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* * PRUNING FRUIT TREES. * * * * Clemson Extension Work-Arti- * * cle 3. * * * Now is the time to begin work of getting fruit trees in good condition for their work the coming season and pruning should be the first operation. Before attempting this work the awork er should -know what to do and how to accomplish the object sought. The main objects of pruning are to thin out superfluous growth, make the tree symmetrical, to rejuvenate old trees, to thin the fruit and to protect the trees from diseases and insects. Thinning Out Superfluous Growth. In pruning we should always aim to secure a low open head to admit a free circulation of air and abundant sunlight. Remove all broken and dead branches, thin out where growth is too thick, and remove all water sprouts. Pruning for Symmetry. To form a symmetrical tree it is best to begin at planting time as soon as branches are formed. Select the three branches, which are to form the frame work of the tree so that they are even ly distributed up and down and around the trunk. Avoid having branches coming out opposite each other on the trunk, for this makes a point of weak ness. After the tree is considerable size it is harder to give symmetry to it, but by judicious pruning the tree can be' balanced up by removing branches where there are too many on one side and encourage branching on the other side. Rejuvenating Old Trees. By removing the older portions or cutting out a portion of the branches we stimulate growth in the remaining portion, and thus rejuvenate the tree. Where large branches are removed the cut should be made near the branch that is left in order that the wound will heal rapidly. To prevent splitting or tearing of-Ahe bark cut part way through the branch from the lower side and then saw frkm the top a short distance ~in front of the under cut. Then cut off the stub as smooth as possible, sawing clear through from the top.- Large wounds should ha cov ered with a coat of thick lead paint or coal tar to keep out water and disease Pruning to Thin Fruit. To thin fruit of apple or pear cut off some of the fruit spurs. AMways re move the old spu'rs and those on the inside of the tree and on the trunk and larger branohes. To t.hin -peaches cut off from one-third td one-half of the length of new wood and remove some of the branches where they are crowd ed. Peach buds are found on the sides of the -past season's growth. Pruning for Protection. By .removing all decayed fruit and decaying or dead wood we remove the *source of infection in many cases. The pear blight of app.le or pear is kept in check by cutting off and destroying the affaected -parts. As the disease en ters the blossoms on the fruit spurs these spurs should be removed from~ the trunk and large branches, because the latter would soon he diseased and could not 'be .removed! without serious injury to the tree. The pruning im plements should be dis-infected after cutting off a diseased branch. This can be done by passing through a nfa.me or dipping in a solution of car bo'lic acid or corrosive sublimate. H. C. Thompson, 7 Associate Professor of Horticulture. * Football. Anderson Mail. Twenty of the most promising young men in America will die on-thk gridiron during 1911. This is the prophecy of a conserva. tive writer in the current issue of thi Medical Record. During the year jus ended 19 lives were lost and 400 athle tic bodies badly injured at that mos L. fascinating and deadly of sports, foot ball. During 1909, 33 killed and 7 seriously "wounded" was th.e toll. "Football," says former Presider * Elliott, of Harvard, "causies an unrea sonable number of serious injurie and deaths. Not one in five of th men who play football sei'eral season escape without injury properly calle serious, and of the twenty or thirt picked players who play hard through out a sea.son, hardly a man escape s jous injury." A d the "serious injury" may no' and then 'be worse than death itself. Commenting upon the twenty the will be called upon to meet ideat during f.he coming season, the~ wrin in the MIedical Record says: "To a serius mind"d people it shouild be frightf'ul thou;ght that the fjinr Fato today mrks out these uinknow. tw"nty of t'v pick of our young me as a sacrifice upon the altar of ti -1911 football season!" * It is also pointed ont that footba trainirg is bad for health, becau: it necessitates an abnormal en'!arg men- o~ Th'~ beart and muscular ~ tem which must atrophy down .o the' normal again between seasons. And the fatigue incident both to hard training and to hard play is acknowl-1 edged by physiologists to be damag ing. "Irritable heart," is one of the effects of football. Nearly all foot ball playe,rs, says Professor James, of Illinois, have weak heart3 and are more liable to diseases of other forms. than men who exercise mod-rately. Another objection urged against the game is that it admits of no participa tion on the part of the majority of the men in our schools. Only a hand ful may pl.y; while all th- rest look on only. Thus even if the game were benefical t. the prayer, it can not benefit the horde of non-players-un less it doek. so physically. And this leads us to the other side of the question. Is it not true that football furnishes a wholesome stimu lus to the germ of grit and stamina that shoulk. be nourished in every American breast? Are ye not becom ing effeminiate and "effete" fast enough wiThout crushing out every possible mEans of preserving what lit tle elemental gameness we may have left? There are two sides to our problem; but ino