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The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1904-07-08
scientific Rubber Produo,lon.

The production of rubber from the
Ficus Elastica in Upper Burma, AS
sam. and the Netherlands, is being
rapidly increased. The seed OF the
Ficus Elastica. when the tree grows
naturally in the forest. terminates al,
most invariably in the forks OF trees
thirty to forty feet above the surface
OF the ground, and the young trees
grow in consequence for some six to
ten years as epiphytes, after which the
aerial roots reach the ground, and in.
crease in size until some of them
reach a girth of from four to six feet
1t frequently happens that the trees
on which the rubber Seeding first ger
minated is killed by the more vigorous
growing Ficus Elastica.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1904-07-08
THINNING THE FRUITS.

The timely and proper thinning OF
the fruit on the orchard trees is q
matter which should receive far more
attention than it does. The peach
men in Michigan, Delaware and Geor-
gia, and the orange and prune men of
the Western coast are well up on the
importance of this matter, but the
majority Of fruit raisers other than
these named pay little or no attention
to it. In any season when the apple
or plum tree sets very full of fruit
and the same is not thinned out by
frost or insect or by natural means,
then the tree should be attended to-.
Such crops of fruit allowed to mature
are always of inferior quality and
understood and often unstable, while
the bearing of such crop is most
fearful drain upon the vitality of the
tree. Man never interferes with the
operation of natural law with more
benefit to himself and his orchard
trees than when he thins out two
thirds of any such crop of fruit. 1t
must not be understood, however, that
this principle can properly be applied
to large families of children.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1904-07-08
TIMOTHY THE HAY STANDARD

Timothy has become the most popu-
lar, the best known and the most
profitable hay grass in the United
States. This popularity is due not
altogether to it's superiority in nutri-
tive element, but largely to the fact
that it makes the standard hay OF
commerce, with which all other kinds
are compared. 1t is sold in all mar
kets of the country, and its price Is
quoted in all the commercial journals.
In buying this hay one knows pre-
cisely what he is paying for. He
knows how much to feed and what re-
suits to expect from it. 1t is graded
like cotton, tobacco and wheat, and II
is the only hay that is in general de-
mand. For this reason, more than for
any other, II is the most profitable,
because the sale of it is most certain
at the highest prices.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1904-07-08
l.ast stop Wac HIs undoIna.

Max Won Pettenkofer. who has been
called the founder OF scientific by.
giene, and. next to Humboldt. the
most popular OF all German natural.
lists. lost a fortune in umbrellas, sci.
dom bringing back what he had taken
away. Once. however, he made trip
as far as England. and was very proud
OF having actually succeeded in bring,
ing back his umbrella to Germany
At Augsburg he stopped on business
but sent a telegram reading: AT G
o'clock return with my umbrella"
He did return at o'clock. but as he
entered his house in Munich he saw
to his dismay that he had no umbrel
la. He had left it at the telegraph
station.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1904-07-08
ORCHARD NOTES.

Spraying is the keystone I'm success
full orchard management. After the
trees have been properly selected,
planted and grown, it depends then
upon whether the Orchardist sprays
whether his work win be successful.
The Northwest as yet as had neither
the bitter rot nor San Jose scale, and
these two enemies are more than all
others combined to the fruit men of
the east and south. But we do have
apple scab and oodling moth, but they
may be controlled by systematic
spraying.
Top grating affords a method of
growing the tender varieties that are
subject to root killing and sun scald.
Crabs are especially desirable for this
purpose. and the Whitney No. 20,
Briar's Sweet and Virginia have been
used very satisfactorily. Orchards in
which poor selections have been made
may be top worked and changed to
valuable varieties that will yield prof
liable crops for many years TO come.
In the matter OF pruning, Eastern
ditions. On account Of the danger to
the trunks of sun scald, the trees
should be headed as low as possible.
While this Is not as convenient for
cultivation as high heading, it pro-
tects trunks and makes the fruit
easier to gather. AS rule 1t may be
said that our trees do not require as
much pruning as trees in the Eastern
and Southern states. Dead limbs
should always be removed, and where
the head OF the tree is growing too
compact a part Of it should be cut
out.
The matter Of cultivation is always
one to be decided by local conditions.
Every orchard should be cultivated
the first three to five years Of its life.
Some slow growing crop, such as pota-
toes, squashes, root crops or sweet
corn may be grown, and will pay for
the cost OF cultivation. After the crop
is harvested the ground should be
sown to a cover crop and for this pur-
pose a non-nitrogenous crop, such as
oats, rape, buckwheat or millet should
be used on the black prairie soil. On
ground of only medium fertility the
heterogeneous crops should be used, as
some OF the clovers, peas or soy
beans. The cover crop will protect
the soil from washing and protect the
roots OF the trees from freezing by
holding the snow on the ground, and
in the spring will add humus to the
soil when plowed under.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1904-07-08
TWO STEPS
The Las. One Helps the First.

