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The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-06-21
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Spraying Fruit Trees.

Apples at $3.50 to SIS a barrel last
fall and twice that this spring are apt
to make folks interested in fruit trees
The first requisite Is good spray
pump with the necessary rigging. Inc
outfit can be bought of the manufac-
turer or of the implement dealers, and
will cost anywhere from $40 to $20o. A
first class outfit costs SIS to $25. just
at this time of the year the spraying
needed by the fruit trees is chiefly foI
the prevention Of fungous diseases.
For this purpose a plain solution OF
copper sulphate. one pound in 10 to ~
gallons of water may be used. Bor-
deaux mixture is equally as good, but
1t is more bother to make. The nrst
spraying should be given at once, be-
fore the blossoms open. A little later.
Just after the blooms fall, another
spraying should be given. This should
be Bordeaux mixture in every case.
Bordeaux mixture may be mace OF
| varying proportions and strengths.
| The standard mixture consists OF one
| and one-half pounds copper sulpnate'
one pound stone lime, ten gallons
water (six pounds sulphate, iour
pounds lime, one barrel water). DIS
solve the sulphate and slack the lime
in separate vessels. dilute each WIN
about half Of the total water to be
used and then pour the sulphate solu-
ton into the lime water while stirring
vigorously. Continue the stirring Tor
a minute to insure perfect mixture. IT
deteriorates ON standing and should
be used soon after made. Keep the
mixture clean to avoid clogging OF
pump and nozzles. Strain the solutions
AID have strainer on suction tube OF
pump. A quick, convenient way TO
dissolve copper sulphate is to suspend
it in a cheesecloth or similar bag JUST
below the surface of the water
third spraying two weeks later, Win
Bordeaux mixture, will be paying IN
yestment Even fourth and NTH
spraying at intervals OF two weeks,
will sometimes pay handsome dlvl
dends In all sprayings, except the
first, some paris green should be used
Add one pound of paris green to wv
gallons Of water, or four ounces to the
barrel II there is danger of bud motr
the paris green might better be usec
in the first spraying also.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-06-21

Secretary of Agriculture Wilson
says: l predict fall in the price OF
beef as soon as the grass cattle are
ready for market. There is nothing
to hinder the butchers in any city
from making an agreement among
themselves to put an agent in one or
the Western markets for the purpose
of buying cattle, having them shipped
to their city, slaughtered, and sold at
a profit, providing they can get the
same transportation rate given to eV-
eryone else. WhoSoever gets lower
rate becomes monopolist, as he IS
at once given a great advantage over
all those who are Disseminated
against. l do not know whether or not
there is a combination on the part OF
the packers to put up the price ! or
meats, as | have no means OF know
ing. l do know, however, that oWing
to the shortneSS of last years ~Gprn
crop the farmers were not able TO ped
cheap corn to their cattle so as to- Fat
ten them for market There is plen-
ty of grass cattle in the country. Corn
is high and the farmers have beeEN4v-
ing 1t to their cattle at double the Or
binary price-namely, so to - cents a
bushel. They sent South for cotton
seed meal so as to help to tide over.
There is evidently a large supply OF
stock-steers, sheep and hogs-but not
enough corn to fatten them. The sup
ply of cattle at Chicago shows chat
fat cattle are scarce. In about two
months there should be some relief. as
grass fed cattle will begin to reach
the market within that time. This de-
ponds on the locality, however. Cat
tie have been on grass since April /
Those which are in good condition al
that time will be ready for the marke,
early in June.
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comp.rat,ve value OF MIX.

