included about 3 | tents; bringing the total cost to anl J^Br^average of about 20 cents. This! would fall to about 15 cent^. under orH,V binary pre-war prices for material and But the true cost of fence posts on farm should be reckoned in terms of cost of the post plus cost of labor ?3 replacement. If treated posts aro H good fer 15 years, at least two sets H t)f ordinary untreated posts and two |?aewal operations are eliminated. K' jttfee: complete settings of untreated E jfr&ts would certainly be very consia| I erably more expansive than one oper^^ ^ Irtion with treated potts. MB: 31* treating of fence posit Jointly -fcf aeveral farmers In a community afMS tords. one of the best forms of 00H ^ tipmtlro work petaible. ORCHARD AND GARDEN NOTES.I Clemson College, S. C., -Mar. 12.? Watch your hot bed. Ventilate every day unless it is cloudy and very cold. Lack of ventilation will cause weak, j spindly plants. Water the hot-bed thoroughly in the morning to allow foliage of plants to dry before night. It is not too late to plant dewber- , ries. They come off early in the I season and a good crop can be had ! the second year from planting. They also bring a good price on the market. Lucretia is a good variety. Secure baskets and crates for marketing your strawberries. A clean j and attractive package, neatly lab-; eled, is the first step in marketing. 1 You still have a short tim in ' which to set some native shade tree. You should have a good cover crop in your orchard. If not, give ' it a erood plowing as soon as soil conditions will permit. It does not pay to plant cabbage; | and Irish potatoes several years on j1 the same land. The soil will become: ^ infested with disease. It is essential that you prune back the top of your newly planted;1 fruit trees to form a nicely shaped 1 tree. You may now, substitute the! wrinkled type of garden peas for, the smooth varieties in making ycMtr, successive plantings. t ^ Thorough preparation of the land; and a mellow seed bed is the first,3 essential of good gardening. |c Harden off your hotbed plants in (1 a cold frame before transplanting to * the open. j1 You may now sow tomota seed in the hotbed for your second crop. Use a standard variety. Prepare for bedding your '-sweet potatoes and use disease-free seed. {* . 5 BEDDING SWEET POTATOES \1 Clemson College, S. C., Mar. 12.? ~ . . . , ,, . \ .11 sweet potatoes snouia De Deaaea in March or early April, 4 to 6 weeks ^ before the time for planting in the field, according to the advancement of the season or the latitude, says Geo. P. Hoffmann, Extension horti- * culturist. Ground should be select- 1 ed on which potatoes have not been * previously grown or bedded and th3 roots bedded on a warm exposure j The soil should be excavated four feet wide, four inches deep and of ^ sufficient length to receive the quan- 1 tity to be bedded. This excavation ' ' 1 should be filled with unfermented stable manure over which soil should 3 be spread to a depth of two inches. Place the tubers in the porous soil, J pressing each separately, using only. * perfectly sound tubers, and not allowing them to touch each other. ^ Cover evenly to a depth of four in- 1 ,ches with porous soil. Mulch the soil ^ with clean straw to prevent washing ? or baking when watered. When the 1 first plants begin to appear, remove 1 the straw and stir the soil lightly enough to destroy grass and weeds. The bed shoujd be watered late in the afternoon. Sprinkle with a watering pot going over twice in order to, give time for the first sprinkling to be absorbed. j The limited quantity of disease-, free seed and "A" grade plants (6"> to 8") of standard varieties offered necessitates early^ providing.