The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-12-20

, as parasites on the business life of
the world.
There are five Institutes going on
simultaneously in five sections of the
State. Thirteen counties of North
eastern Pennsylvania make up what
is known as the Fifth Section. / am
section leader of this district. My
business mainly is to look after the
other fellow and to add some dignity
to the occasion. [Applause.l
Following Mr.. Kester's remarks,
County Chairman w. e. Perham,
! Pleasant Mount, invited the audience
| to move up front, as the room is
little hard of hearing" and intro
duced the first speaker, DR.. M. E.
Conrad, of Westgrove, Westmoreland
county, who spoke on Some of the
Common Causes of Lameness and
How They May be Prevented"
! DR.. Conrad is practical and
| learned veterinarian, has studied the
diseases of the farm, and practised
their cure. He knows what is sani-
tary and how it can be attained.
| Doctor COnrad's Address.
Doctor Conrad opened his address
by remarking that it was more i'm
portant to prevent lameness in stock
than to cure it. What do you pay"
he asked for a 1200-pound business
chunk (horse) ?" 1--WE pay 5000
and $780," some one answered.
''An ideal farm horse" continued
Doctor Conrad, will cost you 16 2-3
cents a pound. There's nothing you
sell on the farm for more than that
except the Christmas turkey. Which
place could you most economically
put on a pound of flesh; on yearl-
ing colt or on growing steer? It's
much more profitable to put the
weight on horse and sell it for
] 16 2-3 cents a pound, than on a
steer and have to sell it for cents
a pound. There's no reason why we
shouldn't produce horses at home in
stead of paying vast sums that go out
West for horses.
! 1--WE want to select our breeding
stock, SO that their progeny will not
1 inherit physical defects. If you are
selling a horse to a city man, you'll
scarcely see him notice the body. He
spends his time looking at the feet
and legs of a horse. The horse is
simply motor. He pulls a load in
motion at greater or less speed.
"Nine-tenths of the lameness in
the front feet is below the fetlock
joints and three-fourths of all the
lameness in the hind feet is below
the hook joints" [Applause.l
DR.. Conrad's lecture was illustrat-
ed with charts showing the common
forms of lameness in horses, and ex-
planning how they may be prevent
ed.
DR.. ]. H. Funk, of Boyertown,
Berks county, Pa, who has made q
n Inn 1fttrn a
raiser of fine apples and peaches,
spoke on Insects" Among other
things he said:
Doctor Funk's Address.
There's very few people have any
idea of the loss due to insect de-
predations. 1t amounts to from
s300,U00,00O, to $50O,000,00O q
year. Three-fourths of this could
be avoided by judicious spraying
We have 200,000,000 bearing apple
trees in the United States In 1896
we produced 69,000,000 millions
barrels of apples. Last year We
dropped to 28,000,000 barrels
Pennsylvania has lost $50,O0O,0OC
, by the San Jose Scale"
DR.. Funk then enumerated the
names of the insects pertaining di
, rectly to orchards. San Jose scale
was the first one he mentioned
Have you got many of them here?'
he asked. "Some," answered State
horticultural Inspector w. H. Bull
lock. Very little," replied Chair
man Perham. That's a foreigner
= you want to be acquainted with,
3 cautioned the speaker. MANY o
l you have it and don't know it.
1 "All oils are injurious to all veg
! etable tissues. Adhere to lime anC
( sulfur sprays. The Scurfy scale
5 which sucks the juices from tht
t tree, has only one progeny year
The Oyster Shell Louise is found ol
= lilac bushes and apple trees. Tn,
4 round-headed borer-Are there an,
s in your apples?" They're very bat
3 here" answered Inspector Bullock
: Keep your trunks perfectly clean
). and nicely sprayed. Then you cal
a easily detect their presence by tn
}. saw dust and go after them with
g knife. Or you can take sulphide o
e carbon and put that in the openings
o and clog up the openings with cot
j ton waste. Don't open it in a roon
t where there's fire. It's very explo
! sive.
: "The peachJborer is a beautiful
= steel-blue insect. Heap up tn
= ground six inches high around tn
T trees. About September ii take tn
ground away. Leave the trees for
I month and then go over them agalr
J. You can easily tell 1t by the saw
e dust.
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