Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1890-07-03
MICHIGAN HAPPENINGS.
INCIDENTS THAT HAVE LATELY
OCCURRED.

An Interesting Summary of the More I'm
portant Doings of Our Ncighbors-wed-
dings and Deaths-Crimes, Casualties,
and General News Notes.
Tho following extracts from letter
10 the Detroit Free Press, from the Agri-
cultural College at Lansing, will prove
interesting, if not useful, to oil farmers
and horticulturists:
The strawberries, OF which 800 varieties are
fruited here, are commencing to rjpen in the
horticultural gardens, and as this fact becomes
noised about, the interest OF the students Ia
that direction increases vlsibly. Those who in
quire may ascertain some OF the following facts
| about this important Department of the college.
| The finely kept garden and beautiful campus of
sighty-five acres are I'm charge of this depart
ment and are kept in order by the juniors and
freshmen, WHO work about three hours every
afternoon. In this way they gain practical
81 he RSft fa9fs e ranhs a pran
ing and cultivating. Crops are also harvested,
| aud largely marketed by students as n art OF
their regular work. In connection with the
college department Is the United States expert.
\, mental station, whose operations are OF con-
/ sfdcreA,le cxeerrt Srrf fipOrcn roala.
Its orchard here comprises old standatd yarr-
ties for comparison with new and untried kinds,
/ and for specimen trees There are 800 varieties
/ OF apples and about forty each Of p,ars, plums,
peaches and cherries, and these will be added to
| as new and promising kinds brought out.
Russian varieties, fruited ut the Iowa station
| and considered desirable, aie in the collection.
| Some OF the pears are said to be as good as the
seckle. Trees of there kinds sent to Luce Coun-
ty last spring went through the winter without
any injury, while trees near them of our COM
| mon hardy kinds were badly hurt; aud like
| reports come from Crawford County where at
| the branch station at Grayling, 300 trees were
planted this spring OF kinds fitted to that dry
| soil and the cold winters
Fruit growers are being continually imposed
| upon by new and worthless high. priced plants
With their cooperation the station directors are
| endeavorlrg TO bring about n testing Of all new
| kinds before they are placed on the market.
| Such state Of facts would save the farmer
much waste Of time and money. With this in
| view fifty new varit ties OF Strawberries have
| been added this spring, many of which are un-
named seedlings. Twtnty-four plants of each
kind are taken, and twelve are grown in hills
and twelve in matted rows to find which method
of culture suits the variety bost. or blaokbor-
rios raspberries. gooseberries, currants and
grapes there is nlso n complete collection.
In the vegetable garden many varieties
| being tried with various methods of culture
and training. For example, potatoes different
amounts OF seed. cut or whole different dis
tances, depths and kinds OF fertilizers are be-
ing tried.
Complaints are often received from farmers
| regarding the vitality of the seeds Of certain
firms, 70 last spring in order t) test the value
Of seeds supplied, a collection Of common gar
den seeds was obtained for the station by an
outside party, from each o. the leading seeds
men of the courtry. They lcluded eighty kinds
o: beans, eighty o. peas, sixty OF radishes, fifty
Their vitality was tested both in testers and in
the SOIL and their average vitplity was found
to be fair, although many packets were utterly
worthless, not a single seed sproutng.
Experiments have been carried on to detor-
mine the value of various chenlicals for the de-
struction of the fungi injurious TO cultivated
plants. Particular attention was paid TO apple
scab, with the following results: An ammoni-
acal solution of copper carbonate applied in
| water-copper carbonate, three ounces aqua
ammonia, one quart water, thirty gallons-at
| intervals OF three weeks, between Maya and
August 10, 1889, resulted in 70 per cent less
| scaly fruit and an average gain of one barrel
TO each tree Copper sulphate in the form of
pedi0ed fap tGelae' or ind 'Ifult OF tho sprayed
trees was about doubled.
Columbus (0hio) dispatch TO Detroit
Free Press: Detroit Knights of St John
had the honor of leading the paraie of
the national order. The turnout was
simply immense, and undoubtedly was
the finest ever seen at any of the eleven
conventions held in the plst. Columbus
was in holiday attire, and thousands of
her citizens turned o1t to give most
cordial welcome to the visitors who came
from far and near. The procession was
about five miles in length, and moved
through the finest streets of the capital
city Each member OF the Detroit Com
manderies wore special badge de-
noting the city they hailed from, and il
was the general remark that the compa.
mics made the best showing in the great
parade. The Columbus papers speak
in the highest terms of the Detroit
companies and their fine military bear
ing.
The following articles of association
have been filed with the Secretary OF
State: Homer butter and cheese factory
Homer, $500; Grand Rapids Plaster
Company, CIR nd Rapids, SIPS, 900
/: Warren Scharf Asphalt Paving Company
CO.OOO; Zoophyte Lubricating Company
st. Clair, $4,000; Port Huron Pape
Clothing Company, Poit Huron, $4,000
the Hunt Chair Company, Detroit, $50,
600; the Natural Gas Fitting and Supply
, Company, Detroit, $1,000; MacatswI
Park Company, Holland, $500; the
Vermilion Il Masaba Iron Land Com
pany, Negaunee, Sl,0OO,OO0; Appleton
Mining Company, Norway, Sl,0O0,O0O
Northeast Negaunee Mining Company
$1,000, 900.
Judge Green and ID. b. Richardson
will establish box factory at Bay City
Saginaw City will issue $l2j,00
bonds, and with the proceeds erect
handsome city hall
Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti are to b.
connected by an electric railroad.
Otto Newkirk, of Milo. oscoda Coun
ty, who speaks six languages AMI car
shake hands in six more, has gone t
Castle Garden to act as polyglot tele
graph operator.
1t begins to look as though the Saul
; and Hay Lake Channel improvement
!, would not be made this year, as Congress
is evidently opposed to the appropriatio
asked for.
&C. NJ. Wostbrook, Macomb Count
farmer, living near Romeo, lost fort
fieeces of wool by thieves.
Nearly every town, city, and villag
in the State has been passing throug
commencement, aud there hasn't been
thing to mar the p easures of the occa
sions.
-Sergt. Conger, of the State Weathe