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7.24 a a
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11 26 M.
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4 20 r. u.
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7.25 r. M. S. S BLAIR, tien'l Superintendent.
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7is c 36 44 Fowler 44 ... 7 .*2 9 ir>
742 633 44 llauiwth 44 ... 7 9 I
736 626 44 Port Matilda 44 ... *OO 919 I
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6 "•♦1 645 44 Milewhurg 44 * !l V I
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arrive* at Ken .* . .... 4 4** ptn i
Pa**eneer hjr thl# train arr.ve In Belle
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W. train* nrth.
Kri* Mail Wet, Nt*i;rara Fvpre** Weil, and T>ay
Fvpre** Kat. e>ake r <• ron- lion at L k Haven
With It K V R K train*
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on L S. k M. S R. R.. at Corry with O C. A A V R
R., at Kmpnrtnm with H. N. T. 4 P. R. R., an I af
Driftwood with A V R It
Parlor car* will run t*w*a Philadelphia and
WillSanvaport on Niagara Rspreaa M>t, Eri# Kiprew i
Weat, Philadelphia Ktpre* K#*; and I>av Kipr***
Eaat. and Sunday Kaprea* Fait Sleeping car# 00 all
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ST. X AVI ICR'S ACADEMY,
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NKWH, I'At "I'M ANII Hl.'lltiKflTlONH.
Till. TK-T ll* Til* HfldSAl. WU.HI'.* I* til* IXTUU
uisns ASH I'tuAi tsiTi OR RU* FASMXR.
Every farmer in hm annual experience
UlHeovem unmet hing of value. I Vrite il ami
vend il to the "Agricultural Editor of the
DEMOCRAT, llellefonte, I'rnn'a," that other
far mem may have the benefit of it. Eet
communication* be timely, anil be nure that
they are brief and well pointed.
TIIK plow should lie abandoned s
a corn cultivator. It does not cover
us much surface as the horse-hoe, and j
although it may not be injurious on j
some soils and under some circuit!- i
stances, yet otherwise it may do seri
ous harm to the crop.
WK are indebted to Secretary T. ,
J. Kdge for copies of the twelfth ;
quarterly report of the State Hoard
of Agriculture. The Hoard is doing
much good work for the cause of ag
riculture itt the State, and we believe
it is appreciated by all our best farm
ers. The summer meeting of the
Hoard was held last week in William
sport, and the local papers speak of
it as one of great interest. One of
the most interesting features was the -
address of I'rof. Jordan, of the State
College, u JKIU "The Economical use
of Stock Foods." We have not
room now for even a svnposis of
I'rof. J.'s address, but shall endeavor
to give it in full before the feeding
season arrives. The fall meeting of
the Hoard will be held at York.
THE use of artificial or commer
cial fertilizers is rapidly growing
throughout our State, anil their eo*t
lias become a very important Item in
the annual expense of many farmers,
l'he DEMOCRAT steadily and earnest
ly protest* against the substitution
of these mineral fertilizers for good
farmyard manure, by the average
farmer, 1 tit holds that in very many
instances this may he supplemented '
by him with great advantage. The
farmer who uses them to any con
siderable extent, however, must ex
ercise great care and circumspection
in making bis purchases, or be will
certainly "pay lor more than he gets."
The opportunity for fraud and adul
teration in tlu ir composition is too
great to le carelessly thrown aside by
the average manufacturer, we believe
we are perfectly sate in saying that
of all the many brands on the mar
ket, more than one-half are sold at
figures far al>ovc any jiossiblc return
the purchaser can derive front their
us'. The State Hoard of Agricul
ture is doing excellent service by an
alyzing samples of such of these al-1
Icgcd "fertilizers" as are offered for
sale in the State, and publishing
their real values and selling prices,
side by side, for the benefit of farm
ers. We have lieforc us a table just
issued by the Hoard giving the re
sults of fifty-eight samples selected
in accordance with the act of June
28, I8"fl. Of the fifty-eight brands
represented no less than forty-one
may be claimed as fraudulent, as they
i are sold at prices averaging very
| much above even the theoretical value
accorded them by chemical analysis.
