University of South Carolina Libraries
BEST TIME TO PRUNE TREES Delay Work Until Danger of Winter Killing Is Past-Sometimes Desir able to Prune in Summer. Questions are often asked about the desirability of early winter prun ing of orchard trees. Some people have a notion that early pruning causes more watersprouts and heavy growth than will be the case if the pruning is delayed until late winter. Others are fearful of cutting limbs after the sap begins to flow or after buds have started. The horticultural department at the Ohio College of Agriculture states that as a general rule winter pruning pro motes wood growth, while summer pruning checks growth of trees. It makes no difference, then, at what time during the dormant season the Pruning Peach Trees. pruning is done, the effect on tree growth will be the same. However, there is a certain advantage in delay ing the pruning until late winter. There is always danger of a certain amount of winter killing of twigs and smaller limbs. Pruning after this dan ger is over ?will obviate any necessity of pruning twice. Then, too, where wounds are made early in the winter the freezing and thawing is apt to check wood growth and to dry the tis sues so that a prompt healing is hin dered and sometimes prevented. In case trees are making too vigor pus a growth, It is sometimes desir able to prune them in summer. How ever, summer pruning, to be effective, must take place just after the terminal buds have completed their growth. This ls usually during the latter part of June. Later pruning simply starts new wood growth and defeats the pruner's objects. These general principles of pruning apply to all fruit trees of all classes and ages. CARING FOR THE PLUM TREE More Injury Caused by Trimming Them Than From any Other Cause -Keep the Saws Out Keep saw and trimming shears out of your plum tree, says a writer. Just cut off the dead limb and if some limb so interferes with another oue that it must be cut off, then do it. I have in jured more trees by trimming them in the earlier days of my pium raising than from any other cause. Spray the trees just before the buds open with lime-sulphur cue to ten, thin after the fruit has set with lime sulphur, one to forty, adding three pounds arsenate cf lead to the bar rel, which will be beneficial to destroy the brown rot. This spraying may be repeated every ten days, but must not be used within four or five weeks of ripening of the fruit Cut down or dig up old trees when they have lost their vigor and set out new ones. Dig a hole as big as a bush el basket at least in which to set the tree. Put some good rich loam in the hole, and a half-peck of wood ashes turned in after the small roots are covered will be found beneficial. STONY SOILS FOR ORCHARDS Often Recommended as Desirable for Fruit-Soil Must Be Brought to Productive State. A stony loam is often recommended as desirable fruit soil, but stones are advantageous only in that^ they may help a soil that is too heavy or clayey or too impervious, by making it some what more pervious to water. The fact that a soil is stony does not necessarily imply that it is produc tive. If apples are to be grown with profit, and competition is keen, the soil must be productive or at least capable of being brought to a produc tive state and so maintained. Much of the current belief that "stony" soils possess some peculiar ad van?rg" for or.chun! fruits has un doubtedly arisen from tho success of many orchards located on stony hills. BEST WAYS TO COOK BACON Meat ls Too Frequently Wasted Bo cause Insufficient Thought Is Bestowed Upon lt. Bacon is an extravagant article in the list of cooking materials because of its increased price and the fact that often twice as muca as is needed is used for garnishing other foods. This delectable meat will probably never be low-priced again, yet it will always be a great addition to the menu, so that to know the best ways of using it