rg en gmt
LS
ah oh a aR
— cor Co a
THE FARMERS
COLUMN
Some Practical Suggestions Well
Worth Knowing From the De-
partment of Agriculture.
COLLAR ROT OF PEAR, APPLE
AND QUINCE TREES
Many farmers have complained to
¢he Penrsylvania Department of Agri-
Kulture that they have foound collar |
rot or collar blight attacking trees
where the mice had gnawed them,
and asked for practical instructions
on the subject. In some sections the
entire pear crop has been killed by
blight. Zoologist H. A. Surface
says:
The Collar Blight or Root Rot, i-
by far the worst disease of apple and
pear trees. Thae are no practi:al
known remedies for it. It will start
where the trees are injural by the
borers, mice, or any other cause what
ever, Winter freezing amd injury by
cultivators will help to open the
soil that the disease germs start
there, Trim out the blighted twigs
above the wound, so that the
waten laden with blight germs wiil
not run down the trunks of the trees
‘Wash the trunks when injured with
strong lime-sulfur solution, and then
cover them with paint. Do not culti-
vate the trees very late, and do nct
use nitrogen fertilizer at this time of
the year or later. Wash well with
the lime-sulfur to kill the germs that
are outside, and keep others from en-
tering at that place, but this wiil nei
kill the blight germs that are now be-
neath the bark. The great trouble ds
that nothing can reach them there. *
"“In some regards this blight, 1s’
comparable with the chestnut blight,
which can only be fought by care-
fully cutting out. You should under-
stand that it is the same as Twig
Blight, Trunk Blight, Black Blight,
Fire Blight, etc. After washing with
lime-sulfur solution and painting them
with melted pitch, or pure white lead
and raw linseed oil, I would replace
the earth around them.
“Some varietiies are much more sus-
ceptible to Collar Blight than others.
Among these are the Yellow Trans-
parent, Grimes Golden, Rome Beauty
and some others, The best way that
4 know of to make the trees immune
from this worst of all diseases of the
apple, pear and quince is to plant
trees that are budded or grafted om
Bpy iaifes. The Spy is said to be not
ipjured by, it.”
8 “Collar Rot or Fire Blight. is, a’ bac-
disease of which the germs
have been, discovered and described.
It works, chiefly in the leaves and un-
der the bark of trees. It is carried
through the air and by, insects, birds
and animals, at this time of year.
‘Wherever there is the slightest open-
ing inthe tree thawe it is liable to
find a start. It will cause the death of
the tfee in many cases.
-+“The. blight is always worse on
trees that grow rapidly. Therefore,
by practicing those horticultural op-
erations that will reduce the rapidity
of growth of the trees you ‘will hold
it in check. Remove the soil from over
the Toots and put directly on them
a quantity of salt, varying from one-
quarter peck to one-haif bushel owing
to ‘the size of the tree. Then replace
“the earth. Cut out and burn the Eli
ed parts of the trees, cutting at least
one foot below the lowest blighted
place that can be seen. Do this cut-
ting out soon and burn the twigs.”
CORN CROP MAY. BE AU
Se I Lan 80) SHORT-AND LATE
«yw 'General complaint, . concerning the
. backward season for corn and the: in-
ability to plant on account of the wet
weather indicates that the acreage
_ planted in Pennsylvania this season
will be considerably smaller than a
Year ago.
Farmers throughout the State have
writen to the Pennsylvania Depart-
ment of Agriculture that much dam-
age has been done to the corn crop
by the heavy mains and through the
ravages of the cut worms. Corn is
from two to three weeks back and.
unless favorable weather brings it a-
long rapidly, there 1g some danger
that the early frosts may do eonsid-
erable more damage to the orop,
Some of the farmers say that the
ground was so wet that much of it
could not be planted and in some sec-
tions only about fifty per cent of uu
average yield is expected from the
ground that the farmers succeeded in
planting. On the slopes general com-
plaint is made that the heavy rains
washed , out the early planting s
and in some cases two or. three. plan-
tings were necessary, while in others
the planting was lost entirely. There is
considerable damage dome by birds
pulling ‘out the seed in the wet ang
soft ground.
