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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1912-06-06
CONTROL OF THE GRAPE ROT
Worst Enemy Of Grape Controlled BY
Spraying, Says Assistant Profes'
sor Of Horticulture.

The most serious obstacle to the
grape growing industry of Missouri
has been the difficulty with Black
Rot. Prot. w. H. Chandler Of the
College of Agriculture of the Univer-
sity of Missouri has the following to
say regarding the nature and treat
ment of this disease: "Black Rot IL
the most serious enemy Of the grape.
The disease affects both the leaves
and the fruit. On the leaves 1t causes
dark spots that are larger on the low
Or side, but also appear on the upper
side. On the fruit 1t begins with
small spots that spread until the en-
tire fruit is covered and later dry up.
. Remedy: Spray with Bordeaux mix
turs made in the proportions Of ave
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1912-06-06
EGG EATING Of LAYING HENS
Prof. kempster of the University o!
Missouri Tells How to Cure Habit.

! A hen that eats her eggs Is worse
than no hen at all. 1t costs money
to keep her. and there is no return.
This vice is best cured by preventing,
but several treatments are advised by
Prof. kempster of the University Of
Missouri.
The habit usually starts from soft
shelled or broken egg. The hen gets
a taste of the egg flavor and soon
learns to break the eggs and eat them.
Sometimes the habit is attributed to
the lack of animal food in the ration,
and it is possible that this has some
thing to do with it. For success with
laying stock, regardless of their bad
habits. animal food should be supplied
Sometimes by scattering china eggs
over the floor the hens will become
discouraged trying to break them.
PAIRING off the upper mandible-the
top part of the beak-until it is ten
der is sure way to stop their peck
ing the eggs open.
The chief trouble, however, is hav-
ing the eggs lying around in plain
sight. Light nests are frequent
cause of egg eating. A dark nest.
where the hen will not be reminded
of the presence of the egg, will often
cure the habit. The pattern Of nest
used at the Poultry Department of the
University of Missouri opens toward
the wall and is quite dark. Several
other designs of dark nests are prac-
ticable and simple to make. They
have other advantages also.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1912-06-06
A Branch Infected With San Jose
Scale.

full examination, and in case the scale
is found, report the same to the State
Nursery Inspector and see that none
OF the treeS are planted until prop
erly treated.
Where the pest is found in young
orchards, every possible effort should
be put forth Immediately to cNterml'
nate it. In case Ills discovered while
yet restricted to few trees, and the
orchard is in an uninfested district
the safest plan is to destroy the in
tested trees and replace them with
others. But if the neishboring orch
ards are infested, one should simply
provide himself with the necessary
tematic warfare against the pest. For
small trees the box fumigator has
been used considerably, but the aver
age fruit grower will have best re.
suits with fall or spring spraying. A
badly infested orchard should be
pruned back severely so as to remove
as much of the dead and infected
wood as possible and leave the tree
open so that it can be much more
thoroughly covered with the wash. BY
all means do not leave the young
orchard at the mercy of the scale in
hopes that it will outlive the injury or
that something will appear to destroy
the pest, as every moment lost is eX-
pensive. Keep the young orchard
clean and healthy and there will be
less trouble when it is at bearing
age.
The control of San Jose Scale in a
young orchard is a simple matter in
deed compared with it's control in an
orchard of large bearing trees. The
only point in favor of the old orchard
is that the scale multiples less easily
on the rough shaggy bark. On trees
from twenty to forty feet tall the
scale can be properly controlled only
by means of power sprayer provid-
ed with an elevated tower for reach
ing the topmost branches. In order
to fully appreciate the enormity of
such work in an old orchard, one
should read the report of some eXper
iments conducted by the New York
Station, where on some
of the old trees as much as twenty
gallons of the wash was required for
each tree.
In an old orchard of old trees. more
than in young orchard, the severest
pruning possible from the horticul-
tural viewpoint should be resorted to.
If the trees have been neglected they
should be so thoroughly worked over
and cut back as to give the tree
low open head. This is coming more
and more into practice among fruit
growers; as it not only greatly OBJ
Yates the unpleasant factors of spray
ing and greatly reduces the expense
Of gathering the fruit and of later
Pruning should be followed
by the same thorough spraying that
was advised for young strees. and
neither time nor material should be I,
spared in covering every spot.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1912-06-06

"The farmer who always catches up
a chicken from the range the day be-
fore it is used for Sunday dinner,
without any special fattening. hasn't
a taste for good chicken" says Prof.
H. L. Kempster of the University of
Missouri. There is a very decided
change in the flavor and quality of
meat II the chicken is fattened for
Just a week before using on the table.
A small coop is best for this, and q
grain mixture of nearly all corn will
do the fattening. Plenty of water
should be supplied.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1912-06-06

