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The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1908-11-07

poruonate 10 their activity and mum
bers.
H~eiing in and Covering.
From the tine trees leave the nur-
sery row until they are permanently
planted. they should be exposed Just
as little As possible. They should
never be left open 10 sun or wind or
air when 81 can AZ all be avoided.
Trees waiting for planting should be
heeled in with moist earth about the
roots and only taken out OF the
ground when actually NEEDED FOR set
ing. To save time when planting.
trees may De placed in a wagon and
covered with act straw or fertilizer
sacks. As the planting proceeds the
trees can ne taken singly from the
wagon as wanted. Trees treated thls
Say are much more likely 10 live and
thrive than those careleesTy handled
Tran~planting >c-aiingS.
II a tree could be taken out Of the
gronad without tho loss OF roc; d.
hairs. II could be tranaplanted with
ont dropping u leaf II tx acre plant
80 ia as good . soil rs that from
ahich Il was taken. the tree would
newer Know that II had been trans
planted The loas OF trees 81 trans
planting Ii largely In proportion tn
he lo@a Of rooi-hairH. IL ~ possl-
bic. with careful handling 70 prevent
exposure. 70 transplant Thousands
and thousands OF seedlings without
the lose % single tree. The larger
the tree TO be transpiantrd. the nee
e&aarily greater loss of roo; surface.
yes with care large trees may be
moved even IN summer without the
loss of foliage.
Nur~~ry TREATMENT.
IN taking trees from nurseries and
preparing them for shipment. there
must necessarily Us more or iemn TX
posture Of the roots. bat rrllAbl. nar-
merytnen take care that this expos
nve II the least possible
IL - usually q; tho other end OF
tie Tine that the Injurious treatment
comes In. Perhaps tho farmer ia not
prepared 90 plant tho trrss and they
heAt or dry ia the boxes whiie he is
digging the hoieM.
W y HUT
ITO be- concluded next week
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1908-11-07
And Don't Forget To spray.

Then remember that In these days
the man who neglects spraying will
have poor fruit and will probably
lose his trees with the scale. Spray
wiih Bordeaux Mixture for the fun
gus diseases such as scab and bitter
rot. and at he fall Of the blossoms
add Ave ounces OF Paris green to
atty gallons OF Bordeaux and spray
Tor the destruction OF the codling
moth larvae.
SPRAY in fall and early spring
ahlle the trees are dormant with
he me-sulphur mixture 10 destroy
San Jose scale. Eternal vigilance is
ne price OF fruit these days. and the
man who neglects spraying had bet
Ser let fruit trees alone. for bis or
ehara wiii be only breeding place
Ia sntest his ueighborE
W +. MASSEY
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1908-11-07

The proper distance for apple
iFesss il not lrAa ghan thlFty-tvs feet
each SAP. and on ssronE laaa forty
feet wlH b~ better Thrn you can
plauf peach tgewa between the ap-
plies each @@y. and hv the time the
peach trees are exhausted. The apples
all neea ala The room. and the
Peachea can De pulled out. Some a.
In ~lih an early-bearinE apple like
The Missouri! Pippln. but In that case
one ln apt 20 delay cutting out she
nli"ra AID = crowded orchard L. the
result
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1908-11-07

hen 80 noi imagine that y0n can
EFo~ Trees and set fruit while max
aAs @heat or oats in the orchard, or
1AAlhr q hay Geld ~ It, During the
s@fif lie of the tree you @ant rapid
and eel developed growth. and the
AiAail gr4!a wiil rob the aoii ~ moist
a'T AID check The growth of the
a"'a A lo~ growing crop like early
fahA i'otA' oea is best. for the crop ~
a'aas BY the tine the treeg have
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1908-11-07

made their growth FOR the season
and then crimson clover can De @own
on the land "a be- turned under for
the benefit Of the trees Ia he spring
Some very good orchafdiNtn plant
sweci potatoes between the ross OF
tho young trees. The main objection
TO this IL that the crop comes on too
late for the clover wlntcr cover. and
then only rye can be- used. Thsa
does very we'll II turned under early
ia tho spring
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1908-11-07

Root hairs. as their names implies.
are fine and halT-lke; 10 fine. indeed.
that one needs = microscope tn nce
them perfectly They have exceed
inEly thln aud delicate cell wallis, con
tain the active pToioplanm on whtch
the life OF the tres depwnda. and
by their uwmottr action the tree ~
able 10 Ent its food from the soil,
Unless root hAirm are constantly in
contact @3th moist soil PARTICLES they
die and the leaves Of the tree above
xround quickly tell Of he loss BE-.
los the surface When exposed 10
the air they at once b~Eia TO los~
moisture. and aa the moisture Grtcm
away their vitality aimlatahen pro
portionatsly On theae delicate iltsi"
organs he life OF q tree drp~nda.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1908-11-07

How to Plant a Tree.


