The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, July 13, 1898, Image 8
CODLING MOTH EGGS.
Recently Observed Facts of Vital Impor?
tance to Fruit Growers.
It is a curious and striking fact tba:
it is only -within the past few years that
anything definite has been recorded
about the egg itself, in which sq com?
mon and important an insect pest as
the codling moth begin* its life. Recent
observations in this.connection have
brought ont some facts which are of
?ital importance ^to-the fruit grower.
"Fortunately the Cornell station has been
E&GS OF THE CODLING MOTH.
able to get some lifelike photographs of
the eggs of the codlin% moth, concern?
ing which Professor S linger land, in a
bulletin giving the whole life story of
this moth, makes the following state?
ments:
"The small whitish spots on the apples
at A and B Din the figure represent the
eggs, natural size, just as they were laid
on the fruit by tho moth. At ? is shown
ene of the eggs much magnified, and S E
is a picture of the eggshell greatly en
> larged. These pictures give a good idea
of the shape, size and general appear?
ance of the egg. They have been aptly
characterized as resembling a minute
drop of milk adhering, to the skin of the
fruit
"In the light of recent observations it
i seems remarkable how the notion that
the eggs of this insect, are laid on or in
the so called calyx or blossom end of
the fruit has clung to literature for
nearly a century and a ha If. During the
i past two years we have seen hundreds
of the eggs on apples in New^York or?
chard^ and have naver yet seen one on
or down in between tb? calyx lobes on
the so called blossom end. We have seen
eggs near the calyx, in old curculio
scars, near the stem, and have found
I what appeared to be codling moth eggs
even on the leaves of the tree. Most of
the eggs we ( found were glued vto the
skin, apparently without much choice
aa to location on- the smooth surface of
the fruit, as shown at A ?nd 81>\"
From this and other evidence Profes?
sor Slingerland reaches the conclusion
that in the northern half of the United
States at least mest of the eggs of the
codling moth are not laid until a week
or more after th? petals bf the blossoms
have fallen from most varieties of ap?
ples, or usually during; the latter part
of May and the first half of June.
CARE OF HIGHWAYS.
Value of Hedges to Break the Wlad-Use?
of Shade Trees.
We have not had time to learn by
actual experience as much about i )ad
care as we have concerning the con?
duction of highways, but this part of
the work must not be considered of less
importance, writes A. A. Pope in The
Outlook. Drainage is essential both for
surface and for understructure, and yet
great care should be taken to so arrange
the grades as to avoid deep washouts on
the surface or the loosening of the foun?
dation.
Hedges of sufficient growth to protect
the surface of the road from the vio?
lence of the wind will do a good deal to
retain the dust, which plays so impor?
tant a part in holding together the lay?
ers cf broken stone. Country byways,
where the shoulders of a regularly con?
structed macadam way of narrow width
are allowed to grow over with a thick
covering of turf, will more firmly hold
th em eel Tas and tho roadbed in place by
preventing the rutting of the surface at
the turnout places for wagons and by
retaining in the roots of the grass suffi?
cient moisture to assist in cementing
the whole'into a solid mass.
.-A moderate number of shade trees
along the highways assists in preserv?
ing the Burface of the road by prevent?
ing a compl?te evaporation of the wa?
ter. Their chief danger is the possible
disturbance of the foundation of the
road by the spreading roots of the trees.
ROAD FOUNDATIONS.
Telford Necessary on; Some Soils-Some
Experiments With Macadam.
A telford foundation is not always
necessary, as a ten ton roller will on
some soils make as good a foundation
for macadam as a telford foundation,
and it is much cheaper. But on clay
soils it, or a layer of fine sand, is neces?
sary, and it is possible to waste con?
siderable money in the first cost o?
draining the roadbed, instead of main?
taining the side ditches in good order.
This is abundantly shown by the ex?
perience of Mr. Pierce in Bridgeport,
Conn. He has built somewhat over 70
miles of four inch macadam in and
about that city, relying on clean side
ditches for drainage. Less than one-half
of 1 per cent of this roadway has broken
through on account of the thinness of
the road and that was repaired by the
addition of three inches more stone.
These roads are said to have lasted, even
in toe business portions of the town,
for seven years before it became neces?
sary to resurface them. That is a little
longer than a telford road would have
lashed under the same traffic, as the tel?
ford foundation acts as an anvil and the
atones are crushed between it and tho
wagon wheels.
WOOL.
