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Spraying Apple Trccn.
Jntnrs ' 'J'/t111110ru / . 1I111'0n ( ' 0" , Ohio , aslc ! y
1110 tWllt than to spiny 111111111 t.'I1 . II 1111 t
till' Lent formula to liMO ' 'rhl could ! he
mole Infinitely ii \\'I''cl If he hind sal
exnrtly whll I hI'I..hcfl . to HIII'II rOl'
Scale infests that section to n'ory
Ilallltlglll ! extent , and spraying ! for thIs
sllollid ho ) dOllo ( before , the buds open
111 the RIII'llIg ) 1'ho ! lime sulphur
slllt.wash Is being ! IIl1lto gonomll y
118011. One grout objection to this ror
ho I ordinary user not fully provide t
with mho necessary 01luIII1I10nt Is the
tl'ollhlo III preparing and Iweplng the
solution III proper condition until ! rap
plied to the trees There Is now llOllIg
11111110 ) prepared / article sold nude
various names lllrloll ! on the ml\rlwl L
lhrollgh advorlfsolllCllts that does away
whit time trouhlo alld ullcertalnty o f
IIt\\'llIg to 111'011111'0 the mIxture ut
hOllie Crude all alllltlod wIth nn
emulsifying spray 111111111 ) In a Hi to 20 (
per cent solution , wIth 1111 oil regIster ,
log about ,1:1 : degrees Oil the Bamnc
scale , will give excellent results when
carefully allllllod. For this use 11 HnG
spray and apply enough or the liquId
only 10 moisten the bark / or the tree , '
hclllg ) sure to reach the upper I1lclo 0 itf
the IImll. A preparation of crude , 011
18 now being sold that readily , mlxos
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with water IlIId rOlllllllls III sU811enslol1
so that It may lIe applied wIth any
ordinary HIII'II'er
' 1'he barh , louse may ho lCSt eyed hy
spraying with soap alld water or the
kerosene ellluhlolI ! about the seven (1
woolt In , Juno For the codling , motl m
apply WOI'III , cIII'cullo , cankerworm , ant d !
the tent . cntet'phliar " spraying should lie
gin as soon as time hlossoms ) fall wit
Bordeaux mixture of the regula r
strength to which Is added from one
to three pounds \ ( of senate of lead to
fifty gllllons or wate Thereafter , the
foliage should lJe kept well covered
tllJJjl the fruit Is nearly grown.-
Fal'mel' : ; Hovlew ,
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Soaps as Insecticides.
A communlcatlOIl frolll the New
York EXIICI'hnent Station relative to
time quality or soaps for Insecticides ,
says :
Whale oil , 01' fish oil , soaps are
lllong the best of contact InsecticIdes
IC they lure of good : quallly , since they
tire Inexpensive , easy to use , safe and
effective. In practice , however , they
have been found to give varying : I'e'
salts , SOIllO lots of time solutions made
from such soaps flllllng to Idll many
of time sumac hind of Insects that other
lots of the same apparent strength
destroyed comlllotel The continued
occurrence or such failures cast suspicion -
plclon upon the soaps , and examina
tlons at the experiment station , hy the
exact methods of the chemist , pro"ed
that they vary to 11 surprising extent.
The best sample contaIned four times
as much actual soap as the poorest
one and one sample or a certain brand I
was only half as good a soap as an'
other sample of the same hrallll from ,
11 different lIaclmgo. So unreliable
were these soaps that the best solution -
tlon or time lll'OlJlem appeared to lJo for
the users to make the soap nt home ,
If feasible , and 11'C" > ' few trIals
showed time process or making to lIe
very slmplo and Inoxpenslvc.
The soap Is made by thorough mixing .
