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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-06-29
To Prevent Potato Blight.

The New York state department Of ag-
riculture is in receipt of many inquiries
from growers of potatoes OH the subject
OF blight, disease of the vines which
causes the destruction Of much or all of
the foliage and a failure Of the crop. No
full crop of potatoes can be expected I'M
less the vines are healthy throughout the
season.
The leaf blight is caused by minute
plants which grow on the leaves or stalks
Of the vine, and they are so small that
they are not conspicuous to the unaided
eye. They spread very rapidly, and pro-
duce little brown spots which finally
grow together, turn black and destroy
the leaves: This disease cannot be
cured, but it can be prevented.
The minute plants are fungi; they grow
as all plants grow and produce a root"
called the mycelium and "seeds" called
spores. These spores, very minute, float
about III the air, rest on damp leaves,
take root and produce blight The way
to prevent these small seeds from grow
ing on potato leaf is to copper-plate the
leaf, This is done with copper sulphate
IN the form of Bordeaux mixture. As
soon as the potatoes are six inches high,
they should be sprayed; in ten days or
two weeks the new leaves should again
be sprayed, and as long as growth con
tinucs the spraying should be kept up,
thorough spraying calling for from five to
seven applications, at intervals, through
the growing season.
Bordeaux mixture is not intended to
keep off the Colorado or flea-beetles, but
rarls green is added for this purpose.
The cost ought not to exceed S. per acre
for each season, or 81 for each time, and
may be reduced to half this sum if plen-
ty. Of water. can be had in the field, if
labor is cheap, and if labor-saving de-
vices are used. The materials for one
acre of potatoes five sprayings) are as
follows: ~ -.
30 lbs copper sulphate at sc per ID. ;. $3.50
Dus unslaked line at 3Oc per bus.... IS
Potassium ferrocyanide, .....s......... 10
70 gallons of water. MISREPRESENTATION. 80.
3h lbs Paris green az q to so gals zoe 70
IT.: : r. ....~.zs- S2.45
Less Paris green should be. used if
beetles are not troublesome Use noz-
zics that throw very fine spray, and ar
range them so one or more rows can be
sprayed at the same time. 5 zzls +
bordeaux mixture to be effective must
be used as soon as made, or within very
few hours. Air-slaked lime is not suit
able to make Bordeaux mixture. Make
lows: Copper sulphate, six pounds; lime,
three pounds; water, forty five gallons.
Mix in this way, following directions
carefully. Dissolve the copper sulphate
in hot water, or by suspending in coarse
bag in "a cohsid cradle quantity Of cold
water, SO that the sulphate is just COW
cred. It will not all dissolve If placed
in the bottom OF 81 vessel Of cold water
When dissolved dilute the solution to two
thirds Of. the required amount. Next
Stake the lime and add it to the solution
! in the form OF d thin whitewash-the
thinner the better. Strain ia keep, out
mixture should be thoroughly stirred
while the limesis being added. II is es-;
5sential that the copper solr tion should be
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-06-29
Feediup Duck1ings.

The main trouble in raising ducklings
seems to come in with their early days,
and lies largely in the treatment from the
time the shell is broken. The mistake
is made, many times, Of setting hens on
ducks eggs. Few hens are fitted to sus-
tain the work of the additional week re-
quired to hatch out the duck eggs; hence.
the duckling does not even have a fair
start. Then the owner is quite apt to
assist nature" by helping the duckling
out of its shell, as he would chick.
Ducklings break their shells thirty-six
hours or more before they are ready tc
come out and usually do not need assist
arce, as chicks frequently do. Feed
often, and small quantities, but let the
food be more bulky than is given to
chicks. Potatoes cooked and mashed
and considerable green food. Feed four
or five times a day for the first week. and
at all times water in abundance must be-
kept handy; for, without water, the duck
lings will choke. The grain foods during
the first week should be equal parts of
cornmeal and wheat bran. mixed with
milk or water. During the next five
weeks they will get along nicely OIL wheat
bran, cornmeal. ground oat feed and
some green stuff, with what grit they
may need. In this last respect they arc
like chickens, seemingly needing con-
siderable grit to enable them properly to
digest their food.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-06-29
Feeding Chickens.

