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VOL. LIV. INDIANAPOLIS, IND., MAY 6, 1899. NO. 18 _xpzxizn>zz ISXzpixxtmzut. DOES IT PAY TO SPRAY FRUIT? What Fluid do You Uie? What Sprayer? When? How Often? let Premium.—In traveling through the country it ia surprising to see the orchards utterly neglected, that would have made the most profitable and beautiful place on the farm had they been properly cultivated, fertilized, pruned and especially sprayed. While the cultivation, fertilization and pruning of an orchard ia very helpful to the development of growth and fruit buds, spraying is indis- pensible if we are to gather any fruit worthy the name from the treea. Who can enjoy eating a little knarly apple, when lying on a table by his aide is a large fine specimen, painted moat beautifully by nature, with an aroma and taste ao tempting? The greatest gift God has given us, a fine large apple. The knarly specimen is a representative of the unsprayed tr.se, the perfect, of the thoroughly sprayed tree and the contrast ia ao great that we can readily see why the farmer should spray hia treea. But, you say, is not this illustration drawn too wide? Ia not thie contrast too great? I answer, no! Tou might raise without spraying some favorable year, a few very nice specimens of apple, but thia ia an exception, not a rule, and should never be produced aa an argument against spraying, It haa been demonstrated by the leading fruit growera of our country, that not only the apple but all treea and small fruits must be sprayed to produce the most perfect fruit. So why should we become "doubting Thomases?" Standing around asking each other if it will pay, when we have the testimonials of bo many of our most successful men, who say they have saved their cropa of applea, peare, cherries, plums, peaches and in fact all our fruita from the attack8 of insects and fungi by thorough and systematic spraying. The thing for ua to do is to procure a first class sprayer and commence work this spring. The expense ig not so great, compared with the hundred of dollars one invests in machinery to till his farm, and the returns are even more satisfactory. Three to four applications are usually sufficient to insure success. Instructions for applying and formulas are sent out by all horticultural journals, experiment stations and reliable spray pump manufacturers, ao by a little careful study and experience you will be able to rid your trees and plants of all insect pesta and greatly diminish the dangers from fungus diseases. If I were asked why a commercial fruit grower did not spray, I would be tempted to say, he does not know enough or is too dilatory, but when aaked why the farmers do not "pray, the reasons are many. Firat, the thrifty farmer is a very busy man at the time "praying should be done and is likely to neglect tho spraying to attend to the usual routine of work. A remedy for thia would be to form a company in your community and employ a careful and experienced man to rig up an outfit and do your epraying at a set Price per tree, this being somewhat on the Plan you thresh your grain it should prove a success if the proper man is obtainable. Another reason ia because the farmer ae a class has not awakened to the necessity of spraying, he haa had other weighty problems to solre and has pot given this sufficient thought. But when the subject is mentioned to him he readily admits that there ahould be something done to destroy these peets that are ruining our orchards and making our fruit unsightly and unpalatable. And thus we could continue through a score of "whys." Some saying, "I can buy fruit cheaper than I can raise and spray it." yeg) you r~_n buy a few quarts of berriee or a buehel of apples cheaper than you can raise a bountiful supply for your family, but if you buy all your family should have.you will find a handsome balance in favor of 'raising it." In closing let me say, don't forget to use the spray pump in your orchards and berry patches. If you are skeptical as to the benefit it will be, give it a thorough trial and I assure you you will be pleased with the result on your treea and plants and more than pleased with the bountiful supply of perfect fruit obtained. W. J. W. Oarmel. 2d Premium.