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The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1902-02-12


makes it valuable to grow on the side
benches. Queen Louise is pure white,
and a large Pennsylvania carnation
grower says it has always proved to be
The best white ever grown at his place.
It has large flowers. long, stiff stems,
IS moderately fragrant, continuous
1loomer, has no grass, no disease and
a strong grower. Genesee and Storm
King are among the older sorts still
grown to large extent.
The best scarlet is G. H. Crane, but
America is a freer bloomer. Mrs.
" thousand dollar carnation, is a beau
liful pink, large, with long, stiff stems.
Genevieve Lord, a Seeding Of Edna
Craig crossed with William Scott, is
very fine. The plants are free bloom
ars, while the flowers are large and
produced on very long, stiff stems, as
seen in the accompanying illustration.
Ethel Croker is bright pink with a
clovelike fragrance. The Marquis Is
considered an ideal pink.
The best known yellows are Butter
cup, Mayor Pingree and Gold Nugget
Maceo is an acquisition to the crimson
varieties, and General Gomez is anoth-
ar good one. Governor Roosevelt is the
most perfect shaped flower known. 1t
Is a new dark blood red sort and has
large flowers and all the good points
desired in a first class flower and
plant, says American Agriculturist, in
which occur the foregoing comments.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1902-02-12
Bavarinn Hons.

Although hops have been grown in
this country for a great many years,
they have always been inferior as COM
pared with the best European hops,
and, as they bring a lower price in the
market and are not so desirable as the
Bavarian hops, cuttings of the best Of
the latter were imported last year.
These cuttings have been placed in the
hop growing districts of the United
States and, according to the report of
the secretary Of agriculture, promise
to be far superior to the ordinary va
rieties grown, in addition to maturing
earlier and extending the picking sea-
SON
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1902-02-12
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MAPLE suGARlNG.

How They Do 1t In Vermont-FrOm
Sap Gathering to Sugaring OF.
Maple sugar and strip are favorite
sweets the country over, and this fact
gives a general interest to some infor-
nation about the maple sugar industry
which has practical value also for the
sections where this particular kind of
sugar making prevails. An American
Cultivator correspondent supplies the
following details:
Some sugar places in this immediate
vicinity number over 1000 trees.
The evaporator is the first and most
important consideration. The point to
be considered in an evaporator is the
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1902-02-12


prefer drilling alfalfa seed with
small grain for the reason that it can
be put into the ground about two
inches deep and thus find sufficient
moisture to bring it up. So far l have
had much better results than from
broadcasting. For timothy, redtop
and bronze grass l prefer broadcast
ing, as l know of no drill that will han.
die these seeds properly. l use a
wheelbarrOw seeder, costing about SIS,
with which 1 can SOW twenty acres a
day. l always SOW these grasses in
early spring, writes a correspondent to
Orange Judd Farmer.
For alfalfa plow the ground in sum-
mer or fall, grade it well and irrigate
before seeding. The seeding is delay
ed until all danger from frost is past,
say from May 10 to June /. l always
see that every inch of land has been
irrigated. Then when the ground has
dried just enough to work well l go
on the land with hoe drill. put the
alfalfa seed in the grainboX and let
it run down through the pipes. Set the
Win " NOfS1 upOoL LWO 4hShCo' OSG
sixteen to twenty pounds of seed per
acre. When the ground is dry enough
not to pack, go over the land with a
rollerHor planker. Seeded in this man
ner every alfalfa seed will come up.
l get better results from ten pounds by
this mode of drilling than those who
put in twenty pounds of seed broad
cast.
1 consider broadcasting very waste
full in this country, whether it be grass
seed, grain or peas. This is an arid
section, and all seeds lying on or near
the surface of the ground either sprout
and then die for want of moisture or do
not sprout at all.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1902-02-12
Peach and Plum Stock.