without waste is a neces sity if one is to cook well. The drippings from bacon are the best sort of shortening for cookies and everyday pastry; therefore, j every bit of the fat that renders out in cooking should be strained and I saved for such uses. This reduces the first cost of the meat very much, for the shortening bill has soared with the price of pork. All left-over bacon makes excellent seasoning" for meat loaves and may be nicely browned for garnishing by .being dipped into egg batter and then ' Into fine crumbs and placed in a hot j oven, on a bacon rack, until golden brown. If you have never broiled bacon on ! a rack you have a culinary treat in I store, for even inferior bacon becomes i fine tasting when broiled so and best bacon delicious. Any wire broiler or oven rack may be used; the slices ure spread out, just touching, not cover ing, one another, on it and placed over a dripping pan in a hot oven. Sometimes bacon is as salty as salt can make it#and requires soaking in hot water after it is cut; after such treatment the salt is not too apparent. The best of sausage can be made at home with the following ingredi ents: One pound of veal, one pound of fresh pork, one cupful of bacon chopped and one cupful of cracker crumbs. Grind the veal and pork fine, add crumbs and bacon, seasoning of pepper and sags with little salt, as the bacon supplies this. Grind the , mixture again and shape into cakes ? and fry. Cold meat of any sort may j be used in place of the veal. GOOD LUNCHEON FOR CHILD i Delicacies the Youngster Will Appre ciate and That Will Keep Him In Best of Health. Fairy Apples-Pare and core enough tart cooking apples to fill a baking dish: cover them with sugar, and put a little cold water in the dish, also several slices of lemon and two cloves. Then pour a little melted butter over the apples and bake them until ten der. Serve them cold, with a blob of fruit jelly put on the top of each and whipped cream about them. I Ambrosia.-This delicious dessert I could be an occasional treat, as lt ls j rather troublesome to make. It re I quires grated cocoanut, sliced oranges and bananas, sugar and a wee taste of lemon juice. Pill a dish with lay ers pf the different fruits, putting sugar over each one, and continue in this way until the ingredients are all in. Let the dish "blend" while in a cool place before serving. Fresh cocoanut is needed, and if the milk of the fruit is sweet this may be added i to the dessert. Brown Sugar Sandwiches.-For the children incessantly craving sweets brown sugar is.an excellent thing to keep in the hcuse. Spread it thickly on buttered wiiite bread and put the slices together so as to make narrow sandwiches. Quick Ginger-Cake Pudding-Get any sort of small or large ginger or molasses cakes from the grocer and cover them with a custard made of boiling hot milk into which several eggs are beaten up. Pour' the milk gradually into the eggs, stirring vigor ously all the while; sweeten and pour over the calces, allowing them to stand until they have "drunk" up a j good deal of the custard. Serve warm or cold. I Apple Pudding. Pare and core one-half dozen not very tart apples. Butter a granite j saucepan and set in apples with very little water. Add one cupful of sugar, two tablespoonfuls of brandy and a dash of nutmeg. Put over a slow fire, cover and let simmer without cooking hard till apples are tender. Take up when done, being careful not to break them, and set away to cool, pouring over them the sirup in which they were cooked. When quite cold and ready to serve put in a glass dish, sprinkle them over with fine macaroon crumbs and send to table. Pressed Flank of Beef. Wipe, rexove superfluous fat and roll a flank ot Deef; put in a kettle, cover with t oiling water and add one teaspoonful salt, one-half teaspoonful peppercorns, a bit of bay leaf and a bone or two which may be at hand; cook slowly until meat is in shreds. Tnere should be