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The Lower Coast Gazette.
DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF THE LOWER COAST: AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE, FISHERIES AND COMMERCE.
VOLUME I. POINTE-A-LA-IIACIIE, LA., SATURDAY, JULY 24, 1909. NUMBER 30.
LOUISIANA [V[NIS
All Around the State During the Past
Few Days-What is Going On
and Where and Why.
Dairy Association Meeting.
Iaiianiund.-Th,' Ilanunnonid ('o-op
erativii Dairy Association will put in
a ;raist-urizing plant here, the machin
ery fur which will be ordered at once.
This was decided on at a met«ting
h,'ld for the purpose of devising bet
ter metlh: ds for placing their prod
'Jets on the market. Thi imeeting
was addressed by .1r. N. O. Nelson'
of St. Louis, who is a recognized au
thority on all mnattcr. pertaining to
the dairy business. lie explained va
rious umethods of procedure in the
marketing of dairy products. No
definite plan was adopted, though the
members of the association were
unanimous in the opinion that the
pasteurizing plant was necessary as
the first step, whatever plan was ul
timately settled upon. Another thing
that was considered as absolutely
necessary to the success of any pro
ject advanced is co-operation. One
way of disposing of the products of
the dairymen of the association is to
establish an agency of their own in
the city and ship the entire output
to that one distributing point instead
of the individual members disposing
of their milk and cream to different
buyers, and this method is likely to
be the one finally chosen at the next
meeting of the association.
Complaints Against Salt Water.
Crowley.-A petition is being cir
culated among the rice farmers along
the Abbott-Duson canal, sear Egan,
asking the authorities to prevent the
oil men of the Jennings oil field from
pumping salt water into Bayou des
Cannes, from which the water sup
ply of the Abbott-Duson canal is
drawn. The water of the bayou is
heavily impregnated with salt from
this source and much injury has been
done thereby to rice on the canal.
Salt water from the, oil field Is said
to extend into the Mermentau river
and to have been observed as far
down as the Southern Pacific bridge.
Two years ago the same complaint
was made by farmers on the Abbott
Duson canal and oil men were en
joined from pumping water into the
bayou. District Attorney Robira will
take action in the matter if evidence
is given him that the law is being
violated.
Fear Shortage of Cotton.
Baton Rouge.-Whether the oil
mills in this section of the state will
be able to run is a question that at
the present time is giving the man
agement of the mills much concern.
On account of the short cotton crop,
and the ravages of .the weevil there
is danger that the supply of cotton
seed will not be sufficiently large to
justify the operation of all of the
mills. The mill managers are now
makling an investigation of the prob
able supply of seed that will be put
on the market this fall, even should
the crop not fall below the present
estimate. It may be necessary for a
certain percentage of the mills in
this section to be closed in order
that the nun of the mills operated
may be of sufficient duration to make
a run profitable. Few of the mills
in this section are getting in a big
coal supply for the fall and winter
run.
Arrest Made on Peonage Charge,
New Orleans.-The first actual ar
rest for peonage in this state was
effected last week by Chief Deputy
United States Marshal T. F. Laiche
of this city, when he brought from
Jeannerette, Iberia parish, a prisoner,
Lynn Smith, whom he took before
lUnited States Commissioner Chiapel
la, holding a special session to re
ceive the case and determine on the
bond to be given. There have been
several charges of peonage against
planters and corporations in this
state in past years, but no indict
ments were ever returned and no ar
rests made. The United States stat
utes define peonage to be the keep
ing -in involuntary servitude of any
laborer or workman to pay off a
debt. The offense is said to have
been committed in 1908.
Special Train For Oil Men.
Baton Rouge.-The Standard Oil
Company has concluded arrange
ments with the Yazoo and Mississip
p1 Valley road to run a special train
every day from Baton Rouge to the
site of the two million dollars refin
ery now under course of construction
for the purpose of transporting to the
plant the five hundred employes of
the company.
Young Lady Passes Away.
New Orleans.-Catherine Thelma
Derby, a 22-year-old young woman of
more than passing fairness, died at
Hotel Dieu as the result of antisep.
tie tablets taken with suicidal intent
while the girl was in Memphis, six
days before.
