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Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-08-14
y,oro,,e Disease in Pear Trees.


yon- .rti.ls in the agricultural department OF
Tar GAZETTE of August bore to me peculiar
;pterest. being directly in my line OF inyestiga-
finn For wears have been earnestly engaseu
determining the melting causes OF human ms
adv and as this has reached settled phase VI
scientific fact to me, what say nay DC o Sno
use to YOU if in no other direction, at least sug
gestively. ...t,o ,nicrobe
tallies exactly with the human mlcrooe IN g ;
on characteristics and mole OF propagation;
The thing in which your article seems ui1Set'iTu
is in The peculiar mode OF infection. on ~
most speak it out when you mention tne UIsS
diffusion OF dried aud disintegrated mlcrooe
from infected trees. and Just here oeileT 10
help along. All wicrobe an STU Oh loea s q,
ton that IS, before having oeeh Leli, - 20
snv wav are active while the moment they are
ioosened and become subject to the decompEs.tg
process they are passive: en- Gus ~ Iiiss
Nv the massive su6st lnce l. tecdndltory, or 80
the pollen of flowers, they render active she
latent microbe forming on new spots on oShef
trees. .L.. oxtstenca is
bacterial, then, and is communicated Just as
you say, .ho.a oe.rnira1 nara
sites. the microbe, they are propagated spon.
tnneously in any form of foreign matter, as the
messy secretions in trees, which, wnen uainp
from dews or wet with rains, hold ana accuInu-
late elrthy and vegetable dust. when py u
| composing become spontaneous beus VI ~ hir
| crobe When tuese become very numerous tAeJ
| devotion into disease independently "nlle paS
terial contact merely has the effect OF ueVelopI
| ing new cases where SUFFICIENT quahuIy "
micrcb has not yet accumulated lor lhue Pe1Iu
n,'t 1n,nifestafi IN. Thus the contagion occurs
and the development of the disease is hasfened
More care should be taken to cleanse vatuap ~
trees Soapsuds used as wash oscaS ;t Nd,
| will prevent microbic accumulation, put IL nlus'
DC Ely Wnrfb Tex. J. WALTON MAcoY.
We are always thankful to our friends
for .shelping us along" in our unsettled
cases, but in this particular instance VI
would beg our correspondent to MAKE
note of the fact that, as stated IN th'
article, We were simply advancing tn
position taken by Professor b. NJ. want
who is quite generally accepted as tn
very best authority In his specially Know
to the people of the United States. Pro
lessor Wait Is the party who has bee
helped along, and doubtless he Will Zee
grateful to our correspondent when
receives the marked copy OF this pape
hat we shall send him.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-08-14

draw out the water, and this demands
quite good deal of labor. IL the con-
veniences are such Us to secure constant
stream, the water should escape by al
overflow; II not, il should escape irotn
an opening In the bottom of the vat that
can be closed and opened at Will II
there Is not constant regular no" Sc
cured the water must be changed often
enough to keep the temperature OF the
milk about 81 deg. The milk must tneh
be allowed to set until all the cream mas
risen to the surface. He allows 1t TO re-
main until the milk has clabbered. lne
milk is then SKINNED ana the cream
properly kept until ready for churhiuS.
In the artesian areas OF Texas "uelo
shallow boring secures an ahinuah' out-
How of water, ii seems TO us that IN iii-
mense farm dairy industry ought u
spring into early Development. hoou
county, where Professor Hill touhu
shallow artesian well on almost every
farm. offers fair example of the Kinu
of region we have in mind. All the eaSt-
ern border of the Fort Worth anu "aeo
artesiau area presents about the s"'n
| character so far as relates to the posi-
bility of securing shallow nrteslau welis'
We are unable to give the temperate
! of the water flowing from these shalio"
wells, but suppose that comin3 lio'. :,
| stratum only about 100 feet OeIo" Tue
surface it must be entirely cool enough
| for oil needs of the dairy.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-08-14
California Plums.

