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be appropriately dressed on busy day.
when he has a dozen or more engage
ments, the mere labor Of changing his
clothes alone would brighten an ordinary
man who puts on one suit in the morning
when he goes TO business, and maybe
changes for dinner when he gets home at
night.
The present London season began May
6, when court mourning for the late King
Edward came 10 an end. 1t closes about
the end of July, and from May practi-
cally to August King George will be
literally on the run all day and every
day, performing all sorts of social en-
gagements. and every day changing his
clothes anywhere from six to a dozen
times The season will eliminate. of
course, at the coronation June %. which
probably will be the busiest day of King
Georges life, but the festivities before
and after ii will be SUCH that more than
ordinary strength and stamina will be re-
quired TO carry him through.
1t is a safe enough prediction, however,
that King George will come through all
right. Unlike his father. he IS a strong
believer in the virtues of the simple life
and he spares no pains to keep himself
in the pink of physical health. He is an
abstemiouS eater and almost tee
totaller. and he never misses A day with
out taking his accustomed stint of physi-
cal exercise. 4 season. like the present
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Australia. He was surprised to find that
this liquid wiped out the scale. The fact
was reported 10 the Agricultural Depart
ment, and then, as d result OF its eN-
perimentS. began the wholesale spraying
which now goes on all over the country.
Every winter or spring the commercial
orchards of the United States are spray
ed with this mixture. The concentrated
spray is too strong to use after the leaves
have come out. but il does not injure the
trees while vegetation is dormant, and if
applied to every bit Of the bark above
ground il wipes out the scale.
Moreover, the San Jose scale has no
wings To fly from tree TO tree, although
the young can climb about from their lit
tie homes over the branches, and can be
carried on the feet of birds to the other
trees of the orchard or to other orchards,
which may be many miles off. 1t may
also be blown by the wind short dis
lance.
The insect has 50 spread that there
is scarcely a locality in the United
States which is free from it. and the only
salvation of an orchard Is regular spray
ing from year to year. The scientists
tell me the spraying should begin as soon
as the trees are planted. for the scale
may exist on the nursery stock, and
single family which may start with
space big as the finger nail Of a baby
will soon populate not only Your orchard,
but also those of Your neighbors The
insects live on the trees of the forests.
so that the only safe method is a whole
sale slaughter each year
spent some time with Prof. Waite,
who is now studying the prevention of
the rot which develops in oranges, ap-
pies. peaches and other fruits on their
way to the markets. He took me into
his laboratories, where a number OF mi
croscopists and other scientists were
working, and where there were long ia
bles filled with glass jars. These were
so covered to prevent the invasion OF
bacteria and they contained oranges
which had been inoculated with fungus
and given the right conditions for its de-
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their trade, and the kings clothing bill IS
a modest one. He pays from $40 to $50
for suit, the lower price being for his
lounge suits and the higher for his even
ing clothes. and his tailors' bills rarely
exceed $1,000 year. His uniform BILL II
he laid in uniforms as King Edward did,
would be much heavier one, but as
matter of fact King George hasn't many.
OF course. he has the British uniforms
that he is entitled to wear but the writer
learned the other day that in some cases
he makes one tunic do for three or four
regiments by changing the trimmings
and ornaments as the occasion requires
This is quite an appreciate economy, as
a full uniform outfit, consisting OF fuii
dress and undress. costs about 800. lie
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mitted is what is known as ''paEtaloon
dress" consisting of an evening coat,
with black trousers cut close to the leg
and fitting tightly around the ankles.
King George on the whole, however
has decidedly economical taste in
clothes and his tailor declares that he Is
an ideal customer The reason for this
is that he never requires any freaks
and that his figure is such that he is
easy to tit. No doubt a good many Amer
lean tailors would like to have the &C
count. both for the good money that 1t
brings in and for the advertising to be
got out of it. They wouldn't like 1t so
much if they knew the facts.
The kings tailors must never use their
royal patronage in any way to increase
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velopment. ! saw large number of
glass tubes the mouths of which We're
plugged with cotton. Each tube con-
tanned species of fungus which. by the
table life.
Fungus is a sort of plant which feeds
on other plants. Ii is plant cannibal
or parasite as it were 1t is SO small
that you have to have a microscope to
examine it. but it develops so rapidly that
it soon eats up and destroys any fruit
TO which it attaches itself. | was shown
a glass cage, something like telephone
booth, which was made by Mr.. Waite
that it might be bacteria proof. This IS
in order that the men may work safety
within it and that the fungus they are
studying may not be affected by the
other little pests flying around. rms
booth has a draft which forces the air
in through sheets of cotton wool, Wad-
ded together that the bacteria cannot go
through them. 1t is this air that is
hreathed by the operator at work In the
booth.
