The Red Cloud chief., 1896-01-31


But there had always teen-abEt his =
place some brushwood or trees for
them to work on. The scattering OF
some kind Of graih. on the % ground
would serve to keep them away from
the trees.
Mr.. Augustine suggested that there
must be different varieties of wild rab-
bits, for the kind that lived III his viciu.
ity began to gnaw the trees as early az
July.
Mr.. Gilbert protects his trees by using +,
only common wrapping paper, such "a q
can be obtained IN any grocery, or dry
goods store. He tears these papers into
strips eight inches wide. These he
wraps around the tree on the bias, be-
ginning near the ground, and stopping :
twenty inchcs above it, where he ties
the paper. .
A discussion arose on tho value of
the yellow transparent for commercial
orchards. Some believed It amistake
to plant largely of this variety on ac-
count of its poor Keeping qualities.
However, when in good shape Il sells
readily, and men FROM So>fthern llli-
nois expressed great faith in It's COM
mercial value. ,
Much time was devoted to the discus
sion of the efficiency of spraying, and
successes and failures were reported.
The prevailing opinion was that the
failures were due to Ignorance in do
ing the work.
Qucstion.-lIow many have expert.
rlentcd with spraying mixtures?
Twcnty-scvcn replied aiirmatiyely.
Q~uestion.-lIow many recommend
spraying?
Thirty-hvc votes were cast for 1t. and
none against II.
The growing of small fruits was dis
cusscd, and the growing of strawberries
in hills came up. While hill culture
gives large, fine berries, yet growers
on "A large scale do not follow It. as
1t does not pay for the extra trouble.
The question of fertilizers vas dis
cusscd at length. The most impor-
tant point developed was that the ex-
tensive use of barnyard manure made
1t possible for the soil to use a greater
mass of chemical fertilizers than IL
II were not used at all. Thus in the
noighborhood of large cities the market
gardeners are enabled to use immense
quantities of commercial fertilizers be.
cause they also use immense quantities
of barnyard manure
Mr.. Morrill,, of Michigan. spoke on the
marketing Of fruit. The first requisite
Is to have something desirable to mar
ket. He could not tell a man how to
market undesirable fruit. The great
necessity with farmers Is to learn how
to cooperate in the sale Of goods. The
cooperative organizations have largely
; failed for the reason hat there seemed
, n jealousy against any man being paid
to look after the work. He believed
I the time to be approaching when farm
crs would use more business-like
methods.
The superintendent Of the insane asy.
lum at kankakee spoke IN the great
S success of irrigation at that place. The
water for the irrigation works Ia
Z pumped by steam engines that can sup
n ply from 100. 900 to 200 900 gallons per
d day. The cost for this pumping is only
three-tenths of a cent per thousand
gallons. During the last season they
d had raised vegetables worth over 81. 900,
by a vote of the society the life mem.
e bership fee was reduced from $40 to
s..
r The election Of officers resulted in the
5 following choice: President, Mr.. Good
g rich: vice-president, Lem Small; sec.
= rotary. II. VI. Dunlap; treasurer, Ar
thur Bryant.
The next annual meeting will be beld
$ at Springfield.
= William Gould spoke on the cult
= walton of grapes. He plants SXS or
= 7X9. which gives about 700 vines to the
+ acre.
:. Sulphur for Sheep.-The American
n Sheep Breeder says: While sulphur is
|; indispensable for sheep. as furnishing
A one OF the important elements OF the
y fleece, 1t must be given in such a way
il as to be available for this purpose. !,
a must be In the food. 1t cannot be given
q In the crude form, in which II Is not q
O food. but an active medicine. producing
a laxative action on the bowels and an
excessive eXcretion through the skin
It is this which makes it useful as al
antidote to all kinds of parasites. the
sulphur thus passing through the skin
=, being extremely offensive to all in:
q sects. Blu it's action on the skin is Il
open the pores and thus make the ami
NAL more subject to changes OF the
. weather, and especially to injury by
rains. 1t is thus not desirable to Civ,
sulphur as food or nutriment exccp
. In the food, such as white mustard OF
q any other plant of the turnip and cab
o bage tribe.
e Transplanting Large Trees.-Garden
e ing gives this method, and We can Ger
d tify to its being a good one: We prefer
/. doing this in the spring, and would pre-
pare for IL now. II you want to NOV,