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SPRAYING FOR BROWN ROT
The newest thing in spraying in Dela
ware is the use of arsenate of lead and the
self boiled lime sulphur wash for the two
great enemies of the peach fruit, the cur
cuiio and the brown rot. The United
States Department of Agriculture in con
nection with the Experiment Stations of
several of the States, has been working on
the problem and a pretty definite recom
mendation is now made. It it as follows:
Spray about the time the caps fall off the
fruit with two pounds of arsenate of lead
and three pounds of lime to 50 gallons of
water. In two or three weeks from this
time spray with the self-boiled lime sul
phur, with two pounds of arsenate of lead
to 50 gallons of tbe wash. A month later
with the self-boiled lime sulphur,
spray
omitting the arsenate of lead. Tbe ar
senate lead paste is mixed with a little
water and added to tbe lime water in tbe
first instance and to the self-boiled lime
sulphur in tbe second. For both tbe
second and the tbird sprayings the self
boiled lime snlpbur is made by nsing 8
pounds of quick time and 8 pounds of
flour of sulphur to 50 gallons of water.
Tbe lime is placed in a suitable barrel or
other receptacle, and about two or three
gallons of cold water is poured over it,
and as soon as it begins to slake the
moistened sulphur is added. As soon as
the slaking is over the mass is cooled by
adding cold water and then tbe spray is
diluted to 50 gallons, and strained ready
for spraying. No fire is used in tbis
process. Instead of tbis self-boiled mix
ture, one and a half gallons of tbe com
mercial lime sulpbor wash is sometimes
used to the 50 gallons of water, and tbe
two pounds of arsenate of lead.
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G0VERMENT CROP REPORT
Washington, May 3— According to esti
mates by tbe Crop Reporting board of
Bureau of Statistic, made public this after
noon at the Department of Agriculture
tbe area of winter wheat on May 1 to be
harvested was about 29,044,000 acres or
714,000 acres (2 5 per cent. ) more tban
the area sown last fall (31,034,000 acres.
The average condition of winter wheat
on the same date was 82.1 compared with
80.8 on April 1, 83.5 on Mat 1, 1909 and
and 85.7 the average for tbe past ten
years on May 1st.
Tbe average condition of rye on May 1st,
was 81.3 compared with 93.3 on April 1 ;
881 on May 1,1999, and 894, the average
for tbe past ten years on May 1st.
80.3 percent, of spring plowing was
completed up to May 1st, compared with
80.1 on May 1st, 1909 add a ten year aver
age on May 1st, of 66.0 per cent.
5.0 per cent of spring planting was com
pleted up to May 1st, compared with 51.
per cent, on May 1st, 1909, and 1908, re
spectively.
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Didn't Know Beans
A youBg woman was talking in a res
taurant. "Yon see," she was saying, "it
was my first experience in cooking beaus,
We are so fond of them I wanted.to be
sure and have enough, eo I ordered three
pouuds at - tbe 'Corner grocer's. Tbis
looked about tbe right amount, aud I put
them on the range and left them to boi(
tender. When I went into the kitchen
again .the range was covered with beaus,
'so was the floor, and out pf the keUle
poured • steady stream of.beaus. I took,
part of them out, addad mor^water.and
again foft'thetn. If yoà'll btoilve u (bad
to take out three.more large péryoes of
beans before tbe original mase became
manageable. So I'm not ordering bans
just yet even at a restaurant."
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To Protect Birds
The fight to Stop the slaughter of birds
for use as trimmings on bate is gaining
strength, judging from tbe manner io
wbicb the legislatures of a number of
states are passing bills favoring tbe pro
tection of birds. By a vote alipoat.unan
imous tbe New York assembly passed
a measure by wbioh tbe sale of plumage
will be forbidden even though the* birds
were not killed in tbe state. The New
Jersey legislative body v wbic^r haabeen
considering an anti-bird slaughter bill
for some time, will again renew the fight
aod in ail probability vote favorably on a
measure whereby our feathered neighbors
may fly at ease aod not be shot down to
adorn tbe top of some twentieth century
creation.
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BERRIES DAMAGED
Charles Owens of Bridgeville, a mem
ber of tbe big fruit-buy tag firm of Layton
and Owens of that pi
tbe opinion that there
half a crop of strawberries in that section
this year owing to the damage done by a
Strangs bug which appeared afew weeks
Bridgeville is the heaviest strawberry
shipping point in tbe country, and tbe
fact that tbe yield of strawberries will not
be up to the staodard is deplored, not
only by grower* but business men in
general of that town.
Mr. Oweoe does not think that the
frost of last week did any damage.]