comparative
Professor Fraser of the Illinois AZ
ricultural College has been making
some close computations as to the rel
alive value of milk and beef as 1ooo'
In this time OF high-priced meat, tnose
who are inclined to a milk diet VIII
find much comfort in perusing the ns-
ures A reading of them Will increase
the respect of the ordinary consumer
for skimmilk. The professor taxes 20
cents worth each of steak and mix
for comparison. With the sum nameo
he purchases five quarts of whole milk,
or eight and nine-tenths quarts OF
skimmilk, or two pounds OF rouno
steak at 121A cents per pound. In tne
whole milk he finds 1863 pounds OF
protein, in the skimmilk .657 POUNDS
and in the beef steak 1850 pounds. Az
its market value the skimmllk con-
tains more food value than either the
beef steak or the whole milk. 1t Will
be noticed that the protein contents OF
the whole milk and OF the beef steas
are practically the same. Remember
that this comparison is made Wild
round steak, one OF the cheap classes
| Of meat and one OF the most nutritious
| When we get to comparing milk VIII
| porterhouse steak the argument is stll'
stronger in favor of the milk. for por'
terhouse steak is not more nutritious
than round steak but is much higher
in price Milk as a diet has, however
one drawback and that is its bulk. The
| stomach of the adult is not so con-
stituted that milk can be made sole
| diet 1t does not hold enough OF 1t
| The proper method Of utilizing milk II
to combine it with bulkier foods.
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Honest Packin z

From Farmers Review: Would ad-
wise all growers of small fruit to put
their fruit up in new cases and
to be honest in their packing;
that is, have fruit run uniform
in quality and give good meas
ure. The trade here discrimin-
ates against the use of secondhand
packages and against short measure.
If an article is number one the best
trade is always in the market to buy.
We would further suggest that If
grower intends to remain in the bust
ness it will be to his advantage to use
some particular brand for his number
one fruit. Buyers, after finding that
some particular line of fruit gives sat
isfaction to their trade will in the ma
jority of cases leave standing orders
for same, the price under the circum-
stances being of secondary considera-
ton. An attractive package always
helps to sell the fruit.-M. George,
Commission MerchanD, Chicago.
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A4GRICULTURE)
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Asparagus Pl,ntlns.

The old methods of planting aspara-
gus would hardly apply at this day
when that delicacy is raised in I'M
mense quantities in large fields. JUST
imagine trenching a field OF severai
acres extent! 1t used to be thought
that the only way to raise this plant
was to dig trenches three and four Ieet
deep and fill them with alternate lay
ers Of manure and turf mixed Will
soil. These trenches were sometimes
not only three feet deep, but each one
was three feet wide. Practically all
the manure buried at such depth
was wasted. The asparagus is plahl
that feeds near the surface. II re-
quires good deal of water, but 1t does
not draw its food from the water. II
will not feed below the water table
in the soil. Today fields are well pre-
pared and enriched, and the planting
Of the asparagus roots proceeds aDou'
as rapidly as does the planting OF po'
tatoes. The roots are placed at
depth OF foot or less, sometimes mol
more than a fourth of that. 1t Is bet
ter to place the plants at depth Oh
six inches or more. This is especially
the case when the plantation covers
large field, as it is necessary to cultl-
vate over the plants to keep down the
weeds. Shallow planting may give an
early yield for the first year or two,
but the plants will not be SO satisfac-
tory in years to come. Another OLD
fallacy was that of close planting.
Fifty years ago the plantations OF as
paragus were mostly on small areas.
1t was no unusual thing to find the
plants set in rows a foot apart and
six inches apart in the row. This in
| a few years gave a perfect network OF
roots in the soil. and the asparagus
stalks were hardly larger than lead
pencils. Now the plants when set On
large areas are generally at least three
feet apart, and sometimes the rows
are four feet apart, with plants three
| feet apart in the rows.
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Cattle In Porto Rico

There is no spot on the globe where
they raise better milch COWS and beef
cattle than in Porto Rico. 1t
may not be generally known that Lord
Durham took with him to Europe in
the eighteenth century number of
Porto Rico cows and bred them to
Holstein stock, thus producing the IA
NOUS Shorthorn Durham, but such is,
nevertheless, the case. Feed
and water are most plentiful, the cat
tie need no housing nor care whatso-
ever and there is plenty Of shade for
them in most parts of the island-a
combination of conditions that fore
shadows a bright future for the cattle
raising industry in Porto Rico.-Porto
Rico Agricultural Journal.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-06-21

