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The Florida agriculturist., 1906-01-03
jacksonville and Deand Fla Wednesday, January g. 1906

Iv I'D one side and down the other
of the row we gave the trees such a
coat that it was hard to find speck
of green, peaches about the size of
marbles and leaves, all as white as
snow The coal tar had strongly i'm
pregnated the white-wash. Well, /
never went near the trees again for
they showed white long time,
though | have forgotten whether we
had much rain, and when the peaches
ripened not a worm was to be found
in any of them That was my last
year at Hitchcock; my health having
failed l moved to Galveston and took
no further interest in horticulture for
several years.
When l moved here five years ago
there was no complaint of worms, but
last year and this have proved that
they have come to stay, and from the
many letters | have received, things
seem to be just as bad everywhere
else, and it is now getting to be ques
ton of spray or no marketable fruit.
So last spring | concluded to try the
bluff again, but thinking that cold
water paint would make the wash ad
here better. | mixed five gallons of it
in 80 gallons of water and then added
a few chunks of rock lime. as the
wash did not look white enough. Hav-
ing no coal tar | poured into the mix
ture about 2 to 3 tablespOOnsful of
''creOleum,' which we happened to
have, a carbOlic acid or coal tar dis
injecting preparatiO which mixes
perfectly with water and gives very
strong OdOr. With this l sprayed all
my peach and plum trees, making
them quite white, but nothing like
the trees at Hitchcock. In fact |
aimed to cover the fruit mainly. Af-
ter that did nothing. but kept a close
watch until the peaches and apricOts
were he size of hOckOry nut and
then gave all the trees a second dose,
though | saw no sign of a puncture,
while last year at that time the gum
was OOzing from nearly all the fruit
in many places. | find now that |
made two blunders. the first was in
not leaving a few trees to see whether
Il second spraying was necessary, and
the second in being so afraid my
bluff would not work alone that | ad-
ded two pounds of arsenate of lead to
the barrel. Consequently | am all
in the dark as to what actually did
the work; though, of course. it can
all be settled definitely next season.
Now, that was positively all | did,
and nobody could have been more
surprised than |, for nearly all the
fruit in and around Lampasas this
season was ruined by the worms. One
important lesson learned is that it is
a waste of labor to spray against
those two worms at any time before
the fruit is the size of a small con-
cord grape, or marble. As to
whether arsenate of lead did any
good is a question, but l don't be-
lieve it did. 1t was simply a matter
of appealing to the weeviPs eye and
nose. The wash adhered remarkably
well, even to the leaves, though we
had heavy and frequent rains, and
when ripe traces of the white could
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be seen On the apricOts. though none
on the plums or peaches. | have been
lately experimenting with prepara-
ton of very pure ground lime made
which is claimed to stick better than
common lime. The price is So per
ton. and it seems to stick well to the
leaves. though not enough rain has
fallen to give a thorough test, and
will report on it later.
Common rock lime sticks well and
will certainly do for the Mexican
weevil which is hardly distinguish
able from the other two in size, ap-
pearance and method of work. l feel
confident that the same application
made about the time the first signs
appear and another i'm 2 or even
weeks will insure fair or full crop.
There are machines now made that
spray 6 or more rows of potatoes at
one time, which would answer per-
fectly for cotton. thus covering so or
more acres a day
As preventive to the corn worm
lime slaked with carbOlc acid water
and applied with a dust spray when
corn is in tassel, or even with a large
pepper box, shaking q little on the
silk as fast as one could walk would
deter the moth from laying it's eggs.
l know from actual experience
years ago that the lettuce green
worm moth will not go near plant
with lime alone on it. One more sug-
geStiOn and | am done. About 20
years ago near Hitchcock. where
weevils eat everything in the shape
of grain, | saw in an old Frenchman's
barn a pile of % or more bushels of
corn i'm the shuck and noticing that
it looked rather white, | asked him
the cause. He told me that the pile
was two years old, some left over.
and that when storing it 'he always
scattered air slaked lime thinly all
over it as it was being piled up. He
claimed to have practiced it for
years and never had weevils. Sur
prised. l closely examined, but could
see no sign of one Now if the lime
was well sprinkled with carbOlic
acid water, the smell would surely re
main long time, and with the lime
almost certainly preserve the corn.
hope some one will test it thorough
ly this season.
The Florida agriculturist., 1906-01-03
Parcels Post.

