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

The larger cornstalk bOrer Is an insect
pest that does much damage annually
to the corn crop from Maryland south
and as far west as Kansas. 1t was
originally an enemy of the sugar cane
and is supposed to have been intro
duced into this country with cane cut
tings from the West Indies, Central
and South America. 1t is also found
in British Guiana, Java and Australia.
The damage by the worm is OF two
kinds-that done first in the tender,
growing stalks when the leaves and
the crown are often riddled and that
which is done later in the season when
the worm. bOres about in the base OF
the stalk just above and below the
surface of the ground. This damage
Is not always apparent-in fact, seldom
80 unless the weakened stalk is bro
ken over by the wind, which prevents
the maturing of the ear. In some
southern cornfields losses from this
source have run as high as from 30 to
so per cent. AS in the case of other
pests which work injury to grain crops,
the work of the stalk borer can be
largely done away by system of crop
rotation in which small grains and
legumes are used. as the pest does not
persist unless there are stalks in
which pupae may spend the winter
In case corn follows corn the damage
done by them may be reduced by plow
ing the corn stubs under to good
depth early in the spring or by remov
ing the whole stalks from the field and
burning them.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1910-07-28
ALLs WELL THAT ENDS WELL

A peach of a girl with golden curl
Set a hen with a silver crest
And SAID right then to that broody hen:
Nov, mind you. do your BEST
81 want a chick from every egg.
Each chick pullet must be.
All great layers. tremendous payers.
10 iii my purse for me;
."To buy me hat of latest style.
hat to win mans heart.
Now. come, pretty hen. tits worth your
while
TO nobly do your part"
The little hen warmed those pretty eggs
And Matched one gawky chick.
That was a rooster with spindly legs
And a voice that was awful thick.
That girl didn't shed any tears, you bet!
She took that rooster there
And put him In a fattening crate
And fed him plump and fair.
And when she served her beau that fry
He grinned from mouth to eye
And cried: Sweet girl of the golden curt.
Let US to the preacher fly.
.For girl that can raise a bird like that
And serve such a fricassee
Beats the girl that thinks only of hat,
And you bet she $ the girl for mel
&. M. BARNITZ.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1910-07-28
THOSE FEATHER FlENDS.

| Hens often undress each other and
eat each others clothes, and once gone
gone forever.
A flock of naked chickens is no or.
nament to the landscape. even If II
does make summer cool and dressing
fowls for market easy
Eminent rooster doctors diagnose
feather pulling Il nervous disease. but
II surely shows IN abundance of strong
nerve for ten 10 hold up II rooste
and eat off his tail In broad daylight
Hard feathered birds. like Leghorns.
seldom have the habit. but soft plum
aged poultry. like Wyandottes. often
diSrObe each other.
A little blood. egg or feed on a roost-
err or hen and the clothing cunnibals
commence.
In mott. when new. Juicy quilts
sprout: at shows and fairs. where
fowls are often hair starved and
where. closely confined. they have
nothing to do but to think of clothes.
they oft are sorely tried and tested
and fall.
! Some soak their BOOSTERS in bitter
drugs.
1t often has little effect on hen
fashionably inclined. We hang calf
or beef pluck In the pen. and that
often stops the habit.
II not. we take Mrs. Hen and file
the edge Off her bcak SO she cannot
hold to n feather.
That ends it.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1910-07-28
INCUBATION FOR LEoUMEs.

Considering the value which attaches
to the growing of legumes as means
of restoring soil fertility much prac-
teal interest will attach to circular NO.
63 issued by the bureau Of plant indus
try at Washington under the title
methods of Legume incubation In
this brief pamphlet are discussed the
two methods which are at present fol-
lowed in soil incubation preparatory
to the growing of leguminous crops.
There is pointed out the fact-conclu-
siyely demonstrated in this and foreign
countries-that each species OF legume
may be inoculated more successfully
by using the bacteria isolated from
that species than those isolated from
some other species. The two methods
of incubation are by transfer OF soil
from an established field of the legume
which one intends to grow and by the
use Of pure nitrogen fixing cultures.
In the former case from 200 to 800
pounds of soil from a healthy old field
Of the same crop or thrifty new held
are mixed with several times its weight
Of ordinary soil and the mixture drilled
or broadcasted on the land to be SOW
ed to the legume. If broadcasted the
field should be narrowed Immediately,
and, II possible, this should be done to-
ward evening or on a cloudy day, as
sunshine is very harmful to the bac-
terra. In the second case bottle OF
the pure culture of the proper kind OF
bacteria is opened shortly before the
seed Is to be planted and mixed with
the proper quantity Of water and this
applied to the seed in such way that
all Of it will be moistened, though not
soaked. Drying of the seed may be
fastened by adding sufficient dry. sift-
ed earth. Attempts to inoculate soil
by either of the above methods may
not be successful If climatic or other
conditions are not suited to the growth
of the crop in given locality. How
ever. the department Of agriculture Is
anxious to aid in this work of intro
ducing the growth of the legumes In
new sections and will furnish the pure
cultures free in reasonable quantities..
requiring only the filling in of blank
reports, which are forwarded for the
purpose from time to time.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1910-07-28
DoN'TS.