In the Pacific Northwest the princi-
pal stock is peach and Myrobalan plum.
In France, Germany and Austria all
plums are grown on plum stock, and
peaches are also grown on it to some
extent The common stock for the
Agen prune is the st. Julian; for the
German prune, as we know that va
riety, and the italian, st. Julian and
White Damson; for the Mirabelle, St
Julian and Myrobalan. Nurserymen
prefer to use the latter, but growers
think trees on Myrobalan are much
shorter lived than those on st. Julian
AS no we'll authenticated experiments
have been made, this opinion is not de-
cisive. The reason French horticulture
lists give for using plum root for peach
Is that the plum root is longer lived,
is more vigorous, deeper feeder and
less susceptible to adverse soil condi-
tons. When planted next to a build
ing, it will send it's roots deep into the
soil below the Easements and derive
part Of it's substance from there, while
the peach will draw on the soil in the
border which is desired for other crops.
When it is known that very large
proportion Of the peaches of France
are grown on espaliers, on high walls
and sides Of buildings, the force of the
position taken by the French growers
and propagators is apparent.-Profess-
or e. r. Lake in American Gardening.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1902-02-12
POCKET eoPHERs.
Handy Method of Introducing Poi
sOned Food Into Their Runways.

Handy Method of Introducing Poi
sOned Food Into Their Runways.
Alfalfa fields have been the special
theater of operations of pocket gophers
in Kansas. d. E. Lentz of the state
station recommends the following
method of destroying them by intro
ducing poison into their burrows: Cut
potatoes or other food into pieces not
more than three-fourths of an inch in
diameter. Cut slit in each piece and
with a point of the knife blade insert
a little sulphate of strychnine. As
much as half the bulk of grain of
wheat will answer the purpose. The
moisture from the potato will cause the
poison to adhere to the blade.
Having prepared the bait in suffi
Gent quantity, go to the field armed
with a round, sharp pointed implement
an inch or an inch and a half in diam
eter and of sufficient length. OF tools
of this kind made by a blacksmith one
is shovel handle and the other a
spade handle, and each is shod with a
conical iron point. A bar is attached
about fifteen inches from the point to
enable the operator to use the foot in
pressing it into the soil. These tools
have proved to be quite serviceable.
With one of them it is only necessary
to find the runway of the gopher The
handle is sufficiently thick to make a
hole large enough to permit one to drop
the poisoned potato directly into the
burrow. The operator then passes on
to another place, leaving the hole open.
No digging with a spade or other hard
labor is necessary.
An experienced person can distribute
poison to many acres of alfalfa in a
day, and if proper care is taken to
rightly distribute the bait it will not be
necessary to go over the ground a sec
ond time. 1t is best to insert the food
as near as possible to the freshest
mounds of earth thrown up by the
animals. Two or three pieces of pota-
to at that place are worth many scat
tered in other parts Of the runway. The
operator should avoid the larger
mounds and those that are not fresh
ly made.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1902-02-12
Charcoal For Plotting Bulbs.

Good soil is of course necessary for
successful results in potting bulbs, but
even good soil coming directly in con-
tact with the bulbs is very liable to
cause bulb rot To avoid this the pre-
caution to line the hole or receptacle
for the bulb with sand is usually nee
essary. Many successful growers, how
ever, prefer charcoal dust to sand and
claim it to be an almost certain pre-
ventive of the trouble. The method is
certainly worthy a trial, and to be sue
cessful the bulb should be entirely COW
cred with the charcoal, allowing no
soil to come in direct contact with the
surface of the bulb.-Cor., Rural New
Yorker.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1902-02-12
Hog Feed and Firm Pork.

Food is thought to greatly determine
the firmness of pork. At the Canadian
experimental farm ration of equal
parts of oats, peas and barley gave the
firmest pork. The longer corn was
fed the greater was the tendency to
softness.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1902-02-12

TREES TAPPED AND BUCKETS HUNG.
then, if the sugar is wanted, this strip
is put into the ''sugaring off, pan on
a separate arch and boiled down until
the right pitch is reached, when it is
taken from the fire, stirred gently and
allowed to cool and then put into tin
cans or wooden tubs, and it is then
ready for market in the form of maple
sugar.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1902-02-12
MoLDY OR woRMY CORN.
A Cause of Disease In Horses In
Kansas and Adjoining States.

