The Columbus journal., 1894-08-22

than any othe-. as it is almost Us good
and brought Danish down from 1876 to
ITO shillings. They use no coloring
matter aud salt ; per cent. Their
packages are virtually air tight, the
box is enameled inside, wrapped in
parchment paper, no salt visible, but
they have a spraying of borax over
the surface between the paper and the
butter; when it opens it glistens like
the morning dew, and 1 never saw any
strong or sidy cut of all l looked at.
They have made mo:c advancement in
the dairy industry IN five years than
we have made in twenty five, and can
give us pointers.
The Russian Thistle.
The Russian thistle has become
abundant " a large extent of coun-
try in the Dakotas, and has also been
found in Minnesota, Wisconsin,, Iowa,
Nebraska and Kansas. 1t has not yet
been reported as found in Illinois, but
it is easily possible that it may now be
growing in the state. The most prob
able location would be along the lines
of railroads in northern Illinois, al
though the seeds may have been in
grain or grass seed shipped from the
infested region. The plant is said to
have been brought to this country in
fax seed sown in southeastern Dakota
in 1873. Perhaps the expenditure of
one dollars worth of work in 1874
would have er.dicated the now scrl-
GUS pest 1t is now doubtful if il will
ever be eradicltcd. 1t is very dcsir-
able that farmers generally should be
on the outlook and see that any plants
suspected of being this o called thistle
are at once destroyed. When mature
in September or October the plant
looks somewhat like the common tum-
BILE weed of the west. 1t is often two
or three feet high and twice as much
in diameter. The color of the mature
plant Is crimson The humber of seeds
produced by one plant often reaches
many thousands. When the plant is
young it is readily eaten by farm ami
mais. While there is reason to hone
that this weed would not thrive so
we'll in Illinois as 1t has in the north
west, the prevention of its getting q
foothold in the state is q matter OF
very great Importance. The L. S. de-
partment of agriculture has ~recently
published a bulletin quite fully dis.
cussing the history and modes of de-
stroying the weed.
RASPBERRY ELIGHT.-There is a dis
ease now affecting the Black Cap va
riety of raspber-ies. which, unless
energetically fought, will ex;erminate
the useful plant, writes the Glenbeu-
lah correspondent of the Sheboygan
County News. 1t is called blight and
may first be discerned in small dark
specks upon the bark, it spreads unit!
portions flake fl, the leaves darxen.
wither and drcop and the bush looks
as though it had been blasted Gy fire.
Spray with the bordeaux mixture
The mixture is one pound blue vi,riol
and one pound unslacked lime, powder
and dissolve the vitriol and also siacken
the lime separately, mix with enough
wafer to make twenty gallons: get a
good sprayer. one may 5e had OF any
hardware dealer at $3.50. The canes
should be sprayed before leafng In
the spring; again after full foliage.
the new canes when 8 inches
high and again When fully
grown, again when the old canes
are cut out, which should be
done at once after the crop is har-
ros<a6 E,ltn~ THE c,ur.a until .Lo
trouble is mastered. With bushes
troubled with yeilows, dig up by the
roots and burn.