Isee large quantities of California plums now
on the f, nit stands of Fort Worth. For eating
purposes they are not much to speak OF. but
thew look well and people buy them literally.
DIV you think plums anything like these might
be raised in Texas?
Fort Worth, Tex.
Under conditions the same as prevail IN
California, so far as relates to water sup
ply. we feel confident that the same
varieties might be as successfully raised
here as in California. Those plums are
raised on irrigated grounds. Irrigation
would make them success here. The
trouble with our plum culture lies IN our
not unusual fall droughts. Ihese
droughts put the trees into state OF
rest, aud then when the late fall or
winter ruins come on they start into new
growth. This renders them so tender
that the first cold snap to come along
kills the fruit buds. Now, II the trees
were irrigated and kept growing through
the dry season their natural period OF
rest would come on with the cool weather
instead of before, for trees must rest at
some time in the season. Being at rest
then III the winter, the fruit buds would
I be more hardv-too hardy 10 be affected
/ bv our light freezes-and hence they q
get through ali right, giving us Tue ylelds
! of DlumS.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-08-14

have as fine lot of pumpkins now in the
Brazos bottom as you ever set eyes on. but the
miserable back pumpkin or squash bugs. that
smell so ba ilv when you crush them, are giving
me great deal of trouble. 1t seems that they
will DESTROY nv pumpkins despite of everything
I can do. Is there no way Of getting nd OF
them? % - ~
Hearne, Tex.
..Kerosene dust" is being highly rec
commended by the state entomologist of
Arkansas for such pests. To half q
bushel of fine road dust add one-fourth
of pint of kerosene, working the latter
well through the dust. Sprinkle this
over your vines when the dew Is on,
throwing 1t along the stems and on the
under side of the leaves as much as pos
sible. 1t will not injure the vines, but it
will kill the young bugs and cause the
old ones to emigrate. The well-known
kerosene emulsion might answer the
same purpose, but this will do equally as
we'll, and has an advantage In being
cheaper and more easily made.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-08-14
Bitter Weed and Mix.

Mr.. J. H. Brinehurst of Houston.
Tex, says he has seen it in print that
soda given to cows would destroy the
bad effects of bitter weed (helenium) :,
SO far as relates to the bad favor 1t
lmparus TO milk. III his portion or the
state common salt is employed IN the
same way and for the same purpose.
Give each at each feed about . table-
spoonful, which in q few days destroys
the bitter in the milk, the effect of the
bitter weed, aud he considers it much
better for the purpose than soda. Then 4,
he reasons, salt is q necessary article of
food for stock as we'll as for man Z.
Furthermore, salt destroys that cowy
taste milk sometimes has, making il
sweeter and purer, and giving :he COW q
relish for her food aud drink. The
'soda' meant by Mr.. Bringhurst is
doubtless the common carbonate oil
sodium. If this eau be counted upon q:
of value rs remedy for the 'bittel
weed troubles, common salt would, il
all probability, be OF equal value, as II
is simply another form of soda--chloride
of sodium. 1t would certainly seem NOR,
natural to be feeding salt TO one cattle
than TO be dosing them with soda.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-08-14

must be turned TO his use to carry him
along to the fettening time, and then for
a brief period better foods. as corn and
the like, must be resorted to for the pur-
pose of getting him into the condition
for going upon the market as first-clsss
pork.
Than the hog, no regular farm animal
is more easily raised. He is strictly
farm animal-you cannot make range
animal out of him and expect TO get from
him his best. Ia that respect he is diff
ferent from either cattle or sheep. You
may raise him on the range but not for
mdrket-his range development will not
be sufficient to carry him up to the
standard. There may long continue to
be in Texas great cattle ranches owned
| and managed by cattle kings, but there
! can never be any great hog ranches-the
! hog must be strictly the product of the
| regular farm.
! Not many days ago o gentleman told
US that the consumption of hog flesh was
rapidly on the increase in Texas. AS the
country settled up and the cattle range
became interfered with people were turn
ing their attention more to the produce
ton of pork, and those not producing 1t
were buying a Northern product. He
regretted to see this, he said, for in his
opinion pork was comparatively IN
wholesome as q food We well know
that this last impression is widespread,
but in our opinion 1t is without good
foundation. Hog meat may be cured in
q way or prepared for the table i'll way
that Will render it more unwholesome
than beef, but otherwise We consider
that IL is not.
The hog is liable to comparatively few
diseases, and upon this fact may be based
one argument i'll favor of the wholesome
ness of pork But tn re Is yet another and
stronger argument that may be pointed
IN the same direction. Nature seems tc
have made the hog to figure as scaren-
ger, therefore IL became necessary TO SO
arrange hun that his organization would
throw off all poisonous elements tha'
might exist in his food, holding on u
, only the elements entirely suited to hi
sustenance and development. As con
sequence, when we use Log flesh as foot
we are not affected by any bad element
> that che hog may have taken. Not so II
/ the case of most other kinds OF flesh
f To demonstrate the hogs pecularit!
in the way of throwing off imprope
( elements that may exist in hi
J food, mix dose of arsenic
/ strychuiue into his bran mash
( He will cut it all together aud never ex
hibit any resultant bad symptoms, !
Z very little of the same mess would haV
= killed either n sheep or steer.
r It is common to hear people denoune
= the hog as scrofulous peast-Why
g Where is the person who ever saw
@ srFofulous tumor on b 81
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-08-14