me LAST One reIpS tnc rITSts
A sick coffee drlnker must take two
steps TO be rid of his troubles and get
strong and well again.
The first step is to cut of coffee alb
soutely.
That removes the destroying ele-
ment. The next step is to take liquid
food land that is Postom Food COT
fee) that has in II the elements ma
ture requires to change the blood
corpuscles from pale pink or white
to rich red, and good red blood builds
good strong and healthy cells in place
of the broken down cells destroyed by
coffee. With well boiled Postum Food
Coffee to shift TO. both these steps
are easy and pleasant. The expert
ence OF a Georgian proves how i'm
portant both are.
From 1872 to the year 1900 my
wife and had both been afflicted
with sick or nervous headache and at
times we suffered untold agony. We
were coffee drinkers and did not know
how to get away from it for the habit
is hard to quit.
But in 1900 read of a case SINH
lar to ours where Postum Coffee was
used in place of the old coffee and a
complete cure resulted, so l concluded
to get some and try 1t.
The result was, after three days
use of Postum in place of the coffee
never had a symptom of the old
trouble and in five months l had
gained from 145 pounds to 1853 pounds.
MY friends asked me almost daily
what wrought the change. My an
swer always is, leaving OF coffee ard
drinking Postum in its place.
I'VE have many friends who have
been benefited by Postum.
LAS to whether or not have stated
the facts truthfully | refer you to
the Bank OF Carrollton or any bust
ness firm in that city where have
lived for many years and am well
known" Name given by Postum Co.,
Battle Creek, Mich.
There's a reason"
Look in each pkg. for the famous
little book, The Road to MELVILLE"
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1904-07-08
GRAPE VINES-SUMMER PRuN-
ING AND eAGGiNG THE GRAPES.

Summer pruning is not practiced
to any great extent, yet where one de-
sires the best results from his vines
1t is very important. The growth
should be controlled in the summer
in order chat the strength OF the vine
Will not be wasted IN making unneces-
sary growth. BY rubbing off the sur
plus shoots with the thumb and fin
ger as soon as they appear, and by
pinching back the canes after they
have formed four or five joints beyond
the last bunch of grapes, the whole
strength of the vine is forced to the
developing of the fruit and remaining
parts of the vine.
Summer pruning is especially i'm
portant while the frame of the vine is
being established, but will always
more than pay for the trouble and
expense involved.
BAGGING GRAPES.
This is done to protect them from
the birds and fungus diseases and
also to prolong the ripening period.
The Concord will keep perfectly
sound in bags until late in October,
and the Norton's Virginia will keep in
perfect condition from three weeks to
a month longer.
We bagged many varieties of
grapes last year and find that some
varieties are benefited by bags more
than others. Birds are always more
troublesome TO black and red varieties
Of grapes Than they are TO the white.
This year we bagged about half of
our Delawares, and fully ninety per
cent of those not bagged were destroy
ed by birds, while those in bags were
in perfect condition. The Ives, Con-
cord and Norton's Virginia that were
not bagged were also badly damaged
by birds, while the Perkins, Niagara
and Goethe were damaged very little.
Grapes planted in an orchard or near
trees and hedges are always damaged
more by birds than those planted off
to themselves. The bags are put over
the punches of grapes as soon as the
fruit is set or when the grapes are
the size OF small shot. Three pound
bags are used for the large bunch
varieties, such as the Concord and
Niagara, and two-pound bags are used
for the smaller bunch varieties, like
the Delaware.
The bag is slipped over the bunch
Of grapes and the corners folded close
about the stem and pinned. Bagging
Is very simple and inexpensive, the
bags costing from sixty to seventy
cents per thousand, and the pins
about twenty cents per thousand.
A man or boy with little expert
ence can put on fifteen to eighteen
hundred bags in a day, so the total
cost of bagging a thousand punches
of grapes would not exceed $1.30. The
grapes in bags ripen up more uniform
ly and always present a much more
snowy appearance than those not
bagged. Bagging will always prevent
the grapes from rotting to some ex-
tent, but will not do away with the
necessity of spraying when the vari-
ETY. bagged is subject to rot to very
great extent.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1904-07-08
MISSED LAST YEARS TRIP.
Miner Had Good Reason for Not Be
ing Spotlecs.

