PAGE SEVEN
iTEST--DON'T GUESS
IS YOUR ACCOUNT GROWING ?
Crop Improvement
Trent your soli tho came as you
would a valuable animal soil
has life and limitations.
THE CITIZEN, FRIDAY, APRIL n, 1913.
Wo are frequently asked to give sug
gestions regarding the best way to
utilize tho ordinary city back yard for
gardening purposes. Space does not
permit of our nnswering such a com
prehensive question for each Inquirer
and we take this opportunity to cover
the subject In detail.
Let us suppose that your back yard
Is about 25 feet wido and 80 feet deep.
It is fenced in and is pretty sunny
most of the day. There is a back
gate and a walk leading from tho
house to the gate. How shall we lay
out our garden to get tho greatest
amount of returns In fruit and at the
same timo secure the most beautiful
effect.
In tho first place, glyo fruit and
vegetables tho right of way, using
grass and flowers to All in tho odd cor
ners. Most of our fruit bearing shrubs
and trees are as beautiful as any flow
ering shrubs, many of the fruits them
selves are highly decoratlvo, and our
anticipation of harvest timo lends a
very tangible Interest, which Is lack
ing In merely decorative plants.
Plant a row of dwarf pear trees flat
along the south side of ono wall and
train them in the espalier, vine like,
form on a trellis. Use Dwarf Seckle
and Bartlett pears. Along tho wall
facing eaBt plant dwarf peaches (Craw
fords aro fine) and train them In the
same way. Plant from four to Blxfeot
apart and allow from four to six main
branchos togrjjw..
CUTTING BACK FRUIT TREES
Care Should Be Exercised Not to
Touch Lower Limbs When Not
Necessary Keep Low-Headed.
A great many factors enter Into tho
determination of Just how a tree
should bo cut back. In this article,
Bays a Colorado bulletin, only a gen
eral rule can be given. Only three to
Qve of the best limbs should be cut
back to 8 or 12 inches, making the
cut Just in the direction in which the
limb should grow.
All trees should be kept low-headed.
Be careful not to cut off the low
er limbs when it is not necessary, as
they are usually the very ones to be
left Lowest limbs should bo from 18
to 24 Inches from tho ground. If tho
tree has been pruned so that the top
Is much higher than this, it is usually
Cutting Back Trees.
best to cut tho entire top off about
three feet from tho ground and de
pend upon forming the top from limbs
which como out below this point
T N THE DISTRICT COURT OF
1 THE UNITED STATES FOR
THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF PENN
SYLVANIA. In Bankruptcy No. 2442.
In the matter of ARTHUR B.
WHEELER, Bankrupt.
To tho creditors of Arthur B.
Wheeler, of Lakewood, county of
Wayno, and district aforesaid, a
bankrupt.
'Notice is hereby given that on the
fifth day of April, 1913, tho said
Arthur B. Wheeler was duly adjudg
ed bankrupt; and that the first
meeting of his creditors will be
held at the office of tho referee, in
the borough of Honesdale, county of
Wayne, and within tho said district
upon yie 24th day of April, 1913, at
10 a, m at which timo the said
crodltors may attend, prove their
claims, appoint a Trustee, examine
the bankrupt and transact such oth
er business as may properly come be
fore said meeting.
W. H. LEE,
Refereo in Bankruptcy.
Honesdale, 9th April, 1913. It
Dwarf cherries or dwarf apples may
be planted against the other walls,
where they will take up very llttlo
room, but care must be taken that
plants near the north side of any wall
are far enough away to get some sun
shine. A very satisfactory plan for tho
walk 1b to cover it with a latticed
pergola and train grapes over it. Dela
ware grapes on tho shadier side and
Concords on the sunny. Grapes mako
a fine screen for any small buildings,
ash boxes, etc., in the yard.
A strawberry bed 10 feet by 20 feet,
close to the pears, and three rows of
20 plants each of blackberries, rasp
berries and currants will fill up tho
half of the garden next to ono long
side and the balance can bo devoted
to vegetables and flowers.