A cause OF Disease In Horses In
Kansas and Adjoining States.
Serious losses in this and adjoining
states are occurring st the present
time as a result of feeding wormy,
moldy corn, either when it is fed as a
grain ration or when obtained by pas
turing in the stalkfelds or when fed
upon the cut corn fodder. The disease
is an Inflammation of the brain or
spinal cord and its coverings (menin-
ges), associated with a breaking down
of the nerve tissue of the brain. 1t is
popularity called "staggers' or mad
staggers," because of the prominent
symptoms shown.
The symptoms are those of a brain
disease. The animal appears blind
and only partially conscious. There is
often a tendency to turn in circle to
the right or left and staggering or a
straddling gait. There is usually a
trembling of the muscles. AS the dis
ease progresses the animal becomes
delirious and easily eXcitable. In many
cases the animal will stand with the
head or breast against wall or man
ger and push Animals will often eat
when badly affected apparently from
force of habit, not because they are
hungry. In some cases animals will
die in few hours after they are first
noticed ailing. Most of them die with
in few days. A few live a week,
rarely longer. In a few cases the
spinal cord is diseased, while the brain
remains nearly normal. In these cases
there is inability to control the mus
cles or the animal may be unusually
sensitive, the least irritation of the
skin, even by touching the animal,
often causing it to kick violently
Where the spinal cord only is affected
the animal frequently RECEIVERS. Lax
ative food should be given, and iodide
of potash in one dram doses dissolved
in water can be given once daily for
three or four days. Mules are rarely
affected by this disease.
Practically all cases where the brain
is the seat of the disease die, and all
methods of treatment so far have prov
ed of no value. The animal should be
placed where it will be comfortable
and cannot injure itself or ether ami
mails and supplied with soft laxative
food, such as thin bran mashes. The
only treatment for the disease is pre-
ventive by avoiding the wormy. moldy
corn. Care should be exercised in han.
ding a horse to avoid injury, as the
animal is irresponsible and often in a
delirious frenzy.
In some cases horses do not begin tc
die for a month after being turned into
the stalkfelds, and they may contract
the disease a week and in some cases
ten days after the moldy corn has been
withheld.
Moldy or wormy corn does not seem
to be injurious to other animals and
can be fed to cattle and hogs without
danger.-U. S. Mayo, Kansas Station.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1902-02-12

they have no
t i g h t founda-
ton. Such a
condition causes
much suffering
to the animals
confined inside.
The Farm Jour
n al suggests
that a simple
way to bank
such a building
is to lay down a
S trip of the
stout, red build
ing DaDor that
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1902-02-12
Manuring For Wheat.

Manuring for wheat is not advised
in most parts of Iowa, as a rank
growth is liable to result and lodging
follow. 1t is best, according to an
exchange, to apply the manure to corn
or grass crops.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1902-02-12
A Shelter From Frost.

An interesting illustration in Nee
hams Monthly shows how individual
orange trees or few trees only are
sometimes protected from frost in
Florida. The board removed from the
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1902-02-12
what Pocket cophers like.

Pocket gophers are said to be very
fond of common potatoes, sweet pota-
toes, apples. raisins and prunes, not to
mention alfalfa and clover. They also
like little sugar on their food.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1902-02-12
Care of the window Plants.

Liquid manure benefits potted hya-
cinths and other bulbs.
A lighted lamp may save window
plants from frostbites.
One plant you can hardly over wa
ter-a blooming hyacinth.
A paper nightcap may prevent q de-
structive ''cold" to plant some severe
night.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1902-02-12
ORANGE TREE PROTECTED FROM EROS,

top and the doors on the side allow cir
culation of air and some light. The
young plant in the Enclosure is just
coming into bearing and is one of the
farthest north in Florida at the present
time
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1902-02-12

cheaply in the manner shown in the
cut Tack the upper edge or put on
laths along the upper edge and lay a
narrow strip of board along the edge
upon the ground. 1t costs but trifie
to go all around building in this way.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1902-02-12

Secure a copy of 1.-THE Horse Fair"
or "The Chariot Race" (from Ben
Hur), given as a premium with the
BEE.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1902-02-12

Many farm buildings permit the
wind to sweep under them because
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1902-02-12
Free Mail Delivery.

Wanted-Every farmer In the val
ley to sign petition for free county
delivery. Petitions at the Bee office.
The Dolores star., 1902-04-25
SPRING POETRY UP TO DATE.

