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Rocky Ford enterprise., 1905-07-14
A BIlshtins Orchard.

a subscriber writes us: Il have IN
orchard four years old that is blight
Ing very badly. have sprayed II
green and line. What further can
do for it?"
The spraying is all right. but Is OF
doubtful efficacy In the case OF blight.
we would. however. approve OF the
spray. for man should spray MS
orchard whether he knows there IL
anything the matter with II or not
Spraying may help keep down the
phSht and probably does. but II Is not
generally considered an effective rem
edy. The lime doubtless does pre-
vent the spread OF the blight to some
extent by deterring bees and other
Insects from visiting the tender ends
OF the twigs.
Blight is produced by n fungus that
lives over winter In tho live wood OF
hilshted tree. In the spring there is
m cSudatlon from the tree and this
liquid Is partakcn of by the bees and
other insects. which then fly to the
blossoms OF apple and other trees and
carry some Of tho spores of the fun
gus with them. Sometimes the tender
shoots are visited and the spores loft
on them. The tender open tissues per.
NIT the blight sporc TO send In filn.
meht Mt the time of It's gcrminntion
aud thus the disease begins. The
spores are sticky and cannot be blown
by the wind. and iaust bc carried by
Insects or some other moving things.
As the fungi are Inside Of the wood "
!S easily seen that spraying cannot
reach the blight after Il has become
settled In tree. Tho only thing that
can be done is to cut on the blightcd
portions. hoping to get below the scat
OF tho disease. The dead twigS con.
tain only dead fungi. Tho living fun.
ri arc In the live wood jolnin. tho
bliEhtcd portions. The parts trimmed
on should be burned at once to pre-.
vent the spread Of possible spores.
LikcwiSc precautions must be taken
against carryin. spo.cs from infected
TO healthy wood. and so Il is ncccH.
aary to Ntcriiixc tho knife or saw after
every amputaiion. This may he done
by using some germ destroying liquid.
Professor Evaris Weed says that the
cutting should be done n foo; below
the blirh;cd wooi.-farmcrs' Review.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1905-07-14
DUG Up the Floor.

Just after We turned ou, our cows
Tor the summer NC began the repair
lnE OF our stable floor. II hnd been
built on the level and for ten years
had been soaked In urine all tho win.
ter months. Parts of Il were rotten.
and II iS n wonder that Il was not
more rotten than Il was found TO he.
hut !, waH dceaycd enough TO hold
manure and urine. i, IL no wonder
,ha, VIC found Il impossible to get n
swcc, smelling stable. which We did.
We tried to pull up the boards and
plankR by drawing out tho nails. hut
found the nails ruE,-d and tho planis
ro''cd about tho nails. 80 NC du. up
tho planks with picks. will never
again build n floor that II on level.
This floor was double TO make IL warm
and between tho floor had been paper.
This space was filled with the remains
OF urine and II IL probable that 10 had
not been dried out In all the years OF
Its use.
We built new floor with a slope to
II that will send tho urine down to
the end where there Is an outlet for
II. Then We shortened up tho prrt
where the cows stand no that each
COW would have n dry place TO stand
on. Behind each COW We made n gut.
ter that is 10 deep that the urine will
not flow bac. under the COW before Il
runs of. and tho droppings will not bc
ablo to efIectually dam IL up. This
gutter Is deeper than II Is for beef
cattle. as We don't care whether the
beef cattle &c, dirty or not. The only
objection to a deep gutter is the COW
slipping OF and laming a foot, which
sometimes bappens.-Charles Bufort.
Becker Co. MINI.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1905-07-14
NomAoic RICH AND POOR.
Two Glasses Of People That Are World
Wanderers.

Only two ciassc5 Of people spend
their time wandering over the earth.
tho restless rich and the restless poor
the people who have 40 much tha,
they don't know what to do with Il.
and those who have so little that II
does not concern their million.
aires and trampS. The iramp's range
OF travel In not 40 wide M that Of tho
wandcrin. millionaire. hut quite likely
he draws the same surccasc Of soul
wcariness from change Of scene that
his wcaithicr fellow citizen does. He
sleeps In different haystack every
night and the millionaire In n different
hotel He becomes a connoisscur In
haystacks as the other does In inns
and caravansarics. Travel becomes
like opium or any other drug. kcp,
up long enough. one can't do without
II. II Is eternal, living in ones
trunk and gripsack. which are at least
vcxa,ions which do not bother the
tramp. He lives the frccr life Of the
two. n II were not for the intcrmi,.
tent shaves. the occasional famine and
the propensity Of dogs to find fault
with the tramp We should prefer his
wav Of travel.-St. Louis Globe. Demo.
crat.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1905-07-14
Cool the Fruit.