Farmers now planting corn for en-
silage and fodder and under more fa-
¥omble eonditions than earlier in the
Beason expect better results. In sonie
instances fields that had been pre-
pared for corn have been sown in
buckwheat.
- --
S. S. CONVENTION OF
CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN
After establishing two wseholarship
iufids in Juniata college, for a pros-
pective minister and a missionary
worker from the distriet, and elect-
ing officers, the 19th annual minister-
ial and Sunday school convention of
the Church of the Brethren, western
| district of Pennsylvania, came to a
close Wednesday. In point of numbers
| Ltoese conventions are conceded to
! have been the largest the district ever
had. All the sessions were held in the
| Walnut Grove Church of the Breth-
ken, in Johnstown.
“Wednesday morning the ministerial
convention was opened with an inter
afin. Crh all
ENGLISH BUILDING
GREAT NEW NAVY
Warshiys of All Classes Are
Nearing Gompietion
TRAINED GREwo A7C READY
England Finds Moniter Type of War
ship Great Help In Present War and
, esting sermon by the Rev. W. S. Long?
was formed and $60 subscribed to
maintain a theological student at Jun-
iata college.
The following were the speakers
and their topics given at the Sun-
day school convention: H. A| Holsopp-
le, “Temperance in the Sunday school”
D. F. Waltz, :: The Soul-Winning Sun-
day School,” and Elder H. K. Ober of
Elizabethtown, “The Child's Rights.”
At the afternoon session a scholar-
ship fund of $60 was started to send
a missionary worker to Juniato col-
lege. This is to be similar to the pro-
spective minister's fund, and also ba-
sed on a scholarship asociation.
Interesting letters were read from.
‘he missionaries representing the dis-
trict in India.
The following officers were elected
to serve until next August: i
President, the Rev. H. S. Replogle’
of Scalp Level; Vice president, the
Rev. M. Clyde Horst of Walnut Gove,
secretary, Irvin R. Fletcher of Jones’
Mills; assistant, J. 8. Hamilton of
"Morgantown, , W. Va.; treasurer. Geo.
B. Wertz. of. Ing Grove. The of:
ojals comprise the personnel of the
the name of I, BE. Holsinger, flel1 se-
cretary of the; dix‘rict.
The: spperir ‘undents of the depart.
ments are the following:
Home department—M. J. Blough of
Greensburg,
Craadle Roll—Mrs. J. W. Miller, ofi-
Morrellvilie.
Teacher training—Harry Ankeny of
Shelocta,
Organized Bible classes--- Louis]!
jiBepper of Somerset. {
Missionary—Ira J. Moon of Holy
copple.
Temperance—Harry A. Holsopple of.
Clymer.
The missionary committee is com
posed of Elder M. J. Brougher of]
of Hooversville.
5 hays =e
SHERIFF SALE
ber of tra:'s” of real esate tor” bale;
which’ Wil | oe’ knocked dowd: at” the
Court-house on Friday, September §.
The property of John ‘H. Corbet Jr
and Florense N. Corbet, in ‘Addizon,’
at ‘the suit of Thomas J. Augustine!
use of D. A. Griiffith. :
Two lots and dwellings and antes
in Berlin borough, the property .of Mr.
‘the suit of Ross R. Scott: cs
Three tracts of land tims Ten
keyfoot Township, the property of F:
P. Raygor, to be sold at the suit of
M. E. Goller’s use.
The property of Jacob F. Rhoades
in Jenner Township, at the suit of
Daniel B. Witt,
The Somerset Opera-house, at the
suit of the Farmers National Bank.
All the property of John and Bar:
byt. Metz, in Windber, at the suit of,
Goenner & Company.
