Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1912-10-17


. sssd blossom clusters In different p"rts "'
b and his orchard Az soon as the petals n.'u
naeded fallen be replaced the paper sacks with
=. | mosquito netting 10 that the cluster
might have proper ventilation. yet M'
's'e'"' kept from the visits of bees and other
. corn insects. As the season advanced not a
prod single apple developed in any Of the
that Il clusters which were shielded in the
north above manner. It is because Of the
ere the fact made plain In this experiment that
: most the presence Of hives Of bees In or near
= =. h.. an orchard Ia considered so beneficial.
re sun
,ent of The state Of Or .gon has contributed
II nec the tallest 6agpoh In the world to the
70 ana Panama Pacific exposition. The pole
lrv. ha 10 226 feet long aid was erected at u
prob. centennial held ut Astoria, Ore last
erhans summer. The pole has since been put
ch the In a log raft and taken to San Fran
thor. lcisco.
ted 40
n .ea. There are yellow roses. pansies
~ not chrysanthemums and dahlias, but did
II that you ever see a yellow aster? The near.
uakine est approach to the yellow variety is
,ickinr one that is far more white than gel
y only low and has to be labeled yellow In
lturine order that it may be distinguished from
a nick the white.
times
This LUG 'uAuE'ance VI TUG o'ossonis ""'cn
.eIac. the chrysanthemums bear early next
r. own winter will depend to quite an extent
want upon tue s'so' anu Sro".n the pian's
ferm. attain between now and that time.
Chrysanthemums are heavy feeders and
should be given generous fertilizing
and frequent waterings.
LIST.
nually Cows seem to be Just as hapless as
emit OF men when near deep water with a jag
10 not on. This Is made plain by the fact that
Ign In the other day. when eight Hereford
70 for cows belonging to farmer living near
good Sterling. ILL.,. got boozed up after I'm
farm bibing too much silage Juice and went
small to the creek to slake their thirst. six
W toll Of them fell In and were drowned The
'turers moral Of this tale seems to be. fence
ers N in the siIage juice or the creek :"
But
Of the An exce,ent drag or aoat for break
adness ing clods and for smoothing down
70 Dc ridgy highways may be made by bolt
nres. inc sections of three or four sbaped
odents hardwood m,sts to two strong two.by
houses Fights or tens ut right angles, the bark
reason or wide edge of the post fucing back
ey arc ward. Enough space should he left be-
plague meath tho sertions which nre fastened
|
he rat on tho und.r side NJ the nlnnk 10 that
earth, n will mt ..oI,...t dir sc readily
should
them A. . A., 80. ...~,. ~ ~.
'a"' year for girdling and killing trees like
the willow. This seems to be due to
the fact that the energy Of the root
en- the system seems to be largely spent In
trance- the growth of limb and leaf up to
court that time. and II the bark Ii removed
,r the for q space of foot or more entirely
them. around the trunk it sort Of leaves the
miera. root system strapped and bankrupt
n they II the girdling IL done In June or early
ID the July there will be an effort on the
.en an part Of the tree to send out shoots be-
% not low the point Of girdling from dormant
nts en-. buds.
here IL
q with virginia dalryman round one OF
with his mild eyed bossies acting strangely
and the other day. On reporting the cir
CHEEKY cumstances ana symptoms somewhat
instead carefully to the department Of agricul.
Of the ture ut washington. 1t was decided tnat
nge Of her ailment was a jag induced by
drinking the juice from fermented
cornstalks which she got at the base
Of silo. Since this case was reported
rrower there have been a number like 1t else.
e bees where. II the dairy cows go on toot
to his like this 1t Is possible that the hired
AZ hia men and proprietors may catch the
ing he habit
Crab grass or "6ve finger is weed
that Is likely to cause considerable
IN trouble In the lawn II there IL short
IN age in rainfall during the late sum-
mer. It is deep rooted. roots where
H. the joints touch the ground and laughs
i. m. at both drought and sunshine. How
m. ever, 1t Is an annual and nothing but
m. the seeds survive the winter. To
check Its growth In the lawn. water
literally and clip rather closely. using
m. the grass catcher, SO that as many Of
m the seeds as possible may be removed
from the lawn. It Is tender. and the
6rst good frost kills It
Steers are still going skyward-that
ID. the prices are. Within the past
month best grades have been quoted as
high as $lO50 on the Chicago market
This surpasses any prices that have
ever before been paid. including the
was prices Of 1681-65. II the present
high prices are due entirely to short
supply and not to artificial manipula.
ton there would seem to be good
ground for thinking that the prices
would mount still higher. The situa.
ton works q hardship upon the con.