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FARM AND GARDEN.
FIGHTING INSECTS WITH FUNGI.
The observation that many injurious
insects are kept so effectively in check
by diseases has led to the idea of study¬
ing these diseases and introducing them
among insects in localities where the
diseases have not yet appeared. This is
ably advocated by Mr. Nicholson, who
states that cabbage worms are not very
destructive in Europe because a fatal
fungus disease does not permit their
rapid increase. All such fungi should
be bred and spread among our healthy
insect crop .—Bural New Yorker.
SHEEP POISONED BY LAMB-KILL.
The narrow-leaved laurel is tbe
variety known as lamb-kill, though
both it and the broad-leaved laurel arc
poisonous to sheep. They have a bitter
taste, and after grass becomes abundant
sheep learn to avoid them. The remedy
for a sheep poisoned by lamb-kill is first
to give some physic, to get the stuff out
of the stomach as quickly as possible.
Then take three heaping teaspoonfuls of
common tea, boil them twenty minutes,
and give the decoction to the sheep.
After twelve hours repeat this dose if
necessary. This is said by those who
have tried it to be a certain cure, The
tea itself has some poisonous properties,
and should not be given unless it is cer¬
tain that lamb-kill has first been eaten,
and is causing the sickness. The poison
of the tea probably counteracts the poi¬
son of the laurel.
TEACn THE COLTS.
Colts can be taught by mind as well
as children, and this is the first requisite.
A colt that will obey a moderate tone in
the stable will obey the ?amo outdoors,
but confidence is the one thing needful.
A colt should be curried until he is used
to the comb and brush. Should be
made acquainted with the pitchfork and
convinced that a fork is harmless.
Should let you poke the handle under
or over him, or rub his back with the
round side of the tines. If I accident¬
ally prick a colt, I at once tell him I am
sorry, and rub the spot with my baud.
Ropes, straps and cloths should be laid,
dragged and thrown across the colt’s
back carefully but persistently till he
will hardly notice them. Then blankets
and robes may be used. I you want to
roll a barrel through the stable, don’t
take the colt out, but go ahead of the
barrel, never behind it, and gradually
get it near enough for the colt to smell
it. If he finds a few oats on the head
of the barrel, he will never be so much
afraid of a barrel again. Umbrellas and
overcoats should be used in the same
way, and then when your colt is old
enough to hitch up you will have a safe
horse.— [Farm, Stock and Home.
BITTER ROT OF APPLES.
In the experience of many orchardists
one or more apple trees will occasionally
be found where the decayed fruit has an
exceedingly bitter taste that distin¬
guishes it from the ordinary rot of the
orchard. Old trees are most liable to it,
and while not confined to any one var¬
iety, some are more predisposed to it
than others. The rot usually begins in
the Summer and increases as the season
advances. An affected apple never re¬
covers, but continues to decay until en¬
tirely destroyed. Occasionally the rot
is not developed until the apple3 are
fully ripe and have been harvested and
stowed away, but much more commonly
it begins while they are yet on the tree.
When a tree is affected by it, it will
usually reappear yearly, though some of
the fruit may be sound.
This disease, says the Chief of the
Section of Vegetable Pathology, is
caused by a fungus that belongs to a
group the members of which are quite
destructive, one species causing the so
called anthracuose of the vine, while an¬
other attacks the raspberry and black¬
berry. Serious and widespread as this
disease seems to be in certain parts of
the United States, there does not ap¬
pear to be any record of the fungus that
causes it in the works of our mycolo¬
gists. first shows
The affected apple one or
more brownish spots on its surface,
which gradually enlarge and run to¬
gether, affecting the entire apple, with
a very dark and almost black discolora¬
tion in the centre of the diseased spot,
On cutting through it while the spots
are small the decaying tissue will be
found extendin'! quite a distance into
the fruit, and finally the entire apple
becomes a soft, yellowish-brown mass,
As the result of some experiments made,
spores from a diseased apple had no
effect when sown on the uninjured sur
face of a healthy one, but infection was
readily imparted by a knife-blade first
in a diseased, and afterward! in a
healthy apple.
