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The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-07-20
Crop Residues Harbor Disease

The favorite resh Ng place for
diseases which attack plants is in
the remains ofsthose plal.Us which
are left in the field after harvest,
1t is customary to leave the Gull
fruits and stems Of spring truck
crops in the field. Any diseases
which attack those crops arc thus
encouraged to attack future
crops. Insects and the spores of
fungus diseases are capable of
living over in the residue of
spring crops or in the soil, They
arc thus ready to attack when an
other crop is planted.
c. K. McQuarrie, state agent
for the University of Florida Ex-
pertinent Station, suggests that
the remains of such crops be col
lected and destroyed as sooon as
the harvest is over. To leave them
in the field invites failure. The
winters are not cold enough to in
tcrfere with most diseases and in
sects and they gradually accumu-
late unless something is done to
hold them in check.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-07-20
FARM AND GROVE IN FLORIDA
Stem End Rot Likely to Follow
Scale Insects
Agricultural News Service University of Florida
College of Agriculture

Scale insects not only damage
citruSh fruit themselves, but they
are likely to be the forerunners
of stem end rot. Stem end rot is
caused by fungus which is um-
able to enter the fruits except
where a wound or weakened tis-
sues give them entrance. That
the disease is usually found at the
stem end is because it finds CON
ditions for entrance favorable
there.
Scale insects usually collect at
the stem end and weakenn the tis-
sues around the stem. Since the.
spores of the fungus are usually a
bundant infection is almost sure
to occur if the disease has been
in the grove during a year or two
previous The fruit drops and de-
cay sets in. If infection occurs
late in the season decay may not
develop until after the fruit is
picked and shipped.
II. E. Stevens, plant patholog-
istto the University of Florida -Ex-
pertinent Station, recommends
that growers watch closely for
scale insects. If they become
numerous they should be sprayed
with good contact insecticidc.
Spraying may have to be repeat
ed once or twice to keep the fruit
from scales until the picking sea-
son.
Pruning the dead wood is also
a good precaution. The fungus
lives over in dead wood and is rea-
dy to infect fruit when favorable
conditions arise. Dead wood
should be removed and burned.
This will lessen greatly the chanc-
es for spread of the disease.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-07-20
Plants With Pot Bound Roots
Do Not Thrive

+. +. Halma, assistant horticul-
turist to the University of Florida
Experiment Station recommends
thai potted plants be examined oc-
casionaly to see whether their
roots are pot boumd.If upon re-
moving the plant from the pot the
roots are massed around the out
side of the soil "a larger uot should
be provided. If, however, a larger
pot is impracticable the roots may
be sheared, new soil introduced
and the plant replaced in the
same pot.
During the rainy season is a
good time to transfer plants and
they are apt to need repoting ow-
ing to the growth made during
spring and summer.
Where soil is needed for flower
pots, Mr.. Malma recommends e.
quail parts of muck soil, well rot
ted manure, and sharp sand. If
these ingredients are not avail
able a good garden soil will serve.
A small plant should not be plac-
ed in too large a pot because the
soil is apt to sour. 1t is better to
repot as the plant grows.
Bradford Knapp, of the Unit
ed States department OF agrlcul-
ture, says that the average farm
value of the hay per acre in most
of the cotton states was more than
the farm value of the cotton in the
fall of 1914. In 1915 thevalue OF
hay produced per acre was greterr
than the value of cotton produced
per acre in some Of the cotton stat
es. Wonder why more folks do
not raise hay?
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-07-20
GROVE INSPECTION LAWFUL
Supreme Court Uphold Action of
the Plant Board

