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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-06-07
,FTERsBURG PEANUT MARKET

PETERSBURG, VA, June 6.---(Special.)
Market strong for Vlrginias. with light
stock: good TO fancy. 3lz@3 S-4c.: Spanish,
fine at CSC.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-06-07

Schedule for To-Day.
Lancaster Mt Richmond.
Allentown at Norfolk,
Paterson at Reading.
Hartford at Newark.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-06-07

SCORE BY INNINGS.
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Der Archie stimmel has been set
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Richmond,1; Lancaster, g.
Norfolk, .; Allentown. 4.
Newark, =; Hartford, I.
Reading, IL; Paterson, &.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-06-07
GRAIN AND COTTON EXCHANGE.

Quotations are for bonds maturing IN not
ess than ten years.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-07-15
Emmy Toothache Cures.

Before the days of dentists, and when
neople generally believed in the value
of charms, there were ever so many
mysterious ways of preventing tooth
ache. One of these was to dress the
right side of the body first-right stock
ing. right shoe, right sleeve, right glove.
A favorite plan in Scotland was to draw
a tooth, salt it we'll and burn it in full
view on glowing Goals. In Cornwall
many save their teeth by biting the first
young ferns that appear. The custom
of catching a common ground mole,
cutting off the paws while the little
creature still lives, and wearing them,
is traced to Staffordshire, England.
Some people who are fond Of exercise
believe that walking twelve miles-no
more. no less-to get splinter of the
toothache tree that grows particularly
we'll in Canada and Virginia will drive
away the worst ache and pain that ever
tortured a poor tooth. The belief that
toothache is caused by worm at the
roots is prevalent in many parts Of the
world. hence this cure: Reduce sew
eral different kinds of herbs-the
greater variety the better-to powder.
Put a glowing cinder into this powder
and inhale the incense. Afterward
breathe into a cup Of water, and the
worm will be gone forever.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-07-15
Good and Bad Commercial Fertilizers

Good and Bad Commercial Fertilizers.
There are honest manufacturers and
sellers Of commercial fertilizers, and
there are also dishonest ones. 1t Is no
hardship to the honest ones to call at
tention to the frauds that exist in the
business, for when the honest ones are
discovered they will receive the bulk
Of the trade. The Indiana experiment
station has shown by it's last report
that while the bulk of fertilizers sold
last year was larger than usual, the real
available manurial contents were less
than usual. In other words, the farm
ers have been badly fooled, believing
amount Of chemical manures they have
themselves benefited by the increased
put on their farms. 1t may be true
that these fertilizers were sold at Less
cost to the farmers than in previous
years, but it is very deceptive bust
ness at best. The man who will get the
most out Of the deal is that man that
knows best what the real contents of
the fertilizers are.
In agriculture as in all other branches
of commercial life the man that is SAT-
est is the man that knows. The man
that does not know will fall victim
to every sharper that comes along. The
dishonest compounders of commercial
fertilizers have the bulk of the farmers
at great disadvantage, for most of
them pay so little attention to fertil-
izers they buy that they really know
nothing about them. They thus fall
before the first glib talker.
There is no reason why this condi-
ton should remain. Every brand Of
commercial fertilizer should be exam
ined by sample and our experiment sta
tons are only too ready to render their
aid. More than that, every farmer
should try to learn a little something
about chemistry. He would then be
able to form good opinion unaided as
to the value of the compound he was
buying.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-07-15

