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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-25
Moving a Crane Wing.


We find in making a new garden
path that a grapevine we like very
much will have to be moved. How
shall we go about It? c. c. Mel.
East Orange.
1t is almost too late to do much
with it this spring. 1t is quite posi-
BILE that such vine as this could be
moved successfully, but before doing
so it would be a good plan to take
number of cuttings, as then, in case
the old vine should die, the grape
would not be lost. But IL cuttings
are made, there is really no reason
why it would be worth while attempt
ing to move the old vine unless for
sentimental reasons.
Grape cuttings are easily made.
They are taken from wood which
grew last summer, using the short,
stocky canes, and cutting them SO
that in length of about eight inches
there will be three or four joints.
Long Jointed wood does not make
good cuttings.
On these canes make the lower
most cut just under bud and slant
ing somewhat upward through the
joint. Cut the upper end off about
an inch above a bud and have the
whole cutting include three or four
joints. In planting these, set them
in a slanting position, as In that way
it will be necessary to have the
lower end of the cutting too deep in
the soil.
In case the old vine is to be moved,
wait until it has shed it's leaves. then
remove a large portion of the top,
perhaps even cutting back to moth
ing but a stump. In removing the
roots from the soil, cut the ends off
smooth and do not bruise the roots
any more than can be helped. Pack
the soil firmly about it in its new po-
sition.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-25

The fixtures for the poultry house
should be simple. like the house. As
in the case of the house. the style and
arrangement is matter that depends
entirely on the owners good judg-
ment. No ARRANGEMENT Is without
disadvantages, and although Ideal"
plans of arrangement and Ideal fix
lures have been evolved without num-
Der, they are always only of sug-
gestive value to the individual poul-
tryman. Only certain general prin-
ciples can be laid down. All OF the
fixtures of the modern poultry house
must be designed with a view to pro-
viding as little refuge lice and other
insect pests as possible. All of the
fixtures should be detachable, so that
they may be easily removed for clean
ing purposes.
The perches may be made of scant-
ling 2x3 inches in size. 1t is adyis-
able to have the top corners rounded
the scantling being set on edge. Wise
poultry men put all of the perches
level with each other, and the prac-
tise of arranging the perches in step
ladder fashion is no longer followed
because of the crowding and fighting
1t causes when the fowls go to roost.
Three feet from the floor is ample
height for the perches, especially for
the heavy breeds. If you rest the
perches in a Slated board at each
end they will not need mailing.
A foot TO a foot and a half lower
than the perches dropping boards
may be placed These are placed
either on light scaffolding or hung
from the boards which h0d the
perches. Many amateurs have given
up the idea of dropping boards en-
tirely and simply keep under the
perches a little sifted ashes, earth
shavings or other litter removing the
droppings often and, above all, regu-
larly. This is by far the simpler and
best method. If it is designed to re-
tain the fertilizing properties of the
droppings wood ashes may be used
as an absorbent.
A platform for the food and water
dishes Is a good device, as II Keeps
the food and drink out OF the litter.
OF course hoppers will be used for
grit, shells and charcoal, and these
will be hung at places that are con-
yenient for the fowls and the dry
mash, which will be discussed in the
article on Foods and Feeding, to be
published later, will also be fed in "a
hopper. There are so many good de-
vices for feeding and watering that
it is almost useless to discuss them
here. Most OF them are galvanized
and last indefinitely.
A good comfortable nest may not
induce a hen to lay, If II is not laying,
but If it is laying we want her to
deposit the eggs in nest where we
can find them. Therefore good nests
Gov nntIltrVn1
to have more eggs in the egg basket
on market day because few, If any,
will be lost or broken before they
reach the basket. Provide the hens
with lots of nests, both inside and
outside the poultry house. Wise poul-
trymen have never found it advisable,
when warm weather comes, to con-
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-25