That not every man can properly
plant tree is evidenced by orchard
and shade trees all over the country
one can scarcely take an hours drive
In any farming community without
seeing trees that are suffering from
improper handling AZ planting time
II is safe to say that so per cent Of
TIE trees sent out from nurseries
never come 20 usefulness. This great
loss Is due more 70 careless and IN
intelligent handling than 20 any 9th
er cause.
Delicate Structure cf Trees.
The part Of a tree above ground.
because IL is always subject 10 chang
INK conditions Of weather. has &C
CURED the power nf accom- modating
Itself 70 q considerable range Of
conditions Hardy trees can accom-
MEDIATE themselves 20 a very side
range Of temperatures. The root en-
ylrunment Of tree IL Of VERY dlf-
fereut nature from the conditions
above ground The nature Of the
soil covering about the roots Of trees
make them more susceptible to sud
den changes than the exposed parts.
For this reason. the roots are much
more tender and easily Injured than
the branches Of q tree. Branches
cannot endure root environment. nor
can roots endure branch environ
rn@nt- Yet we often see trees ex-
posed AZ planting time ax II the roots
would stand whatever the tops
would.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1908-11-07

and its growth and vigor are pro-
portionate 10 their activity and mum
herE.
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The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1908-04-01
VOLUME XIV. No. 7.

are deep and loose, containing
a small percentage of clay, but
rich in available plant food. They are
finely divided, and possess great cap1l-
larry attraction for moisture; moreover,
their physical structure is such that
they are easily kept in perfect condl-
ton by judicious cultivation. Further
than this, they permit of the ready
passage of water through them after
the capillary spaces have been filled.
The rainfall is so far deficient that
water must be obtained from supplies
diverted from mountain-fed streams
brought to the land, and distributed
by bitches. The effect of this appli-
cation of water to soils, under judi
cious management, is remarkable, as
the abundance of value of the products
obtained from such land have proved
The irrigator applies water by surface
flooding, using sucn quantities as his
judgment and experience may dictate,
feeling sure that any excess which he
may apply will speedily pass down into
the earth which, under primitive con-
ditions, being dry to depth OF from
40 to 60 feet porous and open, affOrds
unlimited drainage facilities. The
large amount of leakage from main
canals and the surplus from Overlrr1-
cation for time find a ready and
harmless exit into the lower soil.
Under such conditions the under strata
become waste reservoir which re-
ceived by percolation the leakage from
irrigation canals and the drainage
from over-irrigation thus securing to
the cultivator as perfect soil condl-
lions as could be desired.
Many of these soils contain consid-
cradle quantities of soluble (alkal1)
salts. prominent among which are So
dunn chloride, sodium sulphate, ana
sodium carbonate, which originate III
the rocks from which the soils are
formed. Lands which up to certain
time have produced crops in quantity
and quality to which no exception can
be taken, may, without apparent cause,
begin to deteriorate. Upon examina-
ton it will be found that the alkall
salts have accumulated near the sur
face in such strength as to destroy
crops that had previously been grown
successfully. Upon further investiga-
tion as to the cause, it is found that
the water in the lower soil has dis
SOlVGQ ldIS0 QudhIlllCO VI oAAN~AA
holds it in solution. The rise OF water
to a plane at or near the surface from
which rapid evaporation takes place
results in the deposit in solid form
of all the alkali contained in the
water evaporated. The active capll-
larry power of the more finely divided
soils accelerates the upward movement
of the water, the evaporation OF which
is rapid in arid climates, resulting In
a deposit which constantly increases
from year to year.
The presence of layers OF hardpan
at irregular intervals throughout the
upper six feet of soil, as well as occa,
sional layers of gravel deposit ana
adobe CLAWS, has had much to do Win
the DETECTION and concentration OF
soil water By reason of hardpan lay
ers, the excess of water Is brought 70
the surface more directly at some
noints than at others. Under the ac.
ton of soil water, some varieties OF
hardpan soften and gradually disinte-
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1908-04-01
THE SCIENTIFIC DRAINAGE OF IRRIGATED LANDS

