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AID .fl&Q&D, ayBlAHKA, CTjtMT I - w w m i ' it .1 lt If' !r Sl . Horticultural Facts r.rs.rr' SMALL FRUITS FOR GARDENS Reasonable Assortment Is of Great Importance Directions Given li In Bulletin. Cfttparcd by tlifc United fitntcs Dei.artment of ARricullurt,) Olio extent lo which smiill fruits, such nB currants, gooseberries, rnsp berries, blackberries mul grapes, mid treo fruits such ns apples, peaches, plums, pears and cherries may be planted In connection with the homo garden, will depend entirely upon the available space and climatic condi tions. No homo garden, however, Is truly complete without a roiiBonnblo assortment of both small and tree imlts. Anions the small fruits, straw- Small Fruits, Such as Raspberries ind Blackberries, Should Be Lo cated to One Side of the Garden. Ucrrlcfi, raspberries and blackberries arc generally most Important. One or two peach trees, a plum tree, two cherry trees and three or four applo trees form a good combination of tree fruits where there. Is room for them. 2Tull directions for selecting, plant ing mid growing all kinds of fruit trees can be secured In the form of bulletins Issued by the United Stntes Department of Agriculture and the otatc colleges of agriculture. INJURY BY PEACH LEAF CURL Gold, Wet Spring at Tlmo Buds Open Is Favorable to Disease Dam age Underestimated. Peach leaf curl Is a well-known dis ease and easily recognized by the characteristic deformed condition of the leaves and young stems. Affect ed leaves are often shed from the tree, and where the attack Is severe, the shedding may be so great as to ho of fj'vrlous consequence. Not only so, but the loss of twigs Is also sometimes- quite serious. The disease fungus grows within the tender young tissues, causing deformation and often death of the parts. It Is not Itnown definitely how the fungus lives from one season to the next, but It Is known that Inoculation of the pench takes place before tho buds open In the spring. A cold, wet spring at the llino the buds open Is favorable to thexllscase, as the young growing parts seem to he more easily attacked under such conditions. In nueh seasons severe epidemics often Cur. However, the extent of tho damage tone by this disease la often under rtstlmntcd. It Is easy enough to see and estimate the direct damage, but tho Indirect dumnge Is probably often equal to the direct, for the de foliation not only prevents tho tree from raising a full crop during the season of Infection but also lowers Us vitality to such an extent and de creases so much tho amount of food produced by tho leaves that fewer fruit buds are formed for the next season. Thus tho damage done ex tends throughout two seasons. CUT OUT ALL WATERSPROUTS Sharp Knife on Summer Day Will Do Much Good In Removing Tender Newly Started Sprouts. A good summer Job In the orchard Is the pruning out of Uie watersprouts. A sharp. knife will do more good In n day nt removing tho tender newly started sprouts than at any other time. Tnko qut watersprouts altogether where they aro not needed ; where they are needed to fill In and start new branches, head them back severely. 15y heading back a wntersprout to ono or two buds for several years In suc eesuJon n fruit spur enn generally bo formed, hut If this Is not possible, tako iut the sprout altogether. Object of Pruning. Hho object of pruning should bo to nko tho trees produca larger and better fruit, moro thnn greater quan tity. Get Ready for Spraying, 'nils Is tho tlmo to estlmato spray material requirements nnd place or ders." ' x :.. Fix Ua Grapevine Trellis. . . BBBBaflf V SjBjBBWkBr. vrnoGBBBBBn I 9IbHW .fBZBkKlJt39IHBBBBMl I ' RKV1 TIBBHXPtSBbM tfi.' WThebest'tlniq'to flxsup.;tno grape- ,-iuu iruuia w nyui 'uuw wmm jvu tiUiik of it-RAttrn. j GUMPTION. By LORA W. FREEMAN g 5actoaxs , 1922, by McClure Nowapaptr Syndicate, The old man pushed his cap farther over his eyes. Tho sun grew bright er these days and the sea had a daz y.lo like a tin roof, lie shifted his short-stemmed pipe with u loving hnud, The tin roof of the old gray cottago needed u little patching. A very homely gray cat dashed round the comer of the bnck porch and rubbed against Hill's legs. It purred nnd mewed, digging Its claws restlessly