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Control San Jose
Scale by Spraying
Entomologists Trying to
Find Effective Means to
Check Injurious Pest.
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(Prepared by the United States Department
of Agriculture )
The Increase of the San Jose scale
during the last two years in the Ozark
region of Arkansas has seriously
threatened the apple Industry in sev
eral localities. Steps have been taken
by entomologists of the United States
Department of Agriculture to find an
effective means of control for this
pest Of all the insecticides tried In
various experiments at Bentonvllle,
Ark., best results were obtained with
the so-called paraffin-oil or lubricating
oil emulsion. Department Circular
■3, “Preliminary Report on Control of
in Jose Scale With Lubricating-Oil
Emulsion,” by A. J. Ackerman, ento
mologist, discusses the history and se
riousness of the infestation, and de
scribes the proper way to prepare and
apply oil emulsions.
Carelessness Chief Cause.
Unintentional carelessness in spray
Kiethods on the part of growers is no
doubt the chief cause of the present
widespread infestation. Unfavorable
weather for spraying during the dor
mant period has also been a factor in
scale increase. Lack of parasites and
predacious enemies is another expla
nation of the rapid spread of the pest.
Spray in Dormant Season.
The department recommends thor
ough spraying in the dormant season,
during favorable weather, with an
emulsion containing 2 per cent of oil.
Two dormant sprays should be made
in badly infested orchards. No indi
cation of injury to trees from the use
of the spray recommended has been
observed in Arkansas. Soft water
must be used in making the emulsion.
Applications made during the growing
season only result in a partial check-.
Ing of the scale. They should be made
during the cool part of the day or
injury to fruit and foliage will result.
Very thorough spraying work should
always be done to insure reaching all
parts of the trees, particularly the tips
of the branches.
The circular is free upon applica
tion to the United States Department
of Agriculture at Washington, D. C.
Male Guineas Much Like
Females in Appearance
In all varieties of guineas the males
and females are very much alike in
appearance, save that the males have
a little heavier comb and wattles.
Their heads are a little coarser, and
when they are excited they walk on
tiptoe. The cry of the male is one
shrieking note, while the female has
two notes. ‘‘Buck-wheat, buck-wheat,"
she calls.
Test for Butterfat at
Home With Small Outfit
Test out your milk cows by weighing
the yield night and morning for a
week or so, A gallon of whole milk
weighs about 8.0 pounds. Test for
butterfat at home with a small outfit,
or through a cow-testing association,
the county agent, or at the creamery.
Why feed cows that give unprofitable
yields?
Give Attention to TTpn
and She Will Work Hard
What the hen needs: Home grown
grains and their by-products, a little
more light to eat by, clean water,
enough grit, a daily wet or dry mash,
exercise and a scratch mixture. Give
her a little more attention and she
will work harder for you.
To Produce Profitably
Hens Require Best Feed
It has been shown that it is impos
sible to judge the value of a hen as a
layer unless she has been fed a ra
tion that would give her an oppor
tunity to demonstrate her capacity.
Pullets that have not yielded profit
ably because of a ration lacking in
animal matter have become profit
able layers when the defect In the ra
tion was corrected.
Sharp Hoe Does Best Work.
A quarter spent for a file and used
on the hoe occasionally will make
weeding a much more likable job. A
dull hoe is an abomination.
The Canada Thistle.
The Canada thistle is one of the
worst weeds with which the farmer
has to contend if it ever gets into his
land.
Cheap Oil Expensive.
Good lubricating oil is cheaper than
repairs, and cheap oil is the most ex
pensive in the iong run.
Duty of Hog Grower
to Watch His Herds
Many Diseases and Para
sites Cause Big Busses.
(Prepared by the United States Department
if Agriculture.)
A hog which remains in good health
from the day he is farrowed until he is
louded on a market-bouno train is usu
ally a Satisfaction to the farmer, the
packer, and the consumer. But there
are many diseases and parasites which
beset him during the few months al
lotted for his economic performance,
if this performance is to be a credit
able one, says the United States De
partment of Agriculture, the hog grow
er must keep close watch over his herd
and learn to know something of the
symptoms which indicate the possible
approach of dangerous disease.
Hog cholera is the great enemy of
the swine industry, although it has
been diminishing in importance as a
result of widespread use of anti-hog
chohya serum. It has been reduced
by about 60 per cent from the losses
during the most disastrous years, but
with greater care and better under
standing of the plague it could be re
duced to a much greater extent.
With the gradually increasing con
trol of this disease, it is important that
swine growers give attention to the
many other ailments which cause
losses, some of which are frequently
confused with cholera. Among the
diseases with symptoms confused with
those of cholera are anthrax, epilepsy,
gastroenteritis, necrobacillosis, pleur
isy, pneumonia, poisoning, swine
plague, tuberculosis, and worms.
When there is any deviation from
the normal in gait, appetite, or diges
tion, it is time for the owner to take
measures to prevent possible losses.
Minor ailments often can.be successful
ly treated by the owner, but in case of
doubt it is the part of wisdom to call
for a veterinarian.
