SOME NERVY PLAYERS
Bresnahan Praises Men Who Can
Deliver When Needed.
Substitute Catcher for Chicago Cubs
Praises Frank Schulte, Outfielder,
and Heine Zimmerman, Slug
ging Third Baseman.
In baseball there are two kinds of
,nerve, according to Roger Bresnahan,
substitute Cub catcher. One is pos
sessed by the type of player who bul
lies men on the field, has a weak
heart when he is asked to go to the
piate in the ninth inning with a man
.on third and drive home the run that
will wiii the game. The other is the
player who refrains from pugilistic
tactics, but has a heart of steel, takes
a viselike grip on the bat and grits
bis teeth when the responsibility of
scoring a run is put up to him.
Bresnahan declares the first is the
easiest to beat in a game and the sec
ond is thg fellow who makes compe
tition keen all the time.
Bob Bescher, left fielder of the Cin
cinnati team, struck Bresnahan last
year in the jaw, after a game of ball,
because the fielder struck out in a
pinch when a long fly or a single
meant a victory. It was while dis
cussing this episode that Bresnahan
defined the two kinds of nerve in
baseball.
“There are two kinds of nerve in
this game,” said Bresnahan. "and I
profess to have only one. I’ll admit
Bescher took a solid punch at me.
I stood ^or It. There may be a lot of
fellows playing ball today who can
trim me ofT the field, but when it
comes to matching brains and nerve
during a game I think I can hold my
own with any of them.
‘ Bescher was up in- the ninth in
oiug in a pinch, when just a little sin
gle would have given the Reds the
game. He was aware that it was up
go him to rap out the hit that would
turn the tide. But he was as nervous
as a cat. I joshed him about it and
he took it seriously. That was how
the argument started. That was ex
actly what I was looking for. because
|t. woa the game for me. He struck
out. in the pinch and that was what
marie him angry.
“Prank Schulte is about the best
example of the man with the nerve in
a pinch I know of in the league today.
Roger Breenahan.
You never see Frank argue or dispute
with any one, nor you never heard
of his haring a battle on the street.
Out you have seen him go up to the
plate with runners on the bases in
the ninth inning, smash out a single
or extra base hit oft the best pitchers
in the league and win the game. He
■ As the type of man to have on a team.
Heine Zimmerman appears to be
extremely boisterous and rough, but
•he is a corking good man in a pinch
{because he is stubborn. He is too
^arrogant to have it said that he lost
ails nerve, and it is just that bit of
'pride that makes him so great a
player."
“Come-Back” Surprise.
Charlie Smith of the Cubs is a
come-back who has surprised baseball
Tana throughout the big leagues. In
1189? Smith pitched for Atlanta and
•looked like a promising kid. From
'here he was shipped to Cleveland,
where he gained a victory over Rube
Waddell. A week later he was sent
to New Orleans. Then he was shipped
to Atlanta and then back to the big
leagues again. He saw service with
the Washington and Boston American
league clubs and in the Eastern
league. The Cubs secured him from
the Eastern league, and his thinking
power and curves have helped the
. Cubs on numerous occasions. Smith
takes pitching seriously and never
cracks a smile when on the mound,
w--—
Leading Hitters.
Four American leaguers are hitting
about the .400 average, while only two
National leaguers have so far been
able to comb the ball for this extra
high percentage. The four leaders in
the younger organization are Collins,
.Bit; Speaker, .468; Schaller. .462, and
Compton, .400; Viox, wfth .435, and
Miller, .429, are blazing the way in the
National.
. Hit by Injuries.
Clark Griffith’s Washington's have
been hard hit Byjnjuries to players.
The Nationals have had -.Catchers
Ainsmith and Williams, Pitcher Cash
ion Third Baseman Foster, Second
Haseman Morgan and Outfielder
Shanks on the hospital list. No won
der the team slowed up.
WHICH IS REAL “FIND” OF THE SEASON?