Into his trousers'. "I don't know what I ever got you for, Gumption," ho complained. "And why I named you what I did beats mo 1" He stirred uneasily nnd rose to his full height of six feet three. " 'Ccpt that you are so different from the rest of a very lazy, slack family, Gumption. Guess I'll patch that roof while It's still light." Two hours of sunset seemed a pro digiously long time to Bill, but. ho couldn't take up that day dream again. Over In the cove a young man drifted Into tho Perrys' anchorage. Standing with feet evenly placed, ho threw out tho rusty little anchor from his dory. Ills head was bare, so wcro his arms and nn expanse of muscular chest. Bronzed, lithe, natural as n young panther, he leaped to the sand. A strong pull at tho anchor rope brought the boat close ahaul. Ho took out his big sketchbook and nn almost empty basket and, with n sheepish look nt the few fish ho had caught, started toward the cottago. His eyes swept the glorious pano rama that stretched westward. He slipped to ono kneo swiftly nnd worked with his pencil. Ho had skotched the old gray cottago many times, but to night tho light seemed better. One thing he omitted, and that was the clambering figure of the old mnn as ho swung around the ell chimney nnd wielded his hammer slowly. "If tho old man hnd any gumption, ho would have done that Job this morning," the yQitnger mnn thought. "If you had any gumption, you would have done It for him," quoth his con science. Near the Black Uock several dories hovered around the bobbing heads that marked their nets. That meant gump tion and bread to the men who hauled with lean, tough nrms. Tho young man felt nn immense respect for them, though ho knew, with bitterness In his heart, that he could never be like them. Something scarlet flared across the southern grays, something dashed up the hank where the old man had always Intended putting a flight of steps, and there the girl rested pnntlngly as tho young man np prooched. "Is that you, Mllly?" shouted the old mnn from somewhere aloft. "Me and Gumption nre patching the roof. Wnit n little while tll we manage to get down to earth again." Grunts and the crenklng of the roof followed. "Been sketching today?" asked Mllly. She surveyed the book swift ly. Against her gaze the young man had no refuse. Ho flushed dnrkly. lie had dreamed too much that day In the land of wonderful pictures, while tVo waves lapped the boat. Mll ly studied tho only sketch he had mnde, and dropped the book without comment. Her calm stung him. "It strikes' nte ns better than any thing I've done lately," ho said, In self-defense. She stamped her foot suddenly. "Well, that Isn't saying much, Billy!" she Unshed out. "Don't you ever expect to be able to sny liny thing more'-" "I know," he nnswered, with a help less gesture. "It's In the blood wo are a shiftless lot" A few quick-, sharp bumps, down, down, down, and the heavy hammer that the old man had forgotten to bring with him, struck full on the upturned head of the younger Perry. The girl's cry as ho fell solldlv. brought the old man on the run. "Water." Then she worked with soaked handkerchief, dripping tho con lents of the wooden bucket plentifully over the face she loved. Under her ministrations a big, ugly swelling ap peared on his head. The old man shift ed from one foot to tho other, crying llkp n bnby. She wondered If such n blow killed, paralyzed. "Uun and get fi doctor," she ordered, and the old man tool; to his heels. She gnvo a glance nt his retreating tihmildors, aware In a second that Billy was regaining consciousness. She remembered things she hnd heard her mint rending about suggestion. "Now Is the time to offset the fifmlly weakness," Mie whispered tenely In his ear, not knowing whether he henrd, and not caring. "Vou have gift that will make you a great artist, and you nre going to work hard, bq cause, Billy hoy. Mllly loves you nnd wants you to" She broke off as two big, bright eyes Unshod Into her own. Then he smiled, nnd without warning, the old gray cottago and tho yellow sands and everything about them radiated tho light of an earthly paradise. , "Do you, Mllly V Ho seized her In arms that belonged to tho vitally liv ing. "Say It ngaln, because that's nil I need to hit the road to success. It