Fruit should not be picked on a
warm day and put Immediately into
cold storage or into cars for shipment.
II should be put into some place where
II will have a chance TO cool of and
permit the latent heat to work out.
Putting fruit into close cars where
10 refrigeration is provided is a fruit.
full source OF trouble In the shipping
Of fruit. The heat in the fruit causes
rapid spelling. especially with fruit
that Is of short keeping quality. like
some Of the apples tina. ripen in the
summer. II the nights are cool. fruit
can be cooled OF by simply leaving IL
over night exposed TO the air. but not
to the dew. In other cases cellars are
found deep enough to have a tempera.
ture of under 60 degrees. These can
be used in such cases. In some parts
OF the territory over which this paper
circulates storage pits have been dug
into the side hills and these may be
used as storage places.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1905-07-14

three districts to supprcAS agrar:an
disturbances.
MfNSk-PcaSant disturbances spread.
ing.
Ell. f.ATERfSOSi.Av-A panic created
by tho distribution Of prociama,iouH.
calling on III. people to flEht against
treason. Lowest classes being In.
cited by the police against the odu.
Gated classes.
BAi.ASHoFF-Tosn council adopted
resolution demanding the abolition
Of polio. Dictatorship conferred on
General TrcpoiY.
workmcn demanded
opcnln. OF all factories and the i'm
mediate satisfaction OF all grioy.
anccS. under n threat OF bioodNhod.
KAIiSH-Populatlon was thrown In
TO panic by u sudden volicy of re-
yoiycr shots In the center Of the
city and by red naE" d.monsiEa.
tons
KIsHENEfF-An printers 30 on
strike.
oDESSA-Two cofsacEs and four
workmon killed and n Hcor" wound.
cd In riots. Factories closed.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1905-07-14
The Sick Cow.

The sick COW should not be per
mitted to remain with the other
cows. for in many cases the dis.
ease with which COW is sick IA a
contagious one, bu; this Ia not always
discerniblc at the time the COW is FIRST
taken sick. Milk from a sick COW
should not be used. even for the feed.
ing OF farm animals. Give the animal
the bencfit Of free air and moderate
sunshine and deprive her OF food for
awhile unless It be some sickness
whose character is known. Often the
sickness is merely the result OF too
high feeding. II the ailment is a very
serious one 1t will pay better TO call n
veterinarian than to risk not doing
the proper thing for the relief OF the
animal.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1905-07-14
Intensive Horticulture.

We must have a more intense horti'
culture II We are to realize large prof
Its from our horticultural operations.
Tho more Intensive arc our operations
tho more certain will We he to reap n
rich reward for our work. In the coun'
tries that are making most out Of
their horticultural enterprises the gar.
dcns and orchards arc living exam.
pies of intensive farming.
The intensive horticul,urist II the
one that has put many years Of labor
on the study OF soils. fertilization.
pruning. and development OF varic.
ties. The realm OF horticulture is In.
finite. and the lore icarnabic about any
one operation of gardening or orchard.
ing is very great. We have not yot
fully learned the lessons of the ad.
yan'nsos OF prunin. or how much or
how little to prunc. The man that
becomes an expert In the raising Of
fruits. vegetables o. flowers need not
sell his service TO others, for he can
himself make a living from his own
labors.
Intensive horticulture is old in Eu.
rope. but new in America. We have n
land that invites us to do extensive
rather than intensive work. But 1t
cannot be doubted that in most situa.
tons and in most circumstances Il Is
the intensive culture that pays best
here as well ~ In Europe.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1905-07-14
Summer Maae Manure,

Summer made manure general.
ly loses larger proportion
Of Its manurial contents than
does the manure made at any
other time Of year. This is for two
principal reasons. One OF these Is
because the manure is dropped here
and there in the barnyard and Is not
kept in pile as is the manure made
in winter. The other reason is that
the air and sun are more effective in
diSsipating the manurial elements in
summer than In winter. The only
way to in part check the operation OF
these forces is to keep the yard clean.
ed up and the manure in place
where It will be largely protected
from the sun and wind and. at fire..
quent intervals apply 1t to the ground
that is being plowed or turned for
some purpose. Applying manure as a
top dressing in midsummer is waste.
full
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1905-07-14
NEW FRENCH COAT OF ARma.
Another Change In HeraIdie Symbol
Of Republic.