middle ground. For you can't reform football. Whenever you reform it sufficiendy to render it safe, you annihilate it, kill it absoltuely. Football is fascinating because fierce and deadly. So the question re mains: Is -:e game worth the candle -shall the gridiron stay or shall it go? One or two of the leading colleges of the country have forbidden the pame, but it .remains to be seen what the others will do. . UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DISTRICT OF SOUTH CAROLINA, IN THE DISTRICT COURT. In re G. M. B. Epting, Bankrupt. By virtue of an order he.rein of Hon. Jno. J. Earle, referee in bankrupt'y, consented to by all parties in inter est, the undersigned will sell at pub liC auction before Newberry court house, S. C., on March 6, 1911 (sales-! day) to the highest bidder therefor All that piece, parcel or lot of land, upon which is located a four-room dwelling, lying and being situate in the Town of Newberry, State of South Carolina, and in that part of said town known as "Graveltown," bounded by lots of Guilford Snowdein, Dr. Jamnes MchItos(h and land of the Southern Railway company, fronting sixty-threes feet on street, above de-1 scribed lot ibeing heretofore known' as .the "Josie Jones house and lot." Upon .the following terms, to wit: The whole of the purchase money to' be paid cash; and the highest bidder therefor to deposit one hundred ($100) dollars with the trustee of%G. M. B. Epting, Bankrupt, within thir ty :minutves from the time bid is ac cepted in confirmation of his bid, pur chaser to pay for cost of drawing deed to said premises. I Iambert W. Jones, Trustee of G. M. B. Epting, Bankrupt. February 2, 1911. N OTICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDI. TORS. Notice is hereby .givien that the un dersigned has qualified as Adimifnistra tor of the es'tate of N. Pink Abrams, deeas1eL All persons indebted to said estalte will make prompt settle ment, and all ipersons holding claims against sa Le will present .them, prop erly attested, to the undersigned, or CHICAGO E. ST. L.OUS "SUPREME" and ".SOUTHERN E -~ BRANDS When the fe for a week or a: and maturing el he lays himself fruit, and to th the use of our" made of the hig Blood, Bone and Tankag rtinuously from the time the: wet seasons much better tha t They are finely ground and a Call on your nearest 1It he can't supply you, writ so -you can see what our cust big crops for others, give th< Don't be satisfied to b1 "Supreme", or "Soul 1 D. ).HIudsonl, NewhIerry, S. (., S. C., .J. S. W~essinger, (lmapini, - his attorney, Eugene S. Blease, New berry, S. C. H. H. Abrams, Qualified Administrator. Feb-10&17 BANKRUPT'S PETITION FOR DIS CHARGE. IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE ..UNITED STATES, FOR THE DIS TRICT OF SOUTH CAROLINA. In the matter of G. M. Boyd Epting, Bankrupt. To the Honorable Wan. H. Brawley, Judge of the District Court of the United States for the District of South Carolina. G. M. Boyd Epting, of Newberry, in the County of Newberry, and State of South Oarolin% in said District, re spectfully represents that on the 24th day of May last past, he was duly adjudged Bankrupt under the acts of Congress relating to Bankruptcy; that he has duly svvrendered all his property and rights of property, and has fully complied with all the re quirements of said acts and of the orders of the Court touching his Bank ruptcy. Wherefore be prays that he may be decreed by the Court to have a full discharge from all debts provable against his estate under said Bank rupt Acts, exciept such debts as are excepted by la-w from such discharge. Dated this 4th day of February, A. D. 1911. G. M. Boyd Epting, Bankrupt. ORPER OF NOTICE THEREON. District of South Carolina-ss. On this 6th day of February, A. D. 1911, on reading the foregoing peti tion, it is Ordered by the Court, that a hear ing be had upon the same on the 21st day of February, A. D. 1911, before said Caurt, at Charleston, in said Dis trict, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon; and that notice thereof be published We will sell the house ai York cost for Next Tb Come, look, y .vinced that tl er.. N.o ma want we ha' N.ew York co THE HA' KANSAS CITyST RTILIZE r ~$FACTuR rop B) ATLANTA, GA. .rmer buys fertilizer, he is provid nonth, but as long as there is ne< ment. Unless he buys with this liable to losses incident to a sti greater loss of shedding. All upreme" and "Southern Big Liest class of materials known to 1 3, prepared according to our impr4 seed sprouts till the crop mature n other fertilizers and keep the bsolutey dry, thus insuring easy, dealer for a copy of our 1I te us direct and we will prompt omers say about them. Our Fe: an a chance to do the same for y< y " just guano," but INSIST :hern Big" Brands. They FOR SALE BY Smith Mercantile (o., Kin'ard S1~". (., S. C. Ias 1I. Eargie. P'omairia, S. C. in the Newberry Herald and News, a newspaper printed in said District, and that all known creditors and oth er persons in interest may appear at the said time and place and show cause, if any they have, why the pray er of the siad petitioner should not be granted. And it is further ordered by the Court, that the Clerk shall send by mail to all known creditors copies of said petition and this order, addressed to them at their places of residence as stated. Witness the Honorable Wm. H. Braw ley, Judge 'of the said Court, and the seal thereof, at Char (Seal) leston in said District, on the 6th day of February, A. D., 1911. Richard W. Watson, Clerk. NOTICE OF FNAL SETTLEMENT. 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