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dant, and the injury is not usually great,
except in the case Of young vines which
may be entirely stripped and killed by
a single larva. Hand picking is ordinari.
ly the safest and most satisfactory rem.
edy, The cut shows the moth, egg,
young larva, mature larva, pupa and
parasitized larva.
Climbing cutworms have at times
proved very destructive to the buds and
foliage Of vines, and in northern New
York and in the raisin district Of Fres-
no, CAL, as much damage has been done
by them as by any other insect enemy.
VI the several species which in different
localities have been troublesome the
worst record may be assigned to the
dark sided cutworm (Agrotis messoria)
and the variegated cutworm "a. saucia).
Cutworms remain concealed in the
ground during the day and climb up
and strip the vines at night. They may
easily be destroyed by the use of poi
soned bait of bran, arsenic (or paris
green) and water, preferably sweetened
with little sugar. It should be dis
tributed about the base Of each vine in
the form Of a mash, a handful or so in
place, according to O. L. Marlatt Of
the United States department Of agri
culture, from whose report on insect
enemies of the grape the foregoing is
learned.
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growing season also. The chief point TO
be observed In it's application is the
proper atOmization Of the kerosene. Un-
less it be applied in a finely atomized
condition and in quantity so as TO just
moisten the parts Of the plant there is
danger. The skill and judgment neoes-
sary TO insure safety in this work are
not such as to preclude the use Of kero-
sene by fruit growers; hence he recon-
mends il as q summer treatment for
San Jose scale.
The machinery which Professor AL
wood has found best suited TO this work,
so far as safety to the plant is concern
cd, lisa blast atomizer. There are several
styles on the market, but the essential
principle Is the same--viz the delivery
by a bellows or u syringelike apparatus
Of q strong blast Of air across tube
which extends to the bottom Of cistern
or can, fastened at the outer extremity
Of the apparatus BY the action Of this
blast the air Is rarefied In the tube,
which extends into the oil receptacle
and this causes the oil to rise to the top
Of the tube, where it is blown into an
extremely fine spray. The greatest OBJ
staole to the use Of this apparatus is its
small capacity, but as it Is yet true in
most cases that the scale is confined to
small trees and plants better or safer
device for the average orchardist and
gardener to use is not known.
In the nature Of large apparatus for
the use OF pure oil Professor Atwood
recommends any Of the we'll made force
pumps, but they should be carefully fit.
ted up for high pressure. The exit orr
fee in the cap Of the nozzle should be
small for the use Of kerosene, not larger
than one. twentieth Of an inch in diam
eter and preferably q little smaller.
With this small oritice and high press
ure an excellent spray mist can be OBJ
tained, and by going over the plants
lightly couple Of times at each treat
ment better results are secured with
greater safety to the plants Choose
bright, warm weather for this work and
go over the trees rapidly so as to just
moisten the branches and trunks
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KEROSENE SPRAYING.

