Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1914-02-04
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Winter Pruning.
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Now is the time to get your saw
sharp and your shears ground for
tree trimming. In the dormant sea-
son, with the leaves off, one can see
just what limbs to take out. A
pruning saw should have a narrow
blade so as not to bind and small
wide-Cut teeth for cutting in green
wood. A saw is a much better tool
for pruning than any other, for it
leaves clean surface and does not
crush the wood bark and cambion
like heavy power shears. Small hand
shears are useful for quickly clip
ping out small shoots and suckers;
for all other purposes the saw should
be used. In the South one can prune
any time during the winter, for we
scarcely ever have enough cold to
injure the cut surfaces. All dead
limbs should be cut out, also all
those that have any Cankers or dis
eaSed places. All suckers or water
sprouts should be taken out except
where one is wanted to fill in a va
cant space. Limbs that cross and
rub one another or that shade each
other should be thinned out so that
sunlight and air can readily get into
any part Of the tree. On the other
hand, too many branches should not
be cut out, leaving the tree with too
few fruit spurs and good bearing
branches. Whenever limb is re-
moved it should be cut close so that
no stub is left. A stub heals over
badly and is likely to cause the de-
cay of the trunk of the tree Avoid
the cutting Of very large limbs.
Wounds over an inch in diameter
should be given a dressing of as
phaltum or other waterproof paint.
Why the South Ought to BE Live
Stock Country.
country, because:
L. A crop of cowpeas, soy beans,
peanuts, or leSpedeza Gall legumes)
may he grown the same season after
no better feed than oats, and cow
peas and lespedeza are the equal Of
red clover as hay producers; while
peanuts and soy beans will produce
as much feed (concentrates) jas any
crop grown here or elsewhereA
>. 4 soil made ri2h hv.the ~"ow~
iug OF legume= auG live sJoCk arm
ing viii make as much corn oTgSSfIn
per acrc ag.ta -4ha.a9~% Jgli, ss'.S$ssi
same season produce a crop If tr'm
s20. a1o>er equal in Legdtas &iQe "a
a crop OF red clover.
3. Our climatic conditions make
us a cotton-producing country. One
of the by-products of the cotton crop
is cotton seed meal, the cheapest
protein feed known. The South pro
duces 100, 900 bushels of cotton
seed annually, which, pound for
pound, is superior to corn in feeding
value. If the South could not have
produced cotton she would have
grown live stock just as other Sec
tons have turned to live stock.
where one-crop systems depleted
their soils and forced them to do So
The South must grow live stock,
because while it is possible to build
up soil fertility without feeding live
stock, it is not generally done, and
cannot be done as economically as
fna1inp % MI, oh
be grown to build up the fertility,
to good live stock.
The need Of the South is for men
who will study live stock raising as
part of their general farming sys-
tens, for there is no reason why the
South cannot or does not grow live
stock more profitably than any other
section, except that we have not the
MEN with either the inclination or
information to do so.
Literature II Necessity.
The failure to provide books and
papers in the average farm home is
one great reason why the average
farm boy or girl does not study
harder in school. Books are the
tools with which education does it's
work. What's the use to know how
to read unless you do actually read
after you learn how? So if the ia
ther and mother do not read books
and papers and find pleasure in
them, how can they expect the chill
dren to show an eagerness to learn
to read?