A good milking COW needs some
feed while she is on pasture. II you
let her have nothing but pasture grass
she is likely to hold up as we'll for
several weeks or month. But she
will either lose flesh or decline in
milk. And one of these conditions is
as bad as the other, because it means
she will never get back to the high
mark she was making at first. And
with a small amount of feed she will
keep in good condition and have a lit.
tie extra flesh stored when the calf
comes in the fall.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1912-06-06

NOW, suppose we want 10 make W
100 gallons of Bordeaux mixture
4:4:5o. We would want eight pounds
of sulphate of copper and eight pounds
of lime in 100 gallons Of water. We
should dip from the barrel containing
the solution of sulphate of copper
eight gallons, and put 1t into the dilut'
ing barrel for sulphate If copper. We
should then fill that barrel up to fifty
gallons. Then dip from the lime stock
solution barrel, eight gallons, pouring
it into the lime solution barrel and
filing it up to fifty gallons of water,
Then we should run the two solutions
together into either mixing tank or
the spray tank. This having the cop
per and lime diluted before they are
run together, is important If we are to
get spray that will stick we'll to the
leaves and give us the best results
possible in other ways.
If We want to make Bordeaux mix
ture Of the 1880 strength, we should
dip four gallons from the stock sui
phate of copper barrel instead Of eight
gallons, and six gallons from the lime
stock barrel instead Of eight gallons.
If we are making only fifty gallons
of Bordeaux mixture-4:4:50, we
would simply have to reduce all Of the
figures one-half. Thus. say we dip
from the stock solution barrel of sui
phate of copper into sulphate of cop
per dilution barrel, four gallons, fill
the barrel up to twenty-five gallons,
and the same with the lime, and run
together into our spray tank.
Smaller quantities may be made by
simply pouring the diluted solutions
together into tub from two buckets.
If We have large orchard, it would
be best that the two dilution tanks
holding slightly more than 100 gallons
each, so that we can make 200 gal
Ions at once.
1t would also be better if we have
two or three stock solution barrels for
sulphate of copper and a good ele-
waited shaking box besides the STOCK
solution barrel for lime. The lime
can then be strained from the shaking
box directly into the stock solution
barrel of lime. In this case, if we
were making 4 1850 Bordeaux, we
would dip sixteen gallons from each Of
the stock solution barrels and fill each
of the dilution barrels to 100 gallons
before running them together.
1t is very important in spraying
large orchard that the filling of the
tanks may be done as quickly as pos
sible. Some large orchardists never
let the sprayer go in from the orchard
to the mixing plant, but have man
with a tank to haul the spray mixture
from the plant to the sprayer.
In making Bordeaux mixture it is
very important that we should have
good stone lime, lime that slakes
readily and completely. 1t is often
asked if hydrated lime may be SUBJ
stituted for stone lime for Bordeaux
mixture. The writer has not used
hydrated lime, but sees no reason why
it would not be as good as stone limo.
since on shaking, stone lime forms
hydrated lime. However. one-fourth
more of the hydrated lime should be
used. Thus, Bordeaux mixture 4:4:50
with stone lime should read 4:5:5O
hydrated lime.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1912-06-06
SAN JOSE SCALE A MENACE
THOROUGH TREATMENT IN OR.
-. CHARD A NECESSITY.
Dr.. Leonard Haseman, EntomoIoaist
Missouri Experiment
Station.

It should be the duty of every fruit
grower to take every possible precau
ton in the selection of stock SO as tO
avoid the Introduction of San Jose
Scale. Order trees only from such
nurseries as have been properly in
spected and certified by a duly an
thorized official. Then on receipt of
the stock, subject each tree to a care.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1912-06-06

BY hauling out all the manure care
fully, the humus material of the farm
can be just about maintained. if all
the crops are fed on the farm. To
increase the fertility by making more
iumus, it is necessary that either
some green crops be plowed under
or some manure come from concen-
trated feeds. On dairy farms the lat
ter happens.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1912-06-06

Sparse feeding is not especially IA
vorable to reproduction, according to
Dean F. B. Mumford Of the Missouri
College of Agriculture. Excessive fat
ness Is unfavorable to strong repro
duction. The best condition is, mid
way between. with some surplus fat,
but q general healthy condition. with
plenty Of vigor.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1912-06-06
Spraying for Plant Diseases
BY Professor w. II. Chandler, College
Of Agriculture, University Of
Missouri.