from the waste of irrigation practiced
upon more elevated land adjoining, or
from leakage of supply bitches which
are constructed through previous ma
terial The prevention of the accum-
ulation of water in harmful quantities
is best accomplished, not by it's re-
moval from the soil after saturation
of the land, but by intercepting it be-
fore it reaches the lower level. A few
examples of this kind will indicate that
the method most successful differs
quite materially from that used in
humid areas.
Albert Igo, near Greeley, Colo, has
used a series of small wells located at
points where water appeared, sinking
them into the gravel which lies be-
meath the saturated soil. The wells
consist of curb boxes II inches in di-
ameter, made with eight sides, from
boards 1 inch thick. They are sunk
from to IL feet deep, the excavations
being made with large augur. The
wells have underdrain outlets about
three feet deep, leading to a surface
ditch. The water rises at once in these
wells to the height of the outlet pro-
vided and flows away. The soil, which
is about five feet deep, is underlaid
with gravel, which through the process
of seepage from higher lands has be-
come surcharged by water which by
reason of constant pressure and con-
tinual supply from land occupying a
higher level saturaIes the soil above
the gravel. These wells, put in at
various points where water appeared,
reclaimed at small cost field which
had been given over to grazing land
on account of the saturation and al
kali.
This method of draining is regarded
as highly successful by the farmers of
the vicinity who lave witnessed the
reclamation of the land so treated.
The individual we'll and drain as used
in the work described are shown in
figure 1. The method is simple. It's
efficiency consists in relieving the
pressure of the underground water at
such depth that 1t will not continue
to force itself upward against the soil,
and also in removing such a quantity
that the gravel stratum underlying the
tract will provide for the remainder.
Drains upon another plan have been
used by j. Hetzel and others in the
vicinity of Longmont, Colo. A continu-
GUS line OIL uuuoTufdluS is ldlQ Cross
wise of the slope along the upper
border of the lands showing seepage.
These drains are laid five feet deep,
which is regarded as necessary to their
success. The subsoil is adobe clay, in
which pockets of sand are encountered
which interfere with the laying of the
drains. The method of location is
shown in figure 2. The drains are
made of 1-inch boards in the form of
continuous box, 6 by inches in the
inside, with no bottom. These drains,
complete, cost about 81 per rod. 1t
is not uncommon in this vicinity to
find one drain located in this manner
intercepting sufficient water to re-
claim 40 to so acres of land, where the
soil is of a stiff nature. Where soils
are open and admit of very free per-
collation. of water the same plan is ap-
plicable, but the size of drains must be
increased. The quantity of water
which it is necessary to intercept is
Continued on Page 49,
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1908-04-01

has attended the efforts of some farm
ers who have reclaimed land from the
effects of seepage and alkali.
In the treatment of land of this
character it must be remembered that
the conditions under which land be-
comes saturated by seepage are radi-
cally different from those of rainfall.
In irrigated lands the water accumu-
lates at various points by underflow
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1908-04-01

CRATE, thus changing the general tex
ture of the soil where it exists. The
need of drainage of such soils as a
preventative of the injuries noted, as
we'll as for the restoration of land to
it's normal productive condition, is ap-
preciated 1t is not proposed here to
discuss at length the varying condi-
tons existing in different localities,
but to call attention to the success that
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-27

