THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE, NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA.
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Grafting Vlnlfera
(By F. T. BIOLITTI.) J
Tho beet tlmo for grafting depends
isomewhat on the soil and climate, but
-usually the latest grafts do the best,
provided the scions are completely
dormant and otherwise In good con
dition. If the buds of the scions havo
started and tho bark becomes loose;
many will fall. In tho stlffor and
"wetter soils, much greater care Is
necessary in choosing the, tlmo for
grafting. Tho soil Bhould bo in such
a. condition that It will pulverize eas
ily. Lumpy soil placed about tho graft
will cause many failures.
More grafts fail from an excess of
moisture than from drying out. This
moisture may bo already in tho soil,
or due to rains after grafting, or it
may simply be due to the sap which
flows out of the cut Btump. The
amount of sap that will flow out of a
"vine two or more inches In diameter Is
very considerable and quite sufficient
in many cases to "drown" the graft.
This may be avoided by cutting off tho
vines one or two days before grafting
and leaving them exposed to the air,
in order that tho main flow of sap
may dry up. This is good practice in
all cases whore tho vines aro over 1
inches in diameter.
The first thing to do is to clear away
the earth frcm around the base of the
vino, making a pit about two feet in
diameter, and two to three inches
deeper than the level at which tho
grafting is to bo done. The earth
should be well cleaned off tho stem
of tho vino and the rough, dry bark
Temoved. (See A in illustration.) Tho
vine is then ready for decapitation.
This 1b done by sawing horizontally
in such a place that about two inches
of smooth, straight grain are left at
the top. (See S in Fig. A.) If the
sawing Is done at or too near a place
where the grain of tho wood is
crooked or curly, great difficulty will
bo found In making a gopd fit.
After leaving the decapitated vino
24 hours to bleed, it Is ready for tho
insertion of tho scion. In making tho
cleft, a place should be chosen where
tho bark is smooth and sound. Tho
THINNING THE FRUIT
IS GOOD PRACTICE
Overtaxing Capacity of Tree by
Excessive Crop Is Short
sighted Policy.
Thinning tho fruit is a step that
many fruit growers aro slow to adopt
and yet it la as commercially profitable
as tho culture of tho soil or spraying,
and should bo regarded as essential. In
a good crop year peaches set in a pro
fusion far beyond the resources of tho
tree, and this 1b also usually true of
plums and often apples.
To overtax tho capacity of a tree by
an excessive crop is a very short
sighted policy. Tho evil results of
overbearing aro seen In irregular hab
its of bearing, for an exhausted tree
will tako ono or moro years to re
trieve its powers. They nro seen In
a shortened Hfo and sometimes In
death within tho year; In diminished
vigor which invites attacks of in
sects and diseases; In small under
sized fruit which sells at low prices
and is often unmarketable; in a
greater proportion of wormy and rot
ten fruit.
Peaches should bo thinned to a dis
tance of from throe to six Inches. To
many six inches will seem excessivo,
but experience will justify It la tho
caso of largo-growing varieties. No
fruit should bo permitted to bo in
contact and in thinning bear always
in mind tho room required by an in
dividual fruit wlien grown to full size
Thinning should bo done early when
fruit Is the size of hickory nuts, but
after tho drop that usually takes
place in early summor Is past I3ut
whilo thinning is host dono early as
involving less tax on tho troe, it is
far better to do it qulto lato, oven
when fruit is nearly full grown, than
not at all.
VARIETY OF GRAPES
Vineyards.
cleft must be made by splitting.
With a slight blow of a wooden mallet
the grafting knife is driven one-eighth
of an inch Into both wood and bark
(seo Fig. C). Tho chisel end of the
grafting knife 1b then placed In tho
mark and driven in an inch or so, suf
ficient to open a cleft wido enough to
allow tho entrance of tho scion (Fig.
D). The scion is inserted and when
tho chisel is released und removed
tho tension of the wood will hold the
scion firmly In place (Fig. E).