—Sprayine to prevent varioua insect pests, particularly those of the orchard and garden, haa reached ao satisfactory and inexpensive a basis that is recognized by every progressive farmer as a necessary feature of the year's operations, and in the caee of apple, pear, and plumb crops, the omission of such treatment meana serious loss. The consequent demand for spraying apparatus has been met by all the leading pump manufacturers of this country, and ready-fitted apparatus, consisting of pump, spray-tank and nozzle with hose, are on the market at very reasonable prices. The two more satisfactory nozzles are two Dixon and Vermont type. Paris green and London purple are especially adapted to biting Insects, including the majority of the injurious caterpillars, many beetles and locusts, and are applied either in water or powder. The application ia preferable either in the early morning or late evening, when the dow ig on. Hellebore is more valuable for the currant worm than for other biting insects. This poison can be aafely applied to vegetables shortly before they are to be eaten. Keroeene emulsion is especially adapted to sucking insects, including plant lugs, plant lice scale insects, thrips, and plant-feeding mites. Bisulphide of carbon is a cheap and effective remedy for root lice of the grape, apple, peach, etc. Spraying ie most beneficial if applied to the blossoms but is not hurtful if applied the whole season. [Don't spray while in bloom— epray either before or after. Ed. ] DeKalb Oo. S. M. N. BKVIBW. It is rssally no wonder that the majority of farmerg do not spray. The directions are quite simple too. It is remarkable to notice how eaey.it ie to protect one's fruit. The etudy of tbe problem is quite complicated. But the stations have worked it out for us, I remember the firet time I prepaired the epraying mixtures, it seemed new and strange ground to work on. It required a little fussing to get wooden dishes and scales and measures. Take the bordeaux mixture. It eays dissolve 5 lbs. of copper aulphate, or bluo etone, in two or three gallons of water. This waa eaeily done by putting it in a bag and hanging it in water overnight. I learned afterwards that it dissolves more quickly in waim water. Next slack 5 pounds of lime with hot water and dilute to a whitewash and pour it ln the other solution. I tried to strain it through cheese cloth. My wife ecolded me for having eo little sense. Of couree any old woman knowe you can't etrain whitewash through any cloth if your life were at etake. But men have it to learn. So I strained it through wire musquito bar. Then etir a bit eay about as long as it takes a woman to get ready to sew on a button, and the thing ie done, and ready to serve. Now if you want to be sure and not scorch a leaf you may buy a pennye worth of ferrocy- anide of potassium, (that is a jawbreaker but it is eo big you can't miss it,) dissolve it in a little cold water, take a few drops of your spraying mixture and drop a little of the other into it. If it turns it brown it means that the epraying mixture ia acid and will sear foliage. So you need to add a little more lime and test again. I mention thie because sever al have been disgusted at searing leaves and abandoned the whole thing. There is no danger if ono uses this test for acid. It is very slmplo and you need not be afraid if you do add a little too much lime. A great deal too much lime makes the trees look white and ugly. Don't forget to dilute to 40 or 50 gallons before uBing, if used after the leaves appear. I used it at 25 gallons before tho buds started. For coddling moth and other insects that bite, add one-half pound of Paris green to the 50 gallons of Bordeaux mixture. First make a smooth paste by mixing the Paris Green with a little water and then stir it in, I have spoken at some length because I wanted to show some who may not receive bulle tins that it easy to follow directions. Any one wishing to spray ehould eend to Purdue and get a bulletin on spraying. It telle minutely when to epray and how. I think I have the beet knapsack sprayer, made by Morrill & Morley, Benton Harbor, Mich. It workB well but is not intended for bearing apple trees. It cost ten dollars, and a large pump for a barrel can be bought for that or a little more. Spraying is really very efficient. It is often spoken of as an insurance. It is easy as rolling off a log when you know how. In Oregon they don't pretend to sow small grain without treating it for smut. In France they crush every silk worm moth after it has laid its egg to test with a microscope whether it is free from the silk worm disease. In this country we are new and have grown up amid plenty. But so many enemies have appeared that the only way to farm successfully is to farm Intelligently. And sooner or later all fruitgrowing will be dono with epraying. While we are learning it we are growing faulty crops and eating imperfect fruit and little of it. But we shall learn it after while. Farmers are bo busy I have but little copy now adaya. ■ It ia a good time to write. A few peach bloom. If all the bloom of ap- plee, plums and cherries mature there will be a fair crop of fruit. Oat* and barley up and growing fine. D. M. A. gtlltz _lZX0B. No. 1GG, May 13.