her one night behind the scenes. asl- ed her, with sigh, what was cure for love. Your Lordship, said she, the best I know in the world
 one MT. Tophsm was so very tall and large that if he were living nov he might be shown at Teate's Theatre for a sight. This gentleman went one day to inauire for a countryman a It, tie way out of town, and when he came to the house he looked in at the little window over the door and ask ed the woman who sat by the fire if her husband was at home. No. sir, said she. but If you please to aliGht and come in I'll go and call him.
 "Tlle same gentleman, walking across Covept Garden, wase asked by q beggar. woman for a half penny or fa,thlng, but finding he would not part with his money, she begged he would give her one of his. old shoes. He was very desirous to know what she would do with, one shoe. To make my child a cradle, sir said she.
 My Lord B. had married three wives, who were ell his servants; a beggar woman, meeting him one day In the street, made him very low courtesy. 'Ah, bless your Lordship. said she, and send you long life. # you do but live long enough. we shall ali be ladies in time,i
 ,.When Oliver first coined his money an old Cavalier. looking upon one of the new pieces. read the inscription on one side. God with us:' on the other. The Commonwealth of England. see, said he. God and the Commonwealth are on different sides
 Colonel Bond. who. had been one Of King Charles Iis Judges, died a day or two before Oliver. and it was strangely reported everywhere that CFomwett was dead. "No, said a gentleman who knew better; he has only given Bond to the devil for his further appearances.
 "A gentleman being at dinner at friends house, the first thing that came ubon the table was dish of whitings, and one being put upon his plate, he found 1t to smell so strong that he could not eat 8 bit of 1t; but he laid down his mouth to the fish as if he was whisper ing with 1t. and then he took up the plate and put it to -his own ear. fne gentleman at whose table ne was m nuiring into the meaning, he told hlin that he had had brother lost at sea about fortnight ago. and that he was asking the fish. if he knew anything about him. And what answer made he?' said the gentleman. He told me, said he, that he could give no account of him. for he had not been at sea these three weeks.
 "A midshipman one night in company with Joe Miller and myself told us that being once in great danger at sea every hodv was observed to be upon their knees but one man. who being called upon to come with the rest of the hands to prayers. said: Not I. it is your bus mess to take care of the ship. am but q passenger
 1.-TWO gentlemen disputing about re. iigion in Buttons Coffee House. said ono of them: T wonder, sir. you should talk about religion when I'll hold you i've guineas you can't 'say the Lords ntayer.. Done said the other, and Sir Richard Steele sha1i hold stakes.' The money being debosited. the gentieman began with T believe in God and SO went cleverly through the creed Well. said the other. T. own I've lost; did not think he could have done It.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-27

N
 Manners. who was himself but late- ly made Earl of Rutland. told, Sir Thonf. as Moore he was too much elated by his prefermont: that he verined the old proverb, Honores mltant mores. No my lord. said Sir Thomas .the pun will do much better in English, 'Honors change manners s
 A slady.s age happening to be ques- tioned she affirmed she was but forty, and called upon a gentleman who was in the company for his opinion. Cousin said she, do you believe am in the. right when say am but fortyy T am sure, madam. replied he. I ought not to dispute #. for l have constantly heard you say so for above these ten years. f s
 .'ft being proved in a trial at Guild hall that a mans name was really Then. who pretended it was Lineh; see. said the Judge. the old proyerbr is veri. lied in this man. who being allowed an Inch, has taken an L.
 [ "A melting sermon being preached Tn a country church, all fell to weeping but one man. who being asked why ne did not weep with the fast replied: fon, I belong to osanother parish.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-27
True Story of Joe Miller 2,
 And His Eanous Joke Book