Don't forget to open all the windows
wide. Many hens at night from near
have died.
Don't let hoppers full of feed get
damn and sour. When they're empty
scald them good and scour.
Don't feed sulphur when the wealth
orc damn. 1t will give your chickens
a bad case of cramp.
Don't let chicks do cakewalR on
concrete. They'll be bunged up I'D
their little feet.
Don't nail nests fast to the henhouse
wall. Back of them the spider ice
will crawl.
Don't treat the man at the other enh
of deal as If you deem him DUN
nv. He may be editor OF poultry
journal.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1910-07-28
THE MUscovY DUCK.

"John, john" yelled Marian. the
old ducks pitching her ducklings into
the creek. and they'll all get drowned?'
Sure enough. when John got there
the old Muscovy grabbed the last lit
tie quack by the neck and fired him
over the bank.
Gentle reader if your old quack does
the same stunt don't risk your life to
save the little rubbernecks. Mamma
Muscovy is just giving them their
first swimming lesson. And don't be
surprised if she flies to the housetop
and. storklike. builds her nest on the
chimney. In South America. where
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1910-07-28

camphor melted i'm half pound of
lard
Gasoline rubbed on head and hackle
and under wings is dandy. but fowl
must be place. in open air to recover
from dizziness.
Use Kerosene for mites and corrosive
sublimate diluted for ticks.
Nature affords dust and sun bath
together in summer; it is up to you to
furnish them in winter. If not your
flock will show their atliiction by roll
ing in dusty litter and droppings. A
box 3 by 3 and foot deep. placed
near Il sunny window. will accommodate
fifty hens.
Sun is beneficial to poultry. 1t
affords light. warmth. kills germs
and gives life and ulster to pIumage.
Place your windows low on south
side. AT least have four double sash
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1910-07-28
FEATHERS AND EGosHeLLs.

Philadelphias show exhibited So.
600 hen. and Scranton, Pa. had one
worth $4,000. If such an estimate
made them worth the money it would
not look so funny. but. oh, what a
block of highly watered stock.
Chicago is said to have 100000 stray
cats. Great guns! How did they es-
cape the beef bologna trust? Must be
great place to raise chickens with
half a million fierce felines around.
At Washington Baltimore firm was
convicted for selling ground shells for
pepper. Time for some one TO arrest
those swindlers who sell ground oyster
shells for chick feed.
Those little early quacks will often
be asking. Mother, may 20 out to
swim?" Even boiled and filtered wa
feathers mature.
While the cacking of geese saved
Rome. the quacking of ducks so
frightened the team of Il. n. Williams,
Kansas huckster. that they ran Off
and he was killed.
JdCh anu JlII, tHc bisl wv NLl'htHS
ever Matched from n single egg. were
exhibited at the state poultry show ut
st. Louis What else can be expected
in such a double header state?
A ROSTERS tail on an actor playing
rooster in a French play weighs twen-
ty-seven pounds. He ought to play
in "All's Well That Ends Well" or
swell
If you want location where poul-
try feed is free, 20 TO the Red sea,
There. in 1889. locusts covered 1000
square miles of land, and their weight
was estimated at 1850, 100000 tons.
Now. think Of all that fowl feed go
ing to waste.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1910-07-28

they are wild. they nest in the highest
trees.
They lay fifty greenish eggs n sea-
son, incubation requiring about five
weeks.
brakes weigh from ten to twelve
pounds and ducks from six to eight.
They are pure white or glossy blue
black and white.
They have caruncles on their face.
like turkey. and often mott bare. so
that hunters may pick them right up.
The brakes are great fighters. When
angry they raise their crest. wiggle
their tails. hiss and charge.
They are the oldest. most Ornamen-
tai and finest table ducks.
Not fit to eat" replies Mrs. Know
it-ail. Our first Muscovy duck was
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1910-07-28

A Minnesota hog raiser whose herds
have been immune from cholera when
his neighbors' have been heavy losers
attributes his freedom from loss to the
fact that he has purchased generous
quantities Of slack coal and scattered
it where the hogs could get it when
ever they liked. While this simple
preventive Of cholera is not vouched
for by veterinary authorities, it is in
expensive and worth trying.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1910-07-28