The diseases Of plants are caused
by fungi or bacteria. These are small
plants that do not contain the greer
substance seen in the leaves Of othel
plants, and therefore cannot manufac
ture plant food from water and tn
material absorbed from the air. bu
must live upon some other living o.
dead thing.
The diseases caused by fungi, w
are often able to control by spraying
The fungus gets start in any par
ticular place in plant by the ger
mination of small body known as {
spOre. Certain substances are poison
GUS to the young fungus when it frs
starts to grow, and if we have the
leaves, fruit or twigs coated with sucf
a substance when the spore germI
mates (starts to grow it will be killed
A great many fungous diseases, es
pecially those we are generally trou
bled with in the orchards, are killed
by very weak solution Of some cop
per compound. OF course, this copper
may be injurious to the leaves, fruit
or twigs, in a weak enough form tc
do no harm and yet strong enough to
kill the tender terminating fungus
The same is true of the other mater
ials that we use in spraying to fight
fungus diseases.
The most important spray material
used by orchardites is the Bordeaux
Mixture" 1t may also be used for dis.
eases on other plants than orchard
trees.
Bordeaux mixture is prepared by
mixing a solution Of splphate Of cop
per (blue vitrioD with solution OF
lime. The substance from this mixing
is practically insoluble, but if it
spreads upon the leaves, enough of 1t
will become soluble to keep in any
film of moisture over the leaves
enough copper to prevent the germi-
mating of the fungus.
The strength OF Bordeaux mixture Is
generally given in terms of fifty gal
Ions. Thus Bordeaux mixture IA: 80
means that we have four pounds OF
sulphate of "copper" four pounds of lime
and fifty gallons of water; or Bor-
seaux mixture 2:3:50 means that we
have two pounds of sulphate of cop
pe:, three pounds of lime and fifty gal
Ions of water.
In making any quantity of this mix
ture, it is best to have stock solu-
ton of each of the substances, thus
with the sulphate Of copper we may
have a fifty gallon barrel nearly filled
with water. At the top Of this water,
we hang gunny sack, or some other
porous receptacle, containing fifty
pounds of copper sulphate. This hang
ing at the top of the liquid is done to
make the sulphate Of copper dissolve
more rapidly. If it were poured into
a barrel and permitted to go to the
bottom, it would probably be many
weeks before it would dissolve. This
disolving may, OF course. be fastened
by using warm water. We should then
have at the other end of the mixing
plant another fifty gallon barrel into
which we will put fifty pounds Of lime
This lime should, of course, be
weighed before it is slaked, then
slaked and strained into the bar
rel and the barrel filled up with water
and stirred We should then have
two other barrels between these two,
for diluting these stock solutions.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1912-06-06

You can grow more pounds Of grass
to the acre when 1t is let to grow to a
good start before being eaten down.
That means that 1t pays to not keep
too many head Of cattle on one pas
ture. Grass gets most of it's food from
the air. and if the top is kept very
short there is no way it can absorb
this material and grow.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1912-06-06

Every foot of pasture that is cdv-
cred with weeds or brush is losing
money. There isn't any reason why
the pasture land shouldn't do it's share
toward making the farm pay. Two
cuttings of the brush with a mower
will leave the ground free. A short
brush bar attachment is now made
that is convenient.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1912-06-06

known to the public.
but complete r,Stor-
alton tohealth means
so much to me that
l cannot keep from
telling mire for the
sake of other suffer-
ing women.
Il had been sick
about twelve years,
and had eleven doc
tors. l had drag
Uinp down mains
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1912-06-06

Making the hog harvest his own
corn is the modern way. 1t saves
trouble and expense, and keeps him
hardy. If cowpeas are sown in the
hills the feed will be better for him,
and the ground will be improved
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1912-06-06
WOMAN SICK
twelve YEARS
Wants OtherWomen to Know
How She Was Finally
Restored to Health.

Louisiana. Mo-: IL think a woman
naturally dislikes to make her troubles
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1912-06-06

! Diagram illustrating table which
shows how many pounds of fertility
corn crop contains. The entire col.
umns marked Nitrogen" Potash"
and phosphorus represent the total
amount of these elements contained In
the crop. The black portion OF eacn
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1912-06-06

column shows the amount that is used
up in the bodies of animals fed, and
the white portion shows the part left
in the manure. In live stock farming
only the black portion is lost. while
II the crop is sold the whole amount
is lost.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1912-03-15
MANY DEPART FOR
PARKER CELEBRATION

