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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-10-30

! of the cabbage pads per hour or 5000 to
5000 per day of ten hours. One person
will put on from 300 to 500 per hnur &C.
cordlng to the rapidity of the workman.
The paper that we use costs from II to
II cents per pound at wholesale, or from
% to 3 cents at retail, and one pound
makes about 200 pads. In giving in
structions to anyone in regard to using
pads, always caution them about getting
the pads too low down. foriif they are
covered with enough earth so that the
earth above the card remains moist the
maggots will work over the pads. We
had one bed of cabbage two years ago
that illustrated this point in the most
perfect m amer. The bed extended from
ground that was quite firm to some that
was very soft, and in the soft part the
boys set the plants too low and the earth
gathered IN over the pads and the mag
gots got their work in according to the
amount Of earth there was over the
pads. On this same bed | made an ex-.
pertinent without and with the pads and
the result proved, as it had before, that
beyond ali question the pads do all that
we have claimed for them.
GEO. b. SMITH.
Being very favorably impressed with
Golf, we Planned TO further Test it on our
experiment plot on Long Island. ltre7
Qulred but a glance over the field from
the west end to determine which rows
had been treated with the preventives,
and especially was this true of those pros
tected by the cards. However, as we
row, and vhe fifth, a treated row, it soon
became evident that either the cards had
offered but little protection to the plants
IN the east half of the latter row, or thai
we had not followed the plan. For tht
east half of the fourth row, which shOuN
have had but few plants standing, judg
ing from the other untreated rows
showed nearly all the plants in good con
dition, Further examination shOwet
that we had made mistake and tn
cards had been applied TO the east hal
of the fourth row instead. Thus tn
preventive experiments were planned az
cording to the following diagram:
1st row: Tobacco Dust Paper Pads
I'd row: Untreated Untreated. j
Sd row: Paper Pads Carholtc Acld Emusic
4th row: Untreated Paper Pads.
9Th row CarbOlic Acid
Emulsion Untreated ?
9Th: row Paper Pads Tobacco DUST. .
This mistake only served to bril- = .
out more strongly the effectiveness !
the cards. :;
When the examination was mat
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-10-30

cut snugly around the stem" At a in
fig ure is shown a card properly ap
piled to the stem of geranium; b shows
a card carelessly put on.
Mr.. P. J. Diepold of Madison. Wis,
has made several of the cutters; he
charged SO so each, and makes very
satisfactory tool. The best grade of pa
per to use is what is termed lone ply
tarred felt" 1t can be bought in retail
lots for from 2 to 4 cents per pound.
The following letter published by Mr..
Golf gives reliable data as to the cost of
the cards, the labor OF applying them
on large scale, and other useful hints:
GREEN BAY, Wis. April -, 1894.
Our young man cuts from 500 to 600
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-10-30

Smith Brothers used about Is, 900 of the
cards and had no maggots, except where
the cards we're not properly put on.
These experiments having established
the practicability of the tarred paper
cards, the method was published by Mr..
Golf in 1891. We have reproduced Mr..
COTS outline drawings of one of the
cards Gig. } natural size, of the cut
ting tool Gig. g. about ] natural size,
and of the diagram showing how the
tool is to be used Gig. s. much reduced.
We quote Mr.. COTS concise descrip-
tions Of the cards and tool land their use:
1.-The cards are cut in hexagonal form,
in order to better economic the mate
rial, and thinner grade of tarred paper
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-10-30

