THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, MAY 22, 1912. PAGE SEVEN AGRICULTURE - OF LOCAL INTEREST TO - WAYNE COUNTY FARMERS Mark layers v 1th leg bands. Incubatora aro always on the Job. Bo sure tnero aro no llco on the hogs. All farmers should keep pure-bred poultry. Duck feathers may also bo made a sourco of profit. Normal churning temperature Is around C2 degrees. A special Inspection should bo made of tbo stables. The hen which lays an egg and does not cackle Is a turkey. It costs no more to take good care of a good fowl than a poor one. Growing pigs should receive, -where It Is possible, some buttermilk. The long-headed farmer Is tho one who has hay to sell In tho spring. Whether for eggs or meat, sklni mllk Is one of tho best and cheapest foods. In fitting horses for nard work In crease the grain ration, but not the hay Chickens hatched In an Incubator can bo reared either with hens or with a brooder. Open palls of water and swill have caught more chicks than any rat that ever lived. Two parts oats and one of bran make a well-balanced ration for preg nant ewes. On tho average, eleven pounds of cheese can be made from 200 pounds of skimmilk. hook out for drafts under and through tho floors. They are about the worst kind. A news item says that 12,000 dairies are used to supply London and Its suburbs with milk. Poultry will never do well If In fested with lice or mites. You are safe to buy an old sire, but don't get him very fat. Wln'or Is the time to plan for im provements about tho farm. The horses snould be given at least one feed of mixed hay a day. If you did not save enough good seed for the farm crops, lose no time in getting enough to plant your crops. Get the best that can be had, regardless of the price. It is not breeding alone that is going to determine the future useful ness of the cow, but it must be sup ported by liberal feeding, dally care and careful observation. A few sweet apples or lumps of sugar Is likely to prove much more effective than a whip in n-curing obedience from an intelligent, spirited highly bred colt, or even a mature animal of tho horse kind. Preventive measures in wardiig off sheep troubles not only eliminate tedious treatment, Tiut sustain the physical state of the animals In the most natural and desirable condi tion for breeding purposes. The setting hen must be protect ed from lice. She offers a snlendid breeding place for these parasites, ana unless something Is dono to check their growth in the nest the chickens will toe hatched under seri ous handicap. The cow must have a good breath ing apparatus, indicated by a largo nostril, wide breast and good width across the floor of the chest. Never jump from tho wagon when the horse Is running away. More lives and limps are lost In that way than by remaining in the wagon. until we raise all tho hay we need xor our siock, anu navo an tho ?tnnlf finrl nil ihn mnmirn n nanrl r win -nriv 11c m cnvi tho n'hn a rr Danger of Importation Potato Dis ease. Both Secretary Crltchfleld and mtment of Agriculture, Harrlsburg, iro very much interested in a com nunlcatlon which they received from 1 valued correspondent sending a lipping from a newspaper published it St. Ktlenne, Prance, calling atten lon to a potato disease .which Is far t'nrcn flinn n n itVi tn it aIca v..-.,., Irnnmn n America, In view of the fact that many per- ons aro contemplating planting seed iot.itnes from .ihrnnil this o-.itinn wing to the srarcity or high prices f home-grown seed potatoes, the epartment takes this occasion to all definite attention to tho import nco of growers avoiding this and Imilar diseases not yet known in his State, and making certain that hey are planting only good seed po atoes, een though they may have 1 iiuy a mailer price lur mu nome rown product. The artu le from a French news- aper reached Professor Surface in a original language, and its exact JlTlKf.'lf inn lu imlilluhnt na fnllnu-a A NATIONAL DAXGKH. If I'ntjifik M i.ritiriMl In i lft;iii(i.rriiiu I'urusitc. "ParlB, France. Mr. Bouvler. the ninpnt PrnfpRKnr nf thn 'Miientim nf atural History, gave utterance to a 010 01 alarm, vesierciav. at tho cademy of Sciences. A dangerous irasite threatens potatoes, and its tvages aro so great that unless Ira- (in in 1 1 111111 iMiif'iii'ifiiiK iif'Tinn in rnir 1 the chances are that wo shall Itncss a serious falluro of tho 011 ro crop of this precious tuber. Mr Plcard, 'Professor at the hool of Agriculture, of Montpelller this parasite, tho Phthorimoea lanoila, In tho Var region. It irrows, after tho manner of tho trlcacles of a mine, and penetrates "Having attacked a single tuber oulckly contaminates tno wnoie 11, and from there spreads to tho lghborlng plants. Tho Infection reads with oven greater easo In liars or wherever potatoes aro jiu ix a jjureuu hub iuu cuioiui tuuu plant a slnglo infected potato in Sold tho entire crop for that Held lost. T "There Is ono slnglo means for wiping out this evil, and that is tho repeated application of cafbon-sul-phldo (sulfure do bnrbone) on the affected tubers. "Mr. Bouvler, having laid stress on tho clanger of tho propagation of this parasite, which is to bo as much feared for potatoes as tho Phylloxera Is for grape vines, Messrs. Leon Labbo and do Freycinet, who aro mombers of tho Senate as well as of the Academy of Sciences, declared that they would request the Mlnis Ister of Agriculture to take steps Im mediately." Cutting Back Frozen Peach Tores. Ono of tho most experienced or chardists and nurserymen in Penn sylvania wroto to Prof. (H. A. Sur face of Harrlsburg, asking what should bo done with peach trees of which he sent a sample of wood. They were so badly frozen that they were brown when freshly cut. Thousands of peach growers this year need tho information which was given, and which was as fol lows: " Tho wood is too badly frozen to recover unless It Is cut back well. I should cut at least two-thirds of the top out of such a tree, but I should not cut It so that it is cut to mere stubs without buds. I mean to say, that I would leave branches with their full bud length, rather than dehorning all of them to stubs. Leave some leaf buds on your trees to start tho sap going. When you cut out a tall branch make tho cut just above a living sldo branch upon which good strong leaf buds are to be found. " The strongest leaf buds of your peach tree will start and grow, just as they would develop if the twigs were cut off and placed In water, 'but they aro liable to die during the summer, because the cambium layer of the twigs, which is the vital means of connection between bud and root, is killed by this freezing. The important point to bear in mind in pruning a frozen tree is, that It will not stand topping back to stubs as severely as in pruning for bad scale infestation. "As a fruit grower, you will be interested in knowing that there may possibly be a two per cent, peach crop this year in this region, (but I think not more than that." Pure Milk From Clenn Dairies. Milk is either our greatest bless ing or our greatest curse. Good milk means health and strength. Bad milk brings with it disease and often death. Typhoid fever, tuber culosis and many other diseases aro carried by impure milk. Therefore, it is important that the public takes an interest in the farmer and tho dairy and sees that milk Is careful ly handled. Dirty, Illventllated cowstables, which are not properly drained, are splendid breeding places for germs. Do not buy milk that comes from dairies such as these. When you get milk make sure that it comes from a tuberculin tested nerd. This means that none of the cows have tuberculosis. In the best typo of dairy tho cow is groomed before she is milked. She Is not allowed to switch her tall across her Hanks and drop dirt and germs into the milk. Tho manure is removed from the stable each day. Tho yard is clean and dry. Con venient to the barn is a milk houso where the milk is bottled. Hero there is a sterilizer, steam, Ico and everything else needed to keep tho milk pure. If you are interested in keeping well take an interest In the kind of milk that you drink and seo that It comes from a good dairy farm. Karl do Schwelnltz, Executive Secre tary, Pennsylvania Society for tho Prevention of Tuberculosis. HANCOCK ITEMS. (From tho Hancock Herald.) At Masonic Temple "Wednesday evening next, May 22, Shohawken Chapter, It. A. M., will confer tho Mark and Past Master degrees in the afternoon and tho Most Excel lent degree in tho evening. Supper will be served In tho dining room at 0 o'clock. It is requested that all Royal Arch Masons attend. At a meeting of tho Boy Scouts of the Methodist and Presbyterian churches to be held in the Metho dist Brotherhood room next Satur day evening, Dr. J. H. Acheson will give a talk on "First Aid to tho In jured." Mrs. Wm. J. Merwln has contri buted $50 toward a fund to bo used this summer for a war on tho ex termination of files in Hancock. A detailed report of tho proposed cam paign will bo given a llttlo later. Ellas, better known along tho Delaware river valloy as "Deacon" Mitchell, died at his homo in Calll coon Tuesday morning, May 7, aged 81 years. Surviving aro his wife, three daughters and two sons. Tho death of Ellas Mitchell removes ono of tho last of tho notod lumbermen and steersmen of tho Delawaro Val ley. His specialty was log rafts, and at that business ho amassed a for tune. Tho annual Y. M. C. A. track meet will be held In Walton, Satur day, May 25, at 1:30 o'clock on tho fair grounds. A representative team from Hancock has been actlvoly pro paring tho last few pleasant days, and they aro going to make an ef fort to hold tho largo silver cup for another season. G We wIsTi to secure a good correspondent in every town in Wayne county. Don't be afraid to write this office for paper and stamped envelops. Ml W LIFE. Love Letter In Pocket Gives Suicide Motive. TEARS UP NOTE TO MOTHER. In It He Acknowledges That He Is Stubborn nnd Lazy and Asks For giveness of Parents In Another Letter Confesses Love For West Philadelphia Girl. Philadelphia, Mny .