The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-12-15

lTl WIN hblS Swiftly lOSCS all CANCllChl
member, his wife and children devoted |
and affectionate husband and father, and |
the community good and model citizen.
A. McGREGoR,
]. f. ROTH,
CLAYTON HoLL,.
Miss Ritterspaugh furnished the fol-
lowing:
NEW LIGHT ON SPRAYING.
At recent farmers convention Prof.
Burrill, of the University of Illinois, gave
to his hearers piece of information
that he said had not yet got into books.
1t was relative to the first spraying of
fruit trees for fungus diseases. 1t has
been believed that in the case of most
of these pests the spores live over on the
twigs of the trees. 1t was advised to
spray them before the blossoms were
open for the purpose of killing these
colonies of spores. Fruit raisers have
been religiously carrying out instruc-
tions in this regard, and the experiment
stations have been sending out spraying
calendars year by year in which the fruit
raiser is advised to spray before the
opening of the blossoms. But now it
has been found that the spores live over
on the leaves that fall to the ground and
lie there till spring. With the first
breath of spring these spores ripen suffi-
ciently to float in the air, and as soon as
the young leaf begins to expand they
find lodgment there and begin their
life work. 1t is therefore useless to
spray at the earliest time indicated in
most of our books on spraying. This
discovery will add much TO the comfort
of the orchardist, for it will decrease his
timeof spraying. 1t also adds greatly to
his hopes, for if the spores live over on
the dead leaves the proper way to get
rid of them is to burn the leaves.
P. J. Palmer reported the wood in
orchards in good condition.
Clayton Holl reported vineyards and
small fruit also in good shape for winter.
VEGETABLES.
Your committee find on the table, ex-
hibited byour host, a specimen of purple
top turnip and fine whi e turnip, a
specimen of mangel wurzle and beet
for name which we cannot name. Also
two samples of corn, very fine.
DAVID HELMAN,
| r. L. RuFFFNNFyFR
Your committee on nomenclature finds
two apples for name by P. ]. Palmer,
which call the grindstone.
Levi Smith has pear which cannot
name. NJ. Bitter.
FLOWER REPORT.
c. w. Faust has on exhibition large
display of cut flowers. Among them are
thirteen varieties of carnations. roses,
nine varieties of geraniums, hibiscus
six varieties of begonia eight of chrys,
anthemums, asparagus vine, ageratun
and smilaX. ...
Our hostess, Mrs. Smith, exhibits {
large bouquet of chrysanthemums, sew
eral varieties of begonia, petunia, cacti
! rosemary and geraniums.
ALFARETTA SAYLER.
: HELEN MEYER.
| APPLES, PEARS AND OUNCES.
S The display of apples today is very
4 fine. John F, Roth exhibits splendic
Grimes Golden and fair Ben Davis. P
J. Palmer has fair sample Of snow
apple Charles Ream has very fine
specimens of Ewalt, Baldwin, Northern
Spy and Smokehouse. S. H. Rockhil
exhibits King, Bellehower and Rom,
Beauty
SAM'L II. RocKHILL.
A. r. HANNA. r..
| Mr.. McGregor furnished clipping OF
2 "Freak Farms" which include, in Indi
2 ana, farms for raising cats, skunks
2 weasels, rabbits, frogs, and for fatteninl
, watermelons. The last named brough
S out some interesting discussion. The
/ Hoosier farmer performs surgica
operation on the melons and feeds then
sweetened water
! Mr.. c. w. Faust had fed melons OF
e potash and ammonia and raised the bes
melons he ever ate.
? Mr.. A. r. Hanna superintendent o
| Charity School, scooped the Stark Coun
ty Agricultural Society out of its frs
l premium on melons, but found after
: wards that the boys who did the milking
4 had fed the melons daily on sweet, ricl
Jersey milk.
e Other members recommended farming
for ferrets and bees.
, NEW MEMBERS.
Levi Smith, Canton.
Daniel Jolly Canton.
David Helman, North Industry.
A vote of thanks was given IN Our hoe