ing Spotleos.
Sir William Butler. an English sol
der OF distinction, said recently In
giving testimony before British
commission in regard TO militia serv-
ice- ,'Warwickshire men miners and
that class Of people, like to get to the
sea for ten days II they can possibly
afford it-they will spend their own
money to do 1t. They all battle.
have very long seacoast and we
have a number of miners who really
enjoy being out with their regiment
OF garrison artillery near the sea.
They go to the sea because they fire
over the sea and the bathing parade
is as valuable, IL not more SO, than
the drill; it freshens the men up and
cleanses them. An officer told me
last summer that when they were
bathing there was one fellow with a
very black skin, and he heard a man
say to him Jack, you are pretty dirty.
Yes he said, I was not out at last
years training"
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1904-07-08
BUTTER NOT TOO HIGH.

Some of the produce papers are evil
IDENTIFY trying to make themselves be-
lieve that butter is too high, and that
spectators are paying too high a
price for the goods which they are
putting into cold storage. They are
citing as evidence the wonderful pas
lures and the increase in make over
last year We do seem to be produc-
ing little more creamery butter than
we did last year, but the indications
are that less dairy butter Is being
made, and we should remember that
we have more people to feed than we
had last year, and that all are eating
more butter and many are eating less
oleomargarine. Don't worry about over
production. but try TO avoid under
consumption. The fellows that milk
the cows don't think butter too high.
We are pretty well acquainted with
them. and mark our word, they don't
intend to work any cheaper until the
other fellows stop going on strikes
and putting up combinations. While
the customers are cutting down to
eight hours day and marking up coal
and lumbo- and corn binders, the COW
mixers must get at least twenty
cents where they formerly received
fifteen, or they are very apt to permit
the calves to do the milking.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1904-07-08
To Make SOAP From Tree.

An enterprise in Algeria is to manu-
facture natural soap on a large scale
from a tree known as "Sapindus util-
is" This plant, which has long been
known in japan, China and India.
bears a fruit of about the size of a
horse chestnut. smooth and round.
The color varies from a yellowish
green to brown. The inner part is of
dark color and has an oily kernel.
The tree bears fruit in its sixth year
and yields from 55 to 220 pounds of
fruit, which can easily be harvested.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1904-07-08
Ate Chocolates While condemned.

During the trial the murderer Hog
CART preserved the greatest compos-
ure. While his lordship addressed
him, he leaned back on the seat in a
careless attitude. at the same time
eating CONNECTIONS, and when called on
10 attend to the sentence, he stood
erect and heard it unmoved. This
misguided youth will afford a sad ex,
ample Of the want of education, as we
learned from his declaration that he
cannot write. The Scotsman, June
7, 1921.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1904-07-08
Periods Of chiIdren's Growth.

DR.. Leslie Mackenzie says in regard
to the growth Of boys that the first
acceleration of height after infancy
comes near the end of the first seven
years; the second, about the years of
to 10, and the third, from 13 to Is.
With girls the rate of increase is
somewhat more uniform. Growth be-
gins to slow down at the age Of IL,
and by the age Of II 1t has sunk to
less than one inch a year.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1904-07-08
Children and Their Clothes.