gives mo just whnt I havo lacked" The old man appeared, following tho lean gray cat around tho corner of tho house "Gumption Gumption l" ho shouted hoarsely, fenrful of dis turbing the patient. Tho young man's e"ye smiled Into tho girl's again with a merry appreciation of tho fitness of tho Interlude. ""That's It. h. MlllvV h M 'At. ' ' " T"" m:iiard QMaTOQ5 PLAN FOR BRIDGE GRAFTING Fruit Trees Girdled by Rabbits and Mice Can Be Saved Stone Fruits Uncertain. Fruit growers tell me that moro of their trees than usunl were girdled by rabbits and mice last winter, because of heavy snow, llcsult, more business for tho nurserymen, unless the trees were bridge grafted. That will snvo tho trees. Bridge grafting Is not difficult, says a writer In the Farm Journal. First, trim the ragged edges of the wound, ns In B, disinfect It with corrosive sublimate one pnrt to 1,000 parts of tvnter and paint tho surfaco of tho wound with llnsccd-oll paint. This will keep out dlscaso and keep tho wound from drying out. The next step is shovyn by D. Cut scions, 0, from water sprouts, or other vigorous growth, bevel them nt both ends and Insert tho ends under tho bnrk, ns shown. -Tho scions should be a little longer thnn tho wound, so there will bo n slight bulgo to hold them In place. Silt tho bark of tho tree whoro each scion Is Inserted, as In B. The silts enn bo covered with grafting-wax after tjio scions nro In serted. If tho wound Is near tho ground, bank up soil to cover tho wound. Buds should bo left on tho scions until the union Is established be tween tho upper and lower parts. Then they should bo carefully removod. If this Is not done In time, sprouts will grow out from the sldo of the trunk. Apples and pears can bo handled by bridge grafting; but stone fruits nre A, girdled tree. B, wound cleansed; C, scion; D, section of trunk, scions In place; E, scions ready for wax ing. a gamble, and arc too short lived to pay for the expense, even If success ful. To make grafting wax, melt to gether ono pound of tnllow, tHvo pounds of beeswax and four poun'ds of resin. Apply with a rag wrapped u round mul tied to the end of u stick. GROW LARGER SIZED FRUITS Difference In Price Indicates Orchard ict Is Not Catering to Con sumers' Likes. Is the tendency nt present to under estlnmto the value of larger sizes In fruits? llecently an apple grower, In talking about prices he received for his last season's crop, stated that u carload of his Uomu Beauties which sold on tho New York market on n certain day bi ought J55.2." per box for part of tho car and 11.75 per box for the remainder. Tho only difference between tho np pics In the two 'lots was In tho size. Those that sold for &VJ.V packed S3 to' tho box, while those which sold for $:!.7." packed DO. This difference of tfl.KO per box In dicates that, perhaps, we are placing too little stress, nowadays, on the necessity for securing large sizes. At one time in the history of the fruit business much emphasis wns placed on size. The larger apple, pencil or pour, wns given preference over tho Miinll at nil fairs and exhi bitions. Now the Idea of displaying large fruit Is discouraged and ninny an exhibitor falls to secure n premium because the Judges consider that his fruit Is overMze. PLANS FOR STRAWBERRY BED Instead of Planting In Spring Wait Until July No Runners to Eat Plantfood. ft you nro planning on setting out n strawberry bed from an old ono of your own, try this: Instead of plant ing in tho spring, wait until the middle of July nnd set out Dip young plants then. Tho advantage Is the fact that spring-set plirtits form runners, nnd un less kept clean from them soon form a matted bed. July-set plants do not form runners, but form large, strong Indlvldunl plants that hear as early as those set In the spring, nnd much moro heavily, as they have not exhausted themselves In benrlng runners. Prevent Injury to Trees. When doing work in the orchnrd with a horse tool, short singletrees with ends coveted with leather or burlap will provent Injury to trees. Burn All Rubbish. Collect and burn nil trimmings from winter pruning. These twigs and branches nro often Infested,, with dis eases nnd insects. A 4 Time to Mrke Grafts Tho tlmVlo iliuko frulj grafts when the' buds begin to. swell.. ?? fir IPS