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The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1911-02-17
THE BIENNIAL FRUITINe HABIT.

That the tendency of fruit trees to
an unconscious effort on the part "a
the tree To adjust itself I'D it, own ca
pacity to produce and to the stores Of
fertility in the soil and NOT to a fixed
biennial fruiting habit is view which
is now held by Il number of orchardists
who have had opportunity to DO some
experimenting alCng this line on their
own account. One with whom we had
opportunity for IN exchange Of ideas
recently stated that for number of
years he supposed that this tendency
of trees to bear every other year was
fixed and that there was 40 way in
which he could ret around it, But he
decided to take block of mature bear
ing trees and test the thing out for
himself He gave the soil under those
trees a good dressing Of barnyard ma
nure, followed this with clover, thinned
the apples to a moderate number Of
trees which carried an overload and
summer pruned-if at all. The results
were all that he could ask. He found
that instead of fruiting every other
year the trees thus handled bore good
crops annually. In other instances
which have been noted the same truth
has been dcmonStratcd-that trees will
bear annually if the SOIL is renewed
with proper fertilizers and if the trees
are not allowed to set such an amount
of fruit as will exhaust them and re
quire the following season for recu-
peratiOn. While under conditions which
usually prevail this biennial fruitin2
habit ii noticeable to certain extent
In a nIml;at of wild and tame tree
fruits. it is particularly true of the
apple. The orchardist who has some
how got tha idea that just because his
trees were deep rooted they didn't
need fertili2ing and has been putting
up with this alternate bearing habit as
natural law which he couldn't ger
around may derive some benefit from
the instances narrated above. Apples
take considerable amounts Of fertiliz-
linz elements from the soil. and ii fol
lows that If fruit is to be picked year
after year these elements must as reg
ularly be returned in the shape of fer
tilizerG
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1911-02-17

While the desire Of the. residents OF
the common small school district to-
have school property of their own
and maintain school therein may be
commcndablc in a way, 1t can hardly
be called good school management. lis
pecfally IS this. true IL there are not
enough children of school age in the
district to warrant the payment Of a
wage sufficient to secure the serv-
ices Of really competent teacher and
school equipment that Is effective
and up to date. In many localities a
far more sensible plan IS for all tax
payers and school patrons in the town
ship TO unite in the establishment of a
central school where practically all of
the advantages in the way Of instruc-
tton and equipment may Be- provided
that are to be found in the town
schools. The tendency Of the day Is
toward consolidation. In no realm is
there more urgent need for it than In
the case Of country schools.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1911-02-17
Offers Himself for Sale.

Wooster, Ohio.-Girls with money
and an inclination to marry may
profit by the proposition of Stanley
A. Power, a young architect, who has
advertised for a wife. Mr.. Power
sent the following advertisement to a
Chicago paper :-
FOR SAI4E-A young man, 29
years of age, height feet, 6 inches
considered handsome; will sell my
self fundamentally to the lady who
win make me the best offer; send
photograph, which will be returned
III requested; this il strictly a bona
fide offer, fn NO way connected with
a matrimonial bureau"
Mr.. Power is the son of Elmer o.
Power. He was born is Wooster, but
spent several years in the West
Now ne maintains an Office here and
- doing q thriving business as an
architect
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1911-02-17

A striking demonstration of the eff
fectiveness of the new serum treat
ment for the cure Of hog cholera has
lately been made at the stockyardS
I'm Kansas City under the direction OF
officials Of the bureau Of animal indus
try. OF bunch Of thirty-fve' hogs
twenty-five were given an Injection Of
the cholera serum, four more inoculat-
ed with the blood from hogs affected
with the disease, and the remaining
nine animals We're not treated with
anything. but We're put in with the
rest. In the course Of a few days the
four pigs died. also the group Of nine.
but the twenty-five animals which
had been given the serum treatment
were not affected BY the disease i'm
any way.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1911-02-17

