Lincoln County leader., July 24, 1908, Image 6

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Cabbage Worms.
When tlie first appearance of the
worm Is made the plants should b
dusted with the parls green and flour
mixture. When the heads are forming
use one pound of pyrethuw powder to
four pounds of flour to dust the plants.
This Is harmless to man. After the
bend begins forming parts green Should
not be used. Those who are afraid
to use pnrls green are generally success
ful by beginning early to use the py
rethum powder and spraying often.
Cabbage and other plant lice are best
controlled by spraying with kerosene
emulsion, using the 15 per cent solution
a solution containing 15 per cent of
kerosene. If the lice are on trees,
flowers or rose bushes, tobacco decoc
tion may be used with good resulta
The tobacco decoction Is made by tak
ing three pounds of tobacco stems and
five gallons of water and boiling for
two hours. It Is used without diluting,
but must not be applied too hot, or it
nuy scald the plants.
If treatment la begun In time plant
lice can be controlled. It must be done
before the lenves are curled so the
spray can reach the pests. There
should be several .sprayings, four or
five days apart, as one spraying will
not completely do the work." Clean cul
ture Is Important In fighting these In
sects, as with many others.
Automatic Damp Wagon.
The ease with which modern dump
carts and wagons can be unloaded Is
Illustrated In the automatic dump wag
on shown In the accompanying Illustra
tion, the Invention of a Connecticut
man. The wagon bos Is pivoted on the
OPERATING THE DUMP WAGON.
axle, the greater portion of the load
being lu back of the pivoted point The
forward end of the box is normally
held in position by a lever directly be
hind the driver's sent. When ready to
dump the load the driver turns lu his
seat, releases the lever and the load au
tomatically turns over. The driver Is
thus not compelled to leave his seat,
saving considerable time. -
Wasted Road Money.
In a recent speech at Peoria, II. II.
Gross, secretary of the Farmers' Good
Uond League and special agent for the
National Department of Agriculture to
study the question of highways, made
the following statement: "In forty
years enough money hns been thrown
away and squandered on the dirt roads
of Illinois to pay for graveling or mac
adamly.lng every foot of blghway In
the State." He went on further to
state that ns good, bard roads could
be built on the black land lu the ci-rn
belt of Illinois as In Massachusetts, or
In any other State, and at a moderate
annunl expense to. the landowners of
the State, possibly not exceeding their
present annual tax for road and bridge
purposes.
Milk for Calves.
The calf finds In fresh milk while It
Is still' warm with the animal heat of
the cow, It Is said, a constituent value
not found in the milk after It Is allow
ed to get cold. The chemist can not
define It, aud it can not be restored
again by warming the milk. If every
calf could be fed Its milk sweet, and
while It still retained Its animal heat,
there would no doubt be fewer cat-bammed
Bteers going to the block.
Treatment for Loco.
The results of the loco weed when
eaten by Block are unpleasantly fa
miliar to the stockman of the plains
east of the Rocky mountains. It has
been estimated that the. losses from
this source in Colorado alone hare
reached the sum of a million dollars
per annum. The national bureau of
plant Industry hat been taking a turn
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at the loco problem, and C. D. Marsh,
expert In poison plants, reports that
It has been found that locoed cattle
can In most cases be cured by a course
of treatment with strychnine, while
locoed horses can generally fie curad
by a course of treatment with Fow
ler's solution. The animals under
treatment must not be allowed to eat
the loco weed and should be given not
only nutritious food, but so far as pos
sible, food with laxative properties,
To this end magnesium sulphate was
administered to correct the constipa
tion which Is almost universal among
locoed animals. It should be noted,
too, that magnesium sulphate may
serve to some extent as an antidote tr
the poison. -
It may be added In regard to the
question of Immunity that loco poison
Ing comes on in a slow and cumulative
manner, so that there is no possibility
of anlmals'becomlng Immune.
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Sonthport Globa Onion.
Connecticut's famous Southport Globb
onions stand unsurpassed among popu
lar American varieties of the onion.
They are In high fa
vor In some of the
finest commercial on
ion growing districts
of Ohio and New
York and during a
few years past have
made a steady ad
advance in standing
everywhere as a
highly bred, perfect
WHITE GLOBE
ONION.
onion. Eastern onion growers use the
red and white Southport Globes to
produce the exceptionally large, solid,
beautifully formed bulbs that bring top
prices In the New York City markets.
Besides the two varieties named,
there is a yellow Southport Globe that
resembles the others In shape and gen
eral character, but Is of a rich yellow
color.