Ing or easily obtained materIals , without .
out heating. 1'0 malO10 pounds of
soap , contaIning GO Per cent actual
soap , requlrc.3 six pounds of caustic
soda , 22 pounds of fish all and l1J
gallons of water. The soda Is first
dissolved In the water and the oil then
added gradually , with constant and
vigorous stirring. This soap can bo
made at 1\ cost of three cents a pOlll.d
or leS. ! Used at the rate or one
pound to seven gallons of water , the
solution will destroy plant lice , scales
f and other soft.lJodlcd . sucking Insect
1 without , injury to follagf\
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The Hen and the Mortgi1ge.
r wllnt to tell the Io'lIrlll'rS' Review
how tire have been gcltllll ; along with
our 1I10rtgngc. In 11 word ! wu have
pitted the hen against It. 'rhe Mortgage .
gage used to oe a great hllnlen on our
IIIll1ds. ( Father and lI10ther used to
lie uwal\f ) nights thlnldllg about It told
wishing 1t : coulll lJo pall ! off , liS we
were always getting Iehlnd ) wIth the
Intercst. OliO day my oIlIer brother
was III tow and the banker that
hollls the mortgage salll : "Why 1I0n't
you set the hens to 11It ) 'lng mho ialer-
est rind notice thelll do It ? 'J'hen ! you
wOllllll1't have to worry about the
1II0I'gago. I don't want my money.
I only want the interest on It , and to
Iwow hint ( my Invr > shml"nt IR socuro.
Put the hUlls to wOI'I "
My hl'Othel' came home and told
the rest of us about It , and we dote
milled that the bens would have to
pay the interest , which was $120 per
year . G per ) cent all $2,000. Then we
went to studying the matter of pro.
( Iucth'o hells anll found that we dldll't
know what our hens were doIng 01'
how little they were doing. Wo do-
tormilloll that wo would keep not less
than 200 Leghorn hens and we bought
I UII Incubator to help us get time 200
ft tool , us about a year : to get rId
of the old mongrel hock and get 200
I.oghorlls That was about five years ,
ago. Since that time we have not
felt time weIght or the mortgage Time
2P.O BrowII Leghorns turn out enough
eggs every year to pay time Interest
and the ) ' yield a good deal of revenue
heslda.3 The male birds are chipped
as broilers to New York when 11 few
weeks old It may seem strange to
some that we should use the Drown
Lcghol'ns for broilers , bat the market
there seems to think a good deal of
th : t I.hul of 11 broiler
The feed for these hens does not ,
cost a great deal. First and last the
farlll produces : n great deal or the food
that would go to waste wIthout the
Leghorn , especially at threshing time.
Time amcumt or green grass consumed
hy them Is a big factor In their sup-
porI. We have also found that 2QO
hens arc 1I0t many hens. As wo see
them walking about time farm we are
almost sure sometimes that haIr of
them ( have dIed 01' beets stolen bat
when wo come to count them all are
found to bo there.
I feel quite sure that on most or our
farms time lock / of liens Is too small 1
Uy balf.-PhoelJe Caldwell , Butler Co" +
0. , In Fnrmers' novlew.
Finished Lumber for COOPIi
The use of finlshod } lumber for
coops Is to lIe commonded. It Is 11
mistake to use old half rotten hoards
for the construction of such coops ,
even though they may be used for but
one season. The mites will find tile
II\lmOI'OUR cracks great harboring
nLu'nq ! ' . flllll thn rote will 1" nl.in In
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gnaw through , them Ir they have occa-
slon to do so 'rho palntlllg of such
Coops Is It discouraging job , while the
painting or the smooth lumber Is 11
pleasant IlIlstlme. When properly
painted woll-mallo coops may lJe kept
for 'ears. They can he Made so that
they can lJe easily taken to pIeces
when the limo comes to put them
away for the win to , ' ,
Records of Egg Production.
Records of egg prollllctlon are generally .
orally Incompleto. We have not ) 'et
got down to the poInt of keeping n
strict account with each hen of 11
large fiocl. On time farm thIs Is ! more
)0 than anywhere olse. The farm work c
always Interferes wIth any such pas
time even If the farmer has 1l1.lng
for It. But It Is n. mistake (01' our
pOllltr raisers to lJo entirely Ignorant
of the individual capacIties of the
fowls that constitute their fiocl.s.