Divisions of Merino Fleece-Dead Fiber,
; or Kemps-Climatic Influence.
The classification of the fleece of Me?
rino sheep differs in some respects from
that of the common kinds. The annex?
ed sketch is the usual sectioning of the
Merino.
A is recognized as the best part of
the fleece, for its fibers are notable for
their fineness, elasticity and brilliancy,
and are adaptable for ase in the manu?
facture of the ibest grades of worsted
cloths. This division of the fleece is
termed "the refina. "
I D is that portion grown on the thighs
of the sheep. It is also an exceedingly
valuable wool, bat lacks some of the
qualities of the former grade. This sec?
tion is termed "the fina. "
B, from the throat, the shoulders
and the belly, is obtained "the ter
ceira. ' ' This part is a fairly good cloth -
ingwooL
^?C is "the inferior" quality of wool
obtained from the head and the legs of
the animal.
On the nature of the food of the ani?
mals, the climate and relating cir eura
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DIVISIONS OF MERINO FLEECE.
stances largely depends the color of the
wool. .Rich green grass lands will re?
sult* in a good, clear, white wool, while
sheep which have been fed on the low,
marshy lands, where nothing but stunt?
ed vegetation was procurable, will grow
a wool defective in color. Wools that
are simply discolored by contact with
foreign matter may be whitened with
the usual bleaches. I have secured good
results on particularly yellow stained
wool by using sulphuretted hydrogen
gas in a chamber along with the regu?
lar bleach.
An easy and simple way to make a sul?
phuretted hydrogen apparatus is to take
a wide mouth bottle with an ordinary
cork. Through the cork insert two glass
tubes, one of which should be funnel
shaped at the top and should reach
within about one-half inch of the bot?
tom of the bottle ; the other should only
reach about one-half inch below the
cork. This latter tube is connected to a
glass tube by a piece of rubber tubing.
The above completes a cheap and at the
same time practical apparatus for mak?
ing sulphuretted hydrogen.
The natural animal grease with
which the wool
fiber is impreg?
nated is com?
pletely burned
cut by the sun at
times, leaving
the exposed por?
tion of the fiber
harsh and dry.
The. appearance
of one of these
scorched fibers is
that of an off col?
or. A fiber of this
type is shown in
the diagram.
The result of tbe
scorching is dem?
onstrated by the
darkened portion
below the dotted line CA). The upper
part being next to the skin, was pro?
tected from the sun by the density of
the fibers.
The fiber is of course useless for cer?
tain classes of goods, and the shepherd
is ever on the alert to prevent by means
of shade trees this scorching.
The illustrations are given for the
purpose of showing the principal dif?
ferences in the appearance of a fiber
of pure wool and a fiber from the same
fleece known as "kemp." The latter is
stiffer and coarser, lacks the delicate,
scaly construction and is inferior for a
clothing wool.
Kemps are present iu the fleece of al?
most all sheep, but most prominent in
the fleece of the cross breeds. These
kemps vary in length, coarseness and
elasticity according to the species of
the sheep and according to the circum?
stances under which the animal is bred.
They originate mostly from the results
*f exposure to which the sheep is sub?
jected while on some windy hillside.
[ Kemps are not easily distinguishable
: while on the back oe the animal, for
j they are generally white and clear, and
therefore more or less hidden by the
pure wool. In the case of a black or
gray sheep these kemps are correspond?
ingly black or gray; hence they are de?
tected only with difficulty.
Three causes affect the natural length
and quality of the fibers of a "heep's
fleece-namely, the breed, the climate
and the soil. The breeding, of course,
infers that when a crossing is offecte?
attention to proper selection of the sheep
is essen tia!., and only those animals are
chosen which belong tc" specie ncc::
for producing a good, long, firm fiber.
In regard to the climate, nature having
decided for herself what length and
quality of wool the sheep must produce
in each country, it is useless for the
sheep raiser to attempt any efforts to
the contrary, for experience has clearly
shown that he can only permanently
raise long stapled sheep where nature
favors long wool and short stapled sheep
where nature favors short wool. This
is proved by the change accomplished
in the growth of the fleece of the sheep
by changing them from one climate to
the other. The peculiarity is that their
fleece immediately commences to adapt
itself to the climate, and it will become
long or short accordingly. The condi?
tion of the soil affects the color a~hd
quality of the wool, and may be classed
as follows:
(A) Sheep fed on rich grass lands pro?
duce wool distinguished for its purity
of color.
(B) Sheep on sandy and red tinged
soil produce wool characterized for its
yellowness.