After forty years of endeavor to es-
tablish the Chinook salmon Of the Pa
citic coast In eastern waters, where it
is not indigenous, success seems to
have been achieved in one instance at
least. In his annual report to the de-
partment of commerce and labor Unit
ed States Fish Commissioner Bowers
states that this species has been e.
tabliShcd in Lake Sunapee, New Hamp-
shire. where numerous specimens run
ming from three TO five pounds have
been taken with line by anglers.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1911-02-17

greensboro, and the citizens OF that
city cherished great expectations there
from, but the concern went out OF
business after somewhat brief ca
reer. -,
There is decidedly more promise in
the use OF cornstalks for making Taper
than for making celluiose. The a.
mand for. paper III this country II en-
ormous, whereas the demand for eel
lulose 1t limited. Great quantities OF
cornstalks annually go to waste on
American farms. They are plowed
under, burned or left standing to de-
cay. If the cornstalk paper mill be
comes a commercial reality IA will b.
"A great thing for The American farmer
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1911-02-17

The roof of the Big. Savage tunnel
being bored by the Carter Construc-
tion Company for the Connellsville ex-
tension of the Western Maryland Rail-
way, sprung leak and quicksand
poured through the opening ak rate
faster than 1t could be shoveled out,
last week. The contractors finally
got the sand shut of, but later 1t broke
loose again. Before experts succeed
ed in stopping the flow the hole ex-
tended to the surface of the mountain.
80 feet above the bore OF the tunnel.
letting daylight in.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1911-02-17

The writer recalls with considera Bile
amusement time. when he was nine
or ten years. old when he was badly
affected with the chicken business"
mfcrobe. So solicitous was he Of the
progress of the business that he, used
to hang around the nook where the
setting hens were located during the
warm spring months in much fear
lest the eggs should chilli IL the old
hens stayed Off the nests more than
three or four minutes. They seemed
to resent the small boys. interrupting
them in their enjoyable dust baths.
and naturally enough. for, as he learn
ed later, they We're on to their job a.
great deal better than he was.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1911-02-17

An entirely new impetus has been
given the rat killing campaign because
recent Investigations prove conclusive
" that it is prolific spreader Of the
germs of the bubonic plague, spotted
fever and other maladies. This is said
to be. due to the fact that the f1eas
which infest rats laden with disease
germs later bite and infect human Be
ings- The question OF rat extermina-
ton would thus seem to have passed
from the realm of expediency to that
of necessity
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1911-02-17

There II no rule more helpful i'm The
solving Of what our duty toward our
fellows may be in any particular in
stance or occasion than that of turn
ing the thing around-of putting one
self in the others place. 1t enables
one to determine at once what j. just
and kind and fair and, put into prac-
tice, would prevent more strife and
trouble-personal, family and commu-
nity-than can we'll be imagined.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1911-02-17

The trouble about every first class
country school teacher j. that some
Industrious young fellow OF the neigh
borhood ~ likely to learn of her ability
as homemaker as soon as the direc-
tor appreciates her worth as a pe{ia-
gogue.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1911-02-17

The exports Of cotton from the Unit
Rd States during 1910 represented an
aggregate value Of $53O,OOO,OOO, 6
ceeding by $G0OOO,OOO the highest
record ever before made. The guam
tity, however, was less by 733,000,0O0
pounds than the exports of 1908, the
value Of which was but $439, 100000.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1911-02-17

More often than not warm air In
house o. stable means foul air and -
usually more conducive to lung and
stomach troubles than the cold fresh
air which is viewed by so many per
sons as worse than pestilence.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1911-02-17

If the nesting boxes are kept sup
piled with clean material there viii
be no need of washing the eggs Be-
fore putting them down to keep-fn
fact. they will keep much better If no
water touches them.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1911-02-17

The worth Of boy or girl t. just A.
often due to the handicaps which they
have to overcome as to the favora-
Bile conditions or environment under
which they may be reared.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1911-02-17
FoleyS
Honey
and Tar