LAL ‘the property of Emory S. Litechy
and M. Hasho, in Lower Turkeyfoot
Township, at the suit of Cornelius
Judy,
; The, pripprty of Andrew Hartman,
1n.Southampton Township, at the suit
Sy Harry, BC olborn.
The, ain of John’ Bischof, in,
en ay Township, at the sult of
Rocco Cartisanno.
The property of N. H. Lenhart. in’
Garrett, Bf the ‘suit of W. I. Hocver.
" BAUMGARDNER REUNION
At the annual joint Gramling-Baum-
gardner reunion, recently on
the Chautauqua grounds at Salix, the
Baumgardner association voted to
start a fund for the purpose of erect-
ing a monument to John Baumgard-
ner, in Snavely’ cemetery. The fund
will be collected’ for a ‘year and by the
in Fand will be sufficient to provide an
adequate tribute to the mertory of the
man who founded the clan in this
‘country. ‘The joint reunion proved
very ‘successful and it was voted to
meet again next year during the Chau-
taugua week, Aug. 16 belng the date
set. Over 300 persons were present.
The Gramling clan ' decided to invite
the Kring- Strayer association to join
with the Gramilings and Baumgard-
ners, the four families being elosely
intermarried. An invitation will be ex-,
of Altoona. A scholarship association
executive hoard with the addition of |
Greensburg, Elder William M. Hows!)
of Meyersdale and Bilder P. J. Blough
4 that other navies were ‘ta
' "scoff at them for years. Yet here they
Sheriff Wagner advertised a num- |
and Mrs. Harry Smith, to be sold at},
| for "the ‘we >r, according to fuferina-
next ‘reunion, it is hoped the amount 4
and Is Building. a Fleet of Them.
On g small pection of British water
‘font there are mare ships under
construction today than the enure
shipbuilding facilities ef any other
nation could undertalte at one time.
They include every type of craft
from submarines to battleships end
from steam trawlers to Atlantic I'n-
ere. Most governments lay down bat
tleships and cruisers singly, and -ne
cruisers by the half dozen, destroynrsg
in rows of ten, with many braces of
long submarines and an occasional
monitor. :
The war fleet under the hammer
and the paint brush here would rank
in the naval list above the establish-
, ments of several modern marine pow-
ers. It could demolish two squadrons
which fought the battle of Manila bay
vith ome volley and then steam up
igainst the combined Americans and
£panish fleets of Baatiage ‘with ¢on-
“fidence. "And the merchant shipe in
the stocke are as many as the United
States merchant marine has added to
ite registry in several years.
“We have trained crews realy te
step on board gll these ships as swon
as they are fitted,” a naval officer re-
marked.
The general gtage setting for thie
swift review of the fighting snd tred-
| 45s vessels under construction oon-
siete of miles of water ‘font’ Hhes es
‘thickly as could be crowded WItRIde!.
_etons and hulls. The stocks ‘Carried.
everything of § final ype—ugtl] next
Yyeur, or, next week, $67" evésy 'maval
‘campaign’ means new idéad) tiew: de-
vices, new lines of “oometruction. Two
‘years of active service under wal con
‘ditions have brought a great advance
ito the: British ,
:wvory detail of @:ship le- ‘the, Ist {word
ii 1h cits elaag; according to Da.
eu _
TE
bought jndgmept of
fighting Vine aX In one RB
tall at least British pa
appear to have, bees co SET
The oa iin ‘make an appeni 43 ‘an
Ameriean because thers
are, with all their siidérfietdl’ chinges
and "embellishments 8 tribute to what
the ‘hralh ‘of John) Britkses, gonosived
in; thie ‘sixties. The mionitbrs haye.baon
very useful to the British BYE ge
War; They Lave been employed
| shallow waters off the past, of hs
+ginm, and even Loli oly at
omy Two or three ita Se
| cutlying dl © may ‘be _peaétrated” by
“torpedoes, ard ‘the’ menaitor oan still
ZEN NT any
keep at work with her guna. *- i
Two battleships, | almost prepared
tion’ render~d, ere expected’ to’ dom,
“enstrate th. Aselves the mest. afticient
niaghines of thelr family ever com:
inigsioned.
