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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-06-20
Acid Soils.

4 bulletin issued by the Oregon ex-
pertinent station summarizes the re-
plies made by eighty farmers In differ
ent parts of Oregon to circular of in
quiry sent out by the station regarding
the cha,acter OF the soil of their
farrss, tie principal crops grown, the
principal wild grasses and weeds, and
the reaction of the soil as determined
by the litmus paper test.
OF the eighty tests Of soil for acldity
made and reported by farmers, 10 per
cent showed no acidity. 81 per cent
very little acidity, 1915 per cent con-
siderable ac'6ity, and 1926 per cent
strongly ac.d. The majority OF the
extremely acid soils examined in these
tests were dark loan, muck, beaver
dam or peat, which usually are rather
poorly drained. "In a few cases up
land sandy, gravelly lay loans have
been found to be very scid. A major
ity of the sandy and clay loans exam
ined possess a considerable degree of
acidity.
''PIantain and sorrei were found to
be more common than other weeds on
soil containing considerable or very
much acid These weeds were also
quite common on soils containing little
or no acid
acids in the soil are difficult to
leach out Acid soils may be improved
by applications of quicklime, air-slaked
lime, or wood ashes. The more thor
oughly lime is incorporated with the
soil the more effective will be its action
en- crop production
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-06-20

In the investigation Of forage crops
of high. medium and low protein con-
tent it was found by the Minnesota
station that crops like corn fodder,
timothy hay, rape, pasture grass and
hay crops from mixed grasses were
materially Influenced in composition by
the use of farm manures. The maxi
mum protein content was secured from
soils where the fertility had been main
tanned by the use of manures and crop
rotations. Less fiber and from % to
80 per cent more protein were secured
from forage grown upon soils where
the supply of plant food had been kept
up than from that grown on similar
and adjoining soils where the fertility
had been allowed to decline. This EN-
phasizes the Importance of maintaining
the fertility of the soil as a factor in
producing forage not only of the lar
gest yield per acre. but also OF the
highest feeding value.
The leguminous crops as clover, al
falfa and peas do not appear to be as
susceptible to the influence OF fertiliz-
ers In increasing the protein content as
crops like timothy. corn fodder and
rape. The use of larger amounts OF le-
gumlnous crops and other forage rich
in protein requires less supplementary
feeding with grain and mill products.
An examination of number of sam
pies OF clover. alfalfa, pea, bean. rape
and millet seeds of known purity and
uniform ripeness showed in the case OF
each sample. two distinct types Of seed.
one of high and the other of low pro-
teia content. The two types were ca
pable of. being selected on the basis of
physical properties. The high protein
seeds were darker in color and more
co-neous in character than the low pro-
tein seeds. 1t is believed that q Sc
lection of seeds on the basis of physical
properties into high and low protein
types may result in producing forage
crops of the maximum protein content
In the same way as has been accom-
plished with wheat and corn.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-06-20
Peach Twig Borer.

The peach twig borer is one Of the
most important pests TO the peach
growers of Western Colorado, says n
bulletin issued by the experiment sta
ton OF that State
The injury is caused by a small
pinkish-brown worm, One-half inch
long. The worm is the immature stage
of a small grayish moth. The winter
IS passed by the worm. still very min.
ute in small chambers followed oIt
within the spongy tissue of the bark
at the crotches of small limbs. Early
in the spring, at about the same time
the foliage of the peach shows as small
green tsIfts upon the tips, the worms
leave their burrows and attack the ten
der twigs. boring into them near the
tips. This injury to the terminal tips
constitutes an important injury TO the
tree. Young peach trees are usua lily
worst infested.
The second generation of worms
peach crop by making their way direct
" into the forming fruit, producing
tie 'gummy" peach.
Former recommendations for the con-
troll of this insect have been for spring
applications of lime and sulphur wash
es This has, in fact, been a most sue
cvssful treatment, but the use of lead
arsenate against the twig borer OF the
peach Is destined to meet with equal
popularity when its efficiency, cost and
convenience of preparation and appiI-
cation are considered.
The arsenate of lead is recommended
at the rate of three pounds of the
paste 10 fifty gallons of water. The
lime and sulphur wash should be used
at the rate of fifteen pounds lump lime
and fifteen pounds flowers of sulphur
per fifty gallons of water, the two in
gradients being boiled together in a
small amount of water. for forty-five
minutes. then diluted with enough cold
water to make fifty gallons of spray.
The two sprays, as applied, are OF
about equal c0st-each a trifie over |
cent per galon- exclusive OF cost OF
preparation. The arsenate OF lead
spray is far more convenient. quicker
in preparation and more pleasant to
apply.
The spraying should be done at the
time when the majority of the blossom
buds are first showing their pink tips.
and as rule while they are unopened.
Any arsenate of lead spray applied
to peach trees must not contain free
arsenic, as they are easily damaged
by impure lead or lead diluted with
water to contain too high per cent of
the poison, though pure.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-06-20

