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Show SEVERAL ENEMIES OF APPLE OSTRICH FARMING NOW AN IMPORTANT INDUSTRY Bitter Rot or Anthracnose Seriously Impairs Both Eating and Keeping r Qualities of Fruit. Hitter Ilot or Anthracnose. In recent years this fungus has been Investigated and its survival In the nursery fruits and cankered branches OF LIMBS IOINING A IIlcrh-Grad- I I Is small, but with suff- two small select brain ln's growing opposite and as uear the crotch us possible, an shown at A In the sketch, tuid twine them together hoiUonlully, one. overlapping the oilier ns a lope in twisted, leaving the ends free ns in I!. It will take about k year for nature to Join them, writes 1). Eusllsli in Popular Mechanics. Then prune the ends ofT smooth and in time ns the bark expands through ho growth of the tree the connection will become us one r.nlid piece, l thereby binding tiio ln,i!n together. This method may be useil Trees several times In ono trte mmmm Attacked by Bitter Rot. son nnd seriously Impairs both the entity and Keeping (piallt . For its control the destruction of all iinip.ery fruits and attention to branch In addition to cankers tire iiecc-;.:atthe np lUatlon of sprays. Since we know the life hUtory of tlie fungus belter it has been posslblo to control bitter-ro- t successfully under orchard conditions as the annual sources of infection by nursery fruit and cankers have been mustered. Fungus. This ilbieaso In ordinary seasons appears chiefly upon applies grown in low, moist situations, biuiing wet sensons sotno varieties are liable to bo spotted by this parasite whatever may be the location of the i -- E- ...WW If II Ostriches Feeding Fly-Spec- y e high-grad- Capo-Olon- h r:0 SUKFLUS OF GOOD FRUIT to Great Is Demand for Best Grades of Stock That It Is Always More or Less Scarce. o. it. ti-.- It is nn pnat HI exie.ii-lo- haunt-.s.- Interesting Tuct that the of fruit growing In the country lias tn en atn parts of tended, not by a decline by a very considerable $1.-O- the latter, in prices, but itdvanee. I'uestinii d - ) he 1 werth. $7SO,S7 whether or not ho multl-t ion of orchards and t berry patches will have the effect of producing a pint, so ns to render profith ss the labor ami expenditures of the fruit Attacked by Fly Speck. f:o"cr. n ems, then, very likely to ui ei a n molds. It Is found, furthermore, that reply. hi the tirtt place the demand for bruises upon the apple or any ten-- , 1 ; 1 1 ; the Irults t.f North America is dem y to sun scald phcnoMt i a give1 w Itie. Tiie world's nppetiie for dead tJwiiiies In which various ornan-- j nihil )o; and ns ti e f.u iii iKtn that normally lleut t det ay will)i l es It r dirlnbiittng tie m are lettT h their woik with rapld:ty It Is' yt ti nin'li d through Intel"' lit co- uudi rjiiood, of rource. that ti e tem-- t nrramv.-rr.cr.tle twf n p ratures of stor.iRe will irpul.ite or st eratlve . eiowcrs r.nd transportation ; i.i V. (ontrnl more or perfectly tho rate nd selling neenelos In the city, it of lh1i developtiient. !'is t; though the pro'ih ni is to be, net how to gel rid of surplus- - s. but Growing Berries. how to p. t enough of any kind of You must not t that all berries roed fruit. In years cf gn at sht;d-sreu pie prow, in American orchards, are forest frulis. and shade and are great lovers of tool app'ei have sold In Mexico fit in theuro. moist 1.1 rents nph e. In tendon they l ave rents aptece. Other retailed tit fnii's. capihle of bonrlng transports-t'ot- i for bc;g distances, have c n mard- d btgb prices. prices hit'" bei n for roil:". rtioke fruit In New York nnd Ponton. rvn 11 std 1" cents Hl'ri has been readily oltr!nat.le for r hole, apples. Huch Now Is a good time to opply mnnuM xcei t'litinl f.xnres are not. as a l!i.ls for pt to rrinplwrrles, ci.rraiits, g"teb"rri s, however, t The triwlerntp tc. tn? ftalt'e f'nl' As long as the ooil remains unJroz n, prlr- - s j.iiid 1y the ma- s ff Aui'-riroifllcier tly h!