THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBUfrlS.
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THE COLUMBIAN.
BLOOMSBURG, PA.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 12, 1909.
The Zoological Press Bulletin
of the Division of Zoology, Penn
sylvania Department of Agricul
ture. Timely Topics of Plants and
Pests Discussed Weekly. By II. A.
Surface, State Zoologist.
NEW RASPBERRY TEST.
A raspberry pest, which is com
paratively new, has appeared, and
is liable to do considerable damage
in different sections of Pennsylva
nia. Rapberry canes, girdled by
this pest, have been received by
State Zoologist Surface, at his of
fice in Harrisburg, and in reporting
on their condition, the Trcfessor
said:
"They have been girdled by an
insect known as the raspberry-cane
borer (Otero timaeulaa). The
thing to do is to cut off the twigs
jut below the lower puncture and
burn them. This will cause the
plant lo throw out side brauches,
and the damage will not be so great.
It is a comparatively new pest in
this State, aud in some sections is
entirely new. It would be well for
all raspberry growers to unite for
its suppression by cutting off and
burning the injured brauches at
this time of the year, as there is
practically nothing else that can be
done to check its develpment and
prevent its spreading."
RIDDING FIELDS OF DODDER.
There has been considerable com
plaint this year in regard to the ap
pearance in grass fields of the plant
known as Dodder. A specimen was
sent to the Department of Agricul
ture from Lancaster county, and
Professor H. A. Surface, the State
Zoologist, gave the following infor
mation in regard to it:
"The parasitic plant which you
sent us is Clovtr Dodder ( Cuscuta
QUmeraia), as you suggested. I
think that this weed will be entire
ly destroyed in the usual three or
four years' rotation of crops, and
even in less time. The best means
of getting rid ot it is to put the
field into cultivation, or, where this
is not practical, mow it as soon and
as often as it comes into bloom and
thus keep it from going to seed.
"It produces seed of its own,
and these grow, sending up stalks
until they are high enough to reach
some plant to which they fasten,
and from which they dm w nourish
ment. Its own roots and stalk then
die. It was doubtless brought into
your field in tne r,rass seed which
you sowed lpst year. There has
been quite an unusual amount of it
in hay fields in this State during
ihe past two years and it is quite a
auisance.
your trees with arsenate of lead,
using two or three pounds of arsen
ate of lead to fifty gallons of water
or Bordeaux mixture. If you had
done this shortly after the blossoms
dropped, and again repeated it in
ten days, you would have destroyed
these pests in the same manner as
the Coddling Moth is disposed of.
I trust you will do this another
year."
THE STALK BORER.
A rhubarb stalk was sent to the
Division of Zoology of the Pennsyl
vania Department of Agriculture
for examination, and Professor II.
A. Surface, the State Zoologist
found it infested by the insect
known as the Stalk Borer (Papai
ftma nitela). In sending a report
concerning this pest to the person
from whom the specimen plant was
received, Professor Surlace said:
"This is a very curious pest be
cause it bores in the stalks of many
kinds of cultivated plants; likewise
iutp other plants, as well as weeds,
large enough to nourish t. I note
with interest that you found it bor
ing in corn stalks. It is destructive
to potatoes and tomatoes, aud to
the stalks of many kiuds of flower
ing plants, but I have not before
found it in the rhubarb.
"I do not believe that you will
continue to find it becoming a seri
ous pest on the farm if you will
follow the directions given below.
You cannot kill it after it once at
tacks the plant, aud save the in
fested stalk, because it bores in the
inside and the remedies usually em
ployed for insects will not reach it.
Therefore, it must be destroyed, or
prevented, by the following means:
i. Mow all weeds, of whatever
kinds, that have stems large enough
for the borer to enter. Do this at
least once every six weeks.
2. Gather and burn all infested
stalks, or parts of cultivated plants,
as soon as the borers are seen.
3. As soon as potatoes are re
moved from the ground, rake the
vines together and burn them im
mediately. Do not wait for the
vines to become dry, but throw
them on a hot brush fire at once.
4. Likewise, destroy tomato
vines as soon as possible atter tne
crop is eathered. and in fact other
plants where this can be done.
5. Rotate, or change, crops, so
that the same kind of crop does not
grow many years in succession on
the same ground."
Cabs for All the Drunks.
W. C. T. U. Will Ask Lawmakers to Provide
tor Them.