The white Is one of those beautifully
white, perfectly, globe shaped onions
that take the eye and bring highest
price In any market Its skin Is thin
and paperlike, the flesh fine grained,
crisp and mild flavored. Add to this
that It Is a tremendous cropper, and It
represents almost an Ideal product in
Its line. ;
DUk Plows.
The twenty-four-lnch size disk plow
can safely be recommended as being su
perior to any other size. The smaller
size pulls easier, but It does not pul
verize the soil so well. . The disk plow
Is capable of handling ground that has
become too dry and hard for the mold
board plow. It is of somewhat lighter
draft, does not require sharpening so
often, cuts through trash better and
does not clog so easily. Do not try to
cut a furrow wider than eight or ten
Inches with a disk. The wider the fur
row the deeper will corrugations be
and the poorer will be the work. It is
better to use two twenty-four-lnch
plows, each cutting eight Inches In
width, than to use a single twenty
eight or thirty-Inch plow cutting six
teen Inches.
Smoothing Drag;.
To break down clods and give a fine
surface the field drag serves a useful
purpose. It may be used In connection
with the spring tooth harrow or even
with the disk. The 6x0 Inch pieces
are 0 to 10 feet In length nnd are laid
edgewise, being bound together by cross
pieces made of Ix8 Inch stuff.
. Farm News Notes,
In New Zealand the best demand
Is for Shorthorn bulls of the milking
strain.
Kangaroo rata are destroying the
vineyards near Santa Cruz, Cal. They
have appeared In thousands and are
feeding on the young buds and vines.
While attending a mule on a farm in
Morgan County, W. Va., Frank Culp,
a farm boy, was attacked by the ani
mal and had his leg nearly chewed off.
Secretary W II sou says we ought to
have bumper crops throughout the
country this season. All conditions are
favorable ior tecord-breaklng yields of
all sorts.
While one class of stock mny pay bet
ter than another, do not lose sight of
the fact that the average farm needs
a few head of every sort In order to
make the best and closest use of all the
products.
A Connecticut farmer Is reported to
use tbt Incubator system In starting
his potato crop. The seed potatoes are
placed In a warm room in a rack, where
they sprout, and are then transplanted
In the field.
THE TBACHODOH.
A Gla-antio Herbivorous Monster of
the Preblatorls A are.
Prof. Henry F. Osborn, curator of
vertebrate paleontology at the Ainerl
lcan Museum of Natural History in
New Tork, has recently put on exhi
bition two specimens of the trachodon
r duck bill dinosaur, a gigantic" her
bivorous creature which roamed west
ern American In primeval times. One
specimen Is shown In a rearing atti
tude, which wag prbobably a custom
ary pose of the truobodon in life, while
the other alongside is feeding;
An' Idea of the Blze and appearance
of the trachodon may be had from tho
accompanying picture.
The trachodon which is shown stand
ing towers np kangaroo fashion efcme
. SKELETON OF THE TRACHODON.
seventeen feet In the air, the two short
fore limbs, only a few feet In length,
dangling in marked contrast to the
long nnd powerful hind limbs.
This mighty reptile was one of the
ancient Inhabitants of Montana and
flourished some three or more millions
of years, ago, during the upper cretac
eous period, near the close of the age
of reptiles. One of. the remarkable
features of the beast' was that in his
large bead, nearly four feet long by
two feet wide, there were some 2,000
teeth, the greatest number possessed
by any animal In the world. '"'
This dental battery was used in
nibbling, fruits and tearing up and
munching various water plants and
other soft substances which grew on
the lake and river bottoms, aa ' the
dinosaur was entirely herbivorous. The
simple teeth were closely packed to
gether, were rod-like and single-rooted,
and were arranged like a mosaic pave
ment. The enamel was only on one
side, on the Inside In the lower jaw
and the outside In the upper Jaw.
As the teeth were worn away an
other row appeared on the cutting sur,
face and took their place.. Each Jaw
has from forty-live to sixty' vertical
and. from ten to fourteen horizontal
rows of teeth.
The mouth, which broadened out In
the shape of a duck-like bill, was cov
ered with a horny sheath like that of
birds or turtles. . -'
There Is a little story connected with
the finding of the big trachodon. It
escaped the keen, trained eyes of the
fossil hunters sent out yearly by vari
ous colleges and scientific Institutions
THE TRACHODON IN LIKE.
and was discovered by two cowboys
riding along the Bad Lands of Mon
tana. One of these noticed a protruding,
weathered bone coming out of the side
of a cliff and held It to be a buffalo
bone, while the other took the view
that It was probably a fragment of a
worthless fossil animal. In order to
prove his theory he dismounted and
proceeded to kick off the tops of pre
cious ribs exposed above ground.
