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Evening journal., 1912-10-23
DRIED GRAINS TO DAIRY cow
Really More Valuable, Pound for
Pound, Than Bran-Anlmals
Should Have Oat Straw.

Il is our opinion that the dried
grains are really more valuable,
pound for pound. as feed stuff.
than the bran, and yet for the sake
of variety, as .well as for other pur-
poses. we should hardly go to the
extent of using grains exclusively,
says a writer in an exchange. On the
contrary. we think It would be bet
ter 10 mix the grains and the bran
ir equal parts by weight This mix
ture would carry about 16 per cent.
OF protein, and, when fed in conneo-
ton with good corn silage, corn sto-
yer and oat straw would make a very
good ration indeed. II the amount
Of silage on hand will justify feeding
30 literally we suggest the use OF 40
pounds OF It daily. and in connection
five pounds OF alfalfa hay as long
as Il viii last. Ten pounds of the mix
ture OF grains and bran. fed IN connec-
tion. would be quite sufficient for the
production OF 40 pounds OF milk, and
five pounds win probably suffice for
the production OF 25 pounds OF milk;
for amounts between % and 40 feed
In about the same proportion.
In addition 20 the foregoing, give
the COWS all the oat straw or stover
they viii care to eat
Evening journal., 1912-10-23

adults are at most one twenty-fifth OF
an inch long. The potato cells have
broken walls and the starch grains
are fewer in number than in healthy
tissue and those present are of small
er size. .snt,sassast
The disease is spread by planting
infested seed potatoes. Il is not def
initely known to what extent the
worms may live and multiply in the
soil itself OF how long a soil may re-
main infected. The important point
can be settled only by careful obser-
walton and experiment.
Only a few carloads OF potatoes
were rejected, so that it does not APP
pear that the disease is as yet wide
spread. The efforts of some dishonest
shippers to dispose of potatoes known
to be diseased, either for food or seed,
should be guarded against by every
grower, shipper and all who deal in
potatoes. making themselves familiar
with the appearance of the disease.
and combining in an honest effort to
stamp it out Some sort of inspection
service should be Immediately estab-
lished in the sections where potatoes
are grown for shipment purposes.
Care should be exercised in the pur-
chase of seed potatoes, to insure that
the disease is not introduced into
regions as yet free from 1t. II will
probably be necessary to quarantine
against infected localities. in case the
disease becomes widespread.
How to free infected soil from the
parasite is a question which the
knowledge at present at our command
will not permit us to answer satis-
factorily. The best advice for the
, present. It seems to us, is to plant
infected fields with some other kind
of crop, preferably grain or alfalfa
rather than a root crop, such as sugar
beets, which might be attacked by the
same pest.
Evening journal., 1912-10-23
STANTON

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL
STANTON. Del, Oct. 2S.-The
Ladies Improvement Society of White
Clay Creek Church held their annual
poultry supper on Monday evening.
Mrs. Elmer Cornog AID daughter
Helen were the guests of Mrs. George
Banks on Sunday.-Mr. and Mrs. J.
Leslie McCallister, Mrs. Bertha Nc
Callister and children were guests Of
Mrs. Benjamin Dickey on Sunday
Miss Edith Colt has returned home
after visiting her cousin Of Brooklyn,
N. Y-Mrs. Milton Robinson was the
guest of Mrs. Charles Bartender OF
Hare's Corner, on Sunday.-Mrs. John
Marvel and daughter Miss Jennie Mar
vel were Wilmington visitors on
Saturday.-Mr. and Mrs. Frederick
Ellison and daughter Grace, are the
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Dick
son at st. Georges.-Mrs. Samuel
Jones and daughter, Dorothy, were
guests o. Wilmington friends on
Sunday.
Evening journal., 1912-10-23
HOW TO FRUNE FRUIT TREES
Branches Wanted az Leading ehootu
Should Not Be Touohed-WealSer
Ones May Be Plnched Back.