France has made. In the courEp Of
her history. no many changes In / or
hcraldic symbol that the latest has
escaped almost without notice. The
Republic has just taken to itself n
new coa,.ofarms. which came into Of.
ficiai use for the hrst time during tho
king Of Spain's recent visit. the cs-
cutchoons being then quietly AIMED
TO the ministry Of foreign affairs.
where. Stree his majesty resided there.
they doubtless passed with many n
worthy Frenchman for the Spanish
coat of.arms. The new design con.
sis,s of the lictor's fasccs. around
which are t~incd sprays OF oak aid
olive. the whole bound together with
a band bearing the inscription. LIB.
erty. Equality. Fraternity" and around
all a cartouch with the words French
Republic
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1905-07-14

6T'N sStssNs
In this kernel to tho other portions iS
seen to be very large. ms Is. also tho
horny starch. while the proportion of
protein In all forms Is seen TO be small.
This can be determined by taking u
sharp knife aai cutting open several
kernels of corn aad making comparI.
sons.
Tho kernels having n large amount
Of protein will look like tho second
kernel shown here. The proportion OF
crown starch will be found to be com.
parativcly small. while the horny
gluten will be found In large supply.
While T. considerable portion OF the
horny matter Is Iiarch. yet this same
horny matter IL 30 rich In protein thai,
II may be accepted ns rule that the
greater tho proportion OF horny matter
tho greater the proportion Of protein
In tho corn kernel. Tho size OF the
germ also Indicates the comparative
amount of protein.
Any man that expects TO do much In
tho breeding OF corn or even In the
growing of corn must make study
Of tho plant and its seed. He must
educate himself TO DO able to tell by
value of different kinds of corn. This
making n mechanical analysis the real
sor; Of an education is no, tho work
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1905-07-14
The Whole MIX Creamery.

The creamery that uses whole milk
still has the advantage over every 9th.
er kind of creamery in being able to
control, 10 a considerable extent. the
quality of the material out OF which
butter Is to be made. This is of great.
est Importance in the summer time
when cream Is likely to be too acid at
time of churning. The gathered cream
is more often too acid than the cream
that is taken from whole milk in the
creamery. II is the butter made by
the whole milk creamery that gener.
ally scores the highest in the markets.
though here and there are to be
found establishments making good
butter from gathered red cream.
Wafnr allowed To rnmaiu in the ali
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1905-07-14
The Oetopus as Food.

In Italy the octopus is taken
and eaten. 1t has to be caught
at night. when It is attracted
to the vicinity Of the boat In which
are the fishermen by a bright FIRE
made in an iron cage in front of the
boat. II is said to make good eating.
and Its tentacles when cooked are cut
cross~ise. forming rings.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1905-07-14
Invited to Naval Fes.ivi.. es.

Commander Roy c. Smith. the Amer.
ica- naval attachc at Paris and Capt.
Prince ttichojo. the Japanese naval at.
tachc. have been invited TO attend the
naval festivities at Brest in which the
British and French fleets will par;ici.
pate.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1905-07-14
p,.s word to the Tower o, London,

The password to the London Tower
is so carefully guarded that only one
man in London outside the Tower is
intrusted with It and that is the Lord
Mayor. The password is given to him
by the order Of the king.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1905-07-14
HIGH PROTEIN CORN.

Of a day or n week. but II requires
much study. much thought and much
comparison Of different varieties Of
corn and Of different ears of the same
variety.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1905-07-14
AGRI((]lS[lJREI
The Corn karnei.

BY the kernel OF the corn II is pos.
sible to tell much about the quality OF
corn one Is growing. As n matter OF
ins'-rrtion. We publish the accompany
tns tnt ''"f' Historical Society ns 1a'st OF
tho University u ..... first
one shows a kernel OF low protein
corn. The proportion OF crown starch
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1905-07-14

A stitch in time may save nine. II
you can find the needle.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1905-07-14

Water allowed to remain in the sol
keeps 1t cold.
The Jimplecute. (Jefferson, Tex.) 18??-1907, 1905-12-16
Foretelling the Weather.