There are several so-called destroy.
ers certainly £s long «us meny light
cruisers. of earMer times tem of thm
extended sive by %ide tn one row, and
others elsewhere. Beyofid the de
stroyers 1¢/ & line of 108g! thin cdkele
tons of subn:arines,' whose size could
not be jud- 4 at all aocurately in a
Thassing vies . Compared with thé now
oldsfashioned sybmarine they are as
the Adquitania %o the Phiadelphia.
Floating alongside 8 dock is a brand
new submarine, painted and ‘polisled
Eke a touring car fregh rdm che st. p
Her young commander preudly thy
ed out gome of her attractiops. “Of
course, we are not in’ the same cliss
with Horton ‘and Holbrook,” he -x
‘plained, “but I hepe yeu will hear
something frem X-17,” pointing to rue
number painted on the tmrres. He ob.
served. alse that, this thifg ceuld sab
merge in 28 .pecon nds.
a heya’ “yards present an aspect
of thefr wn.’ Their whole ares ond
thar’ activities certa.nly sre as di
verse dk ‘those of the shipbuitding
‘comsutiity; but ali ie ander one mar
agerent and one directing brain. +f
SEE¥S RAILWAY SUPPLIES
French ‘Agent In Pittsburgh Afte:
; Cars and Ralls, f
French railways will spend $3.290,
000 in Pittsburgh for ruilroad equip
ment, tire production of which is made
impossible in France on account of
the munitions activities in that coun
try.
Petrus Chambetse, president of the
Northern” ‘France railways system, is
at’ the "Wiliam "Penn hotel and has
visited ‘nmianufacturers of the district
to place orders. His endegvers tc
place orders far steel cars for imme
diate delivery has met with no def
infte promises, although he offered
tended “‘also to the Varners to join
with the other clans, -
ss dol Wara Plessag
i
; @eclared, w 8 slightly better and he
has bee: abie to get promises ei quick
; deliveries.
;bonuses for deliveries.
_ The situa on in securing rails, he
i
lesser craft perhops in pairs, but here|
battleships loom up as twins, light|
. Every ship-and ou
Yo HN
suspieleh ¢
LABGR FEDERATION HEAD |
BACKIXG MEN'S DEMANDS
Photo by American Press Assosiation
SAMUEL GOMPERS.
CHILD L$BOR BILL PASSED
House Bw:iu'ieng Bill—New Goes
Prec sont, Its Sponser.
Without «...te or record vote, the
child aber bill was accepted by the
house of répresentatives, with
the senate amendments and put ox
ts Yay $0 become law with President
Wilson's’ signature.
IR repredcsits the result of years ©
struggle in congress Letweem forues
urging the’ esiservation of child life
and thosé ‘eppoding it on many’ grounds
chiefly ‘that #t was a question for tame
states ‘and not the federal govern-
ment.
- It wouM not have secome a law at
this sessfoni had not’ ‘Président Wilson,
after fhe Democratic caucus decided
elt ‘it trom’ thé adminiecra-
thon | am, visited the capitol and
insisted “Ha inclusion." :
Ag it originally passed the house #
proves bar rom tergtitte ‘ooh:
ich child laba:
acim Ta a ‘employed. As
by the senate and Low per
{ohne ple of Ops, festure 2:88 Saugrica 2 wor % prohibits shipment betweer Wa 1
el ol Iducts
mt which employs child
: It bans products ‘of aay mine er
quarry employing children under 16
and greducts of any mill, cemnery
workshop, factory or manufacturing
establishment employiag childrea he
tween %¢ and 16 more then elgh
hours 8 day, more than six days e
- weak @r carlier than 8 o'clock in» the
ivorutug or Jscer ‘en 1 oreiosk 1a the
It ‘pacomes effective cue your after
the date of the president's approval
MOLBERS' HOMES ATTACHED
tuck Bridggeport Firms Claim Dam
“Vo ages tot Extent 017$300,000.