Recommended as Summer Treatment For
San jose Scales
Pure kerosene as u destructive agent
to insects is just the thing, but results
with It's use have been 80 conflicting as
to make many hesitate to use it, Care
full investigation, however, has led Pro-
fessor William B. Atwood Of the Vir-
ginia station to the conclusion that pure
kerosene can be safely used upon all our
fruit trees in the dormant season and
with proper precautions during the
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peanut alone exceeds it in the amount
and digestibility of its food constitu-
ents. The soy bean requires about the
same class of soils as Indian corn and
will grow about as far north as that
crop can be depended on. The best re-
suits with it have been obtained in the
region between the thirty-seventh and
forty-fourth parallel east Of the Rocky
mountains. The region best adapted to
it, then, is the "Corn belt" Circum-
stance which argues we'll for its future
use and value in conjunction with corn
for fattening animals
The soy bean should be planted in
late spring or early summer after the
ground has become warm. In general
the early varieties should be used If q
seed crop is desired and the medium or
late varieties if it is to be used as for
age it having been found that the lat
ter much excel the former in value for
that purpose. In some parts Of Virginia
the soy bean is planted in the corn rows
AL uAJOIuAUO A4AAD VI UDUWOCA bAO AOWD 0v
the time Of the final cultivation. Usual
ly, however, it is grown as main crop,
either broadcast for forage or in drills
when cultivated for seed. The amount
of seed required when it is sown in
drills is less than when planted broad
cast, varying from two to three pecks
per acre and in the latter case three to
four peCks. "'he rate Of growth is quite
rapid, and unless the field is very weedy
the crop does not require much cultiva
tion.
The crop should be cut for hay from
the time of Towering until the pods are
half formed. Later than that the stems
are coarse and woody and the feeding
value rapidly declines.
The crop may be converted into good
silage and for this purpose should not
be cut until the seed isnearly ripe The
chief value Of silage is that it provides
O succulent food during the winter time
when green forage is not available, but
as certain changes take place in the
silo, which render large part of the
protein indigestible, it is better to de-
pend upon corn than to use any legu-
minous crop for this purpose.
The ripe soy beans are among the
richest of concentrated foods The yield
varies, according to soil and season,
from 6 to 1S tons Of green forage. The
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soy ban is one Of the most promising
of the annual leguminous forage crops,
and, as before indicated, may prove OF
special value in connection with mdiah
corn, the latter supplying the trough
ness, " the SOY bean producing the di-
gestible crude protein necessary to make
q complete and we'll balanced ration.
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ENEMIES OF THE GRAPE.
LarV~ OF the Hawk Moth and OutwOrmS.
Satisfactory Remedies.


The Larvae Of upward of 80 moths
feed ON the foliage Of the grape. Many
of these are rare, yet many others are
occasionally destructive. The large,
green or brownish, usually horned,
sphingid Larvae and certain Outworms
are oftenest the cause Of important dam
age. The Larvae Of some ten species Of
hawk moths or sphingids occur in the
grape, and nearly all are widely distrib-
uted. The one most frequently met with
is the Aohemon sphinx (Philampelus
achemon) herewith figured to illustrate
the characteristics Of the group. The
sphinx larv@ strip branch at a time
completely And are therefore easily
noted. They are not often very abun-
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A MOTHERS TRuE FRIEND

Is found in DR.. Pierce's Favorite Pre-
'scription. Taken during the period Of
CESSATION it so prepares the system for
childbirth as to rob that trying ordeal
of It's terrors and danger as we'll as to
greatly lessen suffering. The period Of
confinement is also greatly shortened
thereby and the mother strengthened
ana her system put in the best possible
condition. Full particulars in the Com
mon Sense Medical ADVISER, ,00S pages
a complete family doctor book, sent
free on receipt Of 81 one-cent stamps to
pay postage only. Address Worlds
Dispensary Medical Association, Buffalo,
N. Y.
The Advocate and news., 1898-08-24
GRASS FOR HOGS.
Two Ends Accomplished by Furnishing
Swine With Pasturage.