small whitish grubs, which when they
are full grown pupate in earthen cells
under the surface Of the ground, and
therefore are out of sight while doing
their greatest damage.
The other insect found is the straw
berry crown-borer (Tyloderma fraga-
riae), which in the beetle stage re-
sembles a weevil, though it is not one.
The larva or borer is a whitish. yell
low-headed grub resembling the root
worm except in being footless. 1t Is
one-fifth of an inch long, and lives in
the crown Of the strawberry plant,
weakening it so that it cannot survive
the winter. The crown-borer pupates
within the cavity formed in the crown
of the plant, but emerges as the adult
beetle, which is gray in color, one-fifth
of an inch long, about September or
October remaining in the fields until
spring, wien eggs are laid for the new
brood.
Both these insects become particu-
larly destructive in old beds of straw
berry ground where no other crop has
interviewed. Neither Of these insects
travels far from its birthplace, there
fore rotation of crops is the most
practical preventive treatment for the
root-worm and the erown-borer. Old
fields should be plowed under as soon
as the crop of fruit is off. If small
section is to be retained for plants,
their removal should be accomplished
as early as possible. II the beetles are
found about the young plants intended
for next years fruiting, spraying with
Paris green late in summer will kill
such as are feeding upon the foliage
at that season. The shipping Of straw
berry plants from the infested beds to
this state is the probable method of
the introduction of these insects.-Geo.
c. Butt. Horticulturist.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-07-15
su.et clover az a Home, .rl.n..

bWtet OiONGE no - AAchcy - A-A@-T
AS is well known, sweet clover is'a'
valuable honey-plant, while some per-
sons regard it as bad weed; but with
eleven years experience have
learned quite little about it. lntne
first place, / sowed it for its honey
qualities, but l soon found there was
something else of value connected with
it, writes G. ]. Yoder in Gleanings.
sowed it on poor heavy soil In the
spring of 1882. The following year
1t was boon to my bees, yielding
abundance of honey. had sown II
near the public road, and many per-
sons going by would stop to see the
bees work on it, and express surprise.
The roots penetrated deep into the
hard subsoil, and made the land loose
and friable, and, after the crop ID
cleared off, 1t is in fine condition to put
to other cropG.. 1t will grow almost any
where, even on very rocky hillsides and
waste lands, but l prefer to SOW
where | can keep control of 1t and get
a crop of bloom and crop OF seed;
then the next spring crop of the Same
kind. and in the fall crop OF hay, or
to wheat in the fall and in the next fall
crop Of hay. Every other year 1t re-
cedes itself, but if put to cultivated
crops few years it can all be killed
out. l have garden spot on a sweet
clover patch where there were millions
of seeds, and in two years it was all
gone. With us it grows from four to
eight feet high, thus making it almost
impossible to get 1t into the thrasher or
huller. We cut it with self-rake
reaper, then make platform on IT,
foot hay rack, placing it on skid
made of poles, bolted together with
cross pieces; then hitch three horses
to it, and pull it to the field. With
two light poles about eight, feet long
and just heavy enough for man to
handle, and two pitchforks, we are
ready for business. Now fill your plat
form, not too full, and If the clover IA
very dry, few good strokes will land
the seed in the bottom OF the platform.
Now tumble out the refuse; drive up
put more on, and so on around the
field. A little experience will show
how it should be done. When all Is
thrashed off, run it through huller
and you have the Bokhara seed. II
seldom fails to yield enough to keep
the bees out of mischief, and keep up
brood rearing, but we seldom get much
surplus, for blooming, as it does, al
time when very little else Is yield
ing honey, it will take large area
to give us thousands of pounds. Al
to off years, we have them. too, in this
as we'll as in other honey producing
plants, but only once for us in eleven
years was there an entire failure, YET
it bloomed profusely, but seldom bee
was seen on it, but thousands of larga
flies, bugs, and what not but bees.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-07-15
HOMING PIGEONS FOR WAR.
Experts Say Birds Could Not Be Got Ready
In Time to Be of Any Effect In
the War with Spain.

