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MILITARY CRITIC SAYS GERMAN ARTILLERY WILL WIN.

eOPENuAGEN. Feb IT. A foreign military critic lately returned from Berlin stated that it was his unbiased opinion that the Germans must win on land solely on account of their wonder ful artillery which the other eontcndine nation cannot hope to equal in strength within d period of at least ten years. He declares that the Germans have hundreds of guns that they have SD far had no opportunity to place in action owing ta the difficulties of transporta- tion.
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FL PASO. Feb. k Messages from Chihuahua say that the Villa forces are speedy armored motor cars To head the vanguard of the army The motors have enabled the Villa troops to innict much damage on the retreating Carranzists by means of the machine guns carried It is also reported that the personal command of General Villa, operating south of Guadalajara, has
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WESTERN ZONE
FRENCH MAKE GERMANS EVACUATE AT SEVERAL POINTS

BORDEAGN, Feb. lS.- Dispatches from the war zone indicate that the Allied offensive following the cessation of the German attacks has resulted in the recapture of the trenches which were taken by the Germans some days ago near Ypres. Various successes are also reported from the Vacinity of Rheims and in the Argonnc the Allies having made substantial gains at scv- eral points.
 The sudden collapse of the German offensive is occasioning much suprise Terrific artillery dueling is said to con tinue near Verdun but the German fire k said to he ineffective
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ALLIES PREPARE TO
 LOMBARD ADRlATiC PORTS.

ROME, Feb lS.-French reports in- dicate that the allied fleet operating in the Adriatic is making preparations to resume the aggressive on large scale. The extended bombardment of the upper Adriatic ports contemplated has caused the Italian government to serve notice to all descendants of Italians re- siding in the threatened towns to leave as speedily as possible
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UF NERAL WAR
CHANCELLOR SAYS ARTILLERY WILL AMAZE WORLD.

GpPENIIAGEN. Feb IT, Messages fom Berlin state that the German Chancellor in recent address to the Heichstae. in Berlin declared that the German artillery will eonfound the world with fhr coming If spring bN the rpidity ef its sweeping rush 10 victory
 IL is stated that the Chancellor as serted that the great German gun works are preparing dozens of siege guns of even greater csoliber and have several completed with bore of sixty centimcters before which nothing can stand within a range of fifteen miles
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BRITAIN PROTESTS PASSAGE FOOD INTO AUSTRIA.

ROME, Feb. lS-The British goy. ernment has addressed a note of protest
 to the Italian government objecting to the free passage of food stuffs from Italy into the Trieste and Plume dis tricts of Austria The government has replied giving the assurance that all such shipments are for the use of Italians who are residing in those sec tons
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THREATEN RESTRICTIONS FRISCO
 CHINATOWN

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. IS Follow ing the recent disturbances the Chinese are in q highly excited state and re- newal of the hatchetmens activities is hourly expected. The police have again warned the Tongmen that unless the trouble ceases severe restrictions will be placed upon the local Chinatown during the continuance of the eXposi- ton
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WEST FRONT AWAkENS WITH APPROACH OF SPRING.

NEW YORK. Feb. 1S-Today's sum mary of the fighting in the Western war zone shows that the entire front is awakening with the approach of milder weather. the forces of the allies being especially active. The gains Of either side. however, are negligible although much fighting has progressed. Much artillery dueling has marked the acti- vities of the day
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AVlATORS IN CONSTANT
 TOUCH BY WIRELESS

SAN DIEGO Feb. 1S-Alilitlrs aviator Jones during four hour trial flight along the ocean front stopped
 and started his biplane four times without outside aid The observer who accompanied the aviator in the fight kept the officers If the aero corps eon- stantly informed of his observations by means of wireless equipment
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AUSTRIANS REJOICE AT
 EXPULS SION OF INVADERS

newly recruited regiments departed for the front today. The troops before leaving passed beneath the balcony of the Royal Palace and received the blessing of the aged Emperor, Franz Joseph. The ruler assured the de parting soldiers that he would be with his troops along the battlefront as soon as the returning warmth of summer
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VIENNA, Feb. lS# Vienna is ring Ing with tine neWs that the Austrans are everywhere victorious and the cap ital is ablaze with patriotic excitement. From every point along the Eastern front the news of Austrian successes continue to pour into the capital and every indication points to the speedy expulsion of the Russian invaders. Six
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WILSON SAYS
 EXTRA SESSION
 NUT NECESSARY

SEATTLE. Feb IsA Washington bulletin states that the President has announced that an extra session of congress will not be called Wilson states chat in as much Us the calling af ln extra session will have little other purpose than the consideration of the ship Purchase amendment. such action s not necessary.
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SPANISH ARMY OFFICERS TO HELP THE ALLIES.