The Oklahoma experiment station has
recently issued bulletin which reports
feeding experiment with chickens in
which some interesting results were OBJ
tanned. The object of the experiment
was to determine the amount of diges-
tible matter in Kattir corn and COW peas
when fed separately to chickens
The following summary from the bulle-
tin gives the practical results:
l. Chickens digested Kaftir corn and
corn more completely when the grain was
fed whole than when the meal was fed.
?. The Kaftir corn and Kattir meal
fed in this trial yielded but per cent.
less total digestiblc matter than the cor
responding corn products.
2. Kaffir corn was more suitable ra
ton, considering only the relative
amounts Of growth-making and fat-form-
ing materials; for chickens than Kaffir
meal, corn or corn meal.
4. Cow peas were digested reasonably
well and are desirable for growing chick
ems and hens. But little ain in di-
gestib{lity was secured by grinding COW
peas.
This bulletin. and all Of the publica-
tons of the station, are sent free on re-
quest to the experiment station, Still
water Ok
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-06-29
THE BOSTON STORE : q: : !!,: :!;: y

This, mammoth new daylight store.
containing about five acres Of floor space,
is one of the great sights Of Milwaukee.
1t Is one Great Exposition of the best
products of the worlds markets. dis
played In an attractive. manner, The ap-
probation shown by the public since the
opening of the new "Big Store" on April
%, 1900, has been marvellous and goes
to show that the Boston Store is the
cheapest store for highest to the medium
grades of all kinds OF merchandise. ard
they have everything the heart could
desire. These are few Of the most i'm
portant departments: Dry Goods, No
lions, Laces, Jewelry, Leather Goods,
Books, Drugs and Toilet Articles, Sheet
Music, Mems and Boys Hats and Caps,
Shoes, Ladies' Cloaks aud Suits, Milf
merry, Mems and Boys Clothing, Carpets,
Rugs, Draperies, Lace Curtains. Trunks,
Beds, Crockery and Glassware, Hardware
and Housefurnishing Goods There is
in the store, also, Photograph Gallery
Lunch ParlOr and Soda Fountain.
When in Milwaukee do not fail to see
the big Store" Visitors are always
welcome.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-06-29
MatrimOny and Literature.

Someone asked quite seriously the 9th
er day if l thought that the announced
engagement Of Paul Leicester Ford
would interfere with the sale of his nov
els. l smiled the smile of incredulity.
You need not SMILE" said the lady.
Il know that Richard Harding Davis
marriage has greatly interfered with the
sale of his novels. His readers, who are
largely young girls, like to think of him
as an unmarried man. They find his
books more interesting when they so re-
gard him.
What about Kipling?' 1 gasped. "Has
his stock deprecated because of the wife
and babies?"
'Oh, nor was the reply. 1T is differ
ent with Kipling. He writes more for
men, and then his stories are not love
Stories"
If it be true that bachelor authors lose
their hold upon the reading public when
they marry, publishers will have to re-
wise their contracts and insert matri-
mony clause: The above agreement
holds good only for so long as the party
of the first part remains bachelor" or
something of that sort. Are there not
enough obstacles to matrimony already
without this last straw?-Jeannette l..
Glider in HarDer's Bazar
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-06-29
FOUND AT LAST.
The Axe with Which Charles I. was
- s5 Beheaded.. = ::

~ @AA~ WIN " AA&4 NAdT4SS IL was
d.. Beheaded..
The vexed question, so much in evi.
dence in the papers recently, where is
the present location Of the axewtih which
King Charles was beheaded?'' has Fl.
nally been answered. The famous relic
now reposes in the Museo Borbonico, at
Naples, Italy. One who has rummaged
much among the archives of, the British
museum furnishes these particulars re.
garding it: The eXecutioner Of Charles
(Giles Dekker) survived the monarch
thirty-six years, dying in 1855. His claim
to the axe. which he appears to have re-
garded as his perquisite, was, after con-
siderable discussion, granted by Parlia-
mIent, and it remained his until his DEATH
lie always refused to make an exhibition
Of the instrument, but his son, however,
devoid of such scruples, placed it on show
at his tavern in Lambeth, and this COM
ing to the new Kings ears, raid was
made, the axe was cOnfiscated and James
IL: became it's custodian. When COM
PEELED to fly from the kingdom in 1858
he took it with him to France, and at ST..
German it remained until his death, in
1701. Louis XIV. became it's next pos
SCISSOR, and later on the Regent Duke Of
Orleans, who parted with it. for a "con-
sideration" to Ferdinand King Of
Naples. Treasured by that family for
upward of sixty years, it was finally de-
posted in the Naples museum.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-06-29
THE GREAT UNKNOWN.