Georgia Girl Wins Over
Boys in Raising Swine
faking the championship of the
southeastern states away from more
than one hundred boy contestants,
t\*elve-year-old Lois Duncan of Roys-
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Lois Duncan and Her Pet Pig.
ton, Ga., wen the grand prize In the
Boys’ Pig club events of the recent
Southeastern fair in Atlanta, Ga.
She is seen with “Duncan Libera
tor,” the Poland-China boar which
won the championship. She also won
second prize with another entry.
Her “pet pigs," ns she calls them,
were raised under her sole direction
and care and are as tame as kittens.
She expects to take them to other in
tersectional fairs in the country and
capture more prizes.
Turkov Failures Laid
to Infectious Disease
The turkey business would be very
profitable Indeed if the turkeys would
all live, but unfortunately a lot of
them die,' sometimes all of them. The
chief trouble Is an infectious disease
known as blackhead, no cure for which
has been found.
Com Is Not Favored as
Milk-Producing Ration
Corn is more of a fattening ration
than a milk-production ration, but a
certain amount of corn in a ration is
valuable. A considerable amount of
bundle corn can be fed to very good
advantage with clover or alfalfa hay.
Better results would be secured as a
rule for the corn to be husked out and
ground.
Watch for Foulbrood.
Have a you a little bee colony on
your farm ? If so, watch out for symp
toms of foulbrood.
Brood Mares Help Out.
It’s a mighty, good plan fo keep two
to four heavy brood mares and sell a
couple of colts each year.
Proper Thinning of Fruit.
Proper thinning of orchard fruit may
return to grower a good profit on the
tirae It takes.
Planting Soy Beans.
Soys can be planted about any time
Xhat corn is planted.
HENRY COUNTY WEEKLY, McDONOUGH. GEORGIA
BABIES CRY
FOR “CASTORIA”
Prepared Especially for Infants
and Children of Ail Ages
Mother I Fletcher’s Csstoria has
been in use for over 30 years as a
pleasant, harmless substitute for Cas
tor Oil, Paregoric, Teething Drops and
Soothing Syrups. Contains no narcot- j
ics. Proven directions are on each j
package. Physicians recommend it.
The genuine bears signature of
CARRIES ITS SUPPLY OF OIL
by Nature for Swift
Race It Has to Make Up Cold
Yukon Waters.
A fish equipped with a special oil
supply for a swift race up the cold Yu
kon river has been reported by Dr. C.
H. Gilbert to the United States bureau
of fisheries. The reason why this fish
has this special oil supply is that it
must maintain a speed from three to
five times that of the salmon in other
rivers, due to the fact that the season
is very short, and that the spawning
grounds are between 2,000 and 3,000
miles from the mouth of the river.
The Yukon “chum,” a fish of lowlier
degree, is similarly supplied with a spe
cial store of oil. Known generally as a
species that spawns exclusively in the ■
lower courses of streams, often scarce- I
ly above the reach of the tides and
never far from salt water, in the Yu- 1
kon it shows a remarkable reversal of
habit, and under the spur of necessity j
rushes up the river 2.000 miles or more
to the spawning grounds at a speed av
eraging 50 miles a day.
Hard to Locate.
“Borrowing from Peter to pay rani
is bad business.” “It is for me, I have
such a hard time finding Peter.”
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Women’* complaints often prove to be
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DIVERSIONS OF THE ROMANS
Sporting Men Used Quail as Well as
Cocks for Popular Combats
In the Arena.
The Romans used quails as well as
cocks for fighting. Quail combats
were well known among the ancients,
and especially at Athens. The Chi
nese have been always extremely fond
of quail-fighting, as appears from
many accounts of those people. The
Sumatrians likewise use the birds In
the manner of gamecocks.
Cocks and quail, fitted for the pur
pose of engaging one another to the
last gasp for diversion are frequently
compared by the Roman writers to
gladiators, remarks the Detroit News.
A circle was made In which the birds
were placed, and he whose quail was
driven out of the circle lost the stake,
which was sometimes money and oc
casionally the quails themselves. An
other practice was to produce one of
the birds, which being first filliped with
the middle finger, a feather was then
plucked from its head. If the quail
bore this operation without flinching
his master gained the stake, but lost
it if the bird ran away.
What the average man really thinks
of a coquette wouldn’t look well in
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W. N. U., ATLANTA, NO. 29-1923.
American Advertises for Thrill.
The other afternoon a young Ameri
can rented an airplane at the Bourget
field which he will utilize, he declares,
to scattef handbills all over Baris,
says Le Petit Parisien. A sample of
these handbills reads as follows:
“An American, for the first time In
Paris, would like to lunch at noon next
Tuesday with the most Interesting
anarchist in the capital; Wednesday,
with a graduate student of art or
music; Thursday, with an actress;
Friday, with some lady who Intends to
commit suicide, and Saturday, with a
nobleman.
“In exchange for this entertainment
he offers the luncheons, music and in
telligent conversation.”
The address of an American adver
tising agency follows, and then the
name of this original visitor —Lionel
P. Tompkins.
Instructions Not Needed.
Irate Father —“What! Kissing my
daughter. I'll teach you.” Suitor —“It
isn’t necessary; I’ve learned how."
A Road Mope.
“Yes, my auto turned turtle.”
“Well, that wasn’t much of a
change; it was tortoise before.”