-.for" at least a sufficient quantity of plants__ to set from 1-6 to 1 10 of the total J area to be planted in this crop,- from which vine cuttings may be obtained for setting the remainder of the area Ten thousand plants or ten bushels of seed stock are sufficient for pl?nting one acre, one bushel of good seed affording 1000 plants at one Hrawinor t " ' jc CONTROLLING THE '1 BOLL WEEVIL 1 i i 1. Reduce the acreage gradually " to be planted in cotton to eight or ? ten acres to the plow. 2. Plant cotton only on soils which are well drained, well fertilized, and in the highest state of cultivation? in other words, select the fields to be * planted in cotton carefully, so as to 1 be able to get an early unhindered " ? plant growth throughout the growing 'i' season. . !| 3. Prepare the seed bed with the j greatest care. ' J| v 4. Plant seed just as early -as possible to be safe from frosts. 5. Plant only selected, sound seed the best obtainable, of an early maturing variety suited best to the locality. ff V shallow until late into the season. 7. Destroy the old stalks immediately after- the picking is finished if possible three weeks before the first frost by turning under ,burning, or grazing. If you follow these few summarized directions you can grow cotton with a greater degree of success under boll weevil conditions. VVVVVVVVVVVVVVV\A V V V. SCHOOL NOTES. V V s vvvvvvvvvwvvvvv Fred Minshall put this sentence on the board: Eating with velocity is bad manners. Miss Lynch: "What is velocity?" Fred, wonderingly: "Don't you all know what velocity is?" ' . ?o? Jim Coleman: "After the country goes dry, men will take to drinking tea. Then the prohibitionists will, oegin to prohibit the use of tea and j :offee. and even ice water." ' Sophie Reames (who always takes ;hings literally): "0, you don't eally think so, do you? I hope not." 0 Congratulations! Abbeville, South Carolina, March 11,' 1919. Dear Jim, You surely deserve a medal for ,'our brave deed, for Pushing in front >f that automobile and rescuing that| ittle black and white kitten. Con-; jratulations! Until you get out ofj ;he hospital. . Yours, "LeRoy Cox.' The Eleventh Grade and the Eighth jrade have had very successful basaars. The proceeds jvill go to their; French Orphan Fund. _ 1. ' T?~ . I Tne gins m tne iideventn Oracle; lave begun enthusiastically on their! ^reparations for commencement. Several Reasons. The teeth are the most important ?art of the human body. They are nade up of a number of substances cnown as ivory, cement, enamel, and roots. You should start the keeping of| four teeth about a month after youj ;eethe, which is about seven months ifter you are bom. (The teacherj suggests that someone else undertake, ;his duty.) Teeth begin to fall out it about the age of seven years. If jrou keep your teeth well after you ire young, it paves the way for your, ;eeth to be good when you are older, j Teeth can make one of the most beautiful parts of the body. If a person takes a fancy to a girl he first' ooks at her teeth. You know your-; self that you do not care for a girl' ?rith brown, dirty teeth, or you do! lot particularly like girls with gold! reeth, as it only shows that they have lot taken care of them when they vere young. In this case it shows, hat riches do not always come first. You should brush your teeth every norning and every night with a- good ;ooth brush and some paste or powler, according to the structure ofj rour t$eth, $ou- should visit a dentist rwice & year;'if not, you should visitrim more oifcen. . If you have* kept your teeth veil, you should go?to the dentist md have them cleaned- Then clean hem with pel-oxide. If you want to! vhiten your teeth immediately for i party or a church, you can use emon juice or soda: I have seen teeth like pearls, clean ;eeth, brown teeth, gold teeth, lead, ;e?eth, and false teeth. Since wonlers never cease, they will be making, ;eeth out of wood next. But of all j he teeth, the plain, genuine article) ? A M A1/1 (imrSm/v n-Anc V*oro tuc UCM? .TVIl U1U aajrilig nv-i ^ ?They are worth their weight in jold. Jack Bradley. _?