In pruning fruit trees. attention has
10 be given to the manner In which
the particular kind bears fruit. writes
an expert IN an exchange The cherry
and the pear both bear their fruit on
short spurs, and IN trimming. there
fore, the effort should be to produce
a large quantity OF healthy fruit spurs,
Summer pruning does this admir-
ably.
The branches that we want to re-
main as leading shoots should not be
touched; but the weaker ones may be.
pinched back about midsummer, one
foot or two-thirds OF their growth.
This will induce the swelling Of a
number OF buds that will produce
nowers instead Of branches, and IN
This way fruit spurs can be obtained
on comparatively young trees; but
with such kinds as the grape vine. the
fruit is borne ON the branches OF last
years growth. 30 the effort should
be- to throw all the vigor possible to
hose growing branches that we want
70 bear fruit the next season.
To do this we pinch back the shoots
hat we do not want to extend; or
even pull these weak shoots out alto
gether. A little pruning is then nee
sssary IN the winter; to shorten
back these strong, bearing canes.
Or to prune out altogether the weaker
ones that we check by pinching back
during the growing season.
Evening journal., 1912-10-23
HOW TO PRUNE TREES
DRAINAGE OF ROAD
JERSEY BEST MIXER
AGE OF BREEDING HEIFERs
Constantly Recurring Question on
Which oaIrymen Do Not Agree
No Danger Of stuDtlno-

The age at which TO breed the
heifers is a constantly recurring ques-
lion. Opinion differs considerably on
this point, and unfortunately expert
ence as related by breeders Is not
uniform by any means, writes p. p.
Kaufman In the Town and Country
journal.
The writer has always tried 20
make his opinions conform to his ex-
perience and observation, but In the
case of breeding the heifers his views
have always been backed up by both
experience and observation.
When the heifer is bred to drop
the first calf at the age OF two years,
and in nearly all instances this can
be done, the habit OF giving milk is
early stimulated, besides the young
COW Is more tractable and thus more
readily brought under the .environ'
ment of her new condition. With the
first calf dropped at the age of two
years II is better to delay the breeding
for the second calf for six or eight
months. but keep milking her for a
yea. at least, in order to develop the
trait OF long and persistent milking.
After the second calf she can be bred
regularly every year.
II properly fed and handled there is
really no danger of stunting the
growth OF undermining the constitu-
tion by early breeding. For the
dairy a COW should begin giving milk
as early in life as possible and the
habit of persistent milking be thor
oughly instilled in the animal. A
heifer bred to calve at two and one
half or three years of age will be
more difficult to handle and conse-
quently not give down her milk so
readily, thus bringing about a ten
dency to shorten the milking period
when all efforts should be in the line
Of long period Of lactation.
Breed the heifers young, IA to is
months, except, possibly, in special
cases, and better results win be oh.
tanned in producing large and per
sistent mixers.
Evening journal., 1912-10-23

Hrst dirt is thrown l put IN the top
soil and shake the tree, so the dirt
win All in we'll around the roots, and
tramp to make solid. When i have
finished planting / trim to a switch,
being careful to cut branches close,
cutting the tree back TO 3is feet
When the tree puts out It can be
shaped to suit. start my trees three
feet from the ground and sucker low
er limbs the first year.
The Kieffer pear is a very strong
grower. 20 the second year head the
trees in to about ten or twelve inches
from the body. In doing this I am
very careful that the outside limbs are
cut with a bud the way want the
limb to grow, also TO head IN an ON
brella shape. ] head IN every year
in February or March until the trees
are FIVE or six years old. so as 10 get
strong limbs and to prevent their
breaking IN a heavy yield. After that
I head In only every two years, as by
so doing the limbs are lower. and
the fruit more readily picked and
much finer.
] have 40 acres in Kieffer trees,
from four to fifteen years old. Some
are on sandy soil and some on yellow
clay subsoil. and there is no percep-
tible difference either in the size OF
the fruit or coloring. The trees should
be sprayed with bordeaux twice dur
ing the season. The first time after
the blossom falls. and again three or
four weeks later. After the trees are
planted I fill by throwing a furrow to
them, leaving the clearing-up furrow
IN the center as shallow as possible.
The first two years / plant tomatoes
IN the orchard, and use 500 to 1000
pounds of per cent phosphoric acid,
6 per cent potash and per cent am
monia TO the acre. After the trees
get 60 bearing I use 800 pounds acid
phosphate. 300 pounds bone and 200
pounds kainit For cover crop I
use crimson clover and plow the or.
chard as early IN the spring ais the
ground IA in condition. and till as long
as possible, or as the limbs and fruit
will allow. I have always been sue
cessful with the pear crop, and have
picked as many as seven baskets
from fve-year-old trees. My Oldest
trees have averaged 20 baskets.
Evening journal., 1912-10-23
MAKES A GOOD MANURE SHED
Thousands Of Dollars Worth Of VaIu-
able Fertilizer Lost Annually for
Want Of Shelter.