If you have money, dress your chill
dren; but If you do not wish them to
be regarded with dislike and con-
tempt. teach them to forget that they
are wearing fine clothes. Carefully i'm
press on them that to make COMPARE
sons between their own garments and
those of children less richly clad is to
stamp themselves i'll bred. Girls are
worse than boys in this respect.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1904-07-08

Now is a good time to prepare for
next years crop of raspberries and
blackberries. Next seasons fruit will
be borne upon the canes which are
now growing. Select the thriftiest
healthiest growing canes and cut out
the rest, with the old canes that fruit
ed this season. Three or four canes
in each hill wiz be sufficient; in this
way more vigorous plants will be Sc
cured. and this means better fruit
next season.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1904-07-08

Did you ever know of a man who
went rushing about all over the farm
premises looking for the hammer.
and scolding every one because he
would like to know who had had that
hammer" and finally finding il just
where he had last used it himself?
Seems to me | have. And it always
appears to me that such a man after
having one of these spells ought to
sit down all by himself and think
some things over; and in his thinking
he should not forget to give himself
first Dlace,
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1904-07-08

A biological laboratory was estab-
lished in the catacombs, near Paris,
in 1896, for the purpose of observing
the influence OF light and darkness
upon different animals. In crustaceans
the gray pigment gradually disap-
pears, the eye is modified in its fore
part, and the organs OF smell, touch
and taste increase until they are
tripled in size. Fish in the dark lose
their color and grow but half as large
as they would in the light.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1904-07-08
Johnny Not Such a Fool.

when l have occasion to punish
my SON." said the austere man, i
always tell him that it hurts me more
than it does him" Il don't" replied
the plain. practical citizen; Johnny
may be a little headstrong and disobe
dent, but he has too much sense to
believe anything like that."-Washing
ton Star.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1904-07-08
PIG POINTERS.

Burnt corn or charcoal is good for
scours.
To raise pigs they must be kept in
a good thrifty condition.
No animal will make so large re
turns in so short a time as the pig.
Care should be taken not to allow
the SOW with pig to get too fat.
So far as can be done the SOW
should have abundant opportunity for
exercise.
During the winter special care
should be taken to protect the little
pigs from cold.
Allowing the pigs TO sleep in damp
quarters often induces cold and rhou'
mstism.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1904-07-08
Deafness Cannot Be Cured

BY local applications a. they cannot reach the dis.
eased portion OF the ear There Is only one way TO
deafness and that is by constitutional remedies.
Deafness Is caused by an inhamed condition OF the
mucous lining OF the Eustachan Tube When this
tube IL inhamed you have arumbllng sound or I'm.
perfect hearing and when IL s entirely closed, Deaf
ts the result. and unless the Inflammation be
taken and this tube restored ~ fits normal condi-
ton, hearing viii be destroyed forever; nine cases
out OF ten are caused by Catarrh which IL nothing
but an nfamed condition OF the mucous surfaces.
We will give Ore Hundred Dollars for any case of
Deafness Caused by catarrh) that cannot be cured
by Halls CatarTh Cure. send for circulars. free.
i. J. CHENEY 81 CO., Toledo o.
Sold by Druggists. 95c.
Take Hall a-Eamiy Pills for constipation.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1904-07-08

At no time in the life Of the animal
is the influence of liberal OF scant
feeding so great as when the animal
is young. AS an animal eats less
when a month old than when year
old, so does the giving OF withhold
ing of the same amount and value of
food produce greater results when the
animal is a month old, than when it is
a year old. The ratio Of effect pro-
duced is yet greater than the dispar-
ity between the amounts usually con-
sumed by the animal at the two peri
DDS. Scant feeding young animals
produces that which it is all but i'm
possible to overcome by liberal feed
ing later The digestive and assimi-
lative organs accustom themselves to
conditions and will not readily re-
spond to new conditions. They change
slowly, so that by stunning the animal
when young, tendencies are produced
that are very hard to overcome, caus-
ing q condition very difficult to COM
bat with, only by persistent effort.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1904-07-08
Something of a Bird.