til they die. On a ship 1t would be nee
essary to have separate lofts for the
birds from different cities to prevent
putting them out of temper. If green
horn should plunge his hand into lott
filled with birds from different places
to pick out the one wanted he would
cause all to become so exhausted and
out of temper as to spoil them for ex-
ertion. The training of homing pigeon
is an interesting pursuit. AS soon as
the bird is old enough to try its wings
it is taken away in covered basket
about five miles from home. There the
trainer ties a tag to the leg indicating
the time when the bird was liberated.
It is then loosened and drives at once
for its own loft, and the time OF the
arrival is recorded. No special train
ing is needed to impress on the bird
what is wanted. 1t has the same desire
the trainer has-to get home as quick
ly as possible-and it never fails. Grad
ually the distance is extended until
the bird can make 500 miles in day.
Then it is ready for any service.
The one thing to be looked after IN
the training is to keep the bird in good
condition Just before 1t is liberated,
especially if the trip to be made is a
fairly long one, the bird is fed. Cana
dian peas and seeds and occasionally
rice are placed before it. Then when 1t
is prepared for fast-for it will not
stop for food-it is sent out on its mis-
sion. Birds should not be left in the
lofts over ten days at time, as they
become too fat and grow lazy with good
living. The accompanying engraving
shows Photographic pictures of four
well-known pigeons now in the service
of Uncle Sam.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-07-15
FARM AND GARDEN.
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO
ACRICULTURISTS
Some Up-to-Date Hints About Gull
tivatIon of the Soil and Yields
Observation-Disclosures viticulture and
Horticulture.
Keen Manure Near Surface.

Prof. w. F. Massey in Practical Far
mer says: The preponderance OF expe-
rience is in favor of keeping the ma
nure near the surface as a rule, and we
believe that this Is the true plan, and
we would add on the surface as nearly
as possible. Many of our friends still
seem to be imbued with the old liking
for we'll rotted manure. We do not
want to let our manure get well rotted
before we apply it to the land. me
place to rot the manure is in the SOIL,
where you have the soil to absorb eV-
erything. If the manure is spread on
the surface the soluble parts wash i'm
mediately into the land, and the loss is
smaller than in any way the manure
can be treated, far less than piling In
the barnyard either under cover or out.
The evaporation from manure spread
on the surface is mainly only water,
whit. the evaporation from piled ma
nure is largely ammonia in a volatile
form. No matter how we'll the manure
Is handled, there will always be more
loss from it in the barnyard than In the
field. Manure on the surface keeps the
soil moist and prevents the baking OF
clay soil. In our experience, right on
top as near as may be is the best posi-
BILE place for the manure. Lately have
had sample on a small scale OF the
value Of surface manuring on a clay
soil. A year ago we built at our col
ege q new lecture hall, laboratory and
greenhouses for my department. TO
get a level site for the buildings we
had to excavate into red clay hillside
and pile the clay taken from the exca-
vation in the lower levels. On the
grounds around the building l have
been trying to convert this clay into a
garden. Grass plants were formed and
large shrubbery beds prepared, and
planted in the untamed clay. After
everything was planted a good coat OF
manure was placed on the surface and
left there. Last summer was the hot
test and dryest ever known here, but 1t
was pleasant to see how things grew
and f1ourished in that clay, which was
merely the subsoil piled three or four
feet deep. This spring the soil in these
beds works as mellow as the traditional
ash heap, and the bloom Of the roses
and shrubbery Of all kinds Is simply
amazing, being fully twice as great as
with the same kinds Of plants set in
natural soil everywhere. I use all ma
nure as a mulch either in garden OF
field. In the garden, after setting
plants or planting seed the manure is
spread over the surface and left there
to be slightly worked in during Guilt
walton.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-07-15

One of the first things discussed
when war was seen to be inevitable
was the use of homing pigeons in the
naval service. Stories have been writ
ten Of the lofts stationed all along the
Atlantic coast and the expected great
results from the service. But, accord
Ing to the statement of Charles II.
Jones, secretary of the National Asso-
citation of Homing Pigeon Fanciers,
the lofts already established would be
of little use in Cuban matters. Mr..
Jones says that the navy department
has asked for birds and that fanciers
all over the land have offered their
champions. He and the president of
the association have been in constant
communication with the navy depart
ment since war was declared and have
sent out hundreds of circulars. He
says the responses have indicated the
patriotism of the owners in a marked
degree. The owners love their birds
as men love thoroughbred horses and
that giving them up to possible death
is sacrifice unknown to the laity.
The birds go into inexperienced lands,
run risks on land and sea from hunt
ers, hawks, ETC., run the risk Of being
eaten abroad ship and the men who
bred and trained them feel an agony
In thus giving them up. Many per-
sons seem to think that all that is
needed is TO put a pigeon in loft, get
it accustomed to this loft and then
turn it loose anywhere to get good re-
suits. The instinct of the bird is to get
back to its home, the loft where it was
bred and lived all the time before re-
moval It is essentially domestic
bird and will persevere to death to re-
gain it's first home. Birds from lofts
on the northern coast would be avail
able for coast duty with ships cruising
there, but for Cuban and Porto Rican
news would be useless, because they
would return to New England If bred
there and their dispatches would be
useless. Lofts for use in the expedi-
tions now under way must be estab-
lished in lower Florida and Key West.
They could be established in the Caro-
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-07-15