Here is some more literature Oh the
The first is from the Rural New
Yorker:
The Postmaster Generals report is
IA great disappointment to friends of
IL parcels post. Last year a SuggeS-
ton was made to give some improve
ment on rural routes but even that
seems to be killed this year
To establish a domestic parcel post
in this country where distances are
so great and uniform rate of postage
is so firmly established as a sound
principle of postal administration,
would probably involve either high
rate of postage or a temporary deficit
II the effort to compete with the
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Whole No. 1929.

several express companies thoroughly
organized for handling parcels under
the zone system, charging i'm proper
ton to distance carried. The parcels
post would get all lOng-distance par
GELS. which would be carried at loss
and the express companies all short
distance if this is necessary to avoid
would be less than postage rates. An
effective domestic parcel post should
be organized on the same lines, sub
stantially as the express companies.
If this sort of reasoning had pre-
vailed in the past we never should
have had a uniform postal rate for
letters. 1t was not until 1868 that
such a rate was provided. Before that
postage was three cents for carrying
Il letter under 5000 miles and 10 cents
for a long distance. When the postal
system was started the rates were
based on distance. There is pre-
cedent therefore for starting parcels
post with a rate varying with the
distance if this is necessary to avoid
great expense. We believe the Post
master General is greatly mistaken in
thinking that the express companies
GELS" He cannot realize the bitter
feeling against these companies for
their extortiOn and carelessness. He
makes one suggestion. however, that
may be regarded as little step ahead.
That is to put what is called third
and fourth-class matter together.
Third-class matter is transient news
papers and other printed matter which
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fOurth-claSS matter covers merchan-
disc. The limit for one package is
four pounds cost being one cent
An ounce. Throwing these two classes
together would cut the rate on mer-
chandise in two and enable us to send
four pound package for 32 cents.
Even this little concession will be
fought by the express companies. and
it would hardly he worth considering
if it were not accepted as the begin
ming of Il genuine parcels post. Let
us spend no time in grieving over the
situation, but get ut work harder than
ever. 1t ought to be entirely evident
to any man with half mind that we
shall have no parcels post until we
make Congress give us one. First of
all we must get our own friends and
the pressure upon Congressman. Count
it Il day lost when you do not mention
parcels post at least five times by
letter or conversation.
The editor of the Ohio Farmer says:
The interest in local and state poll
tics during the past summer and fall
has subOrdinated question of greater
Importance to farmers than any other
of national character parcel-post.
1t is of more direct importance than
ever that of regulating railroad rates.
though the two are identical in prin-
ciple. If it is right to limit the power
of railroads. to prevent eXtOrtiOn and
discrimination. it is equally right to
limit the power of the express COM
pany trust to rob the people. The only
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Protection Against Worms.

