The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-12-31

Outlook for Tree Fruits
Scott Remington, Lenawee county,
Michigan: We have no pears ana no
plums. Apples will be light crop;
but peaches promise we'll.
H. r. Kelsay, Miller County, lndi-
ana: The outlook is for IS per cent of
crops of tree fruits My own trees
promise good crops.
Geo. ]. 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 big crop of fruit
But the long continued drought has
completely ruined the peach crop. IT.
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 persisted. Should we
have an abundance of rain from now
on we would have enough fruit for
home use and perhaps some to sell.
c. P. Haskins, Cuyahoga County
Ohio: Apples will give 10 per cent of
a crop; pears %. Peaches will be a
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-
nois: The tree fruits in my locality will
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 well
pleased with the work of Miss G. r.
Jackson for the past year, that she was
reelected teacher of agriculture. but
she was granted a 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 saw
that the female mastadon recently
found near Church, Mich, is in fine
state OF preservation and is one of the
most complete skeletons in anv mn
scum in the country. The huge ske1-
eton will be mounted in time for tbe.
st. Louis Exposition.
An abstract of railroad statistics
prepared by the Interstate Commences
commission for the year ending June
80, 1900, shows that the total casual
ties on railroads in the United States
during the last thirteen years comprise
S6'277 killed and 469,O27 injured. Dur
ing the last year covered there were
1866 killed and 5O,S2O injured
Stem Rot of Sweet Potatoes-Dark
lines appear on the stem lust at the
surface Of the ground. Vine turns vel
low, then black throughout unless
rooted at some node, beyond which n
remains green. Disease extends down
ward and causes upperpart of tuber
70 decay Short shoots from partly
orons rrso aS,i femedy-Rotate
crops. Use only vigorous sets
A very successful New York nou1+rv.
man says that it pays better 10 faoa
the farm grain to poultry tha,, - 80
otner iarm stock, so far as that can be
zone; VI course there is much nroduce
on the farm that cannot he 49, - Ouu ~,
fowls and this must be taken 49, 49, ~
slderatlon. few cows wo,,iS ~
farm. 10 poultry
s,, >, II. Monrad; The daily milk con-
NOT p oaono IN tne United States does
Ions. 1t takes about ? ooS S' OOO gar
men 10 care ,o anu an army of 200, 900
M y care Tor them and milk them.