This yellow tinge forms in reality a
part of the. fiber and is nonremovable
even by the ordinary washing process
or by the application of powerful in?
gredients.-F. A. Farnsworth in Na?
tional Stockman.
Clipping Fore tops.
Don't cut your horse's foretop off if
you ever expect to sell him to a dealer.
A shaved foretop knocks from 10 to
15 per cent off the market value of a
roadster, a coach horse, a cob or a sad?
dle horse. The practice of clipping
horses' foretops and generally from
three to six inches of the mane with it
has become a common one. It never
improves a horse's looks and is rarely
beneficial. Once in a great while a
shorn foretop will persist in getting
tangled up in an overcheck, annoying
the horse to such a degree that it is but
a humane act to cut it off,.but the aver?
age foretop will never caus<3 any such
trouble if the bridle is properly put on
and adjusted. Mr. M. Tichenor, proba?
bly the most extensive dealer in short
tailed harness and saddle horses in
America, tells me that the absence of a
foretop has stopped him from buying a
great many horses. "I cannot use a
horse with his foretop and part of his
mane clipped off, "said he, "unless I
can buy him at a price that will enable
me to keep him six months or until the
foretop grows out again. Fashion de?
mands that a coach horse, a cob, a back,
a roadster or any sort of a saddle horse
must wear a foretop, and it is a serious
mistake to clip it off a marketable
trotting bred horse." Mr. M. Newgas
is one of Chicago's most extensive ex?
porters of horses and ships many trot?
ting bred coach, park and saddle horses
to London and Liverpool each week.
When questioned in regard to the prac?
tice of clipping the foretops from trot?
ting bred horses, he said: "It's per?
nicious. I cannot buy a horse for export
if his foretop has been cut off unless I
can get him at half his real value, be?
cause the foreign buyers always keep
such a horse until the mane grows out
again, and they must buy them very
cheap to do that. You cannot say too
much against that practice in yo ar pa?
per, or caution breeders too often, as
the number of trotting bred horses that
come to this market minus their fore
tops is astonishing. "-Horse Review.
Hovr to Cook fresh Tc????;c*.
Properly roasted or brais?e? ia stock,
a fresh beef or calf's tongue is delicious
meat. It is not remarkable for its nutri?
tious qualities; but, like the tenderloin
of beef, the meat is of good flavor if i:
is carefully cooked and seasoned, and it
is always of melting tenderness. Select
a fresh beef tongue for roasting. Wash
an? trim it thoroughly and season it
with salt and pepper. Wrap a pasts
around it mado> of a pint of flour and a
cupful of water. Roll out this paste
thin and wrap it around the tongue.
Lay it on a meat rack in a dripping
pan, with a pint of boiling water.
Roast it for about two hours. Keep the
surface of the paste from drying too
hard or burning by basting it with the
boiling water in the bottom of tho drip?
ping pan. At tho end of this time re?
move the paste. It is of no further
value. Loosen the skin of the tongue
and peel it off. It should come off
i easily. Lay it back in the pan, rub it
! freely with butter, dredge it lightly
? with flour and pour a little rich brown
I stock in the pan under it to baste it
with. Roast it, basting it often, until
it is well browned. Take it up. Add
mushrooms to the brown gravy in the
dripping pan, thicken it and serve it
wii:h the tongue. The mushrooms, cf
course, may bu omitted, but they add a
great deal to the /laver of the tongue.
How to Make Rice Croquettes.
A cup of cold boiled rice, a teaspoon?
ful of sugar and half as much salt, a
teaspoonful melted butter, an egg beaten
light, enough milk to make the rico
into stiff paste, sweet lard for frying.
Work rice, butter, egg, etc., into au ad?
hesive paste. Flour your hands and
make into oval balls. Dip each into
beaten egg, then in cracker dust and
fry in boiling lard a few at a time, turn?
ing each with great care. When a fine
brown, take out with a wire spoon and
lay in a heated colander to drain off
wapy drop of fat.
, ?loqtifcuce ai Liny.