FIG. 1.-THE McGowen Injector. and how to use
it is not only cheaper, but being more
flexible, the cards made from it are
more readily placed about the plant
without being torn"
''The blade of the tool, which should
be made by an expert blacksmith, is
formed from a band of steel. bent in the
form of a half hexagon, and then taking
an acute angle, reaches nearly to the
center, as shown in figure 5. The part
making the star-shaped cut is formed
from separate piece of steel, so at
tached to the handle as to make a close
joint with the blade. The latter is
beveled from the outside all around, so
star-shaped cut, the edge may be ground
on grindstone 1t is important that
the angles in the blade be made perfect.
and that it's outline represents an exact
half hexagon.
''To use the tool, place the tarred pa
per on the end of a section of log or
piece of timber and first cut the lower
edge into notches, as indicated in figure
13, using only one angle of the tool.
| Then commence at the left side, and
place the blade as indicated by the
dotted lines, and strike at the end of the
handle with a light mallet, and COM
plete card is made. Continue in this
manner across the paper. The first cut
of every alternate course will make an
i'm perfect card, and the last cut in any
course may be imperfect, but the other
cuts will make perfect cards if the tool
is correctly made, and properly used.
1.-THE cards should be placed about
the plants at the time of transplanting.
To place the card bend it slightly, to
open the slit, then slip it on to the
center, the stem entering the slit, after
which spread the card out fat, and press
the points formed by the star-shaped
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-10-30

braSSiCae.
It's popular name From the time the
insect became known by a scientific
name, it has been popularly known as
the cabbage-f1y or maggot; some have
more correctly called them cabbage or
radish root maggots 1t has also called
the caulihower and the turnip- maggot
when these were the crops under discus
sion No one has doubted that the
common cabbage, cauIif1ower. and
turnip- maggot were the same insect,
and we now believe the radish maggot
is also the same.
Therefore, its scientific name, bras
sicae, at once suggests the cabbage, and
the insect is more familiar to gardeners
as the maggot lnfesting the several
varieties of cabbage than as the radish-
maggot; for these reasons we use the
popular name of cabbage-fy or better
and more familiar to gardeners, the cab
bage root maggot.
COMPARISON OF THE PEST WITH OTHER
COMMON ROOT MAGGOTs OR ANTHOMYIIANs.
Our study of this pesthas been greatly
complicated by the lack Of definite COM
parative knowledge of it and some other
common Anthomyiians which have
been COMPOUNDED with 1T. This ack of
comparative knowledge has given US a
som ewhat duplicated synonomy for
the insect, and has led some observers tc
contound two or three different insects.
We have found that there are three
common Anthomyiians more or less in
timately associated with cabbage root
maggot, two of which doubtless attack
the same~S plants.
A Observation-Disclosures PAPER CARDS.
the cabbage root maggot by closely en-
circling the stems of the plants by paper
collars resting upon the ground, first
originated in Michigan in 1887. Prof.
Tracy, of Detroit experimental with
heavy MANILA paper, but not with salts
factory results. Prof. Cook also expert
mented with the paper cards, and al
though he secured hundreds of eggs
where he used adhesive fly paper for the
cards, yet he could not recommend the
method; he seems not to have tested it
again.
In the spring Of 1889, the idea occurred
to Mr.. Golf to substitute for the MANILA
paper, cards made of tarred paper, and
further protection was secured by the
use of bit of grating wax to form
more perfect union between the paper
and the stem. His experiment was
complete success.
This preliminary experiment was so
successful that the next season Mr.. Golf
perfected the method by devising very
sim pie tool which would cut, at single
operation, a six-sided card with slit
reaching to the center, and with STAR
shaped cut at the center, so that the
same card may accommodate itself to
any sized stem and still make a tight
Joint He had these cards tested by
several large cabbage growers that sea-
son. Mr. J. M. Smith, of Green Bay,
Wis, reported that he had about 1000
plants protected with the cards and Sc
cured a splendid crop; while like num-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-03-29
A Simple Night Lamp.

In every home it is sometimes necessary
to have night light, and it becomes indis-
pensable where there are invalids or young
children. a lamp when turned low diff
fuses an unpleasant and unwholesome odor
in a room. Gas is also Objectionable.
There are pretty little affairs called fairy
lamps" but many of these DO not work
well and are found to offer disagreeable
features A cheap and simple night lamp,
which can be arranged by one person, is
made by floating a piece OF candle on q
small, thin disk Of wood or tin in bowl
of water twill last for several hours.
Indeed it can be made to burn slowly by
sprinkling fine salt around the wick, and
will go out when it burns down to the wa
ter, into which it drops and is extinguish-
ed without giving out any noxious smell.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-03-29
Happiness In . Boarding House.