(;!) for rontliiue to liw and cultivate th( lire erri mi' that. strawberry tied. AH we. ds and houl I bratif h'-It then, t'.nl the oi,! e r;!v to it ll.af his be denned out of the tonall fruit git1 r ' fru:t Is of cod nust'itT. attract ivly dens and t.i.rri'd. Where proiii. l freerirg Is t tio ex-tly mnrki led. to fujt up arel ii ii1 protect tlcj l N d rtrsw trmlih certain of a re.isor-.aMf'.i.t the ! ..hn t,i i:Viin rnhafis i ts of th" ! !. it.) tr- s. i i to ,'. ! nd t)!il.-There l iictir ly a farm apt in orj ' rnit !,.i t a "i d Tb ct aid In new tl at rarnot b tence f.r- by ovated to a. preii'ftble piirjie. f f t' 'iv ietMt tx grof with M.-for b l'rt.h and t ibl ish b ft in the or-r- l ' In cul!vatrti " ' Tr.u t td ard is a h' litiz plat" for Ir.' ct8, let f and tiniif, alone fc SiiSt .r a c'rly at.d nntiiy. In C prr)nr; o?t. ti v" o cbiii" iit!:it'(n to iil gfe b r In th 'n Yoiitig re" tih ti tofhniati d" fO his fail tl.an ftbjer oiks, fti,d the aap-rulis t r flioitld b" (IvkerJ as early as tisi-b- . a!i wo.-- i 1 ' 'f rrc-ntury f n.-e-in 1 !' - rt-o- - lt,rl pst; 1 rir irie i'p "d tht T'3 t t It t"" e'n filKut ''f fer' a' C'Ct-ard- j frr t?:- f4"id . p t- - fn,;af.;r . tO ' e''l Ostrich r"' "" yrl fl.-n- ' Cock at Feed Box. presumably South African festhers, mere te.nported to th- - l"nlteJ States, tunldr-the total Imports In to the feathUnliod fUatcs if South Afrb-aer ll.S74.:! In 1'3. Jlow much of t d Into the 1 "nil d the ftatherg rii In from l!r,'i States Frjico and under th" bead of "Natural, 'irl. rlrvd. colored, or rnaniiTact 1.7:l.'.t ;9 and I7M.7I . respectively, wpre oirich feathern cannot be Mati d. but it 1 nilf to ray that the l from all countries of rotrlch : In'o lhj 1 nit-- il nnn'iaUy are rntut icrably inoro (hnn t.",,if."(l0. Ci'ibh frrt.1ne has P H the t"nlf'-P'ten, If pros;rc 15 year and man ntart"d a'm-i- t In 19fi th"To vcro ;- -' eMrtehea. The f.'d't ard tarf'tt oatrkh firm in rallforrl.i l r t tar freni lis TM i tho ft,rni ard s n 1 jr f'ber t! at rstabtbhed set c8t,n lucre than 12 years TIkio are M farm. b -- 1 f t, thre !! miirb 'i Attrsr'ivo f!otr tre-rh'l unl tin fr-of u. Co the finnir tti harm f gird' i, r r'utu !Tia ar d pl.bn are mil atlaptej I'.ut r..-- f !, !). t'"n fT n t',rT s j .t i (rtrt-nrilea'iT.'il b" f'n'pd nd Tnary for " north fniit grower extreme In the M ei ? .r ownern of ' p. lra tlce V in have ttn j u rrnf n? V find tf.flt It is riiUfh f,H h tr'" rviliTSt" the or hards from the be efTnrt"! ftroiiri 1h" tr'HiH rf riiniia to th er.rl of tbe To pcnr tV' tiav four fene In filiing rp'p barrels, til until the lb5 ri a tsrd 'n r" horl an ilKh Ifie th lat IyerthoPtan-ltlrni In siicrrpoifin about rarh tre barrel. This ennures aoH rhino of ldi'y when U.e bead I pressed down r aref ully. Meuc Tres. M"y Oager Whon the groutnl freetoa bard The apple tree hs a bard tlin of It, t?on. Is thi iiirr!y. Th Maine pfaiion nuTierafes enoi.fth to hold up a i int'ire tlr.ie to mulch the strawberry Ire with many nn 31 Insvt P'lfie of theeo urn tnnr straw or hay. Im't be la too Kfrimts thn others; for lntsnc. fclg a hurry. In the fall plow a furrow down snl the rodline motb do jr ssl daniBc? than tho plant lice. through the orchard btwen every two rows of tree if the trmind fg art Wlipn th tar If us fungous dices are eoun'oil In, this Is a pfttf tren to be wet. The tree wtil do a great ous '!tenro for tbe applo Iim da! better for t'lla drainago. ad I f.