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The Prescott daily news., 1912-05-17

hold the ends of the trough in place and keep it from leaking. If an iron washer is placed beneath the nut it will be a simple matter to tighten the nuts if occasion demand it. The old irons from wagon box are just the things to use for this purpose If the flat irons are attached with small bolts they will hold better than ii put on with screws or nails.
The Prescott daily news., 1912-05-17
Vetches for Sheen.

Vetches make excellent fodder for sheep either as a soiling crop or as cured hay. They may also be pas tured by sheep but this is a wasteful practice, as much of the crop is de- stroyed by tramping.
The Prescott daily news., 1912-05-17
RECALL IN MATRImoNY'

"yvhat's the matter, Jorr0sa:'' ' You look as blue as indigo '
 Whibley, sympathetically' '. d
 q am blue,' sighed JorrocSs, ,.,,' spent s3o,Ooo getting dly0rI. ',,s, nsiI X my wife, and after I got 1t Ols', s K !, she didn't submit the question ss oas people, and by a maJorl,y 11 1u1.voefI am still married to her F'-ha'r
 Weekly.
The Prescott daily news., 1912-05-17
THE DISCOVERY

Snobby-Aw, what did you s,;I ns out regardirg-aw-my isa' tree?
 Genealogist- That the crop V''' ailure.-Lippincott's.
The Prescott daily news., 1912-05-17
FOR OBVIOUS REASONS.

Head Steward (on liner --Nl,J' N would you like to be seated al 'a9' sir? l
 Passenger-Oh-er-as ns'n door as possible, please.
Evening journal., 1912-07-17
DATES FOR CORN PLANTING
WORKING WITH THE FLOWERS
HOLSTEIN COWS GIVE MOST
DEEP SHOWS AND ORCHARDS
Danger to Fruit Trees and shrubs
Where Food Supply Of Cotton
tall ie Covered Up.

When SHOWS cover the ground for
long periods. there is danger to the
fruit trees and shrubs. The supply Of
food for the cottontail is covered, and
he is driven to the trees.
Many small trees will be injured
the present winter, says Homestead.
and owners must be vigilant TO avoid
damage. The shotgun and the trap
will do something TO thin out the
rodents, but they cannot be depended
upon for perfect protection Feed
may be supplied by throwing down
apple trimmings. Poison may be
used, strychnlne in sweet apples Also
there are fifty applications for the
bark which cause the enemy to avoid
the trees which have been treated.
Grease, blood. fetta-each has its ad-
vocates.
II veneer protectors are put on now
press them down well into the snow
and see that they are long enough so
that. II drifts form about the trees,
the rabbit will not get free passage
into the tops Large trees are prac-
tically safe from the enemy. because
he cannot stretch his mouth to TT
them, but the small tree makes his
opportunity.
Evening journal., 1912-07-17

an apparatus to protect vegetation
against the wintry blight A metal
vessel is designed to be filled with
one of the slow-burning liquid fuels
and carbdreting and draft passages in
the pot to keep the fuel burning all
night long There is a SCOT collector
over the top of the pot and a cowl
over all so that rain cannot put the
FIRE out. The SCOT collector and the
cowl prevent the SCOT from settling on
vegetation. A number of these pots
stationed throughout an orchard or in
an enclosure where especially fine
fruit is grown win give out enough
heat to protect the crop from an or
dinary frost.
Evening journal., 1912-07-17
PREPARATION OF CELERY BED
Plant Does Best In Moist, Mucly Soil
and In Situations Where Water
Supply Is Abundant.

Sow celery in March. or beginning
Of April in rows in fine. rich soil, and.
if dry enough, press the soil firmly
with a roller or the back Of the spade.
Keep the seed bed well watered, as
celery terminates very slowly. Trans
plant from June to August.
Celery does best in a moist. mucky
soil, and in situations where plenty
Of water is abundant in the soil It
can be planted in single or double
rows, earthing up as it grows two or
three times, and in doing this. care
should be taken not to let the earth
get into the heart Of the plant.
When severe cold weather comes.
take up and transplant solidly in
bed close together. and cover gradu-
ally with leaves. hay or straw, as nee
essary to prevent freezing.
Evening journal., 1912-07-17