This is the COW that, all things con-
sidered. brings to her owner the most
profitable returns. The question as TO
what returns she brings is not thing to
be merely guessed at-guess-work seldom
works to correctness in su h cases. a
record must be carefully made extending
the year round. II, says Mr.. s. L.
Burnnp of Hutto, Tex, writing Tor the
Texas Stockman and Farmer, should
show what she has done during the year
in milk, cream and butter, and ut what
cost, everything being summed up IN
dollars aud cents. Single day tests, or
week tests, or month tests may De I'LL
we'll enough so far as they go, but they
do not settle the man question as 10
what the COW is really capable OF DONG
in the way of permanent profit to her
owner. The growing question IN the
case Is this. What does she take out OF
my pocket for feed and care! "hat
does she put back for products SOLD
These questions can be answered only by
the daily record. When dairYman
adopts the practice of keeping daily
record of the cost and profit of each cow
his business will begin TO improve, for ne
will soon be found getting rid OF all nj;
Improbable stock.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-08-14

Mr.. Frank Campbell, who does great
deal of sensible talking through the pa
pers, Gays for generations past promi-
nent question among farm people has
been, "What shall we do to keep our
boTs on the farm?' But it is not
question of so much Importance now as
1t was in the past. The world grows
better day by day. generally speaking,
and as it does SO the attractions of the
farm and farm life are keeping pace with
the times. The complaints against the
boy who would not stay on the farm are
not so common as they used 10 be. There
are attractions ut home for the inquisitive
mind. The locomotive may now be
studied in the engine that comes every
wear TO the farm to run the thresher; the
revolving wheels and peculiar mechan-
ism. once so attractive in the foundry
and factory, may now be seen in the
field. as the modern self-biuder maps the
grain, as the planter puts the corn in the
ground. The novelty of farming is now
as great as that of any other occupation
and the farmers boy has no longer to &c
to town to see something new. Charac-
ter, too, may be developed on the farm
as in no other place on earth, aud the
farmers boy is beginning to find it out
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-08-14

was. should he excavate hole four
t tss, in diameter and i've feet deep, and
then all the first three feet feet with with sana
rock aud the upper two Zee, .,s win u .s,s
ssua. Would such preparation as I'M:
I be- the bests He is rather afraid that
sandstone may become i%ps sIis Us to to
water and form cistern anu noLu water va. 7
for three. four or even six months at a
~, - WonId this underground water
kill or rnjure the pear ireesF 49,,
Mr.. e. W. Kirkpa'riek' the the noted
horticulturist of Mckinney Tex, re,
rIiss to Mr.. smith rs follows: 81 would
p'.e' ~ 40, ,he innd for pear orchard
a. for cotton or corn. Open hole
s snr,, ,g to receive the roots of the pear
tree, so that the tree will be an d insn OF
more deeper than when dug. openin4
a large hole is not necessary. saw
go err fine penrs at Lampasas thi:
mont month. The west seems well adapted tc
many kinds of fruits.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-08-14