of that gay psrsSd fh EnxIish history irnnediatsiS after the Rsstcrstlen. z ons sas ss oi ss ssssy s,ss slss shs st waltsed and sans and eafouped in so- elsl England in Inc wild reaction from Rurifapisrn immedlately after the ae- eesFton' Of the second Chaklas. So they hsxe lived down to the present. and have brought with them the name of their irst. The name of tlieir coh4pi- has been aiTost forgotten. and neth- ing can be found of him. in history except in the most ont-of-the-way
 Almost everybody to-day hes only a very vogue Idea Of what the book is. aIthough they know the name of Joe Miller. sas-.s t..s. Y. ! ( 5.5s i,
 A book dealer last week yhsn asked Yes inaeedf' Then he thought for g moment as he was Eciue briskiy back to the shelyes and said: T think I'll have. to order that for you..,Y Then he thought for a moment more and said doubtfuily: That's a book of jokes pubiished by suefi-snd -such 2 company Isn't it!" Then he frankly save 1t up.
 T know what t is, he protested. but don't know how to descrIbe it.'' at first:J .Aoh yes..v Then sine looked fervidfy through ave ori six catalogues. She won out. however, for she prodpc- cd the book. with q perpiexed exprss- sion IF
 1t Is doubtful, indsed.. fl half a dozen people in Baltimore have ever seen q copy Of Hoe sMiller.s Jests. z The original is extremely rare. but there are at least two copies in the eity--one at the Peabody Library and the other at the Enoch Pratt--and both can be, looked at in the libraries upoA proper application. There have been two reprints of the book one in England and one fin Araefica--in lss5 but both, of thcee were liberally salted with new jokes .a
 The original doe Milier,s :. Jests'' eoHtsiiied. 182 jeats.s 1t was a thin pamphlet. about i've by eight inches, bound Ius paateboard. It was printed in the old d-time bIack-faced type, and each joke was numbered. The title page read ass foliows:< z 5ssa -
 JOE MIILER's JESTS.
 Or. THE WITS WADE MEcUM.
 Being. a Collection Of the most bril- liant, jests. the politeet reRnrtees, the most elegant bon mots and most. plea : saIit Short Stories ipTtlae English ian guage.1 First carefully collected in the icQmpany and many of them trans Gentlemen whose name they bear. and now set forth, and published by his la mentabIe friend and former conpan- ion, Elijah Jenkins. Ega.
 Most .humbly inscribed to those Choice Spirits of the age, Captain Bodens. Mir. Alexander 2 Pope. MT. Prof. Lacy, NIT, orator Henley and Job Baker, the kettIedriinnnner. .,sp
 London Printed and Sold by T. Read in DogMell Court Whites Fryars Fleet Street = .s5 sMDCCxxXIxs' ~
 Not all of Joe AIilier's jests can be repeated to- day ia the presence of la dies though in. their day they were
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-27

that you should grow dim-sighted you have no place to lang your spse- tacles on.
 "A psfson was saying nausht ct all to the pufpose that Samson was q very strong man sAv.' said another. but you are much Stronger for you Rsks ma s.sS S'hiHs ins 2, .sa!;sg sg,.s him in 0y "A artain noble lord asked a cler- gyrfian once at the bottom of his table why the goose, if there was one. was always placed next to the parson? Really said he. a can give no reason for 1t; but your question is so odd I shall never see a goose for the future without thinking of your lordship.'
 "A gentleman having lent a guinea for two or. three days to a person
 whose promises he had not much faith in was very. much surprised to
 find that he punctuai1y kept his word with him; the same gentleman. being some time after desirous of borrowing the like sum- was met with this re ply: NO, you have deceived me once, and I am. resolved you shan't do 1t g second time
 My Lord Craven, in King James Is reign, was very desIrous to see Ben
 Jonson,. which, being told to Ben. he
 went to my lords house. but. being in very tattered condition, as poets sometimes are, the porter refused him adlnittance with some saucy language.
 which the other did not fail to re-
 turn. My lord. happening to come out while they were wfangling. asked the occasion of 1t. Ben who stood In need of nobody to .speak for him. said he understood his lofashfp desired to see him. You. friend q asked my lord. who are your Ben Jonson.' replied tbef other. No. nos quoth my lord. you cannot be Ben Johscn, who wrote the rSilent Womanss you look as if you could not say Eo to 8 goose. Be : cried Ben. Very we'll, said my lord,
 whe was better pleased at the joke than offended at the affront, I am convinced now by your wit that you are Ben Jonsou.'
 .Danlei Purcell the famous punster, and friend Of. his, having a desire
 to drink a glass of wine together ups un the 30tli of January, they went to fhe saIutation Tavern, upon Holbprn
 Hilh and. finding the door shut, they
 knocked at It. butsit was not opened to them. Only one of the drawers 1 looked through the little wicket and asied what they would please to have; Why, open your door, said Daniel, and draw us pipt of wine2 The drawer said his master would not all 1 low of 1t that day, for 1t was a fast. Hang your naster,s replied he,.tfof a precise coxcomb. Is lfe not content-
 ed to fast himself, but he must make his, doors fast, toQ?"
 "Ths same gentlemen. calling for some short pipes in q tavern, com plained they we're too shoTt The drawer said they had no other. and they were but just come in. Ay.' said
 Daniel. T see you have not bought them very long, t!ss.
 sThe same gentleman, as he had the character of d great punster, was de- sired one night in company bysa gem 1 tleInan to make d pun extempore.
 Upon what subjecta' asked Daniel. l 9The King answered the other. The King, sir,' said he, Is no sub ject.'
 ';Several years ago when Mrs. Rog- CTS, the player, was%young and hand
 some. Lord North and Gray, remark able for his homely face, accosting