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their correctness can bs relied upon. This
prices are those ruling In she Houston
Wholesale markets.:
M bIasiinF powdeS ss5 PEI per Hes; dro
shot per sack, sI25: buck, $3.50.
BXcoN--Exira short clear. in sacks.
rs res S, sss. eos New y York ss sal,
bellies s,sgsEc; breakfast bacon, s,sassc
TAGGING AND TIES Carload lots, 70.
h. Hors toi or Galveston, eeptember snip
gsssiaS y sc is 3 s. g &c. p De sss
ysc. In small lots from store, bagging W
per yard higher: ties. 30 per bundle
SSANpy--stick. wrapped. basis "a, &c
coFFEE-kIo and Cordova: Fair 98
loc: prime 1lm1s'.c; choice 13ai4c; fancy
Star ~ ana Crescent. loo il cases. sio. rs;
Apex. sI1.00: Arbuckle's Arlosa sii 06.
FLOuR-carioad lots. Tidal Wave $3.50:
Sea Fairy. .secona roller patent. $3.50: Sea
Nyyrph. extra roller fancy, E.10; Sea Pearl
$40: rye -four $50: prmpernickel IS. 10:
special rates for shipments TO interior
points: -four in barrels l5c above sacks:
N al Sarr1ls ySc a69ye earrss bo,v
md cream meal, In bbls, 800; pearl
meal. I'm 40 III sacks. sie5n1 20 per Dbl OF
sacks. Scotch oats $3.50 per case.
IJAMS-Stun1ard 9asdieAc. picnic hams
HoNEY-In cQ,t cans. extracted. 4lsGl
6lac; In comb. saloc; in lib cans. extract
ed, 6bc.
LARD-RefIned tiercos. compound. 4Xc.
leaf. 5%a57sc 60 ID cans NC higher than
Heroes: 10 ID cans &c higher. 8 ID cans.
* olsass ID saps dS 4 f ff isso prm.
soM Die: choce 25ap26c; fancy 30it32c.
RICE - Extra fancy head 5ikG5Ac;
C(,6c
JtDpE-J,nsie for TIA. Steal skc. ,,,nili.
Tic: cotton, If6bliNc,
SALT-Liverpool. coarse 6Oli75c. fine. IS
assoc @1.ousann, coarse G0c; ilne. She: bar
rels, 2-los. s2.25: Co.'s. $3.50; 1Oo-Ss. $3.50:
SALT FIsH-Mackercl. No. 1. In 1o-lb
KITS. sscMsi.oo half barrels, S525n5,50
/. STARCi--Standard goods. Poarl.in 40 10
h: es, avs Royal Gloss. bulk, Csc:
Nicknl 100 packages, pei box, s2S5; corn
stGrch tiac Ger III. ~ and 30 IT, boxes
SuGAR--Quotatlons are for small lots:
special prices given on carload orders.
Standard granulated, 5-l6c; German
graduated. in sacks, s-i6c: standard
cubes and powdered. 11-l6c; Louisiana
4 5-Sc.
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the drut ehipmeut Of cotton IN n,nn,,
Salcs through Houston went FORWARD -
galveston todsy The shipment Is de n
Sin 70 Sacnf, w Antwerp, and viii
wilmer tho well known Houston assn,
q several steamship Companies. MAJ
MlGs q the shinment The cation at
&f4cseo co0derable attention. owing "a
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Cause Of ne peeilne.