have Just read with much pleasure your arti-
Gle in Sundays GAZETTE on the Fort Worth
Waco artesian we'll area. 1t is timely and Of
special i'm portance, particularly to agricultur-
lists and horticulturists. believe you have
held up to view the key that is to unlock one OF
the mcst import ant problems now Vexlng the
Tuck-grcwers and farmers of this region. An
abundant water supply is all we need. We have
an active horticultural SOC, sosietj mere ana are
Pilot Point, Tex. A. M. hAsLANp'
DR.. Ragland Is secretary of the horti-
cultural society he refers to, and is, fur
thernore, one of the most energetic and
progressive horticulturists of which the
Lone Star state can boast. He loves
horticulture for itself, and particularly
Texas horticulture. One blast like the
above from such person as DR.. Rag
land sis worth an hundred men, sure
anOuQl.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-08-14

The large brownish ant sometimes called the
horticultural ant" is giving me much trouble
in nv cotton field. 1t seems to have secured q
repular set on my plantation, and wherever 1t
Starts hill il cuts down the young cotton ior
space OF ten or fiji cen feet across. Can you
noint out to me some means OF getting rld OF TINS
nastP so far l have tried on it everything can
hear of. but it still remains master Oh the stE@-
ton. a.
Calvert, Tex.
Some years ago We worked on this
same ant with bisulphide of carbon ,and
( und the remedy success In every
case. We made hole i'll the hill with
All iron bar, poured in two ounces or
the LIQUID and quickly closed the hole,
beating the soil down upon it. The
speedy closing of the hole Is necessary
on account of the volatile character or
the Iiuuid-unconfined it would soon es-
cane without DONG much harm to the
ants. but confined its fumes eventually
destroy them.
Bisuluhide of carbon should be
| hardled with care, as it is highly eXplo-
| siye If brought into contact with hre.
! The man who handles it must leave of
| his smoking at the time, if he happens tC
| be smoker.
This substance may be bought in mos
of the large cities, by the can of twenty
five or thirty pounds at about htteer
cents a pound. In small or 'brokeI
parcels" it would come much higher.
The same liquid is sometimes used TO
destroying prairie dogs. A wad oil cot
ton about the size of a hens egg Is sat
urated with it, thrust into the hole. ant
the mouth OF the hole closed. 1t Kill
everything within.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-08-14
arte,ian Water VS.. Texas Fever.

In Texas Stockman and Farmer TO-
June 81 Col. Fulton takes the position
that the so-called Texas cattle fever may
lie traced directly to impure water used
by the stock. He says the disease Is due
to a microbe which breeds in impure
water In the same paper lot July u
Mr.. L. L. Seller, another good authority
saws: "Col. Fulton is right on the pure
water question, aud If there were no
other good reasons for his vigorous ad-
vocacy of it, this one or reducing
sweeping disease would be ample to en-
title him to the gratitude of all VINO nave
the wisdom to follow his example and
advice.
Presenting these gentlemen to be cor
rect land there is no kind of good reason
why they should not be) We have held
up before us the promise OF another
great good to result to cur artesian well
areas when the artesian waters shall
have been brought into general use. NO
more cattle fever to originate on those
areas-why, this thought alone ought to
be enough to at once deeply interest Inc
| people of Texas in artesiau wells.
II must be admitted that the water
now used by stock in many sections OF
our state is exceedingly bad-staguant
"tank' water capable of breeding al
most anything, it would seem. But II
is not at all probable that Col. Fulton s
| deadly microbe could inhabit arteslau
water for two reasons: First, the water
being entirely free from stagna-
ton would not offer suitable uidu
for its reproduction (for Col. Full
ton says it will not propagate IL
distilled water); and, second, supposing
1t could exist aud propagate in non -stag
nant water, the strong probability still
remains that the slightly nineralized
condition of our artesian waters woult
render them entirely fatal to creature
so deltcately organized rs the Texas cat
tie fever mlcrobe.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-08-14
THAT FORCE BILL
Opposition at the Hands of Merchants Of New
York and Elsewhers-Both Parties
Denounce the Bill


