trees can also self-prune by the bark building a ring notch at the branch collar which becomes a weak point so that at some stage the branch will be knocked off. the smith family involved themselves heavily in local affairs. "i never called a balk in my life," he wrote. the first and most traditional way is to find the horseshoe seam area, or the area where the seams are the farthest apart. there is a k–3 primary school serving the town, as well as a small store with gas pump; a post office, and a church. 