An old authority gives forecast OF
the weather which depends on Christ
mas day, as follows:
"If the sun shines clear and bright
on Christmas day it promises peace
full year, free from clamors and strifes,
and foretells much plenty to ensue;
but If the wind blows stormy towards
sunset, it betokens much sickness in
the spring and autumn quarters"
Another old authority forecasts the
weather as follows:
when Christmas cometh while the
moon waxeth, it shall be very good
year, and the nearer 1t cometh to the
new moon the better shall that year
be. If it cometh when the moon de-
creaseth. it shall be hard year, and
the nearer the latter end thereof 1t
cometh, the worse and harder shall
the year be-"
The Jimplecute. (Jefferson, Tex.) 18??-1907, 1905-12-16

conclusion. that life is little better
than a dream, and little worth the
loves and strivings that we crowd
into it?
No! Far be such miscalled philos-
ophy from us, dear reader, on Christ
mas day! Nearer and closer to our
hearts be the Christmas spirit, which
is the spirit of active usefulness, per.
severances. cheerful discharge of duty,
kindness, and forbearance! 1t is in
the last virtues especially, that we
are, or should be, strengthened by the
unaccomplished visions of our youth
for, who shall say that they are not
our teachers to deal gently even with
the impalpable nothings of the earth!
Therefore, as we grow older, let us
be more thankful that the circle of our
Christmas associations and of the les
sons that they bring. expands! Let
us welcome every one of them and
The Jimplecute. (Jefferson, Tex.) 18??-1907, 1905-12-16
Christmas Decorations.

The practice of tying green's" or
decorating churches and houses with
evergreens at Christmas, has existed
in England from very early times
The holly was thought to symbolic
the Crown of Thorns, the prickly
leaves standing for the thorns, the
scarlet berries for the sacred drops OF
blood. Mistletoe has always been
used in house decorations, but was
not allowed in the churches on ac-
count of the association with the cruel
rites of the Druids.
The Jimplecute. (Jefferson, Tex.) 18??-1907, 1905-12-16
BIRTH OF A WORLD.

AT the mid-hour of a semi-tropic.
night, in land not far different from
this, wellnigh 1000 years ago, a
world was born. A world of hope,
and courage and tenderness; a world
within world, albeit it's confines were
the walls of lowly stable hid in pale
Judeas hills.
No blare of trumpet, blown through
the far distances of air, announced
the coming of the new ruler into His
own, but, down long bars of light
twixt heaven and earth, the white
winged angels sent sweet melodies of
peace. Weaving through space in it's
eternal course, the rolling earth made
no pause for this, the greatest event
in all it's history, yet, hung on high,
stranger amid the galaxy of stars
guided the far-called wanderers of the
night unerringly to the manger where.
in He lay, dimming, for once, at least,
those points of light that for so long
had whitened the sullen dreariness of
the desert night.
And then, sweet and low, there came
to the humblest of them ALL to the
shepherd tending his flock through the
watches of the night, the sound of
angels voices in the second Annuncia-
ton, the song of peace in place of the
strife the world had known so long.
Ringing, ringing, down through the
vaulted heaven it fell, and he, for
sooth, he thought he dreamed!
And through it all the Babe, the
golden glory of the Star drifting about
His head, turned in His sleep and
smiled.
Nigh to the same hour another babe,
he of the gold-bought kiss, wet with
his tears the embroidered pillow on
which he lay.
The Jimplecute. (Jefferson, Tex.) 18??-1907, 1905-12-16
Christmas Coasting.

Girls often are a little neglected in
the Christmas sports, says Country
Life in America. For their benefit,
and not emitting the boys, a coasting
party may be organized, with rival
hobs Let there be competition for
distance, carried out over the level
snow of the road or lake, at the foot
OF the drop. A marking apparatus can
be constructed with evergreen lines,
which will be etched out in green
against the white snow.
The Jimplecute. (Jefferson, Tex.) 18??-1907, 1905-12-16
The Boy Spirit

In every man there is the spirit of
the boy that once dominated him. 1t
never entirely dies out. In the coldly
commercial man, whose idol is the
dollar mark, the boy spirit lies dor.
mant, but it is there, nevertheless,
and can be aroused if it is only ap.
pealed to in the right way. At this,
the Christmas season, every man
should try to forget his stern self and
be boy again. Cut all the restraints
and let the boy-nature have full sweep,
for this is what Longfellow would call
1.-The children's hour" The man who
does not put away all selfishness and
live the spirit of the Christmas time
is an enemy to himself and to society.
Let the merry Christmas spirit be
unanimous-Four-Tr News.
The Jimplecute. (Jefferson, Tex.) 18??-1907, 1905-12-16
Few Hero>Princes.