It was a preacher wbo had that "fa?
tal fluency" for whom an acquaintance
j laid a trap. He had a way of promising
; to preach, and on beginning would say
I something like "I have been too busy
j to prepare a sermon, but if some one
1 will kindly give me a text I'll preach
from it." One determined to cure him.
i He therefore asked him to preach. The
invitation was accepted. The time came,
and the visitor began his usual intro?
duction: "Brethren, I have been so
pushed for time today as to have been
quite unable to prepare a sermon. But
if some of you will give me a text I'll
preach from it. Perhaps my brother
here," turning to the plotter near him,
"will suggest a text." "Yes, brother,"
came the ready response, "your text is
the last part of the ninth verse of the
first chapter of Ezra, and its words are
'nine and twenty knives.' " There was
a pause, an ominous pause, as the
preacher found his text. He read it out,
"Nine and twenty knives," and began
at once. "Notice the number of these
knives-just exactly nine and twenty;
not thirty, not eight and twenty. There
were no more and no less than nine and
twenty knives. " A pause-a long paus?.
Then, slowly and emphatically, "Nine
and twenty knives." A longer pause.
Then meditatively, "Nine and twenty
knives." Again he rested. "Nine and
twenty knives." A dead stop. "Nine
and twenty knives-and if there were
nine hundred and twenty knives I could
not say another word. "-Harper's Mag?
azine. _
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The Canyon of the Yellowstone.
The canyon is so tremendously wild
and impressive that even the great falls
cannot hold your attention, says John
Muir in The Atlantic. It is about 20
miles long and 1,000 feet deep-a weird,
unearthly looking gorge cf jagged, fan?
tastic architecture and most brilliantly
colored. It is not the depth or shape of
the canyon, nor the waterfalls, nor the
green and gray river chanting its brave
song as it goes foaming ^n its way, that
most impresses the observer, but the
colors of the decomposed volcanic rocks.
With few exceptions the traveler in
strange lands finds that however much
the scenery and vegetation in different
countries may change Mother Earth is
ever familiar and the same. But here
the very ground is changed, as if be?
longing to some other world. The walls
of the canyon from top to bottom burn
in a perfect glory of color, confounding
and dazzling when the sun is shining
white, yellow, green, blue, vermilion
and various other shades of red indefi?
nitely blending. All the earth here?
abouts seems to be paint. Millions of
tons of it lie in sight, exposed to wind
and weather as if of no account, yet
marvelously fresh and bright, fast col?
ors not to be washed ont or bleached
ont by either sunshine or storms.
Expensive Mirth.
"Cheery words cost nothing"
"That's where you are way off. I
said two cheery words yesterday, sad
they cost me ?17."
"How did that happen:"
"Well, I slapped a big man on the
back and said, 'Hello, Fatty!' "
"That was all right."
"No, it wasn't. He turned out to be
a man I didn't know, so we knocked
each other down and got into court."
Boston Journal.
Not Built That Way.
The Publisher-We can publish your
book of epigrams if you will guarantee
us the cost of printing and binding.
The Poet-It's no go. I never could
enjoy witticisms at my own expensa -
Cincinnati Encuirer.
rcutilattns the Teeth.
It is curious to what an extent the
mutilation of teeth goes on among sav?
age nations, and eveu among certain
civilized people, such as the Japanese.
With them a girl is never married with?
out first staining her teeth black with a
repulsive kind of varnish, and the cus?
tom is especially adhered to among
members of the richer classes.
On the west coast of Africa a large
proportion of the teeth are deliberately
broken when children reach a certain
age. Both in the new world and the old
the custom exists of extracting the two
front teeth of domestic servants. In
Peru the custom has existed from time
immemorial and used tu be a sign of
slavery in the days of ino?-. This is al?
so the custom on the Kongo and among
the Hottentots. Teeth are stained in
various colors among the Malays.
A bright red and a bright blue are
not uncommon, aud a bright green is
produced with the aid of arsenic and
lemon juice. Livingstone related that
among the Kafiars a child with a prom?
inent upper jaw was looked upon as a
monster and immediately killed. On
the upper Nile the negroes have all
their best teeth extracted in order to de?
stroy their value in the slave market
and to make it not worth while for the
slave traders to carry them off.-Pear?
son's Weekly.
Converted by a Handshake.
Here is a geed story of the Hight
Rev. Thomas Underwood Dudley.
Tho bishop had gone to Beattyville,
and the place was rough and desolate,
A rough locking man cunio up to him.
"They tell me you're from Virginia,"
said the man.
"Yes."
"They tell me you fought with the
rebels."
"Yes."
"Give me your hand, pard. My
name's Bill D?lau, an I'm a blacksmith
down hero. "
"Bill," said tho bishop, "Fm proud
to meet you.''
That night Bill Dohm went to the
service and heard tho bishop ptoach,
and he went afterward too.
