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Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-10-22
TO GET RID OF HEN MITES.

VIII you favor your readers with some
reliable plan Of getting rid of chicken mites
where they haye secured a pretty fair es
adjustment on ones premises 4. 7.
Lockney, Tex.
Buy cheap grade of carbolic acid and
dilute it at the rate of one pint of acid to
five gallons of water. Sprinkle this well
about your hen roost and over all other
places where the mites have appeared, after
having raked up and burned all loose trash
about the premises. Use it freely about
the nesting places of your fowls. This will
promptly put an end to the mites. while it
will work no kind of harm to anything else
We have often seen it used as above.
Carbolic acid is very cheap substance;
if you buy it in bulk: furnishing your own
jug, the cost to you ought not to be much
above % cents gallon. If you go to drug
store and buy it in bottles as put up for
home use, it will come rather high.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-10-22
LOCO WEED POISONING.

would be indebted TO you for a remedy
through The GAZETTE for loco poison. A
valuable mare of mine has been poisoned
by loco weed, and l am extremely anxious
to get the poison out of her system if pos
sible. E. 4. Is.
Midland, Tex.
Loco poison seems to be- as yet, = trouble
without any known antidole. For some
time scientific mon have been investigating
the matter, and new men are constantly
coming into the field, but up to this time
little more appears 10 be known than was
known at the beginning of the work. If
anything of Importance grows out of these
Investigations We'll promptly lay the facts
before our readers, but at present we have
nothing reliable to recommend.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-10-22
trees in healthful condition and to make the

trees in healthful condition and TO make the
pruning must be the result of careful ob-
servation. Some branches of tree never
bear well, although they grow large and
bushy. If they refuse to bear for severa.
seasons in succession it may be profitable
TO remove the limb that is absorbing so
much energy of the tree without returning
anything for it. Inside of the top small
branches and twigs should be pruned away,
for the health of the largely depends upon
the freedom of these branches. Where
small branches become numerous so as u
form great heads they should be weeded
out.
A great zeal is said about the proper sea-
son for pruning, but really the season cuts
no particular figure in the case. MIR. Cham
bers says if any season is to be preferred
over other seasons that season Is probably
summer. In summer one can see which
branches are fruiting and which are not,
and so has fair showing for cutting away
the barren branches. The work of weed
ing out the small and Improbable branches
can be best done in summer. In summer
the tree can be pruned SO that every branch
will bear its quota of fruit; but of course
this work should not be carried to such an
extent as to wound the tree. Loss Of sap
must be taken into consideration, and i:
may be better to repeat the operation every
summer than to cut away too many limbs
at once.
Many branches start into growth which
should be rubbed OF with the hand or
pinched of while young and tender. This
will save pruning with knife later on.
When tree is once thoroughly pruned the
knife will be needed very little thereafter,
except to cut off dead limbs. By little
close watching one may make this summer
rubbing OF of the young sprouts pretty
effectually take the place Of pruning, once
the tree has been correctly pruned. 1t IL
jures the tree less than pruning; indeed, 1t
may be said TO injure the tree not al all
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-10-22
ON PRUNING FRUIT TREES,