The judge decided that under certain
circumstances a parrot talking might
be mistaken for person talking, and
Arthur Powers, who was accused Of
disturbance and calling Mrs. Nellie
Thompson narles that were not at all
polite, was allowed to go free because
the parrot was to blame. According
to the testimony given during the hear
ing, Powers, who is next-door neigh
Dor of Mrs. Thompson, was making a
good deal of noise the other night.
Mrs. Thompson stood 1t as long as she
could and then asked the Powers fam
lily to be still. The noise continued,
however, and she again asked for
peace. Instead of getting 1t volley
of oaths several yards long was fired at
her out of one of the windows. She
started back in amazement and, think
ing Powers was to blame, promptly had
him arrested. His defense was that
he had not said word to Mrs. Thomp-
son, but his parrot had, and Of course
he had no control over the voice of the
bird. The green fellow, he said, had
been educated by "Scotty" Orr, who
had taught it many things better for
1t not to know. When Mrs. Thompson
called to him the parrot began talk
ing and he could not prevent 1t say
ing the things that insulted Mrs.
Thompson. The bird was not in court,
and it is probably good thing it was
not.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-07-15

linas and Georgia and do good service,
but Philadelphia birds already trained
would not be available, owing to the
great distance of travel and the GER
tainty of death before the birds could
reach home. Mr.. Jones does not think
the lofts in the southern states still TO
he established would be of any service
under a year, time so long as to PROB
ablv make them useless in the present
war. He says it is very difficult to
train young birds. They can never
make a record of five miles until they
are one year old. They are never use
full even for short distances before
thew are four months old and then their
training must be by short stages. MI.
Tones estimates that it will be next
summer before any of the southern
lofts will be of any advantage to the
war or navy department. He says a
homing pigeon to be trustworthy must
be tough, particularly If he is to ny
over the ocean. He says carrier pigeon
is an incorrect name, for 1t the BIRDS
absolute love VI uOhA0 "AA~A
his nature and name.
Fanciers have received heart-DreaK-
ing accounts of the treatment Oh
nIseons by sailors in the navy. They
have heard that the newspaper men
have been served with baked pigeon
ON the ships and that the opening OF
che little aluminium capsule containing
the message has been species OF grace
before meat. 1t has been reported that
birds have been shot without discrimi-
nation and that their service therefore
has been rendered void. inexperienced
men have sent them abroad at night
fall. SO that they have become exhaust
ed before they have been able to reach
their lofts. Some authorities have said
that the war department could handle
aOOo birds right now If it had them.
Mr.. Jones says this is not possible. He
nuts the effective limit at 500. He says
Il is not such an easy thing as one
might think to ship a homing pigeon
service.
The lack Of an organized service IN
the hands Of inexperienced men would
make It impossible to care for any
considerable number Of birds. He calls
attention to the fact that the pigeons
are petted and carcssed by their mas
tiers from the time they are squads un-
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-07-15
frequency OF Lining.