MADRID. Feb K ManN Spanish army officers are rcsisninR that they may go to France where it is under stood their services are being accepted to fight against the Germans
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FOREIGN BOTTOMS MAY TRADE BETWEEN ALASKA
 AND ATLANTIC.

WASHINGTON. Feb ls.-Durins tho course uf the debate prior to the passage of the amended ship purchase bill il was announced that 1t was with in the plans of the administration that foreign bottoms purchased under the ship bill may trade direct between the Atlantic coast and the territory Of Alaska
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TRANS PACIFIC LINERS AGAIN ON LOOKOUT.

VICTORIA. Feh IS. Arter months of feeling safe from the presence oi German cruisers in their path the trans Pacific liners from Canada are again startled by the reported presence of mysterious German ship in mid Pacific
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FOREIGNER PLANNED TO SINK LAKE STEAMERS.

CHICAGO. Fch 1E The Chicago police have uuearthcd plot of a fanat ical foreigner who had planned to sink several big lake steamers which were preparing to take careos to canada in the spring
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MORE HORSES AND MULES SHIPPED TO ALLIES.

ST. LOUIS. Feb IS Several solid trainloads Of horses and mules depart ed today for Canadian points where they will be transhipped to Europe for use of the allied armies in France and Belgium
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GERMAN PRESS UPAoLos
 REPLY TO AMERICAN NOTE.

LONDON. Feb. 1S.-A Reuter- dis patch to the Times says that the Ger man press is a unit in upholding the German reply to the American note. stating that the American contention that search of supposed belligerent ves-
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would permit without the risk of suf- feriue undue exposure The sight of he Emperor filled the populace with joy and the aged man was wildly cheered
 Hot chocolate. hot beef tea, matted milk and fresh ice cream and soda water at the Rose Candy Store.
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FRENCH LINER VICTIM OF GERMAN SUBMARINE.

PARIS. Feb. K Dispatches from Harve state that the German submarine T. l6 torpedoed and sunk the French liner Vile de Lille off that Port last evening The dispatch states that the survivors have been landed safeN. but otherwise gave no detnils
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After you have read this paper pass il on to some one else that is also in- them a favor as Nome is destined to he one of the large cities of Alaska
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GERMAN SUBMARINE AT LARGE IN JAPANESE WATERS.

NAGASAKi Feb ls-A German sub marine which somehow escaped cap ture at the Tsingtau exploitation is rumored at large in Japanese waters and is said to be aided by the Japanese There is much fear lest the German boat will start destruction of Japanese merchantmen.
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VICTIM or DEMENTED
 SECTION HAND DIES

inflicted by the revolver of the maniac. The slayer who was wounded by the police continues to finger but is expect cd to die soon. Miss Vera Loekhart who was compelled to jump from a sec- ond story window, receiving severe in iuries Is stated to be fast recovering.
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way disturb the commerce of America. az the vessel was proceeding to d belligerent port In defiance of the Brit ish contraband announcement and the result should In no way affect American e"mmerce with neutral nations
 The note suggested that the present
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shortage of ships may he the underly cause of the lessenine of American trade and also points out that the in jury to the cotton crop is due largely to the indiscriminate sowing of mines by Germany and for which that country is alone responsible.
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sels flying the flag of the United States was not only impracticable but inn possible, us the English are equipping the vessels of the merchant marine with guns.
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SEATTLE, Feb. 1s.-Riehard Patton one of the victims of Richard Imento the demented section hand who fired a fusillade of shots at the employees Of ono of the North Pacific offices last Tuesday, died last night in the city hospital as the result of the wounds
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GERMAN FOOD CONDITIONS NEARllG A CRISIS
BRITISH DISCLAIm INJURY
 OF AMERICAN TRADE

WASHINGTON, Feb. .1S.-The reply of great Britian to the American note denies that the naval acts of that country are In any way responsible for the injury to the trade of the United States The British insist that he
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TH4W TRIAL
 MARCH FIRST

NEW YORK Eeb ls-Attorney- General Parsons today announced that eNtradited from New Hampshire, has been set for March first
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DOG RACER LOST.