New Ypri, aidSrccs 10 II. W. Hunter h
Co, today were as follows:
Gables eiate THAI the easier market at
IAverpool WIS duo TO the unsettled rela-
tions bstwecn mlllcrH and their employees,
There Is o strlk' nor can It be said that
one IS threatened but M. effort has been
mGdc no reduce wages in one district,
which nae been resented by the ope-
ratires.
Cotton trade in Great Britain is show
ing some disposition 10 prepare for re-
vcrsal OF tho conditions which obtained
last year an between fholr trade and
American trade, AZ result. partially, Of
the tu1ii, they are likely TO do less manu-
ineuui'ng OF cotton goods ana we more
than last year. The nows from India q
rather favorable nine inches OF rain nav
lng feli,n last week, making the to.al
Tall Tor lhe season sfxty-fl!no inches which
III vetS favorable To the crop there
Ia ne New York market the trade has
been very narrow and there has been a
considerable failing on IN the outside buy .
ing. but the market has been steady.
t,ron rtDnit Us continue IN the same de-
p.orable strain, but they are without o.
fect On the other hand. the bears arc
very uotive and make the most capital
pvssihie ont OF freei offerings of spots Ia
the spiith and the failure OF Eastern spin
ners 70 buy freely. Liverpool has sold
quite freely.
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New ierk. September 1.-the Eyen,ne
aoss Ler don financial cablegram saw,
me suck markets today were Quiet ami
fratner clll but Americans, after SET
opening prices. closed stronger. Now
pr,cei SHARES were largely bought nv
speculative operators here. The paris
Spanish securities and the pesslns s,ia, -, ~
mors about the Bank OF Spain. The Rer-
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New York Dry Goods.

New York. September iSr-In dry rood,
tne situation IL q oliangeabie one i,irt nj
present. The early buying has heen fol-
s1wsu AZ nrst hands BY relaxed efforts on
now become general Jobbers. 100 arc
peKinning to feel a let-up In the heavy
buying OF the past few weeks staple
costo s,s are nrm and there Is considerable
nlcached goods, without decided inrressn
" the demand noted In any parfle,Iar
sraues- Expert gnnsis stiil ,,uiri Il, II,
suitable lines Print cloths arm al S.
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comparative SDOt Mnrkets.
The following arr the closing quota Ions
for cotton ON The spot To-Day at the leading
markets. together with the closing OF mid
cling yesterday, with today's eales.
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FRUITS.

APPLES Missouri. s25OQ2.75 per Dbl;
common. S2.c0u2sa.
CoCoANuTs--s $500 per 100; $500 per 1000
LEMONS Messina ana Palermo. COM
mon $500; choFcc sS25; extra fancy Sor-
rentos. ss.50nip, Maiors, $500 eli.2S
PEACHiS--O oklahoma. 6SQI15c per half
bushcl basket.
PEARS-Texas. fancy wrapped, In box
cs se.25M. 80; choice 81 .00lai.io green 6OSp
20.
CALIFORNIA FRUIT--Bartlett pears
$2,dod295; pruncs, 81, 256i.5 grapes Rlack
Prince and Muscats $50; Toiay si.f5aa 90.
peaches, 81. 1901. "a.
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THE wool aiARKEr

Prices pad by Houston deaien Z
Twelve months. medium ...''.,."''''''s
Twelve months, fine. .....'..'..'''''S1Il
BURY -. .s......,... '....''''''''''7 M A
Six months. 1@2a less.
St. Louis, September l6.-Woo! .Ss7I
medium 1S@zl: light fine lzga0' 4
9Q12+: tub washed 21q30h. -
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New YorIs lutton NInrlxct.

NeW York, September lI.-'nhe cotton
market opened steady at a loss Of Ana
points. Tho lirst call was followed by a
turuher decline OF 2d;g points, and
throughout the forenoon the market
SHOWED Generally weak undertone. I.iv.
erpool advices as 4 whole We're ,insafis-
Factory. futures showing Il net loss OF
NJ Tor the day, Crop accounts were some
Mnat conlictang. IN the afternoon there
MAs an ansence OF outside support. while
ers disposed TO hold on Tor stlll lower
prices. Ihe close was easy at a net de-
c g., &C. OF logw points, with total sales OF
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;. .ofiered. $ Ex. int.
Hard on nuckct Shonu.

