Tillamook headlight., April 19, 1906, Image 6

Only Sore Cars.
Forties »nd P'rmaasnL
Abeolatsly Pars.
thoroughly typical of conditions which
CVRKS
HEAVES
a well in a convenient, rather than In
a safe place.
Curing Persimmons.
From a report recently prepared by
DESTROYING
GOPHERS
Methods Recommended by the Department of Agriculture.
GUY ELLIOTT MITCHELL.
* Agricult
■working
time, a
-Lto the i
tick w
eradles
keepin
tick U
It will
free <
one P
tree
’terno
l’ocket gophers would be most for-
Idable animals were they enlarged
the size of the prehistoric dinosaur,
leir teeth are huge In proportion to
elr heads and their bifurcated front
sws are strong, sharp as eagle talons
id extraordinarifi- long. The gopher
rwever Is a little animal; yet because
his abundance and exceeding in-
istry, he becomes more than a nuls-
ice—a menace in fact—to many farm-
g communities.
Pocket gophers infest all the States
id Territories west of the Mississippi,
id parts of Illinois, Wisconsin, Flor-
a, Georgia, and the greater part of
exlco. All the species live under-
-ound In ramifying tunnels, and all
•Ing to the surface quantities of earth,
hlch is heaped up in the shape of
ounds. The habits of these animals
•e everywhere much the same.
Throughout their range pocket goph-
•s are very destructive to crops, much
ore so than moles. They eat the roots
t fruit trees and In this way some-
rues ruin whole orchards. They eat
oth root and tops of clover, alfalfa,
rasses, grains, and vegetables, and are
B|>eclally harmful to potatoes and
tlier tuberous crops. In addition to
11 tills, they throw up Innumerable
lounds of earth In meadows, pastures,
nd grain fields, which cover and de­
troy far more of the crop than is
lther eaten by the animals or killed
are active, all the animals should be TYPHOID FEVER OX THE FARM.
destroyed by the first application of
the poison.
Trapping Pocket Copher».
Trapping is a successful method
when followed intelligently and persist­
ently. It Is especially adapted to small
fields, orchards, and gardens, where
only a few of the animals are present;
but In the case of large areas that are
badly infested, the method involves
too much labor.
For trapping, an ordinary No. O steel
trap may be employed but there are a
number of special gopher traps on the
market that are better adapted for
general use.
In using the ordinary steel trap, the
first step is to make an opening Into
the main tunnel. The trap should then
be sunken so that the Jaws are level
with the bottom of the runway and
lightly covered with green clover or
alfalfa or grass, or even loose soil, care
being taken that these do not clog
under the pan, or trigger. No bait Is
required. The holes should be Just
large enough to receive the trap and
should be covered so as almost to ex­
clude the light.
Carbon Bisulphid.
Carbon blsulphld has been employed
for killing pocket gophers, and under
favorable conditions Its use is recom-
mended. If the burrows are extensive
C. J. Blanchard. U. S. Geological
Survey.
<1.00 PecUfe™«**“/
ordinary case.
S3.OO
or money refunded.
Bent postpaid oa receipt
of price. AGBNTS Won-
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FÄT people
David G. Fairchild, an explorer of the
Department of Agriculture, it “pF®‘tlen
that persimmons as they are
I Will Send Yon a Trial Treatment Free
in Japan are as flrm in texture as a
I can reduce your weijhl Thr«e
to Fl»« Pounds « Week and »urn
Northern Spy apple, free from as
ill health into robust health, men­
trlngency, and of a delicious flavor.
tal sluifidshness into activity, «nd
relieve that feeling of fullnetaand
They are not allowed to rl*Jeuljt0-
oppression by producing healthy
squihy consistency of the fruit as It
digestion and assimil»tion. No
disUsteful dieting or starvation,
is eaten In America Investigations
no exercising, no nauseating
as to Japanese methods of curing per­
drugs or sickening
pills th«t ruin tho
simmons show that the Japanese pu
stomach.
