Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Planting Trees The E. I. Du Pont De Results secured by prominen orchardists indicate that the plantinj and cultivation of fruit trees is bein revolutionized. Although .the attention of farmerm has but recently been directed in gen eral to the use of dynamite for va rious agricultural purposes, experi ments have been going on for many years to' determine its exact efficiency and how it can best be used. As is usually the case with origina innovations, the first horticulturists tc try out this new aid to scientific farm ing have been those noted for their leadership in their respective fields of work. The time aas now come when we can deal not with theories, but with facts-with results which prove con elusively that dynamite has advan tages in fruit culture, but just how great thece advantages are can no1 be stated until further experiments have demonstrated the most economi cal methods of using dynamite in the Horhard. It is obvious that several years are required after the planting of a fruit tree in a dynamited hole, to ascertain just how its life or growth differs from one planted in spaded hole, and further experimentation will be ne cessary to show whether it is neces sary or advisable to use more or lesE dynamite per hole to get maximun results, cost considered. The following results already de termined should be of interest to pro gressive horticulturists everywhere: 1. Planting trees with dynamit practically eliminates the loss 0: young trees during the first year. 2. Trees can be planted much mor< rapidly by the dynamite method thai by the old method. 3. Trees planted with dynamite come into bearing from one to two yearn soonier thani those .planted by the soi method. 4. Trees planted by dynamite gros much more rapidly and yield muel more heavily than those planted 11 the old way. One of the chief elements of loss ir orehard work is the loss of trees thE first year. S. H. Bollinger, president icl'ear Creek Lumber company, Shreve )ort, Ia.., stated that he used dyna mite in blasting the holes in which 1, 080 pecan trees were planted one yeai ago, also for planting .8,000 peacl frees. He says the percentage of losE on the pecan trees (which are among the unost difficult to set so they wil live), was almost nothing comparec with the loss on other trees plante< in the ordinary way. Another point of great importancE -to orchardists is that trees plantec Swith dynamite come into bearing much sooner than when planted b2 the old way. W. W. Stevens, orchard ist of Mayfield, Ga., reports that he ha: been using dynamite for tree planting for 18 or .20 years and that in .thi planting of peach trees by this metho< he gained two years in six as compar with the old method. In othe ords he got as much fruit from planted with dynamite at fou: ears of age as he got at six years b: the old method. Mrs. John Rawley, of Grants Pass regon, reports that she plants al er trees with dynamite as a result o areful tests to show the benefits 0 this method. She advised that al trees 'be set in wet weather as thi; insures a storage of moisture unde the tree. This is the chief reason wh; planting trees with dynamite is bene ficial As shown in the sectional cut here with, trees planted in spaded hole must fight their way into the compac subsoil which has never been disturb ed, wheruns when planted in a dyna mited hole the ground being thorough ly broken~ up under the surface soi makes arn easy path for the roots s that they spread out and have a larg area from which to draw water an plant flood. In this connection Mrs. Rawley re ports that in November, 1910, sh found it necessary to remove two fil 1er trees seven months after s'ettin out; one of these had been set wit dynamite and the other with a spad' They were taken up with the greated care in ordier sto get the roots out 11 tact, because they had both bee planted at the same time under sin ilar condl5itios and the trees wel equally Lc:lthy at - thle start. TI spade set tree had a Milne bushy ar vigorous tassel of roots about a foi long. The dynamite set tree hed ta With Dynamite Nemours Powder Co. with her hand clasped around the graft scar, the roots of the dynamited tree touched the earth, and it had a great quantity of medium and short growth roots. The difference in root growth was so great and convincing that she now has 30 acres of new or chard in which every tree has been set with dynamite. She is so enthusiastic that she uses dynamite for subsoiling her flower garden and states that her hardy peony plants bloomed profusely the first season, although