Growers Protect Against Thrips Tiny Insects Are Hard to Control Once They Get Good Foothold. Cucumber growers haive recently complained of curling of tlie leaves at- ?ornpanied by whitish spots of vary In- *i/e. Tills damage Is caused hy ?l.n-'S. minute suckling insects, says the <\?rneil university e\*|?eriinent sta tion. ami growers should take cure to ??! rol them before tbe.v gain a foot hold. Mistaken for Fungus I iirips are frequently mistaken for fundus growths because tlie insects are small, riwy are usually found mi the under sides of leaves. Leaves so ?famaged curl as if injured hv aphids but tlie injury differs in possessing Hcirocterlstic white spots A !???'> remedy tor ttirips if applied as soon as the Injury is n \v:inn days when little wine! is blowing. Such dust ?? ,-i>: t>e uppliod with a fluster ami not merely shaken over the plants In order to he effective. Tim plants must enveloped in a dust cl<>ud. rii?- Cornell experiment station lias recei\?*il word also of con slderalilc damage in other states. Treat Baby Pig.< With Serum Before Weaning Pigs treated with s?*?-um ami virus before weaninu time are as likely to he immune lo cholera as those treated I at a more tmiture avoiding to I ?r. Charles Murr; Iowa state college. Some of the advan: . s to early treating of pigs a : ?? : 1. I'igs aire over ? ;T??. t< of vaccina i tioti when weaned. *J. Are less sbjeel to infil l tons and diseases than afier they are weaned and get tint: adjusted to urain feed. Smail pigs are to handle. ?I. Quantity ot serum is less than that for larger pigs Out of approximately I.inxi pigs varying from twenty-four hours t?. eight weeks of age there have been only do; <1 animals in the last live years. Many of those piu- have been injected with virus to lest the im munity acquired by babv pigs. Most ' of those that died were In the year hum;, when virus was produced under i great stress of demand in t he epidemic. FREEDOM FROM PERENNIAL WEED PESTS MOST DIFFICULT TASK Prevent Seed Formation by Mowing and Spraying. Eternal vigilance is t lie price of freedom fr iiu perennial weed pests, according to diaries F. itogers. former assi>tant holanist and deputy state entomologist at the Colorado Agrlctil tural college, who is the author ot a bulletin on "Canada Thistle and Uus sinn Knapweed and Their Control.' Copies of this puhlicatiou may he obtained hy those interested hy writ ing t one ol whieh. it omitted, will fail in securing the desired results. For the best eoiitrol of will the s?*ed should have been hand selected in the Held last fall. The use of rcrtitied seed is equally good. Treat all the seed be fore bedding. Treated seed should he placed in new hot beds, Old beiis are "hot beds" of diseases New sand and new or sterilized lumber stioubi lie used for hot beds. When the plants are pulled and ready for transplanting they should be set in holds that have not been in sweet potatoes for live to seven years. Unless all these steps are followed, one or several of the common diseases may be present. Aphids Bip Limiting Factors in Production Aphids in the garden are limiting factors in the produetion of good vege tables. They are on the radishes, lur nips, spinaeh. and other plants. The adults are about one-sixteenth inch long and vary in color from green lo red to black to mottled. The color depends on which plant they are feed ing Ordinarily the aphids are called plant lice. Do not wait till the plants are damaged beyond repair to look for the hug ibai is doing the Injury' Treat plants infested with aphids with nicotine dust containing about 7 per cent nicotine sulphate or 3 per cent free nicotine. The dust should he np plied thoroughly with a good dusting machine. Agricultural Hints A farm without trees is like a dog without tleas; there is something lacking. ? * * Cost per hour, with both tractors and horses, depends to a large extent upon the total hours work performed ?n a year. * ? ? riant ing soy beans too deep delays their coming up and may permit u crust to form on the soil. One inch in a good seed bed is deep enough. ? ? ? To get rid of mustard not only must all the mustard planis be killed and prevented from producing seed but the seeds in the soil must be de stroyed also. Sudan Grass to Meet Emergency Makes Excellent Pasture -Tust When Blue Grass Begins to Fade. W ' ? Ti hl?:e -. jiss past ? i '"f begins to fail t ?* i ti sudati ' grasp r?.i';?r> :i nmst promising eincr :retif\ pnsture and h:i\ < -r? ?|? it; the opinion of In < .1 \\ i !t2ir?l ot the farm crops department ?>1 iin> Ohio Stat#* ii*i i vet-sit y Ii- r:i: id growth, 'nxurlamv. ?lnmulu resisting ipial ities ? 