We prefer dwarf fruit trees to tho
full sized ones because they come into
bearing very early, require much less
care, and produce fined fruit in very
good quantity. Dwarf pears are very
satisfactory. Prune and fertilize and
spray properly and your dwarf fruit
trees will bear heavily every year.
By planting them against the sunny
side of a wall and training like vinos,
the fruit matures earlier, tho trees
decorate tho wall and they take up
much less room than if planted in the
open. The amount of ediblo fruit pro
duced will bo nearly as great. Try
some dwarf fruit trees yourself this
year.
reach trees can Btand more severe
pruning than either cherry or apple.
Peach trees should generally bo cut
off about 18 inches from the ground,
and if thesearo any branches below
that point they should be cut back
to the first or second, bud. Cherries
or plums need practlcaly no pruning
except to cut tho branches off a foot,
or so from tho trunk.
CUTTING OUT USELESS CANES
Should Be Removed Soon After Bear
ing, as They Draw Sap That
Ought to Go to New Ones.
It will pay you well to remove rasp
berry and blackberry canes soon after
bearing, for they draw from tho roots
Bome of the sap that should go to the
new canes. Whenever the old cnnns
are cut the new ones make a more
vigorous growth, aro in better condi
tion to go throught the winter, and
bear a largo crop the following year
Long-handled pruning shears are the
best to use for cutting. Clip off the
canes near tho ground as soon as thoy
have dono bearing; then, some time
before tho next spring's cultivation,
burn them; or else place them around
fruit trees as a mulch. -
When you aro cutting out tho old
canes the new ones may need some
attention, such as placing wire sup
ports on either side of them, or ty
ing them to posts. Watch for the or
ange rust on blackberries. Tho dis
eased' cane turns to a reddish color,
and dies. It is a germ disease, and
the only way to prevent its spreading
is to dig out the diseased plants and
burn them.
TO RENEW STRAWBERRY BEDS
Soli Between Rows Should Be Loos
ened Thoroughly and Kept En
tirely Free From Weeds.
To renew a strawberry bed that is
in its second year, or older, plow up a
good share of the old plants if tho
bed has been kept in such shape that
it is at all easy to separate them. If
they aro mixed remove all but a strip
of plants six or soven inches wido in
each row. If tho bed has got weedy
during tho bearing season, it Is well
to mow It close with .-. scythe, allow
the math to He until dry, and burn It
on the bed.
This will not injure the roots of the
plants seriously, and will kill a good
many fungus spores. The soil bo
tween the rows should be loosened
thoroughly and kept free from weeds
for tho remainder of tho season. If
rains come a great many runners will
start out on the clean earth, and
these will give tho plants needed for
next year.
Ashes for Grapes.
Save all tho wood ashes for fertil
izing grape vinos.
N
OTICE OF INCORPORATION.
(Notice is hereby given that appli
cation will be made by C. C. Lozier,
L. E. Richardson and William Pen
tecost to the Governor of Pennsylva
nia on tho 19th day of April, 1913,
at 10 o'clock a. m., undor the pro
visions of an Act of Assembly en
titled "An Act to provide for the
Incorporation and Regulation of
Certain Corporations," approved
April 29, 1874, and tho several sup
plements thereto, for a charter for
an intended corporation to be called
the
PENN CUT GLASS COMPANY,
the character and object of which is
to manufacture cut glass and articles
used in making cut glass, and for
these purposes to have and possess
and enjoy all the rights, benefits and
privileges conferred by the said Act
-of Assembly and Its supplements.
CHESTER A. GAR R ATT,
Solicitor.
Honesdale, Pa., March 26, 1913.
26w3,
RATS DESTROY SEED CORN.
Twenty Million Dollaru Annual Grain
-Loss Caused by Rodents Great
Loss Partially Prevented by Con
crete Corn Cribs.
