The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-05-02

Gprink1ed In. rs they are fond OF
sweets. This mixture will Kill the dies
quickly. but will not seriously affect
the little folks should they drink two
or three sancerfuis by mistake.
Every gardener and fruit grower.
even though operating on q small
scale. should equip himself with
small hand sprayer. Of which there
are several good makes on the mar
ket- This can be used in the spraying
Of berry bushes aud potato vines.
while It can be used with good results
In giving the interior Of henhOuse or
stable spray with an insecticide or
disinfectant. By using ladder the
outfit may also be used quite effective
~ In the spraying Of smau fruit trees
While the ordinary four or six SHOW
ell corn cultivator cannot be. entirely
dispensed with in handling the corp
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 aud do the work he has little
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 Ut by applying the
tuberculin test Tn 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. aud 1t Is
questionable il they we're aroused II
they would have gumption enough to
take advantage Of the opportunity.
A HOlstcin cow. Princess CarlOtta,
owned by the Missouri experiment sta
ton. gave last year 1S.4O5 pounds OF
| milk. which. with the 6lS pounds OF
butter fat made therefrom. contained
more human food than Is represented
by the complete carcasses OF four
steers Weighing 1.250 each The guam.
tity of milk in question contained to-
tai of 2,21S pounds of dry matter. as
| follows: Protein. 552 pounds: fat. 61S
pounds; sugar. go pounds; ash. lbs
| pounds. As the carcass Of a 1,25O
pound steer is SO per cent water, each
would represent 54S pounds OF dry
matter. In view OF such milk yield
as this, one can readily appreciate that
! COW Is, In fact machine, highly
| organized and sensitive. and that hel
ration, both rs to composition and
quantity. Is . most important matter.
Now and then one unwittingly OF ne.
| cessity moves into q house that Is al
ready inhabited with the notorious
bedbug. the bane and object Of loath-
ing Of every Clearly housewife. A
friend who was confronted with just
such a situation az this 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 tEs cracks In the
shingles. -where dead bugs were found