Are YOU troubled with wOrmy peach
es and plums? If so, you would be
very glad to know of satisfactory
remedy. Mr.. H. NJ. Stringfellow
wrote to Farm and Ranch an account
of his own experience which certainly
is encouraging. He apologies for
giving it at this time of year, but
saws that so many are inquiring about
it now, that he will publish it this fall.
Our readers. who need the infOrma-
ton. can file it away for use next
spring.
AS the knowledge can benefit no
body until spring, l had thought L
would wait until it was time to be-
gin operations and then tell all about
my success in keeping worms out
of my peaches and plums this season,
but as the people seem so anxious to
know | will not tell just how it was
done. Unfortunately, l cannot say
positively as to all the details, for,
not expecting to be so entirely sue
cessful, l kept no record and made
several blunders. as | will explain
further on. However, all that can be
determined exactly by experiments
next season. As | said before, my
peaches and plums were so wormy
last year that I had hard work to get
the few crates of sound fruit l sent to
the Worlds Fair. Consequently, it
looks like | ought to have had at least
some worms this season. After the
blossoms dropped last spring l kept
close watch, especially on the plums,
which both the curculiO and plum
gOuger seem to attack first, and up to
the time they were the size of a
small marble | could detect no sign
of the half moon cut of the former.
or the round puncture of the gouger.
While almost identical in appearance,
they make different shaped incisions
for depOsiting their eggs, and the
gOuger worm makes straight for the
seed as soon as he can travel, while
the curculio prefers to burrow around
through the meat. We have a great
many more gougers than curculio as is
shown by the fruit hanging on until
ripe, while those with curculio drop
off when they begin to color Finally,
| saw on Burbank plum what looked
IKE SouSer "oTh, anu cohcluueu
to begin my defense, which was to be
entirely in the nature of a bluff, for
/ had frequently tried poisoning at
Hitchcock without success. l had
there row of about twenty peach
trees for home use which bore full
every season, but the worms regular
ly got all the fruit, until it occurred to
me to try the bluff, so L gave a coat
of coal tar to the inside of 50-gallOn
barrel and dropped i'm about a peck,
as near as l can remember, of strong
rock lime. This | slaked with water
and then filled the barrel. Keeping
it well stirred l poured it with a
bucket through a cheesecloth strain
er into my 5O-gallon spray barrel,
with good force pump. Driving slow
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1906-01-12

men in this country are above the
intelligence of their fellows; they are
leaders; they are scholars and men
of genius. Lincoln was such man
"a self made man, who had great
executive genius; Roosevelt is such
man---an educated man with
genius for work. The senate leaders
of the coming generation will not be
the men of average intelligence
but men who have the broad view
and clear vision that can come only
to men of high intellectual capacity.
Kansas could have such man if
she would, but Curtis doesn't fill the
bill, He is merely good hand
shaker, jollier--a mixer; patron
age broke.; political manipulation
who all his life will be what he is
today. He will always be third
rater if he goes to the senate, and
while he represents his district well
i, enough, he is not a big enough man
to stand for Kansas Emporia Ga
zette.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1906-01-12
AGO

The ordinance for street rail-
road and connecting interurban
lines recently presented to the city
council by R. c. Rawlings was
passed last week. This is supposed
to be genuine business PROPOSE
ton backed up by the capital and
enterprise necessary to push it
through,
The capitalists behind Mr.. Rawl-
lags claim to have the money sl-
ready secured and agree within thrte
months after the contracts are rati-
fed to be at work on the enterprise.
A street railway in Chauute, with
connections with the various Other
towns Though southeast Kansas.
will be great convenience and a
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1906-01-12
ABOUT RIGHT

Will White printed in his paper,
The Gazette, the last week, rather a
refreshing article on Kansas con-
gressmen in general and Charley
Curtis in particular, which we re-
produce this week, for the benefit
of our readers.
Will Whites estimate of our pu-
bile men is generally found to be
about right in the main and he
seems to hit the generally accepted
idea of Mr.. Curtis capacities, in this
locality.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1906-01-12

but not strong piece--just figured
calico that no one cares for.
Kansas is old enough now to I'M
prove the breed of her statesmen.
Kansas has a low rank In Congress
because her congressman as rule
don't know anything. For the most
part they are cheap people, who
have succeeded at nothing but poll
tues, men who when they lose their
Jobs lose their standing; men who
never read a book, who know little
of the drift and tendency of things
in the economic world; who know
nothing of current affairs in litera.
ture, in art, In science, in those sub
jects which give man breath and
clearness of vision on practical at
fairs. 1t is all very funny to refer
to culture as "culchaw". and sheer
at 1t, but until the Kansas delega-
ton in congress is graded up, until
the runts and scrubs and long horns
are culled out of the delegation,
Kansas will not amount to much in
the nation. And by all means Kan
sas will gain nothing by putting the
champion fence-jumping native into
the upper house of congress. There
are a thousand men--probably ten
thousand would be nearer it--who
have more ability to represent Kan
sas IN the senate than Chas. Curtis.
men Of culture and business acumer
who have succeeded in life as law.
yers, as doctors, as farmers as mer.
chants; men of a liberal education
who know what civilization means
men who have we'll grounded opin-
ions upon the great problems tha
soon will be vital political question:
before the people. Kansas is the
most intelligent state in the union
Curtis represents Its average intelli
gence; but the M n who make states
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these facts hence his arrogance and