Tomorrow. and continuing for one
week, according to the present plans
there will he a general celebration in
Wamea, Hawaii, in honor of Miss
Thelma Parker, granddaughter of Col.
Sam Parker, when she becomes of
age
Ernest Kaai and his quintet club
this morning left in the Kinau for
Waimca, where they will furnish mu-
sic for the occasion. The Kaai club,
six in number, serenaded the disap-
pearing wharf as the mter-Island liner
kinau headed for the open sea.
There will be grand luau aud
dance during the celebration Athet-
lc and other sports have been ar
ranged for the occasion. About nine
hundred invitations have been issued
to friends Of the parkers and this
morning n large number of Honolulu
people left for the scene of festivities.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1912-03-15
WOULD REDUCE
HAWAI|'S JUDGES
BY c. S. ALBERT.

Especial Blu let in Correspondence
WASHINGTON. -. g., Mar. i.-Thc
Democrats Of the House are contcm-
plating the application of II little petty
economy to the Territory of Hawaii by
reducing the number of circuit Judges.
The suggestion has been seriously
made that one or two might he Topped
off, leaving the number ut five or six.
The agitation was started by the
committee ON appropriations. 1t seem
ed to attract attention and somewhat
of approval. a decision was reached
to take the matter up for serious con-
sideration when the legislative. cxccu-
tive and judicial appropriation bill is
framed.
The committee has promised n hear
Ing to Secretary Mcclellan. lie will
advance reasons why there should he
no reduction In the number of circuit
Judges.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1912-03-15
HAWAIIAN TRUST
CLAIMS $4,000

The answer of the Hawaiian Trust
Company was filed in the Federal
Court this morning in connection with
the Mahuka site trial that is now pro-
ceeding before Judge Dole and jury
The company claims $4,000 as the
damage that II will suffer through hav-
ing to move out. At the present time
II holds four leases, the property on
which the building is situated being
held by four interests.
United states District Attorney Rob
crt w. Breckons this morning contin-
ued along his line of attack. placing
II. Cushman Carter on the stand again
and reverting to the question already
asked him, when witness for the de-
tense, in respect TO the tax returns
made by him for the Cummins prop
erty.
Later In the morning r. L. wall,
president of WALL Nichols Co.. was
placed on the stand and testified as to
the lease that his firm had held on
the Cummins block. He stated that
they gave II up to Castle a. Cooke be-
cause 1t was better business to do so.
I'VE were very glad to get rid of the
lease" he said because for retail bus
mess the location is poorly situated
On cross-cxamination he stated that
at the time of giving up the lease they
had another store running on King
street and desired to consolidate the
business, and the King street stand
IL.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1912-03-15
YALE men give
WELCOME TO
swimmers

Duke Kahanamoku had n great time
when he visited the Hawaii boys at
Yale University.
Harry Lucas, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
John Lucas. writes home by today's
mail as follows:
To-day Duke Kahanamoku, the Iia-
wall swimmer: Dude Lemon, Vincent
Gcnoves and Mr.. Lew Henderson, their
manager. were all in New Haven, and
we Island boys did our best to give
them "A good time and make them feel
at home
I'VE took them to luncheon mt the
cafe Mcllone, to dinner at the Yale
dining hall. and the afternoon We spent
In my room playing and singing AIT
err dinner we went over to Alfred
Youngs room and stayed there for
some time, finally escorting them down
to the taft Hotel. They leave tomor-
row morning at 9:25 for New York
and Philadelphia, so | win not see
them again. It was fine to have them
here. and we enjoyed It immensely.
Harry Steiner says they enjoyed 1t too.
and since he knows them, guess they
1il"
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1912-03-15
PASSENGERS ARRIVED
Per O. S. S. Sierra. from San FIR

