West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1908-08-27

Cantaloupe growers in portions OF
southern California report serious dam
age to this years crop as a result OF
the devastation OF the cantaloupe lice,
which hive killed all the vines In Ger.
tain sections.
In times OF drought the work OF wa.
tering the garden can often be most
easily done by frequent and thorough
CIVILIZATIONS or hocings. This keeps
the surface mellow, with the result
that moisture I'm ample quantities Is
pumped up from the subsoil and made
available for the thirsty plants.
In recent installment OF these
notes tansy was recommended as CON
sidered effective by some In driving
ants from the food cupboards. While
this may be true OF the smaller black
and red ants. II IL not 30 OF the large
black variety which still raid the
sugar box. feeding on the sugar by day
and roosting on the tansy ut night.
Ii Is a fair assumption that II the
man enjoys and Is refreshed by q drink
OF cool water In haying time and har-
vest his horses. which usually work
as hard as he, take about the same
view OF the matter. The careful driver
will see that they get sip of water
once or twice between feeds during the
hot days. They Will enjoy the water
and work the better for II.
An even more toothsome dish than
the fine peas and string beans from
the family garden are the green lima
beans when one has the good f0rtune
to raise them. Only a small per cent
OF the seed planted terminates and
grows, and this tends to discourage one
In raising them. But where plenty OF
seed is planted. the bushes given thor
ough hoeing and the weather being
warm and favorable one will get
enough OF the big green pods to more
than pay for the trouble.
Reports from the whole country
show that the condition OF the apple
crop on July was SIC per cent as
compared with &C per cent on June 1
and Al per cent on July /. 1907, and
62.S per cent, the ten year average for
July 1. This would seem to indicate
that, while this years crop is 1876 per
cent better than 1t was last year, 1t is
nevertheless far enough below the
average so as to insure good price
for all good fruit. 1t VIII be well for
the apple grower to keep the crop sit.
uation In mind when closing deals for
the sale OF his apples this fall.
The laws I'm n number OF states re-
quiring the cutting OF weeds along the
roadsides by the abutting property
owners or road supervisors specify
July 10 and Aug. 10 as the interval
In which this work should be done.
This Is probably better than no regula-
ton at all. simply from the standpoint
OF the looks OF the road, but II Is a
defective statute In that the seeds OF
most weeds and grasses are mature by
the list OF August. Better results
would be secured were cuttings re-
Quired June 10 and Sept. is, at which
times most weeds would be laid low
Just as they were ready to head out
Mrs. III. M. King OF Texas Is said TO
be the largest landowner OF her sex
In the United States, her holdings
reaching the enormous total OF 1870
600 acres. She has magnificent
ranch home in Kingsville. Tex. Most
of her land is valued Mt from SIS to
$40 per acre, her total wealth. includ-
Ing land, live stock and other property,
being placed at $30.OO0OO0. While
Mrs. King inherited n large part OF
her property from her husband, she
has more than doubled 1t through
shrewd management and investment.
Great numbers OF live stock are raised
on this farm, and agricultural opera
lions are carried on on an extensive
scale.
People often wonder, particularly
those who have Travelled for hundreds
OF miles through the corn belt, what
becomes Of tho anormnua omoupt ~