Ray Schalk, Clever Young White Sox Backstop.
An interesting question that has
bobbed up in the American league re
cently refates to the problem of sing
ling out the catching ''find" of the
season. Chicago fans are practically
unanimous that the palm should go to
Ray Sehalk of the White Sox and
they have much company in other
cities. They consider the problem an
easy one. Some critics have appeared
to dispute the right to the honor of
the young backstop corralled by
Comiskey recently.
"I watched Wallie Schang of the
Philadelphia Athletics closely in the
series with the Cleveland Xaps and
with all due respect to Sehalk I think
Connie Mack has bagged the biggest
young catcher, all things considered,
in the major leagues." said a Cleve
land scribe.
“I have seen Sehalk in several se
ries and I also have been in a position
to^atch the work of Schang in a bit
.ter.series in which Cleveland was bat
tling Philadelphia with the clubs in
first and second place. Sehalk is just
as good a receiver as Schang. but I
think this young catcher of Mack has
the edge on the Chicago backstop in
9peed, in throwing and batting—im
portant considerations in a catcher.”
While some fans and critics are in
clined to be prejudiced in favor of
such stars as Sehalk and Schang, it
is interesting to know what scribes
and fan^ of other cities think of these
players when they are visiting hostile
camps.
The work of Sehalk has stood out
in marked contrast to that of any of
the opposing catchers on other teams
in the recent whirl of Comiskey’s ath
letes around the eastern circle. His
great plays at times were so thrilling
as to draw spontaneous applause from
a crowd rooting for the visiting club's
downfall.
Following is the opinion of an ob
server in Boston, after watching
Sehalk in the scries between the
world's champions and the White Sox
recently:
“I have seen all the catchers in the
American league this season and I
think Sehalk is head and shoulders
above the whole lot. Ia getting down
in front of the plate for bunted balls
and whipping the sphere to first I
have never seen his equal. His throw
ing is accurate, his receiving a delight
to see and his batting surprising. He
seems as quick as a cat in tagging
runners out at the home plate and
also seems absolutely fearless.”
These two opinions of Schalk. ex
pressed by critics outside Chicago,
show how highly this young catcher
is rated even by those who give
Schang the shade in a comparison
of the work of those two young stars.
Chicago fans have had little opportu
nity to judge of the relative merits of
these young catchers. They are
strong for Schalk and chances are few
White Sox fans could be found who
would give any other catcher in the
world the edge over the former Mil
waukee phenoin purchased by Presi
dent Comiskey last fall for the rec
ord price of the season paid for a
minor league player.
Schalk’s wonderful play, requiring
brains and action, in the eighth in
ning of a double header at Comiskey
park, is only a sample of the kind of
work this young catcher has been
doing all the season. It was a thrill
ing play that roused the fan3 and
caused a storm of applause in behalf
of the young catcher's work. John
ston, on first base, tried to go all the
way to third on Austin's hunt to Lord.
The bunt had drawn Lord off third
and nobody was present to cover the
base. Johnston, seeing this, had
rounded second and was sprinting
toward third, with Weaver, who for
once was tardy in covering the bag,
in hot pursuit.
In this crisis the brain of Schalk
was there In the piuch as usual. He
had caught the situation at a glance
and dashed for third. Hal Chase
timed his throw and Schalk slid in
with the ball in a wild mixup with
the base runner. Schalk won the (in
cision and completed one of the most
daring double plays seen at Comiskey
park in many a day. It saved the
game for the White Sox, as Johnston
would have scored with the winning
run a few minutes later.
BONEHEADED PLAY BY COBB
“John Andersoning’’ Was Only Ex
ceeded by Catcher Henry’s Forget
fulness and Poor Work.