1 am a
regular
practising
the persimmons in sake
physician and a spe­
beer) casks as soon as the casks are
cialist in the success ­
ful reduction of su­
emptied. The heads of these casks
perfluous fat. My new
are immediately replaced and the pack­
. and scientifically per­
fected method strengthens the heart
age made air tight. In from Ei to 15
days, according to weather conditions,
?»'UBrilntee satisfaction in
the persimmons are cured and can be their patients to take
removed and marketed, keeping In a
firm, edible condition, for a long period.
OJT5 DIETING C Is niNO Hod
Remington
TyrJJ
lb THAT IT Liffl
It doe« good work when tt u n
to do good
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JOS. BUTLER
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“More than 40 per cent of the farm
wells so far examined in this State
have been found to be polluted." This
is a significant statement made by the
director of a State Board of Health
laboratory, in which several thousand
HKMIV C. BRAirt'OKB,
322
I BulldiM. SB t“‘ «“
’ ‘
4-60-b
well waters have been examined. It
Forcing Rhubarb.
helps to explain why the death rate
Experiments have shown that the
from typhoid fever is greater in the
most satisfactory results In cultivating
assisa
Items of Interest.
country than in the city.
It is a popular notion of city folk rhubarb, are attained by growing the
A
man,
to
be
perfectly
proportioned,
O'Xy IitM-mt offer ever mad. ¿I)
that a vacation in the country is a roots from seed and forcing when the should weigh, stripped, 30 lbs. for
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pul-
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1
safeguard against all the diseases to plants are one year old. Drying the every foot of his height.
25 ackages Seed 1 Pkt M ohün ' i
which the flesh is heir; physicians roots has been found to have the same
1
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Making rag dolls is an Industry In
1 pkt. Mixed Portulaca.
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1 pkt. Mixed Sweet Pea.
long
rest,
which
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otherwise
required,
1 pkt. Sweet Mignonette 1PU.SS2
country life Is unquestionably the ideal
1 pkt. Sweet Alyssum.
one; the popular cry “back to nature” and the product is more vigorous. doll is popular with children and S(ill«
1
pkt. Sweet William.
Sb
well In department stores.
1 pkt. Mixed Poppy.
has a large measure of justification,
•
1 pkt. Mixed Candytuft. ! i ñ
Pkt Mixed £
yet there are thousands of people who
1 pkt. Mixed Larkspur.
1
pkt.
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Pansy.
Great
herds
of
elephants
range
th
J
pkt.
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Abyssinian country drained by th
with typhoid fever. Why should this
S5 Bulba, a Beautiful Collection.™,
order, including Hyacinth«. TwgjH
Upper Nile. Menelik, the King Ow
be true?
roses. Gladiolu«. Calailium, OxalliwS
Abyssinia, recently sent President
at once 25 cents in »liver or stampi,
Typhoid an Index to Water Purity.
Roosevelt one of the longest elephant
E. C, HOLMES .Somerville I
A century of experience has shown
tusks In existence.
that the typhoid rate in any place is
a good index of the purity of the water
supply at that place. Therefore, when
we find that the typhoid rate in the
country is higher in the aggregate than
in the city, it -can be fairly assumed
FORCED AND UNFORCED RHUbARIi
I Will Show You How To Cure Vwn
that country water supplies are not as.
safe as city -supplies, and this in spite When thus grown in darkness
FREE.
of the fact that many of our city leaf blade Is greatly reduced,
I wm helpless and bed-ridden for years from a doable n
waters are notoriously bad. The state green color is wholly absent, the
No truss could hold.
Doctors said I would die if not opetg
from which the above mentioned testi­ I ture is more crisp and delicate,
I fooled them all and cured myself by a simple discovery,
mony comes is a typical one so far as to a lessened development of woody
send the cure free by mail if you write for it.