would be very much obliged to you for
an article on the subject of pruning fruit
trees. Comparatively few people in this
country appear to well understand when
to prune, why to prune and how to pruue
Doubtless such an article would be Of great
interest to hosts of your readers l take
HE GAZETTE and consider it the best paper
for the farmer that have ever read. and
especially for the Texas farmer.
Parker county, Tex. RURALIsr.
MIR. >. w. Chambers, the well-known au-
thority in matters pertaining to the orchard,
says we must understand what we are to
prune for before we begin the work We
prune with many objects in view: To in
crease the growth of fruits, to increase the
size and favor, to get symmetry in the trees,
to rid the trees of dead branches, or those
affected by disease. Frequently it is neces-
sary to prune for several Of these objects
at the same time, but we ought to know
that we are doing so while the operation is
going on. This thing Of cutting and slash
ing among the trees without knowing why,
and hence in conformity to no particular
rule, is radically wrong. About one-half Of
our primers conclude that the orchard needs
pruning, so they go out and prune it, but
for the life of them they couldn't tell why
it needed pruning or what they pruned it
for.
When the young fruit trees are planted
they need little pruning for several seasons,
says Mr.. Chambers. Occasionally the dead
wood needs cutting OF, or some branch is
going to interfere with the general shape
of the tree. At this early age it is simply
necessary to prune for the purpose of shap-
ing and training the tree. After this the
tree is liable to grow 50 rapidly that all of
its strength goes to form wood and leaves.
This growth may be checked somewhat BY
pruning OF great deal of the superfuous
woody part, and forcing the sap into the
formation Of flowers and fruits. MANY
young trees exhibit this tendency to 20 all
to wood. but to certain extent this is de-
sirable, for the tree must obtain proper
ton, or it will never be large bearer. In
the early age Of trees life the main object
is to get healthy proportion between the
branches and the trunk, and to form good
foundation for the fruits to grow on.
After the tree has come into bearing the
question Of pruning becomes more compli-
catsa Que sas,ss NOW nrnna To kaAn thu
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-10-22
THE GRAPE UNDER 1Rs1Gar1oN.

Like so many others, 1 come to you for
advice. Partly from a love of seeing things
grow, and partly with view to learning
what attention to plants may be made to do.
I, about the 1st of June, last, turned my in
terest to three grape vines that had been
planted the preceding fall. No. 1 1 cult
waited and watered amply; No. 2 watered
only occasionally, when it really seemed to
need water, while No. 3 was left entirely to
itself, as is too often done by our people
with their grapes. All were on soil pre-
cisely alike.
Now for the result: No. made growth
of twelve feet, No. 2 1 growth of q little
less than three feet, while No. 8 made
growth OF less than one foot You may re-
gard this As an extrely small experiment,
but think it rather clearly demonstrates
the differerence in effect between water or
no water, artifcially given to the grape
vine.
And now comes in the place for asking
the advice that mainly prompted me in
writing you. A friend says must cut my
pretty vine down to the ground this fall,
else l will have no fruit next season. Is
that SOB An answer to this question
through THE GAZETTE may help others as
well as myself
Please do not print my name in full. My
young son expects to locate on section OF
land, and for his benefit l am saving ali the
Sunday GAzETTEs. l look upon your page
as most interesting feature of the paper,
and hope you may long continue in your no.
bic work, for you are certainly doing good
to the many. MRs. G.
Clarendon, Tex
Vineyardists usually trim down their
vines 10 favor the formation of ''fruiting
wood" as they call it, but in case of sim
gle vine or so we would trellis it up and let
it so. You will get fruit anyway if you
continue to give plenty of water. Thanks
for your kindly expressed opinion of our
hmm HE efforts
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-10-22
POPULAR SCIENCE.
MEMORY AN INDEX TO NEARING
OLD AGE.
"Old Genflemann-When TO Rest-That
Wonderful Telephone-Ths Sun Never
Sets on the United States.
How We Think

DR.. B. ". Richardson contributes . pa.
per to the Asclepiad, in which he says
memory is one Of the best tests by which to
decide that we are entering upon that Pc
riod Of life known as 'told age" When a
person begins to find the recollection Of
current and recent work failing, and when
he finds the recollection of events Of the
early part Of his life acutely perceptible,
and by kind of spontaneity recurrent, the
evidence is certain that the mind Of that
person is aging. The fact is still further
emphasized if, with the remembrance OF
past days, there is a sympathetic response
calling forth sentimental feeling either Of
pleasure or of pain. There probably is
physiological reason for these phenomena
In early life certain centers Of the hEzin
aTA fiilI with inanra.Aiena-A. fAn@>
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-10-22
DRINK For COWS.