according to this investigation, corn
planting begins simultaneously
Corn planting is first observed on
the chart about February Is of nor
hal years. the first planting taking
place in southern Florida and Texas.
Fifteen days later corn planting
is observed In northern Florida,
southern Louisiana and central Texas,
and by May Is the movement had
progressed as far north as southern
Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont,
central New York. northern Wiscons
sin, Minnesota and North Dakota.
The curves in the lines of the chart
are a significant feature They indi-
cate the result of influences exerted
upon planting by topography, soil
conditions. rainfall and latitude
Sometimes one set Of influences pre-
walls, sometimes another Again, sew
eral combined influences may be coun-
terbalanced, as 1t were, by one con-
holling influence. For instance, the
lines in western Kansas and Nebras-
ka bend slightly northward, instead
Of abruptly southwark, as would be
expected in view of their greater al
htude. The counterbalancing influ-
ence in this case is believed TO be the
Character Of the soil which, in the
western portion Of these states, is
sandy and therefore readily dries out
and quickly warns up in spring. The
Influence Of the Great Lakes is
shown in the sinuous line bearing
date May is.
The air temperature at which corn
planting begins in actual practice has
not heretofore been established, but
from data assembled in the study Of
cereal crops il is believed to be ap-
proxmately 55 degrees Fahrenheit,
except in certain localities, where the
mean daily normal temperature does
not fall so low as So degrees Fahren.
heit.
Evening journal., 1912-07-17
HORTICULTURAL
Azr..,zW NOTES
Iackberlres do veil in a cool molst

Blackberires do we'll in a cool moist
soil.
Bordeaux mixture is only a fungi
eide, It has no effect on insects.
Lime sulphur washes are consid-
cred good insecticide and fungicide.
Have a goodly supply of white and
neutral flowers 10 separate the clash
ing colors.
The larvae of the blister beetle or
potato bug will subsist almost wholly
on grasshopper eggs.
II is claimed that string beans grow
in the hothouse very prolihcally, and
are tender and delicious.
According to reports from the vari-
Gus strawberry districts the acreage
is greatly increased this year.
The best place in the world for the
poultry yard is the orchard-any kind
OF an orchard where insects abound.
Sucking insects, chewing insects
and fungus are the three things we
spray for. and the only things to spray
for.
Mulch the strawberry bed with
straw II 1t has not been done, espe-
cially II the snow is thawing of rap
idly.
Keep the fence around the orchard
as free from weeds. grass and trash
as you would your choicest garden
Plants.
Orchard and garden pests have each
q life history. We should familiarize
ourselves with this life history, then
spray when the insect or disease is
least resistant
Evening journal., 1912-07-17
TRAP is EASY TO CONSTRUCT
Excellent for determination Of Rats,
Also to Catch Rabbits and Other
Ami nails.
By J. W. GR1FFrN)

Set the trap over a barrel that is
partly filed with water. fasten the
falling doors so that they will not
Gall and let the rats run through and
around the trap for several nights
then pull out the nail that holds the
doors, and you will catch every rat
that has visited the trap.
Two boards ten inches wide and
two feet long are used for the sides;
one board two feet long and one
foot wide for the top; two boards ten
inches wide and one foot and six
inches in length for the bottom or
falling doors.
The falling doors should have tin
fastened on the top side from where
the pivots enter the sides to the end
next to the bait; this will prevent
the sharp claws clinging to the board
and climbing back, when the doors
fall
The description by letter is as fol-
logs: A, bait; BIB, on the dotted
lines, shows the position OF the fall
ing doors when the game enters the
lower part of he trap; &C. the en-
trance to the trap; DID, the nails that
serve as pivots for the falling doors.
EE, nail-holes in which are the
nails that hold the trap unset while
the game are getting used to it. The
bottom part of the trap-that which
retains the game after trapping
should be made Of hardwood or
should be lined with roofing iron or
tin.
The bait should be suspended with
a small wire and should hang within
two or three inches of the floor. or
falling doors.
If the trap is neatly made and ft-
ted out-so that all parts work
well, there is not the least possible
doubt as to the game It will cap
ture (besides the rats one wishes to
exterminate). such as rabbits, squir-
Evening journal., 1912-07-17
WORKING WITH THE FLOWERS
Window Garden Should Not Be
Neglected Even Though Plants Are
at Best-Watch for Pests.

