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The Lamar register., 1905-10-11
The Round-Headed Apple Tree sorer.

The Round-Headed Apple Tree eorer.
The scientific name of this insect
is Saperda Gambia. The first mention
we have of it was by Thomas Say in
1924. 1t is altogether probable, how
ever, that it was common in the apple
orchards in America from the first
advent of Europeans that planted
fruit trees. So far as is known, it Is
a native of America. Without doubt
lts chief stronghold was the wild crab
apple trees. which are everywhere
abundant in this country, and it is
possible, also, that 1t attacked and
hved on other members of the Rosa
ceae family. The borer. itself. that
is. the slug, is about one inch in
length and is yellowish white. 1t
has no feet. The head is small and
brown in color and the jaws are black.
Inc round-headed borer is one of the
most destructive of the borers. Trees
are very seriously injured by it. and
frequently many are killed outright.
some trees attacked by the round
headed borer will blossom in the
spring, hut fail to put forth leaves.
their supply of sap having been ex-
hausted through the holes made by
the borers. Here and there trees are
found entirely girdled by the borers
In such case the tree Is doomed.
There is no question that any tree
where even one borer resides Is great
ly injured by this unwelcome guest.
But when dozen are found in a
single tree, it may well be concluded
that its usefulness is past. The chief
thing is to exclude the borer from
the trees. Wherever there has been
trouble from them the trees should be
wrapped with some kind of material
that will entirely exclude the borers.
Some orchardists use wrapping paper
some manila paper, some tar paper
or fine wire screen. This, If properly
applied, will prevent the borers from
attacking the tree. The efficacy of
these wrapping materials depends en-
tirely upon the skill and care with
which they are put on. 1t is of no use
to try to do a poor job in applying
these protectors, for in that case Ia
Dor and expense are thrown away
The eggs are not deposited above two
feet and a half from the ground.
Therefore, If the wrapping material
covers the tree TO. the lower two feet
of the trunk it will be effective, pro-
vided it passes slightly under the
soil at the bottom. Perhaps tarred
paper or fine wire netting is the best.
as this will not only exclude the bor-
ers. but will also prevent the ravages
of mice, rabbits, and other small
gnaWing animals The material used
in fastening these wrappers should
be such as will break upon the grow
ing of the tree. The use of strong
wire. therefore, is excluded, as this
would cut into the tree and have the
effect of girdllng it. 1t is well to
examine the trees during the late
summer and early fall months for
eggs and young grubs, which can be
readily detected and destroyed with a
knife.
The Lamar register., 1905-10-11
Cause of Soft sheIIed Eggs.

The production of soft shelled eggs
is certainly due to a deranged cor IL
ton of the egg producing organs oil
the fowl. Some tell us that 1t is due
to the lack of lime. Others say thai
1t is an unbalanced condition OF the
feed, but we find soft shelled eggs
produced both by the hens that have
an abundance OF lime and those that
are fed balanced rations. Out of q
flock of so hens we have seen one that
would produce soft shelled eggs when
all the other hens produced normal
eggs. She not only produced them
but ate them greedily as soon as pro
duced There was an abnormal con
dition of the egg producing organs,
and perhaps an abnormal state of the
appetite. For some reason or other
the organs upon which was laid the
charge of producing the egg shells
ceased to work. This is matter that
must be more fully studied before
the full cause of the soft egg shell
can be ascertained.
The Lamar register., 1905-10-11
Great Rush for Public Lands.

Denver.-All records for the past
eight years were broken last week In
the United States land office in the
number of land claims filed. An aver
age of 5000 acres n day waRapplied for.
the great majority of It being so-called
desert land One person Is allowed to
take up 800 acres of this land under
the desert land act at 25 cents an acre.
and the recent boom of the Campbell
system of dry farming. combined with
the disappointment of many by the
poor land in the Uintah reservation has
caused the great rush. Not since the
new land office district was created,
taking great part of the Colorado
farming land from the Jurisdiction OF
this office, has such a rush for land
been recorded in Denver. The dis
trict used to extend to the Kansas
line.
One day last week sixteen desert
land claims were filed and eight home
steads Some of those taking up lands
are filing for homestead, and 16O
acres of desert land as is allowed un-
der the law.
The Lamar register., 1905-10-11
The Best Breed Of Poultry.

