Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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FIGHTING DROUGHT I WELL-MANAGED Al <By J. C. WHITTEN. Missouri Agricul tural Experiment Station.) The department of horticulture of the University of Missouri finds in in vestigation work carried on during re cent drought years that proper or chard management can largely offset the effects of drought lu our apple orchards. Everybody recognizes in a general way that a well managed or chard will staud drought better than a neglected one. The reason's why this is true are not fully understood by most orchardists. If they were fully understood and appreciated, a larger number of orchardists would make a greater effort to bring their apples to full size and maturity. Dead and dyiug limbs should be pruned out close to the tree and the wounds painted. Many people sup pose that once a limb on a tree ls dead that lt dries out and does no essential harm. As a matter of fact, a dead or dying limb evaporates large quan tities of moisture from the tree. Cut ting off a dead limb and painting the wound saves a large quantity of mois ture for the remaining living limbs, leaves and fruit. Canker wounds ur sun-scald areas where the growing limb beneath the bark has died out to be scraped clean up to a layer of healthy growing tis sue and the wound painted. Cleaning and painting these wounds will de stroy many insects which are shel tered behind the shelly'bark of the wound, which feed on the growing lay er and prevent lt from healing over the wound, and the painting will save loss of water from the dead and spongy wood. Water sprouts and surplus limbs not needed by the tree ought to be pruned out now. Ail wounds more ?. -.than"-one-half Inch In diameter made In pruning should be painted with TICK ERADICATION LAW Second Step in Work of Ridding South of Pest. Louisiana Following Example Set by Mississippi in Taking Steps for Protection of Live Stock Activities Begun. (Prepared by the United States Depart ment of Agriculture.) The second step in the work of rid ding the South of cattle ticks under state supervision recently has been taken by the passage of a slate-wide tick eradication law by the Louisiana legislature. A similar law was recent ly passed by Mississippi. The law will go into effect April 1, 191S. after which date the state live-stock sanitary board will have charge of tick eradication activities and will be empowered to compel such parishes as It shall desig nate to make adequate provisions for the construction of dipping vats and rrhe dipping of cattle, and to continue the treatment until ticks shall be en tirely eliminated. While the law will not be enforced until April 1, 1918, the federal authori ties urge the wisdom of making provi sion now In the different parishes for the construction of vats aud for the .necessary chemicals for the baths. As an indication that the people of Louisiana are not inclined to wait siutil 1918 before taking up tick eradi cation, federal agents state that ac tive work ls now being conducted In nuie parishes, with the result that dur- ' ing the mouth ??f June, parish, state, .and federal employees supervised 243,- ' :008 dippings of cattle to rid them of ticks. The federal authorities believe ; that a large number of square miles 1 .will be added to the tick-free area in ' Xouisiuua by the end of this year. ! .As an additional safeguard against fthe spread of the tick, the state legis lature has also passed a law prohlblt .hi.g the movement of cattle from any trunrantined area into the tick-free sec tion of Louisiana or into any part of the state where systematic tick eradi cation work is being conducted, unless the animals have been dipped twice ; in the standard solution from 5 to 12 j 1 (lays apart. This dipping must be done j 1 ;:;ider the supervision of a federal or j ' slate inspector, who will furnish a cer t?icate of dipping. The cattle must mit be exposed to tick infestation 1 r.fter the second dipping. Where cat- : rle are intended for immediate slaugh ter, these restrictions do not apply, but ?je slaughtering centers must be pro vided with facilities for handling cattle .satisfactory to the state board. | N APPLE ORCHARDS =>PLE ORCHARD. common paint to save evaporation from the wound. This is particularly desirable during the present year, on account of the exceedingly moist cool spring the trees made rank growth and a very large leaf surface. This most abundant growth occurred dur ing the month of May. Now that drought has occurred suddenly the trees have a larger leaf surface than can adequately be supplied with wa ter. Reducing thie evaporating sur face, pruning out surplus growth, leaves just that much larger water supply for the fruit, leaves and limbs which remain. v Investigations during recent years at tlie experiment station show that this point Is of special importance. It has been found that in a dry time the fruit is the first part of the tree to suffer from lack of water. This ls because when water supply ls inade quate the leaves have the power of drawing water out of the adjacent fruits. The sap in the leaves ls more concentrated than that in green fruit so the sap of the leaves draws water from the apples. This point can be tested by cutting off two branches from an apple tree, each containing a similar number of fruit and leaves. Hang them up in a dry place, pick all the apples off one of the limbs. The leaves on the branch having no apples to supply