Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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El MG AS SU CE AGAINST FROST JURY - very fruit grower is mo less -bject -to the danger of a late fro _:injury to his orchard. The logical S uestion would then be, "Is the risk enough to warrant the expense attach (5- heating an orcha-d?" If we would allow those who have made a success of orcharding to answer our question, it would be "Yes." They have proven without a doubt that heating their orchards has saved them a great deal in dollars and cents du ring the average run of a ;few years. Accepting these facts. we would cer tainly consider the same tactics nec essary and' profitable on farms where the owner has only a small home or 'chard. Commercial orchards are usually heated, on a very large scale, and from-40 to 50 oil burners are distrib uted. over each acre ready for light ing when the temperature gets with in- a ifew degrees of the danger point. For the small owner, however, it has been found that open wood fires are the most satisfactory, and yet most ineppensive. means of heating. Previous to the time when frost in juyis expected, place about 35 to 40 -small piles of cord wood, old rails, or orchard prunings on each acre, leav ing one pile of wood to accommodate every four trees also an extra row of piles along the windward side of the orchard. Take care not to put the wood too near the trees lest they be -corched when fires are made. When the temperature drops to 35 * - -,degrees the fires should be started. At first every other pile of wood shoula be fired, this being most quick ly done with a can of kerosene, or a basket of lightwood splinters. Later if th- temperature continue to drop the remainder of the piles should Je red and kept up as long as there is! ny danger. In case some of the buds -oe-ome frost bitten, some wet straw - or sawdust should be put on the fire toward morning so as to form a smudge, which will hover about the trees and tend to delay thawing and save a great many buds which would otherwise have been killed. In view of the fact that this year we are having an early spring and the ar as- a constant reminder to $$s f 1se 1 the food possi blej itT&,6l}o4s' every fruit grower to take. advaritage of the method out --- .Jined and -save all the fruit ,that can -berown. . . R -IE FRFOR FRUIT TREES. * Through a care ful application of the necessary sprays, the value of fruit, grown either as a commercial product or for home use, may be in creased from 60 per cent to 100 perj cent. Tiherefore, all orchard owners should prepare for applying the sum mer sprays. These applications are for the purpose of guarding against disease and insect losses. The following applications and kinds sof mixtures are recommended. .First Summer Spray. This application is' for the purpose of combating and controlling worms in peaches, plums and apples. Kind and Preparation. An arsenate of lead, or a poison spray made of a mixture of arsenate of lead, quick lime and water mixed as follows: S- *Arsenate of lead (powder)... .1 lb rQuick lime................2 lb Water ................50 gals. Make a thin paste of the arsenate -of lead, and slake the lime to a white wash (warm water giving best results 'in slaking the lime) and pour together -and dilute to fifty gallons. This mix ture should, be well stired during the process of spraying. *Not-I the use of the wet paste form of arsenate of lead two pounds should be used instead of one pound. Time of Applying. Apply when about three-fourths of the shucks have slipped (which is 12 to 15 days after the tree is in full bloom) in case of the peach and the plum; and after the bloom parts have fallen and before the blossom cup closes, in case of the aple. Second Summer Spray. This application is for the purpose of combatting and controlling worms and rots. .Kind and Preparation (for Peaches and Plums. An arsenate of lead and lime mix ture made as follows: Arsenate of lead ...........1 Ibi Concentrated lime sulphur win-~ ter ................. 5 pints. * Water................. 50 gals. Time of Applying. Apply two or thre weeks following ~rst summer application. " Preparation (for Apples) of lead and lime sul neas follows: ,owder)... .1 lb ?ARTMENT Time of Applying. Eight to ten days after first spray. Third Summer Spray. This application is for the purpose of controlling diseases. Kind and Preparation. Standard Bordeaux Mixture, made as follows: Bluestone .................. 4 lb Quick lime ................ 4 lb W ater ...................50 gals. Place the lumps of lime in a vessel and slake slowly by using small quan tities of warm water until the slaking' process has been completed and all umps thoroughly dissolved. Dilute to make 25 gallons. Dissolve the blue stone by plancing in a clAth sack and suspending in a few gz :ons of water (one gallon of water per one pound of blue stone) and dilute to make 25 gallons. Make the Bordeaux mixture by pouring together at the same time equal parts of the two solutions. Time of Applying. Make this application about June Rrst. Spraying Tomatoes and Irish Potatoes. Recommendations for combatting the principal diseases and insects of the tomato and Irish potato are as follows: Spray with Bordeaux arsenate made by adding to every 50 gall6ns of the standard Bordeaux Mixture, made as above recommended, a paste made by using one pbund of powdered arsenate f lead or two pounds of paste. Where smaller quantities of Bor eaux mixture is wanted, use the fol [owing formula: Blue-stone .................. 