Will cure q cough OF cold mo
matter how severe and prevent
pneumonia and consumption.
A Guarantee.
This is to certify that all
druggists are authorized 60 re-
fund your money III Foley'U
Honey and Tar fails cd cure
your cough or cold. Contains
no opiates. The genuine Ia In q
yellow package. aeFuz SUBSTITUTED
For Sale BY SHAW DRUG COMPANY
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1911-02-17

The dairy barn should be kept well
ventilated not only to insure the good
health of the cows, but the sweetness
and freedom from odor Of the milk
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1911-02-17

It II "a pretty safe plan to keep 10
eye on d neighbor IL the family dog
hikes under the corncrib or back
kitchen every time he puts in an ap-
pearance.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1911-02-17

Research work which has been con-
Quoted by the biological survey in the
Blue Ridge apple district i'm Virginia
shows that some twenty-five species OF
native birds prey upon the codling
moth. and it is estimated that they de-
stroy from 80 to 81 per cent of the
alternating pupae. This means that
birds are a more effective means of
keeping this pest in check than NIL the
rest Of their natural enemies com
bined
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1911-02-17

Those who have Travelled through
eastern Oregon and down the Colum-
bia river have noticed with much in
terest the barriers erected along the
track in many places to stop the shift
ing sands and keep them from block
ing the track. Notwithstanding this
precaution not infrequently trains have
to stop until the sand drifts have been
removed
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1911-02-17

Sage and tapioca are two Food prod
ucts used extensively in American
cooking. The first is prepared from
the starch secured from the pith OF
several species of East Indian palm
trees. Tapioca il made by heating
i'm d moist state the starch made from
the root Of the cassava or tapioca
plant, which is a native Of several
South American countries.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1911-02-17

Arbitration T. a whole lot cheaper
than lawinG and makes better neigh
bOrs.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1911-02-17

There is no enterprise along agricul-
tural lines that can be set afoot in a
community that will do more to con
tribute to it, material wealth, con
tenrment and prosperity than dairyfng
Fundamentally this is because 1t means
the establishing Of a system or type
of farming which means soil replen-
ishing instead of soil robbing and i'm
DOverishing
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1911-02-17

An entire family of seven, including
the father, mother and five children,
was killed by Illuminating gas early
Sunday at Philadelphia, r.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1911-02-17
PNEUMONIA FOLLOWS A COLD.

But never follows the use OF Foley's Honey and
Tar. which checks the cough and expes the cold
M. Stockwell, Hannibal No. says. 1T beats all
the remedies ever used. / contracted bad cold
and cough and was threatened with pneumonia
One bottle of Foley's Honey and Tar completely
cured me-" No opiates. Just reliable household
medicine. For sale by Shaw Drug Co.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1911-02-17

ting remarkable egg returns by screen
ing off portion Of one Of his green
houses and keeping the flock Of hens
there within view OF the growing and
blossoming flowers. The secret Of his
success. and there would seem to be
no good reason to doubt it, lies in the
fact that he has in large measure re
produced for the hens springtime con
dltions, which are very favorable TO
egg production.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1911-02-17
THOUSANDS o. LoAFERS.

Figures which have lately been pub
llshed by Hugh Van Peit, state dairy
expert Of Iowa. show that of the 1900
O00 cows kept I'm the state there are
at least 100000 which not only do not
return their owners any profit during
tile year. but are handled at posi-
tive Ioss-that is. the farmers who
milk and care for these cows or hire
men to do it actually pay for the
privilege Of monkeying with them.
Iowa's showing IN this regard may b.
poorer than Wisconsin's Oh New
York's. but IL IL fair guess that I'm
many other dairy states the percent
age Of "loafers" Is as large. This situa-
ton should be remedied. and the only
cure there ~ lies through the use OF the
Rabcock test to determine butter fat
content or milk and careful weigh
ing OF milkings ait intervals to deter
mine the volume given in the course Of
q year.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1911-02-17