More or less has been said in these COL
umns with reference to the need of good and
pure water for horses, which was certainly
all well enough, but as yet the cow has been
left out in that kind of consideration. And
when we have reflected moment we must
see that personally we are more concerned
in what the cow drinks than we are in what
the horse drinks.
There could be no more serious subject
for the cow-owner to take into consideration
Just at this season of the year. says the
American Dairyman, than that of providing
the COW, and particularly the milk-giying
COW, with an abundant supply of pure
water. Remember that cows in milk, when
fed on ordinary rations-that is, such food
as is not abnormally succulent-will each
drink from one hundred to one hundred and
thirty pounds of water per diem, and this
amount of water is too much for her to take
at one time. In other words. she should be
allowed to procure water easily and of the
very best quality whenever she wants it.
1t Is useless to attempt to depend upon cis-
terms if there are many cows, for they
just when the water is scarcest.
That is, dry weather makes them
thirsty when the cisterns are lowest. The
only safe dependence is on streams and
springs that never go dry and deep
wells that do not feel the surface drouth.
The water should be distributed over the
fields if the cows are at pasture, so that
they are not required to walk too far in dry
weather, for cows will deny themselves
water, and thus cause the milk to shrink,
rather than take a long walk to procure it.
OF course we cannot always have springs
and fine wells at every point in Texas
where they might be desirable, yet there is
no rubbing it out that many of our milk
giving COWS are forced to drink worse wa
ter than actual necessity calls for, SO far
as relates to the owner
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-10-22
ON PECAN PLANTING, ETC,

Almost every day we are asked for arti-
Giles on pecan planting and culture Already
the entire subject has been handled through
various articles appearing in these columns,
but unfortunately our friends do not appear
70 have kept regular files of the paper The
same thing over and over is apt 10 become
somewhat nonotonous. eventually, still we
will venture TO run over it once more, in
brief.
The best time for planting pecans is so
soon IS they have dropped from the trees
entirely ripe, that is, before the nuts have
entirely dried out. IF not ready to plant at
this time We would recommend that the
nuts be wrapped'in cloth or tied up in 4
SACK and buried in the ground where they
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-10-22

their top buds sticking out. Rake every
thing level and give water occasionally at
forwards.
II you follow these directions closely al
most every cutting Will grow and make a
nice vine ready for setting n the vineyard
the next spring.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-10-22

ploy many laborers and make the South
richer.
While the olive is a coast and compare
lively low-land tree, the land for it would
need to be Of good drainage; that is, the
olive would not succeed on swampy land.
1t the land will grow the peach tree it can
be safely trusted for the olive.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-10-22
ON BLACK SHEEP.

Is there such thing as a breed of black
sheep! 1t Is no uncommon thing for black
sheep to appear in a white flock. but, as
yet, l have heard of no explanation as to
how it happens. a neighbor of mine says
he once saw O large flock of sheep, all
black, but I have asked several weli-ln-
formed sheep raiserS about the matter and
they have all told me that there is no regu-
lar race of black sheep. Please answer
through THE GAZETTE. B. C. GAINES.
McLennan county, Tex.
There is no regular breed of black sheep
the black sheep seems to be freak Of M
ture not easily explainable. 1t is like the
red ear Of corn In the cornfield where only
white corn was planted.
A breed Of black sheep would be some
thing much in demand, and, according to
late issue of the North British Agricultu-
rist, there is large fockmaster in Austria
liza who is endeavoring to establish black
breed. He works by breeding black to
black, to be followed by careful selection.
The result of this breeding is largely white,
though he thinks he is gaining somewhat on
the color. The Agriculturist says:
Cases often occur where both sire and
dam are black and the lambs white As
something does not come from nothing,
black blood must be diffused throughout
most 1ocks. Where wool is to be dyed Q
deep color, it is claimed that the '.basic pig
ment" of black wool being already pro
vided, it absorbs less dye and makes more
enduring color. However this may be,
there is a serious objection to black sheep,
because their coats absorb more rays of the
sun than the white, the heat thus affecting
them more readily and more seriously
Still, for all this an established black breed
would find extensive sale through the nov
city of the thing, if nothing else.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-10-22
OUR CORRESPONDENTS.