What is the best breed? This is a
question that is being continually
asked by amateurs in poultry breed
Ing, but is never answered. The ex-
perienced poultry breeder does not
ask 1t and does not try to answer it.
he has long since learned that there
is no best breed for all persons, all
localities, and all conditions. The
man that wants to raise broilers Tor
market will select the kind of fowl
that will prove the best for his pur-
pose, and the bird that would be the
best for one man under one set of
conditions would be worthless for an
other man under another set of con-
ditions. Thus in the raising of broil-
ers the heavier breeds are usually rec
commended, such as the Wyandottes.
the Langshans, and the Brahmas. But
there are cases where even the small
breeds prove to be the best for this
purpose. One man in Indiana told me
that he was supplying about 600 broil-
ers year to the New York market,
and he had been engaged in this busi-
ness for great many years. He had
tried large number of varieties of
the best for him. and which he had
settled down to use was the Brown
Leghorn. His particular market want
ed a bird small and plump, such as
the Brown Leghorn chick made, at a
certain age. Thus, in his case we see
variety of the egg laying breeds
useil for purpose generally supposed
to lie peculiar to the heavy breeds. l
might give illustrations, too, relative
to egg laying. The Brown Leghorn
Is a great layer. and is well adapted
to many localities of this country. Yet
farther north, farmers raise great
objection to the large comb on the
head of the single combed Leghorn,
as this comb frequently freezes on,
and this accident supposedly incapa-
ciates the hen from laying very many
eggs. Thus the Leghorn, which is
well adapted to one locality, is not
adapted to another. l know a man
who had yard surrounded with a
two foot fence. He wanted fowl
that he could keep in this yard that
would not hy over the feEce, that
would be always tame and yet would
be large producer of eggs. This
fowl he found in the Light Brahma.
So the best fowl for him was the
Light Brahma. | might name over
every variety of fowl and show thu t
each one was best in some localitie 5
and under some conditions.-Sophi :
Belknap, Allen Co., Ind, in Farmers.
Review.
The Lamar register., 1905-10-11
Evenness of Temper Means Long Life

twenty years, has said that he never
saw him angry, with perhaps one ex-
ception; and that was when the min
istry responsible for the calamity of
Afgha,listan, of which he was one.
was unjustly accused by their oppon-
ents of falsehood, perjury and wilful
manipulation of public documents. So
far as can be learned from biography,
men o. the greatest genius have been
for the most part cheerful, contented
men-not eager for reputation, money
or power-but relishing life, and keen
ly susceptible of enjoyment, as we
find in their works. Such seem to
have been Homer. Horace. Virgil,
Montaigr.. Shakespeare and Cervan-
tes. Healthy, serene cheerfulness is
apparent in their great creations.
Among the same class of cheerful
minded men may also be mentioned
Luther. Moore. Bacon. Leonardo da
Vinci, Raphael and Michael Angelo.
Perhaps they were happy because
constantly occupied. and in the pleas
ATTEST of all work-that of creating
out of the fulness and richness of their
great Washington Star.
The Lamar register., 1905-10-11
Yellow Fever at Trinidad.

Denver.-A Republican special from
Trinidad says: A bona fide case of yell
low fever was discovered in Trinidad
this afternoon when DIR. Beshoar was
called to a residence in the west part
of the city to treat sick man. DR..
Beshoar was not thoroughly satisfied
and called in two other physians and
the three diagnosed the case. pronounc-
ing 1t genuine yellow fever. The name
of the unfortunate man is Frank Cara.
He arrived Monday from the fever-in-
Tected district of Louisiana by running
The shotgun quarantine and making his
way to Hustled, Texas. and then COM
ing direct to Trinidad. where he has
relatives.
There is absolutely no danger of an
outbreak of the disease here, 1t having
been definitely proven by officers of the
United States marine hospital service
that the disease can be transmitted
only by certain species of mosquito
which cannot live in this climate.
The Lamar register., 1905-10-11
Grease. the Lice Killer.

II would not seem necessary to buy
insect powder for putting on hens
when common lard may be
cheaply had and is death ia
lice. Lice breathe through pores
in their bodies. 1t does moi
take much grease to stop up these
pores, when the lice perish for lack
of the oxygen of the air. Lice ma ,
be killed by grease, both when they
are found on chicks and when they
are found on old hens. 1t is some.
thing of task to doctor lot of old
hens with grease. but 1t is cheaper
and better than having the lice about.
1t is not necessary to mix kerosene
with the grease, as the grease itself
is entirely effective.
The Lamar register., 1905-10-11
mo,tat Road Gets Terminals.

