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About Beaverton times. (Beaverton, Or.) 191?-19?? | View Entire Issue (Sept. 16, 1915)
WORMS HARM CABBAGE Butterflies Deposit Eggs j, "Leaves of the Rant On Pest It Eatlly Controlled If Destructive Meaiurei Art Promptly Begun And Practiced Throughout tht Season. (By PROF. L. 1L MONTOOMERT, Ohio state university.) At this season of the year, cabbage fields are visited by large numbers of small butterflies which deposit large quantities of eggs on the leaves ot the cabbage plants. These eggs hatch in a few days and develop hordes of small greenish cabbage worms. These worms feed on the leaves of the cab bage, sometimes eating out consider able holes and frequently eating into the newly formed heads. Tbe worms are easily controlled if destructive measures are promptly begun and consistently practiced through the season. Failure to control them Is largely due to neglect or prejudice against the use of certain methods of control. The most serviceable remedy which . has been used in the university gar den is white hellebore, a vegetable poison obtainable at any good drug store. This material comet In a pow' der form and loses Its poisonous prop erties in a short time If exposed to the air. Therefore it must be fresh. Apply it as a spray mixed in water at the rate of one ounce to three gallons of soapy water. The aoap makes the solution stick to the leaves. There la absolutely no danger associated with the use of hellebore, because it will have lost Its poisonous property before the cabbage is marketed. Further more, there Is no chance for the ma terial to get into the Interior of the bead, because cabbage heads form from the Inside and the outside leaves are removed before use. This ma- Virginia Cabbage Field. terlal must be applied thoroughly at often at the worms begin to appear numerous. Arsenate of lead may also he used effectively at the rate of 1 pounds to 60 gallons of water but we prefer the hellebore. Hand picking is a laborious method where only a few plants are grown. Cheap Beef and Milk. More than ever, this season of high priced grain, will we see tbe money in making beet and milk more largely on cheap roughage. Our beef making must continually grow more nearly like the methods of tbe old countries. We are going to use more roughage and less grain. In the past wt havt used too much corn and too little corn stalk. Conditions have changed wonderfully since that system of feed Jng began. HOW TO SAVE GARDEN SEEDS Clean, Assort and Tit Up In Sock Tops at Shown In Illustration Label Each Package. (Br 3. W. GRIFFIN.) Just at soon at the teed of squash, cucumbers, melons, and tomatoes art removed from the fruit I wash them In two or three different waters and thoroughly dry them tn tbe shade. The . Seedt Stored for Winter. same with bean, pea. corn, beet, tur nip and similar kinds of seed. Clean and assort and tie np in sock tops and stocking legs. Then bang up in the tool bouse where rata and mict do not trouble. Each little sack Is labeled as toon as the seeds are put In, with tbe date. Then when planting time comet the seeds are ready. PREPARE EXHIBITS FOR FAIR Best Time of Year In Which to Lay Plant for Capturing Blue Rib bons Spray the Fruit At this time ot year the secretaries of various fair associations are ar ranging their plant for the exhibit which will be held this fall. These art reminders that this Is the best time ot year in which to lay plant for capturing the blue ribbons. Fruit growers, particularly, need to begin their work now for the exhibit! they will make at the fairs and applaJ shows, for the fruit which will wear the ribbon must be sprayed. But even if It is not now the expec tation of any fruit grower to make an exhibit at a fall show, the chances are that he will change his mind when the premium liBta arrive, and It is Just at well to begin. Sprayed fruit is coming to be the only kind to which the better class of fruit dealers will give any consideration, and In spray ing it is well to do the spraying with the idea in mind that every fruit must be show fruit Show fruit might real ly be called "extra fancy" so tar as its grade is concerned, and the "extra applies not only to the grade, but also to the returns wbich the fruit will bring. So, after all, it Is well for ev ery one of us to feel that our crop Is to be show fruit, and work through out the entire summer with that ideal in mind whether or not we actually place any ot it in the exhibits. CARE IN FEEDING NEW CORN Severe Losses May Be Avoided by Ex ercielng Judgment In Changing From One Field lo Another, Unless hogs have plenty of pasture and forage crops the change of feed must be gradual to escape derange ment of digestion and disordered stom ach. It means a little more work to feed supplemental feed and old corn with the new, but the advantages are so great that feeders should not neg lect that which is safest, and promises the best returns. Hogs relish new corn, and we are often tempted to feed too much at the start At least a month's time should be taken to bring them from pasture and forage crops to a full feed of corn. It requires more bushels ot new corn to make the tame gain that sound corn will make. Hence It is advantageous, both from the stand point of health and profit to feed rome old corn while bringing the bogs to a full feed of new corn. Severe losses may be avoided by the exercise ot cart and Judgment in feeding new corn. CRETONNES IN THE SUMMER By Careful Selection, the Housewife May Make Her Rooms mings of Beauty. It seems ages since the serviceable and smart cretonnes were introducea for hangings, coverings for furniture and cushions, etc yet It still holds Its place among the newest ot goods shown for these purposes. Porch fur niture, comfortable cushions and cane cbaire for use on the summer piazzas are covered and. going further, large armchairs and low rockers for the liv ing room are to be upholstered in this same good-wearing fabric But of course, designs have changed somewhat; color are brilliant at usual, but among the newest are those with birds of gorgeous plumage on a background of black. Indeed, brilliant applies to