II am of the opinion" said the social
philosopher, trying hard to appear thought
full, THAT at least half the stories about
the horrors and discomforts Of boarding
house life are little frazzled at the edges
from old age and frequent use. When cir.
cumstances compelled me to bid lam
gushing farewell to dear little fiat and
from the acquaintance of second floor
back boarding house cell, expected to
wear Grape on my hat and grief in my
heart for at least month. But instead
feel like Haunting peacocks' plumes from
sunrise to sunset. And why? Because,
my dears my battles with ice bills and
gas bills, grocery bills and window clean
ing bills are affairs Of tho past. Except
for my board bill the only experience with
collectors that have is on Tuesday night
when a nice little washerlady in shawl
and hood regularly calls to see about tho
money for my laundry work. Happiness,
my dears, lives in boarding housep'-
Chicago Record.
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Energetic and Pushing Women.

Let no one confuse the energetic woman
with the rushing woman. There is as much
difference between energy and push as
there is between obstinacy and firmness
or between vanity and pride. The world is
full of pushing men and women; people
who go roughshod to their ends, showing
aside or down, anywhere so they are out of
the way, any who may interfere with their
progress. 1t does not follow that they are
poor, lowly born or ignorant. They may
have much to satisfy ambition, and it
would seem that they might thereYith be
content, but if it is their natures to push,
push they will. They always have the best
room in a boarding house or hotel, the most
comfortable section in the sleeper and the
best seats in any place of public entertain
ment. They are not always disagreeable
and are rarely unpopular. Many people
envy them. They know something of hui
man nature-when to bully, when to cajole,
and, best of all, when to stop. They are
bold pushers and willy ones; but, whatever
the individual characteristics, selfishness
must be the leading one, and we gladly
step aside and give the way-after the man.
ner of Randolph of Roanoke-to the vast
army of pushers.-New York Telegram.
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WislbOne Parties,

A wishbone party is happy diversion.
A card, with wishbone painted in the
center and II quotation written beneath,
is torn in halves and piece given to a
lady and gentleman respectively. Part
ners are secured by matching the pieces,
and the company, in pairs, then move
about to scan and locate, if possible, the
other quotations as well as the one which
has united them. Prizes, of course, reward
the leading successes. At one given recent
ly just as the party broke up little tray Of
gildcd wishbones was brought in, and ev-
cry pair broke one between them, making
q wish at the moment. On this same &C.
casion, too huge wishbone hung under
the central chandelier. 1t was cleverly cut
from stiff pasteboard, gilded and smilax
wreathed. 1t may be added that the wish
bones requisite for the final wishing were
accumulated by the young hostess in a
short time, with the assistance of one or
two friends, and were bona fide portions of
fowls anatomies.
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Lss,y Randolph churchill.

eome interesting "Reminiscences Of the
sarly days Of. Lady Randolph Churchill
come from Rochester, where she was born.
In her girlhood, says writer, she often
met Thurlow Weed and other leading
lights Of the American movement" and
from them abe imE.Sed q spirit of the
most intanse and patriotic Americanism,
which has never left her, despite the fact
that since her marriage she has been far
and away the most enthusiastic Tory of
all the colony of American girls who are
wives OF Englishmen. 1t is remembered
OF Lady Churchill in the city on the Gen.
esee that at q social entertainment given
q short time before her marriage she was
the one person present who showed much
knowledge Of the Declaration Of Independ-
ence She was able to recite that fine old
document Of defiance to King George YER
batim, and she did it SO well and with
such degree Of rhetorical finish and so
evident an appreciation ot-its significance
that she was enthusiastically applauded
when she was done and was obliged to re-
peat it before her audience was satisfied
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-03-29
A Busy Woman Physician.