Freight Conductor is Killed,
Shreveport--J. H. Bond, a freight
conductor on the Vicksburg, Shreve
port and Pacific railroad, was thrown
from a freight car while switching in
the yards at Sibley, La., and instant
ly killed. Bond was on the top of a
car and the sudden stop made by the
tratn threw him across thd track and
several ears passed over his body. He
,\ was well known by all the railroad
tateratt), having been employed by
- the Vichburg, Shreveport and Pa
k'd* several ysars.
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New Water Transportation Scheme.
New Orleans.-Water transporta
tion from New Orleans to Mobile and
thence up the Alabama and Tombig
bee rivers, to .lontgomery and all
the central portion of that state, is the
pr(lpoSition which the Birmingham,
Gulf Railway and Navigation ('ompa
ny, of Mobile, proposes to offer ship
pe(rs. The Birmingham, Gulf Railway
and Navigation ('ompany has its
headquarters in Mobile. Mr. Dew
berry is vice president, and E. R.
('obb is the general freight agent.
This company operates boats up the
Alabama and Tombigbee rivers, going
as far as 1lonmgomery. It is their
plan to put in through freight rates
from New Orleans to Mobile and
Montgomery. It will be in direct op
position to the Louisville and Nash
Nville. Captain St. Amant believes he
can make the run to Mobile in 16
hours.
Miniature Statue Placed.
Baton Rouge.-In the State Muse
um, on Carondelet street (Washing
ton Artillery building), there was
placed last week a statuette of Jean
Baptise Lemoyne, Stiur de Bienville,
the hardy French-Canadian explorer,
who founded the city of New Or
leans in 1718. This miniature prod
duct of the sculptor's art is destined
to be a model -of some grandiose
statue that is to be erected in Jack
son square, opposite the Cabildo, in
memory of the intrepid voyager, the
man who laid the foundations of the
Crescent City, and built much more
than his imagination ever could have
conceived.
Offer by Department of Agriculture.
Baton Rouge.-With a view to en
couraging the parish fairs to make
collective agricultural and live stock
exhibits at the State Fair to be held
at Shreveport, La., November 1-6,
1909, the Department of Agriculture
and Immigration agrees to pay $25,
and 50 per cent of the freight charges
to each parish fair association that
will install a collective exhibit at the
State Fair. Said amounts to be paid
on satisfactory evidence of the exhib
it having been installed and render
ing of copy of freight bills.
Circle of King's Daughters Organized.
Hammond.-The outcome of -the
visit of Miss Sophie Wright to this
place recently was the organization
of a circle of King's Daughters, which
was successfully accomplished with
a charter membership of 35 of the
leading ladies of Hammond. Miss
Wright was much pleased at the in
tere~i td'n li thie niovemitit, ahd
said it was the largest circle she had
organized in any town of this size
in the state.
Money Still on Hand.
Tallulah.-The Madison parish po
lice jury met, in regular session and
the first thing considered was the
financial report for the fiscal year
just ended. The report showed re
ceipts from all sources of $45,301.23,
with $43,109.38 disbursements, leav
ing a cash balance of $2,191.23 on
hand, and was unanimously adopted.
The remodeling of the jail was also
discussed.
Report on Louisiana Crops.
Baton Rouge.-The Department of
Agriculture is making every effort to
secure prompt and accurate data for
the second quarterly report on Louis
iana agricultural conditions. This re
port is to be issued August 1, and
the department has given notice to
the assessors, who are the corre
spondents for the board, that the
data must be accurate and sent in
promptly.
To Protect Rice Mill.
Gueydan.-The Planters' rice mill
is installing a $10,000 fire protection
plant at the Mutual mill of this place.
The plant will consist of a $4,000 gas
oline engine, deeD well, tanks, reser
voir and pipes throughout the mill and
warehouses. It will make it the best
protected as well as the cheapest in
surance of any wood frame mill in
the rice belt.
To Celebrate First Train.
Baton Rouge.--All of the railroads
entering Baton Rouge have notified
Secretary F. B. McQueety of the Bat
on Rouge Board of Trade, that they
will give a special rate of one and
one-third of the regular fare on thr
occasion of the celebration of the
crossing of the first trans-Mississippi
train at Baton Rouge, July 31.,
Teachers' Salaries Increased.