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Before a single flower / seed Is sown
we are going to lake pan ( $ to see that
the soil Is In good and Ilropo condi-
tlon. It must 00 rich , deep and finely
powdered , without .llImp In It , It
l11uSt not he wet IIIHI stlel' ) ' . If It Is ,
we hall better trait n day or two so
that It may dry , out a hit.
\\'hon the lime cOllies wo are going
to take the Seeds In order ; hilt with
the understanding that there are to
he two 80wlngs In any event , ! 1lnce
some of the seeds from tropical
countries will lot In time ground Ir It
Is too cold for then !
\\'hen wo are quite cure that the
weather Is pretty well settled and the
ground Is beginning to get warm , wo
shall take for our first sowing thc
seeds of alyssum , calliopsis , cundylllft ,
Chinese pllllc , coreopsis , delphlnllll11 ,
larkspur , mIgnonette , pansy , phlox ,
sweet William and \'erhena.
In ton dn's 01' 80 yell may plant all
kinds or aster , and cosmos , hyacInth
beans , .Japan mOl'11lng glory , marIgold ,
nasturtium ! , Ilotllllla , salvia , sallllglos- }
sis , scahlosa , tn-weok stocks and
7.lnnia.
Packet Also Gives History.
Every packet of seed 'tolls ' time ,
height of the plant , when It ! begins to
/lower. / Study this well , and sow the
dwarf Idnds In front , the 1I10dillm
kinds I behind nlld he t taller kinds at
the back , 01' where It Is desired to pro-
duce the tallest effects
Care mutest be taken not to sow the
filler seeds too deep and thIs Is particularly .
IIlnrlr true of such seeds as those of
alyssum petunia , poppy , salvia , sal
Illglossls , ten-week stocks and touac-
co. .
The grolllld for these seeds must he
unusually fine and smooth ; the seeds
shollld he sown evenly , thinly covered t
with soil , Pressed down firmly wIth a
smooth Piece of hoard , and slightly !
sprinkled , either with a waterlllg can
hn\'lng 11 fine rose , or wIth a whlsl <
broom front a bucket.
xcopllng sweet Peas , almost all the
other seeds need to he covered wIth
from a quarter to haIr an itch of soil
Sowing Sweet Peas.
Sweet Peas shoulll he sown In 11
trench about three Inches deep , I1 rim
which the seeds arc to be placed one
and onehalf Inches apart. Hyacinth
beans nnd nasturtiums should lJo
planted an inch deeD.
Bo sure to press e\'or'thlng down
solidly , either wIth a hoard or the
foot. Thin hoards will m:1I\O : the best
possible shade : for the finer seeds , to
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ue HUll u\'cr ale snub WIIIIO tllO sun
Is \Ip and taken oft at night until time
young plants appear.
As soon as the plants arc largo
enough to handle , If they seem to
lJe too thlcl , they may be thinned out.
The thlnnlngs can lJo transplanted
and savee ) . This Is best done In the
evening , the plants wntered , and shaded .
cd from the sun for a day 01' two ,
though } this last Is } sometimes dls-
11ensed with
Il is prebable that by this limo the
ga1'loners' enemIes will appear li1 the
form of Insects and other I1Is. A separate .
Ill'ato chapter at the end or this serIes
will explain the methods for rIdding
your garden of the various pests that
are almost certain to beset It.
The followIng lists have been pre
pared for the three sizes of gardens
mentioned in time first pape The
packets are the small size , one pack .
et only is required , except where noted -
od , and the prIce Is G cents 11 packet
except where notcd.
Garden No.1 , 25x5C ! Feet.
Alyssum , sweet , white.
Aster , German , comet , mixed , 10
cents , and VIctoria mixed , 10 cents.
Oa11l0psls , nuxcd.
CoreopsIs Canceolata , fld.
Cosmos , early , mixed.
Four o'clocl ; mlxc(1.