Swine With PAsCurAges
The hog by nature is a grazing ami
NAL, and believe that pasturage for
him is not only luxury, but necessi-
ty. By succession of blue grass, clover
aud rye we can at all times have good
pasturage for our hogs, and by furnish
ing them with pasturage we accomplish
two ends-we harvest the crops with
ont any expense or labor, and at the
same time the hogs in harvesting it take
the necessary exercise and become fully
developed in bone and muscle. believe
that the failure Of many breeders is due
more to this one fact than to any other
the lack Of pasturage. Some breeders
feed what is called properly balanced
rations, feed regularly two or three
times day, rations that contain bone
and muscle producing elements-the
hog eats and lies down and repeats this
as often as he is fed, scarcely ever TAX
ing any exercise, as he soon knows that
there is nothing for him in his lot ex-
cept what is put in his trough by his
master-and then the breeder can't un-
derstand why he has failed to raise a
properly developed hog You might just
as we'll attempt to get race horse or to
make an athlete by feeding only. While
nature demands certain feeds, she also
makes other demands, AS to the cheap
ness of pasturage there can beno doubt.
By late experiment made by the Wis
consin station all acre Of rape was found
to be equal to AZ bushels Of grain. Just
how much grain an acre Of clover or
blue grass is equal to am not prepared
to say, but we all know that when we
feed grain in connection with good pas
turage we save much grain, and the
hogs are healthier and better.
don't believe the most ardent advo-
Gates of rape claim for it superiority
over clover and blue grass, and hope
some of our stations will give us the
full feeding value, as they have done in
the case Of rape. In the fall, when we
generally have a drought, artichokes
come in we'll to fill the gap between the
summer grazing and the rye. With plen-
ty Of good pasturage we need to have very
little fear of feeding too much Of that
cheapest Of all grains-Corn. With good
pasturage you can safely feed freely of
grain. In fact, 1t never pays to feed
sparingly. Hogs should always be fed
literally. The stingy feeder and the
hog are not very good friends | lately
visited two different breeders. One Of
them had his hogs on good grass and
plenty Of grain, and there I saw splen-
did lot Of youngsters, and the breeding
stock, includinga 500 pound boar, were
as active as kittens. The other breeder
had some fancy bred stock, bought at
high prices, with plenty Of bran and
ship stuff, but no sign Of grass Of any
kind, and he had hardly single good
individual. L. Lisle, Before Ken
tuoky Swine Breeders
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yield of seed varies from as low as l6
to as high as 100 bushels per acre, the
average being about that of corn, from
25 to 40 bushels.
This crop is a heavy potash feeder
and requires fertilization with lime and
with potash and phosphoric acid when
grown Oh such lighter soils as are def
cient in these elements.
According to the year book Of the de-
partment Of agriculture, the source of
these statements and illustrations, the
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THE SOY BEAN.
Ono Of the MOst Promising OF Annual
LeguminOus Forage Plants.

The soy bean ranks high among the
leguminous forage plants Of OOmpara-
lively recent introduction in this Coun-
try. OF all legumes in cultivation the
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1898-12-01

Christian Witt an impecunious, quar-
relsome German of Lansing, terrorized
his family, consisting of his wife and
six children, for number of years.
He frequently abused his wife, and
spent most of his earnings for drink.
He had just completed term of 90
days in the Detroit house of correction,
and he went at once to his home and
engaged his wife in conversation. FL
nally he seized her and throwing her
down asked if she loved him. She saw
murder in his eye and answered yes.
He than asked her to kiss him, which
she did. She then broke away and ran
TO the house of neighbor. An officer
was summoned, and upon visiting the
house Witt was found lying dead on
the floor, his throat horribly gashed
with razor which he held in his hand,
and the body was covered with blood.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1898-12-01
FOREIGN.

Madrid-An official dispatch from
Manila says that 1000 American sol
diers have been landed in the Phil
ippine islands.
Berlin-Theodore Sedgewick Fay,
diplomatist and author, is dead.
Berlin-It is reported here that King
Menelik has refused Major Marchand
permission to traverse Abyssinia.
London-Thomas Power O'Connor
has discontinued his action for libel
against the author and publishers Of
Barry O'Brien's Life OF Parnell."
London-London papers say Gen.
Zurlinden, military governor of Paris,
will resign as a result Of his quarrel
with Minister of War de Freycinct.
a-Pesth-Herr Perczel, Hungar-
ian minister Of the interior, was
wounded in a duel by Ludwig Hollo,
a member of the Independent party in
the Chamber of Deputies.
Paris-Mme. Dreyfus has received a
letter from her husband in his own
handwriting.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1898-12-01
Hoods Sarsaparilla
Pensions Paid la the south.