Harrisonburg.-The parish school
board and the police jury met in reg
ular session last week. All schools
will begin work September 6. The
salaries of teachers have been re
vised and some important changes
have been made, which are advanta
geous to teachers.
Wilir Build New Bridge.
Harrisburg.-The police jury has
contracted for the erection of a steel
bridge over Bayou Bushly, two miles
south of Harrisonburg. The bridge
will cost $16,000.
Justice of the Peace indicted.
Shreveport.--After being in session
four days the Caddo -parish grand
jury submitted a final report, showing
31 indictments, one against Justice
of the Peace E. T. Fuller of Bessier
City, who is charged with violating
the concubinage law, and is now in
jail here. The jury made special
mention that few complaints of vie
lation of the prohibition law have
been filed since the April session,
and only two true bills for this of.
eaise were retrned.
TEXAS NEEDING RAIN
IMPROVEMENT NOTED ELSE.
WHERE IN COTTON BELT.
Crop in Good State of Cultivation
East of the Mississippi River,
But Stand Is Irregular.
.'leniphis, 'lenn.-Excessive high tern.
perature prevailed throughout the week
except along the Atlantic seaboard; tho
rainfall was poorly distributed, some see
tions in Southern (eorgia getting an ex
cess, while other sections received none
at all. The cotton crop, however, im
prove.l everywhere except in Texas adl
Oklahoma. In Arkansas the rainfall was
better distributed than elsewhere, alto
gether beneticial, and the prospects of the
State are good.
East of the Mississippi river save in
loc;liites only the crop has been put in a
good state of cultivation, but is irreg
ular.
In Texas and Southern and Western
Oklahoma rain is hadly needed. The
growth of the plant and the fruiting has
been arrested and in Central Texas shed
ding is begun. The situation is daily
growing more serious. The hot, dry
weather has, however, checked the rav
ages of the boll weevil.
Mississippi-The week was dry and
hot and considerable work was done in
the fields. The crop is about clean, but
is still small. There are some good fields
and many poor ones.
Tennessee-The crop in this State is
in good cultivation and growing nicely.
The week was very favorable and many
correspondents report the prospects as
being up to the average.
Arkansas-The cotton crop is in good
condition. The plant is thrifty, is being
laid by clean, and is taking on squares
rapidly.
Alabiama--Rains were local and in a
few districts heavy, but there was a gen
eral improvement in the crop. The hot
sun favored cultivation and, as a whole,
cotton is more promising than at any
previous time during the season.
Oklahoma-Excessively high tempera
tures prevailed, but did no great damage
to cotton. In the west and the south it
is dry and more rain is needed. The
plant looks well, however.
Texas-The entire State is in need of
rain, the need being acute in central and
western districts. Excessively high tem
peratures prevailed daily. The cotton
wilts during the day, but recuperates at
night. It is approaching the stage where
irreparable damage will soon be done.
MRS. HAYES PASSES AWAY
Last Member of the Family of Jef
ferson Davis.
Colorado Springs, Colo.-Mrs. J. Adi
son Hayes, daughter of the late Jefferson
Davis, president of the Confederacy, died
Sunday night at her home in this city
after an illness of several months.
The cause of her death as announced
by the attending physicians was a com
plication of diseases.
Mrs. Hayes, the last of the family of
the late president of the Confederacy,
after the death of her sister, Miss Win
nie Davis, at Richmond, Va., made a trip
South a few years ago, when she was
made a Daughter of the Confederacy Ip
her sister's stead.
Her mother, widow of the Southern
president, died in New York about two
years ago.
Mrs. Hayes is survived by two sons,
Jefferson Hayes Davis and William
Hayes, and two daughters, Lucy Hayes
and Mrs. Virginia Webb, wife of Dr. Ger
ald B. Webb of this city. Jefferson Hayes
Davis bears the name of his grandfather
through a special act of the legislature.
Mrs. Hayes was 54 years of age.
HELD DAVIS FOR TREASON.
Last Member of Jury Dies-Indicted Con
federacy's President.