Special to the Gazette.
NEW YORK, Aug. s.-That the forcs
bill will meet with very formidable oppo.
sition at the hands of merchants in this
CITY aud elsewhere IS shown by the move
ment instituted by F. B. Thurber AND
John G. TreadwelI for the purpose OF
srousing not only the merchants OF New
York, but all over the country, to the
free realization of the commercial de-
VISITATION that would certainly be brought
by enactment of the Lodge Dill. ms
gentlemen connected with the movements
are f. b. Thurber, grocery; John EarlYI
woodenware; e. s. Parsons, shoesi f.
II. WHITE, hardware; John T. Treadwell,
groceries; Charles NJ. Martin, dairy pro-
ducts, and Joseph Hamolin, hotel pro-
Drietor. Petitions are being sent to all
large mercantile establishments in the
CITY, and the movement proposes send
ing them TO all representative merchants
! in all parts of the country. There Is
room on the petition for about $50 sigma
| lures. On each potion is printed eXcep-
| tious taken to the force bill by the busi-
| ness mems non-partisan committee, as
| the promptors of the movement are more
/ properly called.
! /. The petition asserts the enactment
| of the force bill unnecessary aud mex
pedient, and calculated to create discord
| batweeu the North and South.
>. 1t will tend to renew the shoulder
ing embers of the race question, which
time and education are gradually eXtin-
| gushing.
8. 1t would tend TO destroy the com
mercial relations existing between the
| North and South, and treat as of no itn-
portauce the great progress that has
been made since the termination OF the
late war.
/. Its introduction was prompted sole
" from partisan motives, without taking
into consideration the business interests
of the country.
In the large mercantile houses in and
around West Broadway which were Wis
tied this morning, the general concensus
of opinion was that the force bill was the
most outrageous measure that congress
has attempted to thrust upon the people
in recent years. Republicans aud DEM
ocrats alike did not miuce matters IN de-
bouncing the bill.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-08-14
FATAL ACCIDENT.

Boy Drives Into His Companion thu Cold
and Bitter sting Of Death.
Correspondence of the Gazette.
MONTAGUE, TEN. Aug. About IL
O'Clock this morning an accident occur
red one and half miles sou theast of
here which resulted in the death of
five-vear-uld son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Pickett. Andrew Carroll, boy OF
twelve years, and little Puckett were out
hunting, during which time Andrew re-
loaded his gun. Having capped his gun
and while resting it upon his thigh, he
started to lower the hammer upon the
tube, when it slipped from his fingers,
discharging the gun and emptying load
of birdshot into the head of his little
companion. The little fellow, the VIC
tim of childish accident, linaered about
five minutes in the throes of death, and
the lamp of life burned quickly to an
end.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-08-14
The White Guinea Fowl.

This bird, now attracting good deal
of attention, is being classed a species
distinct from that of the speckled guinea
We had regarded It as only variety.
The Southern CuItivator says it is ma
tive of Africa, where it is quite gener-
ally called the ''pinado. In douesti-
cation 1t has not yet sufficiently ontgrown
its wild nature TO admit OF close confine-
,neut. With some propriety IL may be
called the Watchdog Of the poultry yard
Ever watchtul and on the alert, 1t gives
the note OF warning on the first approach
. of danger.
II very profitable on the farm or in
ths orchard being an industrious fora
ger aud excellent insect destroyer; will
DESTROY more insects than all other poul-
try combined, and is not destructive &c
growing crops. It can be kept without aul
cost for food. particularly in the lowe
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-08-14
The Castor Bean Against aoles.

Sparta, Texas,
find it stated in the papers that the common
castor bean or palma christi, il planted here
and there in the garden will effectually keep all
noIes away. Do YOU regard this as factE
Moles are very troublesome here In some sea,
sons and we would very much like to find
something that we could head them off with
4 LADY.
That castor bean and mole story Is
very old one, but it is pure nonsense all
the same. Planted in your garden as q
mole remedy castor beans would do no
more good in the direction intended than
would either coru or okra. During our
early farm experience in the Ohio river
valley castor beans were one OF the main
crops there, and moles blowing under
the hills and causing the young plants to
dry out and die were the worst pest we
had to contend against. The beans
wouldn I keep the moles away then, ana
therefore il would be very unreasonable
to suppose that they would do it now.