The possibilities OF the English Ian
guage are never better shown than
when some western musical critic
lays himself out in judgment upon
one of Mr.. Conried's operate stars.
Nine. Sembrich recently sang in San
Francisco, and a newspaper critic of
much distinction pronounced her the
peerless canary of colorature. New
York Tribune
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1904-07-08

Fussing with the cows may seem
small business for man grown. But
life is made UP of small things. any
way, and kindness among the cattle
is no mark of small nature. On the
contrary, Il proves a man to be just
as good as the animal he pets; and 1t
all pays the best way. too. Kindness
always does pay.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1904-07-08

There is no excuse for an animal
carrying a pair of horns upon the
farm. Many a cow gets into winter
in poor condition because she has
been pestered by the horn fly which
deposits its eggs about the base of
the horn, later followed by maggots,
which destroy the horn growth. II
the horns were not there this would
not occur.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1904-07-08
Ideas ON Verse.

Don't be afraid of making me angry
by telling me your candid opinion OF
my verse, old fellow. Criticism
doesn't make any difference with me-"
Il know that, my dear boy; but the
trouble is that it don't make any diff
ference with your verses, either. =
New Orleans Times-DemOcrat.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1904-07-08
Resignation a Jewel.

Impatience relieves no i'll; Oh the
contrary. it is a sharp additional pang
added to all the rest. But resignation
soothes and llghtens all we suffer by
showing the gain there is behind
FenelOn,
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1904-07-08

From the body OF one guilty deed n
thousand ghostly fears and haunting
thoughts proceed.-Wo
What we want TO believe we believe:
what we don't want to believe we re-
gard as foolishness.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1904-07-08

When about the farm at work, keep
one eye out for low places in the
fences. Cattle have sharp eyes for AL
such spots, and are quick to take adj
vantage OF them. Two minutes now
may be spent in saving an hour to-
morrow, and we'll spent, too.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1904-07-08

Some folks are terribly afraid OF
lightning. A great many more are
far more afraid OF lightning-rod
agents. They have suffered more
from the agents than from the light
ming.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1904-07-08

Piso's Cure is the best medicine we ever used
for all affections OF the throat and lungs-wM.
o. ESDsLEY, Vanburen, Ind. Feb. 10, 1900
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1904-07-08
JAPAN PLUMs.

In some sections this fruit is highly
praised, in others It is unqualifiedly
condemned. But there is good rea-
son for thinking that il has a place in
this country and that It WIFI play an
important part in the future. AT pres
ent 1t is merely adapting itself TO a
new country. This fruit was intro
duced from Japan, but is probably a
native from China, though it has been
found there in wild state. In Japan
it is said to receive little attention,
from which it may be inferred that it
does not stand high in the estimation
OF the people. 1t has not received
much attention in Europe and is not
likely TO. The Domesticas have pos
tants are not likely TO give up their
old varieties for something which has
not proved better than what they
already have.
Late reports are 60 the effect that
these plums are as susceptible as the
peach to attacks of the ''yellows.' "
This may prove the greatest difficulty
OF all.
The Japs will thrive where the Do
mesticas will not, and vice versa. The
latter need heavier soil than the for
mer and are a little more hardy.
Prof. Bailey once spoke of it as 1.-THE
most important type of fruit introduc'
cd into North America during the last
quarter of the century" There seems
to be no good reason for disput-
ing this judgment. The fruit has its
good points as well as it's weaknesses.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1904-07-08

rIYc permanently cured No hts OF errel
I'll irst days OF Dr. Kne's Great Nerve Restor
err. Send for FREE 100 trial bottle and treatise
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1904-07-08

japanese and Germans have the same
average brain weight
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1904-07-08

Heart-searching is n good cure 70
the habit OF ccnsuring.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1904-07-08

The more we do, the more we can do
the more busy we are, the more leisure
we have-Hazlitt.
1t Is twice as easy to fool yourself
as II is to fool other people.