Says the same authority: “It will be
seen we have a dangerous foe to contend
with, but with our present limited
knowledge of its habits it is impossible
to suggest means of combating it.”
Notwithstanding the above a few per
sons are on record claiming to have rem¬
edies that have been successful in their
own cases. One is to bore a hole through
the centre of the diseased tree and fill
.
the hole with salt, Another has had
success by boring to the centre and fill¬
ing the hole with sulphur. Still another
finds the best remedy in trimming up the
lower limbs, seeding down to grass aud
grazing the orchard with sheep, Gen
erally, however, persons with the long¬
est experience with badly diseased tree3
have found the most effectual remedy in
cutting them down.
TEACH YELLOWS.
Bulletin No. 9 of the botanical divis¬
ion of the United States Department oi
Agriculture, just issued, constitutes the
most complete and valuable compendium
on the subject of peach yellows ever pub¬
lished. Its author, Mr. Erwin F. Smith,
who has devoted sixteen months of con¬
tinuous careful examination and pains¬
taking study to this subject, presents in
a clear and interesting manner all the
known facts and best-founded theories
about this devastating disease; its his¬
tory and distribution; characteristics of
the disease; losses due to yellows; con¬
ditions known, or supposed to favor the
disease; restrictive legislation; chemical
analyses; local enactments; and conclu¬
sions as to the causes of yellows. Care¬
fully prepared maps showing the extent
and location of the infested district and
several photo-engravings and colored
plates depicting the appearance of the
peach trees and fruit accompany the work.
The author, while not able as yet to draw
final conclusions from the facts known
so far, considers it reasonably safe to
conclude that yellows is not due to cul¬
tural influences, and that although tho
frosts, floods and droughts may be modi¬
fying influences, they are nothing more.
Neglect of cultivation and pruning, in¬
juries by quadrupeds anl borers, use of
animal manures, soil exhaustion, etc.,
must all be included in the list of dis¬
proved theories. The only remaining
probable hypothesis of the cause of yel¬
lows, the author thinks, is that of micro¬
organisms. Further investigations and
experiments will bo required before a
final conclusion can be reached, but so
much may be safely admitted; the peach
yellow is a communicable disease, and it
is justifiable on the part of state legisla]
fures to make statutes compelling the
immediate removal and destruction by
fire of all affected tree3. It is gratifying
to note that the agricultural appropria¬
tions for 1890 will enable Mr. Smith to
continue his researches in this field.—
American Agriculturist.
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.
Keep a look-out for the sows that are
soon to farrow.
Turn geese eggs set under hens, by
hand, every other day. Sprinkle with
tepid water twice a week.
The colonics that raise the most
brood, will, as, a rule, be strongest at
the beginning of the honey season.
If there is a prospect of a shortage ol
honey plants in youil neighborhood this
season, better sow some Japanese buck¬
wheat.
C. F. Muth says: A strong colony
always consumes more honey than a
weak one, and a strong colony always
secures the most honey.
Beans or potatoes are the best crops
for an orchard. Among sowed crops,
peas and buckwheat are best. Fertilize
the orchard well if you seed it down.
Insects on orchard ttees have become
so numerous in summer that the trees
should be sprayed with Paris green
water,or fine fruit need not be expected,
The best soil for an orchard i3 a clay
loam. It should be thoroughly pulver
ized by frequent harrowing when a new
orchard is to be set.
The best means of removing lice from
fowls is to make them do it themselves
by having a lot of dry earth where they
can dust themselves whenever they feel
like it, having first sprinkled the earth
with diluted carbolic acid. This acid
proves too much for the lice, and they
leave the premises at once.
SCIENTIFIC SCRAPS.
Paris has $4000 m prizes for currcnt
me ters for electric light service,
After careful investigation, M. Lig
ner, the Austrian meteorologist, has be¬
come assured that the moon affects the
magnetic needle.
In Norway the proportion dying under
five is stated by Dr. Farr to be 204.5
per 1000 born; while in England it is
338 per 1000 and in Italy 567.
