The Democratic advocate., 1908-05-29


town or country school becomes a
source of more injury to the industry
and government of the school which
he attends than he derives in benefit
from the educational advantages which
are available it is time that he was
handed his walking papers and told to
! get out.
Specific instructions sent out with al
most every cream separator put on the
market are to the effect that the ma
chine should be thoroughly washed
and scalded each time it is used. When
It Is considered that in extreme cases
slovenly patrons do not clean their
separators oftener than once week it
is not surprising that the use of the
separator in some localities is not re-
sulting in q materially improved dairy
product.
Daily papers in the larger cities re-
port an unusual exodus of young peo-
pie to the country. It's a. wholesome
movement and will tend to adjust the
inequality in the supply of labor which
has made it we'll nigh impossible for
! the granger to get satisfactory labor
at any price, while soft handed clerks
in creased trousers and standup collars
have unrolled bolts of dry goods be-
hind mahogany counters on salary OF
$7.39 a week.
Under no circumstances should the
unsophisticated country girl go to a
large city on a tempting offer of high
wages unless the position she has In
view has been certified to by person
of her acquaintance in whom she has
absolute confidence. In all too many
cases girls are wont to view these Of
fers as bona fde only to find by bitter
experience that they were traps set by
unprincipled or immoral schemers to
lure them to the city.
Root cropS-pOtatoes, turnips, ruta-
bagas and the like-do especially we'll
in sections where there is an abun-
dance of moisture and where moderate
temperatures prevail, while corn can
get along with some less moisture and
needs an abundance of heat to produce
the largest and best crops. 1t is for
the reasons mentioned that Michigan,
Wisconsin, Minnesota and Canada pro-
duce the best root crops, while the
states south of these to the gulf Of
Mexico lead in the production of corn.
For years past fumes of tobacco
have been used for the purpose Of fu-
migration in green and hot houses. But,
due to the fact that this is not always
effective with all kinds of insects, other
insecticides have been experimental
with, and hydrocyanic acid gas has
been found to be very effective. One
of the drawbacks with this is that in
addition to eXterminating insect life it
will also infict injury on the plants if
allowed to remain in the inclosure too
long. It Is likewise a deadly poison,
and great care has to be exercised in
the use Of it.
To get rid of the aphids or green lice
which attack the rosebushes in house
or garden there Is nothing better than
tobacco infusion, which is made by
adding hot water to tobacco at the
rate Of four gallons to a pound of
tobacco waste or stems. This should
be allowed to stand until cold, when
there should be added to it an ounce
and half of whale oil soap or three
ounces Of soft soap. This should be
sprayed on the larger bushes, but the
smaller potted plants may be dipped
in it. The treatments should be given
once a week until the lice disappear.
The patrons of well known cata-
logue house have been having a good
deal of trouble of late because the con-
Germ In question made use Of patents
in the manufacture Of their cheap
cream separators that belonged to an
other firm. A decision handed down
by the United States circuit court not
only enjoins the catalogue house from
selling any more of these machines,
but the individual purchaser from
using them. Whether the supply house
is going to make this loss good to its
patrons Is not as yet stated, but it Is
hardly likely.
The grape fruit, which is of the col
or Of a lemon and Of the shape of an
orange, though considerably larger,
gets its name from the fact that the
fruit as borne on the trees is clus-
tered much as are grapes on their
stem. This fruit Is not at its best until
the second year after picking. when it
is really too ripe for shipment. which
accounts for the fact that relatively so
little of it is shipped to eastern mar
kets and for the further fact that so
little Of that which is shipped is in
prime condition, being picked from
the trees before it is really fit
A NEW GRAFT,