Just 30 long as the handlers and d.
tributers of the products 90 tn soil
are able To 10 manipulate the situa-
tion as to get 65 cents out OF every
dollars worth Of produce raised. 50
long will there exist most powerful
influence toward the formation OF CO.
operative enterprises which will cut
cross lot 10 the consumer AND leave
the iobber and middleman out or the
deal. Standing all the expense and
risk involved In production, 1t L. only
fair that the producer should receive
more than 30 per cent OF the market
vaine OF tine crop for his labors.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1911-02-17

Shippers Of the country and especial
Nv growers of perishable fruits win
note with interest the outcome or a
case brought BY Dumas. a Columbia
river valley fruit grower, against the
Oregon Railroad and Navigation COM
pany for loss sustained because Of a
failure or the transportation company
10 provide cars at specified intervals as
per terms Or special contract In
giving its ruling on the case the court
the United States court Of appeals
for the Ninth district-held that such
contract was not invalid as discrimi-
natory and contrary to public policy
4nd that thg carriers inability to fur
nish cars at specified times. as agreed,
owing to an unusually heavy traffic NJ
the time they were demanded. con
stituted no defense TO an action seek
Ing to recover damages sustained be-
cause or such failure
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1911-02-17

Somewhat exhaustive tests In diges-
ton and nutrition which have been
conducted by the agricultural depart
ment at Washington 90 to show that.
contrary to a generally accepted view,
cheese requires no more energy to di-
gest than a corresponding amount OF
meat This would indicate that as a
source of protein it may be eaten in
quantity without ill effect instead of
being nibbled a. an indigestible deli
cacy largely for it, agreeable flavor
There Is soon to be issued by the de
partment a pamphlet giving numerous
recipes for the use of cheese in more
liberal quantities.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1911-02-17

More often than is the case life in
Surance should be viewed a. a system
attic and regular method Of saving
than as mere insurance against death.
There are many men who take this
view and who put practically all Of
their surplus earnings into insurance
premiums. Payments must be made
at regular intervals. are anticipated
and a definite plan made to meet them.
In the matter Of being able to afford
the carrying of life insurance It IS
more often true than not that the fell
low who says he is too poor to carry
insurance Is the one whose family Il
ln need of just such protection and
who would be left destitute and I'M
provided for in case Of his death.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1911-02-17

Failure to Use the Babcock test in the
determining Of the butter fat product
OF each member OF the dairy herd not
only prevents an effective elimination
OF the loafer, but also prevents ADJUST
ing the grain ration Of the individual to
her actual needs-that is. to the amount
Of butter fat produced. A feeding rule
based on this test which is followed
by many dairymen Il to give each
COW ID many pounds on grain Re- day
as she produces In butter fat per week.
For instance, a cow giving twelve
pounds of butter fat per week IS given
twice as much grain as the COW produc-
Ing but six pounds. Yet how many
dalrymen continue in the same old rut,
giving COW I'D many quarts or feed,
whether she IL producing much OF lit
tie butter, just because she is COW
and is giving some milk!
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-09-12
SAYS PROPORTION HERE Of
JAPANESE WILL NOT crow

The following is a bulletin of the
Board of immigration:
Recently an estimate was given
out of the probable decrease of Ha-
waiians and increase of part Hawaii
ans in this Territory Up to 1920. The
following similar estimate for the
Japanese presents greater difficulties,
because emigration introduces an un-
certain factor, and because the chang
ing proportion of women and children
in this population affects the natural
increase. Consequently the following
table, though based on mathematical
probabilities, is likely to be falslfed
by unpredictable future conditions.
During the past ten years the an
nual increase of Japanese in Hawaii
from excess of births over deaths
averaged about "a per cent though
as the enumeration was probably
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-09-12
FIRST BIG JOB IN
LOCAL SEWER EXTENSION

The Waipiolpilo district and Iwilei
are to get a sewer system; the sewage
pumping plant is to be augmented by
the installation of some additional
electric driven pumping machinery;
the big outfall pipe and section of
the intake, which now leaks and i'm
poses about a million and a half gal.
Ions extra work per day for the pumps,
is to be repaired, and the capacity of
the sewer on Queen street from River
street east is to be increased.
This is the program that was decid-
ed upon at noon today, after a several
hours conference between Marston
Campbell, superintendent of public
works; E. A. Mott-Smith, secretary of
the Territory, and President Pratt of
the Board of Health. The meeting this
morning was in reality a meeting con.
tinued from yesterday afternoon, dur
ing which the matter was very thor
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-09-12
KAPAA LEASE
IS NOW READY

