St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1902-07-30

til it assumes the shape Of what dry
goods clerks call cotton batting"
Then it begins to revolve around a
steel core, gradually charging, like the
boys SNOWFALL, until it is of the proper
size.
From the time the darky's hands
showed it toward the pipes until now
no one has handled it. The press oper-
ator pushes the lever, stops the ma
chinery and with an assistant lifts the
core and rolled cotton out of the bale
former, as it is termed. 1t is weighed,
wrapped as one would bale of cloth,
it's destination, weight and the name of
the press stenciled upon it in big black
letters, and then perhaps it is rolled
from the door of the pressroom into the
freight car which is standing along
side.
Another up to date discovery in con-
nection with the cotton crop is the
method of Kidding plantations Of that
dreaded pest the bollworm. 1t has
been left for a plain, uneducated Texas
rancher, assisted by his wife, to make
a discovery worth millions to the peo-
pie of the southern states, where sci
entists and entomologsts have failed
after years of study and many costly
experiments
G. B. Boswell has just demonstrated
to the distressed ranchers in the vicin-
ity of Falkland, Tex, that he has
found q way to protect their cotton
from the pests that have been destroy
ing the crops for several years. He
does not call his method a discovery,
since, he says, he has only used and
trained and directed natures own
forces against one of the most insatiate
and destructive enemies that the south
ern farmer has ever encountered.
Boswell and his young wife own a
small ranch near Preside, on the Rio
Grande, but are now hunting boil
worms in the Brazos river country.
| Mr.. Boswell and his wife are accom-
panied by nearly 1000 small birds of
two varieties. About 1900 are white
winged sparrows, natives of western
! Texas and New Mexico. The remain
der of the flock is composed of Next
can canaries.
Mr.. Boswell is printer by trade. He
was raised on farm, and from his
boyhood has been q passionate lover
of birds. During his newspaper career
he made what he calls scrapbook OF
archaeological information. Three OF
four years ago while prowling through
old Mexico in search of rare specimens
he met Senorita Flores Seramo, wh(
was also a lover of birds. This mu
tual sentiment led to Friendship
which resulted in matrimony.
The young couple selected a favor
able location in a sparsely settled re
Eion far out on the Rio Grande, Wher
they built a cabin and set to work t
collect and domesticate various specie
of wild birds. In the course of a sho1
time they had four or five hRndre
Mexican canaries and white winge
sparrows living contentedly in cages
and many of these were so gentle tina
they could be trusted to take littl
trips in the open air.
Just at daylight the other mornin
about 800 or 1000 of the birds wer
turned loose upon field of cotton
twenty acres. Swarms of the llttl
winged pests that are supposed
mother the bollworm could be see
!, lowering over the field, while hideol
looking bugs with shouts ending in
miniature lance literally covered IL
leaves and stems of the plants.
A food of white wings descendt
among the dying cotton, the birds ii