Hail. gentle spring. ethereal miidness.
30 sang a poet OF the olden time.
But now we hear the housewives dismal
wall:
Spring cleaning comes with all her dread
ful train
OF housemaids. with their tired hands
and aching feet.
The smell of soap. the carpets mournful
beat.
The rooms unfurnished. damp and bare.
No genial warmth. no comfort anywhere.
These same old poets praise the spring.
time bird
Whose sweetest song at early morn is
But, oh. defend me from the robins peep
When would catch just one more wink
unwillingiy rouse and deeply vow.
swift vengeance. could only catch them
Tells me the birds are wondrous shy in
spring.
The poets sing, Of opening buds and muir
i tell you. friends. spring brings the
As witness all those unpaid water bills
The opening bud is but the yellow one
lhat chokes our grass. as through the
,G;ainst these fierce war is daily made.
Though our unfagging zeal is all unpaid.
sun. @ hannts the golden bloom. defiance to
Careless of love or hate. the dandelfon
grows
And then the murmuring rill. why don't
you know
,Tis but the garden hose we all hate so.
Ihat never-ending round of moving hose,
VI watering grass and ground.
Ihat thirsty earth that drinks it's fill
And cries for water water water still.
House cleaning through. the garden made.
The sprinkling well begun.
June ready now to make her bow.
The wretched spring Is done.
once more we heave a blissful sigh,
Once more our spirits rise.
For We may wave a glad goodbye
To all springs miseries.
The Dolores star., 1902-04-25
Mrs. Anna b. Fleharty.

81 suffered for several years with head
ache brought on by nervous prostration.
/ was also afflicted with insomnia. 1 would
get up in the morning more weary than
when l retired and J 9sed to dread the
approach of night. Peruna came into my
home as a welcome guest, and within three
short months l was like another woman
have now enjoyed perfect health for over
a year, and those who have suffered as I
did will know how happy am."-Mrs. E.
L. Brown.
Mrs. Esther NJ Miner, De Graft, Ohio,
writess
II vsas a terrible sufferer from female
weakness and had the headache contin-
uously. I was not able to do my house
work for myself and husband. 1 wrote
you and described my condition as near
as possible You recommended Peruna
/ took four bottles and was completely
cured. think Peruna n wonderful medi-
cine Mrs Esther NJ Miner.
Congressman Thad NJ. Mahon, of Cham
bersburg, Pa, writes:
Mfake pleasure In commencing your
PerIna as q substantial tonic and q
good cafdrrh remedy" T. M. Mah0n.
If you do not derive prompt and satisfac-
tory results from the use of P.runa. write
at once to DIR. Hartman. giving a full
statement of your case and he will bo
pleased to give you his valuable advice
gratis.
Address Dr. Hartman, President of The
Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, Ohio.
The Dolores star., 1902-04-25
MORE OF THE sroNAksa CASE.
One Witness Claims to Have Been
Asked for Money.

Denver. April 20.-The final session
Of the board Of charities and cOrrec-
tion and the board of pardons in the
Investigation of the charges that G. l..
StOnaker, secretary of these two
boards, had solicited money from con-
victs at the Canon City penitentiary
to secure for them pardons, paroles or
communications of sentences, was held
In the senate chamber last night.
/. l.. Dearly of Greeley testified in
regard to the affidavit made at Greeley
that lie had made 1t without any sug-
gestiOn from any one; that he had
hunted up lawyer in Greeley, given
it to him and paid him 80 cents. He
said he thought when Stonaker asked
him If lie had any money he thought
Stonaker wanted it to use himself or
to hire an attorney. He believed still,
he said, that II he had paid Stonaker
$50 to work for him Stonaker would
have kept 1t himself He did not think
this would be a bribe.
He said he had talked with a great
many men at Canon City, and there
was great deal of dissatisfaction
over the manner in which pardOns are
granted. He mentioned Bert Skies,
who, he said, had told him that il lie
could raise n certain sum he could get
| Il pardon. He said that if IL man had
$4OO or 500 he could get pardon,
and he connected Stonaker's name
with the proposition. He said he be-
lieved that Skies was truthful, and
Skies gave him the impression that
Stonaker had asked him for money.
At one time. Dearly said, we took
up collection of $3S or $40 to take
a certain cOnvicts case before the par
dons board. A paper was circulated
in the prison stating the object of the
collection and Dearly gave 81. He
could not remember who circulated
the paper or who was to receive the
benefit, but the circulator told him
Dearby) that the money was to go to,
StOnaker, and this statement was writ
ten out on the paper.
During the examination Stonaker at
one time said to the witness: Don't
/ you know that you are telling deliD-
crate lie!"
Secretary Stonaker was sworn and
made II sweeping denial of all the
charges, reading from manuscript. He
said:
Il have repeatedly told prisoners
that required no money, that l was
paid by the state for my services.
Warden Martin never suggested that
L
never suspected him of doubling my
conduct because of the fact of our
long personal acquaintnnceship.
Warden Martin was given every
opportunity in this inquiry at Canon
City to show proof for his suspicious
regarding my honesty and integrity
and now wish to repeat that Warden
Martin has no just grounds for such
suspicious and that ut no time have
ever solicited money or have received
money. In short, believe that War
den Martin has grievously wronged
me in arriving ut such suspicious be-
cause of his full and clear knowledge
of my life in Colorado. His evident
bias in his testimony has not been en-
planned
The boards will meet again next
Thursday in the capitol building, when
1t is expected that their decision will
be announced. There seems to be IL
general impression that it will not be
unfayOrable to Secretary Stopaker,
The Dolores star., 1902-04-25
is "HELLo" VULGAR?
Investigation Goes to Show That it Is
Classic.