Do not neglect the window garden
even though the plants are at their
best. Turn the plants once a week;
stir the surface OF soil: wash the pots
with strong soap suds; give plenty Of
fresh air daily; shower the plants
once a week; watch for pests See
that the warm sunshine does not
scorch your plants.
Plants that are intended for bed
ding should be shifted as they I'll
their pots with roots and give plenty
of sunshine and air Otherwise they
will be weak and '1eggy"
II you wish to get specimen cannas
and dahlias start q few ia the house
early. Remove roots, stocks and un-
Evening journal., 1912-07-17
New HuekIeberry PIcker.

and curve in so that anything scraped
of by the bars will roll down them
into the hollow body, where a barrier
inside prevents it rolling out again. In
this way one person can pick buckle
berries from as many bushes in q
day as several dozen persons could
pick by hand, meaning a decided saw
Ing in time and labor. Another adj
vantage Of this picker is that It af-
fords some protection to the hand
from the snakes that 80 often infest
huckleberry patches.
Evening journal., 1912-07-17
TO PRODUCE CERTIFIED MILK
Barnyard Should Be Free From Ma
nure and Well oralned-clean-
liness Must Be Observed.
CBy c. r. LANE)


For the production of certified milk.
the BARNARD should be free from
manure and well drained. SO that It
may not harbor stagnant water. The
manure which collects each day
should not be piled close to the barn.
but should be taken several hundred
feet away.
II these rules are observed not only
win the barnyard be free from obiec-
tionable smell. which is an injury 20
the milk. but the number Of flies in
summer will be considerably dimin-
ished
In the stable cleanliness must be
strictly observed The stables should
be well ventilated. lighted and drained
and should have tight floors. prefer
ably OF cement. never Of dirt.
They should be whitewashed inside
of least twice a year, unless the walls
are painted or Of smooth cement finish
which can be washed frequently.
The air should always be fresh and
without bad odor. A sufficient num-
Der OF lanterns should be provided to
enable the necessary work TO be prop
erly done during the dark hours.
The manure should be removed
twice daily, except when the cows are
outside IN the fields the entire time
between the morning and afternoon
milkings The manure gutter must
be kept In q sanitary condition
All sweeping must be finished he-
fore the grooming OF the cows begins.
so that the air may be free from dust
at the time Of milking
Remove the milk from each COW
from the stable Immediately after It
is obtained 10 a clean room and strain
through q sterilized strainer Of cheese
cloth and absorbent cotton.
The rapid cooling Is a matter OF
great Importance The milk should
be cooled to 45 degrees F. within an
hour and not allowed to rise above
that as long as II Is In the hands OF
producer or dealer.
In order to assist In the rapid cool.
ing, the bottles should be cold before
( the milk IS put into them.
All utensils should be as simple in
! construction as possible. and so made
that they may be thoroughly sterilized
before each using.
CSciers, II used. should be sterilized
In closed sterilizer. unless a verJ
Evening journal., 1912-07-17
Plant Food in Soil.

Plant food in the soil is largely IN
an unfavorable condition. Before the
potash, phosphorus and nitrogen be-
come available the soil must pass
through the stage of disintegration
and chemical change, which can take
place only under favorable conditions.
There must be present moisture, heat
and air. These are largely controlled
by cultivation and climatic conditions.
The method of cultivation which will
bring about these conditions is the
one that is best for the farmer who is
handling the land.
Evening journal., 1912-07-17
NOTES
~-Is.--zEE- - 's:ssSz..aS

Expand your feed supply with a
silo.
Economy in feeding the dairy COW
never pinches the ration.
The silo lends itself admirably to
efforts at intensive farming.
Oil meal OF cottonseed meal and
ensilage is practically as good
Nothing is better than corn meal to
bolster up the calves skim milk.
Alfalfa and ensilage make a near
ly perfect ration. Corn and ensilage
is fine.
Skim milk is less digestible than
whole milk The safety lies in light
feeding.
Handling eggs has been found an
ideal side line for the creamery when
properly regulated.
. Practically all cases of difncult
churning can be readily overcome by
methods of handling
Nothing ever came so near turning
December into June for dairy cattle
and sheep as the silo.
Plenty of hot water must be used
IN Keeping the dairy utensils clean
during the hot weather.
Impatience with the heifer that is
freshening for the first time is one
sure way Of spelling the COW.
The length of the stall should be
adjusted by the size of the COW. and
always used by the same COW.
Cans used for shipping sweet cream
must be perfectly clean if a fine quail
ty OF cream is to be furnished
Probably the most prolific source
of milk contamination, as far as num-
bers are concerned. is the milk uten-
sils.
One way to save feed bills is to
protect the COWS from flies during the
summer and the cold weather In the
winter.
Evening journal., 1912-07-17
HoLSTEIN cow GIVES MOST
For Cheap MIX Production This Breed
surpasses--lt Is Not as Rich T..
Butter Fat.