Toledo, O.-William Fay, formerly
part owner of the tobacco warehouse
that became famous later as Libby pris
on, and supposed to be the last surviving
member of the jury that indicted Jeffer
son Davis, president of the Confederacy.
for treason, after the close of the Civil
War, died Sunnay from a sudden attack
of heart failure. Fay left Richmond at
the outbreak of the war and joined the
Union army.
Globe Trotter Ends.
Berlin.-Hans Lian, who started
around the world afoot with his wife
and daughter, on Sept. 12, 1900, has just
completed his journey and reached his
home in Passau.
Lian undertook to win a wager that
he could push his family in a cart around
the globe. His wife died during the trip;
but the daughter has grown from a baby
of 2 years to a vigorous child of 11 years.
Lian claims that he walked 30,000 milem
and that he wins $10,000.
Hasakell Pardons Bar Keep.
Guthrie, Okla.--Gov. askell has par
doned J. C. Willoughby of Lexington,
Ky., serving a 99-year term for killing
Charles Shaw, an OklAhoma City negro
in 1907, because the negro did not take
off his hat while delivering beer cases
into a saloon where Willoughby was
tending bar.
English Orange Marmalade.
Two dozen juicy oranges, six lemons
(only use juice of), cut rinds of or
anges in quarters, put in pan with cold
water. When hot empty water out,
lay rind on board, white side up, and
with small knife cut all white out, then
slice rind in very thin, narrow strips.
Peel off all the white of the orange,
then quarter in small pieces and put
on to boil until cooked. This, run
through a sieve; pulp, throw away.
rhe juice and the sliced peel measure
and put equal sugar; boil this all to.
gather until thick; stinr often.
THE WAIF
(Copyright. 1909.)
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The Senate Shifts the Res
Th -S-ae -ht t
TAFT WILL USE VETO
MUST REDUCE TARIFF DUTIES,
HE SAYS.
Not Free Raw Materialist-Where
Duty Is Unnecessary Will
Not Tolerate Any.
Washington.--All doubt, as to where
President Taft stands with regard to
the downward revision of the tariff was
swept away Friday, when a statement
was given out at the White house set
ting forth in detail what the president
had to say to twenty-three Republican
members of congress, who called to pro
test against putting raw materials on
the free list.
The president, in this statement, de
clared that the Republican party is com
mitted to a downward revision; that he
has never had any other idea of the
Chicago platform, and that he person
ally has promised a downward revision
to the people.
This statement is interpreted in some
quar Crs here tonight as a direct noti
fication to the conferees on the tariff
hill ~it.f th.fl neasure they finally
agree upon does not constitute a mate
rial reduction in specific duties the pres
ident will exercise his power of veto.
COTTON BELOW 12 CENTS.
Break of 100 Points-Weevil Doing
Small Damage.
Memphis, Tenn.-The price of options
on the new cotton crop sold below 12
cents in New York and New Orleans
Friday, on the publication of a bulletin
by the government's boll weevil experts,
saying that the weevils were less threat
eing to the cotton thln at this time
last year.
October in New York sold at 11.92,
a break of 93 points or $4.65 per bale,
from the high figures of Tuesday. Oc
tober in New Orleans broke to 11.91, or
102 points from Tuesday's highest equiv
alent, to $5.10 per bale.
In part the decline was due to re
ports of showers in Northern Texas and
apprehensions by bulls that general rains
might come to Texas, where drouth has
prevailed for several weeks and moist
ure is greatly needed.
Perhaps, however, the most important
reason for the break was the enthusias
tic overplay given prices on the advance,
the rise having been carried beyond the
warrant of the crop situation. The
boll weevil news, therefore, became the
occasion, rather than the cause for the
decline.
300 Quake Victims.
London.-Special dispatches received
here from Athens say that 300 persons
were killed or injured by the earthquake
that occurred Thursday in the province
of Elis, in Southern Greece. The dam
age to property 'also was very great.
HIot water is flowing from many of the
springs in the stricken district;
Oil Prices Cut.
New York.-The Standard Oil Com
pany announces a reduction in refined
oil of 15 cents a hundred gallons, mak
ing refined in cases 10.65; refined in
tanks, 4.75; standard white, 8.25, and
refined at Philadelphia, 8.20.