Officers of the local G. A. R.
ike in every other part of the state
have received a communication
asking taat the names of all in this
lcinity who fought in the battle of
Gettysburg on July 1, 2 and 3,
863, be sent to the state pension
agent at once. The state has ap
propriated money for the erection
of a magnificent monument on the
battlefield to the memory of her
sons who took part in the struggle,
and on the base of the monument
are to be brass plates on which are
to be the names of all those of the
sons of Pennsylvania who partici
pated in that great battle. The
communication asks that the post
members take the matter up, and
get the names of every Gettysburg
veteran, dead or living, his name
correctly spelled aud the regiment
and company to which he belonged.
Columbia county sent large num
bers of men to the fight on the
border line in '63. All the relatives
of dead soldiers as well as those
who survi-e after forty-four years
of peace, should come forward at
once and give the names of the
veterans to the post in Bloomsburg.
There is also s request in the letter
for men who will look over the
rolls of certain companies aud
select names of those who they
knew, as the rolls are incomplete.
THE r-LUM CCRCULIO.
A well known Philadelphia at
torney, having a country place,
.ent to Professor Surface, the State
Zoologist, Harrisburg, specimens
jf peaches and apples which indi
cated, as he expressed it, that the
.rees seemed "to require some treat
nent."
The Professor gave the following
inswer: "The green peaches and
mples which vou sent to us are
mnctured by the Plum Curculio
This is a destructive beetle, which
aakes holes in fruit and lays its
ggs therein. The eggs hatch and
ause wormy fruit and the worms,
.lso, cause the fruit to drop prema
urely, as you have observed. The
est to do now is to gather and
mm the fallen fruit as fast as it
rops, or at least once every few
lays. Of course, if there are many
ithers in your neighborhood who
ikewise have this trouble and who
re not doing the same, there is no
teed of you going to that trouble,
leighbors should co-operate to el
ninate such pests. The proper
ourse would have been to spray
$100 Reward, $100.
The readers of this paper will be
.leased to learn that there is at
:ast one dreaded disease that sci
:ice has been able to cure in all its
... . r . 1. TT-1H-
ages, ana inai is caiarrn. inn 5
atarrh Cure is the only positive
ire now known to the medical fra-
.ruity. Catanh being a constitu
jual disease, requires a constitu-
onal treatment. Hall's Catarrh
ure is taken internally, acting
irectly upon the blood and mucous
. -i faces of the system, thereby d
royiug the foundation of the dis
ise.and giving th; T.ntient strength
. building up the con? .'.itr.tiou aud
sitting nature 111 co:ng its woik
he proprietors have so much faith
. it! curative powers that they
fer One llundrtd Dollars for any
.e that it fails to cure. Trnd for
;t of tes imcnials.
Ac.drir.-. r. T. Cheney & Co..
Sold by all Druggists, 75c.
Take Hall's Family Pills forcou-.ipation.
The drunker a man may get the
more certain he will be to get home
safely, if legislation indorsed by the
Women's Christian Temperance
Union, ot York, Pa., should go in
to effect.
The white ribbon women propose
that as an effective means to stop
the selling of liquor to persons al
ready intoxicated, a law be enacted
compelling any retail liquor man
who sells a customer enough to
make him dizzy must pay for a cab
in which to take the customer
home.
In case the patron has visited
other saloons earlier in the evening
the proprietor of the one in which
he first flies signals of distress is
the party responsible for his fare.
Saloon men, who have heard of
the project which the women pro
pose to take to the Legislature, are
against it; but cab men think it
would be a good thing.
Atter the Bakers.
Daijy and Food Commissioner Will Analyze
Samplei Throughout State.
For the purpose of ascertaining
whether or not the bread now being
sold in Pennsylvania contains alum
Dairy and Food Commissioner
James Foust will cause a large
number of samples to be purchased
in all parts of the State and an
alyzed. In all cases where traces
of alum are found prosecutions will
be instituted.
Agents for alum baking powde
firms declare that alum used in
bread or cake is evaporated by the
baking process, and, while Mr.
Foust says he is in no position to
discuss this, he intends to find out
by practical tests whether the peo
ple of the State are eating alum in
their bakery products.
Bleached flour firms in western
States have recently addressed let
ters to the commissioner asking
about the S3le of that product in
this State. Each has received a
copy of the law, setting fort:i that
it is not only unlawful to sell here,
but to ship bleached flour into the
State, and the name of each firm
has been forwarded to the federal
authorities at Washington, for their
...:.;rniatiou.