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can , yellow. t" " ' :
Nnsturtllllu , dwarf , mixed. I f\:1 \
Mignonette Machct , rod.
New pansy , purple and gold. ,
Pansy , mixed , Chicago prize , 10 ' . . t ' , :
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Portulacca , mixed ; plant In sunny . ; 1
spot. , ,
cen ts. \
Pinks , Chinese : , mlxod. ( 'Sf } : ,
Phlox Ilrummondl , mlxod ; IJCautffu1. . ? / 1
Sulvln SIJI011len8 COlllpaetn , scarlet.
Ten-week stocks , mIxed . : t
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ZinnIas , dwarf , mixed. . ; ' , )
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Canary Bird creepor.
Cypress vine.
HyacInth lIenns.
Japanese hop \'Ine. - -
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Nasturtiums.
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Japan mo'mng glory , .
Allegheny \'Ine.
Scarlet runnel' . .
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Slender growIng gourds. ,
Garden No.2 , 50x75 F'eet. - . _
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In addItion to the foregoIng : (
Aster , VIctoria , mixed 10 cents. '
Aster , tall 'santhemum-flowered ! ,
mixed 10 conts.
Calendula , Meteor [ , mIxed , 10 cents.
DelphInium FOl'lnosuUl , lJlue. l
ScalJlosa , mixed '
Sunflower , cuclllnber-lea\'od , rollow :
Sweet William , mixed '
Sweet peas , one packet : each of )
( blue ) , Othello ( dark ) , Emily lien-
. ( rose ) , Saloplan ( scarlet ) .
Kntharlno Tracy ( rose ) , and Blanche
Tracy ( plnl and whIte ) .
Garden No.3 , 75x100 Feet. '
In addition to all the foregoing : -
Candytuft , Hocltet , mixed , pInk and
white
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Gaillardia Grandiflora , orange and
gold. -
Larl.s1JUr , dwarf , mixed.
Mignonette , GrandflorL }
. NIght-flowering Tobacco , white . . -
sweet.
Poppy , Shirley , mixed , beautiful.'w :
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PetunIa , 'Grandlflorn , mixed 10 "f . ,
cents
8alplglossls variety , heautlful. ,
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Verbena Orandll1orl1 , mixed , 10 cents. ( ?
ZInnia Elegllns , tall , It.lxed . I
Double the quantity of sweet peas
given for garden No.2 , anti : double
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True Enough.
"Now , then , children , " saId the
teacher "what Is ! It \0 want most In
thIs world \ to make ! us perfectly hap
py ? " . .
"Do thIngs wo ain't got , " shouted"
the rlght boy In time back soat.-
Catholic Standard and TImes.
Willie's Theory. ,
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J..llue W Mme-.7ay ; : : , 11a , wllat IS n J
tirunlmrd ?
. . . Pa-A man who gets drunk , my } r
Son.Little } ,
Little 'Vlllio-Then I suppose a I
tankard Is a man who gets tanked t , ;
Isn't he , IJIl ? i
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Third Rail .
Eastern lan'Isltlllg In the 'Vest- ' I 't '
lIns the thIrd rail reached your town j
yet ?
Western l\lan-Suro thIng ! We rode _ .
a man out of town on Monday , an r ,
other man \Vudllosday , and time ,
thIrd was rode out or town tonight ! ,
-Y otilcers Statesman. , m
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Test of Companionship. '
"Is It true that you and Dliggins no '
longer speak ? " "of- j'
"Yes. He Is one of those hopelessly ' _
disagreeable people He insIsted 011 (
calling attention to how much better t
time his dollar watch keeps than any .
$200 chronometer "
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Unfortunate Points. If
"Don't you want to do somethIng ,
to whIch you can poInt with pride ' ( a
when you get out of congress ? " m
"Xo , " answered ( Senator Sorghum
"This amlJltlon to poInt wIth pride \
has been the means of getting too
many people out of congress-\Vash' '
1 Ir gton Star congressVash'j
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