Black and white brest answers to name of Tango and known as one of tho Roster dogs. Finder please leave at Life Saving Station.
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A. 8. DANCE MONDAY. FEB. %. 1915 TICKETS, St.50

Eskimos formerly of King Island will hold big dance Friday night at gymnasium, 8:30 p. m.
 Strictly fresh eggs and poultry at Prossers Harness Shop. Phone Black ?
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COMING

A four act drama Down in Dixie" which promises to be one of the best. Eagle hall, Feb. 27, 1915.
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YOU GET THE MOST AND VERY LATEST WAR NEWS IN THE NOME DAILY NUGGET.
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King Island style dancing, Friday night gymnasium, 80 p. m.
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"rannhauser,' Richard Waener's famous opera. Eagle Hall Friday night.
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Don't fail to see "Tannhauser," at Eagle Hall, Friday night
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VILLA ON VICTORIOUS
 MARCH ID CAPITAL

dynamitod railroad bridge on the line from Mexico City while troop train of cananzists was passing over, with the result that hundreds were killed and the train entirely destroyed. The march of Villa is declared to he one continual series of victories
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The Daily Nugget, s2.oo per month.
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Big Eskimo dance Friday night. sym nasiunn. 3:3o p. m.
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Eskimo dance Friday night s:3o p. n.,
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RED SQUIRRELS AND PIRD
NEST DESTRUCTION.

EDITOR or THE SrN GARpENINu DE-
PART MENT-Sir: I am uncertain as to
whether you are willing Il accept logi-
cal Inference FOR positive evidence. and
II Is only the former that I have to
offer. hut " has met my demands for
demonstration. when this was actually
wanting. during the sixty years I
spent mon squirrels. both red and
gray, and too. the striped chipmunk.
that were So prominent "A feature Of
the old time worm fences. The car
nivurous propensities of the squirrels
are demonstrate in the fact that when
Gagged they will eat bits of raw meat
wen more readily than nuts; but 1t
H. II In the woods that we must go
for facts, and ! have in mind more
than one instance where there was a
great Commotion. the actors being a
rcd squirrel and a pair of chcwinks
'Pipilo erythrophthalmus): the squir-
rel at ease, with an air of m~critor!ous
acton well performed; the chewinks
irdulging in vociferous protcstation
and an empty nest. the shells Of eggs
still moist IN II. | arrived m the
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WHERE no SELL PRODUCE.


Honesty Is best Policy.
good to eat, no matter where You live.
and will put them up in crates. boxes,
barrels or other containers. the New
York State Department of Foods and
Markets. 2O4 Franklin street. New
York city, will sell them for you. II
will see hat you get the market price
for the grade and quality sold and
will send you a prompt account of
sales and remittance. The commission
will he ! per cent, There is usually
"A small charge for c~atalOguing and
handling samples. When il can be
sold on the dock there is no carriage.
The better the produce is graded
and packed the better the price OBJ
tanned.
We have for years scolded New York
fruit growers for their careless man
ner in packing fruit. Buyers of fruit
are not influenced by sentiment, They
do not cart where fruit m from.
II 1t Is of good quality. uniformly
graded and carefully packed 1t sells
quickly and brings a good price. II
II is badly mixed and of inferior quail
ity II brings the lowest price and often
cannot he sold. Only fancy grades Of
high color, in apples for Illustration,
bring top quotations. and they are
scarce.
Many packers seem to think that
the fancy and grade "a" branded on
the head of the barrel will increase
the price without regard to the con
tents of the barrel, The buyer does
not go by the brand on New York
state apples. but depends on the APP
poarance OF the apples when he sees
them.
In a recent sale of IL carload of New
York State fancy grade "A" green
ings the best buyers in New York were
In attendance. The first barrel opened
showed six Gull apples In the second
u third rows from the top and the
buyers passed on without taking "A
second look. Buyers van quality first
and buy in large quantities AT fair
prices. Many dealers do not handle
New York state apples at all because
the top Of the barrel may be good
and the middle of the barrel contain
apples that they cannot sell, 30 they
handle Western apples exclusively, az
they are packed uniformly ana car
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FARMING BY PROXY.