From the reports Of the weather bu-
reau we compile the following In
formation relative to the present con-
dition of the tobacco crop:
Kentucky-The plants generally are
rather small and thin in beds but ap-
pear to be in good condition other
wise.
Maryland and Delaware-Like all
other crops, tobacco has suffered from
the dry weather. In parts of Anne
Arundel the planters have plowed up
their beds preparatory to reseeding,
as the first seeding failed to come up.
In Prince Georges and Calvert coun-
ties the plants are small and back
ward. In parts of ST. Mary's county
the plants came up badly in late seed
ed beds, but in other parts of the sarle
county the beds are we'll filed. Cen
orally throughout the tobacco-Sroving
districts the advance in blowing has
been quite satisfactory. The fly has
not yet appeared this season.
New England-Tobacco beex in good
condition.
New York-Tobacco beds made.
North Carolina-Tobacc1 beds are
still thin, but the plants have made
good growth. Transpla lting began
last week in several eastern counties,
6ut rain is needed to elable this work
to be carried on extensively; on &C
eount of the small ST. of the plants a
little delay will not be harmful.
Ohio-Tobacco x'ants are doing fair
~ well.
South Carolioa-Much tobacco has
been transplant and good stands Sc,
cured. Plants continue plentiful. The
acreage de-eted to tobacco will be
larger than ever before.
Tennessee-Tobacco plants are ready
to set. insects have injured young
plants n some localities.
VirIinia-Tobacco plants continue
backward.
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Feed for Calves.

A report from the Kansas station
gays: Kaffir corn meal has proven to
be d superior feed for calves. It seems
to be constipating, and materially as
sists in checking the tendency to
scours, so common with calves. Ex-
periments at this station show that
calves will begin eating shelled corn
when three to four weeks old and will
do as well or even better than when
fed corn chop. When possible it is
desirable to feed a mixture of shelled
and ground Kafir corn. Soy beans
have been tested at this station as
calf feed, and all results indicate that
they are not adapted to young calves
in any quantity whatever. They are
very loosening and cause scours.
Calves will begin to nibble at nay
about the same time they commence to
eat grain. When from six to eight
weeks old. the calves under expert
ment at the Kansas Agricultural col
3ege consumed from one-half to one
pound daily per head. Mixed orchard
grass and prairie hay are best. Altalfa
hay proves to be too loosening LOT
young calves, though it may be gradu-
ally introduced into the ration after
from three to four months. Nothing
but clean, bright hay should be OF
fered to calves. At times considerable
difficulty is experienced from scours
when calves are suddenly turned on
pasture. This can be overcome by
feeding little green feed before max
ing the change. Give forkful the
first feed, two forkfuls the second feed
and so on till the calves get all the
green feed they want; when they cal
be turned on the pasture without In
jury.
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49,
Preventing Abortion.