Society ladies in Evanston, Illinois,
gar the telephone hello" and move
ment for its disuse is said to be spread
ing In the Middle West. 1t should not
spread far; it is Il sham reform"
Some warning word to call attention
is practical necessity in telephOning.
If "hello" must go, what shall be sub
stituted? Are you there?' occasionally
heard at an English receiver. is nom
senSical and, to a man who has waited
long, irritating. ..Hellor' is CHEEKY,
quickly spoken, universal.
.'Hello!" is not slang, but an ancient
and honorable expression. 1t is one of
our oldest word-roots. and persists in
all Aryan tongues by the law of the
survival of the fit. 1t is the "Halloh''
of Germany. the "IIola" of southern
Europe, the "Halloo" of sporting tales.
the Hello" which Coleridge in less
squeamish age guilty rhymed with
follow"
Always Hello" has had Its present
use as call for attention. OF it's sort
1t is the best word. The Spanish
"Aqui.' the French "Ohe," the Italian
''Ecco." are sharper. less mellow, less
resonant. With its initial "brea athing,"
with two fine open vowels that ''sing
themselves" and framework of trill-
ing liquid consonants TO hang them on,
''Hello" is for its purpose a perfect
word and will live honored and useful
when the very names of Evanston and
Appleton are forgOtten.-New York
World
The Dolores star., 1902-04-25
MISSOURI, PEACH FARM.
Produces Many Thousands Of Bushels
Annually,


To be convinced that Peach King"
McNair deserves the title one need
only visit his great farm at st. Elmo
and take n look ut the preparations
that have been made to handle the
peach crop. New buildings have
been erected. tents put up and pack
Ing sheds built all over the vast Or
chards. AT. St. Elmo. two miles be-
low koshkOnOng, the headquarters of
Mr. McNair have been established.
This Is right In the center of his i'm
mense orchard of 1900 acres, all plant
ed In peaches To handle the fruit
Mr.. McNair will need about 800 hands,
and he will pay cents per hour for
men and q cents an hour for women,
with their meals and lodgings thrown
In. superintendent and foremen will
receive more pay. About fifty expert
packers will be imported and they will
see that the peaches are properly
packed.
"A large tent around which numer-
GUS small tents are pitched will be the
quarters for the women. \ barbed wire
fence sixteen feet high, with the wires
only few inches apart. has been
erected around the women's quarters.
MIR. McNair certainly isn't going to al
low any love making around his camp.
The men will be quartered in the bar
racks which were used last year and
which have been enlarged. Bunks sew
eral tiers high have been put in the
barracks in order that the men can be
accommodated. A big tent with sew
eral long tables placed inside will he
used as an eating house Every seat at
each table will be numbered and the
men and women will each have II num-
Der, so that they can find their re-
spective places at the tables. Thirty
cooks will provide the grub" neces-
sary for this large army of fruit
handlers.
Exactly seventy-five double -tecked
wagons have been provided for hauling
the fruit from the trees to the pack
ing house at st. Elmo. Ten thousand
picking baskets are already at the
farm. together with material enough
for 200 cars of peaches. One-half of
this box material has already been put
together ready for packing to begin.
Mr.. McNair has bought most all of
the peach crop in Koshkonong. He
expects to ship from ten to twenty cars
of fruit each day until the season is
over. If the rains continue for Il few
days his crop will be immense and the
company will make a fortune.