hitherto they failed to bloom before the second or third year. A little thought will show the reason why dynamiting is so beneficial in tree planting. The principal plant food is water and the fertile elements of the soil must be absorbed in water before they can be absorbed by the terminal roots. Hence the larger the area throughout which these terminal roots are spread, the greater the amount of moisture the tree can draw on and the greater the amount of water and plant food it can obtain. This also explains the reason why dynamiting the soil between rows of old or failing fruit trees renews their vigor, because most of the wat er is taken up by the terminal roots which run out many feet from the trunk and the blasting creates water reservoirs in the soil between the rows. Orchardists who have never used dynamite should be sure to get all possible information from the manu facturers of the explosive before at tempting to use it. While it is no more dangerous to use than gun pow der or gasoline, it is a poor thing for people to fool with ignorantly be cuase it is very powerful. Contrary to a quite general belief, dynamite does not explode from drop ping Or ordinary shocks and will niot go off spontaneously. It has to be "detonated" or exp.loded by the shock of a priming cap which is set off by a fuse. The fact that the most progressive orchardist in the country, including the celebrated Hale orchards of Geor gia and Connecticut, are using it right along indicates that it is safe for any reasonably careful and intelli gent person to us,e. -Pension Notice. I 'will be In the auditor's office each Saturday in January to prepare pen sion applications. W. G. Peterson, Pension Commissioner. W1LLIAMS' KIDNEY PILLS Have you overworked your nervous sys tern and caused trouble with your kid-. neys and bladder? Have you pains In loins, side, back and bladder? Have you a flabby appearance of the face, and un der the eyes? A frequent desire to pass urine? If so, Williams' Kidney Pills will cure you-Druggist, Price 60c. WILLIAMS MFG. CO., Props.. CIevelnd.Ohi. ARE YOUR KIDNEYS WELLU Kany Newberry People Know the Im portance of Healthy Kidneys. The kidneys filter the blood. They work night and day. Well kidneys remove impurities. Sick kidneys allow impurities to multiply. No kidney ill should be neglected. EThere is grave danger in delay. If you have backache or urinary troubles." If you are nervous, dizzy or worn out, -Begin treating your kidneys at onice; Use a proven kidney remedy. -None endorsed like Doan's Kidney -Pills. t Recommended by thousands. . Proved by nearby testimony. .. Mrs. B. F. Hunt, 209 Smythe street, _ Greenwood, S. C., says: "I was so well 1 pleased with the results of the use ol SDoan's Kidney Pills that I advise oth Ser people to try them. My kidneys Swere in bad shape and I had backaches and pains through my loins. Often I - felt dizzy and nervous and I could nol e rest well. Doan's Kidney Pills re stored me to good health." gFor sale by all dealers. Price 5( cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo SNew York, sole agents for the Unitet t States. - Remember the name--Doan's-arn n take no other. e Kills a Murderer. eA merciless murderer is Appendici etie with many victims, but Dr. King' d New Life Pills kill it by prevention >t They gently stimulate stomach, live o and bowels, preventing that cloggia .7't nvites appen~dicit!s, e';r 2 ELBERT H. AULL COMPANY JOB PRINTING QUICKLY and NEATLY DONE MOVED! You will now find Mayes' Book Store in the store where Ewart- | Perry Co. use to be on the cor ner of Main and College streets. I have a complete line of every thing that can be found in an up-to date store of this kind. Box Paper. I have a large stock of 50 cent Box paper, the best thatcan be found anywhere at that price, thatlam going to sell for a limited time at only 25 Cents Box.. See Window Display. Buy Better -Goods at the Same- Price at MAYES Book' Store The Honse of a Thousand Things. Mules! Mules! 'Mle! /Save taxes and feed bills by waiting until after January 1, to buy your mules. We will have plenty of them then and at prices to suit you.and your low price cotton. Can sell you one or a carload. We will have with us Mr. H. H. Abrams and he knows mules. Enough said. He will be glad to have hiss friends call. Sumer-Wise Stock Co City Opera House Friday, January, 12. Dr. Frederick A. Cook' The Artic Explorer will Lecture on "My Attinent of the Pole" * Your only - chance to hear the "discoverer of the northermost land* on earth." Prices 25', 35, 50 and 75cents. Seats on sale Monday January 8th at Newberry