Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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At and For.8 E NOTIONS CORSETE WAISTS SKIRTS DRESSEE COATS Sha 1is IS its custon tunites in that invo] son depos secure. It is for commun rcenage c munity. savings 2 age to y( an CHARLETON DuR President. Below Cos ays!' PIECE GOODS H( SUNDE] BLA C01\ ouits at Half Price w & McCollum Main Street, - Si BANK. BINK gre,< witl iers. It is alive to all 1 banking, but never yes an element of loss its in this bank are ab the convenience ity and it invites I *f the people of ti Both our checki iccounts will be of >u. KIE B]J di Trust C )SIERY WEAR NKETS [FORTS FURS SHOES Merc. Co., JMTER, S. C. MBINES PRO ;sive methods i protection to agitimate oppor assumes a risk For this rea- 9 solutely safe and ! of this :he pat 1e corn ng and advant 0. T. MWELLS, Cashier. FN OODLOT ANECtHCTED CROP WOR ,PROPER CARE Like Other Farm Crops the Woodlot Must Be Well Cat foirTwo Types That -Require Ofiltalt . Method of HaA0ing-$uggs tions for Thinning and Cutting. Wheat, corn, and* potatoes require planting, care, and'equltivation. The crop of wood that grows on the farm woodlot. reqy ires much less care than thba( others and in the. liaJority of cases it is already . growing on the farm when the farmer..takes the land. Doubtless this fact makes it difficult for the farmer to'see this crop in the same light in which he regards the others. 'Any other farm crop must be cared- for or it will fail,' and the stand of wood on the wood-lot is no exception, though the progress of de terioration is not so rapid and may extend over a long period, of years. Require Different Methods A properly cared-for woodlot will furnish the farmer a cash. crop - at re gular intervals and will always afford a supply of timber and fuel for %ome use. -The harvest season for the wood lot comes in the fall and in the winter, and the gathering of the harvest as aists also in the thinning and cultiva-, Lion of the crop. 'In general, there are two types -of woodlots, says the United States De partment of Agriculture, and each of them requires a different method of iandling. The first type is character ized by the presence of old trees which dominate the stand. The second type is made up of a nearly 3ven-aged stand of second growth. In the first type the old trees may ilmost exclude the younger growth, or ;hey may exist as'a few scattered in lividuals throughout the stand. Such naterial is very likely to be losing ialue. The vay to check the loss is ;o cut the old trees which have attain d a mattire growth and make room .or a new stand of seedlings. A ma ure tree should be cut for the same eason that one cuts a crop of whbat .vhen it is thoroughly ripened. No lead or diseased timber should be al owed to stand. A woodlot composed entirely of ma .ure trees should not be cleared at one !uttingl. The work should be carried m in stages with sufficient interval )etween the cuttings to allow a new op to come up. If this method is ollowed carefully, the farmer will lways have a crop of wood ready for arvest in his woodlot. When the nature timber is removed in two or hree cuttings, the first cutting should )e so managed as to open up the rown cover somewhat, so that the caves on the forest floor may decom ycse more rapidly and the germination >f the seed be made more certain. The -emaining trees become more wind irm, and, as a result, of their crowns -ceciving more sunlight, they produce nore seed. When the forest floor is n good condition the second cutting a a mature woodlot can be made dur ng the winter following a heavy seed renr. Neither the first nor the second utting should be so severe as to al ow an abundance of sunshine to reach he forest floor, since sunshine stim dates the growth of weeds and other rash. When the seedlings are 'well !stablished and are strong enough to hift for themselves without further protection, the third cutting may be nade. Thinning The Stand lf the seconld type of woodlot, vhere the farmer has an even-aged stand of second-growth timber, he nay begin to harvest his crop by electing, first, the undesirable species. )ften in such stands, such trees as ronwood threaten to overtop, crowd >ut, .or daeinge the more valuable ;pecies 'like wvhite ash or tulip poplar. sprouts sometimes arise too thickly 'rom the stump of trees recently cut, r the reprodiuction of a goodl species s too dlense. In any of these cases ;omne of the trees should be removed. ['his process is iothing more than the veedling out of the D'oorer individuals No More RATS or mice, after you use RAT-SNAP. It's a sure rodent killer. Try a Pkg. and prove it. Rats killed wvith RAT-SNAP leave no smell. Cats or (logs won't touch it. Gluaran teed. 35c size (I cake) enough for Pantry, Kitchen or Cellar. 65cl size -(2 cakes) for Chicken House, coops, or small buildings. $1.25 size (5 cakes) enough for all farm and out-buildings, stor age buildings, or factory build ings. Sold and Guaranteed b)y Dick son Drug Store and Plowden Hardware Co. HORSE A Car Saddle Horses Several Speed good Mules ca See us fori C O.F F)] where they interfere with the better ones. In'somewhat the same matiner, a thinning cutting is used when, in from 15 to 20 years, the young stands reach a dense condition. The principle is exactly the same as that applied y the truck gardener who Ithhis; out his plants..to' siure the best development of a. portion 'rather than a. poor de velopmentNY the whole. Crowding at the beginning of the trees' growth means a high commercial quality of timber, provided the crowdingpis not allowed to continue after the lower branches die. The thinning prddess is roductive of cord-wood, post ma terial, and poles. 