—Experience in melon cul ture. Soil, planting, bugs, marketing. No. 1G7, May 20.—Give your beet variety of potatoes. How do you secure vitality and a good stand, and prevent blight and bugs? No. 168. May 27.—A friend has a living room in the S. E. front of a two etory house. It hae a bay window and one other large window, and measuree 16x18x10 feet. How can she paper it and furnish it, carpet, pictures and all the rest? (Other rooms will match it later.) The cost should suit a 160 acre farm. No. 169, June 3.—Name popular mietakra in corn culture. Does it pay to detassel barren stalks? Or to plant a few late rowe for pollen? No. 170, June 10.—Tell ue sbouta nice farmers' picnic. How make it lively and restful? No. 171, June 17.—Experience in eowing rye, beane, clover, or other feed crope in corn. No. 172, June 24.—How best clean rooms in daily housework, floors, furniture, brass, pictures and the like. No. 173, July 1.—The effect of the policy of political expanelon on American agricultural ntereetg. Premiume of $1 75 cente and 50 cents will be given to 1st, 2d and 3d beet articles each week. Let copy be ae practicable as poeelble and forwarded 10 dayg before publication to Oarmel. E. H. Oollins. Fletcher Vlckery, son of John Vickery, of Llncolnville, id in a dying condition, the effect of a kick in the breast from a colt. It developes that the suicide of Henry Olay Morris, a wealthy bachelor farmer of Henry county, was becauso his taxes were high. Horses near Andersonville are dying of an epidemic the character of which baflles veterinary skill. Horses take it and die in a few hours. The loss of a great many valuable animals is reported. Schell Emery, in the vicinity of Windfall, stopped a runaway team and attempted to drive the horses back to the starting point. A second runaway followed, in which Emery waa thrown out and killed. The house on the farm of Ohristain Ubel- messer near Tell Oity was consumed by fire. The house was old, and since a new house had been built, had been used bb a storehouse for farming implements and grain. About 500 bushels of wheat were consumed. The origin of the fire is unknown. Allie Olark and Sammy Brown, two lads about eight or ten years old, of Seymour have been experimenting with gunpowder. They found a bottle with a small amount of powder, which they took to the city park, then stuffed a piece of paper into the mouth of the bottle, lighted it and awaited rsssults. The Claik boy, who held the bottle, hag hig ta.ce . dadly disfigured by the burning powder and the pieces of broken glass, and his eye is seriously injured. A few weeks ago there was born to Mr. and Mrs. John Riffle of Muncie a girl baby, perfectly formed in every way eicept that the child possessed but one leg. The case has aroused considerable interest among tbe the physicians who have examined the baby. Where the leg should be is a stump much resembling that upon a limb after amputation. The baby is strong, bright and well, and gives every indication of living. Near St. Croix, April 22d, Willie Bird, te years old, while leaning over a pen in which a number of hogs were confined, lost hig balance and fell face downward between the trough and the fence, within reach of the animals. He was instantly attacked, and hia clothing was torn in ehreds, besides which he was bitten ln sixty places before the beasts were driven off and the lad was rescued. The child is prostrated by the shock, and the fright he sustained may prove more hurtful than the bites which ho received. Abram Robeson, near Grantsburg, while hunting for a stray horee which had been missing for two days, noticed a large black- snake, which retreated toward a cave formed by an overhanging ledge of rocks in one of the high bluffs eurrounding his pasture land. His horse wae found lying in this cavern, but covered by what looked to him like a mountain of snakes, so numerous were the reptiles. Robeson fled to his home and secured his shotgun, with which he returned and opened fire until his cartridges were exhausted. After the battle he counted the bodies of 413enakee, lying around and over the body of