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DELAWARE'S POET
Thi Transcript prints below a charm
ing bit of verae from the versatile peu of
one of Delaware's foremost journalists—
Mr. Jerome B. Bell, editor of the Sunday
Star. The piece not only discloses poet
ical qualitie s of a high order, but breathes
a trustful devotion not lese exalted. It
haa been as justly as widely admired, hav
ing been reprinted from The Unitarian in
which it first appeared, iu scores of news
papers. The Star'» ed itor has done other
excellent things in verse, and Tax Tran
script could wish he might offener be
stride his Pegasus.
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County Has $78,000 Balance
County Treasurer Robert M. Borns pre
sented to tbe Levy Court Tuesday the
following report of county financée :
Credit of tbe Levy Court, $78,860.62;
special Bond Imue 2, $50,726,42; Mis
cellaneous Roads, $216.59 ; Christiana,
$294 88; Mill Creek, $804 54; White Olay
Creek, $321.77; Pencader, $674 63; New
Castle, $2.126.23; Red Lion, $496 89; St.
George«, $4,993.47; Appoquinimiuk, $1,
163.80; Blackbird, $1,148.03; Brandywine,
$326.38.
WANT TA XES C OLLECTED
Tax collector« for 1906, 1906, 1907 and
1908 meet settle their acoonnte within
sixty days or the county will proceed
against their bondsmen. This action was
decided on at the meeting of the Levy
Conrt Tuesday morning. The former tax
collectors of Brandywine, Christiana, New
Castle, Pencader and Red Lion hundreds
have $1600 outstanding for 1906 6.
Charles A. Ratter, Harry P. Keene, H.
M, Perkins, Winfield S. Orr, Isaac 8.
Talley aod William Gardner representing
the Holly Oak Public Service Corporation,
appeared before the conrt in opposition to
the opening of roads in Brandywine hun
dred until the present ones are put in bet
ter condition. Especially did they object
to the proposed piece of road from the
Boulevard extended.
F. O. Taylor of Wyoming, and F. R.
Moyer representing the Huber Manufac
turing Company, addressed the court in
reference to the quality of a ten-ton roller
manufactured by the company. The
members of the court were invited to go
on an inspection trip at the company's ex
pense.
On next Tuesday afternoon the Levy
Court will go to Harvey Station to inspect
the roads in that eection of Brandywine
hundred. The commissioners will meet
carriages at Ciaymont.
FARMERS' DAY
"Farmers' Day" at Delaware College
will be held tbis year on Monday, the
13tb of June- Tbis is an annual event for
the farmers of tbe State aod others who
are interested in tbe general advancement
of Agriculture.
Tbe program of tbe day will be similar
to tbe previous Farmers' Day. The morn
ing will be spent in a study of the Experi
mental plots, tbe orchards, the pure-bred
live stock, the new farm buildings, and
tbe general farm equipment. A luncheon
will be served to guests at noon, after
which Dr. Seaman Knapp will deliver an
address. Dr. Knapp is, perhaps, as well
known in the agricultural world as any
man engaged in tbe improvement of agri
cultural practice. He is a pleasing
speaker, and has consented to leave bis
work in tbe South long enough to give
tbe day to the farmers of Delaware.
It is hoped that every man who lives on
a farm in Delaware will plan to give him
self Monday, June 13th, spend it at the
State farm, and see what Delaware
College has that will be of assistance in
improving bis farm products.
Will Be Heard From
The man who handles tbe local depart
ment of a newspaper learns after due
experience not to expect even briefly ex
pressed thanks from a column of pleasant
things, hot he knoweth as sorely as com- f
etb the winter that a single line in which
there is ah unintentional representation
will cause some one to be beard from as
if from as bouse top. And we may add
-pleasant mention
999 times of some person, place or thing
but on the thousandth time fails to do so,
be must not expect to be forgotten. The
itosion may baye been from accident,
inadvertence or even an entire lack of
knowledge. It inatteis not. Tbe simple
fact remains and be will be judged by
that.
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their horses are being-badly-treated and
always driven farther than they are hired
to go, tbe'MverymeW-'of tbe Delaware and 1
Maryland peninsula are pushing a move
ment to ozganize a Liverymen's Asso
ciation for jtba purpose of catching any
person that- may mistreat a team. The
liverymen intend to co-operate in every
way to help tbeir cause- They say that
when they hire a team to be driven to
another town, tbe driver should be com
pelled to report to a liveryman of that
town who will report it to tbe liveryman
owning the team. In tbis way they think
it poerible to end tbe ill-treatment given
their horses by strangers who' hire a team
to go ten miles and generally drive
twenty. '
Killed on the Rail
Either falling or dipping as he stepped
from bis train, at Eismere Junction,
shortly before 11 o'clock Tuesday morn
ing, Frank L. Painter; aged 45 years, a
freight conductor on the P. & R. railroad
was ground beueath the wheels of the
cars and died within a few minutes.