A shed may easily be built at one
end of the barn for the gathering and
protection Of manure against the
weather. The shed should cover a
door at the end Of the alley behind
the stalls. and the floor OF the barn
so arranged with a drop that all
manure. both liquid and solid, is
caught and easily moved towards the
door and this shed. II the fields are
dry enough the manure spreader may
be driven under the shed and loaded
directly from the barn door. II the
fields are too wet for use of the
spreader then the manure may be
piled under the shed where it will be
protected from rain and consequent
waste. The only thing that could be
Evening journal., 1912-10-23
HORTICULTURAL
@scs-as2s NOTES

Prune out the old raspberry canes
as soon as they are through fruiting
The packages used for shipping
pears vary widely in different parts
Of the country.
Tip layer the black raspberries this
month n you wish to set out new
plants next year.
DO not prune your trees until the
sap has gone out OF them and then
prune very Hparingly.
Among the perennial plants, the
old-fashioned hollyhock has bloomed
especially well this year.
Il Is a mistake to cultivate an
orchard on hillside. Nothing but
the sod VIII hold the soil there.
A new strawberry bed may be set
now n the ground is moist. although
spring is generally a better time
No part of farm work is 30 thor.
oughly misunderstood and neglected
as the raising and selling Of fruit
A real satisfactory remedy for the
control of aphides OF lice on apples
and other fruit has not been found
AaNAAf ANNNADAhN win AA0WNAN AAn1 NN
transplanted from the woods now
II they are carefully set they viii
bloom next year.
A well selected apple orchard oi
10 acres IN a good location next tS
a big market will. In ten years. pro
duce a large. permanent income
II is reported that a berry growei
in the state OF Washington has per
fected a method for drying strawber
ries by sunlight 80 that they are yer,
palatable.
Hoe around the shrubs and plant
IN the school yard Give them a goo,
watering, II necessary. A little atteu
ton now will enable them to bloom
another year.
Have you thought about orderinI
bulbs for fall planting? Send q
some OF the seedsmen for bulb cats
logues and plant a few tulips. daffC
dis and other bulbs this fall
Evening journal., 1912-10-23
NoTFs
- - ~ ~

Whey is not a good feed for calves
and can be used only in a limited
way.
Look out for those cold fall rains.
put the COWS up. This applies to
calves as well
Lighting. ventilation and cleanliness
must be practiced before best results
can be secured in the dairy.
Danish experiments show that 600
pounds of skim-milk equal In feeding
value 100 pounds OF corn meal.
No breed OF dairy cows can continue
as frst-class dairy animals II the
calves are allowed 10 run with the
COWS.
Calves from four to six months old
frequently bloat II allowed to run on
young green clover. especially If the
clover is wet
Cows in good condition and run
ming in a good pasture require no
grain feed to put them in good condi-
ton for the winters work.
Abolish the stanchions: they have
been responsible for many injured I'D
ders. When the COW is confined in
the stall she needs solid comfort.
The few flies that have managed to
keep their feet warm are very annoy
Ing. They stick like burr TO a dogs
tail and bite with dying ferocity dur
ing the heat Of the day.
Stanchions are all right for the
dairy calf when 1t is being fed. The
rest of the time it should be given
liberty. where the ventilation is good
and sunshine is prevalent
Evening journal., 1912-10-23
EXCELLENT AS CALF WEAVER
Device Invented by Iowa Man viii
Cause Mother Cow to Take Mat
ters In Her Own Hands.

After a certain age. of course,
calves have to be weaned away from
their mothers and made to feed on
other things than milk. But some
calves. like some infants. object to the
change Of diet. In the case of the
calves, an Iowa man has invented a
device which will cause the mother
cows to take the matter in their own
hands-or horns. A small board is
fastened to a ring that pierces the
calfs nose. Rising from the board are
two spises, and depending from it is
flexible shield of Joined rings, like
Evening journal., 1912-10-23
GN61h DRAAG

Go to the fairs.