these facts hence his arrogance and
independence.
The people will stand these plum
behring's and these farces in the
shape of laws delay for a time but
there will come time when ven
gence will be repaid, when the
people know their power and use
it to a purpose. When the laws will
be made for the people and TO: for
the cooperate plunderer, by honest
representatives of the people and
not by corporate attorneys, and
executed by God loving and people
fearing officers, regardless OF the
money and inAeence of such out
laws as Rogers.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1906-01-12
CURTIS

The announcement of Chas. Cur
tbs as q candidate of the United
States S .nate from Kansas to sue
coed 7. R. Burton is made by the
Kansas City Journal and the ToPe-
ka Capital. There is no doubt that
Mr.. Curtis will be in the running
and that he will represent consid
cradle minority If not majority OF
the Kansas people if he is elected.
He has about the average Kansas
intelligence, and about the average
Kansas moral sense. But for all
that he should not be sent to the
senate. For if Kansas is to have
any power in the nation her public
men must be of a higher grade OF
intelligence than that of the average
Imam. Curtis in the house has one
observation-disclosures. and on that sub
hject he is considered, but on all
| other subjects he is bound boy at
Ia husking-wlth his finger in his
month"; mere spectator in the
fgameAN He is the leader of medic
FIRE dXasation from Kansas only by
reasohsyf the seniority of his SER
vice. He is not the leader by
reason of his brains. Curtis is far
below the house average in general
information, in intellectual view
point and IN moral vision. In the
Senate he would be merely hustler
for patronage. He would never be
come leader. He would never be
able to map out policy on any OF
the great questions that are about to
come up for solution in this country.
In the senate Curtis would be about
such senator as two-th,rds of the
nobodies who are sent there from
the prairie and sage brush states.
He is of the same piece of goods
not rotten piece by any means
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Curtis Makes Good Congressman ndansA

great benefit to our little city. From
i we can learn, it seems the right
m n are back of the move and that
thlngs will begin to hum here. as
S On as the necessary preliminaries
Can be arranged.
Mr.. Rawlings has been working
on This scheme for some time and
he is to be congratulated OIL its sue
cessful issue.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1906-01-12
Furs

Take your furs TO +. Frewert. II
will pay the highest market price for
all kinds, as usual. Call at the
Theatre pharmacy or A. J. Briley's
residence. +. FREwERr. tt
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1906-01-12
BLACKSMITH COAL

Genuine Georges Creek Big Vein
Piedmont Coal mined In Maryland
the best smithing coal In the world.
for sale at the VIM, Kayanaugh Co
shops. e.
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WANTED-BriRht, honest youpg
man from Chanuts to prepare for
paying position in Government Mail
Service. Box One, Cedar RAPIDS, la.
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FLIPPANT