She belongs to woman's clubs, some three
or four;
She can speak so broad an ''a'' it sounds
= like ave.
So her culture is correct
And quite all one should expect,
And she'd patronize The Prophets and The
She poses as litterateur Of late;
Though. what she's written nobody can
state,
And, somehow, we cannot ask,
As beneath her smile we bask
While her verbal pyrotechnics scintillate.
In society, wherever we may go,
We find her quoting Ibsel, Browning, Poe;
Introduced to shining lights, -
Mrs. Fountaine- Penn, who: writes
For all the leading magazines, you know"
-: -
We might, If we had *consciences of flint,
Achieve reputation by the hint
That we write for magaznes,"-
:. (Which does not, by any means,
Prove the writing gets accepted and in
printD
Anna Mathewson in the New Lippincott
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-06-29
Corn as a Substitute for Hay.

The experience of last summer, so far
as the hay crop was concerned, ought to
put farmers on their guard to avoid a
like result this year. To the man whose
experience in growing forage crops is
limited, corn should be the crop on which
to bank, not only for needed summer
fodder, but to harvest as Il substitute
for hay, if needed. The soil should be
fitted and enriched, and the seed of the
variety selected drilled in so that it may
be dropped in three rows at time.
Cultivate in the usual way, and that por-
ton not used as green food during the
summer should be harvested before frost
in the fall. If well cut, cured and
housed, this corn slower will make an
exec! lCnt substitute for hay if properly
manipulated before being fed. Vast guam
titles Of corn fodder are yearly ruined by
being left in the field cut and uncut dur
ing heavy fall frosts that take much of
its nutr,ment. If a silo is not on the
farm, store the corn stalks under cover
after curing. and when about to feed,
cut in il machine that will split the stalks
as well as cut them. Moistcn this fod-
der with ground grain and all of the
stock, even the horses, will thrive upon
it.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-06-29
FOR THE FARMER.
Glover.

Glover.
Sweet is the wind In the clover,
Smelling of days that are over,
Telling nights that are done,
When l and my clover-sweet lover
Wandered the daisy fields over
Under the sky and the sun,
And kissed in the nights that are done.
| thought that my love would 70 signing,
l dreamed that my heart would be CRYING,
Thinking on joys that are past,
When all my loves senses lay dying
Before l took thought of my crying,
That waited my love at the last,
When love and its kisses were past,
But sweet is the wind in the clover
For smelling of days that are over,
And telling of nights that are done;
For thought that is sweet, Of my lover,
Now all of the bitter is over
Comes with the sky and the sun
To whisper of love that is done
Post Wheeler in New York Press.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-06-29
GlRLHOOD, WOMANHOOD AND
MOTHERHOOD
Are Renovated, Regulated and Re-
stored by the Pelvic Catarrh Remedy,


Are Renovated, Regulated and Re-
stored by the Pelvic Catarrh Remedy,
Peruna.
Mrs. E. c. Everly, sos Diamond street,
Philadelphia, Pa, says: II feel we'll,
never felt better, thanks to your atten-
ton and Peruna. l will be glad to do all
can in the way Of advancing the sale
of your valuable medicine. l do think
Perupa the best medicine have tried at
any time. Since began taking Peruna
we have never been without it."
Read what an elderly woman says-a
woman who has passed through all the
phases, crises and experiences Of girl
hood; womanhood and motherhood: Il
really believe that every woman in the
world ought to have Peruna on hand all
the time; for, if she gets tired, Peruna
refreshes her; if she gets nervous, it
soothes her; if Respondent, it cheers and
mvigorates. 1t is a panacea for all ir-
Irregularities of her monthly periods.
1T is constant friend to the expect
ant mother; a neverfailing standby to
for her child, and finally when the change
Of life comes on, no MEDICINE on earth is
OF, equal efficacy to the woman in this
critical period. Surely Peruna is the
woman's friend. This is no maudlin fiat
terry, but is the simple, plain truth Of the
natter
Miss Bertha E. Sargent writes: ct can
scarcely find words to express my graft
tude to you for all your kindness to me.
We have used Peruna in our family for
the past year and find it wonderful
medicine. 1t has robbed the grave OF
one victim, for l was in a critical condi-
ton when l wrote you before. Thanks
to you, however, my health is fully re-
stored and am better than I have been
for five years. l cannot say too much in
favor of your medicines.
IF YOU can use any words Of mine to
assist you in your work I will only be
too glad. l wish every young lady in
our town could read your book There
would be a great deal less sickness and
puny women"
Send for free copy of DR.. Hartman's
book on catarrhal diseases peculiar to
women. Address The Peruna Medicine
Co., Columbus, Ohio.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-06-29
quite dilute before the lime IS added. The