The first Christmas gifts were
tribute TO hope as well as to faith, to
divine administration. Most heroes
come up out of common life. David,
the founder, was a country lad who
studied the stars incidentally, but pro
fessionally was a killer Of wolves to
save lambs. Few heroes are born
princes. The Prince of Peace was
born without place to lay his head
other than that shared with the dumb
world
The Jimplecute. (Jefferson, Tex.) 18??-1907, 1905-12-16

summon them to take their places by
the Christmas hearth.
Welcome, old aspirations, glittering
creatures of an ardent fancy, TO your
shelter underneath the holly! We
know you. and have not outlived you
yet. Welcome, old projects and old
loves, however, fleeing, to your hooks
among the steader lights that burn
around us. Welcome, all that was
ever real to our hearts: and for the
earnestness that made you real,
thanks to Heaven. Do we build no
Christmas castles in the clouds now?
Let our thoughts, futterng like but
terfiies among these flowers of chill
dren, bear witness! Before this boy,
there stretches out a future, brighter
than we ever looked on in our old ro
mantle time, but bright with honor
and with truth. Around this little
head on which the sunny curls lie
heaped the graces sport, as prettily,
as airily, as when there was no scythe
within the reach of Time to shear
away the curls Of our frstloye. Upon
another girls face near it-placder
but smiling bright-a quiet and CON
tented little face, we see Home fairly
written. Shining from the word, as
rays shine from star. we see how,
when our graves are old, other hopes
than ours are young, other hearts than
ours are moved; how other ways are
smoothed; how other happiness
blooms, ripens, and decays-no, not
The Jimplecute. (Jefferson, Tex.) 18??-1907, 1905-12-16
CHRISTMAS THOUGHTS.

Christmas is essentially day of
human good will.-George William
Curtis.
May the spirit of the sweet Christ
mas Child possess me, may the Star
of Bethlehem shine above my dwell
ing place-Thomas attempts.
The season of regenerated feeling
fire of hospitality in the hall, but the
genial flames of charity in the heart.
Washington Irving.
We make a great deal of peace with
heaven; Christ made much of peace
on earth.-Henry Drummond.
1t is good to be children sometimes,
and never better than at Christmas,
when its mighty Founder was child
Himself.-Chares Dickens.
l have always thought of Christmas
time as good time. A kind forgiv-
ing, charitable, pleasant time
Charles Dickens.
Lift up your eyes to the great mean
ing of the day, and dare to think of
your humanity as something so d.
vinely precious that it is worthy of
being made an offering to God. Count
it as privilege to make that offering
as complete as possible, keeping moth
ing back; and then go out to the pleas
ures and duties of your life, having
been truly born anew into His divin,
ity, as He was born into our humanity
on Christmas day.-Phillips Brooks.
The Jimplecute. (Jefferson, Tex.) 18??-1907, 1905-12-16
The King of Glory.

Before the paling of the stars.
Before the winter morn
Before the earliest cockcTow,
Jesus Christ was born;
Born in a stable,
Graded in a manger,
In the world his hands had made
Born "A stranger.
Priest and king lay fast asleep
In Jerusalem.
Young and old lay fast asleep
In crowded Bethlehem;
Saint and angel, OK and ass,
Kept a watch together
Before the Christmas dayDreak
In the winter weather.
Jesus on his mothers breast
In the stable cold.
Spotless Lamb of God was he,
Shepherd of the fold;
Let us kneel with Mary maid.
with saint and angel, OK and ass
10 hail the King. Of Glory
-Chistina RoSsettL
The Jimplecute. (Jefferson, Tex.) 18??-1907, 1905-12-16
Brings Peace and Joy.

The beneficence of the Christmas
idea is irresistible. Creeds come and
go. Dogmas swell and burst. Sects
are born and pass away; but the
Christians gift of Peace and Joy, of
humanity diffused, of social compunc-
ton embodied, is rapidly suDerseding
the Herodian curse Of narrow re-
ligion, of an inhuman sectarianism
and OF a society Of prejudice caste
and hate.
The Jimplecute. (Jefferson, Tex.) 18??-1907, 1905-12-16

NOL the SHADOW or q vast
City where the withered
leaves are lying deep?" the
voice replies. Not the shad-
ow that darkens the whole
globe? Not the shadow of
the City of the Dead?"
Not even that. or all days
in the year, we will turn our
faces towards that City upon
Christmas day, and from its
silent hosts bring those we
loved, among us. City of the
Dead. in the blessed name
wherein we are gathered at
this time, and in the Presence
that is here among us accord
ing to the promise, we will re-
ceive, and not dismiss, thy
people who are dear to us!
Yes. We can look upon
these children angels that
alight, so solemnly, so beauti-
fully, among the living chill
dren by the fire, and can bear
TO think how they departed
from us. Entertaining angels
unawares, as the Patriarchs
did, the playful children are
unconscious of their guests;
but we can see them-can see
radiant arm around one
favorite neck, as if there were
Il tempting of that child
away. Among the celestial
figures is one, poor mis-
shapen boy on earth, of a
glorious beauty now, of whom
his diving mother said II priey.