Two recent decisions of the Su-
preme Court of Florida are of
much interest and importance to
the citrus growers of the State.
Both decisions were IN cases
brought against the State Plant
Board in connection with the
work of eradicating citrus canker.
In one case the owner of cit
rus grove requested an injunction
restraining the inspectors of the
Plant Board from inspecting his
property for citrus canker, alleg-
ing that the Florida Plant Act of
1915, authorizing such inspection,
was unconstitutional. The Circuit
Court of Dade County held the
Plant Act to be constitutional and
sustained demurrer to such bill,
and upon an appeal, the Supreme
Court affirmed the decision of the
court below.
In the other cases certain nurs-
erymen whose citrus nurseries
were located within one mile of
injected property, and hence un-
der quarantine by the provisions
OF rule 5 Of the Plant Board, filed
a bill to enjoin the enforcement of
such rule, and praying for its
modification so as to permit the
movement of nursery stock stu
ated within an infected zone, al
though such nursery stock might
have been subject to infection, if
In fact it did not show, upon in
spection, evidence of infection.
TO this Bill the Attorneys for the
Plant Board filed demurrer, con-
tending the Circuit Court was
without jurisdiction to control the
discretion of the Plant Board or
review its findings, or to grant the
relief prayed, and that there was
no equity in the bill. The Circuit
Court overruled this demurrer,
but the Supreme Court reversed
the decision of the Court below,
holding that such bill did not
state any grounds for equitable
relief, and that no facts were al
legged showing that the State
Plant Board, in making and en-
forcing Rule 5, had exceeded its
authority.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-07-20
Budwood Must Not Be Removed
Without Inspection

Under the Florida Plant Act of
1915 and under the nursery in
spection laws of practically every
state, budwood is considered nurs-
cry stock. The reason for this
classification is obvious when one
remembers that insect pests and
disease can be transferred as east
ly on budwood as on nursery
stock. Growers and nurserymen
who wish to move budwood
should apply for inspection to F..
M. OBryan, nursery inspector to
the State Plant Board, University
of Florida, Gainesville. If the
wood is clean permission will be
given to move it.
To move stock without certifi-
cation is violation Of the law
and offenders can be held rcspon-
Sible. 1t is probable that some
growers and nurscrymen have not
thought of budwood as nursery
stock. If this had been under
stood a great deal of trouble
could have been avoided. The
movement of budw0od has been
responsible for the introduction of
cottony cushion scale, scaly bark,
canker and other citrus diseases
into many communities where
such diseases did not exist for
merly.
The regulations apply not only
to wood sold to another person,
but also to wood moved from one
property to another. Inspection
must be made before the stock
can be moved.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-07-20
EXCHANGE SHOTS OVER
LINE
Mexicans Fire on Guardsmen
Who Reply-None Hit on
American Side

Ell Paso, Texas-A party OF
mounted Mexicans exchanged fire
with l. Company Of the Ninth
Massachusetts, Infantry near here
Tuesday.
According to reports the
Guardsmen were doing outpost
duty when the Mexicans rode up
on the opposite bank of the Rio
Grande and opened fire. The
Guardsmen suffered no casualties,
but reported they believed they
had killed one Mexican.
Captain Hickey of Dorchester,
Mass, commanding the company,
estimated the number of Mexi-
cans at fifteen, but asserted that
he was unable to determine whe-
ther or not they were soldiers.
Approximately fifty shots were
fired on each side, it was said
Both General Bell, commanding
the FL Paso military district, and
Lieutenant-COlonel Muclon, act
ing garrison commander in Juar-
ez, denied that they had received
official reports of the incident and
both said that it seemed trivial.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-07-20
Expose Grown Roots of Foot Rot
Trees

r'oot-rot of trees always devel
ops rapidly when the soil and at
mosphere are moist. 1t is advis
able to keep the crown roots ex.
posed and especially during tho
rainy season, according to A. P
Spencer, district agent for the U.
niversity of FloridaExtension Di.
vision. This allows the areas to
dry out and hence checks the dis
ease. Sometimes further treat
ment ia given by applying Aver
narius Carbolineum.
Mr.. Spencer says that a great
many Of old foot-rot groves in
Florida that were almost past
bearing have been brought back
to profitable bearing. About the
only treatment those trees were
given was the removal of the
earth from the crown roots.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-07-20

