Rocky Ford enterprise., 1901-10-18
lat. whoa, ..s u...,.. NV.

Late Wheat aad usssiaa NV.
Tho question OF late sowing OF wheat
to escape the Hcss!an ny Is not one
that IL entirely settled. II has been
thought by sowing later than certain
dates In certain attitudes the danger
was avoided. Bulletins have been
J published to show the dates at which
sowing OF wheat could be considered
safe. But the Hcssian ny has recently
shown n disinclination to be controlled
even by late sowings. He has changed
his dates OF attack to points where II
the wheat Is sown later Il will be In
moro danger from winter killing than
from the Hcsslan i'y even.
Tho Ohio E'ntIon has Just issued
lcaiict on the matter. In which Il gives
q resume of Its experiments In early
and late sowing OF wheat. In part IL
says: AT Columbus. wheat sown oc-
tobcr 4 and 9 suffered but little. In
the southern part OF the state wheat
sown before October 10 was consider
ably injured. while that sown after
that date mcasureahly escaped. 1t will
bc observed that tho dates Of safety
from ny Indicated by these expert
mcnts are generally later than II has
heretofore been supposed to be neccs-
sary to wait to avoid the ny; but In
1877 Prof. A. J. Cook. writing Of the
disastrous attack OF fly In that state.
observed that destructive attack was
repeatedly observed on wheat sown us
late rs Sept. 20. and Director c. ID.
Smith of the Michigan Experiment
station. has reported severe injury to
wheat sown there the Goth OF last Sep
tcmber. 1t seems. therefore. that the
date OF actual safety. In seasons of
general prevalence OF this pest. Is SO
late us to incur as great risk from
winter-killing as the ordinary risk
from tho fly. In case OF an injurious
attack developing upon the early sown
wheat 1t should be turned under. In
order to destroy the insects and pre-
vent further attack the following
spring. The cost OF turning under and
reseeding would usually be small In
comparison to the loss which would re-
suit from the fall attack and from car
rying over a host of flies to prey upon
the crop during the spring."
Maryland and Delaware.-The peach
yield generally is below the average
in quantity and quality. and good
deal Of fruit is rotting. Yellows have
attacked some orchards in Cecil coun-
| ty. Apples are yielding well In north
ern orchards, but in the balance of
the state poor yields are the rule, and
in some sections the crop is n complete
failure. Pears also are rotting and
the Delaware crop will be smaller than
usual. Plums and grapes are likewise
rotting some. Tomatoes are scarce In
all sections and numerous complete
failures are reported. A heavy crop
| OF caterpillars in some of the western
and northern counties have greatly
damaged fruit and shade trees and
completely stripped the leaves from
many trees.
The one function common to all
roots is absorption. The root may be
considered as dense mass Of the fin
est fibers-root branches no thicker
than hair. The structure Is of the
simplest, merely layers of cells deli
cate and thin-walled, arranged in lon
gitudinal ranks. The fineness Of the
root fibril, its growth near the tip,
Its wonderful power of motion. are all
well adapted to permit OF the fibril
making its way between the particles
of soil and extracting nourishment
from the fluid surrounding them. We
have only to examine the root Of n
wheat plant, or. still better. OF n per-
ennial pasture grass. to see how per-
fectly this is accomplished.
In order to keep milk or separated
cream fresh for any length of time. the
temperature must be reduced from the
natural heat of the cows body to 60
degrees or even 80 degrees as rapidly
rs possible by all known aids. The
best temperature for the growth of
bacteria is between so degrees and 100
degrees. and 1t Is important to pass
through and get below this critical
stage promptly. or the germs will be-
gin to develop.