but little. liquor in the kettle when meat is done. Ar range meat in deep pan, pour over liquor, cover and press with a heavy weight. Serve cold, thinly sliced. Orange Drink. Orange juice can be made to serve as a most delicious drink if only a little thought and time be spent upon it. Serve chilled in tall glasses, with some diced banana, a grapefruit cul. and seeded, a bit of pineapple or any seasonable fruit. To Wach Silk Lace. 9ilk lace should be soaked in milk over nignt, then vr.shed in warm soap suds, v.ase and pin out smooth on a clean ironing beard until dry. Do no* j iron it I COUGHS THAT ARE STOPPED! Careful people see that they are stopped. Dr. King's New Discovery is a remedy of tried merit. It has held its own on the market for 4'3 years. Youth and old age testify to its soothing and healing quali ties. Pneumonia and lung troubles are often cau-ed by delay of treat ment. Dr. King's New Discovery stops those hacking coughs and re lieves la grippe tendencies. Mon??y back if it fails. 50c. and ?1.00.-2 Light Saw, Lathe and Shin gle Mills, Engines, Boilers, Supplies ano repairs, Porta ble, Steam and Gasoline En gines, Saw Teeth, Files, Belts and Pipes. WOOD SAWS and SPLITTERS Gins and Press Repairs. Try LOMBARD, AUGUSTA, GA. ??IL jg NOTICE TT fes jssjfa Write me and I will explain S isjgr how I was cured in four days 'ag of a severe case of Pile of 40- OTY vears' standing without pain, j?*2. ^ knife or detention from busi- g? '3$ ness. No one need suffer from ?SK this diseaae when this humane SQ ^ cure can be had right here in ?ra South Carolina. 'p: R. M. JOSE, jp Route 4. Lamar, S. C. FIRE INSURANCE . Go to see Harting & Byrd Before insuring elsewhere. We represent the best old line com panies Harling & Byrd At the Farmers Bank, Edgefield Insurance Notes, Fire And Life. The PRUDENTIAL life (Strength of Gibraltar Co) has lowered the cost of life insurance. The PRL7 DENTIAL has decided to allow annual dividends on their already extra low rates. At age 35, for in stance,-an average aere-PRLT DENTIAL 15 (Fifteen) life PAR TICIPATING rate is only ?35.70. The premiums are reduced by an nual dividends. This is lower than most companies' 20-payraent Life participating rate. I do not know of any company represented iu Edtre field whose Capital and Surplus isas much as 8150,000.00, having 20 pay ii fe participating rates as low as the PRUDENTIAL 15 payment par ticipating rates. The PRUDEN TIAL bas Capital, Apportioned Funds and Surplus of #64,000, 000.00. See Spectater Company's reports. The PRUDENTIAL wrote *S7, 000,000.00 in 1914-more than any company r3presented in Edgefield. Please write us for rate at your age. E. J. NORRIS. Edgefield, S. C. Ford Automobiles We ha~e the agency for Ford auto mobiles for the western part of Edge field county. There is no better car on the market for the money. The Ford owners who have thoroughly tested these cars will tell you that. If you want a car, drop us a card and we will call on you and demonstrate the Ford advantages. W. F. RUSH & CO, PLUM BRANCH, S. C. A. H. Coriey, Surgeon Dentist Appointments at Trenton On Wednesdays. "Cired* Mrs. Jay McGee, of Steph enville, Texas, writes: "For nine (9) years, I suffered with womanly trouble. I had ter rible headaches, and pains in my back, etc. It seemed as if 1 would die, I suffered so. At last, I decided to try Cardui, the woman's tonic, and it helped me right away. The full treatment not only helped me, but it cured me." TAKE The Woman's Tonio Cardui helps women in time of greatest need, because it contains ingredients which act specifically, yet gently, on the weakened womanly organs. So, if you feel discouraged, blue, out-of-sorts, unable to do your household work, on account ox your condition, stop worrying and give Cardui a trial. It has helped thousands of women,-why not you? Try Cardui. E-71 Make the Old Suits Look New We are better prepared than ever to do first-class work in cleaning and press-, ing of all kinds. Make your old pants or suit new by let ing us clean and press them. Ladies skirts and suits al so cleaned and pressed. Sat isfaction guaranteed. Special attention givm to La dies' Silk Waists and Skirts. Edgefield Pressing Club WALLACE HARRIS, PROP. SHEPPARD BUILDING LADIES ! Aik your Drajcgirt for CHT-CHES-TER'S DIAMOND B&AND PILLS in " GOLD metallic boxes, sealed Ribbon. TAZB NO OTHER. L?, DiUKftlit and ?ak for CDI-CUES.'