Denver-The Moffat road officials
and the owners of River Front park
have reached an amicable agreement.
and the twenty-eight acres OF land
have become the property of the road.
With this announcement comes the
further intelligence that an arrange
ment has been reached whereby the
Moffat road and the Colorado & South
ern road will exchange strips of land
for rights of way near the depot ad-
vantgeous to both roads and giving the
Moffat road an admirable right OF way
and excellent terminal facilities from
Utah Junction to the heart of the city.
Work is now under way on the Moffat
terminals to the west. and the lawyers
are preparing an ordinance granting a
franchise to the Moffat road to enter
Denver on its own tracks. which Will
be submitted to a vote of the people.
The Lamar register., 1905-10-11
Quiet Ending of Two Domestic Spats

she determined to make way with her
sels The determination did not last,
however. She concluded, on the con.
trary. to see what he would do in case
she should end it all.
There was small pond nearby.
She couldn't have drowned herself in
1t If she had laid down and drunk up
all the water, but she nevertheless
wrote this farewell letter to him:
Dear John-I can endure this life
no longer. l have thrown myself in
the pond. Goodby and God bless you
Your loving SARAH"
"She put the letter up on the table
where he would be sure to find it
then went into the closet and hid her
self.
at was a small closet She nearly
smothered there, but she waited with
just enough of a crack in the door
to breathe through.
"At last, after what seemed an in
terminable time, she heard his foot.
steps He came in and sat down by
the table. After fumbling around
awhile he came upon her note. She
heard him tear it up when he had
finished reading it.
"'Drat that woman! he said as he
threw it on the floor.
Then he picked up book and read
til! she came out of the closet-had to
or smother"
The Lamar register., 1905-10-11
GROWING Alfalfa.

When l first commenced 10
grow alfalfa it was hard
matter for me to get good stand. l
tried to grow it on land underlaid by
an impermeable subsoil. and soon
found that this would not pay. Alfalfa
does better in fields not to be passed
through. and to have good success in
cultivating 1t, the subsoil must be in
a first-class condition. l also find that
the fields should be well drained, as
1t will not stand flooding of stagnant
water. 1t is better, l think, not to
pasture alfalfa, as the yield of hay or
green fodder will be larger than that
which has been pastured.
When an alfalfa field is pastured
the stock tramps down the soil.
which hinders its growth. And find
that when the stems are srazed the
stalks die down, and of course the
shoots come from the upper part OF
the root, and this is one reason that
l do not believe alfalfa fields should
be pastured. The stems of many
other forage plants when cut branch
out above the ground, forming shoots
that grow up and take the place OF
the old stems, but with alfalfa the
Nltalty OF tne TOCtS may De HuuSH III
paired il the young stems are grazed
as fast as they appear. because the
new growth comes from the roots.
Alfalfa requires clean ground. and
should not be sown on weedy fields.
as weeds can easily crowd it out. AL
falfa should be cut for hay when the
flowers appear, for if we wait many
days after, the stems become tough.
The yield of hay is not so large, but
the quality is great deal better than
that not cut so early. On an average
l make from three to three and
half tons of hay per acre on some OF
the land which is adapted to Its culti-
yation. / break the ground and fer
tilize it with lime, which holds the
land. In curing alfalfa l make 1t up
in piles five or six feet high and watch
it carefully to keep it from heating
and molding. always cut the second
crop for seed. If alfalfa hay is stack
ed in the field 1t should be covered
with a hay cap as it will not turn
water. My average yield of seed per
acre is from five to eight bushels, and
as there is always good demand for
alfalfa seed all farmers should grow
it-J. S. Underwood. johnson Co.,
ILL.,, in Farmers Review.
The Lamar register., 1905-10-11
Apple a Theme for Universal Praise
Six day seven days n week
Show nor stint nor sparing.
Pluck and eat. sour or sweet,
Scch and core and parIng.

offb tbIt ANA
Many rhymes, most of which car
be traced to DorGetshire. and are com
posed in the d )rset dialect, relate to
old customs oil served at planting OF
harvest time. Sometimes the first
mug of cider fiom the press was car
ried to the orchard and drunk to the
health of the Oldest or finest tree, at
the roots of which the lees were
poured. One of the briefest and sim
plest of these curious healths fairly
typifies them all. The Dorset farmer
it will be noted. did not transpose his
VS. and w's in the fashion made ia.
miliar TO us by Sam Weller and his
father. but whenever he had to deal
with an +. he followed Mr.. Weller's
famous Injunction to Spell it with
a We, Samivel, spell it with Wei"
vaithvul and vruitvui and vriediy and
Nrre,
Yere's to the Apple. lads. yere's to the
Tree!
vriend o. the warmer. lads. neer may 'e
vail
TIL turnips be rosy, lads. and cherries b
T1le
Hurry. the Apple-.-te!
The Lamar register., 1905-10-11
AGRICULTURE
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Soil Depletion Unnecessary.