Names of Veterans.
Local Post
Wants List ot all
Heroes.
Gettysburg
Elwell's Concert, Theatre and Dance
Orchestra.
Any number of pieces furuished
for any occasion.
SEASON 1008-09.
Columbia Theatre.
Midway Dance Hall and Summer
Garden
Knight Templar Dance, Masonic
Temple.
Midway Club Dances.
High School Commencement
Week.
Elks and Wheelmen Banquets.
Store Openings, etc., etc.
For terms address,
CHAS. P. EL WELL,
Manager and Director,
Bloomsburg, Pa.
tf.
Connecticut Repeals Ancient Slalulos Re
garding Sunday.
Both houses of the Connecticut
Legislature have passed a bill re
pealing the so-called "blue laws"
relating to Sunday observance,
which forbid almost every form of
recreation and secular activity. The
laws, which have been seldom en
forced, are relics of enactments by
the law giving body of 1722.
One of the laws specifically re
pealed is that which provides for a
fine of $4 on each person who shall
attend a concert or entertainment
on the Lord's day.
. The new Sunday bill is short. It
defines the Sunday, and prohibits
all sports and secular activities "ex
cept such as are demanded by ne
cessity and mercy and such as are
for the general welfare of the com
munity." The penal section pro
vides both fines and imprisonment
for violation. Under the words
"general welfare of the communi
ty" Sunday base ball is probably
permitted, and the advocates of the
bill admit that the Courts must in
terpret the wording in several
places.
.
For Discussions of Matters of Vital
Interest.
Did you ever want to tell the
public what you thought about
some public question ? Do you eu
joy reading what others think on
matters of common interest r is
there some old song or poem that
you but half remember and would
like to see in printed form ? Do
you want accurate information on
some happening recent or remote ?
Read and use "Ihe Press Forum,"
printed every day in Ihe Philadel
phia Press.
The Corn Crop.
Will Be A Failure Unless Rain Comes Soon.
Farmers throughout this section
are satisfied that if rain does not
fall within the next few days there
will be an almost complete loss of
the corn crop. Corn has begun to
tassel and in many fields the stalks
are only a little over two feet. In
others they are taller but in no
place is the height of the growing
fodder what it usually is at this
time of the year. A visit by a re
porter to various townships, where
corn is regarded as a mainstay crop
and the farmers have traditions of
yields of the golden grain so large
that agriculturists from other
counties are tempted to demand
proofs on the spot, but which the
corn growers of these fertile regions
say theyljcan furnish without the
least difficulty, developed the fact
that, this year the corn growers
are not only doubtful of the size of
their crops, but that they will be
thankful for a yield that they
usually regard as beneath the dig
nity of their fat, well conditioned
farms. Conditions in other places
are no better and the farmers there
regard their outlook for anything
like a full crop as a disappearing
quantity.
License Appeal Granted.
Justice John P. Elkin, of the
State Supreme Court, has granted
the Indiana brewery an appeal for
a hearing from a decision of the In
diana County Court in refusing it
a license. At the time the license
was asked for a favorable petition
signed by 3000 people was present
ed. A remonstrance, however,
signed by 5000 persons, 3000 of
them women, was also handed to
the Court, with the result that the
company did not get its license. It
appealed to tae Superior Court, but
that body upheld the decision of
the lower Court.
Souvenir Post Cards are printed
at this office. Half tones supplied.
DIVORCE NOTICE.
Freda Rabb Hall
1
In the Court
of Co m m o n
Pleas of Colum-
vs, I bia County, Ya.
' bubpaena in
I divorce.
Walter Townsend Hall No: 161 May
J Term, ijoq.
To Walter Townsend Hall, Respond
ent in the above cited case. You are
hereby notified, in pursuance of the or
der of the Court of Common Pleas of
the said county of Columbia and State
of Pennsylvania, to be and appear in
said Court on or before the Fourth Mon
day of August, 1 909, being the 23rd day
of said month, to answer petition here
tofore preferred by the libellant. Freda
Rabb Hall, your wife, and show cause,
if any you have, why the said Freda
Rabb Hall should not be divorced from
the bonds of matrimony entered into
with you, agreeably to the Act of As
sembly in such case made and provided.
Hereof fail not, under the penalty of
having the said petition heard and a de
cree of divorce granted against you in
your absence.
CHARLES B. "ENT.
Sheriff.
Clinton Herring, Attorney, 7-22-4t.
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