The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1910-07-28

II beats all how SO many or IN
things which tickle the palate mos
are the hardest to digest.
Conducted in as slipshod Il manner Il
the poultry bushes is, yet the 'aiue "
the eggs laid annually IN the Onlte'
States is twice that of the total Naiu
of all the precious metals mined our
ing q like interval.
The automobilist who will crowd
team off narrow highway Is 1ui
brother to the teamster who Is dpaI U
a cbauffeur's toot for half the ron'
and keeps his horses in Il slow wall
to tantalize the fellow behind him.
The work In the garden with hoe o.
cultivator may be made far more Ell
fectiye and satisfactory If the tool
are kept sharp with u good sized broht
file. 1t makes all the difference he
tween drudgery and enjoyable work.
Any one who wages relentless wa
on the common housetiy along any on
of the many lines which are recon-
mended for their extinction not on.
greatly safeguards his own health ant
peace of mind. but may properly b'
termed a public benefactor.
The western ranchman is not tempt
ed TO use his orchard tract for Al cal
pasture because there is no grass IN
only the finely mellowed soil result
ing from frequent CIVILIZATIONS. Iher'
is a scad Of calf pasture orchards ina
ought to be handled in this same way.
The thinning Of apples on horizontal
limbs shows the best shaped as wei
as the largest sized fruit to be on TIN
underside of the limb. This is doubt
less due to the fact that us q result 81
the law Of gravity u major portion o
the sap flows along the underside. Fol
the same reason a wound will hea
over more quickly on the under thai
on the upper side Of u limb.
One appreciates more readily thu
possibilities of destruction by fOres
fires in parched sections where thu
conifers abound when he sees how
like gasoline small cypress will fare
I'D and burn. What takes place whei
forest Of these pitchy trees catches
fire and is famed by ii high wind il
simply beyond the power Of words tt
describe.
The little slug. half snail and hal
worm. which consumes the leaves 81
cherry and pear and sometimes apple
trees. leaving but the skeleton frame
work of the leaves. can be easily killet
by spraying the infested trees will
commercial arsenate Of lead at the rat,
of two and n half pounds to fifty gal
Ions of water. If it is more cOnvpn
lent to use paris green about five
ounces should he used to the same
quantity Of water, IL little freshl.
slaked lime being stirred In to pre-
vent possible burning of the foling g
Aside from the fact that waite
sprouts which grow up from the lowe
part of the trunk and from under
ground give the orchard a most slower
~ and unkempt appearance. there
a still stronger reason for their remoy
al from the fact that If they are visit
ed with the pear blight. an easil
transmissible and most dangerous TIRE
disease, the infection will be NOR
quickly communicated to the trunk q
roots where its eradication Is not Onl
difficult, but may result In the seriou
Disagreement or destruction OF til
tree. All these sprouts should be II
moved we'll up into the head of til
tree, as we'll as fruit spurs, which al
equally susceptible to infection.
Perhaps the most important Of tn
later sprayings for the codling moth
that which is given between July .
and Aug. l. depending somewhat upo
season and locality. For this stant
ard make of commercial arsenate {
lead should be used at the rate {
from two to three pounds to fifty ga
Ions of water. The spray should
applied with good pressure. and bot
fruit and leaves should be well cOate
with the poison. While paris gree
may be used for this, there is niue
greater danger Of a burning of I'll
leaves and russeting of the fruit. viii
it does not adhere to the fruit as we
as does the other poison.
The southern cotton farmer console
himself with the thought that ra
cottonseed meal returned to the Ian
! ia n valuable fertilizer and restore