The Kapaa lease is nnally ready
for advertising.
A meeting of the Board of Land
Commissioners called for 3 o'clock
yesterday for the purpose of formally
approving the conditions as agreed to
by Senator Fairchild and Governor
Frear, failed of a quorum, and the
meeting consequently went over till
8 o'clock this morning. This time a
quorum was present-Messrs. w. A.
Kinney, r. II. Trent, Frank Andrade
and Samuel Dwight. The formality
of approving the lease was a per-
functory one.
There is nothing now, in the range
of possibility, that can prevent the
full consummation of a proposition
which has been pending almost con-
tinuously in one form or another for
the past four years or more, by which
it was intended that the Makee Sugar
Company should secure possession OF
the rich Kapaa district Of Kauai.
Under the present agreement It gets
a lease on $50 acres of cane land for
but one plant and one rattoon crop,
for term of about three years, at a
nominal rate of rent, on condition OF
certain extensive permanent improve
ments being made.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-09-12
COMES HERE To
SEEK PARASITE

DR.. A. LeboeuS was an arrival this
morning by the Makura from Austria
liza. He is from Noumea, New Gale
donia and has come here at the re.
quest of the French government for
the purpose of obtaining a parasite to
kill the lantana, which has become a
pest in the French colony, He is the
guest of DR.. Augustus Marques, who
is the Consular Agent here for France
DR.. Marques met the visitor doctor at
the vessel, and will sid hir; in his
sc1rch. There Is an excellent parasite
here that keeps the laEtana IN check.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-09-12
Morgan Buying Out The
Pacific Mail And Planning
Ocean GreyhOundS For Pacific

NEW YORK, Sept. 2.-The South
ern Pacific is preparing to let go its
steamship holdings on the Pacific, and
although no official announcement has
yet been made, it can be stated on
good authority that an agreement has
been practically reached whereby the
International Mercantile Marine, at
the head of which is j. Pierpont Nor
gan, will take over the control of the
Pacific Mail Steamship Company.
Bates & Chesebrough are mentioned
as the probable general agents repre-
senting the new management in San
Francisco. r. p. Schwerin, vice pres
ident and general manager of the Pa
cific Mail Company, will lose his head,
but will not be out of a job, as be is
said to have been offered the vice
presidency and general management
of the American-H Hawaiian line.
Unknown Buyer Gets Stock.
For some time speculation has been
rife as to the identity of the unknown
buyer of Pacific Mail stock. During
the last few months this unknown has
picked up about 10000 shares. 1t. is
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-09-12

oughly gone into. It is expected that
the work outlined will use up all Of
the $4,000 available from the bond is
sue this year for sewer purposes.
The decision to spend practically all
of the money in repairing the present
plant and in taking care of Waipilo-
pilo and Iwilei will probably arouse
protests from half a dozen places in
the city where sewers are badly
needed, but in the opinion of the meet.
ing the two districts to be given the
benefit of sewers are of the greatest
importance as safeguard to the rest
of the city. The $4,000 available is
less than a tenth part of the amount
which is needed to put in sewers
where they are needed. Moreover,
this cannot be done without a general
re-planning of the sewer system, since
the present system is inadequate for
present needs, and incapable of
further extension.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-09-12

Charley Frazier was found in his
usual state of serenity when a Star
man saw him today about the new
billboard fuss. He said;
mo one has objected to me about
the Goodrich tire sign, and l know
nothing more about the matter than
what | saw in the morning paper,
which can, of course, be depended
upon to make mountain out, of a
mole hill any time it wants to knock
competing advertising medium.
George r. Carter is the only man
that | have heard of who has objected
to the location of the Goodrich signs.
His objections are, so / understand,