The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1910-07-15

1t beats all how so many Of thu
things which tickle the palate mos
are the hardest to digest.
Conducted in as slipshod manner u;
the poultry bushes is, yet the value 0
the eggs laid annually in the United
States is twice that of the total value
Of all the precious metals mined dur
ing a like interval
The automobiles who will crowd {
team off narrow highway is full
brother to the teamster who is deaf t.
a chauffeur's toot for half the roa(
and keeps his horses in a slow wall
to tantalize the fellow behind him.
The work in the garden with hoe OF
cultivator may be made far more eff
fective and satisfactory If the tools
are kept sharp with good sized broad
file 1t makes all the difference be
tween drudgery and enjoyable work.
ANY one who wages relentless wal
on the common housefy along any ont
of the many lines which are recon
mended for their extinction not only
greatly safeguards his own health ant
peace of mind, but may properly bt
The western ranchman is not tempt
ed to use his orchard tract for cali
pasture because there is no grass in il
only the finely mellowed soil result
ing from frequent civilizations. There
is scad of calf pasture orchards tha
ought to be handled in this same way.
The thinning of apples on horizontal
limbs shows the best shaped as well
as the largest sized fruit to be on the
underside of the limb This is doubt,
less due to the fact that as q result OF
the law of gravity a major portion of
the sap flows along the underside. For
the same reason wound will heal
over more quickly on the under than
on the upper side of limb.
One appreciates more readily the
possibilities of destruction by forest
fires in parched sections where the
conifers abound when he sees how
like gasoline a small cypress will flare
up and burn. What takes place when
a forest Of these pftchy trees catches
fire and is famed by high wind is
simply beyond the power Of words to
describe.
The little slug, half snail and half
worm, which consumes the leaves of
cherry and pear and sometimes apple
trees, leaving but the skeleton frame
work of the leaves, can be easily killed
by spraying the infested trees with
commercial arsenate of lead at the rate
of two and half pounds to fifty gal
Ions Of water. If it is more conven-
lent to use paris green about five
ounces should be used to the same
quantity Of water, little freshly
slaked lime being stirred In to pre-
vent possible burning of the foliage
Aside from the fact that water
sprouts which grow up from the lower
part Of the trunk and from under.
ground give the orchard most sloven.
ly and unkempt appearance, there is
OF hni Nxv
al from the fact that If they are visit.
ed with the pear blight, an easily
transmissible and most dangerous tree
disease, the infection will be more
quickly communicated to the trunk or
roots where its eradication is not only
Disagreement or destruction of the
tree. All these sprouts should be re-
moved well up into the head of the
tree, as well as fruit spurs, which are
equally susceptible to infection
Perhaps the most important of the
later sprayings for the codling moth is
that which is given between July 20
and Aug. |. depending somewhat upon
season and locality For this stand
ard make of commercial arsenate of
lead should be used at the rate of
from two to three pounds to fifty gal
Ions Of water. The spray should be
applied with good pressure. and both
fruit and leaves should be well coated
with the poison. While paris green
may be used for this, there is much
greater danger of burning Of the
leaves and russeting Of the fruit. while
it does not adhere to the fruit as well
as does the other poison.
The southern cotton farmer consoles
himself with the thought that raw
cottonseed meal returned to the land
is valuable fertilizer and restores
much of the strength removed in the
harvesting of the cotton crop. when
he should rather take note Of the other
fact that if this same cOttOnSeed meal