Mineral wax is found in but two
places in the world—Galiicia, in Aus
tria, and out some hundred miles west
of Salt Lake. Its color runs from light
yellow to dark brown.
It has been stated that if the sun
were a hollow sphere over 1,000,000
globes tlie size of our earth would
hardly fill it. This is, of course, an
approximate guess at the size of the sun.
To the perfumes of flowers M. Ungercr
ascribes the power of protecting against,
and even arresting, consumption. In the
perfume-distilling town of La Grasse
lung troubles are but little known.
It is claimed that cable telegraphy is
still open to improvement in more than
I on e direction, and that the matter of the
best type of cable to be used is far from
being settled.
Just twenty-five minutes after the gas
was turned into the pipes of the Dayton
Natural Gas company, at the wells in
Mercer county, it reached Dayton, Ohio,
forty-eight mile3 distant.
Experiments as to the inductive effect
of electricity seem to show that tho
transfer of a single spark is sufficient to
disturb perceptibly the electricity of
space throughout a cube of 400,000 feet
capacity.
The cotton-wood tree, which was once
despised as lumber, is now rapidly
crowding the white pine ont of market.
It brings $65 a thousand in the New
Orleans market now, while the pine
brings but $35.
A discussion as to the height of trees
in the forests of Victoria has elicited
from Baron von Mueller, the government
botanist, the statement that lie saw one
of a height of 525 feet. Tlie late chief
inspector of forests measured one fallen
and found that it was 485 feet long.
A Philadelphia foundry recently cast
a fifty-ton-fly-wheel in one piece and
made four blowing engines, each weigh¬
ing 755,000 pounds, a company has just
been organized at New York to con¬
struct bombs, war vessels, and defensive
coast machinery.
Late experiments with refuse cocoa
nut fibre for automatically' closing shot
holes have proved the great utility of
the material. A bullet, one-half inch
in diameter, was fired through a plate
made of this fibre and used as one side
of a water-tight box, no water issued
through the hole.
In fifteen cases investigated after
lightning has struck building and
done more or less damage, it was found
that in nine cases the discharge made its
way to earth through the water pipes, in
two gas through gas pipes, and in only
one was there any probability of the
regular lightning conductor having
done its duty.
Chemistry had demonstrated in the
time of Napoleon that beet root as well
as other plants contained a solution of
sugar identical with that found in the
cane of the tropics and schools of in¬
struction were established and rewards
offered to scientific men to produce a
j beet with enough sugar to make its ex¬
traction a profitable business.
According to the investigations of
two authorities in the agricultural de¬
partment and the health officer for
Gloucestershire, England, the notion
that skim milk is a poor sort of food is
a great mistake. For children whole
milk is better, but for adult poor people
| it is preferable to buy skim milk and
| devote the difference between its price
i and that of whole milk to other foods,
j either in the form of cream or butter,
The actual nutritive value of skim milk
differs very little from that of whole
milk, and it sells for half the price.
Napoleon’s Opinion of Suicide.
Napoleon the First said, “Sui¬
cide is a crime the most revolting to the
feelings; nor does any reason suggest it¬
self to our understanding by which it
can be justified. dYhct claim can that
j man the frowns have to of courage fortune? who True trembles heroism at
consists in being superior to the ills of
life in whatever shape they may chal
lenge him to combat?
Veterans' Reunion.
the survivors of the 4 th geoiuia
REGIMENT TO HAVE A REUNION AT
AMERICUS.
The 5th annual reunion of the sur¬
vivors of the 4th Georgia Regiment will
be held at Americus, Ga., on the second
Wednesday in August, (14th.) Arrange¬
ments have been made by which mem¬
bers will get a rate of 2 cents per mile to
»nd from Americus. B ank certificates,
with instructions, will be issued upon
application to W. W. Hulbert, at At¬
lanta, or to R. B. Hull, at Macon. They
invite all their old comrades to come.
Americus is making grand preparations, W.
and a pleasant reunion is nssured.
VV. Hulbert, President; R. B. Hall, Cor¬
responding Secretary.
