The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1897-02-12

up and the advocates of this branch
suggested that to have produce in
good shape to show and in market
early were Two very essential things
to insure success. Hand labor is the
dearest labor and must be avoided
and the best implements used. Use
wheel hoe and planter. Plant two
crops on one piece of land by plant
ing one so that the last may be start
ed before the first is harvested. MIR.
Chase advocates the thorough pulver-
iZatiOn of the surface in dry weat her
as the safest and surest plan of secur-
ing moisture for the plants. Mr.
Chase has had an experience Oftwenty
| five years battling with the grub
worm as he likes straw berries as well
as pay customers. He has tried
salt aud killed his plants and the
worm got away, and he related that
two fat ones he captured and put into
! lime water almost thick enough to
use for white-wash, actually crawled
ont of it. The best remedy is to keep
the Ian clean one or two years be-
! fore YOU plant straw berries &. j.
NOrIOI's remedy is to put manure
whei they often hatch on the ground
fall pillow that the eggs may be killed
by the frost.
A paper by Mrs. NJ. J. Barth on
pOulIry, discussing comparative prof
of various kinds-turkeys, geese, its
ducks and chickens-was read. The
last named was the most profitable
The greatest enemy was the unite !"
Her lemely is to apply torch TO all
accessible parts of the rOOsts etc.,
sv e t clean and the next day or two
the young ones appear then spray
with the garden sprayer using coal
oil and some emulsion, and they are
don if well applied.
A neighbOr of Mr.. Pearson had
remedy easily applied that beat this
all hollow. He applied the torch to
the poultry house and burned the
whole thing up, and didn't report
being further troubled.
E. l. CrOwell suggested diluted
spraying of crude petroleum as very
effective insecticide for all kinds of
vermin and being oily would stick
longer especially for hogs. The OBJ
lection was raised to it's use for chick
ems on that account. j. Il. Tredway
buys u "sure killer" for mites and own
ed up how he in his kindD ess of heart
undertook to help his wife with the
chickens and by using too much killed
whole brood of her chickens. We
didn't fully understand whether he
wanted us to draw the moral from
this that man had better let his wife
attend to the chickens but l suspect
that he had better ask her advise at
last.
Rats" Il expect the editor will say
for our pap is so long, but then a
gOnd suggestion was made as to how to
poison them. Bait them two or three
are unsuspiciOus, then put in your
poison.
OUR FAIR.
An address by H. l.. Henderson
was full OF interesting points and i'll
formation and he urged the farmer
to make it their fair and wanted an
expression of the Institute on the
al visibility of a single expert judge
system. G.. J. Norton compared the
splendid record of the lola fair
that excluded gambling that our fair
lived aud the Othe re- died. The single
Judge system was approved by vote
of the Institute. Officers elected for the
year were, Pres J. I. 1red
way, Of LaHarpe; Vice Pres. l.. 4.
Pearson, Humboldt; Sec. &. +. Scott,
lola.
Collection to procure book for
records A cents. J. w. J.
The editor of the REGISTER had
Laid Out1 to attend all the sessions
of tho Tnatitnt hnt WAS uDoxnnptadlV
called out of town, and hence is in
debted to MIR. johnson for the fOregO-
ing excellent report. The REGISTER
hopes to be able to print i'm full, as
fast as space and time can be found
for them, the papers that were read at
the Institute, for they were all inter-