-- i 1 '. i an. sn Ite BLt.t;tttttt-M.n.i;- i Gome to Los Angeles bet-ter'- ss . N FOR t BERRY PATCH hard-heade- j e j to u rfhr In'l i e. 4 s rrrh plum- age to pluck, It keeps tho force on the farm pretty busy the year round. As these plumes are very much In demand all over the' world, and bring ThttneHt placaon n rth to Uvft nd ktta HITHI-t.I IM( A1ION worih whll.-j'oiouool a Rood price, the profits of ostrich 4Wtn.l V.tli your. riiufurciitaltig 'W.W farming are InrRO. The Industiy has a very profitable one. proved ' The southern part of tho Pacific coast Is admirably adapted to ostrich 1 If Ui Floor Ilaiubureer lluUtluig. ' reuring. The climate is warm and dry, and He Never Shaved Again. these bis awkward clumsy creatures, Mar mad uke What do you suppose grow and thrive as well as on the des"'Henery,' I says, kind of chucklln' that wretched, barber said when he erts of South Africa. to mytelf, 'how are the courtln' folks Bbaved me? Pertie 1 don't know. getting along?' Marmaduke "Al ! My! Put Henery was mad at He said it reminded me! He suld a word I never heard him him of a game be used to play when CARING use before nor since. He said it wasn't a boy called "Hunt the Hare." any of my business, only he made use of a word that If he'd been a little Hardly a Compliment. In the excitement of tho moment smaller he'd 'a' got a good apankln' Great Many Farmers Believe Full for usin'," Grandma winked slyly public speakers often say the opposite la Proper Time to Transfrom hheer enjoyment of her grand- of what they mean to convey, and "when Henry Irving gave a rending in son's lapse. plant Strawberry I'lunta. "Well, in the meantime," she contin- the LTster hall, in 1878," says Pram ued, "Elviry was fllrliu' with this one Stoker, In "Personal Itemlnlscences (Ily ANNA OAI.lOHRrt.) and that one and t'other one and hav- of Henry Irving," "one speaker made The strawberry will stand a good ing a mighty fine time, take it all as pretty an Irish bull aa could be deal of ill treatment, but It will not round. Do you mind when Henery found, though the bull Is generally supproduce good crops under tbe above bad that attack of typhoid? Seemed posed to belong to other provinces Ulster. In desconditions. ( like he'd passed away half a dozen than the on the virtues of the many canting on times off and and he was out of Any good soil that will bring corn or potatoes will do for strawberries, his head till we all thought he never grue.a of tho evening he mentioned the but If you want berries the size of would talk straight again. And all the excellence of his moral nature and rectIn of his private life these hen's pgs, put the plants in the rich- time It was: "Elvlry! Elviry! Why itude Is a gentle"Mr. terms: sir, Irving, est soil you can find and cultivate the don't Elvlry come?' man what leads a life of unbroken Fume as other garden crops. "Well, bless your heart, one of the blemish.' " If the poll Is not rich enough with- first sensible things be said when he Elcome was: how to did out being fertilized, use well rotted 'Gramma, AS REPRESENTED. ft able manure. Fresh, manure will not viry take it?" " Take what, sou?" I says, though I tlo, except as a top dressing; after tho fast enough what he meant, but plants pre well etarted, spread it be- knew I dldr.'t quite know what to say, for tween the rows. If one can procure good, strong Elvlry'd been flirtln' around like she did and haVpy as a clam. pl..ls In alh fr.l! and havesoilthem taken always , blck.' says and Tuant Ity of up with adhering his"".Me btln' eye seemed like they was goin' to to the rrots, tVey will bear a pood many berries the following season, drop v.clear out the back of his head, they :is so awful sunk in. but not a full cron. '"WeN," I s.v s, kind of soothln', In the fnll without If 'she came round to tik how you was Kill to the roots, thn any rlingtns along every now and then,' planti thould not be allowed to bear j gettin' '"How many times did hhe com?' fruit th- following season. he rays, .kind of Impatb-nt- . This Is Important, because when all I says. 