After reading certain farm papers.
IN articles on farming In general
papers and magazines. says the Farm
journal. n cannot help wondering
whether the farmer is still the hard
working man he used to be or whether
he IL merely a figurehead sitting in
an office signing checks while waiting
for his chauffeur to roll the limousine
around,
one of these articles in a weekly
paper would have us believe that "A
PENNSYLVANIA farmer who was unable
to get the farm ,help he needed in
stalled an electric plant and now does
everything electrically except to
plough and plant potatoes. An article
In another IF our popular journals. the
writer Of which evidently has never
been sufficiently attracted by the lure
Of the land to get within close proX-
unity to n farm, contains the state
ment that in Kansas alfalfa goes
through tive sowings IA year-prc-
sumably while the farmers sit on the
fences and watch the strange pro-
ceeding,
However, despite these word pic
lures Of beautiful farm Utopias, the
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.FATTENING POULTRY
INCREASES PROFITS
Fowls Should Not Be Sent to
Market Unless They Are
in Condition.

only s.,au nronor,,or n, ,o,,,ry d.
mark,,eI in trst class condi,ion mon
,,ly fa,,ared yet ,ba nrocess ~ con.
1,So,iny nnu,,ry Ca 90 s,mnie an5 ~.
,,croas. IN ,bs quality ana r,.rL.,
,oir, n,.las tho No, nroo,s - N ,nu,,b
,ar,a, ,ho, ,h.ra 4, no .ycrsa ,or w..
-, o,,r,;,y ~ moor ,,hl. no,,,r o.
hc found even I'm iii. hes, marke,s
AZ f,,,eniny We do no, mean Nl,iny ,
fouls hndv ,,i,h large denosi,s 30 ni,,.
ia, such as il of,en found in old hens
rhis when cooked. separates from tho
meat lea wing i, almost ns tough as thnt
Of AN old. thin fowl. A good fowl should
have large. soft muscles with sufficient
FAT interlacing them TO make them ten.
der iuicy and fine avored This no,
only makes them desirable for home
us. bur they will sell in good markers
for a much higher nrice n mound
good buy,r Of choice, stock ,ooLs
for "A round. pIumn bird thnt wa. Iry
ricked and moi scald.d. AS ,br Later
nor.ss tends IN harden IN. .kin and
meat sc,ldinp also lessons rho marL,,t
,alIn ~ 4, fnrco. 1,r,v ,,o,ar ,r,a 49,
carrass yty,ny II , unIssirahi. ann.an,
n,a ,,,'.h 80, "''r"t
~, Wv ''"'s ''' "u'" " '"e S"e''
~ o T., .o 49,, lit,
"s.hIa au, ~" W."
W puHHln', ,as,as W plhoh WIN 'he
NV 49, Wv .mn"''' ,n'""S
we ."iso llusolo III ,he wing rms Is a
s"ae' uhu,''troh 'nat tne io", IL lender
nan - " N"t or'aS'o'hc' ~ oi,eh IL
'"uhd mat oid fowls, properly fattened.
are more n'si'anle man Younger ones
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LAYING HONORS GO
TO LADY EGLANTINE
White LeghOrn Hen Produces
31l Eggs in 365 Days. a
New Record.
Is NOT BRED FOR BEAUTY

