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u
ome Course In
Modern Agriculture
X. Some insect Pests
By C. V. GREGORY,
A gricutlurat "Di-Oision. Jobua Stat Colltga
CopyrKht. 1909. by American Press Association
Foley's Honey an a Tar Is a safe
guard figainst serious results from
spring colds, which Inflame the fangs
and develop Into pneumonia. Avoid
counterfeits, by Insisting upon hav
ing the genuine Foley's Honey and
Tar, which contains no harmful
drugs. Burnaugh & Mayfleld.
. . . - ..1 4- ..it.l.lla nt
idMONO the enemies wunii mourn iiipi-:ir muu
farmer Iimh t . ml l perhaps1 July, it U this brood which does the
J& none are more; liMiililcsonie ! most damage. It Is the worms which
t iu.. iu v, ,ii.lm' is inure ; I.Mtili f iiiiii the t'KKS laid by them thut
iiiv so often found In fall mid winter
apples.
Many poisons, of which pnrls green
! Is the one most commonly used, lire
, ... 10... ,iu ..r. vorv (lllllcult elective in destroying the codling
. ,i,.i wiii, if von iro at them one at , moth. I'arl.s preen Is usually used In
u time, but If properly manured they 1 connect Ion with bordeaux mixture
...... i,n ohhIIv lielil Iii check, i-roin
.MONO the enemies which iht
farmer has to.tfoinlial perhaps 1
none are more troublesome
than Insects. Nolhlnj,' is more
SKBravatinj; than to have a prninlsliiH
crop of fruit or firahi attacked by a
horde of "buns" am) ureal ly Injured
If not entirely ruined.
the standpoint of the danmiie they no.
Insects may be divided into two
classes those which attack field crops
vvhlch Is a remedy for the various fun
l'oiis diseases which tiffed the leaves
and fruit.
To make this mixture dissolve Ave
nnd those which are injurious to fruit pounds of copper sulphate nnd five
and ciirden crops. I poumls or lime wpariueiy in men.)
number of Insects
tychre an Old French Gam.
Euchre Is the ancient Prencb game
of trlompbe. The early French set
tlers brought the game to America and
played It with thirty-two cards. As
commonly played in this country today
twenty-four cards are used In four
hrtadfd games.
People past middle life usually
have Bome kidney or bladder disor
der that saps the vitality, which is
naturally lower In old age. Foley's
Kidney Remedy corrects urinary
troubles, stimulates the kidneys, and
restores strength and vigor. It
cures uric acid troubles by strength
ening the kidneys so they will strain
out the uric acid that settles In the
muscles and joints causing rheuma
tism. Burn'uh & Mayfleid.
Up Before the Bar.
N. H. Brown, an attorney, of Pltts-
fleld, Vt., writes "We have used Dr.
King's New Life Pills for years and
find them such a good family medi
cine we wouldn't be without them.'
For Chills, Constipation, Biliousness
or Sick Headache they work wonders
25c. All druggists.
Camel cf Asia.
What are known as camels In Asia
Minor are In reality u common specie?
of dromedary. Camels have two
humps, while the race found In Sinyr-
I'd Rather Die, Doctor,
than have my feet cut off," said M.
J. Bingham, of Prlnceville, 111., "but
you'll die from gangrene (which had
eaten away eight to3s) if you don't,'
said all doctors. Instead he use 1
Bucklen's Arnica Salve till wholly
cured. Its cures of Eczema. Fever
$ores, Boils, Burns and Piles as- 1
tound the world. 25c. at all drug
gists.
Tnere nro n
which attack corn. While these are
seldom present In large enough num
bers to destroy any considerable purl
of tho entire crop, the money value
of the damage they Indict on the corn
grown on a quarter section each year
amounts to no small sum.