Flowing, narrowing, cultivating or
any other manner of stirring the sur
face soil, results in a disinteSration
of the soil structure and assists ma
ture in liberating the latent plant
food stores. Cultivation is the basic
Fundamental of all successful asri-
culture, without which in some form
plants will not make healthy
growth. The aeration of the soil is as
essential to the feeding root as is
moisture and the elements of fertility.
The plant root will not thrive without
air and the soil cannot be put nor Kept
in maximum filth without an abund-
ance of it. The farmer of the older
sections of the country has learned Of
necessity that cultivation is the main
factor In crop production. The eN-
haustive demand made upon his soil
for food to grow his crops has depict
ed it of immediate available and
soluble fertility, and he must, there
fore. make every effort to assist ma
ture in releasing the latent stores.
There is no part Of the farm work
that Is of more Importance than
thorough tillage of the soil before
q crop is planted. There is only one
time that the soil underlying a hill
of potatoes or corn can be cultivated,
and that is before the crop is planted.
The same rule applies to the small
grains. A young grain plant feeds
on its parent kernel until II can get
hold of the soil. When 1t first begins
70 take its food from the soil 1t has
n very slender and weak root growth
indeed. If it's feeding ground is a
bed of Jumps it must grow very slow
ly. A young plant is much like a
young animal. Unless 1t has a favor
able opportunity to feed and grow
IA ct nytIy
from which it will never quite re-
cover
Much of the moisture taken up by
our soils is lost through lack of time
~ tillage of the soil. At no time Is
this waste greater than in spring
time During the. fall, winter and
early spring the moisture that falls
IS absorbed by the earth only to be
sent back by capillary action to the
surface when spring opens and the
sun begins to shine and the winds
begin to blow. This upward action of
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-25
Chlckweed In Lawn.

How can 1 get chickweed out OF
our lawn? A neighbor has had lot
Of it and now it has come on our
lawn.
Newark j, L, l..
The chickweed being an annual, its
eradication would have to be brought
about by refraining from seeding for
an entire season, just as is the case
with fall grass. 1t would seem that
downright hard work and close
watching OF it for a whole season
should accomplish it, Fall grass has
been mastered in this way. A heavy
application of wood ashes might kill
the chickweed, but in this case we
should look for 1t to kill the grass
as we'll
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-25

When the buds are swelling into
tender beauty the cutworm will be
on hand to enjoy / is mid tight feasts,
unless you adopt precautionary
measures. You will not see him in
the daytime, as he secretes himself
in tine soil at the break of day, or
goes under a stick or log. where he
remains until nightfall. If you do
not aid his natural enemles-robins,
catbirds, and spiders-you may loose
many trees, especially those newly
set, through his untiring activities.
Tar paper or tin collars, placed
about the little fruit trees, and with
the lower edges pressed half way
down into the soil. are the best for
protecting your orchard against the
voracious cutworm. Nobody has
vouchsafed the information why these
climbing insects do not scale the col
lar and attack the tree, but it is a
known fact that they seldom do so.
Deep fall blowing permits the frost
to get at the cutworms and has
proved efficacious In many cases.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-25

would like to grow some stocks, a
flower of which l am very fond.
MRS. G. u.
Newark.
A method that has been used with
much success is as follows:
Sow early in April in three-inch
high cigar box, twenty-five to thirty
seeds in screened good ground. one
eighth inch deep keep them covered
III a cellar, not too cold, for four or
five days, then place them in sunny
window at n temperature of fifty to
seventy degrees Fahrenheit.
Keep the ground damp, not wet.
Lei the young plants have fresh air
and warm days, but protect them
against wind for at least month.
After four or five weeks, giving them
a douche twice a week, the plants
will be strong enough to set outdoors,
where they should be hoed every
week. and after about eleven weeks
in all you will be able TO commence
cutting flowers. This should be done
every two or three weeks in fun
bloom. for this will encourage the
plants to produce new blossoms. Al
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-25
THE COUNTRY CALENDAR
Practical Hints About Things to Do at This Season in Garden
and Greenhouse, the Orchard and the Poultry Yard.