This department is devoted to answering
such questions as may be asked by our sub
scribers, which may be Of general information.
Inquiries OF personal character that require an
closed. Please give full name and postofice
address in addition to any such signature as
Subscriber" or IA G. D." not for publication.
direct communication should such 4 thing be
deemed necessary. Address as directed at head
Of this page
The Opelousas courier., 1891-04-04

STRANGE REVOLUTION IN WoMANs DRESS
WILL AMERICAN LADIES DARE ADOPT IT3-Some
predict that the great-change in the fashion
ing of the clothes which are to be worn by
women this coming season is the most won
derfuI victory of the nineteenth century-if
fashion leaders can be induced to adopt it,
and appear just once in public so arrayed.
Men will hold their breath in wonder at the
marvellous change it makes in lovely woman.
Few of the fair sex can help being beautiful
in these ~glove-itting costumes says a writer
10 a recent number of The New FORK and
Paris Young Ladies' Fashion BaSar. h.This
magazine is the only one in Europe or Ameri-
ca which makes a speciality of giving those
inclined to stoutness an unrivaled appearance
of sculptured ~slinness,p said Her Royal High
ness the Princess Of Wales. Madame Patti
has ordered fromIthe Paris house four magnif
cent costumes, the designs of which appear
III the April number of this Fashion Bazaar
and in this magazine only.
Mrs. Harrison is greatly fascinated with
the exquisite gem, costume No. A, in the April
number. 1t is expected she will give an or
der for an exact counterpart of it, the whole
front of which will be incrusted with PIN
head diamonds. This gown alone will be
worth q kings ransom.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-04-04
The Book Trust knocked out.
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This elegant new etifion we still offer at
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Remembe q this is not an infringement, but
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The Opelousas courier., 1891-04-04

Little judith, the eight year old daughter
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Advocate, Des Moines, Iowa, on learning that
her special playmate, q child of her own age,
had taken the whooping cough, took a bottle
of medicine. which had cured her of a trouble
some cough, and went over and said ''You
must take this medicine; it will do you geod.H
Mr.. Mullineaux was curious as to the result
and on making inquiry learned that the little
neighbor, who had been unable to rest at
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the genial action of this admirable remedy,
was loosened. The medicine liquefes the
mucus and enables the sufferer to throw it
of. The attack in the beginning gave every
evidence of being a severe attack of whoop-
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but this preparation, while perhaps it may
not be- a positive cure for the disease, is I'M
doubtedly able TO alleviate it. If It does not
cure It, it win give unquestioned relief. The
medicine referred to is Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy. For sale by j. Lassalle and all
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The Opelousas courier., 1891-04-04
of Interest TO Writers.
A LABOR SAVING INVENTION INDISPENSABLE TO.
ALI WHO WRITE.


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The Memoir OF jefferson Davis.
THE LIFE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE COME.
DERAcY. AS OLD BIZ HIS WIFE.

$3.50 -~--
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En- annoncant aux ~lecteurs du Cour

En- annoncant aux lecteurs du Cour
rier des 0pelouaas, notre connection
avec ce Journal, mons avons tout lieu
de croire que les %persounes intellignn-
tes pc r~allieront a nons.
Nous ne produitous que de- matt
eres interessantes pour la loeaIite et Ia
commnnaute 1T aucune expression in
convenante ne sortira j~aInais de notre
plume. Ellie est trop pure ponr celia
ct ellie salt certainement, non pas c.
qu'elle dit. mails CO qu'elle exprime
Les j6unes FLIES dts 0pelonsas pour
ront, cette fois sans danger ct sans rougir
lire nos articles dontla plus grande par
tie ieur sont consacres: Files y tronve-
ront un certain p~laisir, nous l~'esperons.
c'eat leur bonner Passurance que cha
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The Opelousas courier., 1891-04-04
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