hie horse, which was dead, while many reptiles escaped in a wounded condition. He believes that his horee, which was a magnificent animal weighing one thousand or more pounds had been charmed by the reptiles so that he was powerless to escape, and he had finally euc- cumed through weakneee and fallen on hie eide. It wag apparent algo that the horse was not quite dead when the shooting began. POSTAL CARD CORRESPONDENCE. Faykttb Co., April 19 —Glorioua weather for beee; plums, sweet cherries and pears in full bloom, and apples ready to open; peach trees are not dead, but crippled badly; wheat good; clover better; acreage large, and prospect never better for red and white clover. Farmers here have for years past been alive to the value of clover as a fertilizer, and their lands are getting more productive every year. Test your eeed corn in good time. J, S. Rome, Kansas, April 22.—Oold backward spring; season two weeks late; corn about all planted. Wheat all the way from nothing to good; eome plowed up and sowed in oata and corn. About 66 per cent, of crop at present. However pricee run, it ls a good thing for the land to raiee a crop or two of potatoes; it becomes pretty thoroughly cleaned of noxious weeds and ie put in a mellowed condition. Potatoes can be followed with rye or some other forage crop, and no time is loat with unoccupied ground. If seed are cheap it pays to raise potatOsss plentifully, for the crop will be a paying one to the painstaking farmer; and if the prices are very low the yield can be fed very profitably to the cows and pigs. A rotation of cropg in this small way tends to add variety to the home-grown supply of stock foodg and gives the farmer a fuller and better control of hia lands In forcing them to yield him crops to the extreme limit of the capacity of his acres.
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Title | Indiana farmer, 1899, v. 54, no. 18 (May 6) |
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Agriculture Farm management Horticulture Agricultural machinery |
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agriculture farm management horticulture agricultural machinery and equipment |
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Agriculture Farm management Horticulture Agricultural machinery |
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agriculture farm management horticulture agricultural machinery and equipment |
Genre | Periodical |
Call Number of Original | 630.5 In2 |
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Coverage | Indiana |
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Language | eng |
Collection Title | Indiana Farmer |
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Transcript | VOL. LIV. INDIANAPOLIS, IND., MAY 6, 1899. NO. 18 _xpzxizn>zz ISXzpixxtmzut. DOES IT PAY TO SPRAY FRUIT? What Fluid do You Uie? What Sprayer? When? How Often? let Premium.—In traveling through the country it ia surprising to see the orchards utterly neglected, that would have made the most profitable and beautiful place on the farm had they been properly cultivated, fertilized, pruned and especially sprayed. While the cultivation, fertilization and pruning of an orchard ia very helpful to the development of growth and fruit buds, spraying is indis- pensible if we are to gather any fruit worthy the name from the treea. Who can enjoy eating a little knarly apple, when lying on a table by his aide is a large fine specimen, painted moat beautifully by nature, with an aroma and taste ao tempting? The greatest gift God has given us, a fine large apple. The knarly specimen is a representative of the unsprayed tr.se, the perfect, of the thoroughly sprayed tree and the contrast ia ao great that we can readily see why the farmer should spray hia treea. But, you say, is not this illustration drawn too wide? Ia not thie contrast too great? I answer, no! Tou might raise without spraying some favorable year, a few very nice specimens of apple, but thia ia an exception, not a rule, and should never be produced aa an argument against spraying, It haa been demonstrated by the leading fruit growera of our country, that not only the apple but all treea and small fruits must be sprayed to produce the most perfect fruit. So why should we become "doubting Thomases?" Standing around asking each other if it will pay, when we have the testimonials of bo many of our most successful men, who say they have saved their cropa of applea, peare, cherries, plums, peaches and in fact all our fruita from the attack8 of insects