: A have been. placed o®
homes of striking moiders by manu
facturing molders of the Bridgeport
(Conn.) Manufacturers’ association ir |
an action alleging $300,000 damages
by reagen of employes’ strike and the
picketing of the plants. The actuai
plaintiffs in the action are the Pequen
nock foundry, the J. A. Taylor com
pany and the Monumental Bronse com
pany. :
When the papers were filled in su
perfor court it wus ascertained that
thére were fopr suits, aggregating
$200,000, with the officials of Leesa
No: 130, Internatioma! Molders of
North Ameries, as the principal de
fendants. The plaintiffs, in claiming
damages, aliege that unign mea have
conspired to preveat the foundries
from deing business, that by means of
pickets they have threatened employes
who wished to work and deterred oth
ers from seeking employment.
Besides the attachments en hemos
mouey in Jocal banks belonging to the
defendants las been attached.
ARMY BILL VETOED
President Objects to Public Criticlen
by Retired Officers.
President Wilson has vetoed the
army approprintion bill. At the same
time he sent to the house a message
making it plain thet this action was
entirely ‘Gwe to the incorporation inte
the measure of the provision ‘hat re
Ured officers should not be subject te
the articles of war. It is expected taal
the provision which the president
complaipe abeut will be eliminated
and that the bill then will be re
rassed by both the house and senate
end signed. A new bill, minus the
provision, has been introduced in the
house.
Without a record vote, the honse
adopted the final conference report on
the naval appropriation bill earrying
approximately $313,000,000 and au-
thorizing tbe construction of 38 cap
ital ships within thrée years. Of this
number four battleships and four bat
tle cruisers are so Pe contracted for
| immediately.
11540 trees and 41,570 bushels of £11."
CESS SSG
‘How Are You?
ff isa very common question
i ulninintninind
Can you say
that you are well in every respect? If so you
are EXTREMELY FORTUNATE —Eye
defects cause conditions that make you feel
bad—
If your.Eyes are sick I can help you by
Fitting Proper Glasses—Come to see me.
RESULTS GUARANTEED
COOK,
Both Phones
THE OPTOMETRIST
Eye Sight Specialist
Meyersdale, Pa.
_ 16-DAY EXCURSIONS TO
NORFOLK
OLD POINT
COMFORT
VIRGINIA
August 10 and 24, Sept. 7
vEal awa £r
$8.50
ROUND TRIP
Gop IN COACHES ONLY
FOR. $2.00 ADDITIONAL TICKETS WILL
BE GOOD IN PULLMAN CARS. WITH
PULLMAN TICKETS,
Where Motorists Lodge
The favorite route for motorists is the
Great * National ' Highway, formerl
knownras the National Pike. It win
from the east through Cumberland and
down into Pittsburgh by way of
Brownsville, entering the main part of
the city right at the
“Mon iongahela
‘House
The Route is Rail to Washington’ or
Baltimore and Delightful Steam-
er Trip to Destination hed
Pull Information at Ticket Office
BALTIMORE & OHIO |
PITTSBURGH
where cool, airy rooms with DDR Wrenn
river, view afford the most comfortable
summer quarters.
European Plan
Single Room, without bath, $1.00 and $1, 5)
per day. Single “oom with bath $2.00, $2.5) |
‘and $3.00 pér day.” Each’ additional perseh
$1.00 por by in any Foon, with or without
Aug. 3-¢,
Isa ahi,
5
Completa Cate Service from 25c Clu’: |
iy: Begin Bug {
J. B. Kelley, Maseger IR
Swmiihfield St., Water St. and First Ave. i
Crane 40 GOING
2 FE
a
CULTURAL METHODS IN
BEARING ORCHARGC:
Bulletin 141 of the Pennsylvan .