One Injured; Two Drowned.
Lawton, Okla.--While W. J. Lawson,
a farmer, residing near Walter, was ab
sent at Temple, for the purpose of se
curing medical aid for his son, John,
aged ten years, who was run over by a
mowing machine and seriously injured,
his other two children, aged six and
thirteen, wandered to a stock pond and
were drowned. The injured lad, upon
hearing the cries of his brothers, has
tened as rapidly as possible to their as
sistance, but was unable to get them
out.
Thrown Into Furnace Alive.
La Porte, Ind.-Two white men and
a negro attacked August Wiseman,
watchman of a steam shovel, beat him
into insensibility, and shoved his body
into the boiler of the machine. The
coals had been banked, but Wiseman's
clothing caught fire. Revived by the
pain of burning, he was able to open the
door and reach out and pull the whistle
cord. Workmen ran to his aid and
dragged him out of the firebox. He was
terribly burned, but has a chance of re
caeyry.
INCREASE CANAL ISSUE
MORE CASH IS NEEDED FOR r
THE BIG DITCH.
Appropriation to Cover Estimated
Cost of Work Is to Be
Asked For. 6
Washington.-Congress will he asked.
at the instance of President Taft, to
authorize the issuance of bonds to the
extent of the latest estimate of the cost
of the Panama canal. This issue would
be in lieu of that proposed in the rider
to the Payne tariff bill (stricken out in
the senate), authorizing the issuance of
$40,000,000 in bonds, to reimburse the
general fund of the treasury for the
purchase of the canal property.
The Goethals estimate of $397,000,000
as cost of the canal complete was used
as a basis for the proposed bond issue.
The secretary of the treasury would
be empowered to issue the bonds, as the
money is needed, at interest not to
exceed 3 per cent. Just now the sec
retary of the treasury is anxious to
reimburse the working balance in the
treasury and out of the first issue of
bonds this balance would receive the
sum of $50,000,000 made up of the pur
chase price for the canal company prop
erty and the $10,000,000 paid out of
the general fund for the purchase of the
canal zone.
MOONSHINE STILLS INCREASE
Prohibition Law Creates Business
For Illicit Manufacture.
Atlanta, Ga.-More illicit stills were
destroyed in the state of Georgia dur
ing the fiscal year just terminated than
were destroyed in Georgia, Alabama,
Florida and Mississippi a year ago.
These statements are taken from the
annual report of Revenue Agent Jas.
IH. Surber.
During the year just closed Surber
and his assistants raided and destroyed
616 stills in Georgia, 231 in Alabama,
24 in Florida and one in Mississippi, a
total of 87.
A year ago the entire number de
stroyed was only 470.
The revenue office attributed the in
crease to the high price and increased
demand for whisky since the prohibition
laws began to be passed in the South.
BONI SAYS HE'LL MARRY.
Tells Creditors Bride Will Be George
Gould's Daughter.
Paris.-Incredible as the story may
seem, it is believed among certain well
informed people that Count Boni de Cas
tellane has been re-establishing his credit
around Paris by repeating "confidential
ly" that he is shortly to marry Miss
Marjorie Gould, daughter of George
Gould, when his finances would be fixed
up to the satisfaction of all concerned.
Preposterous as such a story would ap
pear, it is believed at Pre Catelan, the
fashionable adjunct of the Cafe de
Paris, in the Bois de Boulogne, where
Count Boni has been lately giving en
tertainments rivaling those of Frederick
Townsend and Martin in luxury.
When asked if Count Boni paid his
bills, the maitre de hotel of the Cate
lane replied: "No, but he had no fear
of giving him all the credit he wanted,
since Castellane was to marry. Miss
Gould."
Levees Are Breaking.
Cairo, Ill.-With the crest of the
present flood at from a foot to eighteen
inches higher than the stage, corn grow
era in this vicinity despair of saving
their crops. Already it is estimated
that the damage to the corn crop be
tween Cairo and New Madrid, Mo., will
reach $50,000.
Burglars Terrorize Town.
