The Florence daily times. [volume] (Florence, S.C.) 1894-1925, March 19, 1919, Image 4
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 19,1919
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SALES BUREAU
ADVOCATES PLAN FOR ORGANIZ-
“ ING COOPERATIVES COTTON
EXPORT CORPORATION
John McSween On
His Way Home
Timmonsville, March
19.—A cable
Washington, March 19.—Organiza
tion of a cooperative cotton export
corporation with capitalizatloh of per
haps $60,000,000 was advocated by
Governor W. P, G. Harding, of the
Federal Reserve Board, in a letter to
a Southern newspaper editor.
This corporation, organized Tinder
the Webb act, solely for foreign trade
trapsactipns, could he ’ financed to 1 1\
some extent !by the war finance cor 1 K
poration under the rfeoent act author A*
izing $1,Q00,OOO.OOQ to exporters,
Governor Harding suggested.
In payment for the stock, Southern
cotton producers add business men
participating in the corporation
might use liberty bonds, which they
hold, thus eliminating the necessity
of tying up large quantities of casn.
Girls As Messengers
Harrisburg, March 19.—Girls under
eighteen years of age may not be em
ployed in public messenger service af t ,
ter May 1, 1919, according to a ruling .fr 8 ? 1 ^ as * ) ® en received by Mrs. John
made today by the industrial board of |*"* c ®Y een ' from her husband, the
the Department of Labor and Indus- i fighting chaplain of the One Hun
try. The ruling is made following a Fifth Ammunition Tram,
hearing held recently by the indus 1 Thirtieth Division, that he sailed
trial board in Philadelphia a|t the re | from . France on Frda y with his regl
quest of the Consumers League and • v
attended by representatives of . the
telegraph companies.
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Georgia Endorses The Proposal
Atlanta, March 19.—A statement
indorsing the proposal of W. P.
Harding of the federal reserve board
for organization of cooperative cot'
ton export corporation was issued
late today on behalf of the Georgia)
department of agrlcu::ure by L B. S. VaUghan FumilUre
Jackson, director of the department’s
bureau of markets. Mr. Jackson said
that in the absence of J. J Brown
State commissioner of agriculture, he
had announced the department’s
stand on the subject. He offered to
call a meeting if the latter yould con
sent to speak on the proposed export
corporation.
Company, .
E. L. OULLA, Manager.
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* Color Gloss and Attractiveness
Common garden sage brewed into
a heavy tea with sulphur added will
turn gray, streaked and. fade! hair
beahiifully dark and luxuriant. Just
a few applications will prove a rev-
afation if your hair is fading, streaked
or grey. Mixing the Sage Tea and
Suplvur recipe at home > though is
troublesome. An easier way is to
get a 50-cenc bottle of Wyo|:h’8 Sage
and Sulphur Compound at any drug
store a,11 ready for use. This is the
old time recipe improved by the ad
dition of other ingredients.
While wispy, gray faded hair is noit
sinful, we all desire to retain < our
yo^thjful appe'arance and attractive
ness: • By darkening you rtiair with
Wyeth’ Sage and Sulphur Compound,
no one can lell because it does it so
aturally end evenly,
dampen a sponge or softbrush with
it and draw this through your hair,
taking one small strand at a time; by
morning all gray hairs' have disap
peared, and after another application
or two, your hair becomes beautiful
ly dark, glossy, soft tnri luxuriant.
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THERE'S NONE SO GOOD
USE CREOSOTED
FENCE POSTS.
Treat Year Own^ Posts on
The farm.—Last From
15 20 Years.. »
Clemson College.—With the devel
opment of 01^ livestock industry and
the resulting'fTncreased need fqp pas
tures, fencing becomes an important
problem. A troublesome phase ofj
this problem^is lasting fence posts.
Long-lived fejice posts qpn easily be
made from nfifct of the common infer
ior woods by a simple preservative
treatment on the farm. Properly
crcosoted, these non-lasting woods
make posts good for 15 to 20 years,
says W. R. Mattoon, Extension Spe
cialists in JVjrestry.
Kinds of Wood to Use.
Mont of our common woods readily
take in creosote, a product of dis
tillation of eqal which makes wood
fiber very resistant to fungi, or rot, and
to practically all forms of animal life
which injure wood. Sap pise, soft
or red maple, black gum, sweet gum,
beech, red and black oaks, cotton
wood, willow, the poplars, are good
examples of non-lasting woods which
are easily treated, the wood becoming
the container for the preservative
fluid. Because of cross bands of tis
sue of the various white oaks, they
are unsuitable for treating. The more
lasting woods (black locust, red cedar,
mulberry, chestnut, black walnut,
osage orange) do not justify the ex
pense of treating for the slightly in
creased lasting qualities.