It cured neg
its proportion of rural pollution is con­ fiber, the skin is much thinner than
since cured thounanda. It will cure you. Write today. Cw
cerned and that there is no reason to when grown in light, the water con­
C
olling
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Box
117,
Watertown,
N.
Y.
believe that if the matter were investi­ tent is increased 6 to 10 per cent.,
gated in other states, the conditions and the flavor Is generally improved.
of farm wells would be in any degree Rhubarb thus grown commands a
superior.
fancy price.
In connection with its investigations
of the character of water supplies, the
United States Geological Survey has Strong light Injurious to Plants.
erected than common nettap
noted repeatedly that typhoid fever is
Strong light has been found in some
fences poultry in and stocks
continuously prevalent in many rural instances to hinder the growth of pol­
requires no boards and but >
sections. In some cases this condition len tubes of plants. This is thought
; never sags, bags, otM
has been maintained for so many years to be the reason why tomatoes and
es, and outlasts the posts, fit
that It is accepted by the communities cucumbers do not bear fruit in mid­
plete description and pricak
as one of the ordinary incidents of life summer in Arizona, Strong direct sun­
nished on request. Write twi
and becomes a matter of general com­ light in summer also prevents the
ment only during periods of especial plant leaves from assuming the usual tí Page Woven Wire Fence Co., Cox 972. Adrian. Mid
virulence. The facts are, that there green color. Thus, strawberry plants
are comparatively few farm wells lo­ in Arizona are yellow for about three
cated at points not subject to local months in summer even when grown
contamination.
under shade of cheese cloth. When
grown on the north side of a dense
Farmer’s Swear by Their Well».
shade of sorghum or cotton the plants
It is commonly observed that nearly remain green and dense all summer
every farmer believes in the purjty and are probably the most vigorous
of his well water, especially. If the in ths garden.
well has been in use for generations.,
If you like it, pay for it after trying it three months. If Jtt
The fact that his grandfather believed«
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typhoid fever. It is sometimes the territory of operation is extended into
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I CURED MY RUPTI
P age P oultry F ence C osts L e
THE POCKET GOPHER.
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by having the roots cut off. These or the soil dry, the gases are dissipated
mounds also prevent close mowing, bo so rapidly that a large quantity of the
that much of the hay crop Is lost, liquid Is required to kill the animals
while the pebbles they contain often and the method becomes too expensive.
break or injure farm machinery. The If, however, the burrows are simple and
loss due to gopher mounds In the clover and the soil moist, blsulphld may be
had alfalfa fields In some of the West­ used successfully. For pocket gophers
en states has been conservatively esti­ an ounce of the liquid for each burrow
mated at one-tenth of the entire crop, Is sufficient. The carbon blsulphld Is
in many of the fertile valleys where poured over a bunch of cotton, rags, or
gophers abound they are by far the other waste material and this quickly
most formidable of the farmer's anim- pushed Into the burrow, which should
be closed at once.
41 enemies.
Pocket gophers may bo destroyed by
Co-Operation Necessary.
poison, by traps, and by the use of ear­ Any farmer may readily rid his prem­
•on bisulphid.
ises of gophers by the use of poison or
traps.
Unless, however, the entire
Poisoning Pocket Cophers.
community
unites In active and Intelli­
Poisoning with strychnine is th* gent co-operation
the destruction of
most effective means known for killing the animals, the on
cleared area will be
these little animals, and, as It involves sooner or later Invaded
from neighbor­
Jie least expenditure of money and ing premises, and the work
of destruc­
•abor, the Biological Survey recom­ tion must be repeated. Co-operation
mends It for general use. As a rodent only will «Sect a radical cure. When
poison to he used by farmers, Btryeh-
alne has several advantages. Its act­
ion Is sure, Its deadly character is
known to most per so us, and Its bitter
taste Is an additional safeguard against
mistaking It for a harmless drug.