The train was slowing np to make tbe
nsoal stop at Eismere when tbe fatality
occurred. There were no eye witnesses
to the tragedy and tbe first the members
of the train crew knew of it was when
they saw tbe mangled remains of tbe con
ductor alongside the track.
Painter was one of the beat known meo
in the employ of the P. fit R. Railroad
Company, having been in tbe service of
tbe company for eighteen years. He
lived at Birdsboro, Pa., where be hase
wife end two children. The body wee
shipped to that city.
HE TOOK ALL
One of our exchanges tells of an old
German who had a boy of whom he was
very proud, and decided to find out tbe
trend of bis mind. He adopted a novel
method by which to test him. He slipped
into tbe boy's room one morning and
placed on his table a bottle of whiskey, a
Bible and a silver dollar. "Now," laid
be, "when dot boy comes iu if he takes
dot dollar he's going to be a beeznis man;
if he takes dot Bible he's going to be a
preacher; if be takes dot whiskey he's no
good and going to be a drunkard." Then
he bid behind a door to we which his son
would cboow. In came tbe boy whistling.
He ran np to tbe table and picked up the
Bible and put it under his arm, then
auatebed up the bottle, took two or three
drinks, picked up tbe dollar and put it in
hia pocket, and went out smacking hia
lipa. The Dutchman poked hia bead out
from behind the door and exclaimtd;
"Mein Got, he is going tubes boütician.
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A recent outbreak of bog cholera oc
curred at Fort duPent, Delaware City,
and Dr. Charles F. Dawson, the state
veterinatian, was sent for and applied
the anti-hog cholera serum to 29 hogs and
saved 23 of them.
The preventive serum for this disease
was discovered by the Bureau of Animal
Industry a few years ago and this Bureau
baa since endeavored to interest all state
governments in its production.
Many of the states have, as a result of
the sgitation and demonstration of the
great value of the serum, provided funds
for the purpose, in some instances as
much as eight to ten thousand dollars
have been appropriated.
The serum is comparatively costly to
produce and one state makes a charge of
fifty cents for serum enough to protect a
150 pound hog. Tbis serum will no more
cure bog cholera than vaccination will
cure smallpox, but it will prevent it.
Given a drove of hogs which are dying
of cholera two or three a day, the veteri
narian can by injecting the proper dose
under the skin check the deaths in a few
days. Or, given a drove in which hog
cholera does not exist, the drove can be
protected absolutely against infection.
Such protected hogs can live with, and
can eat the carcasses of hogs dead from
cholera without contracting the disease.
They are absolutely immune.
As the Bureau of Animal Industry
could not, for obvious reasons, undertake
to furnish the various states with the
seurm, representatives of the state were
invited to witness the method of its pro
duction at the bog-colera farm near Ames,
Iowa, and were furnished enough virulent
hog-cholera virus to start serum produc
tion.
The Delaware State Board of Agricul
ture sent its veterinarian to witness these
demonstrations and he has since success
fully produced the serum at the Delaware
College Experiment Station. The quantity
produced will, owing to lack of funds and
the necessary accommodations for such
work, be very l.mited. Enough has been
done in this line, however, to convince
the Board that it is one of the most im
portant lines of work it could carry out.
In the half dozen or more outbreaks in
which the Berum has been used, great
benefits have been conferred. A consid
erable quantity of the serum is now ready
for use.
FARMERS' BOYS AND GIRLS
Within recent years a new method of
agricultural education has been devised
in the form of boys' and girls'clubs. 8ucb
clubs have various objects, but usually
they provide for prize contests among
the members. Corn growing contests are
probably the moet common among tbe
boys, although many other crops have
been tried, while the girls compete in
breadmaking or sewing or even test their
skill against that of tbe boys in gardening.
Tbe United States department of agri
culture has information of 395 counties
in twenty-eight states in which such
clubs are organized, with a total member
ship of about 144,OOO.New York has about
75,009 members, Nebraska 25,000 and
other states smaller numbers. One county
in Pennsylvania has 2,000 members. In
moet cases three clubs are organized un
der the auspices of some state authority,
but in many cases the county superinten
dent takes the initiative, while in many
other cases the rural teachers arrange
contests among their own pupils.
