The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1907-08-02

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yet the plants above this.
Drive a stake BY each plant a. soon
rs 1t liz fransp;aHted, and keep the
plant tied 10 1t with strips OF cloth, and |
the fruits will not rot when they be-
gin TO ripen- The tomato Is one Of |
the plants that does better for trans
planting. and, II they are transplanted |
two or three times. they only grow
more stocly and produce better. There
Ii not d bit or danger Of losing tomato
plants by transplanting. as they will
grow from slip almost as well rs
from a rooted plant.
Keep them well cultivated, and, II
the weather comes OF dry. give them
plenty of water. aud tae crop Is Ger.
tain and large. In giving tomatoes
water. d sprinkltng PIT il not OF much
use. The waiter SHOULD be poured around
the plant In iibeTal fashion, two og
three gallons at q time, and about twice
week. Water In the evening, anil
early the next morning stir soil about
the plants with steel rake to KEEP
1t from getting too compact. Tomatoes
are about the most satisfactory garden
vegetable we have. 1t appreciates at
tenHon y thoroughly Farmers Voice.
csaker AmoHE Figs.
The receipt Of several inquiries In
regard 70 this trouble among pigs
seems to Indicate that the disease Ii
present 10 considerable extent In
some localities This "A parasitic
disease and 4 contagious. spreading
rapidly among pigs The cause Of The
disease II a~smaIi parasite similar in
some respects to that Of mango. but y
much more difficult 10 treat success
fully. says an Oklahoma report.
The disease FIRST shows By contrAc-
tion Or wrinklIng of the skin Of tie
nose or face. This n often accom-
panied By slight swelling The Pie
rubs Its nose, SMILES. and shows n
various ways that the diseased spofs
irritafe and burn. Gradually these
deceased spots break ont a. small sores.
occasionally sioughing ont ID form Ill
Gers Of considerable sise These sores
or ulcers may occur In any part II the
head. and occasionally they will ex.
tend over the sides and under part
q the body.
Since the disease n contagious and
spreads easily. all pigs showing any
sigma Of the trouble should BE- separated
from the healthy ones. The following
preparations shonId Be applied 10 ia
diseased spots: 4 mixture of c1rbolie
acid and lard In tina proportion of on
Of acid to eight ar larG may b ap'
piled to the diseased spots bsfore
sioughinG occurs For upen ssrss q
sloughs use iodine one part and yasel.
Inc six parts. Apply this olntneni
once every two or three days 4 10
bacco solution. tobacco one part and
water twenty parts. may be made ~
sleeping thu tobacco for ten 10 twenty
hours ii warm water This may b
applied to the ulcers instead Of the
iodlne and vasellne. The disease Il
generally stubborn to treat, ana scv-
ern applications or any Of the aboys
remedies may Be required 10 s6ect Q
cure.
SDsayswg Tor CedAIsng Msfh.
Get ready for the work az soon q
the flrst apple blossoms begin to open.
says bulletin By the Colorado IL
pertinent Station, in reference to spray.
Ing for the coddling moth. DO not fail
% begin the frst spray a. soon -
the blossoms are nearly tsay 90 per
cent? on.
Have eutfits enough to completes the
first spraying within eight days fruA
the time It Is begun; or n you hare
varieties that bloom 1t different times,
arrange to work 70 that none OF the
trees win have to walt more than
one week from the time the petals are
on until they are sprayed. A good
power outfit for spraying will do 10
take care Of twenty acres OF apple
orchard thst is twelve or more years
Of age II will be mistake 10 expsrf
to do much more than this
Large trees require from sir to ten
gallons OF liquid each for q thorough
first spray. II the average Ii eight
gallons. and there are eighty trees ID
the acre. II will require sixfy-four
tanks Of 200 gallons each to make the
application. II the weather 10 warm
some varieties will close their eaIyeex
within ak days from the time The
petals are "a. ard the little APPLES that
close their caIyces first are the ones
most likely to set and make fruit.
When making the first spray ron
mnsf determine upon one thing if YOU
are 70 get anything Ike perfect fruit. ]
and that II 10 stay with each tree until
every caiyx has been filed with the
spray. Stop occasionally and exam
Inc the blossoms 70 fnd ont whether
Or not ron are doing this This Il ii
more Importance than all the rest ef
the advice Of this bulletin puf together.
Thorough first-sprayiug cannot b.
done. except with great waste Of ma.
teYIai. with short poies b. men stand
Ing On the ground DO not spray al |
side& of large tree at one stop: spray
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