The fact was recently disclosed tina
the federal government expends for
pensions in the state of Texas nearly
81, 600 900 annually. and more than
half million in the state of MISSISSIPPI
pi While these states did not furnish
a large quota to the federal army, they
have received substantial additions
to their population by the emigration
Of Northern men. No doubt, Also.
many federal soldiers in service In
these states during the war retained
their residences in the South at the
close Of the contest. No one will com
plain IL, in the distribution OF pensions.
the Southern states derive a part Oh
the advantages involved. The war with
Spain will, no doubt, add to the pen
sion list, and it is safe to say that
every Southern state will be represent
ed on the pension roll, for no drawer.
nobler Americans fought for the cause
Of humanity than the volunteers from
the South
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1898-12-01
DONS TO LEAVE CUBA AT ONCE.
Evacuation Commissioner Butler Gives
Some Important Information.

Evacuation Commissioner Butler Gives
Some Important Information.
Gen. Butler, a member of the Cuban
evacuation commission, has arrived at
Washington, direct from Havana, in
response to a telegraphic summons
from President Mckinley. He made
an extended report of negotiations for
the evacuation of Cuba and gave it as
his opinion that all the Spanish troops
will have departed 10 days before the
date fixed in the agreement-Jan. /.
Gen. Butler also gave to the Presi-
dent much information as to the gen.
eral situation in Cuba He is of the
opinion that the military government
of the island must be continued for
some time, but that it should only
be as vigorous as may be necessary TO
preserve order. He thinks the Cubans
are ambitious for self-government and
anxious to avoid friction with the
American authorities. If military con-
troll is exercised with discretion he be-
lieves there will be little trouble.
One of the features of the situation
is the sanitary condition of Havana.
Gen. Butler describes the city now a
pest hole, filled with uncomfortable
filth, squalor and restitution. He
paints dark picture of.the restitution
among the poorer classes and says it
will probably be necessary for us to
furnish some aid to the starving
wretches. He paid high tribute to
the discipline and accomplishing suf-
fering of the Spanish troops. They en-
dured hardships, he says, which would
have caused American soldiers revolt.
As an illustration of the admirable dis
cipline of the Spanish soldiery he said
that at one time there were 40, 900 sol
diers in Havana, yet he never saw or
heard of an act of violence, nor did he
hear or see Spanish soldier intoxi-
Gated.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1898-12-01
B!oody Race Fights Between Soldiers.

Race feeling between the Third Ala
bama, colored, and the white troops at
Admission, Ala, has resulted in serious
bloodshed. Negroes shot and seriously
wounded two white soldiers from am
bush. The provost guard attempted to
quell riotous gang in the Negro quar-
ter and fight ensued in which two
colored soldiers were killed and two
whites badly wounded. Reinforce
ments arrived and the blacks disap-
peared. Citizens broke into the local
armories and appropriated every gun
and cartridge, and have declared that
another Negro DISTURBANCE will result in
a number of darkey funerals.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1898-12-01
Beet Sugar Factory at Monroe.

Prof. Z. Salich, the most celebrated
beet sugar expert in the United States,
visited Monroe, to choose the site for
the beet sugar factory to be established
by Detroit and Chicago capital. AL
ready the promoters have secured FIVE
year contracts from over 600 farmers in
Wayne, Monroe and Lenawee counties
to raise sugar beets. The amount of
land covered by these contracts is over
1900 acres and enough more will be
secured to bring the total acreage up
to 1000. The plant at Monroe will re-
uuire 40 to 60 acres. The buildings
and machinery will cost 100000.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1898-12-01
CRIME.