Ty Cobb's “John Andersoning" in
the first Inning of a recent- game
caused more comment in Washington
thau any spectacular play Ty has
made in recent years*
It is the first time that Cobb can
be justly accused of pulling a rank bit
of “boneheadedness,” and Ty got out
of the fix because of the surprise and
momentary mental lapse of John
Her.ry. Washington's star catcher.
Bush had reached third on an error
and a sacrifice, and Cobb had walk
Ty Cobb.
ed. Ty then stole second, and the
theft was so easy tha} he raced on to
third. Henry was so visibly surprised
that he crept down the third base line,
with the ball in his hand, as though
intent on reaching and tagging Cob.
Cobb saw the situation, and after
grinning "tit Henry for a moment he
shot back toward second and passed
McBride before the shortstop took
Henry’s throw.
Mil
Hayeri
■~v—
Mike Balenti, the former Carlisle In-^
dian, now' with the Browns, is becom-'
ing a star shortstop.
• * •
They say that Umpire Byron has a
pose back of the box seats that would
be hard for a professional model to
hold.
• • •
Btlly Murray, the Pirates alert scout,
discovered Catcher Coleman when
sent out on a hurry-up order from Fred
Clarke.
. . • .
Ty Cobb and Joe Jackson are put
ting up another neck and neck dash
for the American league batting su
premacy.
* * •
One of the greatest Joy3 of Moose
McCormick’s life has been suddenly
taken away from him. He can no long
er bat for Josh. Devore.
• • •
Turning back the pages of history
we find that some years ago a Cleve
land team was leading the league at
this stage—and fintshed fifth!
• • •
Lee Magee, the young inflelder of
the Cards, pulled off a Ty Cobb stunt
in a recent game against the Phillies.
He scored all the way from first on
a short singly.
• • • \
When Evers is unable to get on
base in his first two times at bat
against a pitcher he generally or
ders himself out of the game and sub
stitutes Phelan.
GIRL AND A BEAR
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Brave “Little Sister” Gets Re
ward for Capturing “A Great
Ferocious Monster.”
By GERTRUDE MARY SHERIDAN.
"I should die of fright," declared
Netta Farbes. "I am sure I should.”
Why. just think of it, Beauty—way off
on the very edge of civilization, wild
animals, savages and mountain out
laws! No, thank you, not for me!”
"But David will be there," explained
Beatrice Merrill, the bride of a week,
and she spoke in a simple confident
way that indicated her brave bright
husband to be a power of valor and
strength in her estimation.
“Well, that is- a good deal, I will
confess," admitted Netta. "But David
can't be with you all of the time, can
he? if he’s going to be the great cat
tle king he thinks he is, he must have
a lot of work to do. I’m sure you will
faint at the first sight of a fierce cow
boy, and as to those Indians—think of
seeing them creeping—creeping
creeping through the grass, with their
hideous .tomahawks and scalping
knives—ugh!" and the imaginative
miss shivered in incipient hysterics.
Beatrice only smiled sweetly, opti
mistically. It was true she had been
brought up tenderly, the only child of
fond doting parents, shielded from ev
ery rude alarm, her girlhood experi
ence a path of ever-blooming roses.
But It was true also that the rugged
earnest figure of David Merrill had
come into her life as a hero. His love
had filled her existence magically. One
of nature’s real noblemen, he had
come from directly next to nature to
woo and win and carry away to his
rude far western home a timid, inex
perienced prairie flower.
And when the eventful departure
came, every stage of the Journey ac
complished seemed to carry Beatrice
into a new realm of delight. Even
that last stage drive over the lonely
hills and into a settlement crude as a
frontier mining town, was full of nov
elty and excitement. Beatrice clapped
her hands ingenuously as some de
lighted child at the Queer antics of
There Burst From a Copse a Great
Shagged Bear.
the playful prairie dogs. She went
wild over the splendid full colored
flowers. Then when a cavalcade of
genuine cowboys came to Last Limit
to accompany them to the ranche.
their honest loyal admiration charmed
the pretty bride and she felt that she
was going among true friends.