There were two brothers, George and
William.
William was the good boy. He was
studious. methodical, and economical.
He went into business, and by hard
work and much self-denial at last ac-
CURED moderate competency.
George was gay, careless, easy go
ing fellow, who never applied himself Sc
riously to anything, but enjoyed life as
be went along.
One day, however, when he had moth
ing else to do, he invented a mouse trap.
1t was simple little affair, but operated
on a new principle. and was different
from any other trap in use.
He showed it to his brother William.
BILL" he said, IF you will lend me
money enough to patent this thing aud
put it on the market I'll divide all the
profits equally with YOU"
Nit" answered William, glancing
carelessly at the trap. There's nothing
in it,
Thus repulsed, George went to shrc.gd
capitalist, who at once invested $1,000
in his invention.
And lost every cent of il.
William was right.-Chicago Tribune
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-06-20
NEVER HUNGRY IN HIS LIFE.
Man Lived seventy-two Years With

out an Appetite.
Archie Mcdowell. - years old, died
yesterday of heart disease ut st. Mar
garet's Hospital, West Side He had
been taken to tho hospital from his
room in the Aimourdale Hotel last
week. Mr.. Mcdowell was also known
as Archie McGruder.
Mcdowell was known on the West
Side as a man who was never hungry.
" was never hungry in my whole life"
he said recently. He had no family
and his only responsibility was his
the last thing he thought about, his
room rent, tobacco and a few clothes
were his only expenses. Friends sup
piled those. The Kansas City Star pub
lished the following interview with Nc
Dowell Jan. 81:
a. know nothing OF the pleasures of
eating. A Thanksgiving dinner or
Christmas feast have no attractions for
me. l have never been hungry in my
life. I have not eaten five pounds Of
solid food in, the last three months.
never crave food and, strange as it may
seem. food hardly seems necessary to
my existence"
You surely got hungry when you
were a growing boy, did you not?" he
was asked.
No, never. I used to 90 fishing
with my how ooD,pop,o-c ond n flor wa
had been away from home all day on
the creek banks they would complain
of a ravcnous hunger, but not l. / was
rot bothered at all and never thought
of food and when / did eat it was De-
cause my mother made me do so.
1T was the same way when 1 went
through the Civil War; continued Nc
Dowell. Long marches and fatigue
did not give me desire for food.
had three years OF service and was at
different times under Buell.. Sherman
and Grant. During the retreat from
Cumberland Gap, when we marched
seventeen days all day and also nine
nights during that time, I saw men
almost dead from hunger, but / could
not sympathize with them because /
experienced none OF the pangs Some
times when / felt weak / would chew
stick aud be perfectly satisfied"
Mrs. l.. a. Houck, manager of the
Armourdale Hotel, where Mcdowell
lived. said about his appetite:
HE ate scarcely anything. re-
member that he took soup few times,
but he appeared to live almost entirely
on coffee and other stimuants"
Mcdowell went to Wyandotte Coun-
| ty in 1879 He followed various pur-
suits, farming, the dry goods business
and practicing law. OF recent years
he had not worked. His wife died
nineteen years ago. A grown son lives
somewhere in the East. but Mcdowell
had not seen him for thirteen years.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-06-20
commcndahle Eramnle.

The popular after dinner speaker rose
to respond 10 a toast.
Gentlemen" ne said, "the unexpect-
edly fattering manner in which your
POSTMASTER has introduced me this even
ing reminds me of story which strikes
me as being appropriate to the OCCASION
BY the way, how many of you have heard
the story Of the Pennsylvania farmer and
the young wolf he bought for a coca
dog: VIII those who are familiar with
it from having listened to it half a dozen
times or more please raise their handss~
An overwhelming majority of his audi
tors raised their hands
Thanks, gentlemen he said. Il shaH
not inhict it upon you
With their rapturous applause stiu
ringing in his ears he sat down.
He had made the hit of the evening
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-06-20
Physician Called 1t Eczema In Worse
Form-Patfent Departed of Cure
-Cutfcura Remedies Cured Her.