Strychnia sulphate is the most conven­
ient form of the poison, since it Is
Unsafe
freely soluble In hot water and In the
Location
natural Juice of vegetables used as bait.
For Farm
To disguise Its bitterness so that ro­
dents may not bo deterred from eating
Well.
the baits, sugar Is often employed, or
the strychnine may be mixed with Its
own bulk of commercial saccharine.
CLAt
A sugar syrup poisoned with strych­
nine may be used with excellent re­
sults. It Is prepared as follows:
Dissolve an ounce of strychnia sul­
phate In a pint of boiling water. Add
• pint of thick sugar syrup, and stir
thoroughly. The syrup Is usually
•cc.Aed by adding a few drops of oil
of anise, but this Is not essential. If
preserved in a closed vessel, the syrup
will keep Indefinitely.
The above quantity Is sufficient to
poison a half bushel of shelled corn or
other grain (corn recommended), the
cereal being steeped In hot water and
allowed to soak over night. It Is then
drained and soaked for several hours
in the poisoned syrup. Before using,
Farm Well
corn meal may be added to take up the
Located on
•xceas of moisture.
Dry crystals of strychnine also may
High
be used. They are introduced by
LOAM
Ground
and
means of a knife, Into small pieces of
potato, carrot, or sweet potato, or into
Free From
entire ralslna or dried prunes A sin­
Contamina-
gle large crystal (or several small
ones) Is enough for each bait Raisins
are especially recommended because
they are easily handled and contain
enough sugar to disguise the bitter­
ness of the poison.
The prepared baits are placed In the
and th* _____
water
underground runways of the gophers coopérative effort« for the extermina­ well sweep wore used______
and are conveniently handled with a tion of gophers over a considerable area taken from the surface, no disagree­
spoon A stout dibble is used to make are attempted, careful attention must able features were noted. It was found
holes Into the runways. Having lo­ be given to waste lands along fences, upon examination that the sink drain
cated the runways by use of the dibble. streams, public highways, and rail­ which had been in use for generations
It is moved from side to side to make roads Such places are favorite haunts passed close to the well and a large
the soil firm about the hole, and then of the animals, because in them are part of the drainage emptied into it.
withdrawn. A piece of the poisoned found loose, sandy soil, moisture, and This organic matter settled to the bot­
potato or raisin or n teaspoonful of succulent roots for food. It Is from tom of the well and became' putrid.
the poisoned corn Is dropped Into the such resorts that adjoining farms are Whenever the pump was used the
hole which Is left open. Some farmers often restocked with pocket gophers.
vater containing this foul matter was
prefer to cover the holes, but the exper­
drawn from the lower part of the well,
There are 51.000 colored school while that obtained from the top by
ience of the Agriculture Department
teacher! In the United 8Utee—7,700 means of the well sweep was above the
Is against such practice.
men
and 18,300 women.
By this method little labor Is necea-
contamination and did not give evi­
sary, and the operator soon acquiree
dence of disagreeable odor or taste,
Blind
horses
never
err
in
choosing
•kill In finding ths runways The bait
although It contained In solution a
their
diet
when
grazing.
Their
sense
runways
should be placed In the main
large amount of filthy matter The de­
and not In the short laterals near the of smell guides them Infallibly tn the plorable feature of this situation is
mounds. If placed tn the laterals, the selection of food.
that It requires tn the majority of
animals are likely to cover It with
cases only the exercise of common
•oil or throw It out without finding
The caaba, or sacred «tone of Mecca. sense in the selection of a point at
IL A skillful operator can go over 30 Is recovered every year with
which a safe well may be sunk
to 40 acres of badly Infested land In •ent by tha Sultan or Khedive
The accompanying illustrations
a day. and, if the work 1« carefully
show safe and unsafe well locations
««vertag has, M
done at n fttre w»-nn the pocket gopher* ITI.OW.
That showing ths Improper location Is
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