Twelve years later the bishop went
to Beattyville once more. It was san
set. He was met by the town's clergy?
man. "Bishop, Bill Dolan died yester?
day, and before he died I baptized
him," said tho minister. "In his last
words he told me to tell the bishop that
be loved him. "
"That,"said the bishop, "was in?
deed a compensation !"-Louisville Cou
.'OYAL DRAFT HORSE.
Big Shire Kred by Prince of Wales Shows
Its Paces.
Albert Edward, prince of Wales, has
been successful iu two undertakings
he is the leader of Great Britain's so?
cial set and he is an up to date breeder
of live stock. He is only second to bi3
lamented father in the interest he takes
in the improvement of domestic animals
within the kingdom.
It is as a horse breeder and dealer,
however, that he is most conspicuous.
He has the Briton's liking for huge and
heavy draft horses of the Shire breed,
THE PRINCE'S HORSE.
monsters of horseflesh, 17 hands high
and weighing over a ton. The illustra?
tion shows the curious spectacle of a
great Shire trotting around the ring in
his heavy and clumsy way, like a bear
dancing. He is the property of the
prince.
It is said the only money the prince
ever made has been in selling horses of
his own breeding. Each spring he has
at his Sandringham estate an auction
sale of horses of his own raising. They
bring great prices, chiefly from the fact
that snobs buy them because they are
from royalty's stables.
Lamb Barn.
The 610 lambs were all in one barn,
being only out long enough each day to
take their grain ration. A geared air
rooter on the barn pumps the water,
shells corn, saws wood, etc. The barn
is an ideal one for ventilation. On the
ncrth and south sides doors about four
feet high hang to the outside post of
each bent, which is 12 feet, and reach
to the next post. Immediately above is
a door of similar dimensions, but hung
at the top and swinging out to form an
awning, thus securing perfect ventila?
tion and at the same time making am?
ple protection from stormy weather.
These doors, being directly opposite
those en the other side, and the hay?
racks all in line with the posts, the
team can be driven through at each
bent, thus making it easy to remove the
manure-a point too often overlooked.
The hay stored in this barn is all taken
; in from the end from the outside, using
the sling to unload.-W. A. McDorman
in Country Gentleman.
For Lousy Steers.
We find the following directions for
ridding fattening steers and their quar?
ters of a pest of lice without doing any
harm to the cattle:
Remove cattle from stable; then
thoroughly cleanse the walls, posts, ceil?
ing, feeding racks, etc. ; then shut up as
close as possible and burn sulphur in
large quantities. Next day give every?
thing in the stable a thorough white?
washing with freshly made hot lime
wash, in which mix two ounces of crude
carbolic acid to the gallon. The follow?
ing emulsion is safe and effective : Ker?
osene, two gallons; common or whale oil
soap, one-quarter pound; water, one
gallon. Heat the solution of soap and
add it boiling hot to the kerosene.
Churn the mixture fer ten minutes. Di?
lute the emulsion with eight parts of
water and apply it to the animal by a
thorough rubbing. Fifty animals can
be treated with ten gallons of liquid.
Repeat in one week.
Old Beck.
On the plsntation of Mr. T. R. Ar
mistedof Cabin Point, La., isan ancient
mule, Old Beck. She is so old and so
useful that she becomes a mule of his?
toric interest. The fact that this crea?
ture is 32 years old and still making a
full mule hand every day shows the
powers of the horse-donkey hybrid.
We copy from the Tennessee Farmer
and Southern Stock Farm a picture of
this famous mule. In a letter concern?
ing her Mr. Armisted writes:
"Old Beck was raised in Kentucky
and shipped to the New Orleans market
OLD BECK.
in 1SG9. She was then 3 years old. I
bought her in February, 1869, for my
cotton farm on Red river, and she was
shipped cu the steamer Bartoble, Cap?
tain William Harrison commanding
She was put to work iu March. 18G9,
and has never lost a day's work from
sickness or auy other cause. Hhe has
made mo 29 crops and iias never eaten
any forage but that raised on Cabin
Point plantation. "
How many men and women are as
faithful to duty as Old Beck has been?
Not All Aimless.
''Society women du lead such aimles."
fives."
"Aimless? Do they? Well, I know a
society woman who can throw a teacup
or a rolling pin just as accurately as a
n-uu. "-Cleveland Plain .Dealer
Good Sewtog M?chine? from $10 CO up nt
Randie's
If vou waa' ? ecod, borest sewing machine
trade, see Rtu die.