1 1 1 : 1 1 i t > it to til; in nost accept ably. ac?-Mi-iliti? to l>o<*tor Willard. Supplies Good Pasture 'Sudan grass may ne s.?we-r as late is Inm* I. and will t .?? ready :?? pasture l?v July 1f> It will stip| ? I \ past tire from then until frost it it gets a ? ?* w days rest oieasiotlii 1 ly lo mal-e a rapid recovery from close cropping, tin ??mm1 l;ind. sudali trass will sup port one dairy cow for nearly every acre" s : i \ - I >iM'tot Willard "In sowing sudati gra?-s. Hie growei should apply from l!" to 'to pounds ! of seed lo the acre with a grain <1 ri 1 1 Sudan grass will grow oti nearly any soil, although ot course it grows hei t??r on good solt than on poor soil I3 Nourishing Food "It is highly palatable to cattle, and Is nourishing feed, although not par ticularly high m protein of course. Southwestern stales with dry climates have found it particularly valuable, 1 hut it has heen used lo advantage in other climates. Sudan grass was tirsi I brought into I he United Slates in l!?ll. i and comes from the Egyptian Sudan I on the edge of the Sahara dcscri." Importance of Suiting Load to the Tractor With increased use ot tractors, farmers are rapidly hemming alert to the importance of suiting the load to the tractor. Fortunately, a majority ? if implements are easily arranged in hook-ups which insure a full load. The ordinary spike- tooth or drag harrow, however, is sometimes a rath or unwieldy tool to transfer from one field to another, when it is used iti wide enough widths to he economical ly adapted to tractor power. To aid ? farmers in handling these wide hook >ips tractor manufacturers have do I vised plans f?.r hitches which can he ! easily arranged on the (arm. In ad ! dition. tractor owners can secure fold ing e\eners made of steel, enabling implements ??t unusual width to pass through ordinary gates. Barn and House Flies Transmit Hog Cholera Cholera is not. as commonly sup ' posed, carried so much hy man or pigeons .is it is hy hotli harn and house tlies This fueling is the result of ten | \ears of investigational w*ork. chiefly in Iowa. I'.v libera ting Ilies that were ? colored for later identification, it was I learned that they traveled as far as thirteen miles, going six miles in 24 house. Horse Hies followed a team two miles. According to Dr. C. N. Mcttride. ot the United States bureau of animal industry, if middle- western farmers would hale as much straw as needed and spread the remainder on the land, to he plowed under, they would he doing a wise thing so far as cholera is concerned. Wet straw and manure piles make ideal breeding places. Kill Perennial Plants During Summer Season July and August are the best months to kill perennial plants. There is no set day that will give better re sults than another. The reason that this season ot the year is most effective in killing plants is because the plant has exhausted its supply of food from its roots and in these late summer months i? manu facturing food on which to live the following winter. If anything hap pens Co prevent a normal food storage, which is made in leaves and is trans ferred to the roots, the plant will have a hard time living over the next win ter. This applies to perennial weeds as well as trees Agricultural Hints o?h>ooIEXT l^fesaJP CLEANSING ANTISEPTIC SOOTHING So.ip 2T?. Ointmrnt '-So ?nd fV. Pwprirtor* : PotUr Dro* ft Cbadeal Corp?r*llon. MjlMpb. 1 Danish Death Rate Cut V/hen Meat Was Barred I>urin;j the World war the I?:utis|i iroverninent forced the people to adopt a meatless diet to conserve fiHxl ami was sur; rised to note nil immediate reduction in the mortality rate. ?cri?rit. t'-: ? ?????I fi-.ti. \ in '. JOHN lluOKKR. OS 7 Jolm t St.. I'.Ttli Airtl.. v. N. .]. I or ^illf ? Oil I. nnd*. Oil mid 4to>ul lie*. in Okl -ti..- I". \:i.s. N?*W Mi xi.o, 40 Up, 1 :!. I^ltld Mv mlieate. |5risl>:?n?. HKIu l: i tt .* i . . . N w York BOB LS AND CARBUNCLES FLY AWAY Nothing like this specialist's wlve.CarhoiL Instantly stops pmn Ileals overnight. Get C->r'.K>il from druf.K'St- End trouble in 24 hours. Amazin^i Qui each side of the can j and heavy wire passed through for i a supporting prate. Cover the can | bottom with a layer of dry sand. : which helps to even out the heat. j Unkind Wish "Dancing is the poetry of motion.*' ' "I have heard so." answered Miss I j Cayenne. "My casual reading makes j I me wish more poets would quit writ j ing and take up dancing." Caught Perdita ? Do you ever allow Jack j Uuggins to catch you in his arms? Philippu ? Yes, hu! I'm careful not i to allow him to catch me in any other man's arms. FLORESTON SHAMPOO ? Idea! for uae in connection with Parkcr'sIIairBalr.im. Makoath* hair soft an