As soon as the scion is In place, all
cut surface of stock and scion should
be carefull covered with a couplo of
inches of moist, well-pulverized soil
(see H, Fig. B), and a stake driven in
such a position that it will support tho
first growth of tho graft. Tho completo
filling of tho hole may bo deferred
for a few hours, except In extremely
hot, dry weather, but not long enough
to run any risk of having tho scion be
come even slightly dry. No wax, clay
or similar material is needed. There
is nothing better to put around the
union than moist, looso soil. If the
cleft is too large It is a good practice
to cover tho cleft In the stock with a
leaf or anything that will exclude the
soil. Tho filling up ot tho holo with
soil should be complete and tho wholo
scion may be covered up unlesa tho
soil has a tendency to bake. When
finished, each graft will be In tho mid
dle of a wide mound of soil (seo 112,
Fig. B). Narrow mounds may become
too dry. Tho mounds should not be
disturbed by hoe or cultivator until
the unions aro well formed. If tho
Bclons are completely covered and tho
mounds form a hard crust, this crust
should bo carefully broken with tho
fingers.
Judgment and careful work aro
needed in suckering. When the grafts
havo started to grow vigorously, so
that tho shoots can bo tied to tho
stake, it is safe to commence sucker
ing. When graftB aro slow In starting,
and the Buckers vigorous, It Is neces
sary to sucker before tho scion has
grown much. ThlB can be dono safely
if care Is used.
INCREASE VALUE OF
GRAIN BY GRINDING
Saves Animal the Work and En
ergy Required to Digest Food
Materials Given It.
It has been proved that grinding
corn Increase its feeding value about
6 per cent This increase is not suf
ficient, however, to warrant a farm
er's sacking tho grain and hauling it to
town or to a neighboring farm to bo
ground. On the other hand, where
ono already has a good grinding outilt
of his own and can perform tho work
at homo without extra labor grinding
may bo desirable for tho hard grains
such as corn, millet, kafir corn, mllo
maize, wheat and barley.
Tho principle Involved In grinding
grains is to pulverize tho food mate
rials so that tho digestive Juices may
act moro completely and also to savo
tho animal the work and energy re
quired to digest and eliminate it.
Thus, grinding grains enables an ani
mal to consumo moro roughage or
bulky foods. Where maximum results
aro desired without regard to tho cost,
grinding grains may assist ono in
reaching this end.
If ono wishes to force dairy cows
for a high record of milk and butter
fat or obtain maximum gains with
show cattlo or hogs, ground grains, al
though expensive, may bo used. Old
animals, dairy cows and hogs, and
horses that aro being worked hard
sometimes make grinding profitable,
hut tho extra cost of proparlng tho
food for sheop, beef cattlo and ldlo
horses will not pay for grinding tho
ordinary grains. It is woll to remem
ber that feeding a balanced ration to
live stock is better than any other
method of feed preparation, such as
shelling corn, grinding, soaking and
cooking grains or chaffing hay.
And when tho liourn of rest
Conic liliu a culm upon tho mid-son
brlno
Hushing Its billowy brciist
The quiet of that moment too, la
thine,
It brenthes of him who keeps
Tho vnst nnil helpless city while It
lceps. Uryimt.
HINTS ON CARE OF CHILD.
Children, like plants, need light, air,
water and food for growth. The body
needs besides those
sleep and exercise to uso
well tho food that Is
eaten.
Little children need
food in small quantities
and often, as they grow
older the quantity, varie
ty and tlmo for feeding
lengthens.
It is important that
tho hands and faces of little people bo
Uopt clean, so that they do not take
into their bodies with food any dis
ease germs.
What children eat builds them phys
ically. Nothing should hinder tho pe
riod of growth, for it can never be
inado up to them In later life.
Children should bo taught to thor
oughly chow their food, thoy should
not bo hurried in tholr eating, or
fussed with and corrected during tho
meal. Foods that aro not to bo given
children should not bo temptingly dis
played before them. For this reason
their own mealtime and tablo 1b de
sirable. Tho helpless child 1b dependent upon
older people to provide for him; we
should know and study his needs.
Sleep is an absoluto necessity to
any life; for children under three,
thero should bo twelve hours sleep at
night and a nap morning and after
noon. Children who are not given
Bleep enough at this time will reap
tho harvest of nerves and weakness all
through life. Tho eyes rest during
Bleep, tho heart does not need to work
to hard and tho nervous system is re
freshed by sleep. Not only tho health,
but the child's Intclligonco depend up
jn good habits in early life. Plenty
jf fresh air In tho Bleeping room Is ns
necessary as good food at the tablo.
The child who gets up with a head
iche and a bad taste In the mouth has
jften slept In a poorly ventilated
room. Cold nlr Is not pure air. The
lormal child gets its exercise In play.
Too violent play is a strain upon tho
lervous system.
Bathing the skin Is as necessary as
flushing tho dlgestivo tract with wa
:er. Waste products, either outside or
in, clog tho system and cause disease.