In other places they were working on
forms of fungus which affect the leaves
and in others upon those which eat at
the bark and heart of the tree. 1t was,
in fact, great medical laboratory de-
voted TO tree diseases and their proven
ton.
found some similar things in the lab
oratories of Prof Quaintance. who is
fighting all sorts Of insects and worms
which attack our orchards. and also in
the rooms Of Prof. Scott. who is one OF
the most famous Of our scientific doctors
as to the treatment of fungus diseases.
It is impossible to estimate the damage
done to our orchards by bugs and
rot There are from fifteen to twenty
insect pests which cost this country from
sixty 10 seventy-five million dollars a
wear The control of the San Jose scale
foots up many millions. and then there
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owns few foreign uniforms. but is content
to order them as he requires them.
1t is royal etiquette for monarch
when he receives the right to wear the
uniform of another country to have II
made by that country's tailors. SO easy
is King George to fit that when he finds
he needs German or a Russian uniform
he simply sends an old tunic over as a
pattern. Another monarch, who Is equal
" fortunate is the ear. A few months
ago he wanted British uniform and
sent tunic to King Georges tailors
When they came to cut the cloth they
found that they didn't need the car
pattern at all. They just used King
Georges and the, result was perfect
fit.
So, therefore, King Georges wardrobe
is not an extensive one. His outfit OF or
binary clothes. as has been said, Is rather
smaller than that of most r;ch men ana
his supply of uniforms, while 1t may
grow as he has occasion to pay state Wis
its abroad or attend ceremonial functions
at home, is at present small In addition
to the uniforms of the thirty British resi-
ments he is entitled to wear that of at
least one regiment in every country In
Europe In many he may wear two or
three King Edward had all these uni
forms always ready.
OF course the mere act of changing
is made as easy for the king as pos
sible He. has two Wallets, the senior.
Hewlett, having been with him for a
number of years, and two hrushers
who assist the Wallets. \ valet ana
brusher are always on duty. Every
morning the valet receives copy OF the
kings list of engagements for the day
and it is his duty 10 have the appro-
pirate clothes ready when the king comes
to change. He must know al the NICE
ties Of all the uniforms and see that
everything is correct to the last dot. In
spite of all this responsibility the pay
is not high. Hewlett receives salary
of $500 a year and has an apartment In
St James Palace. OF course. he will also
he pensioned as King Edwards valet
was when he grows too old TO work or
when his master dies
x
Apart from all this dressing and un-
dressing and all the regular ana extra
ordinary business he will have to attend
to during the coronation season, King
George will have to do lot of private
entertaining. The other day he went
over the list of his royal relatives who
will actually be housed III Buckingham
Palace during the coronation ceremonleS
Il never knew before that had so many
cousins IN the world he said to MS
secretary And no wonder he made this
remark, for there will be eighteen DIS
tinct parties of them in the palace COM
prising over ninety persons IN all VINO
can claim close blood relationship mag
inc having TO be polite TO ninety unc!es
and cousins and aunts all at one time lof
a fortnight on a stretch. Ana pelhg po
lite is not merely form with h!ns
George He is strong believer in the
duty of hospitality and he may be rellea
on TO see personally after his guests
comfort and to devote some personal At
tention to each one. Al ordinary na"
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THE San Jose Scale, the
1 Control of Which Costs
Tens of Millions-The Bor-
ers and Various Rots-In
a Government Laboratory
Our Big Peach Crop Saved
by a Lime-Sulphur Solution
Stories of Fortunes in
Peaches - How One Poor
Boy Made Good-A Word
of Warning to Orchard In
vestorS.
Copyright. 1911. by Frank G.. Carpenter
1.-THE larger IDEAS have smaller feas
Upon their backs to bite en-
And those small feas have other feas.
And 50 al infnitum."
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Golf and Kisses.

&c EASHORE golf seldom amounts TO
- much" said H. Chandler Egan, the
golf champion on the Wheaton
links. "Seashore golf always suggests to
me the dialogue between Jack and jill.
"'Oh, Jack, dear, don't" whispered Jill.
The caddie will see US
NO he WON'T said Jack He's too
busy looking for the ball, and It's in my
pocket .a.---------------
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lects a man he places implicit confidence
in him and requires uncommonly strong
evidence against him before he with
draws that confidence. King Edward
often was swayed by tiie gossip OF tlo
court and hampered his assistants BY
this lack OF trust.
King George will get through his busy
season all right. and II he does go TO
cure" at the end of II II VIII be not
because he feels he can't do without II.
hut because his family and physicians
have insisted on 1t as q precautionary
measure And il he goes IL will be TO an
English cure" for the king is very
keen on reviving the giorieS OF the Eng
fish spas at Harrogate and Bath. which
he regards as fully equal to the fashion
able Dads on the continent.