'I gusa they ain't of the roots are Oislodge.i It takes a ho"'Weil,' use beatiu' round the bush about It. l"iig time for the plant to recover llenerey,' I sa.ys. 'She didn't come but from the thock and form new roots. twice.' None of th- - old evor takes a firm back on his pillow and "He bold In the ground unless new feedrrn laughs lnys real tort like. Mart ,ip I while th strawberry grows gramma,' he says, "I guess or hibernates all winter, the growth Ii I "'Well, mlfchl about aa well give up, don't fef rapid when the ground U coM Patient Look here, doctor; you think?" than It la In the spring and summer. jou"'Yes, Henery,' I says, 'It do"i look aid if 1 took a bottle of your tonlo I would have a remarkable appetite. A great many believe fall that way." U th- - proper time to set strawlerry Why, I only cat one soda cracker "Henery Just set Ms lips tight, like each week. plants. tbe Watsons alwus do when they get Iioctor Well, don't you call that a They tako up th" plants or send set. You know, the Wat son n ain't their ordtY to "nome nurseryman, a like my side; they're Jiift ay p;ghead- - remarkable appetite? the cae may be. and handle th ed as they enn be! 'Well, I t,ln't goin Ju't'aa they would in th to, gramma?' ho says, 'riot's long aa NEWSPAPERS TAKING IT UP plant cpring. Now, this I nil wrong. he ain't married to nnytmdy leo, Tho laM week in October Is about "It wasn't very long after that El- Metropolitan Dallies Giving Advlca How to Check Rheumatism and the rlaht time to transplant, or rathef vlry tip and married this here Eddy Kidney Trouble. transfer, s'rawlrrlee Thompson that was about the poor- See that Ibo soil la In god rondU est excuse for a man that ever went This la a simple homo reclpo now tlon to receive the plants. Plow of around on 1ck, rrdo it a de.-- as the sol) will per "They do say there times when being made known in all the larger fi.lt. they didn't have enough to eat In the citlea through tho newspapers. It U if a crop of potfltofd has Just born house, but I don't know about that, Intended to check the many cases of removed from the ground, it shoull (or Elvlry w.is loo proud to say a Rhetimailam and dread kidney trouble r.ot need mufti s'lrrlrg word. Hut ever1 lody knows she which have made ao many cripples. Place tho lant In rows about foutj took in plain sewln" and did every- Invalids nt.d weaklings of some of our apart, and t n !nrhc apart In thi thing he could help along, and n ighty bright oat and strongest people. row s. Kows may ! The druggists everywhere, even In single or poor plckin's she got, too. I guom, dnible as preferred. mhon Eddy Thompson died and took tho smallest communities, have beon If tho wether Is dry a Hide wafof bltnuolf out tho way It was the best tioflflod to aupply themselves with the should bo pored around thu roots' day's work he'd done in a long time, Ingredient, and tho aufferer will hav boforo flUlrg In the soli even if he did leave Elvlry with that bo trouble to obtain them. The precover too Cfp because If th little spindle-shankeyoung one scription Is an follows: Fluid Extract oneha'.f ounce; Compound air Is the plants will that they call Margarita to take care FMnd'-llon- , 'smother." CV-aKargon, one