0 "CdRNSTALK POISONING" DUE TO VARIOUS CAUSES At this season of the year losses of stock that has been turned to pasture on standing cotnstalks, after the corn has been harvested in the autumn, are usually rep'I'ted in large numbers. An element of mystery has surrounded the death of cattle in these instances. The disease is characterized by a very rapid course. In fact, very common ly there are no premonitory symp toms, and it is not unusual for the owner upon visiting the field in the morning to find one or more fat cattle dead which on the previous, evening were apparently in excellent health. Another peculiarity of the disease is that losses may occur on one farm or one. field, while cattle on the ad joining farm may be free from the affectibn. Reports of "sornstalk poisoning" are always numerous at this time of year. Various investiga tors in the past'have attempted to dis cover some germ or organismn, or some toxic substance, 'which might cause this condition, but thus far the cause of the disease. has not been establish ed. However, in many of the cases that hate been investigated, other circumstances were found which might have been responsible 'for the trouble. One of these is the fact that cattle which have been accustomed to altogether different feed often have acute indigestion when turned upon cornstalks. This may' be caused by overeating corn left in the fields or by the consumption of cornstalks which had been frosted before maturity. There remains also the possibility of some Poisonous principles in certain of the stalks, but such a principle has not yet been demonstrated. A peculiarity of stalk feeding is that "cornstalk disease" almost never develops from cut and cured stalks. Therefore to prevent losses it would be safer to cut and cure the stalks be fore feeding, although it is realized that for many farmers this method is well-nigh' impracticable. In the lat ter case the cattle should be permitted to remain in the stalk fields for only an hour or so the first (lay andi a lit tle longer each succeeding (lay until they become used to the feed. It is always a good plan to furnish a varied dict, and the practice of cer tain farmers to furnish daily to such animals also a fair amount of bright, well-cured hay is thought well of . The so-called cornstalk disease should not be confusc4 with poisoning from eating sorghum.) Deaths among. stock from eating sorghum have bee1 traced to prussic-acid poisoning. Un Palmetto Palmetto College offerc Stenography, Secretarial, ing, Accounting and kindr ship in Palmetto College in our Free Employment ] more calls for trained e: colleges in the South. VW tablished business college dual instruction. New e teachers. Day and Night anteed. You' can comple1 of study in Palmetto Col time required in any oth body represents every sta far east as Pennsylvania. College is known everywh Address, Box 65 Van School) or Box 173 Orang worth St. Char'leston, S. C PALMETTO The School that's IK We pay your railroad f S and IV -load Just Art ~, Driving Horses, stersin the bunch .me in h is car Up-to-date Farm E Y& R der certahi conditions of growth sor ghum has resulted, in serious losses of cattle. CLEANING UP INSECT PEST Much can be done now to reduce the possibility of insect plagues next sbmmer if a little effort is directed to ward the destruction of insect shelter areas. Around the grounds and gard ens uider hedges, beside ditches, and in ence corners are bunehes of insect. sheltering weeds or grass. By the time cold weather approaches many kinds of inseets in the adult or imma ture stages have taken full advantage of these nooks and hidden away there fcr the winter.' The Bureau ol En tomology, United States Deparetnont of Agriculture, says that if these spots are cleaned up and the refuse cut and burned, many of these hibernating In sects will be destroyed and the dam age from such pests during the com ing season will be materially lessen ed. NOTICE Any one accepting my indorsement will do so at their own risk, for I will not be responsible for said in dorsemetnt. R. S. DesChamps. Pinewood, S. C., Nov. 15, 1920-46-6t-p 0 NOTICE OF DISCHARGE I will apply to the Judge of Pro bate for Clarendon county on the 9th day of December, 1920, at 11 o'clock A. M. for Letters of Discharge as Ad ministrator with the will annexed of the estate of Mary Ann ,Harvin, de ceased. Sanders Tindal, Administrator. Paxville, S. C. Nov. 9, 1020 pd. CYPRESS SASH DOORS BLINDS MOULDINGS AND MILLWORK College thorough courses in Typewriting, Bookkeep ed branches. A scholar gives you a membership )epartment. We receive cecutives than all other e furnish all the old os 3 with teachers. Indivi qiuipment. Experienced I School. Positions guar. ;e the prescribed course 3ge in less than half the er school. Our student ite in the South and as The reason is Palmetto ere. ville, S. C. (Mother eburg, S. C., or 57 Went COLLEGE iOwn Everywhere. ar'e to Palmetto College. IULES! rived. Farm Horses. .Also a lot of Machinery. I GB Y