Greenville, S. C.-Admitting that the
police force is powerless to cope with
the gang of burglars that has terrorized
Greenville for months, Mayor Mahon
deputized a number of prominent citi
zens to patrol the streets of the resi
dence district. These men will serve
without compensation, and announce
that they propose to end the reign of
lawlessness at the expense of bloodshed,
if necessary. The homes of the mayor
and chief of police are among those re
cently burglarized.
ENEMIES OF CLOVER
Pestiferous Little Fly Does Much
Damage.
Seed Midge, One of the Most De.
structive Insects That the Farmer
Has to Conted With, So Small
Can Hardly Be Seen.
BY PROF. T. W. FOLSOM,
Illinois College of Agriculture.
The worst of the seed pests is the
seed midge. This fly is so small that
you may not have seen it, but you can
find many of them in the clover fields
when they are most abundant.
In other words. they are most abun
dant when young green clover heads
are most numerous. They are abun
dant late in July and early in August.
They lay their eggs on the green
clover heads. They will not lay them
on heads that are on bloom or heads
that have ripened. The female has a
long, flexible lash-like ovipositor which
she inserts among the flowers, laying
an egg at the base of a floret.
These eggs are barely visible to the
naked eye, they are so small. They
hatch in three days, and the grub, red
dish, pinkish or sometimes white,
squeezes into the bud and devours the
semi-fluid contents of the ovary.
This is, of course, before the flower
has been fertilized. Now we can get
rid of this pest very easily. All you
need to do to save your seed from the
midge is to cut the hay crop a little
earier than usual.
You can even wait until part of the
clover is fresh in bloom, but you
should not wait until many of the
heads have turned brown.
If you cut your clover early you
catch these grubs in the heads and
they are killed as the clover dries.
Furthermore, you hasten the matur
ity of the second crop of heads, and
by the time the second brood of
midges is on the wing the heads are
too ripe for them to lay their eggs in.
The adults are minute, black, fly-like
insects. We find them in abundance
on clover heads about June 12, and
again in the middle of August.
They are most numerous whenever
there are the largest number of clover
heads just turning brown. These in
sects do not lay eggs in the green
heads like the seed midge, and they
cannot lay eggs in seeds that are
hard.
Most of the eggs are laid in the seeds
of flowers which have just begun to
wither-flowers that. have been fertil
ized and the seeds of which are going
to develop.
The female sticks her long, needle
like ovipositor into the green seed and
lays an egg therein, and the grub
when fully grown nearly fills the seed.
The adult escapes from the seed by
biting out a hole in the shell.
At threshing time these shells are
swept away with the chaff, though
many of the seeds from which the
adult has not emerged remain behind
with the sound seeds. These affected
seeds can be easily recognized.
Clover seed having a grub in it will
not grow. If you want a good crop of
hay you don't want to let any of it turn
black. To get rid of this seed pest, cut
your clover early.
A HOME-MADE LADDER.
Get a straight,
smooth pole 16
or 18 feet long.
One about four
inches in diame
ter at the butt
and 2¼, Inches at
the top after the
bark has been ta
ken oft is best.
Fasten an iron
band on tight six
feet from the
Slarge end. Split
the pole from the
large end up to
Sthe band. Bore
one-inch holes one
Sfoot apart, begin
ning one foot from
Sthe large end.
Make the first
I rung at the bot
tom 31, feet long.
Above the split
Smake them two
feet long, gradu
Sally running to
16 inches at the
top.
Put a band on tae little end or wrap
y it with wire.
A ladder like this answers every
r purpose on the farm and can be made
in one day.
Handling Fruit.
A machine to handle orangs seems
I to be a success in California. It sorts,
I wraps and samples the fruit. The
Ssame Irocess might be applied to the
3 apple, except that the apple skin is
I more tender and the fruit more easily
-damaged. Perhaps the idea will be
I improved so that the more delicate
fruits can be handled in this whole
sale way.
Southern Farming.
A member of the Country Life com
mission says the worst agricultural
conditions of the country are in the
south, because the farmers have
robbed the soil of its humus by grow
ing cotton and tobacco exclusively for
more than a hundred years.