These being brittle Immediately fell
In broken pieces, thus conclusively
proving to the dissenting cowboy that
they were fossils and not the bones
of a modern buffalo. .,
Soon afterward another ranchman,
a bit more wise, heard of the find,
realized the possible value of the
buried bones, having been around the
camps of the fossil . explorers, aud
traded a six-shooter with the first
cowboy discoverer for bis Interest In
the bone claim. The new owner sold
his right for a small sum to Barnutn
Brown, one of the field explorers of
the Museum of Natural History's pale
ontologlcal department who uncover
ed the petrified remains of one of the
most complete fossil specimens of mod
ern times.
The quarry in which the skeleton
had been burled some three millions
of years Is situated 130 miles north
west of Mile. City, on Crooked Creek,
Central Montana, perhaps the most in
accessible spot In America.
Tho country for miles around was in
remote times the bed of a great lake
or Inland sea, and the bodies of these
aquatic trachodons when they died be
came Imbedded in the mire of the lake
and sea bottoms. When in the course
of ages the water disappeared and the
mud hardened Into rock their skele
tons were preserved in a petrified state.
, In this primeval sea and around its
shores lived during the cretaceous age
numerous hordes of the great scaly
coated trachodons, who walked erect
on their massive hind limbs and waded
about In the swamps 'and marshes
searching for food. Along with the
trachodons' there lived at the same
time two fierce types of carnivorous
dinosaurs, namely, the tyrannosarus,
and the three-homed monster, the trl
ceratops. These were the deadly ene
mies of the trachodons and constantly
attacked and preyed upon them.
The remains of the dinosaurs of her
bivorous types are more frequently
found than those of the flesh-eating
dinosaurs, and their skeletons are like
wise preserved more complete, nil the
parts being usually united together.
Iteninlns of large carnivorous dinosaurs
are never found intact, but scattered.
HIS TERRIBLE. EYES.
Senator Cass Could Almost Paralyse
at Man With a Look.
Giant heads, bodies and brains were
Webster and Cass. All the strength of
New Hampshire granite was concen
trated in those two sons. To look upon
them made the ordinary man feel
small. Wonderful eyes they possessed,
and men have been known to shiver
with dread when one or the other al
lowed his glance to fall upon them.
Cass could look through a stranger In
a way to make his brain burn and his
knees knock together. One searching
stare seemed to destroy all mentality
and fill the victim with paralytic emo
tions. No man dared take liberties with
Cass. In 1840 tho proprietor of the
National hotel In Washington 'was a
man who- so closely resembled the
great senator from Michigan that he
was often mistaken for him. An old
friend, returning from a Journey, en
tered the lobby, and, seeing him lean
ing against the desk, slipped, up be
hind and hit him a terrlffic whack on
the shoulder, Baying cheerily and si
multaneously: "Hello, old man I Here
I am back again. How are you?"
Senator Cass straightening up his six
feet three and, turning upon the assail
ant his terrific, bloodshot eyes, almost
annihilated him with a look. Not a
word was spoken. That look was am
ple. The stranger was so "rattled"
"that he could not even apologize, but
slunk" dejectedly out of the hotel.
Later in the day when congress -was
supposed to be in session the stranger
returned to the hotel to shake hands
with the proprietor and tell him all
about the Cass Incident Walking
bravely up, he laid his hand down on
his friend's shoulder and, without wait
ing for a greeting, surprised him with :
"See here, old fellow, you got me in
a deuce of a scrape this morning.
Why, you know, I took old Cass for
yon, slapped him on the back, nearly
taking off a shoulder, nnd the old fool
looked at me as If he wanted to com
mit murder. The darned old lunatic,
why doesn't he stay out of here? He
knows-; " Again the great senator
from Michigan straightened up his six
feet three, again he turned his blood
shot eyes, again he looked and again
the victim fled. Two mistakes of that
kind In one day I
The doalltr of Merer.
The notorious mountain moonshiner,
familiarly known as Wild Bill, was
tried before a federal court In Georgia
and was adjudged guilty. Before pro
nouncing sentence the Judge lectured
the prisoner on his long criminal rec
ord and at last Informed him that the
court entertained, no feeling of anger
toward him, but felt only unmixed pity,
sentenced him to spend six years if
the federal prison at Atlanta.
Bill stolidly shifted the quid of to
bacco In his month and turned to leave
the courtroom with the marshal. Once
outside the only thing he said was this :
"Well, I suah am glad he wa'n't mad
at mel"
her Mission.