Of the fifty-eight brsndsreported,five
are represented ns having been selec
ted in HellefonU', though nil were
manufactured outside of this HlaU*,
and of these five but one is worth
more to the farmer than its selling
price, and in this the theoretical mar
gin of profit is but three dollars and
thirty-four cents |>er ton. Once
more we say use all possible rare
and diligence in making, saving and
applying stable manure; ami in pur
chasing the nllcgod fertilizers of the
| market, "be sure you're right, then
go abend."
Remedy for Cabbage Worms.
From f!i Am*rtraf) F,nt<n.i|of iel
Of all the many remedies that have
lieen tried for the imported cabbage
worm since it first began to spread
over the country and to play havoc
with our cabbage fields, few, if any,
have given entire satisfaction. It is
safe to say that the most satisfactory
remedy so far discovered is in the use
of prrcllirtim. We were the first to
apply this in 1870, hut did not care
to recommend it until further experi
ments Juve been made. These we
have made the present year, and
caused to be made by a number of
our agents and correspondents. The
general experience is most favorable,
and we unhesitatingly recommend It
lor all tli© different worms affecting
1 the leaves of our cabbage plants.
TOBACCO CULTURE,
How to Grow the Coming Crop.
KAMA I I I.TIVAVION' or TIIK TOBACCO KIEU
.NKOE*.\HY —now IT INTO IIE HONK.
I IIK IIAW K MOTII ANUUKKKN To
ll AIL'O MOUM —HOW EX
TERMINATED.
Cultivation of the tobacco field should
begin a* noon on the young plant* have
taken root and begun to grow. Thin in
frotn eight to fourteen day* after netting
out, depending much upon the weather,
and may easily be told Irotn the changed
appearance put on by the plant. The
care or citrolessnes* with which they are
et out HIHO Inns much to do with their
early Htart. When planted without due
attention being given to placing the
roolM in their natural position the plant
IN frequently Net back for weeks, much
to the surprise of the farmer, who can't
understand why aome plants are so
thrilty arid others so backward. Most
frequently careless planting i the cause
why some plants remain small and sick
ly looking the entire season through.
EARLY l I'l.Tt HE NKCKSSAKV.
Hut to return, early cultivation is im
portant. No matter whether the field
is grassy or not, nothing brings the
plant along faster than early ami thor
ough cultivation. The ground has he
come more or less hardened and must
be loosened up. It is not necessary to
g > deep, however, only the surface soil
should lie stirred ; the sub soil must las
left intact. Almost any implement
that does the work effectually may be
used, A cultivator is most commonly
employed for this purpose. The pref
erence in the South is often given to
the turning plow, especially when the
fields are grassy. The (act is, it matters
little what the name of the implement
is. so that it stirs the soil thoroughly
and etfectually destroys or keeps down
the grass and weed*. <'hi land general
ly requires more cultivation than new,
but llie careful farming practiced in
Lancaster county, as a rule, renders the
grass and weeds e.isy of extirpation.
I -r. or TIIK HOB.
The hoe is a most important imple
ment in the tobacco held. The culti
vator does effectual work between the
rows, but cannot he allowed to approach
the plant- too nearly, lest the tendwr
rootlet* should be torn or disturbed.
The earth around the plant cakes and
roust be loosened to permit loth sun
light and moisture to produce their
best efli ets. To do this the hoe is calleii
into requisition. All gnu* that grows
close to the plant must be removed by
hmd in order not to endanger the Ist
ler through a careless blow with the
hoe. In loosening up the earth around
the plant* care mu*t be taken to
catefuliy replace s much a* may have
been drawn away during the operation.