Isi ira pf (to Sr ! a b nr e 1 SECRET OF CHARM I By SYLVIA L, BERKMAN S imoaaimomim&toi3a2 , 1822, by McCltlnj Kewiji&par Syndicate. Daphne Joselyn ran upstairs, threw herself on n bed mid burled her face In u pillow, yhe wanted to cry, but didn't because crying made her nose red nnd her eyes look washed out, nnd for her husband's sake she wanted to look pretty. That was the whole trouble she wanted to look pretty and retuiii her husband's love, hut, Instead, she grew larger nnd less attractive every day, while Iteggle's love seemed to diminish accordingly. She had tried ninny ways to get thin. She had fasted, dieted, exercised everything, but each new experiment oniy increased her weight. With her light hair, blue eyes, and fair skin, she wasn't homely, but she wns large, nnd Boggle hud said, when she was young er nnd more slender, that he disliked fut women. Now he seldom stayed at homo In the evening, and people said he was Interested In u cute little brunette nt his olllce. That morning she had received a pamphlet which said that the only wny to keep n husband's love wns to cultlvnte chnriii. By practicing before the mirror, she had attained what she thought was a perfectly Irresistible smile. Then she hud added a glide to her wnl Is to inilke her seem graceful, and prepared to conquer her husband by chiirm. ' As she glided through the doorwny with the Irresistible smile on her fuce, Reggie had stared at her In silence. She thought It was the silence of admiration, but finully ho gained his voice nnd exploded: "Aro you pluylng you're a fairy, Daphne, or shall I call u doctor?" Rushing from the room, she had thrown herself on the bed In n fit of despair. It was of no use. She wiis undcnl- ably fat, and Reggie thought that she wns crazy when she tried to please him. When she hnd followed tho ad vice of an "ndvlser to the lovelorn," and tried sitting on his lup and put ting her arms around his neck, he hnd thrust her from him nnd lnughed. "Do you wnnt to break my knees, DnphV That was all right when you were slim, but you're far from that now, girlie." She remembered the day ho had caught her "getting thin to music." How he hud laughed and teased her I But If he would only love her as he used to, she wouldn't mind anything. He wns unkind to her, but she still, loved him with nil her heart. The next morning she did not get up In tlmo to sec Reggie, because she didn't want .him to be' annoyed by her presence. She would keep awny from him If that was what he wanted. During the nftcrnoon ns she wns rending nn article on the "urt of keep ing thlu," her mother, Mrs. Price, came Into the room. "Hello, Daphne, child," she greeted her, "how nre you nnd Reggie getting nlong? I just snw him nt the olllce, and he said to tell you to expect him for dinner.". '' "It's u wonder," Daphne sighed, "he Isn't ut home much now." "Well, you'll have one moro tonight. I'll stay. It's raining, nnd I don't want to get wet. What nre you going to have for dinner?" "Oil, I have some cold meat and it fruit snlnd, nnd I'll get something to drink, nnd we'll huve n light dessert." "Daphne Joselyn, do you mean to tell mo that you feed your husband In that way? Why, after a mnn hns worked all day, ho wants something substantial, not salads nnd drinks nnd light desserts, No wonder the poor limn cuts nwny from home." "But I have to, mother, to keep from growing fat." "Well, there's no need In starving u man just because you want to get thin. Daphne, I'm ashamed of you. Instead of brooding over your size, come down to the kitchen nnd we'll prepare a dinner that's lit for a hun gry man, nnd not one that' would snt lsfy u bird." Two hours later the table was sot In readiness for a meal that would warm the heart of any man. Daphne had become Interested In the work, timi surveyed the dining room with n smile. Outside n violent storm was raging, nnd within nil looked cosy nnd comfortable. Suddenly the telephone rang, nnd nn ngltnted volco asked for Daphne's mother. When Mrs. Brlco returned she bald : "I must go nt once, Dnphne. Mrs. Thompson's twins nro very sick, and she wants me to come over, I bate to leave this cosy place for the storm, but It must be done. TuUe the pie out of the oven In live minutes, nnd beat your sauce now. Good-by, dear." Thirty