Chicago, september 16.-rhe second
largest bucket shop, the Reserve Com
mission company. operated by Wall failed
TINS week They had wires all over IA,
west with six operators in their office.
lhe whole establishment disappeared over
sunday. The desks were clear Monday.
as II there had been no such a business.
II has become the fashion for bucket
SHOPS to close up. The bull markets have
been too much for them. One OF the big
LEGAL concerns makes the claim that it
mas paid out se0o,0p on this last advance
In stocks and grain Five bucket shops
lni,d IN one day in San francisco last
week. The collapse OF Willard at New
York was only one of a dozen or more
Mhich have taken place at Gotham.
mere nave been failures all over the
ing out of the bucket shops during the
last few weeks is the fact that there has
not been single failure on the board of
trade IN as many months. Not a loss has
oeef made In the commission trade.
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New York Money.

New York. September i6.-AIoney on
can nrr. lAefih pei cent; last loan III
ciosed AT VI, prime mercantile paper "A.
I a per cent; sterling exchange weak. with
actnss bus ness in bankers bills al So.
sS.ss 70, Demand end .seii.s2% for 81
Gays as posteu rates t,SiSdi.s sly and 4, SSisSI
Gates Sst'i: bar silver 5SS: Mexican dol
government boi.do easier; State bonds
dni'; railI Dad bonds easier Banck Clear.
ings Sl6Ssel, $50: balances S. ESQ 0Sa, -
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PAINTS AND OILS.

.oIIr-linsoed. IL bbls, raw &c, boiled
- Fetroleum, water white, $50 test. in
bbls, lac; IN cases, Sizes; prime white. lb0
test. II bhls. isc, In cases. Si.45 Brilliant
OIL N7o; IN bbls, i9c; stove gasoline. In
bbls, lie: In eases. $40; castor oil mea.
ical pure. $40. castor oil, commereial so,s.
per dozen; turpentne. In bbls. ste y 'se
standard white lead. aye. vs'ne'
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WIRE AND MATS.

Quotations are on small lots. Special
bAlsBED WlRE--Glidden, gal. n 40 nor
iVe lps; W..ukegnn &c higher than Glidden
WiRE NAli.S-.Rate $500 per key: 4, .
vances, lod, I'D and lSd Sc. sd and al ,os.
g and I'd. zoe: I'd AID Sd. zoe: 81. iSc: ID
HIDES. TALLOW AND BEEsvAx
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DRIED FRUITS AND NUTS,
GRAIN AND HAY.

Carload lots. job cars. from mills: deal
ers charge from store 5dlioc more per 100
lhs on bran. 2liSc per hushel on oats and
corn and lo4lbc per 100 lbs on hay.
BRAN-o7iac.
CHoPPED CoRN-7Tc per 100 lbs.
CoRN--No. . sacked, iiSi5c; off corn. "a
Gl40c. ~
CHOPPED oATs-7scisec per 100 lbs.
OATS Texas a1Wglsc.
WHEAT SCREENINGS--7oc per bushel
slfAY--Alfalfa. si0bnali0O per ton, miliet
1890; timothy, $is 5e1l2.75: South Texas
prairie hay. s5.oNu 5 So North Texas. $500
CoTroNSBEp PRODUCTS Meal and
cake. SlI.fOuls.e0 per ton. hulis, 800
SORGHUM SEED--S51I9Nc per 100 his
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NEW ORLEANS
Keportsd for The Post daily except
Thursdays and Sundays by Albert Mont
gomery & Co. Qimited) live stock com
mission or
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-06-01
Telephony In the United States.

