The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-06-24
his planting. This is probably the earl
lest variety of potatoes grown in this
part of the country.
]. +. Niesz.
6 II Rockhil1
FLOWER REPORT.

the largest and finest of the season. Mrs.
Sarah Brown exhibits, peonies, hyder-
angea, poppies, and roses, two large bow
quets of peonies, by Hattie Alexander.
Mrs. Ceppell, bouquet of roses, display
of peonies, by Mrs. Jacob Holl, Mrs.
Streb exhibits roses, and peonies, one of
the finest bouquets on the table is ex-
hibited by Mrs. Margaret Rockhill. 1t is
composed of LAUREL and Magnolia bios.
SONS, one large bouquet of roses, peo-
nies, pinks, and geraniums, by Mrs. S.
o. Eggert Collection of corn flowers,
exhibited by Miss Ella Tonner, Mrs.
L. Wise exhibits roses, fuchsias, Gala
| lilly, pansies, geranium and pelargonium;
Mrs. Mary Wolf bouquet of poppies; clo-
yer blossoms by Mrs. Sweeney, basket of
roses by Mrs. Heinrich. Mrs. c. w.
Faust exhibits a very large collection of
cut flowers, twenty varieties of carna-
tions, six varieties of roses, geraniums,
heliotrope, marguerite, amaryllis, ferns,
rubra gigantum and eglivaria-galucia,
Our hostess, Mrs. Wise has large collec.
ton of house plants among which are
several varieties of begonia, geraniums,
calla lilies, coleus, hydrangea fuchsias,
oxalis and vinea; bouquet of hardy lark
spur, pansies roses, peonies, heliotrope,
columenbine and hardy heliotrope exhi-
bited by Mrs. Dietz.
ALFARETTA SAYLER.
LENA CoRRELL.
Entomologist, A. McGregor read the
following paper:
"Of course this is the time of year
when insects and scales come into being
and are active, and propagate rapidly.
This moving range of animated nature
may be seen everywhere. The house
wives begin to realize that fly time is at
hand and that ants, perhaps, have not
forgotten the cupboard or buttery where
sweets can be reached. But those de.
structive pests ever demand attention,
pests that prey upon our fruits and grains
and other plants, useful or ornamental
1t seems as ifnature was producing new
varieties of insect or scale, or house
enemies from time to time. At all events
mankind find out new enemies and have
got to study them, find out their modes
of propagation, ETC., and how to prevent
their destructive work. Our numerous
experiment stations throughout the
country, each with one or more learned
gentlemen giving attention to this work,
are doing great good. These get reports
from localities, with samples, and after
investigating give out their results, and
the remedies if ascertained. These are at
once published in our agricultural jour
nails, and here we see the necessity of
reading farmers at least to some extent. |
The Farm Journal which many of you
take, and 80 cents for two years gives |
important information in these lines. |
The number for June tells how to de-
stroy the molarluse page 137, also San
Jose scales, and to search for hours look |
for their nest and then punch them out,
throw dust on brown slugs that are bur
rowing i'll your pear trees, and so fetch |
them, The Journal says to destroy the
plum curcuralis not difficult. This insect |
begins its work as soon as the blossoms |
fall, that then only dozen or so on tree |
and if the tree is Jared and the insects
caught on sheet and destroyed plums
can be had. Fowls cooped under such
trees is a good plan. Air Stacked lime,
says the Journal, sprinkled on cabbage |
after a rain, or when wet with dew will |
destroy the cabbage worms. Massachu- |
sets has been expending $15O,O0O fight
ing the gypsy moth, having $50 men at
work last fall and 800 this April. A deep
furrow plowed around the field will stop |
he march of the army worm, Kerosene
may be used to destroy those in the fur
row. Hand picking is an efficient way
IF fighting cut worms, and the labor is
lot so great as appears at first is what
he Cultivator and Country Gentleman
If Albany says. OF all people in the
world that should keep their eyes open,
md watch and work, it is those engaged
With mother earth. Difficulties give
way to diligence and only industry
success.
Mr. McGregor exhibited limb of an
pple tree covered withla kind of fungus
Irowth.
Mr.. Faust recommended the cutting
IF of all such affected limbs and burning
hem up. Sprayine was also urged as a
emedy for curculio rather than jarring
rees. Mr.. Faust made a plea for the
DAD as a destroyer of cutworms, the toad
talks forth at night when the cut-worm
eeks to get in his work.
Mr.. Niesz also spoke in behalf of the
DAD. He accidentally killed toad
While moving and found in its stomach
ixteen locusts. In the French markets
Dads are sold by the barrel. Gardners
,uy them to put in their gardens. They
re, says Mr.. Niesz "gardner's best
riend."
VOLUNTARY PERFORMANCES.
Recitatious were given to the delight
# the audience by Miss Mary Long.
Robert Holibaugh, Stanley Vanderso,,
ella Smith, Zoa Fox and Jessie Wander
ol. The Herdsman's song was sung by
bessie Rippith, May Long, Rosco Stands
md Irvine Haines, and an Organ solo
,layed by Beatrice Gardner.
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