A noted writer in a contemporary
recently stated that "all soils will be
depleted in time" view of the mat.
ter which is so erroneous that already
the author is being taken to task by
other experienced agriculturists. 1he
trend of what appears in the agricnl-
tural papers from month to month up.
on the subject of plant food in soils
is perhaps the conclusion arrived
at by the writer referred to, and it
may be well for farmers to fear that
soil will inevitably play out" in tiIne.
but when all is considered 1t becomes
apparent at least that there is no
real need of such depicting taking
place. 1t is fact that soil cropped
year after year for a long time with
ehe same crop will gradually lose one
or more of the foods or soil ingred-
tents needed to the welfare of that
particular crop, and for this reason
that special crop will there fail to
thrive, while other crops not dept'n-
dent upon the presence of the special
ingredient lacking may thrive fairly
well for time. A soil then becomes
depleted for one crop, but may do
well enough for some other crop, as
has been seen in the history of the
wheat fields of tle country. Change
of crop tends to renovate land, in that
it gives the soil a chance to recuper-
ate from its past trial and store up
fresh boards of that ingredient which
was sapped in its assimilable form
but not exhausted in its dormant
form. By proper rotation of crops,
by raising and feeding of live stock,
by growing clover and legumes such
as peas, beans, etc. no soil need be-
come too depleted to raise profitable
crops, and by additional use of a:t.fi-
cial fertilizers any soil may become
richer than it was originally although
long used for the production of farm
crops. Such is the history of wide
areas of poor land in Europe and even
in some of our eastern states. They
ran down for a time by successive
cropping without proper rotation, but
after intelligent methods of cropping,
stock feeding and soil fertilization
were introduced they were renovated
and now bear crops abundantly. I'm
der the circumstances 1t is well to
understand that soils may become de-,
pleted, but no one should conclude
that depletion is inevitable in the fu-
ture.-A. s. Alexander in Farmers
Review.
The Lamar register., 1905-10-11
Eosterina the Wood Lot.

Many of our farms have wood lots
on them that are being rapidly cut
over, but which would. if rightly han
died, give firewood for the farm for
generations to come. There is one
mistake being made in the handling
of these wood lots to which attention
should be called. That is permitting
the trees to grow too far apart. The
result is that the trees branch largely
and branches are very difficult TO
work into stove wood. If they are to
be sold they must generally be sold at
a discount because they do not pack
closely into the wagons. The amount
of labor to work up such trees is so
very great that there is little proht
in the operation. What the farmer
wants in his wood lot is a straight
tree with numerous small branches.
Sucl a tree works up easily INTO
stove wood of any length. 1t PACKS
closely on the wagon and the large
trunks may be easily split by beetle
and wedges. The farmer that has a
wood lot that is growing too sparsely
will do well to either plant SEEDS Oh
the best kinds of fuel wood, or en-
courage the seedlings that have al
ready started. The small trees should
be encouraged to grow three or four
feet apart rather than rod apart
Albert Bates. Du Page Co.. H.. IN
Farmers Review.
Every farm should have sood
herd II dairy cows and nand separ'
Ator.
The Lamar register., 1905-10-11
Husbands Worry Less Than Wives
Over Disturbance That Seem
Bound to Occur in the Jour-
nsy Through Life.

".Men have died and The worms
have eaten them," quoted the girl
who knows. but not Tor love Just
listen to this. l went to call on
Martha the other day. She was telling
me how she and Jack had quarreled.
Had quarreled so bitterly that at last
with tears she got up, put on her hat
and left him forever.
"It was dark in the street. The
street lamps appeared 10 make it
darker. She walked a lit.
tie way, then half turned She walked
little further. then turned alto
gether. Not straight back, but toward
the butcher shop.
Jack and l had chops this morn
ing. she soliloquized, I think | will
order steak for tomorrow
"She did so and went back home"
What was the husband doing? Had
he gone out and made away with him
self? No, indeed. He was sitting
quietly at the table where she had
left him, reading his Newspaper"
That's nothing" put in the brown
eyed girl. 81 knew woman once who
quarreled with her husband. or he
with her. l never knew which. and
when he had gone out Of the house
The Lamar register., 1905-10-11
Number of Eggs Per Year.