“There are no bears,” she wrote ex
ultingly to Netta two weeks later.
“The Indians are poor harmless crea
tures who come to the door begging
only once in awhile, and make you
glad to be able to be charitable. But
there is the clear, clear sky—oh, so
Infinitely blue all of the time! And
such sunsets! And the boys—dear,
rough, honest fellows, who come
around bashful and proud of their ‘lit
tle sister,’ as they call me, and who
would die for me. if I asked them.
And David—Oh, so grand and splendid
when he goes off on a horse that
would scare you! And me, poor little
me—gained ten pounds already, brown
as a berry, and oh, so happy in this
lovely peaceful spot, so sweet and sol
emn in the clear morning sunlight,
that I reverently call it God's Iand^
“AS to the mountain outlaws—booh!
Once there was a few of them, but
they have been driven ofT the trail.
There’s a band, they say, with a leader
named Buckskin Joe. They say he is
a bad, desperate fellow. There’s a
thousand dollars offered for his cap
ture. so it isn’t likely he’ll ever dare
to venture near a ranche where
half a dozen brave, powerful herders
would be glad to make a target of
him. Bugaboo, all the horrid things
you predicted! Come out and see me,
and see what real men look like!”
In fact Beatrice had become so in
love with her new life, that one morn
ing when she found the vicinity of the
house deserted she was not one bit
worried. David the day before had
made a famous sale and had gone off
to a distance to negotiate for a new
herd. Most of the men had accom
panied him. The others had been giv
en a holiday and had gone to Last
Limit, where a circus had come along.
Beatrice went about her pleasant
home tasks -happy as a sprite, singing
merrily, planning with delight b fam
ous strawberry pie of gigantic propor
tions for her formidable horde when
they should return, ravenous and de
lighted, at supper time. She had gath
ered a great apron full of the rich,
luscious fruit in the ravine about a
quarter of a mile from the house, when
she heard shots and shouts in the dis
tance. These died away, and she
started for the house leisurely, attrib
uting the commotion to some hurrah
exploits of the cowboys on a neighbor
ing ranch.
. Then suddenly Beatrice uttered a
sharp cry. There burst from a copse
a great shagged bear. Its mouth was
foaming, the blood was trickling down
from its face, and it swung along at
a fearful rate In the direction of the
house.
“I won't taint!” determine* Beatrice
—“Although I hardly know what to
do. Oh, dear!”
She fluttered like a frightened but
terfly. Seeking refuge or eatables, the
bear tore through the little house gar
den, aimed for the open cellar doors,
darted down the steps, and then—
Beatrice ran fast as she could, reached
the house, slammed down the cellar
doors and set the heavy oaken bars
across the heavy planks. Then she
ran into the house, locked and bolted
the door leading into the cellar and—
sat down to cry.
It wras only as a relief to her over
wrought excitement that the tears
came, for Beatrice felt fairly trium
•phant. She bad controlled her fright,
she had caged the enemy. What an
exploit to write to Netta about!
What a grand thing to narrate to her
husband! How the gallant cowboys
‘ would praise and make a veritable
heroine of her! Beatrice was ve:y
proud of her first exploit in capturing
“a wild savage denizen of the primeval
forest."
Beatrice valiantly took down the
house rifle from the antlers over the
dining room clock and placed it on
the table. Then she got the axe from
the yard. Next she added the poker
to this warlike equipment.
She listened for some demonstra
tions from below. The ‘‘frenzied
growls," the "frightful leaps,” she had
read about as pertaining to bears, did
not ensue as she had expected. She
wondered if the infuriated animal had
gone to sleep. She hoped he had not
discovered the old cupboard in which
she kept the butter and milk.
About an hour later Beatrice heard
the tramp of horses and the sound of,
human voices along the trail. Six
mounted men came into view. Their
leader doffed his hat as he drove up
to the doorway where Beatrice stood..