All dirt that may bate been thrown
upon any of the leaves must tie care
fully removed. The ridge* must also
be hoed down and the surface made
level. Level cultivation b ->k* much
mote workman! k-- and pleasant to the
etc. When the hoe t employed for the
first tint* it i* not necessary to stir the
sod much arouicl the plant*, but tbi*
must bs- more freely done during the
subsequent hoeing". AI-out two weeks
after lh* first cultivation, when the
leave* are ten to twelve tnche* long,
the cultivator and h" must again be
sent into the fields and the operation*
already deacritied be repeated. Some
time* no other cultivation is necessary,
but we advise no one to ret here, even
though his field looks clean. The more
foul the field the oftener it must be
gone over. In fact, it may be laid
down as a rule that you cannot culti
vate too often or too much. It is bet
ter for the ground and better for the
toltacco. Well pulverised soil is one of
the most important items that enter
into a profitable tobacco crop. As the
plant* grow larger, it l* well to employ
a shorter singletree in order that they
may sustain no harm from that came,
and in this way the process of cultiva
tion may go on until it la-comes impos
sible longer to pas* through the rows
with a horse. This careful cultivation
also brings into notice any diseased or
imperfect plants. All such ought to he
removed and their places supplied with
large, vigorous plants held in reserve
for this purpose. Such a* have the cen
ter bud destroyed, either by insect* or
accident, will be likely to throw ouf a
number of suckers instead : all such
must be at once replaced. In short,
there must be no vacant hill* and none
with imperfect plants on them. A few
hundred nmsing plant* in a small field,
or more in a large one, make a large
hole in the farmer's profits at the end
of the season. Should any vegetation
spring up after the tobacco has reached
it* full growth, it I* not necessary to re
move it, a* it i* no longer aide to harm
the crop, ami may even be beneficial in
keeping the lower leave* from becom
ing sanded or splashed with dirt. Still,
: such a field is unsightlv in the eye* of
the careful fsrmer. and he is unwilling
to dispense with any supposed benefit*
from this c*ue rather than have the
weed* where he would prefer to see
clean cultivation. Let it be continually
Imrne in mind that early cultivation la
I indispensable. If ihe use of the culti
vator ami hoe is delayed too long the
weeds get a start which no amount of
after cultivation i* able to overcome.
Not only i* the grewth of the plant re
tarded. but the grass draws from the
soil the very food put there to nourish
the tobacco plant. When grass grows
freely about the plants it is apt to tie
come so firmly rooted a* to resist the
hoe, or else to result in damage to the
plant in the attempt lo remove it.
j Then, too, as early ripening has latterly
j been regarded a* highly desirable, if
must not be overlooked thai by careful
early cultivation the |eriod of ripening
; may be advanced from one to two
I weeks. This, if the season has been
late, is a great advantage, and enable*
the wideawake grower to make up
by well considered farming for some of
the inevitable drawbacK* that may have
attended the earlier operations of the
season.
TUB IIAWK MOTH.
While the tobacco planter fa carefully
attending to the grass and weeds, in
order that his tobacco planta shall have
evejy advantage thorough culture can
give them, another enemy comes pi the
front and perhaps the most dangerous
of all. Thi I* variously called the
"tobacco worm," and "horn worm."
The moth from which tbi* worm origi
nuteH is the well-known dusky wit ged
miller known to entomologists a* the
Nfihni •/uinipiemurnlalti* or Five-spotied
Sphinx. 'l'llii trioth is ol greyish color,
having five orange colored spot* on
eanli side of itn body, from which it
takes it* name. It may ben-en Hi the
summer twilight in our garden*, flitting
from flower to (lower, from which they
extract the sweet juices by means of a
remarkable tongue, sometime* five or
six inches long. This tongue or pro
bosciK when not in uie is coiled up and
stowed away between the two feeler*.
The hawk moth i* frequently taken for
a humming bird, which at first sight it
much resemble*, although its flight i*
much slower and it is more easily ap
proacbed. The first of this army of
moths come along in June, but not
numerously as a rule. It i* the opinion
of some that dry weather early in the
season is unfavorable to its production,
while an early wet season makes them
more plentiful. However this may be,
the hawk moth come* along in June
and deposits its eggs on the tinder side
of the leaves, when the | hints arc
about a foot high. At fir--t these eggs
are greenish in color, but gradually
grow yellowish or a cream color, and in
about twenty four hour* the hatching
process i* completed, when the mina
ture tobaccoo worm, hardly thicker
than a hair and only an eigth of tin
inch long, issues forth on its mission of
destruction. Should the • gg have been
deposited on the upper side of the leaf,
the minute worm at once est* a snisll
hole through the leaf and passes to the
under side to continue it* depredation*.