DR.. Louise Fiske Bryson, who has long
been before the public as an exponent of all
that is most progressive in medical science,
is one of the most painstaking of women
physicians. Her timely articles, which fire.
quently appear in The Medical Record, the
New York Medical Journal and The Jour
nal of Mental and Nervous Diseases, of
which sheis one of the collaborators, are
eagerly read by the laity and the medical
fraternity alike. To her was given the not
inconsiderable honor OF reading the first
paper on grip before the New York Acad-
envy of Medicine in 1890 Besides being visit
ing physician to the Workinglnan's school,
where the most enlightened theories con-
corning physical care and development pre-
vail, DR.. Bryson is instructor at the New
York Postgraduate Medical School and
Hospital. She has an inherited right to her
talents, for her family was noted for its
erudition in the reigns of the early Tudors,
and she comes from long line of savants
and teachers on both sides. Dr. Bryson is
brilliant conversational and well known
in society. In person she is petite and
sprightly, gracious in manner and faultless
though quiet in dress. She is "a member of
the Barnard club and of numerous scien-
tific associations.-NewY York Letter.
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WY Some Women Do Not Marry.

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One such woman was used to attack q
new: science or language every year, and,
falling, from her lack of teacher or COM
panion, would pile the textbooks in heaps
until walls of dusty volumes shut in every
room of the house She fell at last into a
i. state of semi-idiocy, and wandered like a
ghost around the village, gathering scraps
of foreign tongues which she did not I'M
derstand.
It's hereditary habit in certain families
for the women, to have grief to shut them
selves into single room and remain there
Tor 10, %, 80 years. Nor are the morbid
fancies of these women always gloomy and
sad. They live sometimes in an enchanted
land of their own.
One of whom know, woman Of SYM
pathetic temperament and motheriy in
stincts, refused to marry man whom she
loved because he had gone to live in another
town, and she would be forced to leave the
old house and half acre which We're the CEN
ter of the world to her The courtship wen :
on for 40 years, but she was true to the
house!
Another drove her lover away on the day
of the wedding because she could not bring
herself to change the name of Wonson for
any other. He was rich, aud she was poor.
He remained faithful and ready as long as
she lived. She died at 20, a maiden Won
son still. Could pride of blood go further?
Century
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Women In Washington.

Washington is paradise former and a
purgatory for young women. In no city
in America is she so handicapped by the
numbers of her own set. Elsewhere she is
sought Here she has to como down off
her pedestal and enter the grand scramble
for attention or go without. This is such
complete reversal Of what she has hither-
to been accustomed to that it shocks and
pains her sense Of what is due her. If
there were so men to one woman in socie-
ty, suppose that the one woman could be
ns badly spoiled as the one man is now.
The only security for healthy and natu-
raj social intercourse is the equalization OF
the number of men and women in society.
It's one sided affair now and is very per-
nieious in its effect and results in the mon
being badly spoiled and the women imbit-
tered or rendered forward and mercless to
each other.-W ashington Post.
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A Dainty American Duchesse.

The Duchesse dc la Rochefoucauld, who
was once upon a time-and only few
years ago-lovely Matte Mitchell of Ore
gon and New York, is said to be one of
the most charming hostesses and one of
the most brilliantly clever women in sun
ny France OF the truth of this assertion
people who have the average opinion
Of the clever Frenchwomen may have
doubts, but of the duchesse's beauty there
is only one opinion. She Is remembered
in New York as a lovely girl with a per-
feet figure, superb snowy shoulders, which
she always draped with chiffons, gauzes
and tulles in of shoulder fashion, which
showed to the best advantage the very
classical contour of the lovely shoulders
Miss Mitchell also had regular features,
bronze gold hair, complexion of dazzling
pink and white and lovely eyes like aqua
marine jewels Of haunting shade of blue
gray. No wonder that Paris imagines
Senator Mitohell's daughter as clever in
every way as she is pretty.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-03-29
ODen I'm Dark Corners.