A good deal has been said on sew
eral occasions in this department re-
garding the subject of contagious
abortion and it's prevention, but many
seem to consider the work OF stopping
an outbreak too much to undertake.
1t strikes us that although there is In
deed a deal of work entailed in carry
ing out systematic attack on conta-
gious abortion, it pays for the trou-
bic and should in every instance be
engaged in thoroughly. Some say that
carbolic acid cannot we'll be given 70
cattle when going upon grass, as the
animals cannot be drenched without
sta bling, but one man at least has got
around this difficulty by mixing car
bolic acid in salt and allowing cattle
to lick the mixture at will. He says
that this plan has given as good re-
suits as drepching, and we would ao-
wise our readers to try 1t when there
is need Of the medicine. The acid
should be mixed in the salt in the pro-
portion OF one and one-b~!f drachms
Of acid to one pound Of salt. IL the
cattle will take a suff1ciency OF this
mixture to get enough carbolic acid, 1t
is good plan. but if they do not care
for it, then it would be necessary to
give luo CuSlOHldTy preventive uoSo
(Which is half a drachm twice daily
every other day. mixed in food or as
drench in water. At the same time 1t
is to be remembered that the carbolic
acid treatment is not sufficiently re-
liable to do away with the advisabillTy
| of other treatment. AS the germ MAJ
| enter the body at the vagina it Is nee
| essary to sponge the vulva, tail and
hind quarters occasionally and the Oft
| ener the better in bad outbreaks, and
| also to treat the sheath of the bull tr
| the same way. The latter treatment is
| imperative for the reason that the buh
when allowed to serve a cow that has
aborted and suffered a discharge or re.
tention of the afterbirth will be about
certain to transmit the germ OF the
disease to other COWS subsequently
served by him. The injections OF the
sheath are to be made by means OF
fountain syringe or long rubber hose
and funnel and the mixture to be usec
for the purpose is the same as applied
to the vulTa. viz: 1-l.000 solution
of chloride of zinc. Two gallons G.
this solution should also be used once
daily as an injection for vagina of COW
suffering from discharge.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-06-21

Another variety, said to

feathers. Another variety, said to be
superior in these points, is called
Phoenix fowl. The Fung or Phoenix
fowl is one of the myths of the Jap
anese religion, and is often seen in
Japanese pictures. 1t is thought the
Yoke fowls are like those often
seen in the paintings, hence the name
Phoenix is applied TO the breed. The
:ails of these fowls average about a
yard in length, and their colors and
general appearance are those of the
games.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-06-21

There are in the state OF Illinois
some hundreds of cities and populous
villages. Yet in all of these, with the
exception of six. there is no milk in
spection. In Chicago and five other
cities an effort is made to inspect the
milk sold. People are almost complete
ly at the mercy of the milk dealers. 1t
is unfortunate both for the milk buy
ers and for the milk producers that
this is so. 1t is a premium on dirty
methods of milk production and on the
use of harmful chemicals in milk. One
man who buys milk in large Illinois
city told the writer that he stopped
taking milk of a certain milkman be-
cause he could leave the milk out of
doors for a day or two in the hot sun
and it would not sour. Under the cir
cumstances he was probably justified
in being suspicious.
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From the Farmers Review: The |
Cochin breed given recognition in the
American Standard of Perfection are
Buff, Partridge, White and Black.
These four varieties have merits TO
recommend them to those who may
fancy their color, their individual
merit as breed, worthy as things OF
beauty and usefulness. genueness OF
disposition and the fact that they are
heavy, short-legged, sIlall-winged, not
inclined to fly fences. This recon-
mends them as fowls easily kept in
Enclosures, where Cochins are given
range, are systematically fed and cared
for they prove good Inter layers OF
large brown--helled eggs, on an aver
age not so large as Brahma egg. yet
equally rich in nutriment. When bred
to the long loose feathered type now
in demand by the fancier, they Will
not compare as layers with other more
closely feathered breeds and varieties.
Having bred them for fifteen years l
feel confident when I make the
statement that as winter l.yers from
the time they are fully moulted in
December to March they will lay as
many eggs as any other breed known.
During summer they tend to get fat
and breed lice more abundantly than
most other varieties, with shorter
plumage. This fault, however, can
easily be remedied by liberal use OF
insect powder and clean nests. Cochins
are not bred so extensively to-day as
they were some years ago. The farmer
In his Indifferent manner OF keeping
chickens cannot get as many eggs
from them as he can from closer
teathered breeds. AS meat producers
they do not mature as rapidly to
,resentable and salable size as other
reeds, VIII Sc feathering is shorter and
more rapidly grown. The young have
deeply planted pin-feathers that at
| trying age are Objectionable; when
well matured no meat from any fowls
| is more tender or juicy than that OF
| the Cochins. Their excess of feather
ing on legs and toes make them OBJ
| jectionable as farmers fowl. II
however, kept on grass lawn nothing
| shows up more conspicuously than
uniform flock of Cochins. The Buff
variety has been popular for man!
years. Those who once breed then
as a rule find much to say in theil
praise. The Partridge variety with 1t:
rich mahogany brown (every feathe
ldCeQ Win d double lilpIe pSAS1l
ing OF black is admired by all wht
have ever seen a truly superior speci
men. The male, with his solid blacl
breast, rich red lacing of neck hackl
around a greenish black stripe, tn
same color on back, is YER
attractive in appearance. Then thei
massiveness and carriage is Away
majestic. OF the black and whit
Cochins there are not as many supe
rior specimens bred or shown. Cross
ing Cochins with Plymouth Rocks O
WyandSttes produces a very rapid
groUi1e :&ick. 1t also causes an in
, crease in egg production, but thei
character for form and beauty {
plumage is lost when again outcross
ing. Such become mongrels, undesil
able and Indifferent layers.-D. 7
Heinrich, Morgan County, Illinois.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-06-21