A condition of weakness disorders of body of and the mind
which results from many sys¬
tem linds its best and surest relief in Brown’s
iron Bitters. As it enriches and strengthens
the blood so tbe st mach, liver and kidneys re
ce.ve powers to perform their diseased duties, and the
depressing condition i nfluences from a and dis¬
turbed of these organs are remove,!.
An earthly treasure—A rich husband, whom
liis widow has just buried.
A Piece of Her Mind.
A lady correspondent piece has this mind to say:
"I want to glv e a of my to a cer¬
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costs them s cost them a
cent. with I suffered headaches, a living backache, death for injpainstond- nearly two
ingor years walking, being literally dragged out
was
of existence,my misery increased by drugging.
At last,in tised despair,I medicine, committed Dr. Plerco’s the sin of Favorite trying
an adve
Prescription, sound aud health. it rostored I honor me tho to the physician blessed¬
ness of
who, when he knows ho can cure, has the
moral courage to advertise the lact.” Tho
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printed guarantee on bottle-wrapper.
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Many a girl powders her face in the hopo of
pulverizin g some ycun t man’s heart .
Wiiat do vou chew ?
“LUCY HINTON!”
Because Why? it is the best I find.
can
Who makes it ?
T. C. Williams Co., Richmond, Ya.
Who sells it ?
All dealers.
How can 1 rocognize it ?
Tho name Lx icy Hinton is on every plug.
•‘For seven long years I struggled away
farming, running a mill, &e., until I was for¬
tunately introduced to B. F. Johnson & Co.,
Richmond, Vn., by my brother, and 1 went to
work at once, and In seven months 1 had made
more clear money than I had made In the
seven years before. They took me right by the
band from the start and seemed to be very
clad of the chance to show me how to do it.’’
This is about wbat a young man said a year or
o ago of the above-mentioned firm. Since
that time he has been steadily at work for
them, and is now ono of the happiest men in
America. If you need employment, it would
be a good thing for you to follow tills young
man’s example.
Delicate Women.
Children and delicate women should not be
forced to take the vile compounds which are
usually given for constipation, like piles, indiges¬
tion, etc. Hamburg Figs are known, preserved
fruit, and are the best laxative io
cents. Dose one Fig. Mack Drug Co., N. Y.
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Address Oreg. Im’igr’t’n Board, Portland, Ore.
The Mother's Friend, used a few weeks be¬
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A Pocket Cigar Case and five of “TansIll’s
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If afflicted with sore eyes use Dr. Isaac Thomp
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If you have made up your mind to buy Hood’s
Sarsaparilla do not bo Induced to take any other.
Hood’s Sarsaparilla is a peculiar medicine, pos¬
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portion and preparation, curative powers superior
to any other article of the kind before tho people.
Be sure to got Hood’s.
"In one store the clerk tried to induce me to buy
their own Instead of Hood’s Sarsaparilla. But he
could not prevail on me to change. I told him I
knew what Hood’s Sarsaparilla was, I had taken it,
was perfectly satisfied with it, and did not want
any other.”—Mas. EtU A. Goff, 01 Terrace Street,
Boston, Moss.
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Imagination vi. Fact.
There is no doubt many well people imagine
themselves sick, being led to heiiive that nat¬
ural incidents of life are s^mpto ;is of terrible
diseases and foretunners of death. Alas! that
such persons should be so easily deceived by
tho lying advertisements of unprincipled,
quacks. A blood disease, however, is not im¬
aginative. It is a tlxed fact, and troubled its symptoms with
are unmistakable. When ono is
pimples and eruptions on tho body, bad blood
is the cause. When one is troubled with ach¬
ing bones and joints, bad blood is the cause.
When one is troubled with periods of weakness,
aud the functions of t e body become congested
and irrognlar, without warning and seemingly
without reason, the cause may be ascribed
to an activity of blood poison in tho system defi¬
which aU eting the mucous linings of the
cit i organs of life, imjnirs their force aud dis¬
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brought on by an impure state of the blood, B.
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give it trial. Further information will 10
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