ounce, and Compound straw, free from of." chaff, makes iplP " """"" Pyrup of Parsaparllla, lhre? ounco. covering. Grandma guva way once more to Mix by shaking well In a bottle. The dose Is on teaspoonful after cacb Jo: Ous chuckles. "Seems like the minute Henory meal and at bedtime. Kerent exporlmenta In hospital heard about Eddy dyln" ho started in ' with his courtln' agin. Ho went right c?e prove this simple mixture ?f. pecan? of ever and took charge of everything fort've In Rheumatism, nr-othe f iltntna-tlvfor J.iviry, tier not tiavtn any men Its positive action tissues of the kidneys. If com pels folks bandy. My! My! Hut tbe Wat those most vital organs to fi!ter from sons are pigheaded! the. blood and system the waste. Im" I'm goin' to get her this time, me he to a about couple puritiesof and uric acid whlh are th says gramma,' canse rheumatism. It Heansot the. form a "V." On top of these timbers of weeks after the fun'ral. And shore kidneys, strengthens them and la built a rack six foet In width. The enough, be'a done It." quickly such symptoms at Grandma sat and smiled to herself bottom of tMa rack Is about eight Mood disorder, bladder backache. or a minute two, rocking gently feet long The end board are four for weakness, frequent urination, painful foet high, bnllt flaring so they do not bark and forth. "Henery'll make Elvlry a mighty ncaldlng and Peo1orod urine. H acts quite touch the wheels. The apex of the "X" is stispond4 below the good husband," she resumed, "even If a a gefltle, thorough regulator to th front axle of an ordinary farm waron be Is awful set He's a good provldr, nflre kidney structure.and Those" who snffor sre accusby means of long kingbolt, the other and If be hadn't boen ao set soma a ptrfr-hseof modi-cin- e to bottle tomed, 'a' 'lid him bad before 'her girl ends are attache! below the hind axle this; 1neot a little not let should I will no work think out well things by U shaped deyicea. This rack can wenlonoe interfere with making thfs enough, come to think about It." be easily made. do H for have USEFUL WAGONS FOR FODDER ff-- r sp-trfe- n creatores to enre for, nnd the J wli'-rove- iref 's Farm. on Arizona i h'ird'(N of otrlrhrs on Tl.e pitnrlplo work on an of n':bh fare I tho haiMi-it- rir tho ymirg ho, t,,j h" "fl.-a- r own bifli that inn" of tho dd th'--of their ion fiky, and beautiful plumA rover of cpifiil in an orchard will! i done at certain ln'eral Th fricnl to the gtowcr. h"J pr"v- a th"o lone fothfsi maur, ra in V:.ry eat a tr tr.r ndoiia number Wb'-rare tiindrods of thf f ml - a 7-- di.;;noe j e . letors. They will carefully your enso and give you advice by mail, "hiliitely free. They put you under no obi illations. .Addreoa Munyon's Poetor, Munyon's Labors torv. 53d and Jefferson streets, Philadelphia, Pn, Munyon's trntu-plnnf-- hs ,'i A few doses of Munyon's Cold Cure will break up any cold nnd prevent pneumonia. It relieves the head, throat uud. lungs upmost instantly. These little sugar pullets can be conveniently carried in the vest pocket for use at any time or anywhere. Price 25 cents at nny druggists. If you need Medical Adviee write to ; s s .- "' regard my cold cure at telng better than a Lift Insurance Policy. " j ha-te- n r"art Cured in Ons Day I close-mouthe- (Py J. M. nAUTlMOnR.) The great success which has .attended ostrich farming In Cape Colony, has caused a number of other South African countries to take up the Industry with great xest. This has caused, some uneasiness In Cape Colony, as It is feared tnut there may be an 'overproduction of plumes: The market for trees. feathers is capable of expansion. Aside from selecting high, sunny The' exjKirt of ostrich feathers from situations for the apple orchard,' has Increased year after spraying with Itortleaux mixture will, year; It amounted last year to 792.725 ; prevent this disease. While pounds, valued at J10,4y0,123. Storr.Ke Hots. These rota of tho the Cape Colony farms contain about apple are extremely various since ap-p- 5110. 