Evening journal., 1901-09-23
PEACH SEASON WAS FAR FROM
PROFITABLE TO STATE FARMERS

the senior partner took up the study
Of veterinary medicine, receiving hi
degree in New York City in 1881. h,
became an authority ON diseases oi
the horse. and did much to elevate the
profession by his scientific researches
The old battle ground Of Anuetam
has proved an excellent place for
peaches, and a recent visit there dis
closed some thrlving orchards. Cul-
tivation of the ground seems to be
practiced in all the orchards observed.
Keep in mind that sweet peas, like
garden peas. will not thrive in hot
weather If they can be planted on
the shady side of a fence they last
much longer than when exposed TO the
full sun. The flowers are very popular
among the florists customers in the
cities
The heated rays of torrid days
VIII break the shells asunder;
Lice spring to life with all their might
To sleep and suck the plunder.
Most seed catalogues will tell You
that after you have a bed OF Egyptian
tree onions once established, you can
have onions for years with little OF
no trouble l wish to say, however,
that If you would obtain best results
you must work and wait The only
way that is worth trying is to take the
sets from the tops early in the fall and
plant them. They need no protection,
for even when left lying carelessly OF
the surface they will throw out roots
and cling to the ground tsingly or IN
and thus live through the
winter. Or IL dried and cared for like
other sets they will keep good until
June. TO secure fine results from
spring setting, dig a trench as for eel
cry Fill in the trench as the onions
grow up, and early the followinI
spring hoe the soil up to a bank and Len
them start during the first warm days
then dig and dress them. In this way
YOU will have the long white solutions
which are so common in some markets
in May and June.
An outbreak OF anthrax is reported
at three points in Ontario. At Lunen.
burg % cattle and four horses have
died. and several animals at IroquoiR
and Van. The Department OF Agricul-
ture has had animals buried in quick
lime, stables disinfected, and living
stock inoculated with anthrax vaccine
The true blueberry is a native of
half swampy places, though It does
very well on higher ground. They can
be moved successfully by taking up as
much root as possible, and cutting the
bushes down three-Quarters OF the way
TO the ground. The cutting down is
very necessary; in fact, it is about use
less to attempt the transplanting with.
out it, Do the work in early fan OF
early spring. When you plant them.
ram the soil in firmly, and give them
a good soaking of water.
Whatever may happen to corn kings.
the Government of the United States
continues to draw in the sheckels. The
bill which was passed to reduce the
seems thus far to have signal
" failed July was the month in which
tho lower taxes became operative, and
the stamps on checks, drafts, tele-
grams, express receipts, powers of at
orney, etc, ceased altogether. Yet the
monthly statement for
July shows receipts amounting to S52.-
320, ,340, and the expenditures $52,3O7, =
$50, a surplus for the month of S12, ,75O.
1t was considered by the veterinary
experts of the Board Of Agriculture a
favorable opportunity for collecting in
formation as TO the prevalence of tu-
with the result that OF the
total cattle slaughtered by order of
the board in the sixteen months be
tween September. 1890. and the end OF
December, 1891, 1922 per cent, OF
about one in eight, of all cattle dealt
with were found to be affected with the
disease.
Those who plant Versailles currants
may not have the newest kind out but
chances are they will have the most
profitable AS an all-arOund good red
currant it has no rival The one called
cherry seems practically the same
thing.