Horticultural j Points | GOOD CARE OF RASPBERRIES I Canes Should Be Cut Back in Spring to Desired Fruiting Height ? Look for Disease. The New York experiment station has sent out a circular on care of rasp berries. With the close of the fruiting sea son horticulturists at the experiment station at Geneva are recommencing the removal and destruction of the fruiting canes in ail raspberry plant ings. These old canes are no longer needed by the bush and they may har bor disease organisms or insect pests which might infest the new growth. The removal of the old canes will also give more room for new growth the next season. In the spring the canes of red rasp berries should be cut back to a desired fruiting height, usually three or foy/ feet from the grom uU depending on the vigor of the bush. IJIack raspber ries require more severe pruning than the red varieties as the old fruiting A Bundle of Ranere Raspberry Pianta. canes should bo removed and the new growth checked in the summer by pinching off the succulent tips of the new canes at about two feet from the ground. Since the new canes do not all grow at the same time it is neces sary to go over the bushes several times during the summer. In the spring the side branches which have developed as a result of this summer pruning should be cut back from one third to one-half their length. Raspberry growers are urged to be on theioorfout for plants affected with mosaic or yellows and to remove and destroy all such plants, including the roots and suckers, as that is the only way in which the disease can be stamped out. The mosaic is character ized by the mottled appearance of the leaves and the dwarfing of the canes. In setting out new plants care should be exercised that only disease-free stock is used as any part of a dis eased plant will bring the disease into the patch where it will gradually spread to healthy plants. AVOID SUNSCALD IN WINTER If Alternate Freezing and Thawing Continues Bark on Exposed Side of Tree Dies. Just from the sound of the name one would thjnk sunscald a summer trouble in the orchard. It is trug the hot sun in summer, especially in some regions, may cause the trouble, but eunscald may occur In its worst form In winter, as well. * During many winter days, the sun's heat may warm up the southern or southwestern sides of trunks and branches to the thawing point. At night the wood freezes again. If thia alternate freezing and thawing con tinues for any considerable length of time, the bark on the exposed side of the tree will die and split off. The broken bark offers a point of entrance for fungus tree diseases of many kinds which muy ultimately kill the tree. Where conditions are especially bad It will pay to shade the southwest portions of the trunk and branches. Cornstalks, straw or similar material bound about the branches will give ex cellent protection. SPRAY TO CONTROL INSECTS Use of Lead Arsenate When About 90 Per Cent of Blossoms Have Fallen, Is Urged. It will still be wgfth while for own ers of peach trees to spray for the control of nirculio and other insects. The best spray for this purpose is lead arsenate, using one and a half pounds In 50 gallons of water and ap plying when about 90 per cent of the blossoms have fallen. GET RID OF WATER SPflOUTS Rubbing Off in Spring After Heavy Pruning Will Save Much Needed Nourishment. After heavy pruning Is done In the spring, especially in the case of apple trees, there is an unusual growth of water sprouts. These may be readily rubbed off with the hand, thus saving nourishment which otherwise would go into water sprouts. Getting rid of water sprouts now also will save time in pruning later. LIVE STOCK NEWS 4 RECORDS -tW 80,000 CATTLE Information Collected Will Show Some Interesting Comparisons in Making Deef. ? % (Prepared by the United States Departm?nt of Agriculture.) In order to compile dependable data t)n problems of beef production, the United States Department of Agri culture in the past four years has taken records on about SO, 000 steers in various states of the corn belt. When the work Is finished at the end of another year there will be records on approximately 100,000 steers fed j for the market. In the territory covered? Jilinols, Indiana, Iowa, Missouri, and Ne braska ? most of the feeders are finished on rorn and legume hay, or on corn and silage supplemented with a protein meal. The kind of hay grown in a particular locality usually deteriinnes the ration used, and a survey shows that about equal num bers of steers are fed each year by these two methpds. , Where clover' or alfalfa Is grown abundantly the j standard ration fs corn and one of i these hays. In other places, where | most of the hay is mixed, silage Is included in the ration, and cotton seed or linseed meal is fed as a sup plement to supply protein. The information collected during the four years shows some interesting comparisons of the two methods of making beef. To make the same amount of total gain required less Baby Beeves on a Corn Belt Farm. time where corn and alfalfa hay v^ere used, hut required more grain tlian was needed in the corn-silage-cotton seed-meal ration. With the first ra tion the steers put on an average of 2.07 pounds of gain a day, while those getting silage and meal in addition to corn put on un average of 1.03. In the first case it required 140 days to put on the ."02 pounds and In the other 18T? days.- It should he ro menihcred that these figures are based on the records taken on ap proximately 20, (XX) steers a year for four years. The feed consumed by the average steer in these two groups is given below : Corn 52 bush ? ? * ? It is always well to keep a good mineral mixture before the sows at all times. &uch a mixture may be self fed or fcandfed. An approximate al lowance is about one pound per sow per month. ? * ? Oats are excellent for ewes just be fore lambing. One-half pound a day for each ewe is sufficient, fed with good digestible hay. Silage is excel lent feed also, as It is slightly laxa tive. ? ? ? Before the ewes begin to lamb, the barns or sheds ahould be cleaned out thoroughly and a good supply of dry, clean bedding kept on the floor at all times. ? ? ? At the. present time the most suc cessful swine grower makes a stren uous effort to have specially adapted pasture crops for as nearly the whole year as possible. ? > ? A very imDortant point In success ful hog raising lies In the careful se* lection of sovs for future breeding. rjust Little. Sm A MAGNET F0R SORROW "Is it your practice to go about look ing for trouble?" "No," replied Mr. Grurapson. "It has been iny experience that if a per son will ?stand in one [dace long enough, and look as if lie had no friends and no influence, trouble will just naturally gravitate to him." Ile I told She He you d< Slu Smart accept make Poor Chance for Him. -What would your father do if him I wanted to marry you? ?He'd refer the matter to me. (hopefully) ? And what would ?? ?I'd refer the matter to Mr. . who proposed to me and was ed while you were trying to up your mind. Hiram Explains. iHank? I don't understand them ther I mometers. Hiram ? It's simple enough. 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