most of tbe new cretonnes they are vivid and still launder per fectly, making them an excellent choice for the hot suns of summer days. Tbe frill or flounce across the top of'windows Is still liked, only now It should be cot narrow and lifted a lit tle directly in the center, with side draperies of the goods. The sides ot these frills are a little longer than last year, and a variation liked Is to catch the fullness In cluster of three or four tiny tucks or folds about three or four inches apart, not pressing them flat but allowing them to stand out Also the bottom of the frill where caught up tn the center, must be finished with a braid; as it should be cut in a curve, not in a straight line to be puckered shorter In the center, but cut curved. Still another variation shows the bot tom of this frill cut In deep scallops and bound with braid. Small tables covered with cretonne. over which the useful glass is placed. will be sought for porch and living room for various uses. One that should appeal to the housewife who Just "loves a pretty bedroom" is to change ordinary furnishings into things of beauty by covering chests, tables and so on with cretonne; tbe table with tbe glass top bringing an almost ele gant air into the atmosphere. If wood work and furniture are hopelessly faded and worn a coat of light enamel with a slight tracery of blue or pink or delicate green and cretonne hang ings, etc., to match will make a charm ing room of one that might be termed dismal and depressing, as some rooms have a habit of being. A caution Is to use plain paper or paper with small figures where a room Is to be fitted out In gay cretonne; huge or starting designs will only cause discord. FITTING UP THE BATHROOM Some of the Requisites That Must Find a Place in the Modern Establishment In the days of the old tin tub almost anything in the way of a towel was good enough, so long as It was free from holes. Tbe advent of sanitary plumbing, the white enamel tub and basin, the tile or tile-effect wall and tbe nickel and glass fixtures have made the up-to-date bathroom a differ ent proposition. For instance, utility is no longer tbe sole standard by which tbe bathroom linens are ludeed They must also harmonize with the enamel and glass fittings. As a result housewives now buy their towels in sets In white, with an initial or mono gram In color. Many towel seta are bought in plain or fancy material with. out a monogram, which Is worked by tne Housewife herself. Bathroom seta of terry cloth era composed of two bath towels, a bath mat and two face cloths, all with a plain or fancy border and an initial or monogram. Jacquard figured bath tow, am new and attractive. They have a deep pink or blue border and the ham i daintily embroidered In color. '. The edge it finished with a deep border or crochet of white and color. THE BOGY OF OLD AGE SCARED AWAY SY FAMOUS MEN OF BO YEARS YOUNQ. .- They Testify That Right Living and Sound Thinking infuse New Lift Constantly Into Every Part , of tht Body. .... Old age naed to be regarded a an Incurable disease; a time to be looked forward to with horror; a period ot useless cumbering of the earth. That bogy 1 scared away by the testimony ot torn of the living celo brities who have left the -Biblical "three-score-and-ten" landmark far be hind them. ' Say John Burroughs, the great naturalist at seventy-seven: , . . ", , "I am in better health and more able to do my work at seventy-seven that I was at forty-seven or at fifty-seven, I have produced more manuscripts during the hut three yean than dur ing any other three year of my life,' and ot a kind that has made unusual intellectual demand upon me. 'Old Age i not such a bugaboo after alL He 1. in many way, better to live with than Youth, because ha leaves you more at your ease; you are in the calmer water; the fret and fever of life have greatly abated. Old Age bring the philosophical mind; be brings a deeper, wider outlook upon life; be bring more tolerance and charity and good wIlL I did not squan der my youth In excesses, and hence I am not bankrupt In my old age." A novelist, who 1 tlx year older than Burroughs and who write six hours a day, give this recipe for stay ing young la the eighties: "I have constantly given my mind plenty of new thought, and this men tal diet ha kept me young. It 1 rou tine urn age, uven in my Bleep i am often mentally busy. I think I know consciously that when I rest 1 darken. I have constantly proved that Intellectual activity infuse lite into every part of the body. A far a possible I avoid anger or worry, for on hour of such debilitating mental -exercise destroys all personal mag netism; and what pastes between . them and tbe soul I do not care to say. I keep my health because I keep my illusions. I will not believe that ' everyone is false. I will not believe tnat nope tells a flattering tale, or that friendship is only a name, or that true love has fled from earth and that tbe fear ot God has vanished. And, -above all other reasons for my good health, I place the vivifying power of love. Love is life." Cardinal Gibbons, eighty year old and in the prime of his powers, say: "I believe firmly that the critical - time of life for the making or mar ring of a sound constitution is the period of youth. Tbe seeds of weak ness are sown in tbe system then; by Irregularity of life, particularly In the hours allotted for sleep and rest; by excess In eating and drinking; by grosser excesses and by lack of proper exercise. - N The rules of health from which I have never swerved from my youth : are: Regularity of life, moderation tn eating and drinking, exercise proper to my age and profession, avoidance of ; worry and an ever-abiding trust In God' providence. I have always been avaricious In the matter of sleep. 'Early to bed' is the wisest of all saw for bim who has work to do and am- -bltion to do it well." Los Angeles Ex- , -pre. A Trying Ordeal. "Colonel.'' asked the beautiful girl, "when was the most trying moment of your lifer "It was when 1 wenf to my wife' father for tbe purpose ot Biking him to let me have her He was very deaf, and I had to explain the matter before twenty clerks!" Answers.