One of the most important of these
pests Is the corn root worm. The
eggs, which nre laid In the cornfield
during August or September, hatch of'jy
during the next June or .liny, me
worms when full grown lire about
one-third of nil Inch long nnd ns bte
around ns a pin. They bore up Inside
tho roots, Injuring them so badly that
the growth of the plant Is seriously
checked. Often, too, tho roots are bo
weakened that the corn blows down
badly. Some time during August the
worm goes through a transformation
called pupation, which changes it Into
a small light green beetle. This bee
tle feeds on the silks nnd tips of ears
and lays eggs for the next year's crop
of worms.
Another Insect which lives on the
roots of corn Is the root louse. These
lice nre very small nnd helpless. They
are kept through the winter In the
egg stage In nut hills. In the spring
after they hatch they nro placed oil
the corn roots by the nuts. The ants
are very fond of a sweet fluid which
Is secreted by the lice, and they take
caro of them for this purpose.
Other Insects which do more or loss
damage to the corn crop are the stalls
borer, wlreworm, white grub, bill bug,
cutworm, etc. These Insects live nnd
multiply In grass laud mid from there
find their way into the adjoining corn
fields. They do the greatest damage,
however, when tho grass land Is
plowed tip n ml put Into corn.
The damage from nearly all Insects
affecting corn, small grain or grass
can bo readily prevented by. a good
system of rotation. This Is especially
true If clover Is used, since such In
sects as cutworms nnd grubs do not
work to any extent on clover. The
frequent plowing of the ground nnd
change of crops where a rotation Is fol
lowed nre fatal to most Insects. , Pain-
live gallons of water each. When t' e
are thoroughly dissolved mix fie two
solutions and add four ounces of pnrls
green. The lime In this solution Is
added to prevent the chemlcnls from
Injuring the leaves and to make the
mixture stick better.
Three sprayings nre sufficient for the
codling iiiolh. Tlio first should be giv
en Immediately after the blossoms
fall, the second from ten to twenty
days later nnd the third nbout the lant
One of the chief Insect enemies of
the plum yl one which also attacks
many of the other fruits is tho curcti-
11(1. XX A Bl'IiAYUH AT WORK
Ho. The curcullo beetle lays Its egu
In dm young fruit shortly after It sets.
In tklng so it leaves a half moon
iihaped scar, which is its trademark.
One of the surest ways of getting rid
of this Insect Is to Jnr the beetles
from the tree lit this time.
Spraying Is nlso nu effective remedy
The bordenux-parls green mixture
may be used, but urscnatc of lead Is
better, since It Is less liable to Injure
the leaves. It Is applied ut the rate of
three pounds to fifty gallons of water.
The spray should bo applied Just !'
fore the blossoms open. Just after they
full and again about fifteen days Inter
Poisonous ppruys should never be up
plied to fruit trees while they are In
blossom. It Is not uecessary In order
to destroy the Insects nnd will U1J
many of the honeybees, upon which
the blossoms are so dependeut for pol
lination. Tho insects that havo been men
tioned so far llvo by eating the leaves
The Cotton Gin.
Mrs. Catherine Greene of Ithode In
land, widow of General Natbunnel
Greene of Revolutionary fame. Is said
to have invented the cotton gin, but to
bave allowed Ell Whitney to take out
the patent through modesty.
Mr. F. 0. Frltts, Oneonta, N. Y
writes: "My little girl was greatly
benefitted by taking Foley's Orlno
Laxative, and I think it is the best
remedy for constipation and Hver
trouble." Foley's Orlno Laxatlnve
Is best for women and children, as
It Is mild, pleasant and effective,
and Is a splendid spring medicine,
as it cleanses the system and clears
the complexion. Burnaugh & May-
field.
The Illusion r.t Night.
I sometimes fancy that every great
city must have been built by night.
At least It Is only at ii!:-ht that every
part cf n great i try Is great. All archi
tecture Is great Architecture after sun
set. Perhaps architecture Is really a
nocturnal itrt, like the art of fireworks.
At least I think many people of those
nobler trades that work by night (jour
nalists, policemen, burglars, coffee stall
keepers and such mistaken enthusiasts
ns refuse to go home till morning)
must f'ften lime stood ndmlring some
black bulk of building with a crown of
battleme.nts or a crest of spires and
then burst Into tears nt daybreak to
discover that It was only a haberdash
er's shop with huge gold letters across
the face of It. U. A. Chesterton in
Loudon News.