A farmer in Berkshire has had post
ID on a meadow fence the following:
'Notiss.-Know kows is allowed in
these medderS; any man or woman
letten there kows run the rode wat gifts
into my medders aforesaid shall have
his TIL cut off by me. Obadiah Rogers"
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-06-21

Concessions valued at over $200,060,-
Oo0 have aeen granted TO syndicate
composed entirely of Americans to re-
build 315 miles of surface lines in St.
Petersburg Moscow and smaller cities
aud to install ovarhsAd trnliav wirAa
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-06-21

The man who makes butter, whether
in the creamery or on the farm, needs
to be a student. He needs to be en-
terprising to the extent of learning
from others all things possible. There
are many things that he will have to
learn in the creamery or dairy room
from experience, but, the less of this
knowledge the better. Such lessons
are always expensive.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-06-21

Berlin is getting tired of its tatness
and the residents are thinking OF
building hills in suitable sites with the
city's dust and ashes.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-06-21

flo. S2-yinson weed tDttuTo sfr6nsosss1sNb: a
Covering spray .. fruiting eapsule-both ono
third naturAl size.
pecially if there are young children
to play in its vicinity. 1t is poisonous,
and the life of more than one child
has been sacrificed to it. Children are
poisoned by playing with the leaf In
the mouth. and after the seeds rlpen
by eating them. They are also DAN
gerous to cattle. These weeds are gen.
orally found on vacant lots. Now the
weeds and scatter grass seed in thelE
place.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-06-21

Never call a man liar if he is big
ger than you are. II you are positive
that he is a liar hire cheap man to
break the news to him.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-06-21

Think more OF your own faults and
you will have less time to consider the
6anltc Of ,tha
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Gossips are people who 60 around
stabbing regulations in the back.
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Exterm.nate Jimson Weed.

The plant that we illustrate on thin
mage is a good one to exterminate. es-
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-04-01
DANISH VEST INDIES SCANDAL
Mir. BruD, the Danish Minister, Calls
 Upon Secretary Hay.

Washington, March 31.-Mr. Brun, the Danish minister here, called on Secretary Hay to-day with reference to the pending investigation by the house of charges preferred by MT. Gron in connection with the acquisition of the Danish West Indies by the United States. There is reason to believe there has been received from Denmark 8 sweeping denial by Captain Walter Christmas of any attempt on his part to corrupt American legislators and newspaper men.
 It is not certain whether Secretary Hay will appear in person before the house committee appointed to investi- gate the charges He will submit a written statement of what he knows of the case or he will appear in person before the committee whichever it re- quires.
 In view of the fact that these allega- tions were known in Denmark when the fol<esthing or lower branch of the Dan ish rigsdag ratified the treaty of session 1t is believed by the officials here that the present agitation in Washington of this subject will not affect the consid- eration of the treaty by the landsthing or upper house of the Danish parlia- ment where, from last accounts, there was an assured majority of two last Thanksgiving day.