The frequency with which lining
sould be practiced depends upon several
conditions; for example, upon the char
acter of the soil, the quantity of lime
employed in each application, the num-
Der of years involved in rotation, the
plants to be grown and their order OF
succession. Formerly, in England,
large quantities of lime were applied at
somewhat rare intervals, but there and
elsewhere at the present time the pref
cradle practice seems to be to use small
amounts and apply it more frequently.
AS a general rule it may be stated that
from half ton to one and half tons
of lime per acre applied every five to
six years is sufficient. There may ex-
list extreme soils requiring either more
or less than these amounts. II soils
which are quite acid and have not
previously been LINED are to be seeded,
with the intention of allowing them to
remain in grass for several years, as
much as two or three tons of lime per
acre may be advisable. Only very ex-
IRENE cases would call for larger appli-
cations. II in rotation covering
considerable number of years two crops
especially benefited by lime are in
troduced at about equidistant intervals
of time, it may be advisable to lime
twice in the course of the rotation, each
time just prior to their introduction. In
renoyating acid pastures and meadows
it is usually preferable to apply a fair
amount of lime upon the burrows when
they are first plowed, so that this may
be thoroughly mixed with the soil by
subsequent blowing and narrowing and
just prior to seeding to grass make an
other generous application. By such
treatment, provided the other essential
fertilizing ingredients are employed a
good stand of clover, Kentucky blue
grass, timothy and other grasses may
be obtained where in many instances
they were formerly partial or total fall
ures and where only redtop, Rhode Is
land bent, and grasses having similar
soil adaptability could be grown.
Where land is kept in grass for num-
Der of consecutive years, top-dressing
with lime may be advisable, particu-
larly if ordinary commercial fertiliz-
ers are employed in lieu of stable ma
nure.-Prof. H. D. Wheeler.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-07-15
To Survey the rransvaal.

It is said that President Kruger and
his executive have decided to have the
entire country of the South American
republic surveyed geologically. The
work is to be carried out under the SUI
pervision of a citizen Of the republic
DR.. G. A. Molengraaf, who has been in
England lately arranging for the pub
LEGATION of the results of the survey by
means of annual reports and occasion
al separate papers. to be accompanied
by maps. A geological survey Of this
rich mineral country will be Of inesti-
mable value.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-07-15
Strawberry Pests.

Pennsylvania Experiment Station
Bulletin: Complaint has been received
from strawberry growers within the
state of Pennsylvania of many plants
being killed, presumably during the
past winter. In some cases small
beetles were sent to the experiment sta
ton accompanying this complaint; the
beetles being found about the siekly
plants, eating small holes in the young
foliage Of the strawberry plants. These
beetles are the cause of the destruc-
ton Of plants, and are of two kinds,
both comparative strangers In Penn
sylvania, but we'll known to the straw
berry growers of the Mississippi val
ley. The one which seems to be most
abundant is the strawberry root worm
(Typophorus Canellus, Fab) The ma
ture insect is beetle about the size OF
radish seed, with a shining black or
brown surface, end pair Of antennae
resembling a pair of its legs. 1t is
quite active on its feet, but when dis
turbed it "plays the 'possum" and rolls
Into the ground. have found as many
as FIVE at a single hill of plants. These
beetles are, of course, the consequence
Of the root-worms or larvae which last
fall were feeding upon the nbrous
roots Of the plants. The worms are
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-07-15


Apple Orchards and Drouth.-There
can be no doubt but that apple trees
are more or less checked, in many sit
uations, by the want of water during
the dry times of July and August, and
more in some soils and situations than
others. Neither can there be any
doubt of responsive activity to the
effects of a warm and wet autumn.
The buds swell and burst into shoots
or flowers in many cases, and ini the
southern ATTITUDES of Illinois are some
times very conspicuously developed.
With a corresponding activity of the
cambium and a subsequent hard
freeze, it is little wonder that damage
is done. The evil consequence then,
of the summers drouth, is what we
should in the first place strive to avoid.
This may be accomplished in several
ways known to us, all, and may only
mention such as the choice of site,
deep drainage to favor the penetration
of roots into soil likely to. be moist
in summer, good surface cultivation
during dry times, extensive mulching,
selection Of varieties possessing pow
ers of withstanding drouth.-Prof. T.
]. Burrill.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-07-15
CONQUERED.

From the Indianapolis Journal: She
If you dare to write me while I am
in the country, 1 shall return your let
tiers unopened. He-Very well, then;
I'll have to use postal cards. And you
know a country postmaster'E wife has
a good deal of spare time.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-07-15
PARROT INSULTED HER.

She Brought the Owner of the Bird Up
In Court.
Can the voice of an educated parrot
be mistaken for that of a human voice?
That was a question that Judge Fer
rell had to decide in the Butte police
court recently, says the Butte Miner.