5O-year old $3.50 an acre. In this
country the turpentine industry
has had the advantage of a great
natural forest. Instead of being
founded an preserved by the dill
igence fo man, its destruction will
be brought about unless steps are
taken to perpetuate it. The grow
ing of timber for turpentine pur-
poses is a profitable undertaking
at present.
Sixty-one per cent of the hard
wood supply of the country is To-
Gated in the South, Mr.. Graves
pointed out. Moreover, many of
the most important hardwoods
are supplied wholly by the south
ern forests. The Appalachian re-
gion now produces about fifty per
cent of the hardwoods used in the
country, and forms the chief re-
naming source of supply. At the
present rate of cutting the exist
ing supply of high grade hard
wood timber will not last for
MANY years. Under proper meth
ods, however, the Southern Ap-
palachian region alone can be
made to grow four-ffths of the
hardwood timber which we now
require.
There is no great need, said Mr..
Graves, for more of the States to
provide for forest fire protection
under the Weeks Law, in coop
Grafton with the National Govern
ment. The lumber companies
should also combine to prevent
fires in their holdings. This can
best be done by protective associa-
tions such as have been formed
elsewhere.
Once the. fire problem is control
led the possibilities of forestry in
the South are almost unlimited,
When the people of the South
wake up to the value of the re-
sources at stake and take neces-
sary steps to prevent their de-
and waste, the forests of
the South may be made to yield a
supply Of lumber and
other products.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-07-20
Caterpillars Attack
Potatoes
Sweet

Catorpillars attack sweet pota-
toes almost every year. In some
sections they may not be trouble
some but in others they may de-
foliate the crop. They are between
one and two inches long and are
marked with broad dark, narrow
orange, and brown stripes. They
feed on the leaves of sweet pota-
toes and on a number of other
plants.
They may be controlled in the
sweet potato field by poisons, ac-
cording to j. r.. Watson, entomol-
ogist to the University of Florida
Experiment Station. Lead arse
nate is probably the best poison.
Use one pound Of the powder or
two pounds of the paste to 90 gal
Ions of water. Spray the vines
until they are thoroughly wet. If
busting is preferred, each part of
the lead arsemate powder should
be mixed with four parts of air
slaked lime. Dust the leaves
until they are well covered with
the mixture.
One treatment is usually
enough. However, if the first is
not thoro another viii be neces-
sary. The broods are about a
month apart.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-07-20
Cultivation of Sweet Potatoes
Pays

Sweet potatoes are so easily
raised that they usually raise
themselves. The average farmer
considers his task completed when
he sets the plants, according to G..
X. McQuarrie, state agent for the
University of Florida Extension
Division Sweet potatoes do not
need much cultivation, but the lit
tie they do need is essential.
There is probably no crop which
will respond more generously to
a little care.
After the vines have formed
and covered the beds they can be
depended upon to care for the
weeds and grass, but until then
they should be cultivated. Until
the plants become established
they are not capable of compet-
ing with weeds and are apt to be
smOthcred or stmted. With a lit
tie cultivation they will make
quicker growth and an earlier
crop.
Cultivation should be continued
only until the vines have become
large enough to cope with the
weeds. If it is given later than
this it is apt to interfere with the
formation of potatoes and with
the root system.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-07-20
THE CITRUS cANKER FIGHT
Less Canker in State Today Than
in Dade County a Year Ago

Today there is less citrus cank-
er infection in the whole State of
Florida than there was in half of
the county of Dade twelve months
ago. This is the highly pleasing
information divulged by mem
of the State Plant Board, which
met in Jacksonville Monday.
Within little more than year
the State Plant Board, with the
cooperation of the governmnct
and individuals, has practically
rid the state of citrus canker. They
have within this marvelously
short time practically saved the
State from one of the most de-
structive plant diseases known,
and saved for Florida one of her
greatest assets, her citrus fruit in
dustry.
May, 1915, the Florida Legisla-
ture created the State Plant
Board, and appreciated $65, 900 a
year for two years to be expended
in the eradication of citrus cank-
er. Added to this something
like $150,000 was given by the
Federal government and although
this latter sum was appropriated
only few months ago it has been.
practically expended.
Because the Board, with the
State and Federal appropriations,
had fair amount of money to op-
crate along well organized and ex-
tensive lines, it has been enabled |
to make wonderful progresss. 1t
has curbed a pest that threatened
to destroy the citrus canker indus
try of the State in its entirety.
The members. of the Plant
Board and the others whose effic-
lent work and judgement is evil
dent in the great progress made
in the eradication work, are all
deserving of highest praises. The
former give their services to the
State and their only hope of re-
ward is the knowledge that their
efforts are appreciated, that they
have performed faithfully and
well.-Jacksonville Metropolis.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-07-20