Ono great cause for houses being over
run with water bugs is the utter lack OF
washing down plumbing fixtures, both
inside and out, says New York writer.
Open pipes will obviate all this but those
who still have the old style should tear
away the dark cupboards when possible or
resort to securing underneath and about
tho pipes as far as can be reached. One OF
tho worst infested houses was completely
rid of the pests by the aid of a carpenter
and a scrubwoman. AS fast as he opened
up dark corners she secured with hot wa
ter and soda. Powdered borax was sprin-
KIDD about, and the last intruder scam
pered away, with hammer at his heels,
never to return. With this form Of I'M
cleanliness the moral must follow that
when there is nothing to invite nothing
will come.
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CHILDREN'S COLUMN.
rhe nri.under.toed Eleph.nt.

Tho affection and sensibility Of the ele-
plant are we'll known. In the memoirs
of the actor. Charles Young. Is an anec-
dote which illustrates these characteristics.
Chung, a big elephant, just arrived from
India, had been bought by an English
manager to exhibit in children's panto-
mine. At the first rehearsal, when Chung
reached bridge over n cascade which he
was expected to cross, he refused to step
upon it, distressing its solidity,nnd not
without reason. In vain the angry keeper
punished him by pricking him behind the
ear with an iron goad. With lowered eyes
and pendent ears the enormous animal
stood in a pool of blood motionless as n
wall
brought Chung over came in during the,
contest between the man and the elephant.
He had become fond of tho beast and often
fed it with dainties The animal, as SOON
as it recognized its friend, approached him.
with supplicating air, gently. took his.
hand in its trunk and placed tt in the
bleeding wound, then held the hand up to
the captains eyes. The gesture said as,
clearly as words, ''See how they have made
me suffer" Poor Chung appeared SO I'M,
happy that every one was touched, even,
the cruel keeper. To win pardon the mani
ran out and brought some apples, WHICH
he offered to the elephant, but Chung dis
dainfully threw them away. The captain,
who had also fetched some fruit from Cow
ent Garden market, came back immodi-I
ately and held il out to Chung. He willing-l
ly accepted 1t, and after eating it coiledl
his trunk gently round his protectors
waist.-Our Dumb Animals. |
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Tact With Children.

Begin early, say the trainers Of animals
and of plants. Likewise with children be-
gin early-that is, before they can perceive
that anything is begun. IL is the uncon-
scious influence that tells Not even grown
people like to know that somebody is try
ing TO do them good. just here n child
incident related by a mother is apropos:
Her daughter Of or 3 years told false
hood. She said to the child, What .
pity, for this makes dark spot on your
solf." Hearing this, the girl began to cry.
But, my desr," said the mother, If
from this moment you speak the exact
truth, the dark spot will go away" This
comforted the child and gave her inspira-
ton. How much better some sQuh method
as this than the customary onoUf saying:
"Oh, what a naughty grill Now God
won't love you," or God will punish
you" or If you do so, you will not 90 to
heaven when you die. Abby Dias In
Metaphysical Magazine.
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The Baby.

Every mother should mako the inf1exi-
BILE rulo in her household that no risks
may be run with her baby. Experiment
upon yourself if you will, but you have
no right to submit your innocent child to
the danger of experiments. Do not try"
this and that which every neighbor recon-
mends Have family physician in whom
you have every confidence and follow his
instructions to the minutest details. You
owe this to him and to your child. In the
nineteenth century science has made won
derful advances, and in civilized America
the ''yarb woman" has no place today. 1t
may be true that some 'aunty" in your
Doighborhood knows more about babies
than do some physicians, but the moral is
not to listen with implicit faith to the
''aunty," but to employ a doctor who does
understand his profession. -Womankind.
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Have Plenty of Holders.

There will be no temptation for the
cook to use her apron for a.holder and per
haps drop hot dish for want Of protec-
ton if there is a good supply of holders
convenient Not only should there be
enough for present use but some in the
pantry drawers for special needs. They
may be easily made in various ways.
Some fold half dozen thicknesses OF
cloth into rectangle and bind the edges.
Others make the inside of any pliable ma
terial and have the outside Of thick ma
terial, such as cloaking, with every piece
coming to the edge. The holder is then
sewed over and over all around it, taking
coarse quilting stitches through 1t and
finishing with loop.