WATERING STRAWBERRIES.
The Rightly Used Cultivator Versus the
Sprinkling Curt.
Tho proper use of water represents an
important item in strawberry culture,
and concerning this the Ohio experi?
ment station has reported the following
conclusions:
Irrigation cannot be regarded as in?
dispensable to success in strawberry
culture, as, by means cf heavy mulch?
ing, sufficient water may be retained in
the soil for the necessities of the crop
in ordinary seasons, but an abundant
supply of "water simply makes success
more certain, and where intensive cul?
ture is practiced an irrigation plant
ought to be a part of the equipment.
Strawberry plants require an abun?
dance of moisture at all stages of
growth, but this is most easily secured
during the first season by attending to
the proper details in preparation of the
soil and in cultivation. Early and con?
tinuous cultivation saves the moisture
to a greater extent than is commonly
supposed. It has been found that the
loss of moisture from unplowed ground
may be in excess of that from cultivated
soil to an amount equal to an inch and
three-fourths of rainfall in one week.
A man with a team and sprinkling cart
could not replace the water on an acre
of land as fast as it escapes by evapora?
tion from the soil when it goes off at
that rate if he had to haul the water
one-fourth of a mile.
The importance of stirring the soil
soon af 1er a shower is generally known,
but in practice cultivation after slight
showers is often neglected. This is be?
cause no crust forms after slight show?
ers ; hence the necessity of stirring the
soil at once is not apparent. A slight
wetting of a dry soil, however, in?
creases the upward flow cf water, hence
there is more water added to the surface
soil at such times than comes in the
form ol rain. The sun and wind soon
dissipate the slight rainfall and along
with it much of the water which came
from the lower layers of the soil, leav?
ing the soil drier than before.
As tho two aro commonly used, a cul?
tivator is a better machine for irrigating
than a sprinkling cart.
Pruning and Training the Tine?
The diagram shows a trellis recom?
mended in a bulletin from the Vermont
station as the most convenient for
grapes. It is usually made by three
wires run horizontally at heights of
about V.2, 38 and 52 inches from the
ground. Concerning this and the meth?
ods of pruning and training the vine the
following is told : When the vine is of
bearing age, one or two arms of 1-year
old wood are carried in either direction
from "the plant along the lower wire.
From each healthy bud of 1-year-old
wood a shoot will appear in the spring,
and as a rule each of these shoots will
bear near its base one to four branches
of grapes. Ic is thus necessary to begin
each spring with a fair number-20 to
40 - strong 1-year-old bud3 on each
plant At pruning time each year the
vine must be cut back to its former di
HORIZONTAL ARM MKTHOD.
mensions. As this process removes frons
five-sixths to nine-tenths of all the wood
of each vine it seems very harsh to the
novice, until he is inclined to spare the
pruning shears and let the vine run?
away with him. ..
There are many interesting systems
of vine pruning. One of the best is illus?
trated in the dixgram. If the vine is
bodily cut away at the points 6hown hy
the crosslines A A, the canes B B may?
be brought down to the position now
occupied by the arms C C, and the vine
begins this year just where it began the
last. The points in pruning to be em?
phasized with an inexperienced grape
grower are ( 1 ) to adopt a rational sys?
tem of pruning and stick to it year
after year, and (2) to prune enough.
Spraying In Winter Horticulture.
Spraying is very important in winter
floriculture. If it is impossible to spray
the plants in the window garden for
fear of wetting carpet and drapery.
Farm Journal advises you to take the
plants to the kitchen or bathroom, a
few at a time each day if it is too much
work to give them all a bath the same
day, and see that each plant has at least
? weekly bath with the syringe or
sprayer until the upper and under sides
of the leaves as well as every part of tho
plant are free from dust and insects.
This is one of the great secrets of suc?
cess with winter bloomers.
Road Brief*.
I Along poor roads land sells slowly,
j There is a demand for farming land and
I rural homes along good highways.
Under her present road law 23$ miles
of good roads have been built in l\ew
Jersey.
Hird roads make access to the farms
easy at all seasons; produce can be ship?
ped in any weather if the highways are
cassable.
Hood's
Restore full, rehilar action fBt^ BIS
of tho bowels, do not irri- BLji lil
tate or inflame, but leave BT" III S
all the delicate digestive OJV T ? ? ? m?w
ganism in perfect condition. Try them. 25 cents.
Prepared only by c. I. Hood ?? Co., Lowell; Masa.