The cost of printing paper has
risen so high as to drive many
newspapers out of business and
impose a grievous burden on all
of the rest. 1t would be an ak
ION in the newspaper world that
the subscription price just about
paid for the white paper used.
Today the price at which most
newspapers are sold does not
come anywhere near paying for
the paper in them. The cost of
paper has nearly doubled. Many
papers which made fair profit
a year or two ago are now pub
lished at a loss, for this reason a
lone, and yet many subscribers
are grouchy about paying their
subscriptions and some won't pay
at all.-Polk Co. Record.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-07-20
BRITISH GAIN
MORE GROUND
ALLIES CRUSHING OFFENSIVE
On East Front Russians Reach the
Lipa, the Teufons Retiring in
Disorder that Closely
Resembles a Rouf

London, Eng. - The British
army made substantial progress
Tuesday north of Ovillers, while
the Germans utilized temporary
lull in making an attempt to re-
gain lost ground at Biaches and
La Masionette, where the French
forces had pushed them back in
the first rush of the Anglo French
offensive. Fighting in this region
continues.
General Won Linsingen s retire
ment across the Lipa River on
the Eastern front is considered by
critics as removing the last seri-
Gus obstacle to the advance of the
Russians toward Lemberg. Re-
ports from Rome say the retire
ment of the Teutonic Allies has
caused panic in Galicia, where
towns are being evacuated. The
Russian official communication re-
fers to the withdrawal as having
been in disorder, Notwithstanding
German declarations that it was
accomplished unhampered by the
Russians.
While the adverse weather is
compelling a lull in the fighting
ON the Western front, military
critics are taking stock of the sit
uation. They are agreeably sur
prised by the large captures of
heavy armament that General
Haig, the British commander-in-
chief, has announced.
The critics point out how the
British attacks have been pressed
with the greatest rapidity in or
der to give the Germans no time
to organize formidable defenses.
Also as was evidenced by the
withdrawal of the British from
the Foreaux wood, where they
had reached the German third
line, General Haig wisely resisted
the temptation to hold on to that
point. 1t would have incurred
severe fighting, with probably
heavy losses, and General Haig
was in favor of a more methodi-
cal advance.
Evidence received from the
front, as well as the official map
published here, seems to prove
that the German second line of
defenses was far less strong and
elaborate than the first. There
fore, the military observers said,
they believed obstacles are likely
to be less difficult as the Entente
Allies advance.
A Paris dispatch says, unofficial
advices from Saloniki, under date
of July II, says cannonading is in
progress along the entire Saloniki
front.
Organized labor of England re-
sponded to the Government 5 ap-
peal to postpone the August holi-
days so that the British offensive
may be carried on with no short
age of ammunition. At con-
ference of representatives of
trades unions it was decided un-
animOusly to recommend that the
suggestion be a
dopted.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-07-20

of placing the material in the trees
on leaves ald twigs.
Pure culture eliminates the pos
sibility of introducing diseases
A number of diseases could be car
ried to a grove on cultures that
were not pure or ON dried fungus
material from other groves.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-07-20
Mrs. N, N Wakefield of lack.

Mrs. N. N. Wakefield of Jack
sonville, arrived Thursday noon
on a ten days visit. First a guest
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. G. G.
Brown and then of Mrs. Mary K.
Rankin at "The Palms." she is
dividing her time between these
Solana friends snd visiting others
in the city during her stay.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-07-20

In Mexico it may be necessary
to set the clock up coule of hun
dred years in order to bring that
country up to date.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-07-20

Mrs. j. Jack is visiting her
daughter, Mrs. Hanson, in Area
dia.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-07-20

The latest hyphenate is the
Moose Elephant.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1912-1984, 1916-12-01

ager of the National Life and Acct
dent Insurance Company.
w. L. McCarty went to Pineville
this week to visit his mother, Mrs. Re-
becca McCarty.
Mrs. N. o. True and pretty daugh-
ter, Miss Estella True, of Mckinney,
were in town this morning.
Miss Margaret Shanks, who spent
Thanksgiving here with her parents,
was accompanied by Miss Josephine
Davis, of Shelbyville, Miss Marion
of Louisville, and Miss Phena
Pownsely, of Tulsa, Okla.
Mrs. Cleo Brown, who went to
Louisville last week to have her ton
sils removed, has returned home, but
as yet, is not able to be in the post
Office. Miss Amy Proctor is assist
ing Assistant Richard Cox, during
Mrs. Browns absence.-Mt. Vernon
Signal.
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You're Bilious! Let
"Cascarets" Liven
Liver And Bowels
Don't Stay Headachy, Constipated
Sick, With Breath Bad And
Stomach Sour.

