La Junta tribune., 1901-09-07
Outlook for Tree Eruits.

Outlook for Tree Fruits
Scott Remington, Lenawee County.
Michigan: We have no pears and no
plums. Apples will be a light crop;
but peaches promise well.
II. r. Kelsay, Miller County. Indi
ana: The outlook is for rs per cent of
crops of tree fruits. My own trees
promise good crops.
Geo. j. Kellogg & Sons. Rock Coun-
ty. Wisconsin: In this section the pros
poets for fruit are very poor. What few
apples there were have mostly dropped
because OF continued dry weather.
There Will be light crop of plums.
l.. E. Hartwigs, Benton County.
Missouri: In the spring we had splen-
did prospect for a big crop of fruit.
But the long continued drought has
completely ruined the peach crop. 1t
has caused the apples to drop badly.
and on the south side they are sun
scalded. The hot sun and wind togeth-
er have caused a great many OF the
young trees to die. A great many forest
trees have also perished. Should we
have an abundance of rain from now
on we would have enough fruit for
home use and perhaps some to sell.
c. z. Haskins. Cuyahoga County,
Ohio: Apples will give 10 per cent of
crop; pears 20. Peaches will be
fair crop, but there are but few or
chards here, and there Will not be
enough fruit for home consumption.
c. NJ. johnson, Fulton County. Illi-
~, rylx. In, tu mi
not make one-half average crop, and
the quality will be very inferior.
l.. G. Hubbard, Champaign County,
Illinois: Apples are very scarce. but are
smooth and fair. Peaches will be plenti-
full, but the dry weather is checking
their growth. Only few pears have
set and the trees are blighting badly.
Wild goose plum trees are loaded with
fruit; others are stung badly.
Agriculture in Missouri Normal schools
The study of agriculture has al
ready been introduced into two Of the
State Normal schools of Missouri, by
the election OF separate teachers OF
this subject. The Normal at Cape
Girardeau recently elected Prof. r. w.
Clothier, a graduate of the Kansas
Agricultural College to'this work. The
Normal at Kirksville. Mo-. was SO we'll
pleased with the work OF Miss C. r.
Jackson for the past year, that she was
reelected teacher of agriculture. but
she was granted years leave Of abb
sence for graduate work in the agricul-
tural college, and Mr.. Luther Winches-
ter, one of the senior students from the
college at Columbia, was elected to fill
her place for the coming year.
Experts at the National Museum say
that the female mastadon recently
found near Church, Mich. is in fine
state of preservation and is one of the
most complete skeletons in any mu-
scum in the country. The huge skel-
eton will be mounted In time for the
ST. Louis Exposition.
An abstract of railroad statistics
prepared by the Interstate Commerce
commission for the year ending June
30, 1900, shows that the total casual
ties on railroads in the United States
during the last thirteen years comprise
s6,277 killed and 469.027 injured. Dur
ing the last year covered there were
1855 killed and 50.320 injured.
Stem Rot of Sweet Potatoes.-Dark
lines appear on the stem just at the
surface OF the ground. Vine turns yell
low, then black throughout, unless
rooted at some node, beyond which it
remains green. Disease extends DOWN
ward. and causes upperpart OF tuber
to decay. Short shoots from partly
decayed tubers. Remedy-Rotate
crops. Use only vigorous sets.
; A very successful New York poultry
man says that 1t pays better to feed
the farm grain to poultry than to any
other farm stock, so far as that can be
done. OF course there is much produce
on the farm that cannot be eaten by
fowls and this must be taken into con-
sideration. A few cows would seem
to be the natural adjunct to poultry
farm.
J. II. Monrad: The daily milk con-
sumption In the United States does
not aggregate less than 5.000, 900 gal-
Ions. It takes about 2,o0o, 900 cows TO
produce this and an army OF zoo. 900
1n>r ~ - - 60. thavvn ovA vrl1f- 49,