000 tame there are but s infected before storage are liable 30,000 tame birds In all other counto develop during storage tho form4 tries combined. of rot due to that Infection. liven; At the present time ostrich farming bitter-ro- t may not be overlooked lc is carried on In Europe,. Madagascar, this way and much more commonly Australia, New Zealand, and the rots which de- Argentina, still, black-ro- t and Florida. and In California,-Arizonof1 velop from the gradual Invasion Tho most dangerous rival to South Africa in this respect will be the United States. It is not easy to arrive at a Just estimate of the value of ostrich feathers annually Imported Into the I'nlted v 1 States, on account of their being i .7with other feathers in many raM'S. The direct lmiuirts from South Africa In IIIUU amounte d to Jl, 193.383, into the while the direct Imports United Kingdom from tho colony duf ring the same year amounted to Limbs Joined Together. treated tn this manlier will not split through rapid growth or by the wind. This method can be applied to all fruit trees except the peneh tree. L PS ! "Well, I came over to be the first one to tell you the news," beamed Grandma PrluUlvllIe. She spread her voluminous black silk skirts over the big rocker, put on her spectacles and proceeded to extract her knit ting from her largo shoestring bag. "lOlvlry Dobbins and our Ilencry's goin' to make a match of it after nil. "My! Myl U seems like a long time since they begun keepln' company together. I guess Henery never looked at another girl from the time they went to school together anyways not while Elviry was around. Elvlry she had a plenty of beaux. My! Such a flirt as that girl was! Hut she's sobered down considerably during the last ten years. I used to tell Henery he'd better quit she wouldn't never really take him. Cut Henery he'd always say: 'Oramma.' he'd say, 'as long as Elviry's single I won't quit. When she's married to some other feller I'll take a back seat.' "Henery used to talk real open to me about It sometimes and then again he'd be as lis a clam. I mind one day when him and Elvlry'd been out for a long drive." Grandma stopped to have a reminiscent chuckle. "I guess sheM been giving him a chase that day, for Houery he come in to his supper looking like a thunder cloud. n Maybe I'd ought to a knowed to say anything right then, but, law! folks have to be pretty old before they get any sense. "Well, when Henery come In to supper that night I didn't have no more sense than to begin teasln' him about Elvlry. Select Two Small Branches Growing Opposite and Twine Them Together Horizontally. WT.cn a tree icient growth, TELLING THE NEWS Plumes nt Good Prices e Makes Business Profitable Considerable Progress In United States. proved. Is also a ripe rot and This bitter-ro- t the diseuso develops in the luter sea- - TREE . Constant Demand for ! . loader r.a been frferfed Unil the style of wagon used In "haulirig fodder fields careful consideration. Th ralt should be as low as possible. l A truck gTres gro4 safia-- f action on smooth, level farms, with short hauls. The draft la too heavy for o'her ror,dttIoTi. Tbe rarli that quite commonly need Is shea n In the IllDStra'Ion. It ccnslsts of two 4t inch bed pleoes, II or J9 feet In let gib. boPe tegether at one end to soi:d-wbee- p. of your druggist you |