10 PLANT WHEAT LATE SAY EXPERTS Pamage From Hessian Fly Will Be Lessened Thereby | They Now Contend Warning that wheat should be planted as late as possible to avoid the Hessian fly Is given by the State Department of Agriculture. In its bulletin the department says: The season for planting wheat Is now at hand, and the chief feature in avoiding destruction by the Fall brood of the Hessian fly lies in not planting too early. ' Over the greater part of Pennsyl vania wheat sjiould not be planted be fore the last week of September, and to be sure of avoiding the Hessian fly It Is best to delay the planting in all parts of the State until the latter part of this moth. The Hessian fly has been very destructive throughout Pennsylvania, and farmers have learned the importance of taking pre cautionary measures toward prevent ing an increase. Volunteer grain ehould be plowed down by the end of this month. Those who are wise enough to have a trap strip across the field in order to catch the eggs of the | Hessian fly can turn this down by the j last of September, and drill it to j ■wheat for their regular crop. Seeding before the middle of Septem ber Is almost sure to be Infested with j the fly, and carry this pest over the j winter for Its Spring brood, which is the one that causes the wheat straws to break and fall before harvest time. There is no means of preventing the destruction by the Spring brood of the Hessian fly. No agricultural practice, no fertilizing and no insecticide has yet been able to check it or reduce it. The best recommendation that can be given for preventing the ravages of this pest, which has destroyed hun dreds of thousands of dollars in Penn sylvania, Is the one point of late Fall eeeding. This, of course, does not mean that the seed bed should be pre pared late. The seed bed should be [prepared by early plowing and abund ant harrowing, so that It is in a good state of cultivation to receive and re tain moisture and keep the plants growing vigorously. Throughout the northern part of Pennsylvania, and, in fact, extending southward to the center of the State, there is to bo tound a very serious pest of the apples, especially of the sum mer apples and sweet varieties, which bores through the pulp of the fruit In winding tunnels, and Is, therefore, called the Railroad worm or Apple Maggot. It is the larva of a fly with spotted wings which flies around the , trees in the early part of the sum- ; mer, and lays Its eggs on the fruit., Shortly before the fruit is half j grown this pest could be destroyed M t spraying with a sweetened arsenical BP ray upon which the adult or winged flv would feed, but aftur the larva en- , ters the fruit and commences to feed ] In it. there is no remedy. The thing to | do then is to be sure and gather and ; destroy the fallen fruit. Chinese Rebels Exterminate Entire Colony of Lepers Canton, China, Sept. 18 (Corres- i pondence of The Associated Press) j Julius A. Kempf, a member of the I American Reformed Presbyterian Church Mission at Tak Hlng, on the West River in Shantung Province, has advised the American consulate here of the complete extermination ! of a leper colony near that mission by recent revolutionary soldiers, and sought the assistance of the consul in preventing a recurrence of such bar- | barity. ! The leper colony consisted of thir-1 teen unfortunates who made their home on a houseboat on the West River near a temple In which the soldiers were quartered. Without warning the soldiers fired upon the j houseboat, killing ten of the lepers. Two members of the colony jumped Into the river and started for the op- ; posite shore, but It Is not known . whether they escaped .death. One lep- | er escaped into the hills. The sol-: diers then burned the houseboat. Mr. Kempf and his associates had been assisting the leper colony for some time, supplying the sufferers with food and endeavoring to better their condition. It is not uncommon for leper col onies to be exterminated in China either by the military or civilians who resent having the unfortunates near ! them. In many cases the lepers pro voke the attacks by begging insist ently and threatening to touch per sons who refuse to give them alms. Soho, London District Much Changed by War London, Sept. 18. —Changed In i many ways is London since the war began, but nowhere is the transfor- ; mation more marked than in the cos mopolitan district called Soho. In the West End, within a stone's throw of Piccadilly Circus. Soho is not the hustling, merry place of prewar days. The great conflict has made it quiet, almost lifeless, for Frenchmen. Bel gians, Italians, Germans and Austrians who had their home in Soho have gone. • The change is even more pronounc ed in Charlotte street. The German chemists, German laundries, German