Wear of Coin In Circulation.
The loss Incurred by the wearlug of
coins in circulation has been made the
subject of a number of precise expert
ments, from which it was ascertained
that $300 worth of five dollar gold
pieces lost over $15 of their value In
100 years.
If you have, backache and urinary
troubles you should take Foley's Kid
ney Remedy and strengthen and build
u the kidneys so they will act prop
erly, as a serious kidney trouble
may develop. Burnaugh & May
field. National Unole.
Natlounl pawnshops are maintained
by the Freuch and Italian governments.
".Mo.it ordinary colds will yield to
the simplest treatment, "says the
Chicago Tribune, 'moderatlve laxa
tives, hot foot baths, a frea perspi
ration and an avoidance of exposure
to cold and wet aftsr treatment."
Whl e this treatment la simple,, it
requires considerable trouble and
the one adopting it must remain In
doors for a day or two, or a fresh
cold Is almost sure to be contracted,
and In many Instances pneumonia fol
lows. Is It riot be'.ter to pin your
faith to an old raliable preparation
like Chamberlain's Cough Remedy,
that Is famous for Its cures of colds
and can, always be depended upon?
For sale by Burnaugh & May field.
and fruit nnd In doing so take up
nge from these pests will be still fur- enough of the poison to put nn end to
ther reduced If the soli Is kept so well
supplied with plant food that the
plants can get a quick start In tho
spring. Treated In this way, they nre
more vigorous and better nblo to with
stand Insect attacks.
their destructive work. There Is an
other class of Insects, however, for
which such remedies nre not effective.
These arc the sucking Insects, of
which plant lice nre the most common
examples. Insects of this kind feed
These remedies, with the exception i,v drilling through the outer layer of
of the last, cannot bo applied to or- , jim vnt r bark ond sucking the plnnt
i iulees. Thev thus escnlie damage
from any poison which may be on the
surface.
To tret rid of sucking Insects some
I u. ,!,.!., ...... ,.1,1.. I. iv Ml bill hv nnnilna In
contact with them must be used.
There is nothing better for this pur
pise than kerosene emulsion. This la
trade by dissolving half a pound of
soup in n gallon of boiling ralu water.
This mixture is then taken from the
stove and two gallons of kerosene add
ed. The compound should be churned
violently for a few moments by pump
ing it up with the spruy pump and
hack into the pail. This causes the
oil to mix thoroughly with the water.
Before using, this original mixture Is
diluted with six to ten parts of water.
A common Insect affecting garden
crops and one that is bard to handle
Is the striped cucumber beetle. This
N a serious enemy of cucumbers,
quashes, melons and other plants of
like nature. Spraying does little good
and Is liable to Injure the teuder plants
as well. Where but n few hills are
raised, covering them for the first
two weeks with n small box with mos
quito bar stretched across tho too la a
these crops spraying is the best rem- i fot preventive measure. Another ef-t,v-
1 fcetlvo plau Is to go over the patch
Hie principal insect that attacks the in the morning while tho dew Is ou
apple Is tho cod I lug moth. These In-1 nnd the beetles cannot fly, knock them
sects puss the winter In a ball of silk, to the ground bv giving the plant
or cocoon, which they spin mound slight blow nnd put a drop of kerosene
tueumeives. l liese cocoon nre hidden on each one,
beneath tho bark mid under rubbish.
ram
HQ. XIX COUN rt.AKTH IKJU11KD 11V HOOT
WOIIM.
chard and garden crops, since these
must be grown on the same laud year
after year. For the bisects affecting
Such ns happen to escape the 'hungry
sea rch of woodMckers anil other birds
change to the pupa stage In the spring.
In this stage changes take place In
side the body of the worm which so
transform It that early In June It
cornea out of the cocoou as a small
browu moth.
These moths lay greut number of
eggs, which hatch Into small worms.
