The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-08-16
FARM, FIELD, GARDEN.
Ezra Meeker on the Hop Louise
and Peach Culture.
AN uNPATENTED MILK TESTER.
Impaction Of the Rumen, and How to
Cure It-A Model Jersey Cow
Pruning of Bearing Trees.


them; don't like to hear about them; don't
like to see them or hear others tell about
seeing them. But as they are here, and
the good Lord has decreed there is room
for them in this big county of ours, we
must needs accept the fact and make the
best of it we can. Their presence engen-
ders murder in my heart. / can not now
turn my mind with patience towards Bud
dhism or any other creed that says, Thou
must not kill" for if it lie in my power
would kill every mothers son of them. I
am not, however, an expert on hop lice.
Fred and the two Joes are the authority
here. This trio took the case in hand
early and can tell the age of young calf
louise by the color of his eyes, the number
born a minute by the direction of the
pointers and all such mysteries as only the
experts in this occult science are able to
tell about. These "boys," though, know
something more than the science of the
hop louise; they have developed something
practical
SPRAY EARLY.
First-To spray early. In "Short Joe's"
yard, six rows were sprayed six weeks ago
when there were but few lice and but little
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though on each side there are enough to
make Joe say. dang it" on any other
day but Sunday.
THOROUGH WORK.
Second-To do thorough work. Where
the work is well done it counts-where
plenty of seed is left there is where the
encouragement commences for old mother
louise is fruitful and industrious.
THE BEST WASH.
Third-That the quassia chips and
whale oil soap wash is the best, and in fact
about the only thing that is dead shot. Z"
Report says, and believe it is true, that
the black alder or barberry wood bark, to
be found almost everywhere here, is good,
and may be substituted for the quassia
where that latter substance cannot be had.
Dick JEFF deserves pension for thinking
of this first.
WILL SAVE THE CROP.
/ am asked hundred times week, "Do
you think you will save the crop?" Why
of course we will; why not? The spray
ing cleans them out" (the hop lice), and
the men show no pity nor computations
of conscience, but take life by the million.
We sent for 81, 900 pounds of quassia chips
for ourselves and neighbors and more than
a carload of soap. Fred bought fourteen
pumps and set forty-lve men at work and
went at Them" and is Eat 'em" yet, and
what is better, is now master of the situa-
ton.
A LARGE CROP.
never saw finer prospect for hops in
my life than the 100 acres we have at Kent.
Thoro mil Lx. fax Lot @ho&
certainly go ton and half to the acre,
and maybe more; they are the best we
have had for years. Now the idea that
after having harvested twenty-six consecu-
tive crops that we would sit down and fold
our arms and let the crop ''go to the dogs"
is simply ridiculous. and I don't like to
have people ask that question. 1t rather
implies that the questioner thinks there
may be something lacking in the makeup
of our crowd.
PEACHES VS.. HOP LICE.
Harry Spinning sent US over two boxes
of peaches from Yakima. had been over
there few days ago and ate some as fine
as ever grew out of doors. Some good
people over there almost took umbrage be-
cause l expressed doubt they had as
good hop country as Puyallup. One
thing is certain, they didn't have as many
lice. There came hot wind the other
day and Mr.. Lice "keeled over" and we
are told that was the last of him. 1t
scorched some other things as well, am
told, but my!-don't it make the peaches
glow?
PEACHES STRAIGHT.
If were young man and wanted to
rise with the country; or old, and was
willing to take dust instead of mud for the
sake of gain, would go straight into the
Yakima country and plant peaches. One
hundred and sixty acres of peaches would
make man rich in five years. Let hun
dred such plant say hundred acres each,
so much the better, so that car loads or
train loads might go out, it would be a
more certain profit. We could then reach
the wider market, like We have done with
our hops.
FORGOT MYSELF.
But had almost forgotten myself: for
got that | sit down to write about hop lice.
not peaches, and had drifted off to another
subject, like the old deacon who "spoke
out In church" and didn't mean to. and
then kept speaking" | must quit short
off. else first thing We know | will have
drifted off into one of those old-time
familiar talks" that people used to have
their laugh about. and brother Alvord or
Whitney or some of those old-timers will
be asking me what know about dehorn-
ing, or the silo, or some such topic, in
their suggestive, quizzical way
E. MEEKER