(National Crop Improvement Servlce.l
Tho department of agriculture, at
Washington, has frequently called at-
tention to tho tremendous annual loss .
to the American farmers caused by
rats. This amounts to over ?20,000r
000 each year. Tho corn belt farm
er has learned to his sorrow that rats
lovo grain. Anything that reduces
the number of rats Is a great econom
ic gain to tho community.
According to Uncle Sam's experts,
rats kill poultry In broad daylight '
and havo been known to kill lambs
and pigs, when they were only a few
days old. Tho average house cat is
no protection, and is almost as de
structive to poultry and to wild birds,
which aro the farmers friends, as aro
tho rats. One family of rats in a few
nights will eat, waste and pollute sev
eral bushels of grain when it is stored
in the ordinary wooden bin or crib.
Thoy eat through the floor and sides
of the bin, which not only allows a
wasto of the grain by leakage, but per
mits moisturo to enter which adds to
the loss.
For a number of years farmers havo
tried out various devices. Poison and
traps havo been used with some little
Success. Though poisons have been
somewhat successful, they are much
more successful in killing birds, poul
try and domestio animals, the dog be
ing especially likely to be poisoned.
Japs Show the Way.
The Japanese found shortly after
their late unpleasantness with Russia
that thoy were threatened with the
"plague" and other highly contagious
diseases which aro carried by rats.
They started in and killed them by
the mllions and, after reducing the
number, figured out scientific methods
to prevent tho rats from obtaining
food. They started to build concrete
floors for all the buildings which con
tained rice and other food products un
til, at tho present time, according to
the Tokyo papers, there is practically'
no warehouse, grain elevator or any
other structure intended for the stor-.
age of food products, which has not
tho floor and at least the first three
or four fe6t above the ground built
of concrete.
Apparently, however, tho Japanese
have not yet awakened to one of our'
most useful structures, tho concrete'
silo. In a recent edition, however, of'
the American Guernsey Breeders Jour
nal it was stated that a Japanese'
graduate from ono of our agricul
tural colleges is taking a number of
pure bred dairy cows, and is going to
build a number of reinforced concrete
silos in the northern part of Japan,
and run a model dairy fans according
to American methods.
Fireproof as Well as Rat Proof.
The prevention of wasto by rats
has almost overshadowed the more Im
portant fact that concrete structures
are absolutely fireproof.
Tho firo protection In Japan is bet
ter In proportion to the area covered,
than that of tho corn belt farmer,
who generally has a house, barns, eta,1
In tho center of a large area, tho av
erage farm in Illinois being 123 acres.-
If American farmers wbuld follow1
the example of tho careful Japs in the'
use of concrete and build their own)
corn cribs, etc., of this .material, they
would quickly discover that they had,
obtained a lormanent structure at a
moderate first cost There is nothing
to rot or decay in a concrete corn
crib. Rats cannot eat holes through
the floors and sides and it is abso
lutely fireproof. It can easily bo kept
in a clean and sanitary condition.
There aro no heavy yearly expenses
for repairs or paint.
Advantages of Concrete.
A concreto corn crib, llko any other
concrete structure, rapidly pays for'
its first cost This Is especially true
when the farmer does tho work
during tho winter. Feeding floors,
fenco posts, sidewalks and other con
veniences of concrete, can also easily
bo built during tho winter at a small
cost Plans can bo obtained free from
practically ail Agricultural colleges or
any of the largo cement companies,
showing how such structures should
be constructed.
Tho shape of a concrete corn crib
is not material, but tho farmers should
plan their crib for the greatest econ
omy of spaco and convenience In fill
ing, depending upon tho method used
by each individual farmer. A con
crete floor five Inches thick for a corn
crib can be built at an approximate'
cost of ten cents per square foot This
gives a general idea of the cost of
the wholo structure, which may also
be built of concrete blocks, provided
that the floor and at least two feet of
the walls are built of solid concrete.