Can q Holstein COW produce O quart
Of milk cheaper than a COW Of any
other breed? u can. But how9
A Holstein COW Is a big beast, weigh
ing from l,2O0 TO 1.4OO pounds. 1t has
large capacity for feed. This nat
ural fitness to eat enormous quantities
OF feed means a large production Of
milk A COW is factory for the pro
duction Of milk Like any other fac
tory, the larger the amounl of pro
duct turned out, the cheaper It is
produced.
A Holstein COW may be hkened to
the larger factory. The expense Of
Evening journal., 1912-07-17
Autumn Calves.

According to some experiments
made in Ireland, calves born in the
autumn made faster gains during the
winter when housed at night in a we'll
ventilated shed than did calves which
received no shelter, but by midsummer
there was little difference In the two
lots. Wet weather had a more in.
furious effect on the unprotected cat
tie than did protracted cold spell.
Evening journal., 1912-07-17

keeping a COW before a pound OF milk
is produced isn't much more for a
large COW than a small one.
This ability to turn out large guam
titles Of milk belongs to a Holstein.
and it is due to their size and capacity
for feed resulting from their size.
While a quart Of Holstein milk is
produced cheaper than the same quan-
tity Of milk produced by any other
breed, 1t isn't as rich in butter fat.
Holstein milk averages three per cent.
or a little more. The other dairy
breeds average higher than this. but
don't give as much milk.
Evening journal., 1912-07-17

ment is TO provide novel features OF
construction for a device which will
positively seal the bottle against ap-
piled pressure in case an attempt is
made to refill the same by use Of a
force pump The bottle is designed to
receive and hold liquids Of any density.
The illustration herewith represents a
longitudinal sectional view showing
the bottle emptied and parts adjusted
to seal the inlet TO the bottle against
the Introduction Of liquid.
Evening journal., 1912-07-17
Eoraoe Plants.

For four important reasons, the clo-
vers are among the most valuable Of
forage plants. First the manuriaI cost
OF their production is exceptionally
low. Second, they are richer in pro-
tein than most Of the forage crops;
far richer than the grasses. Third,
they enrich the soil in nitrogen as
well as subsoil it. so that the follow
ing crops are almost invariably good.
Fourth, in permanent mowings they
ultimately so enrich the soil in nitro
gen that the grasses ae we'll as the
Flowers make vigorous growth.
Evening journal., 1912-07-17
Paint Tree wnunds

Observation and experience tend TO
the conclusion that white lead is the
best and cheapest application for cuts
and bruises on the fruit tree.
It is rated first and grating wax
second. II prevents checking and
seems favorable to quick healing.
Coal tar should never be used-for
it seems to actually hinder the process
Of re-barking Keep a pot of paint
handy, and by filling the vessel with
water, drying out is prevented.
In thousands of orchards the paint
pot should be used this winter, while
the delayed pruning is being done.
Evening journal., 1912-07-17
apd
EAPrT NOTES
sds along the fence are fine har.

Weeds along the fence are fine har-
bors for insects.
Long, straight garden rows make
cultivation easier.
Asparagus should not be cut the
hrst season at all.
Poultry droppings make fine fertil-
izer for the onion bed.
A plant Of rhubarb once we'll estab-
lished is good indefinitely.
The market price of commercial
feeds is no indication of their real
value.
Clean all Homegrown seed and
grade. so only tie largest seed can be
used.
Rhubarb or pieplant is one of the
peNnnials that should be in every
garden.
Any time in the year is the right
time to begin planning for an aspara-
gus plot.
Lettuce and cabbage plants in the
cold-frames must be given air every
mild day.
Sweet corn is a very profitable crop.
One reason for this is because it is so
easily handled.
The silo is now a necessity, and for
you to compete with the man who has
one you must have one, too.
II is always best to order the vege-
table seeds early to insure prompt de-
livery and to get such variety as are
wanted.
Fall plowing usually produces a bet
ter corn crop than spring plowing. the
ground being mellowed by the frost
and rain
Every grain dealer, banker and bust
ness man should get busy and use ev-
cry means possible to induce farmers
60 test every ear Of their seed corn.
Evening journal., 1912-07-17
IneompIete MIIkIna BAD.