"Ethel has gone over to the church
to pray."
"To pray I What for?"
"For her husband, of course."
"Why, she hasn't any I"
"I know It." Smart Set
Not Important.
"Mrs. Jinx Is taking on terribly be
cause of the loss of ber cook."
"Her husband ran off with her, did
he not?"
"Tea, but that la merely a detail."
Houston Post -
SOMETHING FOE EVERYBODY
The Forestry Service has administra
tlon over 164,000,000 acres of land, -v
Despite lower tolls, the receipts of
the Suez Canal were greater last year
than ever before.
The Salvation Army has a factory in
Europe where musical instruments are
made for its members.
In China the property of the parent
must be equally shared by the children,
on the death of the former.
The greatest dally change of temper v
ature to be found on the earth's sur
face Is In Arizona. There is frequently
a change of 80 degrees In twelve hours.
Ivy growing over the' wall of a
house renders the 'structure cool In
summer and warm in winter. It also
keep the walls dry. It is, however,
very destructive to woodwork, forcing
the joints apart.
The famous ruins of Tlntern Ab
bey, Monmouthshire, England, are be
ing restored as far as the four great
arches are concerned, and more exca
vations are being made around it in
hope of finding other buildings.
Bryn Mawr College was founded by
Joseph W. Taylor, who began the erec
tion of the college buildings in 1870.
Ho died in 1880 and left an endowment
of 1800,000 for the continuance of the
work he had begun a college for
women.
Deep-water dlvlhg can be carried on
with safety to a depth of 210 feet pro
vided proper precautions are taken and
suitable appliances used, according to ,
a report of the British admiralty com
mittee appointed to investigate the sub
1ect
In the erection of a railroad bridge
over the Susquehanna River at Havre
de Grace, -the American Bridge Com
pany will make use of what Is probably
the largest wood block ever made. It
has been made especially for the work,
and weighs 1,850 pounds, measures
thirty inches across the shell and la
rated at sixty tons capacity. The
shackle Is a solid forging three and a
balf Inches thick.
"I don't think Ibsen knew much
about dramatic art," said the blonde
young woman who had Joined an Ibsen
class. "I've Just been to see The Mas
ter. Builder' and they wore the same
costumes all the way through.' Her
autonlnshed instructor swallowed
quickly and responded: "Don't judge
Ibsen by one play. In 'Hedda Gabler'
they wear morning, afternoon anl
evening clothea. It's really quite
dressy."
Cellullod Is a plastic material com
posed of guncotton and camphor. The
guricotton, or nltro-cellulose, U made by
treating tissue paper with a mixture
of nitric and sulphuric acids. The
product is mixed with camphor and
various pigments to produce the de
sired color, and the materials are thor
oughly incorporated by. means of heat
ed rolls. It-IB subsequently submitted -to
great pressure. It Is afterward
molded Into form by means of heated
dies, under pressure. It is very hard
and elastic And takes a high finish.
Two principal theories have been ad
vanced for the erection of the pyra
mids of Egypt. One, that each king,
on ascending the throne, began to build
a pyramid as a tomb and monument to
hlmelf. This wns usually laid out upon
a comparatively small scale, so that
if the builder had but a short reign his
tomb might be complete. As time passed
successive layers were added and the
size of the monument was thus propor
tioned, to the length of the builder's
reign. This theory Is combated by
Petrle, w;io believed that each pyramid
was begun and carried out upon a defi
nite design or size and arrangement
The greatest river in the world lb
flood of waters is the Amazon, and it
is one of the least useful owing to the
character of the region through which
it flows. What is classed as the long
est system in the world is the Mississippi-Missouri,
which Is also the most
useful, as great cities have grown up
along Its banks. The Nile, which ranka '
with these, is one of the longest rivers
In the world, but It is not especially
valuable as a navlglble Stream. Its
chief benefit to the country Is from the
immense deposits of mud carried down
In the annual floods and which have
made the region overflowed one of the
noet fertile in the world.
More duels are fought In Germany
than In any other country, and Jena
and Gottlngen are The cities which take
the lead. It is said that a duel takes
place In Gottlngen every day, and on
one occasion some years ago, twelve '
combats took place In the twenty-four
hours. Jena's greatest number for the
day is twenty-one. The German em
pire has about 4,000 duels a year;
France hns about 1,000 combatr which
may be regarded as such ; Italy runs to
about 270 per annum. In ten years It
boasted of 2,750 meetings, of which
947 originated In newspaper articles or
public letters. The great majority of
the duels were fought with swords;
only one with revolvers. Pall Mali Ga
aette.