We havo most extraordinary powers
of persuasion when they are exercised
over ourselves. Dickens.
The hardest and best borno trials aro
those which aro nover chronicled In
any earthly record and aro suffered
every day. Ibid.
OUT OF ORDINARY RECIPES.
For a simple pudding, this will ap
peal to tho thrifty house wlfo:
Mountain Dew Pud
ding. Add two beaten
yolkB to a pint of rich
- milk, three tablespoon
fuls of grated cocoanut,
teaspoonful of lemon
juice and a quarter of a
cupful of sugar. Mix and
bake a halt hour in a
moderate oven. When firm and brown,
cover with a meringue raudo of tho
whites of tho eggs, woll beaten and
Bwcetoned with three tablespoonfuls of
sugar. Set In a slow oven to brown.
Frozen Pudding. Beat tho yolks of
six eggs until light, add a sirup made
of two cupfuls each of sugar and wa
ter, boiled together five mlnuteB. Beat
a moment, take from the flro and beat
until thick, smooth and cold; add a
quart of cream, a teaspoonful of va
nilla and partly freeze, then ndd a pint
or less of chopped fruit which has
stood two hours In orange Juice.
Droule. Tako two quarts of fresh
rich milk, add two cupfuls of sugar,
Right eggs, beaten woll, ono cupful of
brown sugar, caramelized, a teaspoon
ful of vanilla, a half teaspoonful of
3alt. Scald tho milk, ndd tho caramel
ized sugar and, when It is dissolved,
add the rest of tho HUgar and the eggs.
Freczo and stand to ripen at least an
aour before serving.
Peanut Salad. Soak a cupful of
auts in olive oil, drain and mix with
two cupfuls of cut colory and a dozen
choppod olives. Mix with mayonnaise
and servo on lettuco. Servo rlpo
peaches with whipped cream and
browned, chopped almonds, for a most
dainty dessert.
Tongue served with raisin sauce Is
a dish which Is nlco enough to servo
ono's particular guests.
Brains Not Everything.
"Peoplo havo got brains on tho
brain," declared Spurgeon. "If you
say that you don't llko a person, some
one Is sure to remark, 'Oh, but ho is
so clover!' Just as if that wero a rea
boh in itself for liking a person.
Cleverness Is not everything. Some
times it is tho very thing that fills
ono with distrust of a person ho or
Bho may bo only made dangerous by
It. Mako tho most of your braliiB, but
don't think thoy aro tho only things
worth cultivating."
.Natural affections and Instincts, my
denr sir, nro tho most beautiful of tho
AlmlKhty's works, but, like other beau
tiful works of his, they must bo reared
and fostered.
WARM WEATHER DESSERTS.
Tho slmplo nnd less Inexpensive
dessert appeals to tho housekeeper
who has all of her own
work to do nnd during
tho heated term she Is
wlso to mako her work
ns light ns possible. Tho
following desserts are
not hard to prepare and
nro within reason as to
expense.
Charlotte Russe. Scald
a cupful and n quarter
of milk in a doublo holler. Beat tho
yolks of two eggs slightly and mix
with two tnhlespoonfuls of sugar and
a pinch of salt. Add tho scalded milk
gradually to tho egg mixture and cook
over hot water until thick. Now add
ono nnd one-fourth tnblespoonfulB of
granulated golatln soaked In four ta
blespoonfuls of water. Strain and add
tho whites of two eggs, beaten st'".
Set Into cold water and Btlr until It be
gins to thicken, then add a half pint
of cream whipped, threo tablespoon
fuls of powdered sugar and a tablo
spoonful of vanilla. Lino n mold or
bowl with strips of spongo cako or
lady lingers and fill with tho mixture
Chill and servo when firm.
Banana Cream. Slice three rlpo ba
nanas, press through a Blovo, add n
small box of crushed-,strawborrlo3, re
serving part of tho Juice; beat to
gether lightly and set on lco to cool.
Servo in glass cups with sweetened
whipped cream to which has been add
ed tho reserved strawberry Julco.
Servo very cold.
Maple Pudding. Mix together a
cupful and a quarter of maplo sirup, a
tablespoonful of sugar, four beaten
yolks of eggs and cook In a doublo
boiler until smooth. Soak two table
spoonfuls of gelatin In two tablespoon
fuls of water, add to tho cooked mix
turo, when cool, with tho beaten
whites of tho eggs, beaten stiff, and
a pint of cream whipped. Put into a
mold and pack in ico to harden.