The cost would vary somewhat in dif
ferent localities, depending upon the
nearness of sand and gravel. Un
like many other materials, especially'
lumber, which now muBt be haulod,
long distances from Canada, the north-,
west or -the far south, and excessive
freight charges paid, In a concrete
structure, Portland cement Is the only
material which need bo transported
any distance. Almost every farmer'
can obtain sand and gravel near his,
own property.
CUT NO, I
X 1110 RTANT
; Site of Cloth Quality of Cloth
The (Termination cloth It ebould be made
should b t Inches wJda from (rood quality of
and eo Inches long. This bleached mnsun such as
' aUowsaboutl8Inchesat la commonly used for
each end for rolling. sheets and pillowslips.
FQR TESTING ON THE FARM
Lay the ears outside by aide on aboard 0 ratable.
Discard all ears which look too poor to plant. Ar
range the remaining ears which are to b tested and
aumber thm as shown In cut No. 2. This method
f separating with nails Into bunches of ten will
Bake It necessary to number only each tenth ear.
arte the numbers on the board or table at the butts
u tpa ears. (Beo cut w o. z.)
CliT Ho. 5
FOR TESTING IN THE SCHOOLS
The boys and girls teitlnglnscbools, should nam
rrr the ears to correspond with thenumbers In the
iquares on the cloth by fastening a small pleoe of
tardboard or paper to butt of each ear with a nail.
Always number the ears before, removing the
tornels. Moisten cloth br dipping In water. Ite-
Fiore six kernels from ear No I, taking kernels from
IfTerent parts of the ear and place them In square
So. 1, germ aids up and with the tips of all the
ternels pointing In the same direction. In like
nanner take six kernels from ear No. 2 and place In
iquare No. 2 and so on until all the squares are
lllsa.
When all the squares have been filled, again mols
en tho cloth and roll up carefully so that none of
he kernels will be displaced. Tie a string around
iherolljust tight enough, and not too tight, to hold
me Kernels in place, l Bee cut no. lattop.
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Place the rolls containing the kernel i Into any
tucket or pall standing them on end with the tips
ir small ends of the kernels pointing downward.
Don't pack the rolls In tight. Ten or twelverolla In
t ten quart paU are sumclent. Fill the pall with
cater, good and warm. Bet the pall on several
thicknesses of newspaper or wrapping paper, and
old over the bucket to retain the heat. (Beecuta
Nos. 8 and 4). In throe to twelve hours unwrap,
drain off the water, and then cover top ends of the
rolls with wet cloth and aialn wrap up as described
above.
Keep Rolls MoUt Don't Let Them Dry Out
In about two days It Is always best to remove the
newspapers and cloth. Fill the pall with warm
water again and let stand for five or ten minutes
until the rolls are thoroughly soaked, then drain off
ks before and replace the covering. Keep the pall
In a room where It will not get too cold at night.
Don't let it freeze under any circumstances.
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How to Read thaTest
In seven or eight days when the stem sprouts are
about two Inches long, unroll the cloth carefully ao
aa not to misplace the kernels Examine the ker
nels In each of the aquares and aave for planting
only those ears tha kernels of which show strong,
rigorous root and atem sprouts, f Bee cuts. fig. 1).
Discard all ears the kernels of which show one or
more dtad kernels (See flg. 3) i weak sprouts, (8o
flg. )! or kernels affected with mould, which kills
the sprouts, after they have started. (See flg 4)
The aawdustbox Is also an Inexpensive and accurate
uieuioaoi wsungseea jruu directions xorsunscaa
be obtained from the Crop Improvement Com
FurnUhed by
Crop Improvement Committee
Council of Grain Exchanges
Address BERT BALL, Secretary, Room L,
Board of Trad, Chicago
PRICE LIST
In cloth, 10c. aacht In cloth, 75c. per dos.t
In cloth, $0. per 100. Special prices on lots
of BOO or more. Paper poster, fac-almllaa of
cloth tetter, $3. SO per thousand.
Let's Quit Guessing and Go To Te&tiag
Start Rolling Cloth at This End..