The number of eggs that hen viii
produce in year Is greatly oVef'
estimated. If we look in poultry books
we will see various destinations as to
the average production of different
breeds of poultry. Thus, all the Leg
horn varieties are credited with 200
eggs a year, and the Plymouth Rocks
with about $50 a year. These are
supposed to be the average figures.
am certain from my own investiga
tions and observations that the aver
age productions are very far below
these figures. do not believe that
the Leghorn varieties will average
over $50 year, or that the Plymouth
Rocks will produce more than l2C
eggs year on the average. Rem"m-
ber that | am talking about averages
and not what the best layers will do
! have no doubt that there are great
many Leghorns that will lay 200 eggs
a year, and | am absolutely certain
that there are a great many OF thai
breed that do not lay 100 year.
once kept very close account of the
productions of mixed flock of layers.
There were some Leghorns in my
flock, some Plymouth Rocks. and some
that did not appear to belong to any
breed. In no year was | ever able
to get more than 12O eggs on the
average. | know OF New York man
that has for many years been raising
White Leghorns. He had several hun
dred of these, and had been breeding
out the poorest layers, SO far as ae
could tell them, and retaining the
best layers. At the time | saw N
last, he said that his best year had
been the year that had given him l6O
eggs per hen on the average. 1t must
be remembered that these were Sc
lected birds of the best laying breed
Phoebe Caldwell, Butler Co., o., in
Farmers Review.
The Lamar register., 1905-10-11
Raising or Buying Small Fruit.

We have always urged farmers to
raise enough small fruit for their fam
lily use. The proportion of farmers
that raise enough fruit for their fam.
lilies is increasing from year to year.
but yet there are many farmers that
do not raise any kind of small fruit
Their stock argument is that it is
cheaper to buy the fruit than to raise
it. That may be so in some cases, but
even if it were so in all cases, the fact
remains that most farmers do not buy
fruit for their families; and If they
do not raise it, their families do not
get it. Every man can afford to raise
all the fruit his family can use in a
year, and if his fruit raising opera
tions are properly conducted. they will
require but little time throughout the
year.-Farmers' Review.
The Lamar register., 1905-10-11
Paper Mills to Resume.

Denver-The Republican states that
outfits have been sent to the Middle
Park district and along the Frazer
river to cut timber for the Denver pa
per mills, which are to resume opera
tions. The Moffat road is contracting
to furnish 100 cars a month to hau!
the timber to the mills. The wood
pulp supplies will come from this en-
pire to the west and northwest.
The Lamar register., 1905-10-11
PRUNING to Secure LIGHT,

Some owners of orchards have dis
covered that bitter-rot is less preva-
lent on trees open to the light of the
sun. Experimenters have taken the hint
and will henceforth prune to secure
sunlight, as one means of controlling
the disease known as bitter-rot
The Lamar register., 1905-10-11

Early maturity is the most import
ant point in breeding animals for mar.
ket and the chief thing to consider is
to have stock that will make the most
weight in the shortest time ana on
tie least feed.
The Lamar register., 1905-10-11
Hay.

Upland. per ton, s1O.5Om11.5O; sec
ond bottom, ss.50M 900: timothy, $l2:
timothy and clover. s1l; alfalfa. prime,
S750aS.O0: straw. s4.50fp5.OO; South
Park wire grass. $li.00D15.00.
The Lamar register., 1905-10-11
Sheep.
Grain.

Wheat-Choice milling. per 100 lbs :.
S113. Rye-Colorado. bulk. per 100
lbs. 75c. Oats-Bulk. Nebraska, new.
white. $1.02: mixed. sl.00: in sack.
Colorado white. sl.O7. Corn-ln bulk
CSC: corn chop. sacked. s1.O5. Bran
Colorado. per 100 lbs. roc.
The Lamar register., 1905-10-11

In the poultry house none of the fix.
lures should be nailed fast as cacy
should be easily rep"v:ble for &C. :.
;rT purposes.
The Lamar register., 1905-10-11
Live Poultry.
Butter.

Elgin market. firm .... 81
Creameries. extra, Colo. 236 ~
Creameries. extra. eastern 23m ~
Creameries. iirsts, Colorado
and eastern ........-.. 20M 81
Process and renovated
goods. lb. ............ 19a 90
Dairy, fancy single make, lb Ira Is
Packing stock, fresh. ..... 16M Il
The Lamar register., 1905-10-11
Eggs.

Eggs. fresh, loss on 5.70d 500
Eggs, fresh. case count. i.75@ 5..5