Chickens are about the only kind Of
live stock that can safely be allowed
the run of the orchard. and there is
no question whatever that they render
a very important service in the de-
struction of a great variety Of insects.
including bugs, worms, ants, etc. Some
husky half grown chicks which have
the run of the writer's orchard have
got on to the fact that the ants. which
do much damage by moving their
dairy cows" the aphides, from twig
to twig on the young apple trees
make headquarters in the cracks in
the soil at the base Of the tree and
they are frequently seen very indus
triously scratching this soil away that
they may get the ants and their larvae.
We plan to have ten times as many
chicks doing the same thing neyt sea-
son.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1910-07-28

to every forty feet. Such a window
one and one-haf feet from the floor
will throw sunlight enough.
Note our goose snooZing in the sun.
\ wise and happy goose. He loves
sunshine. He will have it. frccklps or
no freckles. That goose knows good
thing when he sees it. Do you?
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1910-07-28

our last. 1t was too strong. We threw
it to the pigs"
But listen lady. Never get too old
to learn. MIscovy isn't from Moscow,
! but from musk
This funny duck has musk glands
in its rump, and to keep this musk
from spelling the flesh it must be kill
ed at both ends.
First cut off the head. then the
rulnp. roast it well and it's Il trump.
FEATHERS AND EGGSHELLS.
If you have duck eggs for sale there
| is market for them among the He
brew population in the cities. They
bring more than hen eggs. and card
to reliable egg firm will bring infor-
| nation rs to prices and shipping.
As Il PROOF that it pays to feed green
food we need only state that In II
years test with POO hens at the West
Virginia experiment station 100 hens
fed green's with their grain and meat
ration laid 11,452 eggs and the other
100 on an exclusive grain and meat
ration laid 0,039.
An egg eater will pick at china
egg for awhile. roll it. tramp Oh it,
squint at it, swear at 1t and walk
away in disgust After that she'll
likely not bother real eggs. just like
the time when boy, slick. in bag
hid Il brick and you gave 1t good
kick
Blackhead has not only destroyed
nearly all the turkeys in New Eng
land. but Il similar disease has spread
to quail. and the Massachusetts fish
and game commission is investigating
the matter. as are DR.. Theobald Smith
and DR.. L. f. Tyzzer of Harvard med
zeal school and DR.. Philip HadIey Of
the Rhode Island experiment station.
When you are sure your fowls have
cholera and you wish to kill the bac-
terra that gets into the drinking wa
ter, use stone fountains. In which you
put corrosive subimate. part to 1900
parts water.
In England the "Chantecler" craze
has so caught the women that BARN
yard bonnets." in the shape Of big
ROSTERS with red combs. are worn for
hats. If it just reaches this side and
our girls buy our big ROSTERS Mt an
Easter bonnet price. oh. how nice.
The duty on hens eggs is cents, but
birds eggs come in free. A fancier
importing eggs requested a decision
from Washington as to whether hen
Is bird or what. After long and tedi-
Gus deliberation 1t was decided that a
hen is a bird. but as she is q hen also
the duty must be paid. The fellow
who made that decision Is bird also.
maybe Il cro-cus.
When Antonette Miller, a girl of
ithaca. n. Y. drank bichloride of mer-
curry in mistake her mother gave her
a quart of warm water and then. rush.
ing to the street, held up grocer wag.
on and secured five dozens of eggs She
gave the whites of these eggs to the
girl and saved her life. Just twenty
minutes later and her daughter would
have been dead Better cut this out
and keep eggs handy.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1910-07-28

Every mother who has little children
who drink miIk should take the pre-
caution Of inquiring into the health of
the COW which furnishes the milk sup.
ply, and this holds whether the COW in
question is ones own or belongs to
neighbor. This simple precaution may
save doctors bills and funeral ex-
DeuSeS.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1910-07-28

There is many canine that seems to
serve no other earthly purpose than to
eat scraps from the table, which might
better be given to the chickens, and lie
at the corner of the house to rush out
at passing pedestrians and teams. This
type Of dog should be given burial
honcrs at the earliest possible moment.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1910-07-28

The rain barrel at the corner of the
house will cease to be fertile breed
ing spot of the mosquito tribe if a
board cover. piece Of wire screen or
mosquito netting is placed over it..
Stagnant pools on or near the premises
may be kept from being a harbor for
the pests IL cupful or two of kero-
sene are poured on their surface.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1910-07-28

The automobilist who will crowd a
team Off a narrow highway Is run
brother to the teamster who is dear 10
a chauffeur's toot for half the road
and keeps bis horses in a slow walk
to +antalize the fellow behind him.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1910-07-28

The western ranchman is not tempt
ed to use his orchard tract for Al calf
pasture because there is no grass In II
only the finely mellowed soil result
ing from frequent CIVILIZATIONS. There
is a scad of calf pasture orchards that
ought to be handled in this same way.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1910-07-28