When ordering tho scientific corn
.tester kindly mention Tho Citizen,
stating- that you saw an account of it
in this paper.
We can anttcer thU question if yon are doina lusi.
ntM at the FA1WE11S A MECJIASICS 1IAXK,
and are preparing for your future vulfate. Our
Deposit ehow gains of several ihoumnds of dollare
at each ttatement it surd and so ice take itfor granted
that your account is growing, ....
THE QUESTION ANSWERED
Spring Time is
uy a
Below is a list of exceptionally tine and up-to-date
residences and business places in Honesdale that can be
purchased upon easy terms. Now is the time to buy,
Fourteen-room brick and stone
dwelling, located on Main street, Is
one of tho most aristocratic places
in Honesdale. Rooms aro spacious
and spring water is in the house.
Garage on premises, beautiful lawn
and shade trees.
Ten-room two story frame dwell
ing located on Court, west side of
street between Eighth and Ninth
streets. Modern throughout. Large
lot, place for excellent garden.
Building in first-class condition.
Double dwelling on East street ex
tension. Nine rooms in each apart
ment. House well and substantial
ly bullt. Rents for ?34. Would
make good investment. Lot 100x175
feet. Room on premises for another
building.
Eight-room house, all improve
ments, located East street extension.
All improvements, hard wood floors,
good dry cellar, large porch bay
windows. Chicken house, capacity 50
birds. Lot 52x125 feet.
Eight-room residence corner of
Court and Eleventh streets. House
in first-class condition, AH modern
Improvements, located on west side
of Court street.
Cosh Bakery For Sale Cheap.
Place enjoys" an excellent trade.
Well established lunch rooms in con
nection with business. Books open
to prospective purchaser. One of
best paying stands in Honesdale. ,If
sold now, a big bargain awaits hust
ling young man.
Good Building Lot Located in
Texas No. 4, Green street, within 15
minutes' walk from Honesdale post
office. Ground practically level.
Size of lot 60x75 feet. Property
commands beautiful view of land
scape. Will be sold cheap. Rare
bargain.
Any of tho above properties can
Terms made easy to all purchasers.
apply to office of
Buy-U-A-Home Realty Co.
Licensed Real Estate Agents.
Hoiiesdaleg Pa.
Jadwin Building Both Phones
D. & H. CO. TIHE TABLE HONESDALE BRANCH
In Effect Sept. 29, 1912.
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Advertise in THE CITIZEN
TRY A CENTRA-WORD
Home
Two Good Lots Located on Fair
avenue, 15 minutes' walk from
Honesdale. Will be sold together or
separately. On R. D. route. Fer
tile ground. Lots have a frontage
of about 600 feet and run from Dy
berry rlVer. Ideal place for party
who desires small farm near town. .
Modern TIouso in noncsdalo
Brick, contains steam heating plant,
gas and other modern appointments.
Lot 50x125 feet. Good garden,
barn, and chicken house on prem
ises. Property in first-class condi
tion. Was recently improved. One
of Honesdale's best propertied.
Building Lot In Itonesdalo Locat
ed on Court street In one of prettiest
residential sections of Honesdale.
Size 63x125 feet. Story and a half
house on property. Property in
good condition.
Honesilalo Two building lots and
house on Sixteenth street. Size of
property 100 x 100 feet. Situated
in finest residential section of town.
Modern dwelling in Honesdale
contains nine rooms and Is equipped
with all appointments of an up-to-date
house. Located on Main street
In one of the nicest sections of the
residential sections. House has
g-.s. New furnace recently installed.
Lot 50x125 feet. Property in good
condition. A bargain for a home
seeker.
Iloncsdalo Ten-room house on
Main street. Lot 50x200 feet. One
of nicest locations .for residence.
Will be sold cheap.
Three-story brick building on
West side of Main street between
Sixth and Seventh streets. Building
Is rented. Lot 23x60 feet. Proper
ty In good shape. Will make 10
investment.
be purchased at reasonable prices.
For prices and further description
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