From the first its appetite i* most raven
ous, although the damage during the
first four or five days of it* existence is
small, because of (10-ir diminutive size.
At the end of about five days it shed
it* old skin and makes its appearance
in a new dress. 1 hi- is the - ignal for a
renewal of its career of destruction. If
not arre-ted in it* course it will soon
ruin the most promising crop. Not
content with ruining a single leaf, it
will, if 1,-lt alone, de-troy an entire
plant, and sometimes more. It con
tinue* to grow for tw.-ntv five or thirty
days, when, having attained its full size,
continue* to gorge itselt on the juice of
the plant a few days longer, after which
it crawls to the ground, which it enters,
and where it remains in the pupa state
about twenty five days, when it once
more send* forth a hawk moth, to re
peat the work of destruction.
m< i irv ii.it IT- in -TAT rrox.
A* each moth lav-about twohundred
eggs, it al once become* apparent that
the second crop of tobacco worms,
which comes along in August, is much
more numerous than the first one.
What i* more, a come* a'xiut the time
when the plant* are -ending out suck
er*. among winch many take refuge
when quite small, and thu-escape de
tection. The necessity of a resort to
every possible means of destruction at
once In-come* apparent. Kvery moth
killed before it lay* it* numerous brood
of <-gg* i o much towards killing off
the |jo*t* that come Uter on in the sc..
son. Kvery ninth destroyed in June,
mean* at leat one hundred worms les
in August. Hence the importance of a
vigorous warfare against the earliest
horde that makes n appearance. l"n
--les* thi* is done the later army is some
time* *o gre,t a* to literally defy the
most determined efforts of the tobacco
farmer.
now to Kin rtiK n AUK Morn.
Numerous methods have tieen sug
gested and are employed to destroy this
magnificent moth. It seem* to have a
strong inclination for the sweet juices
found in the " Jitnson " or Jamestown
weed {Steam imum. and wherever this
plant grow* the hawk moth will be
found hovering over its flowers in the
summer night*. We have also noticed
that it affects the flower* of the prim
rose—these plant* are regularly resort
ed lo by them tor food. These, then,
are the plaees to kill them. While en
gaged in extracting the nectar from
the flower* they may be approached
and killed. A light paddle will be
found a very effective implement for
thia purpose. The Jamestown weed,
planted here nnd tbere through the
tobacco field, will be sure to draw
them. While thi* method of destroy
ing them is resorted to by some, other*
inject poison into the flowers of the
above plant and thus kill the moth. An
ounce of cobalt dissolved in a pint of
water is mixed with mole* and a
drop or two put into every flower will
do the work effectually. Sundown is
the best time to do this, and the flower*
so treated should bo pulled off on the
following day, or the entire plant may
be destroyed. If left, bees will also find
the jioison, and if not killed themselves,
will most surely present their owner
with poisoned honey.
HAWK MOTH TBAt-S.
During the past few years wire traps
have t>een introduced which are hung
through the field, with flower* of the
Jamestown weed inserted a* a bait.
They are reported as being effectual,
considerable numbers of moths being
sometime* captured in a single night.
An ingenious Tennee*n has also Con
ceived the idea of making imitation
Jamestown weed flower* out of porce
lain. These are charged with poison
every evening and hung through the
field. Heing cheap, large numbers can
tie employed and they are said to do
their work very effectually. So far as
we know, they have not been tried in
i Pennsylvania, but they seem to us to
merit favor*hie consideration. In the
use of the above remedies or prevent
ives there should lie co-ope ration among
the tobacco growers ot a district. It
such is not the case, no matter how fast
i one farmer kill* off the moths, plenty
more will come from abroad to take
their place.