Go to the fairs.
Silage may be fed from the silo as
soon as II is filled.
No one should live in the world who
has nothing TO do in 1t.
Your store Of honey. II well ripened.
will keep all winter without candy
ing.
Give some thought and care as to
how you are going to winter your
bees.
Better keep one good hen than
three that you have your doubts
about
The potato grower is often handi-
capped by having no local market and
no local buyer.
Save steps by doing all the work
that lies in any particular part OF the
farm, while there
Remember that fax char makes a
good substitute for sawdust when ice
cutting time comes.
Put In the relay days fixing out
buildings. A coat of paint will I'M
prove things wonderfully.
Sorghum should be cut when the
reed begins to harden and the lower
t0ases start TO turn yellow.
Evening journal., 1912-10-23
THEY COME TOGETHER
Backache and Kidney Ache Are Usu.
ally Inseparable. Some Whining
ton People are Learning How
TO Get Rid of Both.

Does your back ever ache?
Feel lame, weak-so sore you can
hardly work?
Are you making the common mis-
take
Waiting for it to pass away?
To cure the backache, you must
cure the kidneys
The pain may cease, but is sure to
return.
You may feel tired and worn out all
the time
Urinary trouble may annoy you,
headaches and dizziness.
Make up your mind your kidneys
need attention.
Begin taking Doan's Kidney Pills
at once.
Doanis have strengthened thou
sands of sick. weakened kidneys.
Have driven out kidney backaches
for good
No Wilmington reader can doubt
the following statement.
It's from a resident Of this locality.
Miss Catherine c. Mulligan, S24
Spruce St, Wilmington. Del, says:
What / said in favor of Doan's Kid
ney Pills two years ago when l pub
licly endorsed them. holds good to-
day. have not had a symptom Of
kidney complaint since | procured
this remedy from Danforth's Pharma-
cy and used it,
For sale by all dealers. Price so
cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name--Doan's-an
take no other.
Evening journal., 1912-10-23
SURFACE DRAINAGE OF ROADS
Grown Should Be sufieIent to Shed
Water Readily and Allow We
hlcles to Pass Easlly.

(By PROF. j. r. DAVIDSON. Iowa Ag-
ricultural. College)
All roads should be provided with
surface drainage. The cross-section
should be of such a shape as to shed
all rain at once to the side bitches.
To do this the road must be oval or
have a crown and must be smooth.
The first of these is a matter OF con-
struction, and the latter a matter of
maintenance. The side drainage
system should be called upon to car
ry as much water as possible. Water
cannot be carried away by the tile
drains until the water has sunk
through the soil and softened IT,
The crown OF a road should be suf-
1cient to shed the water readily. II
the road is 10 be maintained and kept
free from ruts and holes, less crown
win do than If the road is to be neg
lected- The Iowa highway commits
sion recommended a slope 1 inch to
foot for a crown in the travelled
way. This is sufficient for most con-
ditions. The crown should not be too
great. A steep crown causes the trav-
ell 10 be concentrated at the center,
where ruts will be worn and washing
result. Again there is some difficulty
In vehicles passing. Or the side OF
the crown the wheels Of the vehicles
have a tendency to grind the road
down The top of the wheels are near
er the gutter than the bottom. The
top of the wheels is nearer the gut
ter This action, together with the
swerving or flow action of the lower
part OF the wheel, has very marked
effect.
The sleeper the slope of the road
the more important the crown, for
there is a tendency for the water to
run down the track rather than to the
side. II water once begins to run
down the center of the roadway It is
but short time until the road il
quilted out.
Evening journal., 1912-10-23
PROTECTING cows FROM FIRE
Lever Attached 70 staDchions VIII
Open Them All at onoe--outts
Handy at All Timea.

Just the other day a dairyman near
here lost II head Of good cows in a
fire. The COWS were fastened In their
stanchions in the barn when the barn
burned. One Of the men risked his
life to go in and open the stanchions
OF two Of the COVE. but the fire was
20 intense that the others perished.
writes Augustus Merrill Of TuIare
county, California, in the Farm and
Home.
] have always been afraid Of fire
ever since. built my new barn in
which invested big sum. and ] have
taken many precautions to save the
stock in case something should hap
Evening journal., 1912-10-23
ROAD
IMPROVEMENT
HARMFUL POTATO EEL-WORM
Reelection Of Several Carloads Of Tu
bers Cause for Considerable !
~ Worry Among Growers.
az s. B. poTEN.I