quite dilute before the lime is added. The
weighing and shaking Of the required
amount Of4lime each time a barrelful of
the mixture is made will require consid-:
cradle time in the course of day. BY
using the color test given below, the ne
cessity Of weighing the lime is done away
with, and enough lime may be slaked at
one time to, last through the season. A
convenient way to keep lime is to Stake
it in barrel that is partially sunk in the
ground. When treated in this manner it
will keep indefinitely in the form of paste,
if the surface is kept covered with
small quantity of water. It will be
lime Air slaked lime is worthless
TO apply the color test, fill the spray
tank two-thirds full with the copper sui
plate solution, then pour in the milk of
lime. Stir the mixture thoroughly and
add drop of the potassium ferrocyan-
idc. If enough lime has been added, the
drop will not change color when it strikes
" change to dark reddish-brown color.
More lime must then be added until the
ferrocyanide does not produce the red
dish-brown color. Even after the test
shows no color, more lime should be add
ed so as to be sure that all of the cop
per will be precipitated, for in case the
mixture has not been thoroughly stirred,
some of the copper may still remain in
solution in the bottom of the barrel. while
the test shows no color at the surface
An excess of lime will do no harm, while
the free copper solution will injure the
foliage. The potassium ferrocyanide or
yellow prussiate of potash is a poisonous
yellow salt, which readily dissolveS in
water. A few cents worth dissolved in
about ten times it's volume of water will
last through the season.
Knapsack pumps can be bought at $12
to SIS, and are useful for small plats.
Barrel-mounted pumps range from $40 to
$50; steam power pumps 5000 to $3.50.
Paris green should be added to Bor-
deaux mixture, II ounces to one barrel
of mixture.
Careful experiments over a series of
years have proved that, even i'll seasons
when blight was not prevalent, the yield
in sprayed fields was larger than in I'M
sprayed ones.
The main rules to observe then arc
these six:
l. Follow directions carefully in maxi
ing Bordeaux mixture; never use air.
slaked lime.
,. Do not add the lime water to the
sulphate solution until you are ready to
spray. The mixture must be fresh to be
| good.
3. Use a nozzle which produces a fine
spray Tor mist).
f. Commence spraying early and re-
peat as growth continues, remembering
| that you are covering the leaves to pre-
| vent blight.
5. Use paris green as may be necessa-
~ to poison beetles.
6. Keep all mixtures thoroughly
stirred
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-06-29
PERSONALLY Conducted'' Punils.

In the Kindergarten a child is taught
much through system which is used to
make him think that he is playing rather
than working. but those Imaginary de-
vices take away the manliness of a boy
who knows that work is work We must
not teach the boy that his teacher exists
simply for his amusement. There is a
great tendency to bring up children
"along the lines of least resistance"
What we really want is men of charac-
ter, not those who from childhood up
have been personally conducted" The
new education deserves all gratitude for
taking the place of wooden" teaching
that the question of . where the new
should stop and the old begin is often lost
sight of.-Address of Dean Briggs Of
Harvard in Cambridge
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-06-29
The Teeth in the Bible,

A .Kensington dentist, who is likewise
a pillar Of the church. consulted the
Scriptures some time ago in search of a
suitable passage to advertise his bust
ness, says the Philadelphia Record, and
came across the following from the Song
of Solomon vi, 6: THY teeth are as a
flock of sheep that go up from the wash
ing, whereof every one beareth twins,
and there is not one barren among
them" This quotation he emblazoned
on his sign, and when his pastor remon-
strated with him the dentist explained
that the lines were applicable, as the
teeth he referred to We're ''sheep tecth,''
or the first teeth that grow in childs
mouth, every one of which is succeeded
by two other teeth of the second growth
The dentist is authority for the state
ment that there are only two other refer
ences of teeth in the Bible
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-06-29
Try Grain.O! Try Grain-O!