Physician Called IL Eczema I'm Worse
Form-Patfent Despaired of Cure
-Cutfcura Remedies Cured Her.
ABBOTT four years ago | was al
fiicted with black splotches al: ovex
my face and few covering my body.
which produced severe itching irrt-
tation. and which caused me a great
deal of suffering, to such an exteaf
that l was forced to call in two OF Tho
leading physicians OF -. After q
thorough examination OF the dreaded
complaint they announced 1t to b
skin eczema in the worst form Their
treatment did me no good Finally Q
became respondent and decided to dis
continue their services My husband
purchased q single set OF the Cuticura
Remedies. which entirely stopped the
breaking out l continued the use OF
the Cuticura Remedies for six months
and after that every splotch was en-
tirely gone. | have not felt symptom
of the eczema since, which was three
years ago. Mrs Lizzie e. Sledge. $40
Jones avenue, Selma. Ala. Oct q.
I9O6.-
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-06-20
THE ENDLESS CHAIN.
A Favor That Was Very Consider
ateIy Passed On.

n
ateIy Passed On.
"Did you read that sweet little story,
The Girl Baby in the last number!
asked Mrs. Ord of the woman from
whom she was buying magazine.
mo, | didn't, and l meant to, too,
because there was such pretty poster
with a picture of The Girl Baby hut
we sold the magazines all out before
got chance.
eff we have it at home I'll bring 1t
to YOU" said Mrs. Ord, and the next
day she stopped in at the stationer
with the magazine.
How kind you are!" said the sales
woman. gratefully. 81 found The Girl
Baby poster. Would you like to have
it?7
"Why. yes: thank you very much,
replied Mrs. Ord, who was as generous
i'm receiving as in giving.
Her errands that morning included a
visit to free kindergarten. When she
left. the roomful of little people were
all looking at 1.-The Girl Baby" poster
which the teacher had pinned on the
The picture of the quaint little maiden
with her cunning toy bear furnished
material FOR n language lesson of un
usual length and absorbing interest
The school janitor, coming in to attend
to leaking radiator, stopped and lis
tened to the vivacious conversation
which the teacher was carrying on with
the children.
why, l didn't know you could &c:
such lot of talk out of picture" he
said, with an expression of amused ad
miration.
There's a good deal in this picture,
said the teacher, pleasantly.
"When you're through with 1t, I'd
like to take it to my little boy. You
know he can't come TO school,"
rhe teacher took down the poster
and handed it to the janitor with q
smile. Il think we have learned al
we can from it." she said. That even,
ing small crippled boy sat on the jan
itor's lap and listened with eagerness
while he related as best he could al
he had heard the teacher and the chill
dren say about The Girl Baby"
While alone the next day the little
"shut-in' kept the picture By his side
and talked to it in an imaginative way
he had learned during many hours OF
solitude. Late in the afternoon the
boy who lived in the fiat above paused
at the window to say Hello" anC
when he saw the poster he came In.
Say, where'd you get that picture?'
he incurred. There was one in The
corner store awhile ago, and l asked
for it, but they wouldn't let me have it
/ like that kid. She's cute with hel
bear"
Father brought it to me from
school,
Would you trade it:'
"What for?'
For anything-my magic lantern 2
"Your lantern ~
yes, some OF the slides are broken
and it don't work as we'll as II dix
when twas new. so I'd trade. though
It's worth lots more than the poster
But you know I'm getting a collection
of posters
Father, just look!'' said the boy
joyously, that night "See what | trad
ed for the picture of The Girl Baby.
Isn't 1t fine? always wanted n magi,
lantern. VIII You run it for me to
night?'
''Why. I'd enjoy 1t myself. and let,
have the little girl across the hall CONF
in to see it. She doesn't have mucl
fun. Youths Companion.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-06-20
Some of the Discoveries of the Pa
tient Newspaper File Investigator.