The extraordinary growth of the tel
ephone service in America is shown in
some figures brought out in the course
ity of regulating the rates and super
vising the service of telephone compan-
les in Massachusetts. In the United
States there are twelve conversations
per year on the average to every one OF
the population, while in Europe there
are only two. The United States with
population, according to the census
of 1890, of 62,622 $50, maintains 325,Sl0
telephone stations. or one to every 1872
of the population. The combined pop
ulation of Europe. according to the CEN
sus of 1890, is 354,957,776, and they
maintain 3S6.037 telephone stations, or
one to every 907 of the population.
The conversations over the telephone
in the United States amount to 49,
100000 per year: in Europe they
amount to 767,l09,S24. In other words,
in the United States the number OF
telephones used is more than five times
as great, according to the population.
as those used in the countries of Eu-
rope, and the number of conversations
per capita of the population OF the
United States is six times as great as
in Europe. France, with population
of 3S.343, 1872, is using 29,500 telephones.
or one to every 1900 of the population:
that is, France, with a population eight
times as great as That of the six New
England States, is using fewer teie-
phones than the people of New Eng
land. Massachusetts, according to the
census OF 1895, had a population of o.
500,lS3, and there are 36,315 telephones
in use, or che ssASery 95 of the popu-
lation. Sweden.&Nhere the telephone
is more generally used than in any
other country in Europe. has but one
telephone TO every 1876 of the popula
ton. London has population of s.
100000 with 5000 exchange telephone
instruments, or one to every 700 of the
population, while Boston, with a popu-
lation of 496,920. according to the cen.
sus of 1895, has 9.o37 telephones. or one
to every tifty-fve OF the population.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-06-01

btu eaS nus SNAN'
ally been supposed. 1t germi-
mates we'll where it has been
kept In dry places. A few tests
are here given: Calico corn. an early
maturing variety, saved at cribbing
time; two termination tests were made.
First test, 1888 per cent in laboratory;
second test in greenhouse, 9S per cent.
Yellow Dent, collected in 1895 and
kept in crib since time Of collection;
termination, first test in laboratory,
100 per cent; second test, in green
house, 100 per cent.
Sweet corn. crop of 1895, in shock
over winter, one ear-none terminated,
second ear-100 per cent.
Calico corn, crop of 1895, gathered
after frost, kept over chicken coop dur
ing winter; first test, laboratory, 100
per cent; second test, greenhouse, SO
per cent. The latter probably in mid
die of shock.
White Dent, 1895, stored in corn crib.
collected rather early; first test, labor
atory, So per cent; second test, green
house, 81 per cent. Same variety, 1896;
first test. laboratory, 100 per cent: sec
ond test, greenhouse. sc per cent.
White Dent, 1895, gathered after
S5ost, kept in crib; first test, 100 per
cent. Same variety collected under
same conditions, crop Of 1896; first test,
laboratory, IS per cent; second test,
greenhouse, 100 per cent.
Calico corn, closed crib, 1895 germi-
nation; first test, laboratory test, 9S
per cent; second test, greenhouse, 100
per cent. Same variety corn 1896 open
crib so that rain entered in from top;
termination, first test in laboratory, 81
per cent; second test in greenhouse, So
per cent. Same variety corn Of 1896,
but in closed crib; first test in labor
atory, 60 per cent; second test in green
house. A per cent.
The pop corn seed OF 1894 and 1896
have shown high percentage Of ger
mination. One hundred per cent ger
minating. Sweet corns have not ger
minated as well. These termination
tests indicate that all corn kept in open
cribs or shock where rain has had easy
access, should not be used for planting.
Seed kept in dry places terminates
well, so that farmers need not purchase
expensive seed. The changeable condi-
tons Of moisture and drying, greatly
injuring the capacity for termination.
Corn may show high percentage of
termination in laboratory and yet fail
to terminate well in the field. If the
weather is warm and soil has suffl-
cient quantity OF water, the laboratory
and field tests will nearly coincide, but
with soil soaked with water and cold
weather, there will be a considerable
loss. L. Fl. Pammel, Botanist.
Iowa Experiment Station.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-06-01
Sugar Beet Soil.