Incomplete milking not only robs
the dairyman Of the richest portion
of the milk, the strippings. but It dam
ages the COW, tending 70 lessen her
daily production and to shorten the
period Of lactation. It takes a little
more time TO draw the last pint Of
milk from the udder. but the time is
well spent in view Of the gain both to
the COW and to its owner.
Evening journal., 1912-07-17
GIVES SIGNAL FOR LETTERS
Flag Arranged to Notify Occupants OF
House When Rural Carrier
Has Deposited Mail.

A nag attached TO the mail box will
let the occupants Of the house know
when the carrier has left mail.
Two pulleys and a continuous rope,
on which is fastened the flag, are
easily arranged. Fasten a weight to
the rope at the right distance and put
a block on top of the box-lid to keep
the weight from slipping of the front.
When the lid of the box is raised the
weight slips of and up goes the flag.
Evening journal., 1912-07-17

reis, opossurns, raccoons. muskrats, IN
fact all animals that will eat of pre-
pared bait.
In setting the trap. choose a place
on a hillside, in a gully. or a small
hollow SO the entrance may be placed
on level with the earth, and the
animals will have no trouble in en-
tering.
Evening journal., 1912-07-17
BOTTLE IS NON-REFlLLABLE
Invention Is Designed TO Prevent Re
filling Of Vessel After II Has once
Been Filled.

In describing a non-refillable bottle
designed by w. ". Clark Of Panama,
the Scientific American says:
In this invention the design is to
prevent the renlling Of the vessel aft
er the original contents have been de-
canted. The purpose OF the improve
Evening journal., 1912-07-17
Good and pnnr Cows

The practice Of getting rid Of the
poorest COWS and putting good ones
in their places looks mighty expen-
sive, but it is not so expensive as
keeping them in the herd to drag
down the profits of the better ones.
Evening journal., 1912-07-17
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Evening journal., 1912-07-17
PREVENTS DAMAGE BY FROST
Californian lnVents Apparatus to Pro-
teet Vegetation Against Wlntry
Blight.

Frost is one big bugbear of fruit
growers. They can guard against
drought by irrigation. but a killing
frost may fall one night and destroy
a seasons crop Out in California,
one of the great fruit growing sec
tions of the world, man has invented
Evening journal., 1912-07-17
HANDY PICKER FOR BERRIES
Georgia Woman lnvents Device With
Row Of Little Bars That Serapes
Fruit Into Box.

Berry picking is certainly being re-
duced to science. A Georgia wom-
an has now patented a huckleberry
picker, which is a metal apparatus.
The apparatus has a box-like body
with a handle on the back. A row
Of picker bars extend along the top
Evening journal., 1912-07-17
( lFANIapa
GARDEN
DATES FOR PLANTING CORN
Results Of Investigations by Govern
msnt Extending over Period Of
More Than Two Years.
CBy JAMES r. covERrl

Investigations by the government
extending over a period of more than
two years relative to the dates Of SOW.
Ing and harvesting the principal crops
Of all countries, are Of unusual value
and interest.
The illustration given shows those
sections of the United States wherein,
Evening journal., 1912-07-17
cooIer and nottIInq MaehInery.

high temperature can be obtained by
the steam sent through them.
Bottling machines should be mado
entirely of metal with no rubber
about them, and should be sterilized
in the closed sterilizer before each
milking. or bottling.
Bottles should be Of the kind known
as common sense" and capped with
a sterilized paraflned paper disk and
the caps authorized by the commits.
sion.
All dairy utensils, including the bot
ties, must be thoroughly cleansed and
sterilized.
Evening journal., 1912-07-17
ProtectIna PIants from SNOW.

A good way to prevent the settling
Of the snow. during the winter thaws,
from iniuring the plants is to scatter
ashes OF sand over the crust. This
melts the snow in spots, and the
branches are able to break through it
easily.
Evening journal., 1912-07-17
cnntrnI ORCHARD p.sta

The time and thoroughness Of the
application of spray materials to
trees and plants, ranks in importance
with the kind OF material used in
controlling orchard pests.
Evening journal., 1912-07-17

The carrier will hold the weight from
slipping OF the box when he takes
out letters and leaves no mail This
little device will save many a long
walk in bad weather, If the box is To-
Gated considerable distance from the
house.
Evening journal., 1912-07-17
Injured Rose Bushes.

If rose bushes have been injured by
the frost, the tops should be cut of at
or below the point where the injury
stopped, which is sometimes close to
the ground