and fungi by thorough and systematic spraying. The thing for ua to do is to procure a first class sprayer and commence work this spring. The expense ig not so great, compared with the hundred of dollars one invests in machinery to till his farm, and the returns are even more satisfactory. Three to four applications are usually sufficient to insure success. Instructions for applying and formulas are sent out by all horticultural journals, experiment stations and reliable spray pump manufacturers, ao by a little careful study and experience you will be able to rid your trees and plants of all insect pesta and greatly diminish the dangers from fungus diseases. If I were asked why a commercial fruit grower did not spray, I would be tempted to say, he does not know enough or is too dilatory, but when aaked why the farmers do not "pray, the reasons are many. Firat, the thrifty farmer is a very busy man at the time "praying should be done and is likely to neglect tho spraying to attend to the usual routine of work. A remedy for thia would be to form a company in your community and employ a careful and experienced man to rig up an outfit and do your epraying at a set Price per tree, this being somewhat on the Plan you thresh your grain it should prove a success if the proper man is obtainable. Another reason ia because the farmer ae a class has not awakened to the necessity of spraying, he haa had other weighty problems to solre and has pot given this sufficient thought. But when the subject is mentioned to him he readily admits that there ahould be something done to destroy these peets that are ruining our orchards and making our fruit unsightly and unpalatable. And thus we could continue through a score of "whys." Some saying, "I can buy fruit cheaper than I can raise and spray it." yeg) you r~_n buy a few quarts of berriee or a buehel of apples cheaper than you can raise a bountiful supply for your family, but if you buy all your family should have.you will find a handsome balance in favor of 'raising it." In closing let me say, don't forget to use the spray pump in your orchards and berry patches. If you are skeptical as to the benefit it will be, give it a thorough trial and I assure you you will be pleased with the result on your treea and plants and more than pleased with the bountiful supply of perfect fruit obtained. W. J. W. Oarmel. 2d Premium.—Sprayine to prevent varioua insect pests, particularly those of the orchard and garden, haa reached ao satisfactory and inexpensive a basis that is recognized by every progressive farmer as a necessary feature of the year's operations, and in the caee of apple, pear, and plumb crops, the omission of such treatment meana serious loss. The consequent demand for spraying apparatus has been met by all the leading pump manufacturers of this country, and ready-fitted apparatus, consisting of pump, spray-tank and nozzle with hose, are on the market at very reasonable prices. The two more satisfactory nozzles are two Dixon and Vermont type. Paris green and London purple are especially adapted to biting Insects, including the majority of the injurious caterpillars, many beetles and locusts, and are applied either in water or powder. The application ia preferable either in the early morning or late evening, when the dow ig on. Hellebore is more valuable for the currant worm than for other biting insects. This poison can be aafely applied to vegetables shortly before they are to be eaten. Keroeene emulsion is especially adapted to sucking insects, including plant lugs, plant lice scale insects, thrips, and plant-feeding mites. Bisulphide of carbon is a cheap and effective remedy for root lice of the grape, apple, peach, etc. Spraying ie most beneficial if applied to the blossoms but is not hurtful if applied the whole season. [Don't spray while in bloom— epray either before or after. Ed. ] DeKalb Oo. S. M. N. BKVIBW. It is rssally no wonder that the majority of farmerg do not spray. The directions are quite simple too. It is remarkable to notice how eaey.it ie to protect one's fruit. The etudy of tbe problem is quite complicated. But the stations have worked it out for us, I remember the firet time I prepaired the epraying mixtures, it seemed new and strange ground to work on. It required a little fussing to get wooden dishes and scales and measures. Take the bordeaux mixture. It eays dissolve 5 lbs. of copper aulphate, or bluo etone, in two or three gallons of water. This waa eaeily done by putting it in a bag and hanging it in water