"The query that presents itself to
most people when the matter of grow
ing sugar beets Is presented. is what
kind of soil is best for them? This
may be replied to in general way by
the statement that any moderately fer
tile soil, such as will grow wheat, corn,
potatoes, cotton. etc., will be found
suited to sugar beets, and even soils
too salty or alkaline to grow these
crops will produce good beets. Sugar
beets have been found good crop to
plant upon soils somewhat alkaline,
with view Of improving the soil, this
crop having been found valuable for
extracting and removing alkali in
small quantities. Experiments have
been made with growing upon ex-
tremely light, sandy soils and upon
heavy adobe and clay soils: upon very
sterile and fertile soils, with results
leading to the conclusion that extremes
in all these classes of soil should be
avoided, while medium soils of all
kinds give satisfactory yields. One of
the essentials is that the soil shall have
depth-that is, it must be Of friable
nature to the depth Of a foot or more.
Another Is that there shall be no hard
pan" near the surface. A calcareous
soil has been found to produce the
greatest per cent of sugar. In too rich
a soil the beets grow too large, have
little sugar and grow too much leaves
In poor soil the beets may be rich
in sugar, but the yield will be too small
to be paying crop. In wet soil the
beets are too large and contain an in
sufficient amount OF sugar. A dearth
of water produces a small crop and
woody structure. A heavy clay or
adobe is not loose enough to be easily
worked and requires too much care in
irrigating and cultivating to give good
returns. The reports of experiments
show that In Wisconsin the richest
beets were obtained from fertile clay
loan. In Washington the best results
were obtained from soil intermediate
between clay loan and sandy loan.
In South Dakota dark sandy loan
and clay loan gave the most satisfac-
tory crop. In Nebraska the best crops
are grown upon a sandy loan. In Kan
sas the best results are from a loan.
In Iowa a dark loan proved best. In
Indiana most arabic lands gave about
equally good results though q moder-
ately sandy loan seemed rather better
than others. From these results the
ideal soil for the sugar beet may be
called moderately fertile rather por-
GUS, deep sandy loan. with a porous
subsoil. Stowe Devol, in Bull
letin %. Arizona Experiment Station.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-06-01
\ Strange Picture.

At the Palais d'Industrie, in Paris,
there is landscape made of insects.
The foreground of the picture is com
posed of $4,000 coleoptera, the remain
der of the landscape being formed of
over four thousand varieties of insects.
All colors and shadings required to re-
present grass, shrubs and flowers are
furnished by natural specimens. The
artist gathered his material from all
parts of the world. and was occupied
in the work about four years.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-06-01
n.AIuminum In Yacht-RigrInr

During the past year or so alumni
nun has been used in some cases for
making the pulley-blocks for the rig
ging Of yachts. One of the chief adj
vantages is the gain in lightness.
which is very desirable thing in
blocks that are used aloft. The results
are reported as satisfactory. and the
aluminium blocks have proved to BIO
very strong, one for instance, the
weight Of which was only three
ounces. having stood strain of seven
hundred pounds.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-06-01
SMILES BETWEEN SERMONS.

"Some men," said Uncle Eben. kin
train er dog ter do anything dey tells
i'm an at de same time raise de mos
disobejinest chillun in de neighbor-
hood. "-Washington Star.
"Why do you do your hair up in
those papers. dear?" asked Gen. Wey-
Ter of his wife. a. she came down to
breakfast in the Cuban boarding house.
"Why, that's the way you do the enemy
up, is it not, dear?" replied the gener-
ais spouse. Statesman.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-06-01

