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Show San Jose Scale. rtah orehardlsls should lake note of the successful work against flan Joso sonlo ns related by n correspondent In Orange Ju Id Karmer A few enrs ago the peach lnlciBts nroind Snuihern 1 Ines were growing r ldl but the Han Jose si ale wns Intro-lined Intro-lined there nnd got Inlo nil the orchinls One- ore hard of l acres was all grubbed up six vneers ago nnd burned but another an-other l.iri on bard was slnrtid nenr It alKut that time Althf Igh the scilo had gilten Into It we were I eglnnlng to learn Imw to tight It urn still fighting and having good sunevss In the on liurd of l' hi res I.ver sines It lias been ln bearing now ror time veirs, we have bud gool ll ops, and this jenr the lotllljer tries lire In lienrlng ee will nlmst double what we had last enr The plan vi adopted to keep down the schIo was to sprnj the orchard with about M per eent ki rosene nnd water Wo spnv it three times during the season" tlrst In August utter we ccl the crop off, nn near-1) near-1) all our fruit Is gone by July Mth. then ngnln ns soon ns the lenvis nro off. and n third time In l'ebrunrv or March licfore the buds swell Wo kill el tree now and then, but bj this plan we feel that wo have kept the scale down nnd the enn-big enn-big does m t seem to hurt the fruit buels Ihe cost of the t"i nires ot sn 2nm tries for the thr e sprnlngs Is about siJo This Is tho only wu wo could sive from .(ii)0 to l-0m) worth of fruit pn the acres each eirJ Van Llndltj, Moore count). N Tuberculosis Not Herldltary. Conclusions reached by tho recent tubetetilosls congres! nre that consumption consump-tion Is not i.roperb hereditary and not even easily coininunlcablo to persoi Inking proper precautions: thnt Its nl-lle nl-lle aro liitemperntice, Insiilllclenl cloth-Itief, cloth-Itief, dampness, nith, overctowdlng, Im-preipet Im-preipet food, thnt III foea nro fresh air, unlimited sunshine, gool fool nnd fnnltnry surroundings. As preventive measures tho congiess iiprenls for more i irks nnd plaj grounds, for better bet-ter sanitation In crowded tenement districts dis-tricts and for more hospital! where Incipient enses can bo cured nnd hopeless hope-less ones humanely enrod for. Some of the loncluslons reached bv tho con-gresa con-gresa nre distinctly new nnd radical deinrturea fiom generally nccepted lows, as, foi Install! o, that the disease Is not hereditary nur eoelly communl-rnhle. communl-rnhle. Tho fact, however, that the congress con-gress was comHised of the most eminent emi-nent medical mtthnrltlea of this country coun-try ant tint their cenicluslnns were practically unanimous will give great weight to their deliberation! and doubtless doubt-less lend to a more Intelligent understanding under-standing of tho real nature of this ter-riblo ter-riblo scourge, Qlvo tho Horses Good Care. A horse Willi the right kind of care should bo nH teootl for roid work at fifteen jenra as at ten. Tho writer known of tievernl horses, now dolnz their dally share of work on the roul. Hint hnvo passe 1 Into their teens and they nro dolmc the same work and doing do-ing It ns well as they ill 1 seven or eight j ears ago The secret Is In Iho ciro given them. Thousands of horses arc killed long before their time by cnreleen Inattention and lack of Judgment Judg-ment under circumstances relating to their care when they nre out of condition con-dition I'oor treatment when disease attacks the vital inrts of a horse Is a source of much fatality among horses Tho horse owner who will give the matter mat-ter nn) thought can flruro out more vvava than one In which the lives of tho faithful nnlmnla might bo shortened short-ened or lencthcnel Few horses arc worn mil Tne most of them illo from some cnuso or other, nnd theso causes nro what horsemen want to look after, If I hey wont to hnvo their horses live to a green old age lou must study the cart of jour horses If ou wont to get tho greatest amount ot service serv-ice out of them We know of a maro 17 sears old that enn still moko ten miles nn hour It la all the result of good mimgement. Newark Sunday Cull. The Joys of Hural Life, Tho farmer now ha his mall brought dall) to his door and hn gets his farm paper his letters and his weather bulletin bulle-tin without leaving his farm He goes to visit his cll rounslns, or drive over tho country side In elegant and modern carriages Ills daughter, with n higher educatlvn makes ewcet music on a grand III no, and there ate telephones 111 thousands thou-sands of intltltr hemes loilij Kxtenslve ultrnurhin ej stems of elettrlo rnjlwnve, freo llbrarv distribution nnd nil of tha recent 111111110118 to the country homo I'liuniKrnti.l above will relieve the farm life of that ib ddlv Isolation which has been ono of Its greatest draw backs T future of agriculture means not alono greater productlm nt reletlvel smaller cost but It means more time for leisure to Improve the mind nnd cultivate a few of the graces It means the enloimcnt of the btisslug ot rin Independent life In a paradise of pure nlr Instead of u smoke p.en It means