Henry Rogers the big Standard
OIL magnate, from his deportGent
N the witness stand seems to have
about as much respect for the courts
Of Justice of this country as he has
for any man who would dare oppose
Standard methods.
When asked his name he replied
that he believed it was Henry Ro-
gers. When any question is asked him
that might possibly lead to giving |
away anything detrimental to Stan
dard interests he Immediately for
gets or refuses pointedly to answer
Should some poor niger who had
stolen plump pullet for Christmas,
treat the court with such contempt,
he would be confined in a dungeon
and fed on bread and water till his
m .mory returned. And, for our
part, we cannot sea why this bigot-
ted outlaw should be shown any
more consideration than any other
criminal.
There is no more doubt IN the
minds of the people of the robbing
thieving business principles of the
Standard than there is of the guilt
of Judas Iscariot.
How il is that the American
people in their Unborn love of liber
ty and freedom have allowed a gang
of thieves and plunderers like the
standard Oil company to so in
trench themselves in our affairs by
he liberal and criminal use Of
money that they seem to permeate
and Influence every industry, con-
troll legislation, and, it has even
been intimated, influence courts, is
more than we can understand. And,
now, when this prince and manager
# the nefarious gang. this instigator
of plans to break down and ruin
honorable competition and plumber
the American people under the
guise of law, is finally caught, after
avoiding the service of the court as
long as possible, and asked to tell
a few things, that he knows, that
the court and everybody else knows
he knows, he suddenly becomes the
most ignorant and forgetful man of
record. We have never favored a
Whipping pos: for the common
crimes for which it has been used
but we believed about 20 lashes on
the bare back of Henry Rogers and
any others of the gang that are SO
troubled with lapse of memory
W ,uld be potent remedy for the
disease and proper humiliation to
all who grow bigotted and arrogant
over wealth and power wrested from
the American people by any such
unfair and dishonest means.
We talk about anarchy and con-
denim the poor devil who can only
live iu squalor aud want as he sees
the luxuries of wealth showered up
on those he knows obtain them by
plundering the poor and middle
classes, and commits crime against
his country, yet we allow the
wealthy plunderer, the wreeker of
honorable business enterprises and
destroyer OF many happy homes to
live in his gilded palace surrounded
by all the luxuries of oriental splen-
dor and clap our hands when his
chariot goes by and refuse to lend
helping hand to his victims. of
plumber.
President Roosevelt is earnest in
his desires to curb the rapacity of
the Standard and other greedy
monopolies, and fearless in his me-
thods, but men of wealth and COR
poration attorneys bought by these
same corporate plunderers have made
cur laws and so surrounded them
with safeguards to their clients that
il seems they viii never reach these
cases. Mr.. Rogers seems to realize
The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1906-03-22
What Oakes is Doing.

Mrs. Ollie H. Coulter, President
Oakes Union in White Ribbon Bulletin:
Dear White Ribbon Sisters, how glad
we always are to read the words of
other sisters in our w. c. T. U. Bulle-
tin, but to surprise some of our readers
will endeavor to send a report from our
Oakes Union. Last fall we planned to
ask all ministers in our city to give one
address each for the benefit of the w.
G. T. U. workers. In October the
Catholic Priest Father Baker gave one
d his eloquent lectures on Temper
ance" to a crowded house in the
Academy of Music. But death entered
our rank. Our beloved sister Katie King
fellasleep in Jesus Nov. II. This sad
event cast gloom over our city. As a
union we resolved to do no further work
in social way or lecture course for three
months in honor of our departed Sister
King. We presented to the Primary
Room of the city school, where our sis
ter had taught the little ones for many
years, an enlarged photo which was
very gratefully appreciated. But the
Oakes Union is not sleeping but work.
ing, each doing with her might what
her hands find to do. No call been sent
to sister for a helping hand but she
has willingly responded, from sewing
for needy ones, washing or ironing,
setting up with sick or caring for
motherless babies. There have been
fifteen bouquets of flowers taken to hos
pital and sick rooms, ten wreaths and
boquets to funerals, also growing plants
to bereaved homes all tied with our
emblem, White Ribbon. When the
weather was much warmer than it is
today, six Palm Leaf fans stamped
with Eternal Revenue stamp also bow
white tied on handle, with "From w. C.
T. U. of Oakes" was presented to our
city hospital. We stamped all our
work with Eternal Revenue Stamps as
far as possible which bears a passage
of scripture to receiver. will say in
behalf of Oakes Union, we are very few
in number some getting up in years,
SO we have had but one session since
Christmas, but if you will bear with
this effort, when warm weather comes
we will try to do better.
The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1906-03-22
EARLY Morning Fire.

Fire was discovered in the rear room
Of the Straub meat market at six
o'clock on Sunday morning. Roy
Stevens was the first to see the fire and
gave an alarm which brought out the
fire department. The flames had q
good start in the wall and ceiling on the
west side, but with two hours good
work they were extinguished. Mr..
Straub says the origin of the fire is not
exactly known. Loss of several hum
dred dollars, covered by insurance. The
steel ceiling and flat steel roofing did
much in hindering the flames from
spreading. j. c. Hoidal's office was a
bad wreck, but the furniture was all
saved.