Woods differ in checking or split
ting when in ordinary use as fence
posts. This is important, since such
openings allow the entrance of wood-
rotting fungi to the inner portions of
the untreated wood. For example,
black gum, due to its interlocked,
twisted fiber, has proved an exceed
ingly satisfactory wood for treatment.
The bay of the southern swamps
“checks” badly, giving poor results
even in the first 5 to 8 years follow
ing treatment.
Method of Treating.
Posts 3 to 4 inches in diameter are
sufficiently strong for line posts.
Small posts require less creosote, and
last practically as long as large ones.
Round posts are better for treating
than split postal
It is very important to have the
wood thoroughly seasoned. The posts
should be cut, completely peeled, and
open piled in a dry situation well ex
posed to sun anfl wind. Peeling is
most easily done in the spring sea-
sen, always immediately after the tree
is felled, before cutting it up intq post
lengths. ' Patches of the thin inner
bark, if left, retard or prevent locally
the desiratj impregnation of the woed
with the preservative lio.uid. A spade
forms one of the best tools for peel
ing. In late fall and early winter,
especially in dry situations, it may be
necessary to use fcn ordinary draw
knife.
Tops of the posts should be beveled
to shed rain water. Posts should be
cut to allow only about 3 inches above
the top wire. Posts with long tops
are unsightly and more costly in
wood used and treatment. A light
crosscut saw avoids waste in chop
ping, and mhkes smoother ends.
A satisfactory treating equipment
for farm use consists of one cylindri
cal galvanize^ steel tank 3 feet in
diameter by 4 feet high, and one hori
zontal rectangular steel tank 3 by 8
feet. The treatment consists of soak
ing the butts in hot creosote (about
200 to 215 degrees F.) for oue to two
hours, depending upon the density of
the wood and time required to get a
deep penetration of the creosote, and
then immersing the whole post in a
“cold” bath, at a temperature of 90
to 110 degrees F.
The butts should be treated for a
height of one foot above the ground
line. The tops thus get only a shal
low treatment but sufficient to
make them last as long as the butts.
Cost of Treatment.
A gallon of creosote will .treat 3
posts, 3 to 4 inches across the top, or
2 posts 4 to 5 inches. In ordinary
times a high grade of creosote can
be purchased for 15 to 20 cents per
gallon in barrel lots delivered. War
time made it cost from 30 to 35 cents.
Depending upon the size of the post
and price of creosote, this is a cost
for creosote of from 5 to 15 cents per
post, or average of 10 cents. Other
items of cost for the peeled post
should not be over 5 cents apieca,
and for overhead charge on equip*;
ment about 2 cents, or if labor for
treating the post is included about 3
cents, bringing the total cost to an
average of about 20 cents. This
would fall to about 15 cents under or
dinary pre-war prices for material and
labor.
True Cost.
But the true cost of fence post* on
the farm should be reckoned in terms
of cost of the post plus cost of labor
in replacement. If treated posts are
good for 15 years, at least two seta
of ordinary untreated posts and two
renewal operations are eliminated.
Three complete settings of untreated
posts would certainly be very consid
erably more expensive than one oper
ation with treated posts.
The treating of fence posts jointly
by several farmers in a community af
fords one of the best forms of co
operative work possible.
A Dependable Binder
is the only kind you can afford to own, for delays cost money when your grain is
ready for cutting. The binder we offer has “made good” in all kinds of grain and
under all kinds of conditions. 0
B. F. Avery & Sons’
Improved “Champion” Binder
has many features you will like, among them:
Force Feed Elevator elevates all kinds of
grain easily. insures a steady flow of grain to
the packers and prevents clogging and waste of
grain at the top of the elevator.
Balancing Sectors balance the machine j)er-
feetly no matter for what height of grain the
binder is adjusted. The machine moves forward
or back as the platform is raised or lowered, pre
venting neck weight.
Relief Rake keeps the inner end of the plat
form clear of accumulation of grain, grass or
weeds and prevents choking at this point.
Roller Bearings make easier work for your team.
Shall we save a “CHAMPION” for you?
Call and Inspect at CROWELL & CO.,
Florence, S. C.
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Why Prices Go Up and Down
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Much Livestock, Few Meat Buyers; Meat Prices Fail
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little Livestock, Many Meat Buyers; Meat Prices Rise
This shov/s why prices fluctuate. The number of
animals shipped to market varies from week to week.
The demand for meat also changes frequently, and often
unexpectedly.
This means that live-stock prices and wholesale
meat prices change from day to day. Competition de
termines prices so that the supply on hand at any one
time is just taken up by the demand.
Swift & Company doesn’t like these price changes.
We have to use the utmost skill in buying and selling in
order to get our average profit of a fraction of a cent per
pound of meat.
Swift & Company, U. S. A.
Florence Local Branch, 56 Barrington St.
W. B. Tyson, Manager
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