overnight. I learned afterwards that it dissolves more quickly in waim water. Next slack 5 pounds of lime with hot water and dilute to a whitewash and pour it ln the other solution. I tried to strain it through cheese cloth. My wife ecolded me for having eo little sense. Of couree any old woman knowe you can't etrain whitewash through any cloth if your life were at etake. But men have it to learn. So I strained it through wire musquito bar. Then etir a bit eay about as long as it takes a woman to get ready to sew on a button, and the thing ie done, and ready to serve. Now if you want to be sure and not scorch a leaf you may buy a pennye worth of ferrocy- anide of potassium, (that is a jawbreaker but it is eo big you can't miss it,) dissolve it in a little cold water, take a few drops of your spraying mixture and drop a little of the other into it. If it turns it brown it means that the epraying mixture ia acid and will sear foliage. So you need to add a little more lime and test again. I mention thie because sever al have been disgusted at searing leaves and abandoned the whole thing. There is no danger if ono uses this test for acid. It is very slmplo and you need not be afraid if you do add a little too much lime. A great deal too much lime makes the trees look white and ugly. Don't forget to dilute to 40 or 50 gallons before uBing, if used after the leaves appear. I used it at 25 gallons before tho buds started. For coddling moth and other insects that bite, add one-half pound of Paris green to the 50 gallons of Bordeaux mixture. First make a smooth paste by mixing the Paris Green with a little water and then stir it in, I have spoken at some length because I wanted to show some who may not receive bulle tins that it easy to follow directions. Any one wishing to spray ehould eend to Purdue and get a bulletin on spraying. It telle minutely when to epray and how. I think I have the beet knapsack sprayer, made by Morrill & Morley, Benton Harbor, Mich. It workB well but is not intended for bearing apple trees. It cost ten dollars, and a large pump for a barrel can be bought for that or a little more. Spraying is really very efficient. It is often spoken of as an insurance. It is easy as rolling off a log when you know how. In Oregon they don't pretend to sow small grain without treating it for smut. In France they crush every silk worm moth after it has laid its egg to test with a microscope whether it is free from the silk worm disease. In this country we are new and have grown up amid plenty. But so many enemies have appeared that the only way to farm successfully is to farm Intelligently. And sooner or later all fruitgrowing will be dono with epraying. While we are learning it we are growing faulty crops and eating imperfect fruit and little of it. But we shall learn it after while. Farmers are bo busy I have but little copy now adaya. ■ It ia a good time to write. A few peach bloom. If all the bloom of ap- plee, plums and cherries mature there will be a fair crop of fruit. Oat* and barley up and growing fine. D. M. A. gtlltz _lZX0B. No. 1GG, May 13.—Experience in melon cul ture. Soil, planting, bugs, marketing. No. 1G7, May 20.—Give your beet variety of potatoes. How do you secure vitality and a good stand, and prevent blight and bugs? No. 168. May 27.—A friend has a living room in the S. E. front of a two etory house. It hae a bay window and one other large window, and measuree 16x18x10 feet. How can she paper it and furnish it, carpet, pictures and all the rest? (Other rooms will match it later.) The cost should suit a 160 acre farm. No. 169, June 3.—Name popular mietakra in corn culture. Does it pay to detassel barren stalks? Or to plant a few late rowe for pollen? No. 170, June 10.—Tell ue sbouta nice farmers' picnic. How make it lively and restful? No. 171, June 17.—Experience in eowing rye, beane, clover, or other feed crope in corn. No. 172, June 24.—How best clean rooms in daily housework, floors, furniture, brass, pictures and the like. No. 173, July 1.