“We are looking for a stray bear.”
he began.
‘‘Oh. yes!” announced Beatrice eag
erly, "a great ferocious monster—’
“Not at all—a harmless toothless old
animal escaped from the circus in
Last Limit, but valuable as a trick
bear, and $100 offered for its cap
ture.”
“Why, what is this?” inquired David
Merrill, as he and his hearty crowd
sat down to the smoking supper that
evening, and he found a little heap of
bank notes under his plate.
Then Beatrice told her story, with
dancing eyes. And David swung her
up in the air and kissed her at its
termination, while the enthusiastic
cowboys gave “Huzza!" with an ad
miring echo {or their brave "little
sister.”
(Copyright, 1913. by W. G. Chapman.)
BROUGHT WEALTH TO PERU
Guano Beds, Consisting of Most Won
derful of Known Fertilizers, Sold
for Immense Sum.
It is said that Humboldt added the
greatest wealth to the reports of his
discoveries when he called the serious
attention of Europe to the guano beds
of Peril.
Near midway of the equator and the
tropic of capricorn on the Peruvian
coast are the Chincha islands, whose
guano deposits have been worth more
in money than tl^ copper, gold and sil
ver of the world’s best mines. For this
great fertilizer $1,000,000,000 had been
paid up to the time that exports were
prohibited by Peru itself.
The islands are small, high and
rocky, barren and uninviting to the
last degree; yet it is said there is no
other spot of equal size on the earth's
surface from which so much wealth
has been taken.
In some cases the deposits reached
a depth of 1G0 to 180 feet and are
calculated to be thousands of years
old.
Nowhere else in the world are ma
rine birds found in so great quantities
as along this coast. Their presence in
such immense numbers is due to the
quantities of fish found there, upon
which the birds feed. Cormorants,
pelicans, seagulls and marine crows,
in clouds, numbering hundreds of
thousands, may be seen flying low to
or from the islands.
But the birds alone could not have
produced the Peruvian guano. It was
necessary to have the rainless climate
of these islands in order to accomplish
the result.
“Rain so seldom falls that aged men
can count on the Angers of one hand,”
says one commentator, “the times in
their lives when they have seen this
marvelous thing—water falling from
the skies."
It is on this account that Peruvian
guano in its natural state, never hav
ing been exposed to rain or dampness,
has retained its nitrogen and is of.
such great value. Some guano con
tains all three elements of plant life—
nitrates, phosphates and potash—and
all of it contains two elements—phos
pbates and fixed nitrogen. It sells as
high as $100 a ton.
We Take It All Back.
In giving advice to the govern
ment’s expert investigator in regard
to rural health, the Cincinnati Times
Star says:
"Prevail upon the farmers to throw
their frying pans, deadly, dyspepsia
nurturing instruments into the
ditches.”
How, then, will the farmer's wife
cook fried apples with New Orleans
molasses, her chief hold over the
farmer's disposition? What will be
come of the doughnut, dainty piece de
resistance of the summer banquets?
And chicken, must the toothsome
drumstick be wasted because some
city folk have feeble digestion? What
is to become of the rasher of bacon
in these hygenic eras? Are ham and
eggs with their sunny side up to be
obsolete? Throw the frying pan into
the ditch. Indeed! One might as well
ask the farmer to give up planting soy
beans and cow peas.—New York Sun.
Poor Freshman.
Senior—What do you think of tile
Culebra Cut?
Freshman—Well—er—I never tried
it. The sophs won’t let me smoke a
pipe.—Pelican.
Breaking Into Print.
“My cousin once wrote something
and had luck—it was printed."
“What was it?”
“His marriage announcement.’’
SHEEP TO CLEAN UP NEGLECTED PLACES
Typical Cheviot Sheep.