Tbe United States department of agri
culture also gives assistance through tbe
office of experiment stations by furnish
ing advice and suggestions. A new far
mers' bulletin on boys' and girls' agricul
tural clubs tells how to organize tbe chibs,
bow to cooduct the contests and what
publications will be useful to the boys
and.girls
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HEENAN SAYERS FIGHT
Tbe contest between there two "bruisers"
for the championship of the world, took
place at Farnboroogb about forty-nine
miles from London, on the 17th ult.
Home and other admirers of Heeuan
contend that he is entitled to tbe belt.
A passenger on the Vanderbilt, which
arrived at Cape Race on Saturday with
tbe earliest news of tbe fight, says (here
were 42 rounds, lasting two hours and
twelve minutw. On tbe 39tb round tbe
mob broke into tbe ring to save Sayers.
He was knocked down 27 times aud fell
several times to escape punishment, and
at every clinch, save one, he was thrown.
Heenan was never knocked down, came
to the scratch every time aud showed
good humor and an honest love of the
game. The English men said they never
saw so gritty a man for hie age. On the
last «II of time Heenan came up but the
referee left. 8ayers was sitting on bis
second's knee. Heenan said:—"Give me
this fight." And again, "Give me this
fight!" but Sayers made no reply Heenan
then drew back and slapped Sayers in
tbe fare with tbe palm of his band,
kuocking him dowD, when outsiders
rushed in and ended the fight. Mr.
Wilkes relied on tbe Americans to see
fair play, and they rushed in and cleared
the ring of the English in a moment,
striking out from the shoulder. Some
body called the fight a draw battle, but
tbe Spirit of the Times says John C. Hee
nan won tbe belt .—Cecil Whig, 50 years
ago.
He Will Succeed
A youog man with a practical knowl
edge in hia head, skill in his bands and
health iu bis body is hia own letter of
references. Mix him up with sixty
millions of others, and you will find him
again, aa be will have a habit of being on
top. Throw him naked into a desert
island aod be will be at tbe bred of some
thing. He does not go whining over tbe
laud, blaming fortune and saying be has
no chance, but gore out and does some
thing, and gore out and dore 4 again and
better. Men that can do things either
with bred or bauds, are the men the
world ia clamoring for.
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FARM NEWS AND VIEWS
It is the experience of dairymen that
alfalfa is far superior to timothy hay for
cows, and that they may be fed all the
alfalfa bay they will consume, and that a
mixture consisting of 400 pounds of ground
corn; 300 pounds of bran or oats supple
ments the alfalfa very well. Seven or
sight poond-* of tbis combination is suffi
cient to produce one pound of fat when
fed with all the good alfalfa hay an ani
mal will consume. If the droppings of
the animal seem somewhat dry do not
hesitate to recommend the use of one
pound of oilmeal per day.
Pay attention to the cow's health. If
her teats are sore, if there is any discolor
ation or unusual feature about the milk,
do not mix it with the rest.
Remember that you are dealing with a
living machine, and that therefore kind
and quiet treatment will produce more
milk with less trouble than harsh methods
Observe cleanliness in all things. Make
sore that the milking utensils are above
reproach. Cleanse the cow's udder and
your own bands before commencing to
milk.
Take care that tbe buildings in which
milking is carried on are well aired and
free from avoidable dust. Freeh air and
sunlight should be constantly admitted,
and litter or food should not be handled
during tbe milking hour.
Be punctual. The cow knows as well
as you when the hour has arrived for
milking, and delay will not only cause a
diminution of her yield, but also a de
crease of fat percentage.
Observance of these roles should lead
to tbe largest amount of milk, with tbe
greatest proportion of butter fat, at a
minimum of trouble to tbe milker.
Large seed germinate more promptly
and the plants are usually more vig
orous. This does not mean that tbe
resultant crop will be larger. Experi
ments at State'College, Pa., indicate that
large seed of cabbage does not always pro
duce tbe largest crop. Good parentage is
of greater importance than mere size of
seed.
A man who bas established for himself
an enviable reputation as a breeder of
pure bred dairy cattle says that any prac
tical farmer with a herd of 10 cowb can
afford to bead bis herd with a pure bred
sire of unquestionable merit. In buying
these bulls many consider the price as
the most important thing. If they can
save a few dollars the matter of registra
tion or record of performance on tbe part
of the ancestry matters little. These vital
points are entirely lost sight of. The
fact that a bull is registered does not
necessarily make him better, although in
tbe majority of instances it is guarantee
that he comes from good ancestry. When
the influence of tbe bull upon tbe future
herd is taken into consideration, it will
be seen that too much importance cannot
be attached to tbe production of his an
cestry. A bull is said to ransmit most
strongly tbe traits of his dam and grand
dam and herein lies tbe importance of
registration, especially such registration
as takes into consideration authenticated
production. Remember that the boll is
an extremely important part of tbe herd,
that a few dollars spent here will return
many timeB every year in the increased
value and production of bis ancestry.