Some of the Discoveries of the Pa
tient Newspaper File Investigator.
Files of old newspapers are very EN-.
barrassing to commentators on weather
conditions. Men ripe in years but OF
treacherous memories are often in evi.
dence, when the weather is not normal
or seasonable, with emphatic assertions
that such conditions never existed be-
fore, says the Baltimore Sun.
The public, which, as a rule. has nei.
Their the time nor the inclination to
search ancient records. is then con.
WINGED that no preceding generation has
had to contend with weather as ca.
PRECIOUS and phenomenal as the late
spring frosts and early spring torridity
of our own times.
But in time there appears the man
who has weakness for digging into
newspaper files. This patient investi-
gator has been operating in Cincinnati.
He has discovered that on May IL,
1859, there was a blighting frost ex-
tending from the Mississippi River to
the Eastern States On June 5 there
was another heavy frost, the wave of
cold extending to the Atlantic coast.
There was great excitement among the
farmers, II any OF whom, believing their
grain crop; had been ruined, went into
the market and bought -four. The
frosts were followed by a period of ex-
sown.
The memory OF man respecting
weather conditions in the past is rare
ly to be trusted. We have heat out
Of season and cold out of season, but
if we go back to the records we will
FIND that there is nothing new under
the sun and that the weather has been
behaving in an eccentric way for many
wears
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-06-20

Just before the buds open the trees
should be thoroughly sprayed. The
writer has for number of years used
London purple without injurious eff.
fccts to the foliage. dessert spoonful
to ten gallons of water. Some of the
other arsenites are said to be less in.
jurious to the leaves. and are especial
ly recommended for the peach, as
arsenate of lead. the best, used in pro,
portion of two pounds to 30 gallonI
OF water or Paris green. one Pound to
100 or 200 gallons of water.
BY spraying just before the buds
open and just after the blossoms fail.
there is no danger of poisoning bees
and experience shows it to be best
also for the fruit. The second spraying
should be followed by a third two
weeks later
Small trees may be protected by
daily PAIRING and gathering the bee.
ties rs they fall into sheets prepared
for the purpose. but with large trees
this method is scarcely practicable.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-06-20
How 1t Happened.

Uncounted ages ago, while the Egyp-
tan sphinx was young and tender, there
came a season much like this one.
The day being unusually warm. with
a promise of warmer days to come. the
sphinx changed her garments and put on
lighter ones.
Within a few minutes the weather be-
came 40 degrees colder.
The sphinx sneezed with great violence,
and her nose dropped off.
lctriied with establishment, she re-
manned rooted to the spot.
And has remained there ever since.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-06-20

Mayor Weaver Of Philadelphia was
condemning the greed Of a certain co..
poration.
Really he said, "their greed Is -
enormous as to be laughable. 1t +
ike the man in the barber shop.
'The barber, at the end of a shave
said tt the man:
"'Will you have bay rum, lavender
water. eau de cologne, alum. magne
stun powder on your face, sir?"
"'Any extra charger" the man asked
mo, sir
"sThen I'll take all Of them I'm
diaaapolis Star
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-06-20
Protect prumS from curcuIio.

Plums, too often an uncertain crop
on account Of curculio, may be easily
grown every year unless destroyed by
frost. This is especially true of the old
Datns0n pit ms, the rich favor of which
Is now too little known In the scram-
Bile for the newer japanese varieties.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-06-20

A correspondent in Rural New York
er says: when meat or blood meal,
;inseed oil Toll cake) or cooked meat
is given them in their soft food once
4 day, or when green cut bone is used
instead. 1 believe that barley serves
the same purpose for fowls as wheat
would I use by preference beardless
barley. Young chicks will learn to like
this very soon. crack it in the be-
ginning for a few feeks; when weeks
old they eat il -Shole.'
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-06-20
Grating Fruit Tree. in Germany.


