The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-10-07
Oxeye Daisy.

This familiar plant, known to bot
anists as Chrysanthemum leucanthe-
mum, is at the same time a beautiful
flower and a pernicious weed. Like
most weeds, it thrives on neglect, and
If left unchecked rapidly establishes It,
self in fields to the exclusion Of more
useful plants. The New Hampshire
Experiment Station is authority for the
statement that ut a be kept from
farms If precaution is exercised" A
method commonly employed for this
purpose is to cut the hay early and
thus prevent the maturing of seeds.
Experiments by the Station indicate
that it requires at least twelve days
after the daisy blossoms for its seeds
to mature so that they will terminate.
Therefore, If the plant is cut within
this period, reseeding is :effectually
prevented. AS the oxeye daisy too fire.
quently occurs in hay fields and Of
ten forms an important component of
the hay secured from such fields, 1t
will be of interest to compare the COM
position Gas regards food constituency
Of the plant with. that Of average tim
othy hay. The Massachusetts, Station
has made an analysis Of the /. daisy
which shows that, as far as chemical
composition is concerned, the oxeye
daisy ia fully the equal Of timothy
hay in nutritive constituents, although
digestibility, palatability, etc., have
not been studied in the case Of the
daisy as they have in the Isl Of tim
othy hay.
Missouri Maple Sugar.-Pure Mis-
souri, maple sugar, says the Kansas
City Journal, is likely to take the
place in the local market of the Yer
mont article to a considerable extent
this season, the crop in the Green
Mountain state having almost wholly
failed. Probably few Missourians out
side that immediate locality know that
maple sugar is produced in marketable
quantities in the vicinity of st. Joseph
or elsewhere in the state, but such is
the case. Owners Of sugar camps along
Sugar creek, in Buchanan county, are
sending their product to St. Joseph,
and there is d greater demand for IL
than usual on account of the report
that the sugar trees Of Vermont are
dry from a caterpillar scourge last
summer. 500
4 Table Linen Drawing.-How provok.
ing it Is to have your nice damask
table cloth all askew and have to spend
time and strength pulling it into shape.
To avoid this annoyance. when you
wiring the cloth out of the bluing and
starch water, gather the edge length
wise in your hand, just as you would
gather It to run a seam. Then wiring.
Hang on line lengthwise and you will
have table cloths come of the line
with the edges straight, says National
stockman. The usual method. and by
some perverse chance the wrong one,
is to gather the cloth at the end, fold
together in the middle, as you would
a sheet to wiring. Result-twisted
table linen. N
London Margarine" Prosecutions
The London DAIRY World' reported
in a late number that the Butter As
ISOLATION, at the Marylebone police
court. summoned ten traders in re-
spect of offenses under the margarine
act, who were ordered to pay fines
which amounted altogether to sS5 los.
In disposing Of the last Of the cases.
Mr.. Curtis Bennett remarked: If
these fines do not stop this kind Of
thing the penalty will go up to EGO
in each case. I am determined to put
q stop to It here."|-Ex;
Large Duck Farms.-The Matching.
raising and marketing Of 10000 sduck1
III one season seems almost incredible.
and yet u readers who may know
Of the operations Of the
Messrs. Weber Brothers, will not read
the above heading with surprise, says
Farm Poultry. This is a Massachu-
sets farm. Other large raisers are
located in that state. and. In Long
Island, New York, ana IN Pennsylva-
MIA, to say nothing of numerous small
breeders in all parts Of the Eastern and
Middle Atlantic states.
Last year there were brought into
nndont and other English porfas & l22