There should be a few sheep on ev
ery farm. It is always admitted that
a few horses, or a few cattle, a few
pigs and some poultry must be kept
on every farm because they are nec
essary and economical—why not
sheep? If the dogs bother the sheep,
shoot the dogs. Perhaps, says a bul
letin issued by the organization of
Illinois^Farmers’ Institutes, the chief
reason for not raising more sheep is
that most people do not understand ;
them, but they are easily understood
when one begins to deal with them.
A farmer in southern Illinois told
the writer that his flock paid 85.7 per
cent, on the investment. He said that
the lambs each year sell for as much
as the mothers cost and that the wool
pays the cost of keep. Each year the
flock produces as many lambs as there
are ewes. A 100 pound lamb sells for
seven dollars, as much as the mother
cost. The mother will shear a nine
pound fleece that will sell for $1.80,
and this will pay for the keep of the
ewe and the lamb. The average ewe
will weigh 120 pounds, and at five
cents will bring six dollars, a profit of
85.7 per cent, on the investment.
Sheep delight to clean up neglected
places—in the potato patch, the pig
lots, the Stubblefield, fence rows and
everywhere. In Minnesota It was
found that out of 480 kinds of weeds
there were only fifty kinds that sheep
would not eat.
The best time to sell a sheep is
when it is a lamb. If it weighs 80
pounds, is fat and has the quality, it
will sell as a prime lamb at any sea
son of the year. This is the popular
weight for a market lamb, but it must
be fat; if it is not fat it will be dis
criminated against. Alfalfa hay and a
little grain or corn silage is a good ra
tion for use In finishing lambs for
market. The quality of a lamb is in
dicated by short legs, fine feet and
compact form.
Male lambs should receive atten
tion when from eight to sixteen days
old, and neglect means that the lambs
will bring less money on the market.
With a meat animal shortage of
several million head in this country,
and with the price of meat fast put
ting it out of the reach of some of us,
there can be no doubt that the sheep
industry of Illinois will be profitable
for many years to come, and a few
sheep on every farm wrill help to de
crease the shortage, clean up waste
places, conserve fertility and increase
the bank account
Experiments carried on with cattle
showed that cattle given plenty of
water with their pasture contained
more moisture and less dry matter
than did the carcasses of cattle given
pasture, but no additional moisture.
It is a generally accepted principle of
feeding that it costs more and more,
to produce meat as the moisture de
creases and the dry matter increases .
From this we are able to deduce the
fact that it costs less to grow the
steers that had plenty of water, and
so made watery carcasses, than it did
to grow the steers that had no water
other than that in their food and re
produced a dry carcass.
What is true in the cases of steers
would hold equally true in the case
of sheep. Sheep given plenty of water
will produce mutton more cheaply '
than will those deprived of it. Muscle
expansion will be more active in the
one case than in the other, and that
is another reason why mutton pro
duction would be cheaper.
There is considerable water in any
of the pasture crops that sheep eat,
and they get still more moisture from
the dew that collects on the grass
blades in early morning and late eve
ning; but from these two sources,
while It gets enough water to keep it
alive, a sheep still does not get
enough water to keep it in the very
best growing condition nor to keep
all its bodily processes going on in
the most effective manner possible.
There is not an organ in the body
that can function properly without
water to aid it. Being one of the
chief constituents of blood, water is
carried to every part of the system,
and not alone helps it in getting Its
nourishment, but also in ridding it of
its impurities. It is obvious that a
large amount of water must be neces
sary to keep the sheep doing well.
Enough is not gotten with the food,
even in summer, and this amount
should be supplemented by all that
the sheep will drink when given con
stant access to it.
SEVERAL SUMMER
FEEDING PROBLEMS
Intelligent Provision Gives Sub
stantial Advantages to Live
Stock Farmer.
Although the question of summer
feeding hae become one of the most
Important in the country, so far as
many farmers are concerned, there
are many who, in my opinion, miss
some of the main points altogether.
An intelligent provision for summer
feeding gives substantial advantages
to the farmer.