—The effect of the policy of political expanelon on American agricultural ntereetg. Premiume of $1 75 cente and 50 cents will be given to 1st, 2d and 3d beet articles each week. Let copy be ae practicable as poeelble and forwarded 10 dayg before publication to Oarmel. E. H. Oollins. Fletcher Vlckery, son of John Vickery, of Llncolnville, id in a dying condition, the effect of a kick in the breast from a colt. It developes that the suicide of Henry Olay Morris, a wealthy bachelor farmer of Henry county, was becauso his taxes were high. Horses near Andersonville are dying of an epidemic the character of which baflles veterinary skill. Horses take it and die in a few hours. The loss of a great many valuable animals is reported. Schell Emery, in the vicinity of Windfall, stopped a runaway team and attempted to drive the horses back to the starting point. A second runaway followed, in which Emery waa thrown out and killed. The house on the farm of Ohristain Ubel- messer near Tell Oity was consumed by fire. The house was old, and since a new house had been built, had been used bb a storehouse for farming implements and grain. About 500 bushels of wheat were consumed. The origin of the fire is unknown. Allie Olark and Sammy Brown, two lads about eight or ten years old, of Seymour have been experimenting with gunpowder. They found a bottle with a small amount of powder, which they took to the city park, then stuffed a piece of paper into the mouth of the bottle, lighted it and awaited rsssults. The Claik boy, who held the bottle, hag hig ta.ce . dadly disfigured by the burning powder and the pieces of broken glass, and his eye is seriously injured. A few weeks ago there was born to Mr. and Mrs. John Riffle of Muncie a girl baby, perfectly formed in every way eicept that the child possessed but one leg. The case has aroused considerable interest among tbe the physicians who have examined the baby. Where the leg should be is a stump much resembling that upon a limb after amputation. The baby is strong, bright and well, and gives every indication of living. Near St. Croix, April 22d, Willie Bird, te years old, while leaning over a pen in which a number of hogs were confined, lost hig balance and fell face downward between the trough and the fence, within reach of the animals. He was instantly attacked, and hia clothing was torn in ehreds, besides which he was bitten ln sixty places before the beasts were driven off and the lad was rescued. The child is prostrated by the shock, and the fright he sustained may prove more hurtful than the bites which ho received. Abram Robeson, near Grantsburg, while hunting for a stray horee which had been missing for two days, noticed a large black- snake, which retreated toward a cave formed by an overhanging ledge of rocks in one of the high bluffs eurrounding his pasture land. His horse wae found lying in this cavern, but covered by what looked to him like a mountain of snakes, so numerous were the reptiles. Robeson fled to his home and secured his shotgun, with which he returned and opened fire until his cartridges were exhausted. After the battle he counted the bodies of 413enakee, lying around and over the body of hie horse, which was dead, while many reptiles escaped in a wounded condition. He believes that his horee, which was a magnificent animal weighing one thousand or more pounds had been charmed by the reptiles so that he was powerless to escape, and he had finally euc- cumed through weakneee and fallen on hie eide. It wag apparent algo that the horse was not quite dead when the shooting began. POSTAL CARD CORRESPONDENCE. Faykttb Co., April 19 —Glorioua weather for beee; plums, sweet cherries and pears in full bloom, and apples ready to open; peach trees are not dead, but crippled badly; wheat good; clover better; acreage large, and prospect never better for red and white clover. Farmers here have for years past been alive to the value of clover as a fertilizer, and their lands are getting more productive every year. Test your eeed corn in good time. J, S. Rome, Kansas, April 22.—Oold backward spring; season two weeks late; corn about all planted. Wheat all the way from nothing to good; eome plowed up and sowed in oata and corn. About 66 per cent, of crop at present. However pricee run, it ls a good thing for the land to raiee a crop or two of potatoes; it becomes pretty thoroughly cleaned of noxious weeds and ie put in a mellowed condition. Potatoes can be followed with rye or some other forage crop, and no time is loat with unoccupied ground. If seed are cheap it pays to raise potatOsss plentifully, for the crop will be a paying one to the painstaking farmer; and if the prices are very low the yield can be fed very profitably to the cows and pigs. A rotation of cropg in this small way tends to add variety to the home-grown supply of stock foodg and gives the farmer a fuller and better control of hia lands In forcing them to yield him crops to the extreme limit of the capacity of his acres. |
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