minutes later Reggie came In, dripping and worn out from the battle .with tho storm, when he hnd changed his clothes he entered the dining room, stopping with surprise as ho noticed the daintily set table, with Its load of good things. Diiphno herself looked charming with her face Hushed prettily. After Reggie had eaten ns much ns possible he leaned back In his chair and gnzed nt Ids wife with completo satisfaction. "Gee, Daph," he said, "I'm glad you had this supper ready tonight. I ex pected ono of thoso cold meat affairs, and this' Is n p1rnnnt urprlse. I was aluiiat .... u'lt.i t. ' a re.ttaur.mt. but I'll buy that I'm glnd I didn't. Home's Uie best place for a mnn, nftor all, especially when ho hns a pretty wiro tf. look at." Dnphne blossomed Into tho picture Of happiness iucarnate. And' this, tmo, the- smlhfstfe gayo needed no prnctlc-" 'ln to make It lovely. noM TRAINING RED RASPBERRIES- Weaving System Is Simple and Usu ally Satisfactory No. 12 or 14 Wire Is Used. Tho usual method of supporting raspberries Is by menus of n trellis, composed of two or more lines of No. 12 or 11 wire. Sometimes tho wires nro strung on crosspleces of 1 by 4 Inch, or 2 by 'Much lumber, nailed to upright posts. Another method Is to fasten the wires directly, by mentis of staples, to tho sides of tho posts. Seven-foot posts set two feet In tho ground nnd HO or 35 feet npnrt commonly nro used. It is Important that the posts he set firmly, and tho hole should be large enough to allow for tamping the soil. It Is well to begin tamping nfter the first shovelful of dirt Is placed In the hole and to puddle with wnter when available. Raspberries usually nro trelllsed at tho beginning of the second season of growth, five to eight fruiting canes be lng allowed to the hill, writes J. L. Stnhl of the Washington experiment station. While some growers, Instead of treillslng, prefer to cut off the top of the fruiting canes nt a height of nbout Blx feet, this method Is not gen erally followed, tho berries produced being larger but not ns early. By the weaving system, fruiting ennes nro bent over nnd woven to the trellis on cither one or both sides. The wires for these canes nre strung at about 54 Inches from the ground. Wires also aro placed nt n height of 24 or SO Inches, to aid In holding tho young ennes In place during the early growing season. When weaving Is done on one wire, the upper wire serves merely to hold tho young canes In plnce nfter they have reached that height. Picking Is nccompllshcd mostly from one side. Where weaving Is practiced on both upper wires, however, half of the Training Raspberries System. by Weaving canes In each hill are trained to one wire and half to the other. This plan gives greater spread between ennca on the wires nnd allows picking from both sides. The weaving system Is an easier and more rnpld method of training and when well done usually Is very satis factory. TAKE OUT OLD BERRY CANES Work Should Be Done Immediately After Last Picking of Racpber- ries and Blackberries. Many of us, in the rush of tho sea son's work, forget nbout the berry natch after the fruit Is picked. If possible, take time to clean up the canes this summer, sny the wise ones who are most experienced In the business of berry production. Immediately after Inst picking of black and red raspberries and black berries, cut out the ennes Hint pro duced tlit? fruit this year. They are reddish brown color nrtd can bo read ily distinguished from the new ennes. The sooner these old canes nre taken out the better It will be for the new canes, for they need the plnnt food nnd the moisture that the old canes will use nnd nfter fruiting they nre "of no use whatever. Furthermore, nny disease nnd in sects Hint may be on the old ennes can thus bo removed. If there Is very much of this work to do, a pruidng hoolc should he used to cut out the old canes nnd they should bo burned up or taken to the brush pile nt once. FACTORS FOR GRAPE SUCCESS Much Depends on Selection of Right Varieties, Suitable Soil and Good Management. Success with grapes, while, depend ent upon ninny factors, ldnges prin cipally upon selection of tho right varieties, suitable soil, good soil man agement, proper pruning, and vlgl- lnnco In protecting both fruit nnd vine