These worms eat their way Into tlu
apple through the blossom end. The
apple thus affected usually full off.
ud In a short time the worms crnwl
out and ngnln spin cocoons around
themselves. The life cycle Is lived
over again, and a second brood of th
Where any of these crops are raised
on n large scale the most effective
remedy Is the use of "trap plants.'
Plant the field to squashes a week or
ten days before time to plant the main
crop. The beetles are especially fond
of squash plants and will gather on
them In large numliers as soon as they
come up. Just about the time the oth
er plants begin to peep through the
ground the squashes can be, sprayed
with very strong kerosene emulsion.
This will destroy both the squash
plants and the beetles. There will
usually not lie enough of the latter left
lu the neighborhood to do much dam-
During the spring every one would
be benefitted by taking Foley's Kid
ney Remedy. It furnishes a needed
tonle to the kidneys after the extra
'train of winter, and It purifies the
blood by stimulating tho kidneys, and
,:a .ouis t'lern to e'lmlnate the Impur
ltle3 from It. Foley's Kidney Rem
edy Imparts new life and vigor.
Pleasant to take. Burnaugh ft May
fleld.
Spanish Marriage.
In tho announcement of marriages
In Spain the ages of the contracting
parties nre always given.
For Constipation.
Mr. L. H. Farnham, a prominent
druggist of Spirit Lake, Iowa, says:
"Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver
Tablets are certainly the best thing
on the market for constipation."
Give the3e tablets a trial. You are
ce' lain to find them agreeable, and
pleasant in e'fe t. Price 25 cents.
Samples free. For sale by Burnaugh
ft Mayfleld.
An Eceentrio Russian Doctor.
The famous Russian, the late Dr.
Zahariu, was noted for his eccentric
methods. When summoned to attend
Czar Alexander 111. in his hist illness.
Dr. Zuhitrln required the same prep
aration for his visit to the pulace us
to any of his patients' houses. That is
to say, ail dogs hud to be kept out of
the wuy, ull clocks stopped aud every
door thrown wide open. ' Ho left bis
furs In the hull, his overcoat In the
next room, his galochcs in the third.
nnd, continuing, arrived at the bedside
In ordinary Indoor costume. He sat
down after walking every few yards
nnd every eight steps In going up
stairs. From the patient's relatives
and every one else In the house he re
quired absolute silence until he spok
to them, when his questions had to be
answered by "Yes" or "No" aud noth
ItiS more.
Lonowood. '
. Longwood. the house Napoleon e-
cupled on St. Helena, was given to the
Freuch by Queen Victoria.
Banish pimples, blotches and boils
by taking Levy's Oregon Grape Com
pound. Sold and guaranteed by Bur
naugh & Mayfleld, Enterprise, Ore.
SMITH & SMITH.
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BALED HAY FOR SALE.
Now Is the time to use the squirrel
poison, when they are first coming
out. Get Strychnine, the kind that
kills. Don't be fooled by a cheap and
Inferior quality. The genuine Is for
sale by Burnaugh ft Mayfleld, the
druggists.
Pru.
Peru received Its name from Its prin
cipal river, the ltlo Faro, upon which
tauda the ancient city of Paruru. The
Brazilian term para, however modified,
Is at nil t tinea suggestive of a river.
TREES AT WHOLESALE PRICES
We have in our racking ground
trees In flrst-clasj- condition we
wl'.l sell at tie following prices:
Apple trees, 12c each
Pear trees, 15c each
Plum and Prune trees 15c each
Cherry trees, 25c each
Peach trees, 15c each
Box Elder trees, 10 to 15c each
Roses, 25c each.
Strawberries, $3.50 per 1000,
fresh dug.
Raspberries and blackberries,
$2.50 per 100.
We wilt ray express on orders
amounting to $10.
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"Your B3n has Consumption. His
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words were spoken to Geo. E. Blev
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one a lung specialist. Then was
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La Grande Observer: Mr. Yoke of
Ohio was in the city today (Monday)
enroute to Wa'.lowa from Ohio. He
Is after timber, and lumber.
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