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studying their habits and practicing how
10 destroy them. ! went today through
a number of laboratories where these lit
tie beings are cultivated. Some are SO
small that billion or so can be crowded
into thimble. and they breed go rapidly
that single family Will produce more
than sixteen hundred million children and
grandchildren in a season. many genera
tions being crowded into that time.
Take for instance the San Jose scale,
which has cost our fruit growers some
thing like S2oo.oOoo00 and for which
they are now spending millions to
ficht. ] looked at il through the micro
score in the genealogical bureau today.
The one j examined was among those
on peach limb which covered il as
closely almost as the pores of your skim
Each scale is a waxylike body not as big
as the head Of pin, and the insect itself
lies under this using il a a shield while
II sucks the life-bood of the tree.
The little being is male and female and
the sexes are married and have children
not unlike human beings The single
female. however. will have t0o young in
a season. and the young reach maturity
so quickly that one little wife may pro-
duce 100 babies year. while the OFF,
spring OF one parent during single sea-
son has been estimated at more than
sixteen hundred million females. When
IL Is remembered that there are colonies
OF this insect scattered throughout every
orchard region of the United States from
northern Michigan to the Everglades of
Florida and from Los Angeles to Della
ware YOU NAV appreciate what JOB ii
is to control them
Talk about the Yellow Peril. This little
animal came from across the Pacific. II
was brought in on some peach stock i'm
ported from China and was running the
orchards of southern California when
one OF the farmers of that region gave
his trees a wash of sheep dip. The
dip was composed of a lime. salt and
sulphur solution, which had come from
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are also the coddling moth, the plum
curculio, plant lice and the apple and
peach borers, which fatten on the roots of
the trees.
Rockies something like 100000 such
trees. and they are yielding a crop worth
Sl5.oCD,GD a year. In some seasons the
brown rot takes away fully half of the
profits of the south, and the plum cur
culio often eats down peach income
to the amount of three or four million
dollars. BY the recent discoveries of
PrOfs. Scott and Quaintance We are able
to control certain peach pests. and this
means an annual saving of millions The
sulphur wash mixed with ars.nate of
lead. 1t is applied several times during
the season.
Now that the people are going crazy
over the money in apples they seem 10
have forgotten the profits which have
been and being made in peaches.
I am told that the peach is one Of the
biggest CANDLES in the great lottery of
fruit raising. 1t often fails, but single
good crop covers many past losses. and
two or three make the orchardist rich.
Take the Miller Brothers of West Vir-
ginia They have an orchard which
has Yielded dividends of $500 per acre,
and out of which they have been making
from 40 to co per cent per annum. We
have altogether more than 100 million
peach trees. There are S,O0O,OD in Mich
igan and almost an equal number in
Georgia. Texas and California. Kansas
is a great peach state, and so are Mary
land and Delaware. Along the eastern
shores of Lake Michigan there is a peach
back from the lake. extending north and
south for distance of 100 miles. Georgia
has number of orchardists who are cul
tivating more than 10000 trees, and there
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most mllionaires work harder than most
day laborers. but few people either in
England or America realize that the king
also works as hard as the poorest OF his
subjects, and a good deal harder than
most of them.
II is true that much OF the kings Work
is what most people would call pleasure
but when one has 10 work at pleasure for
twelve or fourteen hours a day IT De-
comes hard labor and there Is no getting
out OF il for King George He rs the
official head OF British society and the
English Church and the British army and
the British navy not 10 speak OF the
British empire. and he must be on snow
at all sorts of ceremonial functions All
the time And al every function ne must
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me of the multitude who are rushing into
such enterprises and investments with
out consideration. rs Prof. Waite said 70
me today. the machinery of fruit growing
and farm ng is more wonderful than that
Of the largest cur factory or electrical IN
dustry. Its success requires the most
careful selection Of soil. Il knowledge OF
the crops one is attempting to raise.
also the being Johnny on the spot
throughout all or A greater part OF the
year. Notwithstanding this men who
would not buy a lot without the most
careful searching of title go into any
business without having thoroughly In
vestigated the markets. the machinery
and the past profits and losses. VIII risk
the savings of lifetime In a gold mine
of which they personally know nothing.
in an orchard scheme the information
concerning which is presented only on
paper.
