Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1905-04-27
gricultural lore

: ton. Last season 1909 for instance,
/ Their was almost no prunes raised in
! this region probably not one.twenti,
| eth of normal crop. The deficit was
supplied by the importation Of prunc5
from California and Oregon Con
Tourgeo goes into particulars 10
prove his assertion, having had 10 in
spcct large quantities Of prunes and
! aftcrward to take testimony In Htjga,
ton resulting from controversies over
the quality and STABILITY Of these
wurked.oycr prunos California prldes
herself upon her skill IN preparing
| fruits for market, but there Is tepu
atIon Of generations TO 80 against in
their sale In competition with Inc for
cign fruit French prunes are cooked
| California pruncs are not. And yet
when the Bordeaux manipujators gel
hold of our products, pour glycerine
over them and send them back to
New York with a new brand" they
are taken on faith as the genuine
French product That Is one way 10
maintain the superiority Of the French
article, but not n very honest one, no
matter how hatterlng the method
may he 10 California product This
interesting report came from the Con
srl In reply 10 a cablegram from
Washington asking him for an expla.
nation OF n previous report In which
| he said. California pruncs are i'm.
] e., n1p1,ntt,r ag,l-
cd to maintain the superiority Of
French prunos,"
Encouraging to Stock Breeders.
Some few years ago, when the au-
lomobic had become a practical
means Of locompUOu and promised
traction many Of our best authorities
predicted the decline Of the horse
For several years the ups and downs
of the horse market seemed to Justify
these predictions, and perhaps he
forecasts would have been corrCct
had not new economic conditions
come to The front The high price Of
human labor Is causing the sub4tiu-
iIOn OF the horse wherever possible.
Contractors in the city formerly paid
little attention TO the character Of
their teams, for drivers were cheap
and expenses Of maintenance less.
Now nothing but lirst-class teams arc
In demand, a yard or two Of earth
more per day marking the line be.
tween profit and loss The growth
Of toaming I'm cities has more than
kept pace with the deficiencies I'm
the demand for driving horses caused
by tn advent Of the auto. Especially
has the draft horse boon drawn upon
to meet this increasing demand. team
owners finding II moro economical 10
pnt their money into horses Of great.
or working capacity than in mon to
drive them, as an outii Of smaller
horse requires more mon than tho
same working capacity In draft
horses, This had advanced the price
OF the IatlCr upon the average of
about $40 each In the whole sale
markets, California has felt this inn
pulse and II requires long pocket
book to purchase n force Of draft
horses, either for farm or city work
In fact, the demand for heavy horses
Throughout the country has more than
met the supply. In spite OF the predic
lions that trolley lines. auto trucks
and heavy motors would In some way
largely dsplncc the horse.
A Defenseless King.
The king Of all the cereal family
and Of nj food plants Of the civilized
world seems to have the least means
of defense against It's enemies and
wurcit not for the unparalleled yigor
Of The corn plant II could not survive
the many adverse clements arraycd
against 1t. 10 show how helpless Is
lhis great plant and also to show
how picturesQucly scientific truth may
be presented, | append a monologue
upon adaptations and reactions Of
plant to It's insect vsitants, written by
is. a, Forbes, state Entomologist Hi,
nois:
"Thcre Is little in the structure or
HE history oG the corn plant to sue
COST any special adaptation To its in.
sect visttants no lure to Insects cap
able Of service to Y, or special appara.
tus Or defense against those espc.
Cially liable to inmre II The rerttli
aation Of It's seed Is ruly provided for
with ont reference to the agency of In.
scots and would he rs well aceomp.