_ . Quoting from Theron vMcKlesky.:, 'You should brush your teeth three, ;imes a day so they will keep white, j ind visit the dentist twice a year." | I PROFESSIONAL j (i ti tin mil mi ii ii i?uoirti uui t ui tin ttnuiii i nit iiiuiiiuni tun 1111 n m u mt ti mi iiKiiiiiiutiiiitiiiiitiiuii^ j ljmiilimifllM(lfHMimmi|llltttlinrtllllllttimiiltrttMillVflluiiiliiilMl iiiiiiiiNnuHnniuriiw" ; Harris & Calvert Undertaker* & Embalmers Ou.t-of-town Calls Given Special Attention at all Hours. : , | ABBEVILLE, S. CAROLINA. -ji \ V V MONTEREY. V V V Monterey, March 12.?Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Gibert and children spent a few days in Lebanon with relatives last week. Mr. and Mrs. T. G. Sutherland anti children, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Long i were afternoon visitors to Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Sutherland, Monday. | Messrs. W. T. Cunningham, Alvin | Nance, T. B. Ammons and two sons, j \rthur and. Roy Sutherland were visitors to the city this week. i Mr. and Mrs. Corangue spent Sun| day in Abbeville with relatives. Mr. J. T. Clinkscales and daughter, Miss Sara, Messrs. J. A. Nance, Claude Lanier and J. A. Sutherland! were visitors to the city this week, j . I Engraved Cards and Invitaions? The Press and Banner Co. . NOTICE OF [ m Democratic Primary !| ? Election. For Four Aldermen in the City of Abbeville, S. C. Notice is Hereby given that a Democratic Primary Election will be held on Tuesday, the 25th of March, 1919, for the purpose of choosing one Alderman for each Ward as the Democratic nominee to be voted forj at the election to be held the second Tuesday in April, 1919. Pledges must be filed and fees paid; to the City Clerk on or before March 21st, 1919. The following will act as managersj of the election: At the Shops?fJ. L. Clark, L. W.j Dansby, Martin Seal. . At. .the Cotton .Mill-^J. T. Evans, A. H. Barnett, G. W. Godfrey. At City Hall?T. C. Seal, C..A. Botts, J. A. Cheek. In case a second primary is necesy sary, same will br held Tuesday,' April 1st, 1919,- 2nd tne same managers will serve. . <WM. P. GREENE, Chr. Dem. Ex. Com. 3-7-5t. Notice tc of FnrH * \. \ ' " '' 9 - " ! mmSmg ' \ s i E F. ^ * i ** " ... .... - : ' V WHAT WE E The STANDARD devotes the en just two things?receiving the sai thrifty people and investing those real estate to other thrifty people I The STANDARD will be glad tc chase or build a home. If you ha' ' invest, the Standard will be glad to Standard Building & OF ABBEVIL W. H. WHITE, President. FOR SAL TUESDAY, M AT 11 O'C All the Farming Impi and W. E.. Hill Mnwers Ralri Plows Binders Mules and Complete Blacksn Sale to Take Pla Terms of Sale (Owners Cars.... II f e have opened ai ' Service Static and sell Ford Cars am genuine Ford Paris. Remember when yoi ^ paired by us you will ge Parts, remember we i . only>, our terms are caj established by Ford Mo . i n 1 : in me Repairing uusuu Ford Cars were made, class service. Your pati i A R NO i. iii* _?'* ' : .v.. ^ " )04 ergy of it* officers in doing 'ings and surplus money of savings in first mortgages on to buy or build homes. i , make a loan to you to purre a small or large amount to use it. i Loan Association LE, S. C. OTTO BRISTOW, Secretary. E ARCH?18th ILOCK Iements of J as. A. :?i: - , CU//DZdtf//g UJ ss Reapers Hay Press Wagons | lith Outfit, Etc. ce on Premises to be CASH . J 1 # jjj f '? A : . * ' ' ' # : s; ^ ' ' >-. ?< i authorized Ford ,, ~-;S n. We will? repair 1 carry full line of | 0 li have your car re- i 1 i ? t no imitation Ford epair Ford Cars >h, our prices are I tor Co. I have been jss since the first a We guarantee first ronage solicited. i n L 1/ I I i ? "V 4 (: -v i i ?v<Uw*. - * s