Un sunday morning. October 81. Lady
Byzantine. "a white Leghorn pullei. laid
her 3lith egg in 365 days. The pen OF
five birds OF which she was a member
closed the year with LII eggs. an aver
az. of 2i2 Eggs for each individual.
These two records stand unequailed in
the history of American poultry raising,
and the egg laying competition on the
grounds Of the Delaware College expert
ment station at Newark. Del, has set a
standard which a few years ago would
have been considered impossible.
Lady Byzantine. the most remarkable
egg producer the poultry world has
known, IL an example of what science
can do. She has been bred not for
beauty. not for table excellence. but e.
lay eggs. She Is n typical product OF
the egg laying competition. which has
Tor it's sole object the development o!
the unitarian side of the standard breI
fOwl-that means the Increased outpu'
Of eggs 10y the American hen.
The common barnyard fowl o! thu
country lays an average OF seventy eggs
a year. During the last four years tha'
the egg LAYING competitions have be-.
IN progress II has been demonstrate
that the average could he greatly in
creased by breeding and care. and the
| astonishing record of 3lI eggs laid by
Lady byzantine shows how far it is
possible 10 develop a standard bred
pullet.
Lady Byzantine entered the competi'
! tion on November /. 1914. She hat
been Matched ON the Eastern Shore oi
Maryland in April Of the same year
She laid her first eggs OIL November .
the day after the competition began
20 that her record OF 3li eggs reall,
was made in 3si days.
During the first week she laid 4 eggs
Then she dallied along at the rate Of
~ Il eggs "A week until the week o
January .. when she laid I eggs. i
is interesting to consider that this wal
in the dead Of winter. when eggs wert
selling at ~ cents "A dozen. While th'
SHOWS were IL lin gand the streams wer,
coated with ic. In January and Februar,
and the ~barnyard chicken had Gon ou
of business Lady Byzantine WAS turn
Ing ,ooac with 4 or : or s Eggs ever!
week.
From March IL TO April II the hel
lail So egg IN 30 days. and from tina
time on she seemed to have settled dow
TO real business. for up TO October
she did not drop below 8 eggs a week
save for one week. Frequently she lai,
: gigs a week.
Fail began to have its effects upol
Lady Byzantine nature called to he
to put on "A new coat OF winter feather
and she slowed up sllghtly. The busi
ness Of describing old feathers and put
ting ON the new ones is called moulin,
and during its progress energy whicl
would normally go into producing egg
= diverted to feathers. That Is VIII,
1uring the last three weeks Lady Eg
lantine averaged only : eggs a week
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to thirty-six hours before receiving the
fattening ration and should he fed spar
ingly the first few days. The ration IL
increased gradually until they nave all
they will clean up in about fifteen to
twenty minutes twice a day. The first
feed II given as early in the morning
as they can see TO eat, and the last as
late at night as they can see to clean
up the feed In good shape. Feelings
should be at the same hours each day,
as irregular feeding lessons the appetite.
IL the birds have more for a meal or
two than they can digest. they lose APP
petite and lose weight. Care should he
taken to keep up IA good appetite.
A good ration consists OF three pounds
OF corn meal. three pounds OF buck wheat
middlings or ground buckwheat with the
hulls removed, three pounds OF low grade
wheat Hour or good white wheat mid
diings, and a small quantity OF charcoal.
These are mixed with sour sk!an milk or
buttermilk ,the latter preferred) to the
consistency Of batter, allowed to stand
In a warm place and sour twelve IA
before feeding. one quart OF milk usu-
ally Is sufficient for one and "A hal!
pounds of feed. Where milk cannot he
obtained %one-fourth 10 one-third OF the
ration could consist of meat scraps. al
though this will not give as profitable
results as the skim milk or butternilk.
Young broilers should have. in add.
tion to the above, a small feeding al
noon OF cracked corT and wheat, as
they are otherwise more liable to go "ofi
their feed
Many farmers think that a corn con.
taine "A larger percentage OF fat tha
any other grain. II can be fed probably
as an exclusive fattening feed. At tn
Pennsylvania State Experiment Station
fowls fed on shelled corn exclusively
gained In three weeks less than one-fifth
OF a pound each at "A cost FOR feed oi
from 30 to 90 cents a pound of gain
while similar birds. fed corn meal mixed
with b~utterrnilk gained one-half pound
each, showing that in the case Of the
whole grain too much energy is wasted
IN grinding it \ ration of several finely
ground grains mixed with buttermilk
gave the best results and produced u
gain AZ a cost OF seven cents for each
pound gained.
In 1911 f%attening experiments were
carried on at four OF the Government
Experiment stations with nearly 1896 900
fowls and the results We're published 10y
the United States Department OF Agri.
culture at Washington. u. G.. in Bulle'
tin No. 81. which can be obtained
through our Congressman or by writins
directly to the Department OF Agri.
culture. In these experiments variou.
r%atIons wer" fed and the fowls averaged
$50 pounds Of feed for each pound oi
gain in weight. the feed costing III
cents. The greatest gain was made early
In the season. while in November and
December the average cost a pound gain
was from 9.s 10 ll.6 cents.
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INJURY BY PEA H

The pea aphis, a small green plant
louise. is rated among the important
injurious insects OF the world. becaus"
IT the damage il does to the legumi-
nous crops. especially the red and
crimson clovers and vetches. I'm which
II winters and from which it spreads
Ia field and garden peas and sweet
peas. The pea aphls prefers the young
tender clover leaves and stems. but
eventually V the entire plant,
Garden n sweet peas readily sue
cumb; clover. particularly red clover,
Is able to withstand considerable in
jury. but at times entire fields are de-
stroyed. Not ~infrequently this plant
louise attacks alfalfa, In addition To
the weakening uf the plant, the louise
deposits honeydew to such an extent
that the plants in n badly Infested field
will he discolOred on account Of being
covered with this swedish fluid. The
infested fields are not always killed
outright. but heavy in~fcstations APP
arently have "A weakening effect. and
probably much OF the winter killing
Of clover can he traced back to the
pea aphis.