The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-12-08

to have the supply last well through
the winter. to take care in storing
them. \ good way of doing this is to
go through The fruit carefully. picking
out that which IS SoundcSt and freeSt
from bcmish. Wrapping them in pieces
Of paper and putting in an empty bar
rel or box. IN this sorting process the
apples that are ovcrripe inferior or
damaged may be put by themselves
and should be used first. In this way
none of the fruit need be wasted. The
best temperature in which to store ap
pies is as near 30 degrees L. as posi-
bic. and for this purpose an upstairs
bedroom where il is cold Will often b,
a better place Of storage than warm
cellar
Exercise and health are So closely
connected in The case of the fowls thar
this idea as affecting thc care of tn,
flock during the winter months should
be kept constantly in mind. Exercise
ult;!lIS meant H. anu li'..IlIl illttllIf' tSSN
If any one cf the house llntS hav"
sickly yellow color it is fair 10 as
sumo that there is IL lac, of nitrogen
In the soil. This may be supplied b.
using IL moderate amount of plant
food. watering the plants with dilute
ammonia or "A small quantity of ma
nure water
The question of fresh mir FIR tn,
poultry is not Il vital on" curing The
summer months. when thu are out oi
doors I'LL day and when the ubpr and
windows of the poultry houSr IL left
wide open at night. llurin" the win
ter months. however. lhc question is
very Important. Il IS true with hons
as with human beings that thrr" is no
more prolific cause of colds and other
bronchial troubles than bad air
Fresh air should be supplied in the
hpnhouse during the coolest weather
even at the expense Of warmth.
The New jersey mosquito. which
has dcservedly achieved Il national
reputation. has in the past had as Il
breeding ground some $4,000 acres of
salt marshes. But its days seem to
be numbered. for long straight bitches
are now being dug through these
marshes which drain the Impressions
and which contain sufficient running
water so that myriads of little fish
with which the drainage bitches have
been stocked are enabled to live. feast
ing on the mosquito larvae, for which
they have Il lusty appetite. Deprcs-
sions which do not drain readily are
doped with oil or filed with sand.
While the words gutta percha and
rubber are sometimes used inter
changeably. they are quite different
The former is procured from trees
which grow in the Malay peninsula.
while rubber is from tree native to
the western hemisphere. the supply
coming chiefly from the wild trees of
Brazil and the cultivated groves Of the
Straits Settlements Rubber has been
known since the discovery of Amerl-
ca. but ii was not until 1923 that any
serious attempt was made to use it on
4 commercial scale. while the major
portion of the present enormous rub
Der business has been Il growth of the
past fifteen years.
Corn smut. known to every one who
is acquainted with the corn plant,
was formerly thought to be injurious
to stock, causing abortion and in rarcr
instances what is known as the corn
stalk disease Some time ago the bu
reau of animal industry at Washing
ton conducted some feeding expert
ments in which as high as eleven
pounds Of smut per day were fed to
some of the animals The animals
seemed to relish the smut and to thrive
on it. no injurious effects whatever be-
ing noted From this it is safe to as
sumo that the amount of smut which
cattle would get hold of in eating corn
fodder in one shape or another would
be entirely harmless.
AS the time for the winter SHOWS
approach the owner of the newly set
family or commercial orchard should
straightway take the measures neces-
Sary to protect the trees from the at
lacks of rabbits and mice. In guard
ing against the mice one of the first
things to be done is to remove all
dead grass. leaves or litter from the
base of the tree within Il radius of
two or three feet. which will prevent
their nesting near the trees. To pro-
tect from both mice and rabbits the
trunks of the young trees should be
wrapped with some kind Of paper we'll