1 lb Quick lime .................. 1 lb W ater .................. 12 gals. In making the stock, or diluted so utions of lime and blue-stone, one ,ound each lime and blue-stone should )e dissolved separately, as above di ected in one gallon of water. 'REATMENT FOR WORMS IN POULTRY. Cut in small pieces one pound of Iry tobacco stems for each 100 fowls. 3oak thes two hours in all the water Call On I for your Ho feed, Bran mixed. Also1 feed. ANNOUN To The By order of t11 clocks will he hour at mid March 31. F tion of our nounce that will be the sar from 9 till tw< that we will i and close "on than heretofo they will absorb. Having previousi: given the fowls no food or water fo: twenty-four hours, mix the soake< stems in sufficient meal, egg mash, o: other appetizing food to have th< fowls clean up the dose. Two hour, later give them a light meal contain ing eleven ounces of Epom salts f,) each 100 fowls. To reduce the chance of further ir. festation, plow the chicken yard, or whpt is preferable, move the chickenE to fresh ground. If the growin stoc is reared away from the infeste< range, and new houses are built foi them., there will be no more 3oss. The old fowls should be discarded. ANTI-HOG CHOLERA SERU31 DISTRIBUTED Bf CLEMSON Clpmson College has opened an of fice at Columbia, S. C., for the dis tribution of Anti-Hog Cholera Serum Citizens ordering serum will please forward their orders to Clemson Col lege Live Stock Sanitary Office, 80 Union National Bank Building, Coluj bia, S. C. BANK PAYS DIVIDENDS WITH GOVERNMENT BONDS. To the First National Bank, of Florence, S. C., falls the distinction of being the first bank in the entire coun try which has adopted the plan of pay ing dividends in War Saving Stamps and in Liberty Bonds. This is report ed in the "Director," a bulletin issued by the National War Savings Commit tee at Washington, D. C. A close second to the Florence banks is the Union National Bank of Colum bia, which has adopted a similar plan Df paying dividends to stockholders in War Savings Stamps and Liberty Bonds. This bank also pays its di rectors in Thrift Stamps. In this pro :edure, South Carolina has set an ex which will now be followed by many other 'States. FOR SALE BY OBEAR DRUG COMPANY g and Cow and Shiorts Lixed horse IcMaster CEMENT Public ec Government moved up one night, Sunday, or the informa= atrons we an= banking hours ne as heretofore o, vhich means n reality open e hour earlier boro Bank t.Why B BY DARWIN P. KINGSLEY, President, New York Life Insurance Co. WHY DO YOU SAVE TO BUILD A HOME? IT IS USUALLY CHEAPER TO PAY RENT. WHY -DO YOU PLAN TO GIVE YOUR CHILDREN AN EDUCATION? WILL YOU ~ GET ANY MONEY-DIVIDENDS FROM THAT? WHY DO YOU PAY FIRE INSURANCE PREMIUMS AND LIFE INSURANCE PRE MIUMS? YOU PERSONALLY WILL GET LIT TLE IF ANYTHING FROM THAT. WHY DO YOU CALL THE DOCTOR QUICKLY IF THE CHILDREN ARE AILING? YOU DON'T STOP TO THINK WHETHER YOU CAN AFFORD IT. DO YOU? I NONE OF THESE INVESTMENTS ARE WHAT WE CALL GOOD INVESTMENTS. THEY DON'T PAY IN MONEY, YET ALL PAY THE FINEST OF DIVIDENDS. Lierty Bonds represent the home, the school, the children; they represent all the great deeds of our fathers and grand fathers; they represent Bunker Hill and ++X Yorktown and Gettysburg; they repre sent the blessed freedom under which we live and they also represent the ORDER that makes freedom blessed. They represent the boys "over there;" they represent devastated Belgium and homeless Ser bia and murdered Armenia; They are the defense that shall keep from our shores the monster criminals who outraged~ 4 ~ the \omen of Belgium~ and Ndrthern France and made the men slaves; 4 ~ They represent the strength that shall re-. 4 store Belgium and rebuild France and avenge Serbia: They are the voice of those who are too young or too old or too weak to fight; they are the sword of the women and the cannon of the children; X. ~ they are the voice of a free people calling to cruel-+ lv wronged, freedom-loving men and bringing? :4 them succor. Buy Them? Of Course you will buy them. You'll borrow money To buy them. You don't need to be urged. You would be -. ashamed to go home to your children if you did not buy them. The rate of interalt s important but not of lx ~ first importance. They wounl'dwy, they would ap peal to yo, if they bore no interestwhatever. Add to the rate of interest the dividends they pay in self interest, rn safety, in public order, in librt~aniaan you have a larger return than you receive from ahny other thing that you own.X THEY WILL NEVER BECOME "SCRAPS OF PAPEJC THEY ARE THE BEST SECURED INVESTMENTS IN THE WORLD. -4 9YOU Stand Behind Them* YOU Shoelad Buy Them 4 THIS SPACE PAID FOR AND CON-2 TRIBUTED BY