Get 10-cent box now.
You men and women who can't get
feeling right-who have headache
coated tongue, bad taste and foul
breath, dizziness, can't sleep, are bill
ious, nervous and upset, bothered
with sick, gassy, disordered stomach
or have bad cold.
Are you keeping your bowels clean
with Cascarets, or merely forcing a
passageway every few days with salts,
cathartic pills or castor oil?
Cascarets work while you sleep
cleanse the stomach, remove the sour,
undigested, fermenting food and foul
gases; take the excess bi from the
liver and carry out of tn system all
the waste matter and POISON in the
bowels.
A Cascaret tonight Wi .straighten
you out by morning. 10-cent box
from any drug store will keep your
stomach sweet, liver and bowels reg
ular and head clear for months. Don't
forget the children. They love Cas-
carets because they taste good-never
grippe or sicken. 95-1
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1912-1984, 1916-12-01

their town and school and should be
very willing to cooperate with the
school authorities in preventing the
spread of all diseases which are cal
culated to take the lives of the chill
dren who are exposed to them.
A few years ago a case of diph-
liberia was allowed to enter the
Brooklyn City School and the result
was that about 385 of the children
in that city died.
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DAUGHTERS LIFE )
SAVED BY TANLAG
Mother Of Mrs. John Lowe Says
She is Sure of Il.
NOW WEanS "TAHLAC SMILE"

"She Had Lost All Interest In Life
and Would Have Gladly Welcomed
Death, Declares Mrs. S. c. Burnett.
~ Regard My Daughters Recovery
as Most Wonderful and Miraculous"
There is absolutely no doubt in my
mind that Tanlac saved my daughters
Iife."
This statement by Mrs. s. G. Burnett,
1888 Clay street, Cincinnati, mother of
Mrs. John Lowe, same address, tells
why the ''Tanlac Smile brightens the
face Of everybody in that household
II regard my daughters recovery as
he most wonderful relief your Tanlac
medicine has ever achieved" said Mrs.
Burnett Il myself-her own mother
had given up hope My daughter had
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1912-1984, 1916-12-01

Tanlac is sold exclusively in STAN
ford at The Penny Drug Store, E. R.
Coleman, Proprietor.
Tanlac can now be obtained in fol
lowing nearby cities: Moreland, Alb
raham Minks; Hustonville, Adams
Bros; Mckinney, True & Co.; Ellis
burg, Joe McWilliams; Middleburg,
w. c. Bryant; Crab Orchard, Lyme
Bros; Brodhead, John Robins; Lam
caster, R. E. McRoberts; Bee Lick,
j. Reynolds & Son; Waynesburg, w.
A. Horton.
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Personal and Social
John G. Lynn of Danville, was here
ANOTHER WOMAN TELLS
How Vinol Made Her Strong

Beallsville, Ohio.-T wish all ner-
vous, weak, rundown women could
have VinoL / was SO rundown, weak
and nervous could not sleep. Every
thing l ate hurt me, and the medicine
i had taken did me no good. L de-
cided to try Vinol, and before long I
could eat anything / wanted and could
sleep all night. Now 1 am well and
strong, and in better health than L
have been for years.-Mrs. ANNA
MnLIsoN, BeallsviIle, Ohio.
We guarantee Vinol for all rundown,
weak and debilitated conditions.
The Penny Drug Store, Stanford, Ky.
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Wednesday.

Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wallace Walter, were
in Lexington Wednesday.
Misses Epperson and Cooking, of
Mckinney were in town Wednesday.
Mrs. John Tanner and Miss Ruth
Tanner, of Mckinney, are in town to-
day.
Mrs. A. C. Hill is visiting her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. J. B. Mershon at
Somerset.
Mrs. w. A. Carson has been in
Lancaster with relatives and friends
for a short visit.
Mrs. j. E. Buck, of Gilbert's Creek,
attended the Nevius-Harned wedding
here Wednesday evening.