from Injury by Insect peMs. Plant Some Bush Fruits. Why not plant a few gooseberry nnd currant bushes in the gnrden this year? They yield well and their fruit Is appreciated. t Best Orchard Fertilizer. Stable manure Is the best and most nntural fertilizer for tho orchard, its It Is for all crops. Hard On Strawberry Patch. Alternate thawing 'and, freezing Is hardon the strawberry 'patchVMulcb' lng checks this. ' Wiewwwj fittiw Sunday afternoon nftor rcrnoving s"'vcral fish from a trap in the river Clair Popo and Lawrence Luttrell 6f this city nnd Roy Stevens of Hosting wcra nppriiendcd by Deputy Game Warden E. G. Kendall who filed a complaint for their arrest and they appeared b foro Judge Rnnricy Mon day afternoon. They were each fined $75 and costs which mnde it a rather expensive fishing trip for them. CLOTHING SPECIALIST IN COUNTY MAY 1G, 17, 18, 19 Miss Knchcl Harris will give n public demonstration to nil women interest ed in the clothing program in the fol lowing places Tuesday, May lCfh nt 2 p. m. Dress Forms at the home of Mrs. Henry Stumpenhorst. Wednesday, Mny 17 at 10 a. in., Sewing Machine Attachments at tho Library, Guide Rock. Wednesday, May 17 at 2 p. m., Sewing Machine Attachments at tho home of Mrs. S. S. Lundstedt. Thursday, May 18th at 10 a. m., Dross Forms, basement Methodist church of Inavale. Friday, May 19th at 10 a. m., Dress Forms, Court house, Red Cloud. For the Dress Form work at Ina vale and Red Oloud three clubs will bo the model for the dress form and the other four representatives will help to make the form. Material for the forms will bo furnished by tho specialist and will cost 51.00 to the woman having tho form mnde. For further information consult Mrs. C. E. Arnold of Inavale and Miss Stella Ducker County Superintendent of Red Cloud. Notice to Creditors Iu tho County Court of Webster County, Nebraska In the Matter of the Estate of Noah E. Cling Deceased. Creditors of Said Estate Will Tako Notice, that the time limited for pre. soutation and filing of claims against bald estate Is September 2nd, 1922, nnd for the'piymetit of debts Is November 5, 1922, that I will sit at the county court room in said county on the 2d day of Juno 1922, to examine, hear and a'low all claims duly filed which arc a first or second Hen upon said estate, and on 1110 4111 day of September 1922 to examine, bear, allow and adjust ell claims and objections of general cred itors duly filed. Dated this 5th day of May 1922. (Seal) A. D. RANNEY ' County Judge HUMANIZING THE POSTAL SERVICE "There Is no unimportant person or part of our service. It Is a total of human .units and their co-operation Is tho key to Its success. In Us last nnnlysls, postal duties nro accommo dations performed for our neighbor's and friends nnd should bo so regarded, rather than ns a hired service per formed for nn nbsenteo employer." Postmaster General Hubert Work. - Iceland Ponies. Iceland ponies run well In company. Out of fifteen or twenty, ono or two will soon be recognized ns tho leaders, und tho rest will follow these; but no amount of .whipping will persundo ' them to go even n short distance sep aratelya fact which tho traveler soon llnds to be vry Inconvenient If his pony does not happen to bo a lead er, and ho Is yet anxious to dovlato occasionally to cxumlno objects of In terest off the trade. This Inability to run except In company has gained the Icelandic ponies a character for stu pidity In this country, where they are seldom used except in tho coal mines. . i i.... i . i Variation In Icebergs. Icebergs In tho Arctic regions nro neither so lurgo nor so numerous ns those seen in the Antarctic seas, but they nro usually loftier nnd moro beautiful, with spires and domes. The Margin of Safety Is represented by the amount of insurance you curry. Don't lull yoursolf into a fancied security, Because ilro has novor touched you It doosn't follow that you're Immune Tomorrow no todny, If you have time and you? better llnd time come to tho.ofllco and we'll write n policy on your house, furniture, fitoro or merchandise, -LATER MAY BE TOO LATE- O. C. TEEIi Rleilacble Insurance Yes, Garber's Is The Place! To Buy Wall Paper, Paints, And Electrical Supplies. The berfpltce for Picture Framing. wV ( I f-fllf-il'fii m-mmm . -vmijturjrwt'