-i Morris B. Weiss, eighteen yours old, son of a New York nhoo manufacturer, shot nnd killed himself In this city. Sev eral love letters and n photograph of 11 girl found In his pockets supply a sup. posed motive for the suicide. A policeman who heard (lie report of n revolver found the lny dead on the steps of business bouse. In n pocket was a notebook In which was written: "My name is Morris B. Weiss. 1 live at fi-'O West Fourteenth street. New York. Notify my father, Henry Weiss, at the same address before 8 n. m. and after (J p. m., or between these hours at "8 Beade street. Metropolitan Shoe company." The boy registered at a hotel here and In his room was found part of n torn letter which read: "Dearest May I love Agnes McCal ley, -IOSO Lancaster avenue." Tills ad dress is in West Philadelphia. Tears Up Letter to Mother, Another letter was found in the room torn to pieces. Pieced together it was found to have leou addressed to Weiss' mother. It was long, nnd in it ho said that he was a business and social fail ure. He acknowledged in the letter that lie was stubborn and lazy, and this, the police say, accounts for the suicide. He referred to tho West Phil adelphia girl and directed his mother how to dispose of his personal belong ings. He asked the forgiveness of his parents and said his father was a good father, but should learn to control his temper. Agnes McCalloy says she knew Weiss only slightly, having met him two years ago. She says she did not en courage bis attentions and had not scon him since last October, when ho was present ut her birthday party. Since then, however, she had received nu merous letters and cards. LAFAYETTE LAYS LEHIGH LOW. Tie For Firsts, but Winners Get More Seconds. Bethlehem, Pa., May VJ. The annual track and Hold meet between Lohigh nnd Lafayette was won by tho latter, OlMi points to 52V points. Each team had six firsts, but Lafnyetto gnthered enough second places to laud tho meet Lafayette was without the services of her star, Spiegel. Whitney broke Lehigh's high Jump mnrk of 0 feet S Inches by one inch and Beattlo broke Lafayette's shotput mnrk of 39 feet 4 Inches, which had stood since 1S87, by a heave of 40 feet 3-4 inches. Then In n special attempt he put tho shot 41 feet C inches. NO DECREE FOR DR. BIDDLE. Philadelphia Physician Gets Another Setback In Fight For Divorce. Philadelphia, May 15. Dr. J. C. Bid die, member of the fashionable Biddlo family of this city, has again been re fused a divorce, this timo by the su preme court of Pennsylvania, which declined to hear his appeal from tho decision of tho superior court. The physician has been lighting for the divorce for more than two years. He Is said to havo paid his wife $10, 000 tor separation papers, but when ho tried for the divorce she began a legal light, which has attructed wide atten tion since it was started. DROWNED IN CHESTER CREEK Woman Wandored From Home and Body Is Found In Stream. Chester, Pa., May The laxly of Miss Margurctta Luckle was found lloating In the Chester creek by Ed ward Lcury, a boatman. Miss Luckle was sixty years old and n sister of Dr. S. Blair Luckle, a den tist. She had been ill for several years. She wandered from her home. It Is thought she became bewildered when she reached tho creek and fell into the stream. Her sister-in-law, Mrs. S. B. Luckle, formerly wns president of the Chester New Century club. WRITES HER WILL ON CARD. Leaves $5,000 Estate to Grandchildren In Lead Pencil Document. Philadelphia, May JO. One of tho shortest and simplest of wills ever Hied Jn tho register's olllco in this city was that of Mrs. Elizabeth W. Scott, who died leaving un estate valued at $5,000. Tho will was written on Uio back of a plain card In ienciL It reads: "I .want my three children to have my Jewelry and everything I possess. Qrandma ScotL" Attacked by Cat In Cellar. Philadelphia, May le. 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Roll of HONOR AtterMon Is called to tne STRENGTH of the Wayne County Savinas The FINANCIER of New York City has published a ROLL Oh HONOR of the 11,470 State Banks and Trust Companies of United States. In this list the WAYNE COUNTY SAVINGS BANK Stands 38th in the United States Stands 10 th in Pennsylvania. Stands FIRST in Wavr.e County. Capital, Surplus, $550,000.00 Total ASSETS, $3,COO,000.00 Honesdale. Pa., March 25, 1911. WHEN THERE IS ILLNESS in your family you of course call a reliable physician. Don't stop at that ; have his prescriptions I i put up at a reliable pharmacv, I : I i it t even li u la a inuc iuruier lrum your home than some other store. You can find no more reliable etore ttian ours. It would be im possible for more care to be taken in the eelection of drugs, etc.. or in the compounding. Pmscrip tions brought here, either night or day, will be promptly and accurately compounded 'by a competent registered pharmacist and the prices will be uiot rea sonable. O. T. 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