Horticultural j
Points |
GOOD CARE OF RASPBERRIES
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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
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RECORDS -tW 80,000 CATTLE
Information Collected Will Show
Some Interesting Comparisons
in Making Deef.
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(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<la
Alfalfa Hay 1,043 po.Jirls
Straw 239 pounls
Corn 30 bushels
Cottonseed Meal .\ 177 pounds
Mixed Hay 690 pounds
Silage 6.583 pounds
Straw 612 pounds
Other phases of beef production
are being studied in addition to fat
tening rations.
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LIVE STOCK NOTES !
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Give your stock warm beds. Bed
ding is cheaper than feed.
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Water the horses several times daily.
A horse's stomach is small.
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Bed the sow fn the farrowing pen
and see that she is comfortable. Keep
?ther hogs away from her.
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Concrete wallows are not expensive,
if constructed at odd times, when reg
ular farm labor can be utilized.
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As a consumer of by-products and
farm wafcte the porker wins the cham
pionship, >
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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A very imDortant point In success
ful hog raising lies In the careful se*
lection of sovs for future breeding.
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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<
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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
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mometers.
Hiram ? It's simple enough. You see,
?vhen it gets durn cold the mercury
sorter huddles together down In the
bottom, so's to keep warm. ? Boston
Evening Transcript.
* The City Man's Dream.
"What is his ambition?"
"The same as every other man's in
a big city. He says he some day
wants to have a place in the country
where he can keep a few chickens."
After the Reception.
"Some lady left her hat."
! "Seems odd."
' {"I'll say so. Don't see how a lady
could walk away without her hat In
these dry days."
"Hold on."
"Hey?"
"The lampshade is missing."
Father Makes 'Em.
Tutor ? Of course, I admit your son
Is extravagant. Hut you must make
allowances. He's young.
The Father ? That's all right! But the
more allow :mh*os I make the quicker
he spends 'em.
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FLATTERER
She (relating experience) ? Really,
for a time I was quite beside myself.
He ? You had a charming com
panion.
True Indeed.
Many a man backs out of wedlock
When he shouldn't;
Many more are hacked Into It,
Else they wouldn't.
Love.
Criss ? So you and Jack don't speak
What's the trouble?
Chris ? We had a dreadful quarrel
about which loved the other most.
That Genuine! ?
Jlnklns? Is he a genuine Irish ter
rier?
Fancier ? Sure, an* If that dog could
talk he'd speak with a brogue. ? Judge
Tactful Postponement.
"Blothersby has inherited a for
tune."
"If that's the case, his greatest gin
will no longer be o_ any uae to him.*'
"What is it?"
"The ability tq make a bill col
lector think his next visit is bound
to be his last."? Birmingham Age
Herald.
An Optimist.
"Well,, he's an optimist, anyhow."
"What's he doing now?"
"Already planning where he'll .. go
Ashing when the time for fishing
comes."
Miss, in This Case.
Mr. Dogbone ? Will you go golfing
with we?
Miss Catnip ? What kind of a game
do you play ? hit or miss? ? Seattle
Post-Intelligencer. t1 ' . '
Nerve.
"I calfthat nerve."
"What?" x
"Mrs. Nextdoor sent over to bor
row some of my dishes to use for a
party she didn't InVite me to attend/*
Free Rides.
Blackstone ? Jenks and his wife en
joy a motor trip every Sunday morning.
Webster ? Why* I never kn?w they
owned a car.
Blackstone ? They don't But Jenks
has been corresponding with real es
tate agents lately.
Feeding the Turkey.
Brown ? How can you make a thin
turkey fat? ?
Smithe ? Don't know.
"Throw it up into the air and It
comes down plump.**
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