Less land is used for pasturage and
consequently the percentage of waste
le reduced. If there is a saving in
the amount of land it simply means
the use of less capital in this branch
af agriculture.
In other words .a farm of 100 acres
should yield as good results as one of
150 acres under the old methods.
Of still greater importance perhaps
is the matter of keeping up the milk
supply to ’contract requirements and
that of maintaining the growth and
strength of live stock generally.
In the early part of the season
when pasturage growth is rapid ani
mals waste fully as much fodder as
they consume, but by midsummer the
dry weather is pretty sure to curtail
the growth of grass to such an extent
that the milk supply Is lessened and
flesh and growth are impaired.
The conclusion is that the farmer
should not depend on pasturage after
the first of July and therefore only
so much land should be devoted to
grazing as may be needed in the most
favorable part of the season.
The problem of supplying summer
fodder can easily be settled by the
cultivation of the part of the pasture
laud which is saved. Young stock
will then obtain uniform growth while
by the same means a dairy will keep
up its milk supply.
Should the whole season prove fa
vorable for pasturage much of tho fod
der raised for summer feeding may
be sold in the market or the dairy'
may be enlarged.
A silo Is a good auxiliary in provid
ing for either summer or winter feed
ing and there are various methods
along the line of intensive farming
which will enable owners of cattle to
use less land and at the same time
attain the results desired.
A crop of rye can be cut for hay
| between May 20 and June 1 and nul
i let should be seeded In the same field
by July 1, thus Insuring an extra crop
oh the ground.
Fodder corn may also be grown in
the latter part of the summer on a
field that has produced rve. These
/late crops are a valuable addition to
| the winter supply.
There are various methods by which
the owners of live stock can secure,
double crops without wearing out the
land.
Alfalfa averages three cuttings each
season, the first crop being ready
early in June in the more northern
sections. This is one of the very
best fodder crops for dairy cows after
it has been partly cured.
It is unwise to allow cattle to forage
on alfalfa, as it is likely to cause
bloating, and at any ratp the waste
from trampling is large.
It is the business of the farmer to
plan months ahead for his winter fod
der and when this point is settled in
his mind he will be free to give such
attention to summer feeding as the
state of his pasture makes necessary
GOOD CULTIVATION
IN POTATO PATCH
Cultivator Should Be Kept Going
and if Bugs Appear Spray
With Paris Green.
Keep the cultivator going in the po
tato patch, keeping away far enough
at the last to prevent injury to the
growing tubers.
If bugs attack the crop, spray with
paris green. No plant can grow with
out leaves, an* when the potato has
been defoliated that ends it.
If blight attacks tho plants, spray
with Bordeaux mixture, says Spray
Calendar. Blight is as fatal as the po
tato bug. It is now well known that
potato rot is a disease that starts in
the plant above ground, so it is impor
tant that the tops oe kept in vigorous
condition until late in the summer.
They will continue to grow tubers
clear into September, if given a
chance. But how common it is to see
the vines all dead with blight In Aug
ust.
Stunts Growth.
Do not let any fruit ripen on the
small fruit plants set out this year.
Premature fruit stunts the growth.
Keep Soil in Fine Tilth.
In dry, hot weather keep the sur
face of the soil In fine tilth. Hoe and
rake as soon as the ground dries aft
er a rain, and never under any cir
cumstances allow a hard crust to
form.
Forming Fruit Buds.
Many farmers who have been grow
ing fruit for years, do not know that
the apple and most other fruit trees
form fruit buds in the late summer
months.
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Ventilation Needed.
Cows require ventilation just the
same a3 human beings, but many
farmers do not think so. Judging from
the odor and heat that meets one upon
first entering the stables. Yet they
should not be cold. Means should be
devised for pure air circulation with
out any direct draughts.
Icehouse Overlooked.
Rather sorry now that you did not
build an ice house and fill it last win
ter, eh ?