State College School of Agriculty:-
and. Experiment Station, recently
sued, is a detailed account of the -:'
sults of six, orchard, experimen. x
These experiments, ‘started in bers!
ing orchards in 1907 and 1908, invr. ||
six soil types, ten varieties of app! =
at the close .of 1915. Their object +
‘been to determine the true influe-: |
of the principal cultural methods i]
the - principal economic characters
apples and eventually the reasons
the effects observed,
In general the mulch treatment,
inforced by outside materials has. been
most efficient in improving the yield, P AINTERS BUSY ALONG -
growth . and average size of fruit in J THE LINCOLN hi AWAY
orchards, up to about twenty years of pp. yinesin ‘Highway association
age. In older orchards it has been sur- ‘is now engaged in one of the biggest
passed slightly by the age and cover
activities of the’ kind ever undertak-
crops, unless accompanied by adequate / namely, that of painting and stand-
fertilization. It has also been most:
1 I“ “ardizing thé markers on the transcon-
efficient in conserving moist’ .re in all tinental highway across the country.
cases that have been determined. Besides ‘being the longest road in the
The experiments in question have ‘world, the Lincoln Highway is now
covered orchards in several sections Known’ ag thie ‘best marked road in the
of Pennsylvania, The bulletin is free: ‘world but due 40 ‘the fact that the
to residents of Pennsylvania upon re- ‘marking has been’ ons in each in-
quest.
the ‘way, it Tacks Something of the un-
STEERS SHOULD BE DEHORNED Horr (ly ‘Owhidfi “should “characterize
Feeding steers should be dehorned. gy iy gn Iiportunt thoroughfare. Four
is the opinion of authorities at the experienced painters ‘have ‘Bedi ‘om-
Pennsylvania School of Agriculturs’ ‘ployed and thé 'éréw ~ i# tow at work
and Bxperiment Station. If they. have [snd ‘traveling Westward,” having gone
horns when purchased they should |ywest from Ligonier; It 15 planted to
be dehorned before placed in the feed | Have all markers eight ‘feet from the
lot. In every bunch of cattle having! /ground; $ix ‘mairicens ‘to the mile, two
horns there is a “boss” who keeps at each intersection, ‘also’ two ‘at each
some of the weaker ones away, trom tury i in ‘the towns and cities. With the
the feed trough or in a state of worry Lincoln Highway so marked, it will
so that they do not make maximuia ‘he impossible for the traveling motor-
gains. In shipping cattle for slaughter ist ‘to 1088 his way in covering the en-
those with herns often bruise others tire distance from coast to coast.
so badly: that it shows up in the car-!
cass. It is usually true that. steers| MARRIAGE LICENSES
which have been. shipped to market | Clerk of the Orphans’ Court Charles
without being dehorned. will sell at a1] Shaver has raeently ® issued mar-
price from fifteen to twenty-five cents riage’ licenses to the following par-
less per:cwt. than similar steers fres jeg:
from horns. About ninety per cent of| ' [rvin Bittner and Alberta Miller,
the cattle shipped to market today are | hoth of Sand Patch.
dehorned in advance. Alexander Durz and Mary Skrok;
both of Biesecker.
The-fire blight has been. attacking} David Orlando Webb and Fannie
apple and pear trees and doing. great i Hesper Miller, both of ‘Ogle township
damage In several sections of the! iFrederick Dombrosky and Zofia Sam-
State. ge bora, both of Windber.
Joie by the" Toeal eommunities’ along.
between
is direct
allies or
German
there, |
Probl
Turks,
= (Army, %
hin
kanls
* Maan
AS ‘th
‘to Have
1 foreeme
opening
would 1
€
3 AALS
| Bppportl
plus of |
4 more
alsy Was
tor, nea
Evider
“E onev
preach,
tify or t
closes Wi
party, th
was the
Ada B.,.
presiden
Women's
in an ad
ty Won
@nion.