No matter however concerted or de
lermiued a war on the kawk may be
waged, plenty will escape every method
employed for their de-irucfton and lay
their egg* undetected and unharmed.
And the regular succession of tobacco
worms will make it* appearance. The
lost and surest remedy is band picking,
and this must now le resorted to. We
lay little sties* on the traditional fWk
of turkeys so much spoken of. Tur
keys will do far more harm than good
in a tobacco field when the plants are
full grown, and would have a very try-
I ing time of it in their Match for the
1 worms safely snscounced t eneAb Use
-
magnificent leEve* of "< Homer" or
"Pennsylvania Seed-leaf.'' There in
therefore, no remedy for it. The farmer)
or fin boy* and girl*, ruut go to work
w itii their finder*, and though the
worm in repulsivn in appearance ho i
hurrnlean and may be pulled off with
'"•puiiity and killed. From the hour
hawk moth lay* lie.r egg* until the
<roti* cut down the duty of hunting
r "moving the worm* nut le regu
lar and unremitting. Every three day*
"" t "lien to go over the field, and
three time. week would he better
Nil!!. I.specially i, tiia the case with
the grower of Need )( . ar tobacco. The
value ol hi* product depend* alrno.t
exclusively upon ,ta fit,,*,,, for cigar
wrapper*. When full of hole, it ia uae
e.* |„r tin* purpoe. The |,e er of hole,
hi* crop i* the higher the price it will
command. Jt i* doubly important to
hi in, therefore, to get it to market j n
the boat pok.ibie condition. IU. V y
rain, sometime* wash off a few
and destroy them, hut tin* i* only a ui.
Iling aid. Late and early, in *i>n*bine
Mid rain, lie must he in siareh of the
destroyer. No alter process is import
ant a. (hi* because, if hi* crop i* badly
worm-eaten, no after-care can make
good the damage. When hunted for at
short interval* the worm a are more easily
found, a* they do not leave the place
where they begin operation* for several
day* and may therefore be looked for
where they have first eaten a hole
through the leaf, baler they change
their position frequently and must be
searched lor over the plant. It* inhab
its ate b!o of importance. In hot
weather it feeds chiefly in the morning
while it is cool, whereas in cool or
cloudy weather it feed* during the
warmest part of the day, and i* there
fore more readily discovered in the
afternoon. Worming should be done
with much care. A worm or two over
broken nn a plant may effect it* destruc
tion before you come around again. He
sure therefore that your work ia thor
ough. i hi* i* the only real safe guard.
Some seasons they are far more numer
ous than others, owing no doubt to
more favorable condition* encountered
during the previous season. Tobacco
that i mature or nearly so sutler* less
from the ravage* of the tobacco worm*
than that which is younger; the leave*
of the latter, being more tender and
u< < ulent, prove more attractive.
nr-THI CTIOV nr rot9o\.
We have not alluded to a custom
which ha* prevailed to u very moderate
extent among sorue growers, of using
Pari* gr<*en as an agent to destroy to
ba- co worm*. The tob*cco leaf i por*
ous and gummy and capable of absorb
ing the poison* thrown ujon it. These
would undoubtedly be retained in the
leaf to some extent, enough. fierh*|,
to render the tobacco harmful to those
who used it. For this reason we con
demn the use of Pari* green for tbin pur
po e in the strongest terms, and hope
the custom of using it will be entirely
discontinued. South Paroiina planter*
have liecn in the habit, wo understand,
of applying a weak solution of blue
vitrol to the plant*, which ts said to be
very efficacious in the destruction of
the worm.
In addition to the tobhaeco worm*,
the grasshopper* do a good deal of in
,u-y during MM MMM, Luckily for
the tobaeoo farmer*, thi* i* not often,
tiecause for thi* plague there is absolute
ly no remedy. Their numbers are mo
gnat and tliwir work so expeditious
that when they come along they do
their evil work before a remedy could
be applied. For some years the dam
age done by these pest* in Pennsylva
nia has been comparatively small, and
they are not much dreaded by our to
bacco grower*.
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