| One quart for 100 feet. Four gooc
varieties are First of-aIl, Motifs Elk
celsior, Thomas Laxton, Premium
| Gem.
Prune raspberry and blackberry
bushes.
Cut out all the old wood from cur
rants and gooseberries.
Plant two gourd seeds in each of a
number of strawberry baskets In hot
beds. The vines are very ornamental
trained over trellises in May.
Spray all fruit trees as buds begin
TO swell with one gallon of lime and
sulphur to nine gallons of water, to
which add two pounds arsenate of
lead. This will check apple scab
peach curl, blister mite, bud moth
and tent-caterpillars
Plant early potatoes. Cut large
seed in two pieces. Small seed plant
whole. Cover seed four inches deep.
Early Rose IL the best variety.
Do not work in the soil If II ia wet
and heavy, as it renders it hard and
cloddy for the entire season.
Plant evergreen hedge of Norway
spruce trees in windy places Plant
permanent trees rs feet apart, others
1871 feet, to be transplanted later.
They win grow 10 feet high and make
good wind break. They give fine
shade also. Plant elms, naples, lin
dens, tulip trees along roads fifty
feet apart.
Plant hedges of Berberis Thunbergl
about buildings and along highways.
II is highly ornamental.
Sow string beans Just as soon as
you are sure the leaves will not get
caught by frost. About May is sow
pole beans and lima beans. These
latter are particularly tender, so be
sure the ground is really warm and
that no more frosts will come to In
jure them.
Sow beets for succession, unless you
are going to adopt the method men,
toned, sowing a row thickly and al
ways pulling the larger beets,
1t is not too late to set early varie-
ties of cabbage. You can buy the
plants. Sow seeds for the late crops
in the beds outdoors.
Put some cucumber seed in as early
as possible; also start few seeds In
pots or inverted sods,
Sow lettuce and radish seeds for
succession.
Sow peas for succession. using an
early variety; also plant onion seeds.
Plant squashes and pumpkins late
In the month Summer squash may
be planted little earlier, or started
In pots or inverted sods early, to gain
few days on the season.
Plant sweet corn after May IS. Sow
either early and late varieties for
succession. or several paintings of an
early variety can be made ten days
apart, to maintain a crop.
The raspberry sawhy appears in
May. Arsenate OF lead win hold 1t in
check. Any whiting shoots on these
plants should be cut off, for evidently
the grub Is already at work. Burn
them to be sure they die.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-25
About Peach Borers.

What causes borers in peach trees?
How do they start, from the outside
of the bark or from the roots? If
from the outside do they start in the
spring or fall? What is the best way
to keep them from getting a start?
What is the best way to get rid OF
them after they are in a tree?
Somerville, J. r. 8.
Borers in peach trees are caused by
the grubs or larvae of clear wing
moths They start from eggs which
are deposited on the bark of the tree
in May, June and July, generally near
the ground. and after Matching the
little grubs burrow into the bark,
generally through some minute crack
which is not covered by the thick,
corky, older bark. There is only one
generation a year.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-25

Prune rose bushes heavily. Cut
back without fear,
The mistake is often made Of cut
ting back the lilacs now Pruning
should not be done until blooming is
over, as blossom buds are otherwise
cut off.
Give the chicks all OF the sour milk
they will clean up. There Is nothing
better for growing stock.
In planting roses cut back to three
buds. Enrich the soil with old COM
post manure in bottom.
Sow early peas in the garden now.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-25
WHO'S WHO IN POULTRY
Series of Articles in Which Enthusiasts Describe the Fowls
They Raise and Tell Why They Like Them.
NO. ,o.-rHE S. C. RHODE ISLAND BED.

are a desirable size, and sell more
readily than larger birds. My old
hens weigh from five to seven pounds
and there is a greater demand for the
medium and lighter weight than the
heavier, The mature cockerels sell in
the fall for both breeders and
roasters. They weigh from seven to
eight pounds, and are especially fine.
The only objection ] ever heard TO
the reds was that the hens would not
hold their color after the first moult.
This is being largely overcome now,
for each year We find more and better
red hens at the shows than were
there the year before.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-25

Nolrs catalog of seeds. Plants and Bulbs
Is trustworthy guide for dependable varie-
ties. 1t contains liz pages with beautiful
Illustrations from photographs and is book
of valuable and reliable information with
many suggestions. The catalog will be Gladly
bent TO all who appreciate QUALITY In seeds.
A postcard will bring H.
j. +. NoLL q CO..
1l5 Mulberry street. Newark, ". J.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-25
ASK THE QUESTION BOX"
What You Want to Know About Gardening Poultry and COu
try Problems Answered by Experts.

