The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1910-05-26


added to half pint Of water, the solu-
ton being put In any convenient shall
low dish. The flies will be attracted
to 1t more quickly II little sugar Is
sprinkled In, as they are fond Of
sweets. This mixture will kill the files
quickly, but will not seriously affect
the little folks should they drink two
or three saucerfuls by mistake.
Every gardener and fruit grower.
even though operating ON a small
scale, should equip himself with a
small hand sprayer, Of which there
are several good makes on the mar
ket. This can be used in the spraying
of berry bushes and potato vines,
while 1t can be used with good results
In giving the interior of henhouse or
stable a spray with an insecticide or
disinfectant. BY using a ladder the
outfit may also be used quite effective
ly In the spraying of small fruit trees.
While the ordinary four or six shov-
ell corn cultivator cannot be entirely
dispensed with in handling the corn
crop, more scientific cultivation Of the
soil as well as more thorough killing
of weeds can be effected with the
knife or surface cultivator. 1t takes a
little time to get the knives to working
at their best, but when the operator
gets them adjusted once so that they
scour and do the work he has little
further trouble. Many corn growers
will use nothing else for the later till
ing of the field, when the soil Is dry
enough to work.
The dairyman who Is wide awake
and keeping up with the procession has
already eliminated the loafers from his
herd Of cows by means Of the Babcock
tester. while those run down with dis
ease he has got rid Of by applying the
tuberculin test. On the other hand,
there are scads Of fellows, dairymen,
so called, who are still shining along
in the same old slipshod manner, not
knowing and seemingly not caring
whether their cows are paying their
way or not. Little short of an earth
quake would wake them up, and 1t Is
questionable If they were aroused If
they would have gumption enough to
take advantage Of the opportunity.
Holstein COW, Princess Carlotta.
owned by the Missouri experiment sta
ton, gave last year 1S,4O5 pounds OF
milk, which, with the 81S pounds of
butter fat made therefrom, contained
more human food than Is represented
by the complete carcasses of four
steers weighing 1,25O each, The guam
tity of milk In question contained a to-
tai Of 2.21S pounds of dry matter, as
follows: Protein, 552 pounds; fat. 61S
pounds; sugar. 92O pounds; ash, 1913
pounds. AS the carcass Of a 1850
pound steer Is SO per cent water, each
would represent 648 pounds of dry
matter. In view of such a milk yield
as this, one,can readily appreciate that
a COW Is, In fact, a machine, highly
organized land sensitive, and that her
ration, both as to composition and
quantity, is most important matter.
Now and then.one unwittingly Of ne
cessity, moves into house that is al
ready inhabited with the notorious
bedbug, the bane and object Of loath-
ing Of every cleanly housewife. A
friend who was confronted with lust
such situation asithis resorted to the
sulphur method. which consisted Of
sprinkling about three pounds of sui
phur on half an iron kettle Of live
hardwood Goals. 1t did the business.
The sulphur fumes penetrated every
where. coming out Of the cellar win
dows and through 1.-THE cracks in the
shingles. where dead bugs were found
by the dozen when roof repairs were
made later. 1t is well to set the kettle
Of Goals In shallow box Of earth or