Glasgow, Ky.-A mob attempted to
lynch Robert Brown and Johnson
Franklin. charged with murder. They
found the Jail guarded and rode away.
Fergus Falls, Minn.-The grand jury
has returned indictments against the
six men arrested at Moorhead for hold
ing UP the Great Northern train at Car
Isle.
Kenosha, Wis.-Benny Watson Of
Edgerton, while playing with re-
volver. accidentally shot companion
named Evan Christensen. The wound
is dangerous.
Hindsboro. Ill.-During a quarrel
near here, Ruben Piles shot and fatal
" wounded Perry Prosser and Hick
Thomas. All three are tanners.
Milwaukee.-A man who registered
as Charles Wainwright, Omaha, Neb.,
committed suicide in the Pister hotel,
by shooting himself in thehead.
Cleburne, Tex.-John B. Shaw was
hanged for the murder If Thomas
Game; and William Cato vas hanged
in Eddyville, KY, for the murder Of
Charles Askew.
Sycamore, Ill.-The Rev George r.
Parrish. pastor of the Mrshalltown
Iowa) Congregational chrch. plead
ed guilty of forging chek for $500
on the Sandwich CID bark and was
sentenced to the penitentiay at Joliet.
North Little Rock, Ark.-d. b. Lane,
a section foreman, shot lis wife to
death and was in turn killed. by the
woman's son, who crushe his skull
with the same weapon.
Topeka, Kas.-The privte deposit
boxes in the state treasury have been
robbed. Investigation shows that the
locks on as many as six oreight boxes
are alike and one key will Inlock sew
eral OF them.
Shelbyville, Ind.-Albert Lyons was
fatally injured by highwymen and
robbed of SEQ.
Utica, Ohio-Officers hieve they
have penned the bank rbbers in a
cabin between Rich Hill md Center
burg in Delaware county
Milan, Mo.-The jury inthe case of
the state against George " Leeper for
numbering his wife found him guilty
and gave him five years n the peni-
tertiary.
Kokomo. Ind.-Joseph vilbern. an
old soldier. was found deatln his room.
Marks on his body indicse murder.
Greensburg, Ind Geone Newman.
contractor. was shot ad killed by
Robert Mccoy, farmer, a a political
quarrel.
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CASUALTIES.

Cedar Rapids, Iowa-The Star Pickle
works were destroyed by fire. Loss,
s15, 000 insurance, $7,4OO.
SellersDurg, Ind.-Roy Noble, Is
years old, accidentally shot and killed
ais brother Floyd, 13 years old.
DUBUQUE, Iowa-Fred Chamberlain,
II years old, died from injuries re-
,eived by wagon wheel passing over
MS bead.
Fostoria, O.-Mrs. Charles Il. Krug-
man poured gasoline into the stove.
An explosion followed and Mrs. Krug-
man was burned to death.
Oconto, Wis.-The electric light plant
Of the planning mills OF the Citizens
Water, Light and Fuel company burn
ed Loss, 100000; insurance, $4,000.
Mount Olive, Ill.-Oscar Fleming,
aged 40 years, was crushed to death by
falling slate at the Consolidated Coal
company's shaft.
Shelburn. Ind.-The grain mill Of
Cushman & Crowder, with all its con-
tents, was destroyed by fire. Loss.
SlS,UOU, insured LOT So,oVV'
Pana, Ill.-An explosion Of gas in the
Pana Coal Company's mines seriously
injured three negroes, two of whom
may not survive.
Warsaw, Ind.-The Pierceton sani-
tarium, ten miles east of here, was de-
stroyed by fire. The loss is $4,000. 1t
was owned by a stock company.
Burlington, Wis.-Mrs. William V.
Moore was found dead in her room,
having been suffocated by coal gas.
Warsaw, Ind.-The farm residence
Of John Golf, east of here, was burned
to the ground with all its contents.
Loss $4,000.
Princeton, Mo.-Fire destroyed the
new opera house and three other bust
ness buildings on the public square,
the loss being $4,000.
Dunsmuir, GAIA freight train
crashed into a caboose three miles
from here, killing ]. U. Lewis, brake
man.
Erazil, Ind.-Six years ago the
breech-pin flew from shotgun and
buried itself in Edward Hills skull.
The pin was removed and the wound
healed. Hill is dead of the injury.
Portland, Ind.-The residence of N.
bank of this city, was totally wrecked
by an explosion Of natural gas. No one
was injured.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1898-12-01
AFTER 20 YEARS.
A Lady of Grand Rapids Strikes the
Right Thing.


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