Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-02-06

blight, girdling OF gnsving BY mice OF
root killing BY severe freezing
md the work Of the apple tree borer.
There are other minor causes, such -
sarly seeding Of the orchard TO gEsss,
lack of proper fertilization In the soil,
he severe pruning Of large bEanc hes /
,ut Of the proper seas0n etc. oil OF
which In greater OF lees degree prove
to the thrift and continued
life Of orchard trees. He then gave
rome pEevsntstives for the destructive
Influences known to Hork to the Diet.
timent of the orchard. His entire
/ Q ,er was 20 soundly practical and
10 full o real I1lorest to the farmer
who IL struggling to keep his orchard
In proper trim that We wish the Dem
Ocrst had space to print 1t In full.
However MI. True closed with .
short talk on the proper location Tor
an apple orchard which he said was set-
tied 10 favor Of . northerly exposure,
or even an elevation or hill top In pre-.
ference to southern slope and Q clay
or clay loan 10 preferable to mucky
or sandy soil. He named - the three
best apples In each season OF the year,
as, for summer, the Tetofsky, the Ouch.
ess and the Charlemoff. For fall, the
Wealthy, the Plum eide. and the Fam.
euse or Snow. For the winter, the
Wallbridge, Northwestern Greening
and the Malinda.
A male qusftette rendered Q vocal
number which Was much enjoyed
BY the audience, before q. H. Van
Houten took up the discussion BY say
Ing that horticuitufally lows was In IN
advanced state Of backWar4ness. Speak
lug Of Iowa In general DO did not wholly
endorse the HIST OF apples % presented
BY Mr.. True, especially the Wsllbridge,
though be did not doubt Mr.. Truo's
statement % to their adaptsbility to
this part OF tho state. Nj. Van Hout-
en- sdyocsted the raising OF spples ct
home, for then you have them cheaper,
a. many 90 you want and whom you
want them. Z. g. Clute endorsed this
selection of apples, only substituting
the Ben Davis for the Plum Cider.
N. Griffith, @. II. Cruise and Jos.
Hutchinson, who should have assisted
In the dtscussi0n Of testing milk ct our
creameries, were absent and +. W.
B0nsks therefore opened the question.
Mr., Bouska Was favorite before the
audience ct once for his msnner WAS
very pleasing and his method Of OF.
planting not only concise and clear but
very entertaining. Indeed to the farm.
ers present Mr.. Bousks was an agree
able surprise, turning out to be not the
mere school boy he looked TO DO but Q
thoroughly posted and clear headed
man with . reasoning ability Of no
mean stature. He explained that
though many creamery patrons did not
believe the Rabc0ck test reliable and
much fanlt was found Herewith, Il was
at the same time reliable, and further
explaining, said the variations In the
percentage of butter fat In milk ore due
to natural, accidental and unaccount-
able causes. Rough treatment of the
COW, exposure, change of diet or Of
mixers. excitement and sickness. these
are some causes of variations. From .
chart covering period of nine months
from December to September, Mr..
Bousks gave the fluctuations In milk
produced and quantity Of butter fat
therein of one COW during each month
and from which he concluded that the
greater the quantity of milk given, the
lower the test and vice versa. An an
mated discussion was preclpitated at
this time by the question pfopounded
by Mr.. Van Houten asking Mr.. Bousks
ii no believed with Governor Hoard
that It was impossible to feed quality
into milk. Upon Affirming that he did
so believe, Mr.. B. Brought about spir-
tied controversial opinions from not
only Mr.. Van Houten, but also L. G..
Clute. James Clugston and others
took sides with the Affirmative and the
twilight hour came oil too soon fos the
Interested debsters and the not lesa int.
crested listeners.
WEDNESDAY EVENING.
This session was Q we'll attended aud
most interesting meeting, full Of In
struction entertaininsly worded. Hon.
Il. w. Thrill gave the first Cd
dress Of the evening on "Agricultuze in
the Orient" Fresh from . year Of
travel In tho countries of the esst, Mr..
Thrill spoke with understanding and Of
no time did the attention Of bis hearers
lag under his interesting treatment Of
the question. The honorable gentle.
man stated that the first fifteen years of
his life were spent on New Hamp-
shire farm. He then described tho re-
cent European trip 20 enjoyed BY his
wife and himself, always showing the
optimistic aide Of the picture, even es-
sorting that seq sickness Was absolute.
~ necessary on ship board II order that
q fellow feeling between the passengers
be established. At Gibrslter the milk
merchant drove bis flock of goats from
door to door milking Q Qcert for this
customer and that O. called for, end
thus since seeing 10 believing making Il
doubly certain that the milk Was fresh
and the real article. In other places
| Mr. and Mra TirrilI aa~ ~owa 1sivan