Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-08-18

and the oxygen is necessary plant
food that will either evaporate from
the soil or enter the plant through Its
leaves
ON this subject experiments ana eX-
perence are necessary and valuable,
aud therefore | quote from w. II. Hop
kns, Houston, Tex. as follows: Forty
years ago my brother, In spirit of
mischief, drove large iron nail into
the trunk Of peach tree close to the
ground. We all thought the tree would
be killed by It,, but to our surprise II
not only lived but bore better larger
ana finer fruit than any Of the other
trees. This was so conspicuous that our
mother suggested that perhaps the iron
rust from TIE nail did good by killing
the insects and told us to 20 to our
neighburng blacksmith and get some
of the scales that fell from the anvil
and place them around the other trees.
This We hid, and the result was better
fruit and more of II. The trees bore
with more regularity from year to
year without failure coming between,
The iron was used en- nothing but
peach trees"
Thomas Monson. Bethany. Missouri.
an experienced farmer, says; About
twenty-five years ago l hung horse
shoes and other pieces Of iron in a
plum tree. The curculio ceased to de-
that year ceased to fail"
The experiences related above are
very valuable ana worthy of being
more extensively applied Bits of iron
hung on n tree viii produce large
amount of rust, the latter will fall to
the soil and fertll2e 1t and the in
creased activity of the electric GUY
rents and oxygen may In some way
destroy the curculio weevll that in
tests plum trees
II the curcuiu's ravages can thus
be checked possibly a similar method
may destroy many Of the other 400
kinds of weevll which do so much harm
to wheat and other grains and fruits.
II VIII cost nothing TO try these eNpe-
rlments with iron and the practical
farmer and horticultural are better
situated for making these tests than
are the scientists of the experiment
stations.
Something practical for the common
farmer is the great need and what I @
learns will not be hidden under
labyrinth OF jawhreakinW terms such
as are often put in print by those who
are employed by the government and
paid by the people.
The suggestions as to the use Cf Iron
can be tested on house plants. In green
houses, gardens, all kinds Of farm
crops, large and small fruits Make the
results 10 the world.
Iron dust and iron shavings put into
soft water and exposed to the suns
rays Will oNidize very rapidly. Indeli.
BILE ink can be made In this way, and
this water and rust can be used on
house or garden plants.
II the Weather Bulleln by Professor
w. r. Foster that appears IN ms
paper each week is watched closely it
Will he found 70 be more accurate tcan
AL the government bureau weather
reports ever published. Professor l7os-
ter has a system of his own, and has
perfected 1t 80 thoroughly hat he
rarely fails to call the turn" On the
weather There is no merchant nut de-
slres to know In advance the conditions
of the weather at certain times, and 1t
Is worth money to him to know what
kind of weather It will be, That feat
ure Is worth more than the suhscrip-
tlon price to this paper. Watch 1t and
see how nearly correct 1t is.-St Louis
Grocer.