It tries a man's eyes and his hon
r esty as well to see all the worm holes
when packing his own apples.
OUTBREAK OF ARMY WORM
Appears in Large Numbers on L.onp
Island-Farmers Warned to
to Be Prepared.
The army worm, according to re.
cent advices, has appeared in large
numbiirs at Oakdale, L. I. This may
be the first of a series of injuries
herle and there throughout this part
of the country, and farmers are ad
vised to keep a close watch for the
appl)erance of this pest. The rather
large, dark, obscurely striped cater
piliars frequently become very abun
dant in gress and grain fields and,
after devouring most of the foliage,
desert the field in search of more
provender. This habit has led to the
Chrysalis and Larva.
Conmmon designation of army worm. It
will be remembered that this species
was exceedingly destructive in most
of the counties of New York state in
1896, and has been injurious here and
there in later years.
An outbreak of army worms re.
quires prompt treatment if satlsfaO,
tory results are to be obtained. Grass
or grain in badly-infested fields, if of
any value, should be cut and removed
at once and the migration or march
ing of the hungry caterpillars pre
vented by digging slight ditches or
turning furrows toward the advancing
horde. The ditches and furrows can
be made more effective by digging
small holes at intervals of 15 or 20
feet, in which the caterpillars, turning
to either side, fall and can be readill
Imago-a, Male; b, Abdomen of Fe
male; c, Eye.
destroyed by burying. Bands of tat
are also serviceable in checking the
advance of these pests, and may be
made more effective by putting the
tar on da~rds arid setting the latter on
edge. Conditions may occasionally
warrant the. poisoning of a strip in
front of the marching caterpillars io
order to destroy them and thus prey
vent further injury. Paris green, Loan
don purple, or even white arsenic ii
preferable for this purpose to the
slower-acting arsenate of lead. Massed
of caterpillars can be killed by lib,
eral spraying with a kerosene emul.
sion or a strong soap solution.
Occasionally these outbreaks are acs
companied by numerous natural ene
mies such as fies similar to, and
larger than the house flies. These
beneficial parasites deposit oval,
rather conspicuous white eggs on the
caterpillars, usually just a little be
hind the head. An abundance of these
and other serviceable enemies may
render it unnecessary to take active
measures for the destruction of the
caterpillars, because under such con*
ditions there is comparatively little
danger of serious injury later.
Two Good Catch Crops.
Of the crops which I sowed ahead
of the cultivator at the last cultivation
of corn and potatoes to get a growth
to turn under in the spring and to pro,
tect the land from winter washing,
rye and dwarf Essex rape were the
tmost satisfactory.
Rye was sown one year when the
potatoes were taken out in Septem*
Sher, and a heavy sod it made to turn
Sunder for oats in April.
Another year rye was sown on corn
Sstubble after the corn was cut at the
rate of one and one-quarter bushels
tper acre, and it made a fair cover
.crop, which I know prevented wash.
Sing, though the ground was harrowed
t only twice before drilling in the seed.
o Dwarf rape I have always sown at
. the rate of ten pounds of seed per
o acre just before cultivating the corn
e the last time in July, and have had
a good growth until late In the fall,
Swhich would have made excellent pas*
ture, but a cover crop was desired, so
, it was left till spring and turned un.
e der for oats to enrich and make hu.
mus in the soil.
I should judge its value as a fertlls.
er is about $6 per acre, and the seed
costs only seven cents per pound.
Some of the rape was green all win.
s ter, and persons seeing the growth
I it had made in the standing corn were
e surprised, while the growth of cow
e pears in the same field was not en
s couraging. Crimson clover is a good
y catch crop, if one can secure a stand,
e and it lives through the winter. Rape
e is the best crop for me, considering
- the cost of seed and its fertilizing
value, and rye Is very good, especially
when it is to be turned under for po*
tatoes, or one wishes to pasture it in
the fall.--J. N. Clover, Pennsylvania.
Remedy for Scours.
e A stockman says he has saved sevw
. eral valuable Jersey calves that were
r down with the scours by taking a
teacupful of wheat flour and giving a
tablespoonful every minute. lie re
1- peated this two or three times a day
s before feeding and diminished the
feed one-half until the lf got welL