The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-04-22

any other reform organization. but
composed of influential business men,
and supported without the constant
begging Of reform organizations.
One man subscribes for thousand
dollars in the stock, and another viii
give fifty a year
Wjsconsin's Consul Frazier.
Our Madison man-Ray Frazier-
who succeeded Professor Freeman as
consul at Copenhagen, is certainly IN
dustriOus in reporting conditions and
events in his territory In a recent
bulletin he speaks of Captain Don
wigs life-saving globe The expert
/ ment onsisted of casting the globe
from a 12-fOOt-high wharf into the
sound. 1t sank but immediately re-
covered itself, whereupon the port
holes We're thrown open. one of the
occupants adjusting sail ard guiding
the globe by means of rudder 1t is
destined in large measure to replace
the open life-saving boats The in
yentOr received his idea from seeing
an iron water tank atiOat after terri
Die wreck, on a rocky coast, i'm which
he lost his entire family. The globe
will accommodate sixteen persons
The two life-aaving globes which the
expert commission used in their trials
were of the following dimensions and
weights: Largest inside diameter, s
feet; height from the inner bottom to
the top of the globe. & feet: distance
between the double bottoms. feet
Is inch; space. 800 cubic feet; deck
area, "a square feet. The globe. with
fender, anchor 100 fathoms of steel
wire rope, and other investments,
weighed 1868 pounds. With fresh
water, sixteen men, and fittings it
draws twenty three inches of water.
Spraying Fruit Trees.
The university has reached No. 40
in its bulletins designed to aid the
farmers and others This one deals
with spraying fruit trees. Spraying
in order to be effective must be thor
oughly done. Every part of the tree
trunk, branches and. ves-should
be completely covered with the spray
ing mixture. If uncovered patches
are left here and there on the tree
they serve as a breeding place for the
pest Frequent rains with few dry
days gives the common fungus dis
ease chance to grow and spread TO
great extent, and it was difficult
last fall to find any Wisconsin grown
apples that were not distigured with
scabs. For all fungus disease infest-
ing orchard trees and fruits the first
spraying should be done before the
leaves have begun to expand or before
the blossom buds are too prominent.
Biting insects such as the slarvae
Of the cOdling moth and caterpillars
are most Cheaply and effectively killed
by the application Of paris green, or
other arsenious poisons. which is APP
piled to the surface of the food and
IS taken into the insect body with it,
causing the death of the insect. Suck
ing insects are generally considered
immune from poisonous sprays. since
they do not bite or chew the foliage or
other parts of the tree, but thrust
their prObOsciS through the poisoned
parts into the plant cells This class
Of insects therefore, must be killed
by mixtures which contain caustics or
other penetrating substances which
are able to penetrate the outside cover
fng of the insect or by mixtures which
clog up the pores of the insect, caus-
ing death by suffoca ton. 1t is safe
to say that over so per cent. of all the
apples raised in the state are infest-
ed with the larvae of the cooling moth.
1t will surprise farmers to know
how much certified" milk is sold in
New York at 10 cents per quart and
over. A few years ago 1000 quarts
per day was the limit-now more than
10000 quarts are handled
The open season on ducks com
menced April 10. and continues seven
ty-five days. The lakes have been
covered with ice and the birds COM
PEELED to feed around the shore. They
are reported very plenty.
Shipping Live Stock to Chicago.
Wherever the train stops in Wis
cOllSln tHere are yards where the cat
tie, hogs. and sheep are confined until
they are put OH trains for the big city.
Some go to Milwaukee. but the great
bulk of these eatableS en- legs go to
Chicago. One of the commission firms
Wood Bros.-get up handsome
book. which reports the highest price
for mess pork since 1860 at S22.5O to
S3S, at the close of the war. Of late
years, $lS.07 in 1902. has been the
highest since 1893 In 1890 the price
was very low, $7.S3 to $1O45. AS for
corn. in 1903 the price fiuctuated from
Al cents to % cents per bushel In
1902 it touched SO cents In 1886 the
highest price was 81 cents In 1892
corn ranged from 3G1a cents TO 81
There are, in the United States,
17,500O00 mich COWS Total cattle.
61,0O000O. There are 64.GOOO 900
sheep. Of hogs there are 1900. 900,
Wisconsin is 4 leading state in things