This nOthn a
address, Initials only
in
the and leaves
Newark
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-25

Yellow poplar, or tulip tree. the
largest broadleaf tree in America, has
heen known TO reach nearly 200 feet in
height and ten feet diameter.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-25
Forestry Notes

The tenth successive year without a
forest fire has Just been passed by the
Powell national forest IN south CEN
trail Utah.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-25

though the plants are not difficult to
raise in any ground, it will benefit
them to fertilize with soluble COW or
sheep manure now and then. For
this purpose the best kinds are all of
the ten weeks stocks, two to three
feet Do not use mixed kinds; they
are inferior. From reliable seeds you
will produce eighty to ninety double
flowers
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-25

Pennsylvania has about seven and
one-half million acres OF timberland,
one-eighth of which is owned by the
state The total value of the States
timber is $139 100000.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-25
GOOD ADVICE

After the breeding pens are broken
up it is well to dispense with all of
the male birds, unless they have more
than usual value. 1t is a great mis-
take to keep lot of ROSTERS. When
the fowls are kept purely for egg
production all male birds may be dis
pensed with. 1t is well to remember
that the sleeping neighbors may not
fully appreciate the rooster that
greets the sun with his clarion call.
Some suburban people who keep a
few hens find it a much better plan
to buy day-old chicks than to hatch
their own stock In this way they
escape all the trouble OF caring for
sitting hens or an incubator This
is a good month to buy newly Matched
chlckA
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-25

Forest officers In Washington and
oregon plan to discontinue the use of
barbed wire on their forests. This will
affect their own pastures and public
drift fences. They say barbed wire
has no advantage over smooth wire,
that it injuries stock and that 1t is
more likely to be borne down by soft
snow. Stockmen on the Ochoco for
est. in Oregon, recently constructed
drift fences OF smooth wire, though
with some misgivings; now they say
they will never use barbed wire again.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-25

Mist1etoe thrives on the western
coasts to an extent not approached in
the east. In many places this para
site growth is responsible, directly or
indirectly, for considerable loss OF
timber
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-25
How to Grow stocks.

I would like to grow some stocks, 9
flower of which l am very fond.
ND 9
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-01-13
PRAISES
Are Heaped on the CIarkSburg
! of Eiks. by Al. C. MoreIan6t
Editor and Orator.

: The EJIka4 Amtler OF which Arthur
c. Moreland is editor contains the
following:
The editor of the Elks-Antler was
the alleged orator at the memorial
services of Clarksburg, w. Va,
Lodge, No. 1872, and he desires in
cold type to express as we'll as his
pen will permit, his grateful appre-
citation of the kindness, courtesy ana
hospitality OF the members OF
Clarksburg Lodge, which were
showered upon him without stint
and. n true fraternal measure
The trifling service which called
forth this attention, became to MIN
even more df1ninutive as contrasted
with the efforts of the brothers or
No: 1872 to show the warmth Of Sthe en-
hospitality and his only regret, then
and now; was and Is. that the various
LODGES throughout the country could
not study the lesson taught by the
example Eof hClar burg Lodge In all
af. its affairs and thereby demon
strate the possibf1it 'es that exist
where a lodge OF Blks is something
more than a name. jcrS
To the brothers of lClapSsRu Eg
Lodge the writer feels under last-
ing debt for the pleasant memories
evoked and wishes to each and every
brother of NO. 1872 all that they
woufd wish themselves, plus one
hundred. per cent more, as his ex-
preston for the new year.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-01-13