The rejection of several carloads OF
potatoes on account Of the presence
OF the potato eel-worm is cause for
considerable concern among growera
in some OF the western states.
The surface Of badly diseased po-
tato is more or less wrinkled and
dotted with circular or oval pimples
somewhat smaller than a pinhead, or
with more irregular and larger no
dulles. The nodules are Of a grayish
or brownish color, more or less de-
pressed In the center, and sometimes
surrounded by a slight furrow.
If portion of the pulpy center of
one of the burrows is scraped out and
examined with the microscope, it will
be found TO contain numerous eggs,
larvae, young and adult worms The
Evening journal., 1912-10-23

ment with the ground whereby the
implement may be drawn thereover.
This invention overcomes the disad.
vantages following the use of a rim
wheel: the wheel involves a number
of radiatins and staggering spokes
adapted for engagement with the
ground. thereby avoiding the packing
OF the ground after being furrowed by
implements having fat rim wheels
The Illustration shows a side view Of
the wheel
Evening journal., 1912-10-23
TRACTION WHEEL FOR FARM
II Is Especially Intended for Use on
Implements for Field Work
in Plowed Ground.

In speaking of and illustrating an
invention of ]. e. McWilliams of
Hitchcock, okla, the Scientific
American says:
This invention relates generally to
wheels. and more particularly com.
prehends a traction wheel, especially
intended for use on farm implements.
for field work in especially plowed
ground. The principal object is to
provide a traction wheel especially
adapted for use on farm implements,
the wheel comprising a number Of
staggered spokes adapted for engage
Evening journal., 1912-10-23
LADDER FOR APPLE PICKING
One Shown In Illustration Can be
Placed In Tree Without Fear Of
Breaking Small Limbs.

Here is the best type of ladder for
picking fruit. as it can be readily
placed in the forks Of the trees with
out breaking the small limbs, and it
will not slip after once set.
The drawing simplifes II enough
without a description. Il is easily
made, writes Ray Malcolm in the
Evening journal., 1912-10-23

tho ringed dish cloths for scrubbing
pots and pans that some Of us have
seen in our mothers kitchens. When
the calf attempts to suck with this
apparatus on she prods her mother in
the side and gets pushed away for
her pains. Even II she does get her
mouth to the udder she cannot suck it
for the shield.
Evening journal., 1912-10-23
SETTING OUT PEAR ORCHARD
Sod Preferred With Holes Running
Both Ways and Dug In FaiI-Klef-
fer ls Strong Grower.

In setting out pear orchard I pre-
Ter a sod with rows running both ways.
e0x20 feet The holes should be dug
In late fall, or at least, two or three
months before planting, says the
American Agriculturist. They should
be 2 feet square by is inches deep, 80
the ground will be well aerated. l
always set out two-yearold trees
about half inch IN diameter. When
Evening journal., 1912-10-23
FEELING BIG TREES BY FIRE
Method Shown In Illustration VIII
csuse Spruce Tree TO Fall For
ward 20 Burning Side.

A method Of Telling spruce trees
by FIRE is shown IN the sketch. A hole
Is bored horizontally into the trunk
of the tree for about one foot, and
another hole bored at an angle to
meet the first one Gig. -. Hot Goals
are placed at the intersection Of the
holes 30 as 10 ignite the pitch run-
Evening journal., 1912-10-23
rh. Er~it Earmsr.

The fruit farmer can always find
something TO do. either in the orchard
or around the buildings This bust.
ness. Ike any Other ie ruined by too
much loahng. Keep the loose ends
well In hand for the best results.
Evening journal., 1912-10-23
JERSEY is BEST MIXER
Highly Developed Animal Long Bred
for This PUrpose-can Always
Be Depended Upon.

The Jersey COW is a highly develop
ed milk-making machine. She has
been bred so long for this purpose
that her characteristics have become
Evening journal., 1912-10-23
4nrniInrN

ming from the pores The draft. ac-
cording to Popular Mechanics. win
cause rapid combustion. and IN
short time the tree will be burned
through. causing u to fall toward the
burning side
Evening journal., 1912-10-23
AppIs-pIekIns Ladder.

Farm and Fireside. While It will bo
used In the fall, FOR the most part, 1t
is very convenient at other times of
the year Many 'narrow-ladder" jobs
can be found on the farm.
Evening journal., 1912-10-23
pr,,ni,o rr,lt rrees.

Heavy pruning tends to increase
the wood growth and stimulate the
vs9r Of frudt