Consul General Richard Guenther, of
Frankfort, reports movement among
German fruit growers for the purpose
Of getting rid of all inferior and medi-
um fruit trees and replacing them with
the finest kind and best suited to the
climate. A leading fruit-grOwing and
horticultural journal published at
Frankfort-on-the-Od has devoted q
number of essays to the subject. and
has shown that the desired result can
be achieved, even with very old trees,
by grating. and the simple stock or slit
grating is especially recommended. In
Switzerland many thousands Of old
fruit trees are annually regrafted in or
der to better meet the demands OF the
trade. In the Rhenish Province Of
Prussia a systematic regrafting of the
fruit trees is going on, expert grafters
being employed at fixed contract rates.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-06-20

You'll have to excuse the disorder
here said the fiat dweller, "all these
bundles are our summer clothes that
we had to take out of the hall closet
Surely, you don't need summer
clothes this weather." said his friend.
mo, but we had to put up a cot in
the closet for a friend who spent last
night with s."-Philadelphia Press.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-06-20
People Tell Each Other About Coco
Things.

Twelve years ago few people In the world
knew OF such a preparation as Powder for
the Feet To-day after the genuine merit
OF Aliens FootEase has been told year after
year by one gratided person to another.
there are millions who would as soon go
without dentifrtce as without Aliens Foot
Ease. Ii Is q cieanly, wholesome, healing,
antlseptic powder to be shaken into the shoes.
which has given rest and comfort to tired
and aching feet In all parts of the world. IL
cures while you walk. Over 10000 testi-
monials OF cures of smarting, swollen, per-
spring feet. 1t prevents friction and wear
OF the stockings and will save In your stock
Ing bill ten times its cost each year. lmita-
lions pay the dealer a larger profit, other
wise you would never be offered substitute
when you ask for Aliens Foot-Ease, the
original powder for the feet. limitations are
not advertised because they are not perma-
nent. For every genuine articlf there are
many limitations The imltator has no rep
utation to sustain-the advertiser has IL
stands to reason that the advertised article
is the best, otherwise the public would not
buy IL and the advertising could not be con-
tinued When you ask for en- article adver-
tsed In this publication, see that you get IL
Refuse limitations.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-06-20

A southern Ohio farmers wife re-
ports the sale of 100 dozen eggs from
45 Plymouth Rock hens, from Sept. 20
TO Dec. 16. Farm range and the feed.
refuse corn. These eggs were sold at
% cents per dozen average, the hens
that laid them were worth about 80
cents each and the eggs in less than
three months brought almost as much
as the hens that laid them.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-06-20
Eight Ccnts Held out.

Deanley-I hear that magazine gave
you good price for one Of your
stories.
Meanley-A pretty good price
S7492
Deanley-It's queer they made it
such an odd figure.
Meanley-Oh, they sent me check
for $I5, bet they held on to the four
2-cent stamps / sent with the manu-
script-Philadelph PresA
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-06-20

What has become of the old-fash-
Toned farmer, who used to get up at A
o'clock In the morning, rout all of the
animals out of their warm beds to
feed. then go back to the house and
doxe before his fire till daylight?
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-06-20

matism. Doan's Kidney Pills brought
quick relief. and in time cured me.
Though lost 40 pounds, I now weigh
200. more than ever before"
Sold by all dealers. 30 cents a box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo. n. Y.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-06-20

% IL III NaA =.
had torturing pain
in the side and back
md the urine was
dark and full of
sediment. 1 was
racked with pain
day and night, could
not sleep or eat
well, and finally be-
came crippled and
heDt overWifh rbau.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-06-20
Conflicting Emotions.

How happy a fellow feels when he
has really repented of something wrong
he has donei"
"Yes. and how Internally mad he
gets when some other fellow recalls il
to his mind afterward."
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-06-20

Asparagus was originally wild sea-
coast weed of Great Britain and Rus
STA, and is now SO plentiful on the Rus
sian steppes that the cattle eat it like
grass. In some parts OF southern Eu-
rope the seeds are dried as a substi-
tute for coffee-Philadelph Inquirer.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-06-20

do you ever issue accident policies to
baseball umpires:" anxiously inquired the
caller.
ITO be sure we do answered the man
inside the railing, his face expanding
with large and genial smile. "Just
make out ycur"
That's all | wanted to know" inter-
rupted the other. "a company that will
do that can't get my application. Good
iav ~
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-06-20
sca.onahIe Invention,

"what do you call that queer looking
arrangement"
That's what we call the 'housekeep-
er's friend It's family ice box. capa-
Bile of being converted at a moments
notice into q coal bin"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-06-20
A Bad Break.

"That man looked so odd vixen I told
him this was a community you had to
put more life into to keep business from
keeping at n dead level"
''No wonder he looked odd. He's the
undertaken. Baltimore American.