restaurants, German clubs and Ger man paper shops have gone. There was even a Christliches Kellherhelm (a home for Christian waiters). It is closed now: there are no German waiters. German books have been moved from the booksellers' windows: German signs have disappeared and certain shopkeepers are at pains to announce that they are French or 'Belgian firms. The Belgians have lost their country for the moment, but they have taken their revenge In Charlotte street. There Is no gainsaying their victory there. Instead of the cafes and res taurants with German signs there are establishments named after Belgian towns. And in them may be seen Belgian soldiers on leave drinking cofTee. Their Aeroplanes Crash Together 2,000 Feet in Air; Escape Uninjured Paris, Sept. 18 (Correspondence of The Associated Press) Sergeants M and W of the French Fly ing Corps have established a new record; their machines collided at a height of 2,000 yards above the suburb of Pantln, became locked to gether with the crash, and landed in a tree with part of the wreckage rest ing on the roof of a house and the rest upon a network of telegraph wires, while both pilots escaped with out a scratch. Neither of the heroes of this ad venture were experienced aviators, which perhaps explains the collision, but now they claim to be "vaccinat ed" and demand the privilege of going to the front. "Vaccinated" In aviation parlance pie&ns that the pilot has had his in- [WEDNESDAY EVENING, Come—We Want You to Come! |= You have seen this big store on previous, si milar occasions, but you have never seen it as you see it now. 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Imitation - ■lf VBH * Spanish leather, the springs are easy working, and It baa a high WJm |y - It 18 a cJialr that will especially appeal j EEE 1 *200.001 purchase you can buy this on of evltable accident and has come out of it, all pockets filled with luck. Avi ation accidents are so seldom any thing else than fatal. A man who has been "vaccinated" in the aviation Is called In French a "velnard"—a "lucky dog"; he may go on with his dangerous career with a tranquil mind; with ordinary pre caution he need fear no disaster. For beginners, such as were Sergeants M and W , the vaccination Is the great event. Once inoculated with the virus of luck, they or* recognized aa full fledced fly era Yuan Shi-Kai Wants Sons Educated in England Peking, Sept. (Correspondence of The Associated Press) Accord ing to Yuan Shl-kal's deathbed re quest. his eldest son Yuan Ko-ting and his second and third sons, together with all the daughters and concu bines of the lamented president, will return to his native village of Chang teh in Honan province. The late president also reauasted that his HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh sons shall be sent to England to be odu cated under the direction of Yen Usiu, former minister of education. His next four sons will be entrusted to Hsu Shih-chang, former secretary of State. According to old Chinese customs and practices, the family and the kinsmen of the late president offered sacrifices to the spll-it of the deceased. Among the things sacrificed, were paper launches, carriages, automo biles, and Images of maidservants and manservants. And in order to aulet the departed soul of the late chief executive In the shades large numbers of Lamas and Taotsts were called to chant prayers in the presence of his remains. Telegrams from rulers of the various treaty powers expressing their condolences to the family of the late Chinese president were put In frames and hung up in front of Huai jen-tang, where the coffin was lying In state. From morning to evening, government officials in the metropolis offered their sacrifices and paid their respects by bowing down three times jto the deceased without prostration,. SEPTEMBER 20, 1916. RtSS AGENT IN JAPAN Toklo, Sept. 18. Charles Miller, a Russian financial agent, has arriv ed In Japan to arrange for the pay ment of war munitions purchased here and to investigate and study the commercial and Industrial conditions with a view to promoting Russo- Japanese trade. Mr. Miller predicts a steady increase in commerce be tween the two countries when the war is concluded. He said that the abol ishment of the sale of vodka, while sacrificing a revenue of over 600 million rublw, has brought about an. Important Improvement In the econ omic condition of the Russian people and had greatly increased their pur chasing powers. ~ THE IDEA! It is a preat blessing to live in a country where the people are really free. In San Francisco, a few weeks ago, a preparedness parade was held, and persons opposed to the objects of the parade set off a bomb which killed •even and wounded a good many mora.
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