Per o. S. S. Sierra, from San Fran
cisco.--P. Adler, c. +. Bensc, r, II.
Benton, James Blum, Miss Blanche
Burroughts. w. l.. Coglin, Mrs. Cog
lin, Mrs. NJ. 4. Coulter, Miss Grace
Davis, w. II. Davis, Mrs. Davis, II. f.
Edsall, Mrs. Edsall, Captain c. G. Ell
lott, George Il. Franzen, Il. T. Gillin,
Mrs. c. +. Graf, p. Guillion, A. Han
ley, Mrs. Hanley, Charles lIanley, H..
NJ. Lyman, Miss Dorothy Jordan, Mrs.
Malone Joyce, Miss NJ. c. Joyce, T.. r.
Kaufman, Martin Kelly, Mrs. Kelly,
Miss Edna Krousc, W. $. Lang, Mrs.
Lang, NJ. w. Longfcllow, W. II. Low
den, Mrs. Lowdcn, Miss Lowdcn, f..
McCarty, G. X. McClelland, Miss Elise
+. Miles, DR.. Il. U. Minckwitz, Mrs.
Minckwitz, c. ID. Miner, Mrs. Il. Nagel
and child. Mrs. G. II. Palmer, II. b..
Palmer, Il l.. Putney, Mrs. Putney,
Mrs. A. Pockley, Miss Helen Pockley,
Miss Phyllis Pockley, Mrs. G. ID. Rowe,
Master Robert Rowe, Lieutenant r. T..
Rowell, Mrs. Rowell, II. II. Scovel,
Miss Grace N. Schmalz, G. II Shaw.
n. 9. Sien, Duncan Smith, Mrs. LII
liam Stanley. II. Steinberger, Mrs.
Thebaut and two children, q. G. Whit
aker, S. Il. Woolley, Miss u. NJ. Young.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1912-03-15
PASSENGERS HOOKED

Per stmr. W. G. Hall, for Kauai
ports, March 15.--B. +. Vickcrs. j.
w. Neal. G.. W. Mechanism, S.
Decker, NJ. j. Moore, Z. j. Morgan,
c. Hay, II. b. Brown.
Per stmr. Kilauea, for Hilo, via way
ports, March 19.-Miss j. Jones, Mrs.
X. S. Wight. Mr.. and Mrs. Mckenzie.
Mr. and Mrs. II. p. Wood, Paul
Schmidt, Mr. and Mrs. Il. ID. Burbank,
Mr. and Mrs. w. a. Frost, Mrs. A.
Lidgato and daughter Miss Bond.
Mrs. VIM. Ragsdale and infant, Mas
ter William Ragsdale. Mrs. A. q. Cur
It's, Jules p. Gless and wife, s. NJ.
Spencer, ID. b. Murdoch, Mr.. and Mrs
j. b. Adams, Mr.. and Mrs. A. G.
Halves. Mrs. Chas Cash, V. S. Clark.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. II. Decker.
Per stmr. Mauna Loa, for Kauai
ports. March III. L. Hughes.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1912-03-15
final Veto
IS CERTAIN

That there is Il possibility of the
free sugar bill passing the House and
even going beyond that and passing
the Senate, Is the information received
in private cable received here this
morning. The cable states, however,
that presidential veto il certain.
\ passenger On the steamer Sierra
this morning brought news to II local
stockbrokcr that the whole scheme Is
purely II political one, and that there
Is no chance of the bill ever finally
going through. Members, he said, are
voting for the measure because they
know II can never he law and they
are playing up to their constituents.
The Democrats are stating that they
are trying TO reduce the cost of living,
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1912-03-15

Arriving here from San Francisco
after an eight-day passage from San
Francisco. the powerful scagoing tug
Hercules is ready to take line from
the big Standard American dredge
Turbine, which Is moored at the chan
mel wharf, there receiving the finish
ing touches In preparation for the
voyage across the Pacific. The tur-
binc Is to be towcd to the Coast, her
work at this port having been COM
pletcd. The Hercules is manned by
fourteen officers and men. The vessel
was sent to the railway wharf this
morning to take on fuel oil sufficient
to carry the vessel 10 San Francisco,
1t Is expected that the Hercules with
the dredge in tow will get away this
evening or tomorrow morning at the
latest.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1912-03-15
WEATHER TODAY

temperatures Il. M, 61 a. M,
80; 10 u. m, 20; noon, &c; morning
minimum, Sc. ...
Barometer. 8 a. m. 1904; dew point,
s Il. M, Ga; relative humidity, S a. m,
20; absolute humidity s a. m, 6.S23.
Wind-6 a. M, velocity 4, direction
~; s a. M, velocity 4, direction $. T.;
10 a. m, velocity ~, direction s.;
noon, velocity 10, direction $.
Total wind movement during "A
hours ended s a. M, 100 miles.
Rainfall for "a hours ending s n,
m, % inch
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1912-03-15
JUDGE DOLE and
7HURST0N STORY

Judge Dole states there Is no truth
In the statement that he recommends
ed Thurston for Governor. AS gcner-
ally rumorcd, and published in this
paper.
at Is true that Ned Adams came to
see me-" said Mr.. Dole "but In failing
to act on his request, | did not speak
for Mr.. Thurston."
When asked II he had recommend
ed Mr., Thurston on any other occn-
sion Mr. Dole said that he believed
that in conversation with one man no
had mentioned the name of Mr.. Thurs
ton, but not in such manner AS
could be considered. u formal recon-
mendatlOn.