Cheerfulness and content aro groat,
beautlftors, and aro famous preservers
of youthful looks, depend upon It.
Gallantry, In Its true sonso Is, sup
posed to ennoble and dignify a man.
Dickens.
SUNDAY NIGHT SUPPER.
Homo folks, on Sunday night, oven
after a substantial midday meal, feel
an aching void as the
usual time for the dally
evening monl ap
proaches. This Is a good
tlmo to shift responsi
bility on tho , younger
members of the house
hold and teach them to
prepare and servo a
dainty moal. Let thorn plan sur
prises and take turns In serving. This
will not only be a relief to the house
mother, but will bo valuable training
for both boys and girls. Lot tho guest,
for thoro should often bo ono, at tho
Sunday night supper, help in getting
tho meal ready, laying tho table, pro
paring sandwiches or salad, or making
tea, cocoa or coffee; ho will enjoy It
as much as she.
Fig and Nut Jelly. Wash a cupful
of pulled figs In cold water. Put them
to cook In two cupfuls ot cold water
and stew until tender. Tako them
from the liquor, put Into It a half-cupful
of sugar and boll until tho sirup
thickens. Chop tho figs into smnll
pieces and add to them a couplo doz
en almonds, blnnched and chopped.
Havo ready a half box of golatln
which has boon sonked for halt on
hour in a cupful of warm water. Dis
solve It In a cupful of boiling water,
add to it tho fig liquor (thoro should
be three-quarters of a cupful), add a
quarter of a cupful of orange juice,
strain through a wire sieve and turn
Into a glnss dish to chill. When stlfl
enough to keep tho figs from sinking
to the bottom, add tho figs and nuts.
Sorvo with whipped cream.
Tomatoes With Cream. Cut very
rich rlpo tomatoes, which havo been
peeled, In quarters without separat
ing them, so that tho sections He open
like tho petals of a flowor. Heap a
spoonful of Bweetened whipped cream
In the center of each aud serve well
chilled. Peel the tomatoes by scald
ing them and romovlng tho skin. If
served In fiat glass dishes, this makes
an especially attractive dish. Salt,
paprika and a dash of vinegar may
1)0 added If liked before putting on
tho cream.
Real Stroke of Genius.
A genius has invented a piano that
weighs only 120 pounds. The tired
papa who wants to rest nnd read can
throw that sized piano Into the back
yurd when Julio Ann persists In pound
Ing It. Mllwaukeo Sentinel.
No Wonder He Was Glum.
"What makes your husband look
so glum, Mrs. Nurlch?" "I'm not sure
exactly, but tho doctor says ho's out
ferlng from a reduced plurality."
Buffalo lixprcsa.
HADN'T THOUGHT ABOUT THAT
Of Course Young Mother Could Only
Reason That the Fault Must Bo
With the Scales.
Tho story Is told ot a young mother
who, nfter her first baby had boon
born, hurried to a hardware store to
purchaso a pair ot scalos, that she
might bo able to keep tabs on tho re
mnrkablo growth of her first born.
When Bho got them homo and
weighed tho baby for tho first tlmo the
llttlo bunch of humanity did not qulto
measure up to her expectations and
slio promptly carried tho scalos back,
stating that thoy wero not satisfac
tory. Asked by tho storekeeper what
tho difficulty was, sho replied:
"I think tho scales nro not right. My
baby did not weigh as much ns I think
sho ought to."
"Did It ever occur to you," naked tho
hard-hearted seller of hardware "that
tho fault might bo with tho baby and
not tho scnlcs?"
Sho saw tho point and kept tho
scales. Brockton Enterprise
Where Bluff Falls.
"Bnht" Bnoored tho blustery man.
"Bluff is tho thing. A man can bluff
his way through life."
"But," aald tho conservative, "If you
couldn't Bwltn and fell in, you couldn't
bluff tho river for a second." Living
eton Lanco.
Willing.
"Did you punch tho tlmo clock as
you camo In?" nsked tho foreman.
"I did not," replied tho burly work
man, "but I'll punch tho face ot tho
man that dares to dock mo for bcln'
ten minutes late."
For genuine comfort nnd lasting pleat
urc use ltcd Cross Hall Blue on wash day.
All good grocers. Adv.
Beads of perspiration aro tho Jewels
of honest labor porhaps.
Drink Denison's Coffee.
Always pure and delicious.
The piano practlco of a girl is music
to her ma only.
It's an 111 wind that escapes and
leaves a flabby tire.
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