water will turn brown, dry and brittle within 24 hours. The leaves on the branch containing apples will keep green for days until the wa ter is drawn from the apples and the latter are dried and shriveled. In a slmiiar way cucumber or melon vines, containing large watery fruits, have their leaves remain green until the cu cumber or melon ls entirely shriveled, while a similar vine containing no fruit will have the leaves begin to wilt as soon as the vine is cut off. HARVESTING A PEANUT CROP Information Supplied by Expert of Oklahoma College-Cover Stacks Well With Canvas. The following information on har vesting peanuts was supplied by Prof. M. A. Beeson of the department of agronomy of Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical college at Stillwater: "If there ls only a small quantity to be harvested, they may be pulled up by hand, but if there is a large amount, and you haven't a regular pea harvester, they may be harvested by removing the moldboard from an ordi nary turn plow and running the share under the row on each side at a suffi cient depth not to sever the pods from the branches. The side that the moldboard is taken from Is run next to the plant. If it ls a large plow, once running in the row might do. The plants are then gathered by hand and may be thrown in piles in every third row. Where there Is danger of much rain, they may be stacked on the same day that they are dug, using the stack-pole method. The pole used should be from six to seven feet long and put securely in the ground in rows through the field. Cleats should be nailed on the pole a few Inches above the ground to keep the peanuts off the ground. They are stacked around this pole with the tops turned outward and the nuts inward to pro tect them from the rain and sunshine, birds and animals. The stacks should not be more than tfiree or four feet In diameter, as they dry out and cure much better this way. "In most of Oklahoma it is not nec essary to go to this trouble, but they may be left in the field for four or five days to field-cure and then stacked in ricks the same as alfalfa. But as pea outs make a very coarse stack, lt is accessary to cover the stack well with boards or canvas cover." SUMMER SILO GAINING FAVOR Many Dairy Farmers Feed Silage Ev ery Day in Year, Especially With Poor Pastures. The summer silo Is gaining favor rapidly as a supply source of a suffi cient amount of succulent feed. Many dairy farmers feed silage every day in the year and especially when pas ture is not to be had. A small silo built and filled in the fall, to be opened In July, ls the most economical method of supplying a succulent ra tion during short pastures. Silage left over from winter feeding may be kept with very little loss until mid summer. Cows should be fed from 40 to 50 pounds of silage each day. YOU Wi ll COE Mortimer Fertilizer Assures You A Good Crop. ? We told you last year that if you used COE MORTIMER Fertilizer you would make a good crop-and those who used it DID! COE MORTIMER means QUALITY and QUALITY means RESULTS. COE MORTIMER has been on the market for over 70 years-and has a PROVEN REPUTATION. Dont be misled into buying low grade fertilizers get the best. It is cheaper in the long run. ASK OUR NEAREST DEALER or see or write. $25.00 in Gold FREE We will give $25 in gold to the one who raises the best acre of corn in Edgefield county by the use of Coe Mortimer Fertilizers. W. P. CASSELS, Johnston, S. C. . W. Adams &Co. IT MAKES floME* QffiSOflAPPY To Have A MNK ACCO Tin Ooorright 1909. bj C. E. Zimmerau Co-No. 44 I AF all the unhappy homeSj ^ not one in a hundred has a bank1 account and not one home in a hundred who has a bank account is unhappy. It seems almost foolish to put it off any longer, when it is such a simple, easy j 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, Thos. H. Rainsford, John Rainsford, B. E. Nicholson, A. S. Tompkins. C. C. Fuller. E. J. Mims. J. H. Allen. ARRINGTON BROS. & CO. Wholesale Grocers and Dealers in I Corn, Oats, Hay and all Kinds of Seeds Corner Cumming and Fenwick Streets On Georgia R. R. Tracks Augusta, Ga. YOUR PATRONAGE SOLICITED See our representative, C. E. May. I LARGE I I tock at Reasonable Pri?es We desire to inform our Edgefield friends that our g buyers went into the Northern and Eastern markets g early, and we secured many lines at the old prices. We g are showing the largest line of Clothing for men and g boys that we have ever shown. We also have a big g stock of staple dry goods that we bought early. Come g in to see us and let us show you that we can save you g money. Every department is chock full of the new g est and best of everything. P We extend a cordial invitation to the ladies to come in to see our g Millinery and Ready-to-Wear Department. We have all of the latest g shapes and trimmings, and our milliners can make just the hat you want g if we haven't it in stock. We are showing the largest assortment of g tailor-made suits for women that has ever been shown in Augusta. All g the new fabrics in the popular colors. All going at very reasonable g prices. Do not fail to come in to see us at the same old stand, where ? many Edgefield people have been trading for years. O i Augusta Bee Hive ? 916-918 Broad Street ABE COHEN, Proprietor Garrett & Calhoun COTTON FACTORS 15 8th Street Augusta - - - Georgia Established Over a Quarter Century Davison & Fargo Cotton Commission Merchants Augusta, Ga. Correspondence Invited Liberal Advances on Cotton Shipments