The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-08-19

mo matter what special branch of
agriculture forms its main purpose,
no farm is complete without its fam
lily orchard" says A. V. Stubenrauch
of the Illinois Experiment Station,
/ and yet very few farmers families
have plenty of lucious fruit to eat the
year round. The principle reason as
given by Mr.. Stubenrauch, is that
too often the family orchard is view
ed from a commercial standpoint
that is to say, natural difficulties
which would render a commercial Cr-
chard impossible are looked upon as
unsurmountable for the family or
chard as well. This is wholly an erro-
neous point of view. Special prac-
tees which would be impossible and
impracticable in a commercial orchard
are not only possible but profitable in
the family orchard
Now is the time to select the spot
for our family orchard and get in
touch with reliable nursorymen The
trees ought to be set out before or
soon after the first of January.
At times fleas, especially the dog
and cat flea become a household pest.
The United States division of en-
tomology recommends thorough sweep
ing and cleaning of floors and walls,
the disuse of permanent carpets and
mattings and their replacement with
rugs, which are to be removed and
beaten at frequent intervals. 1t is
also recommended by this division
that infested carpets and other ma
terial be busted with pyrethrum pow
der or sprinkled with benizine, and
that this substance be also applied to
floors and infested rooms. The thor
ough scrubbing with hot soapsuds are
recommended by the division as the
last resort
The Scotland experiment station
says that it is desirable to cleanse all
dog kennels with lime wash, to wash
the dogs and cats with soapsuds, and
then sprinkle them thoroughly with
pyrethrum powder The use of creo-
linated water in a ten per cent solu-
ton was also found very effective in
Kidding houses of fleas and in destroy
ing these insects on dogs and cats.
The New Hampshire station advis-
es the use of creolin. 1t was found
that a three per cent. solution was
strong enough for ordinary purposes
The cats and dogs may be di 7
his solution for about five minutes.
rhe floors and walls of the house
should be scrubbed with a five per
ent solution of creolin.
Fumigation with bisulphide of car
on and hydrocyanie acid is very eff
ective, but these remedies are per-
APPS to dangerous for general house
old use.
The North Carolina station SAYS: .
The results of the two years expert
indicate that the seed corn
own in the same or nearly the same
titude as that in which it is to be
antcd will give the best results, and
at seed grown in the neighborhood
lere they are to be planted are pre-
rable to those grown farther north
farther SOUTH" al
The North Dakota station says: "
he best corn for a given locality in "
1t state is usually variety which -
5 grown and ripened seed for the W
gest period of years in that local Nv
provided it has been kept pure 81
true to type and adapted Sc ~
ton to the particular climate and La
:"
et us go into our fields before har- 0'
ting the corn and select the ears
I desirable characteristics from
best stalks. Less time is neces-
to select from the field than is -.
,ssary to select from the crib. oca