* < DIAMOND BRAND PILLS, for twentv-five years regarded as Best, Safest, Always Reliable. SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS HELLO W?NTEE! Greet the cold weither with t snappy Wool Snit or warra Over coat. Prepare for jack frost's ar rival now and give us your ordei before it's too late. We are raak ing some classy Winter Overcoat: with Convenable Collars. Alst other styles. See our Une of Hart Schaffner <fc Marx Ready-Mad? Suits. They are handsome-sl?.O? F. G. MERTIN'S, Augusta, Ga. See our big Wood Heaters Coal Heaters COAL HODS COAL VASE BRASS FI Ri SHOVEL AM BRASS AND We Install all .'.arv.-^-r~r-7SZ> The greatest thing in modern feeding is MOLASSES. It cat* down the feed bill and builds up the ?tock. CHARLESTOH.S.& pr RED SHIRT ^_ ? HORSE AND MULE MOLASSES FEED Ifs something the horses and mules like-gives them an appetite-starts the saliva running and aids digestion. f Far superior to an all grain feed. Give your horses and ? mules a treat, and at the same time save money. Our RED SHIRT (first grade) Horse and Mule Molasses Feed contains Corn, Oats, Ground Alfalfa, made appetizing with salt and pure cane molasses, and analyzes as follows: Protein 10% ; Fat 3% ; Fibre 12% ; Carbohydrates 57% ? PIEDMONT HORSE & MULE mikm FEED l?T^^T^;.. & 12% ; Carbohydrates 55%. ^WM? FOX HORSE & MULE MOLASSES FEED Pro- \ Fibre i3rd Grade) This analyzes : P?tdn 9%: f Fat2%: Fibre 12%; Carbohydrates55<ft.| I S?S?SS ! ? grata and ?round Alfalfa Meal. n ana grouna AU?"? RED SHIRT DAIRY FEED * T**T ... _iinia..M fattie are very fond of i I Fir t : A bllanced ration containing ^^^^^^ ??? j keeps them in good condition. Increpes the flow g4???*? Meal? Wheat Middling. Fibre 12%; Carbohydrates 60%. _- ? ,nvr TTTTi C/.pfl ^ nore nw r-_. I PIEDMONT DAIRY FEED Stftft. Prote?n 12*: F" 2%%; ~ RED SHIRT HOG FF*D A combination of Digestive Tankage, Gronnd Corn. Rice = ? ?i i screenings; very fattening. Keeps thc hogs in good condition. We manufacture also RED SKIRT Scratch Feed and F.ED SHIRT Daby Chick Feed. / *SEYEN EGGS A WEEK" HEri KASH J Rice, Cottonseed Meal, Cow Peas. Meat Meal and Linseed Meal. Analysis: Protein 18%; Fat 4%; Fibre 12%; Carbohydrates 40%. As shown on the bags in our ad.nearly ail cf our feed is made from Carolina products, even to the bago and tvine. We are, therefore, in the market for Oats, Com, Wheat, Alfalfa Hay and any other kind of Hay We also carry a full stock of GRAIN, H*-" AXD STRAW. Our feeds as shown above are mixed on scientific principles to furnish the greatest nourishment at the lowest cost. Let us shown you how ta cut your feed bills down. Write us for prices, etc, Mokiy & Carter Co. CHARLESTON, S. C. -ass Ol! SOflaPPY To lave A BANK ACCO "~ C0P7ri*ht 1909, by C. E. Zimmerman Co - -Ko. <* F all the unhappy homes, not one in a hundred has a bank " account and not one home in a hundred who has a I bank account is unhappy. It seems almost foolish to put it off any longer, when it is such a simple, easy matter to start a bank account. BANK OF EDGEFIELD OFFICERS : J. C. Sheppard, President; B. E. Nicholson, vice-President; E. J. Mims, Cashier; J. H. Allen, Assistant Oashier. DIRECTORS : J. C. Sheppard, Geo. W. Adams, Thos. H. Rainsford, John Rainsford, B. E. Nicholson, A. S. Tompkins, C. C. Fuller, E. J. Mims, J. H. Alien. r line of Coal and Wood Heaters $2.00 to $10.00 - - - - $3.50 to $16.00 s S SETS ) TONGS IRONS STOVE PIPE ELBOWS STOVE MATS ENAMEL WARE TIN WARE of Our Stoves FREE of Charge