have been poor, he could beg or he
could steal five cents with which to
get that which would Stake his thirst
for little while; but in eternity where
is the rum to come from?
While declared some time ago that
there was a point beyond which man
could not stop, want to tell you that,
while a man cannot stop in his own
strength, the Lord God by His grace
can help him to stop at any time.
was in room in New York where
there were many men who had been
reclaimed from drunkenness. | heard
their testimony, and for the first time
in my life there flashed out truth
/ never understood. They said, 1--WE
were victims OF strong drink. We tried
to give 1T up, but always failed; but
somehow since we gave our hearts to
Christ, he has taken care of u.s.
believe that the time will soon como
when the grace of God will show its
power not only to save mans soul.
but his body, and reconstruct, purify,
elevate and redeem il.
I verify believe that, although you
feel graphing at the roots of your
tongue an almost omnipotert thirst. II
you will give your heart to God He will
help you by His grace to conquer. Try
1t. 1t is your last chance. I have
looked off upon the desolation. Sit
ting next to you in our religious as
semblagcs there are a good many peo-
pie in awful peril; and. judging from
ordinary circumstances, there is not
one chance in five thousand that they
will get clear Of it. There are men in
every congregation from Sabbath to
Sabbath Of whom / must make the re-
mark, that ii they do not change their
course, with ten years they will. as
to their bodies, lie down in drunkards'
graves; and as to their souls. lie down
in drunkard's peraition. l know that
is an awful thing to say, but l cannot
help saying it.
Oh, beware. You have not yet been
captured. Beware. Whether the bev-
erage be poured in golden chalice or
pewter muT, in the foam at the top,
in white letters. let there be spelled out
to your soul. Beware" When the
books Of judgment are opened. and ten
million Grunkacds come up to get their
doom. wait you to bear witness that
l, in the feGr Of God and in the love
for your soul. told you. with all affec-
,t-itt Ii, No
Of that which has already exerted its
influence upon your family, blowing
out some OF its lights-a premonition
of the blackness of darkness for ever
Oh, il you could only hear intemper-
ance with druGkards' bones drumming
on the head of the liquor cask the
Dead March of immortal souls, me-
thinks the very glance Of wine cup
would make vou shuddor, and the col
or of liquor would make you think Of
the blood Of the soul. and the foam on
the top OF the cup would remind you
of the froth on the maniacs lips; and
you would kneel down and pray God
that, rather than your children should
become captives OF this evil habit, you
would like to carry them out some
bright spring day to the cemetery, and
put them away TO the last sleep, until
at the call of the south wind the flow
ers would come up all over the grave
sweet prophecies of the resurrection!
God has balm for such wound;
but what flower of comfort ever grew
on 4 drunkard's sepulchre?
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-06-01
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSON x-JUNE 6-THE SINS
OF THE TONGUE.
Golden Text; Keep Thy Tongue from
Evil, and Thy Lips from Speaking
Guile''-Psalms Chapter XNXIv, Verse
13-Power OF the Tongue.

ME, \. .. a. Place.
Jerusalem. Lesson
Preview.-As point
ed out in the Back
ground of our last
lesson. James spec
ialty was to preach
the Gospel so as to
guard Christians
against the error OF
the Jews, namely.
that profession OF
doctrine and Oh
scrvance of outward
forrns can stand for
&C..
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-06-01
FARM AND GARDEN.
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO
ACRICULTURlSTS
some Cp-to-date Hints About Cultiva-
ton of the Soil and Yields Thereof
Horticulture, viticulturs and Flori-
culture.

n response to no.
tees sent out for
samples of corn to
test termination,
sixty-two h av c
been tested from
various parts of
the state. Germi-
nation tests indi-
cate that the crop
of 1896 is not as
had nc has penpr-
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-06-01

Make Farm Work Pleasant.
the farm work as light and pleasant
as possible for the young folks, re-
Numbering that they cannot see IL
from the same point as do their elders
Routine work is tiresome to young or
old in any calling. In many ways can
,Ss monotony be avoided.--Ex.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-06-01

New Asparagus Blight.-Professor
Byron d. Halstead, of the Rutgers Col
lege Experiment Station, gives some
what emphatic warning concerning the
evil results of neglect to combat the
new asparagus rust. This has already
been reported from all the Atlantic
states north of Virginia, SO much SO
tbe ,er known rust has been so
ming in it's attacks. 1t is a
Fungus growth, and as it develops the
field turns prematurely brown, while
the stalks themselves seem blistered,
and ara heavily covered with lines Of
brown. The spores terminate most
quickly in the warm, moist weather of
SPRING. These must be destroyed i'm
mediateiy after the seasons cutting is
over, and it is necessary to take the
additional precaution to carefully burn
all brush and remnants in the fall.
Burning the fields may do some dam
age, but it is not to be mentioned be-
side that induced by the ravages of the
rust. The variety Palmetto seems to
DC partially exempt from attack.-Ex.