=
.outgTowtheof II. This falling Is com
mon to every walk of life The poor
are extravagant as well as the rich:
The have nots'' offend as do the
'ihaves.' whatever difference. there is
being in degree and not in principle.
EOur national government is extraya-
CANT and so is our state government,
our county governments. and city
governments, and all of them are in
debt excepting the state. Most of our
railroads are extravagant and all are
heavily in debt, and corporations are
extrayagant and, with rare exception
IN debt Hence. IT Is natural that the
Individual Also .sho MD be extravagant
and that debt should bes9 matter of
course and InsolTency not unusual
If 1t were possible to get at the de-
taiEs we wound non be long in discov-
ering that this national trait Of ex-
travagance is responsible for a con
siderable part of the high cost of ltv-
iings Notsfor all Of it, OF course, since
the burdeRsoinP cost Of living Is q
Worldwide condition. the thrifty peo-
pies Of certain sections. ofFEurope not
being immune. But in this country
we appear in the past 10 or 3 years
to have surrendered abJectly to the
temptation of extravaganza until the
mere suggestion OF economy, wheth-
lar in print or conversation, exposes
one to the unpleasant suspicion OF
| being "a tfght-wad."
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-01-13
nlness Is Keprerted.

The Telegram fully agrees. with
the Parkersburg, State Journal IN the
statement qthat thousands ohcoWsSt
Virginianse regret the misfortune that
has overtaken Captain q. b, Doyenerf
of Wheeling. The State Journal SAYS:
:. ,Thev hundreds and even thousands
OF friends OF Captain B. B. DoXeners
in. .Parkersbprg and the counties in
.thisF part, ct West Virginia, viii regret
20 hear OF the misfortune which has
overtaken him and OF which dispatch
as in today's State Journal tell. Prob
ably no man residing out of this city
has as many friends here as the dis
tinguished gentleman possesses.
The old soldiers in particular will
regret to hear of this fellow veteran 8
tndisposition. Capt. Dovener got his
title In. thesswar for the union and
commanded a company from this part
Of the state, he being a resident of
Writ county at the beginning. of the
great conflict. He was a brave sol
der, winning admiration from all
who knew him.
Nearly everybody about here has
heafd him as "a public speaker. t'or
i've terms he served in Congress and
was in many places on the stump, go
ing out of the First district from
R5e fl fss s8SSSRieoth s5 l9sail
+ t6apt2 8oySPeF was frequet1t Wis,
| toRA tS4SafAefsbufg coming here on
legal ess and on account of"otht
ar m Ie was prominent fig
n district conventions,
bis life actively en-
1t has been but a
s & tIk4 so she was here and it
WINS noted tina Che was inaT failing
health at the time.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-01-13

.N9tII Not Get the MaFsFalship
as He is a State go (
Senator. anis.i


WASHINGTON, Jan. ( 10 .---Whlle
the. term of office of j. Nj Doyle,
United States marshal for the North
afhs district OF FYEast Virginia will eN-
pira in. a few days no intimation has
been made as to the appointment of
hrs, successor. 1t ihast already been
stated that it was believed State, Sem
ator george b. Slemaker, of Sisters
vile. would. he the choice of Senator
s5HfHon, but IT. how fran bfTesA that
senator Chiffon is ehesitatingSto rec
onrnend Mr. Slemaker, because the
latter is a member of the state senate,
which is tied politically, and to ap-
point him United States marshal
would necessitate his resignation
from the senate.
The calling of the legislature in ex-
ira session seems probable, because
of several matters requiring the at
tention of that body and 1t would not
be regarded as good politics to ap-
point senator who would imme-
lately have to resign in order to
ake his new position, leaving the Re
publicans In control of the senate.
The removaIf of Senator Smith, as
recommended by the special bribery
investigation committee, would leaN4
the Democrats in "a majority in ,the
ate. bQ1esss Sei$ OF 81 emake1' is-apL
pointed and his appointment would
wipe out the majority. setfl-
Because of these conditions 1T IS
I eyieved, sspatorSr sIeEsaker VIII not
but who will be Tecomm ended is not
known. t1Gfs