Take, for instance. the case of a gov
eminent employe VINO called the other
day to ask the advice OF The fruit men as
to an investment in a new orange region
which is being exploited in various parts
of the south THIS orange is Of Jap
anese variety which will grow much
farther north than the sweet oranges or
Florida or California The locality pro-
posed was somewhere In Alabama. The
scheme is MANAGED b. a syndicate which
is selling its lands a. $500 per acre. with
the understanding that the trees are 20 ne
planted at once and are 10 be cared Tor
for FIVE years. at which time they VIII
come into bearing. The prospectus has
figures which show that a tract or nNe
acres so treated will give man profit-
able income Sad the pomologist who
told me this story:
THAT man was a proofreader who
has to do with government printing.
His work is such that the mis-
placing of a comma might cost Uncle
Sam millions, and a mistake would lose
him his job. This. he told me- had so
worn upon his nerves. that he felt he
must arrange for his leaving the service
at some time in the near future. re
said he thought this would be good place
to invest his savings, and that he Wohld
eventually retire to his orchard. He said
he intended to put in all he had and to
pay the balance on installmentS OF Slo
a month asked him IT he iad gone
down TO Alabama to see the land and IN
vestigate the proposition. He replied that
he had not but that the prospectus gave
all the figures and showed just what the
profits would be. ! asked il he knew
the managers. He said he did not |
thereupon strongly advised him TO make
no such investment without further
knowledge. He said. however. that hs
thought he would risk 1t. and so went
away His mind was made up before he
came in. and my advice was worth moth
ing
The Agricultural Department has many
such schemes brought daily before IL.
Some of them are good and will pan out
all right, but a great number are ques-
tionabe. to say the least, and those woo
invest should make the most careful in
ouries into locations. markets and the in
dividuals who are managing before they
risk that which has cost them years or
privation to save.
FRANK G. CARPENTER.
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ONE with me 70
{ h e Agricultural
Department and see
how Uncle Sam is
waginC war on the
flies. bugs and bac-
terra which are in
.iuring the farmer.
He is finding them
by the millions and
he has scores of
scientists who are
r e a ring them.
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was in progress. and when il was done
found that il didn't suit him at all. An
other trait of King Georges character
which saves him from undue strain Is
his trust in his assistants Once he Sc
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WE'LL CARED FoR PEACHES ONLY CAD FRUIT
On TOP OF LAST BASEET

munched the fruit. while he wondered
whether he should ever be able TO pay
off the debt and make a man of him
self. As he did so he looked up at tie
peaches and thought now fine il would
be TO have a few thousand such trees
and make fortune in fruit The thought
grew upon him. and he decided to try.
In one way and another he scraped and
saved until he had Si00 IN cash. He
earned more during the winter. and IN
the spring was able To buy 5000 peach
trees and plant them out on the home
farm. They grew. and through his eN-
cellent care soon surpassed all the trees
of the neighborhood. He raised crops
between the rows. and finally brought
the orchard into bearing.
Before the fruit was ripe. however thu
mortgage came due. and the elders Of tie
church which held it notified him he
must come in and pay. He pat them off
for few weeks and rushed his fruit TO
the markets. handling 1t so that he got
the highest prices. He advertised in the
Hartford papers, and hired storerooms
there for the display of his peaches. His
profits were such that he soon had more
than enough money in the bank to paw
off the mortgages and leave him big
sum for the future.
"HaIe's first peach harvest. in short, net
ted him about $4,000 This was not
known to the churchmen until he came in
and said:
We'll. gentlemen, have come to ar
But, young man. We don't know that
we can extend it, said one of the dea-
cons. You boys have been very ex-
travagant in selling your peaches. and we
can't afford to lose this money
But, said young Hale. You don't
need TO lose the money. l have come in
to pay the note
".Oh" returned the elders. If you have
the money to pay we would just az liet
let it run. We will have to put the money
elsewhere. You had better keep 1t. All
we want is our interest.
NO. indeed replied Hale. ! have the
money and l am going TO get rid of that
MORTGAGE And he thereupon paid the
note.
The next year" continued this man,
Hale set out more peaches. He cultivat-
ed and fortified his orchard and ne
proved that fruit could be made pront-
able in Connecticut. In 1Aso he maze
$4,000 out of one crop from thir'y-nve
acres and he gave such stimulus to peach
growing in New England that there are
now something IKE 3,0O0,o00 trees in Con
necticut, while there are many IN the al
Joining states of Massachusetts and
Rhode Island
"A little later on Mr.. Hale got the idea
that Georgia would raise peaches He
travelled all over that state and picked
out his present locality. Since then he
has raised enormous crops, and has
shown what could be done by careful
cultivation, intelligent marketing, modern
machinery and good business manage
ment He is always on the lookout for
frosts and pests of one kind and another.
and his foresight has several times saved
him his crop, when those of his neigh
n borS were ruined"
; AS write this, one of the many stories
n Of the successes which are now being
made in farming, the thought comes to