Never breed a ewe lamb until past its
first birthday.
The flock should be regularly and liber
ally fed, as it will pay in the wool alone.
II is claimed that, sheep fed a small
quantity of flaxseed once a week are not
likely to suffer with colic.
A big outlay of cash is not necessary to
go into tbe breeding of pure-bred pigs,
Tbe person who begins in a small way,
usually finishes up in good shape and
makes a success.
There seems to be an intimate connec
tion between the price of corn and of
bogs, and tbe intelligent farmer will weigh
these prices carefully before deciding to
cot out hogs and Bell corn.
If hoofs of sheep are well trimmed
there is much less danger of infection
from foot rot. When tbe disease gets
into the herd cause all tbe sheep to walk
through a shallow trough containing a
solution of one pound of chloride of lime
to twelve quarts of water, Have this
about four inches deep in tbe trough.
Then separate the diseased sheep from
tbe well ones and keep them separated
until the disease is stamped out.
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Tbe task of tabulating tbe great
of population statistics within
able length of time would be substantially
impossible were it not for modern
chine methods. The machines to be used
at tbe census of 1910 rest on tbe same
general principles as those used in 1900,
and to some extent even in 1890, but
great improvements have been made
that the work can be done much
cheaply and rapidly than ever before.
The necessity for elaborate machinery
lies in tbe fact that the different cbarac
teriets of the population must be
sented in various combinations with
another. Were it necessary merely to
count the number of persons who possess
each given characteristic, without refer
ence to their other characteristics, tbe
tabulation would require either no ma
chinery or at the most exceedingly simple
machinery. To illustrate : Suppose the
facts recorded regarding individuals are
sex, color, native or foreign birth, marital
condition, and age. Obvioaaly only tbe
simplest of systems would be necessary to
count the number of males and tbe num
ber of females, the number of whites and
the number of colored, tbe number born
in tbe United Stales and tbe number
born abroad, the number married, single
or widowed, and tbe number of each age.
When, however, it is desired to know
these facts in combination,—for example,
to know bow many white males, born
abroad, of a given age, are married; or
how many colored persons, born in tbe
United States, of a given age, are single,—
much more complex methods of tabula
tion become necessary. As a matter of
fact, tbe number of subjects covered is
far greater tban those named. There are
indeed several thousands of combinations
of facts which have to be presented.
In order to do tbis work economically,
the system of punched cards is employed.
For each of tbe approximately 90,000,000
persons a separate card is prepared. Each
card has spaces by which every possible
characteristic of tbe individual disclosed
by the census schedules can be shown.
It has, for example, one space for male
and another for female; another Bet of
spaceB (called a "field") distinguishing
white, negro, mulatto, Indian and Chin
ese; another giving tbe possible years of
age ; another the possible countries of
birth, and the like. A small round hole
is punched, indicating the proper fact
with regard to each person, in each of
these fields. By running these cards
through the tabulating machines, which
make electric contacts through the boles
punched, the facte regarding population
can be recorded in any desired aeries of
combinations.— Review of Review s.
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A PEATEK
Oh God, whose law controls tbe blazing
sun
And all the countless orbs that ceaseless
. run
From out Thy hand, like ebaff before
the wind,
Make me to know Tby will, ob Mighty
One 1
Make me to know tbe Truth, wbate'er
it be $
Lead me to do tbe Right, and show to
me
How I may rise to Tby celestial height,
Aud be from Error and its evils free.
Ob give me courage to pursue tbe way
That I should go. Let naught my pro
gress stay ;
Nor fear, nor pride, nor selfishness, nor
greed
Turn me aside or cause me to delay.
I am so weak | I would be strong and
true ;
Tby purpose I would know; and if I knew
How I might live tbe best of Life to
make,
Whatever should be done, I'd try to do.
I am so blind) I can not see tbe Light |
With halting steps I grope, as though
'twere oigbt |
Yet all around I feel the glow of day;—
Touch Thou my clouded eyes and give
me sight.
Guide me along tbe path tbe Teacher
trod ;
Let Thou my feet with faith like bis be
shod ;
Fill Thou my heart and soul with loVe
ef Right) —
Thus nearer shall I come to Thee, oh God
Mrs. Youngwife—What have yon ever
done to prove your love for me? Mr.
Youngwife—Darling, I've contracted a
lovely case of chronic dyspepsia.—Judge.