Ask your grocer today to show you a
package of GRAIN-O, the new food
drink that takes the place of coffee.
The children may drink it without injury
as we'll as the adult. All who try it like
it. GRAIN-O has that rich seal brown
of Mocha or Java, but it is made from
pure grains, and the most delicate stom.
ach receives it without distress. One
fourth the price of coffee. 15c and 25c
per package Sold by all grocers.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-06-29
Origin of the Word "Deadhead."

The origin of the word "deadhead' is
suggested by Frederick Stanley in dis
covery he made recently in museum in
Naples. Among the relics were several
tickets to the different parts of the Pom
peiian theater. made in little images, a
pigeon admitting to the last tier and a
skull serving as our passes. AS the top
gallery of an Italian theater is today
called the "pigeon loft" Mr.. Stanley
thinks that the skull for free admission
might be the origin of the expression
''deadhead." -Baltimore News.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-06-29
Makes Its Own Iieht

One Of the marine curiosities recently
fished from the bottom of the Indian
ocean by a dredging vessel in the EN-
plny Of the Calcutta Society of Natural
continually emitted Il bright white light
similar to that seen in the spasmodic
flashes of phosphorescent light kindled
by the common glow worms. The oddly
was captured in the daytime and placed
in a large tank, nothing peculiar except
its immense size being noticeable in the
broad glare of the tropical sun. At night,
however, when all was pitchy darkness,
the crab surprised the 1aturalists by
lighting up the tank so that all the other
sea creatures, great and small, could be
seen plainly.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-06-29

That the ufx,soSfreIEance
can be placed upon this
great zasedSczzse is feSfi-
fled TO by an army of
grateful who Esave
been helped by it.
Mrs. Pinlt5as,,, who has
the greatest and most
successful experience III,
The world to qualify FER,
will advise you free of
CHARGE fer address IS
lynn, Mass Write to hes'.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-06-29
, ~suscrBeet Improvement.

| 1t is a well-established fact that plants
can be improved by crossing and iu-
dleious, selection quite as surely and eff
| fectively as thazbreedng of animals. The
sugar beet may be quoted as an exampl"
of what cultivation may do. The sugar
beet of today actually contains about
three times as large proportion of sac
charine matter as it did century ago.
Hhiladenhia Record
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-06-29
SeedleSS Fruit.

Apples, pears, grapes and other fruits
produce individuals at times that are
coreless or see(lless. AS a general rule
in these cases the resultant fruit is
smaller than in normal condition. The
value of these abnormal forms depends
on the uses to which they may be put.
No special value has. resulted from the
seedless apples or pears. In the grape
the secdless raisins and curranits fill q
useful place in culinary art.-Meehan's
Monthly.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-06-29
Binder Irvine at Low Prices.

If you want a special inside price on
binder twlne, either Sisal, Standard or Man
lila, cut this notice out and mail to Sears,
Roebuck & Co. Binder Irvine Depart
menD, Chicago, stating about how much
Irvine you will require and how soon you will
want it, and they will save you money by
quoting you a price that will either secure
your order or compel the party who supplies
you to sell to You at q lower price than he
otherwise would,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-06-29

Grand Trunk Ry. system, Grand Haven
Route. Shortest, cheapest and most
popular line to all points in Michigan.
Canada and the East. Steamers leave
Milwaukee every night at 9:15 p. m.
Write or call at ticket Office, 400 East
Wotor ST
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-06-29
Libby, MCNEIL & Libby.

Housekeepers frequently feel the need
of luncheon meats which are either ready
to serve or can be prepared for the table
at a moments notice. Such need is
abundantly supplied in the superior meats
put up by the old reliable house of Libby,
Mcneil & Libby, Chicago, one Of whose
umn of this paper and their booklet,
How to Make Good Things to Eat" is
offered free on applicatiou =.