Conducted in as slipshod manner as
the poultry bushes is. yet the vaiue Oh
the eggs laid annually in the unl.eu
States is twice that of the total Vaiue
of all the precious metals mined dur
ing q like interval.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1910-07-28

The work In the garden with hoe or
cultivator may be made far more ef-
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.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1910-07-28

ANY one who wages relentless wal
on the common househy along any one
of the many lines which are recon-
mended for their extinction not ON!
greatly safeguards his own health ana
peace of mind. but may properly be
termed public benefactor.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1910-07-28

y heats all how SO many of the
things which tickle the palate ios'
are the hardest to digest.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1910-07-28

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 us a result Of
the law Of gravity u 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.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1910-07-28

The only way that seems possible of
explaining the all too limited use 10
which the King road drag is put is
that its very simplicity and cheapness
OF construction have tended 70 place il
In disrepute. whereas If it were an i'm.
plement Of road improvement which
cost ten times what it does il might
nave come into more general use But.
whatever the reason. the facts as they
stand prove that as yet we come Il
bong way from taking advantage of tbe
means within our reach for road i'm
provement. Another phase of tbis
same regrettable failure to do the hest
We can Is shown in the very limited
use Of broad tired wagons when they
are not only handler in everyday use.
but would do wonders for orr hi.h.
ways IL used instead of the narrow
tired vehicles in hauling bulky nrodrce
to market. In some states and ooun.
ties portion of the road tax 10 ohat.
ed to all users of broad tired WAGONS
The plan ought to become far mere
general than at present.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1910-07-28

There Is a whole lot about creed
theology and the hereafter that we
don't know, but ii seems to be IA prac-
teal as well as safe conclusion that
none of MS will enjoy the heaven to be
in large or satisfying degree unless
we do what we can to promote the
happiness of those with whom we live
here below by fair dealing. kindness.
sympathy and unseltishness Our re-
ligion will doubtless be tagged ,cotln-
terfeit" If as Il cloak it is put on only
in prayer meetings and on Sundays
of the week.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1910-07-28

One appreciates more readily the
possibilities of destruction by forest
fires in parched sections where the
conifers abound when he sees how
like gasoline small cypress will fare
up and burn. What takes place when
a forest Of these pitchy trees clutches
fire and is famed by Il high wind is
simply beyond the power OF words to
describe.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1910-07-28

Veterinary science has done much 10
safeguard the health Of our domestic
animals, and one Of the direct results
Of its recommendations is the quite
general use to which the dipping tank
is put as Il means of Kidding hos.
sheep aud cattle of parasites or bac-
terial ailments. A dipping tank for
grown cattle is a large affair and
quite expensive. but tank large
enough to accommodate hogs, sheen
and calves may be bought at a very
reasonable figure. And it is a good
idea to give these animals an ocea-
siOnal dipping as Il preventive meas
ure. Not only their health is safe
guarded and improved. but they are
more thrifty and make a more rapid
growth, as a result of the treatment,
which Is the prime consideration with
every. grower. Disinfectants for use
in the dipping solutions are on the
market and are both cheap and en-
tirely effective.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1910-07-28

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 IL this same cottonseed meal
were fed to dairy cows there would be
Just as much fertilizer to return to the
land in the shape Of rich manures.
while the fertilizing elements would
be in form to be much more readily
assimilated by the soil and he himself
be ahead in the dairy products result
ing. In other words, the dairy business
promises him more prosperity than
does furnishing oil for the oleO manu-
facturers.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1910-07-28

In answer to IL query of a reader Of
these notes living ut Dover bel.
which is typical of several which have
been received. The writer would say
that he has published no book under
the title Farm. Orchard and Garden"
but simply prepares three columns
of weekly notes which appear in many
news and agricultural papers over the
country. The matter Is put IN stereo-
type or plate form by the American
Press Association of a. PARK place.
New York city. and may be got in this
form from any one of the company's
sixteen branch houses over the coun-
try. Any individual may have the reg
ular reading of this matter byi sub
scribing for n paper which uses /
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1910-07-28

The bindweed. or wild mo~r,,,s a,o-
ry. belongs to that pestiferOns elias Of.
weeds like the Canada thistle and
quack grass. which not only propa gate
by maturing seed. but also by means
Of their root stalk systems. every piece
of which will start new plant a-grow-
ing: hence eradication of it involves
an entire digging of these root sys.
TENS from the soil or a careful ploW-
ing ut blossom time. when the vital
energy of the plants is taxed to the
limit. and the heavy broadcasting o.
millpt. buck wheat or rye. which vii.
germinate at once and whose dense,
rank growth will smother the bind
weed out. The blowing of this growth
under early in September usually puts
on the finishing touches. so that there
will be no further trouble from the
pest the following season.