frnkrance of (lowers In-sieid In-sieid of the stench of alios mil sewers sew-ers It means the songs of birds and th lowing of klne Instead of the deafening deaf-ening roir of our commercial marts and It means a heulthv environment fir tha fnrmers children win will continue not onl to feed and eloihe Ihe world, but to send out the best vigor of theli hloexi Into every center of American energj to rllb the helethts of the learnet professions, profes-sions, to mister the problems of nttlonal life, to conquer the msterles of the arts nnd sciences nnd to win tho laurels of all great aclilevem. nts As an nillltlnnnl occasion for a higher enjovment of existence tiuei be mentioned tie lmrenslng respect with which farmers farm-ers regard their calling nnd themselves and the consequent! regird with whlrh the urbin worll views this nided dlgnltv There Is no surer waj to the world s con-el.lTiitioii con-el.lTiitioii than to nvnli envy truckling nn I emulation, nnd cultivate Independence of thought nnd ellgnliled self respect Tho world takes a man nt hla own estimate, especial!) If that estimate Is low If too high the world dlseeunts him, hut If too Ivw thev le i It go at that The American Amer-ican farmer has begun tei nppreilite his true value snd while he mn pot Insist strenuous!) on this recognition he is fast liecomlng the national t)pe. sturd) In-ilustrlous In-ilustrlous lsvel-headel and honi st Tha American farmer has his future before Mm tnlnmns Hural Worll rather and Son on the rnrra. Whether firm life Is ngieoable or not lo a hoy depends lo a ver) great extent ex-tent on the relation between him and the other memoem of the family If the son nnd father enjoy each other a compaii), thej will have entire confidence confi-dence In each other and the boj will most lllely grow up with a gevod hroid view of life drawn fiom the grenter exi erlenee of his father This Is large-1) large-1) the case with the telatlnn between brother and sister, but It Is not so important im-portant As a pool le, wo Americans aro not In the least danger of being too polite, und the earlier we begin tho better for u Hut when the fathei nnd eon do not understand and Indeed know each nthei oi Inlons and pleasures then la when e may expect soireiw sooner oi later In truth It Is surprising how vcrv few farmers take any Interest In their sons Interests and pleasures, except ex-cept to discourage thorn, nnd how very few ever tnko the llmi to teach them to wo k easily and vvell P me I )s nre Interested In plants, others In birda and Insects, and If they are encouraged Just a very little, the plensuro they derive from these things will make their whole life bright, not to mention the training In neatness and n curacy they get by so doing. There nre too many things done on the farm to keep the bovs from getting spoiled, Just ax though they were colt! They daro not watch the plumber or light-nlng-roel man for fear they might get lay, when they would be only too glad to make up all the time lost. Notice, If ou please, the way the farmer boja make room for themselves In Ihe cities, and how they arc appreciated appreci-ated by the men ot Influence. Thoa men quickly recognize the kind ot stuff Ihe ho) a are made of. Can anyone tell me why these same boj! are never appreciated ap-preciated In the country? Clayton II. Itauck. Why I Breed Bei'kshlres. I breed rterkshlres beciuso they have the most tboroughhrcd appearance of nn breed of swine, says It II Sharp In West-cm West-cm Swine Ureeder. Thoy aro the mtst uniform In color and markings and hnvo th" greatest power to transmit these qualities qual-ities to their offspring The) havo flio greatest length of any of the breeds, and always outweigh for their slse nn) other hog Their hams are the nncst quality of pork and their sides, on account of tne great amount of lean meat they con-lain, con-lain, make prime breakfast bacon I never saw a llerkshlrc with a swa)-baek. but nlwaya straight or slightly arched and they stand as straight on their toes as a sheep 1 breed Ilerkshlres because the) are tie)ond question the best moth- In the swine worll They will lie down nnd fanow their pigs nnd Ho there until they nre six or twelve hours old before be-fore they get up The pigs nre as vigorous vig-orous mil uetlvo as their mothers, that never Hem, step on or mash ee pig They farrow larae litters nn i suikle them well, without which quallt) n brood sow Is a failure I breed I.trkshlres because tin) nre the most docllo nnd easy to handle. The) nre ens) to drive, or separate sep-arate or handle In an) wa) which I nttrlbute mostly to their erect ears they can see where the) nre going and aro not nlwi)s running their henda against some unseen object, which If It does not knock then down scares them Into that Irons) which gave rise to the sa)ing rtA hogs hfid Is alwavs on the wrong end ' 1 breed Ilerkshlres because of their great rustling and feeding quilltlts Home strains, like nil other breeds possess these eptalltles far nliove others, but when )oti get the right kind the nro unsurpnssed for making the maximum gain on the minimum feed |