Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 54, Number 10, Jasper, Dubois County, 8 December 1911 — Page 2
Dairymen Should Prepare for Winter
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DEVICE FOR PLANTING TREES
f Board About Seven Feet
i Long With Notch In Middle Will De Found Convenient. After the ground has been laid out f t the planting of trees, by moans of r..kos straight In all directions, tho i ict a shown In the cut will be a p:tat 1 lp In getting the trees exact- ' i-r. tbe stake has stood. Take a board about seven feet long, notch it on one side In the mlddlo.
The season has arrived when the dairyman should prepare for disagreeable weather. No dairyman can af
ford to allow his herd to be exposed
A Poorly Dram-d Barn Yard.
without regard to the character of the weather and left there until about four p. m. The west side of the lot
! was sheltered by a building. In a cor-
to cold rains and chilly nights, as ner of which was erected a small open
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such troatment will surely effect the
size of his milk, cream or butter check. When old barns aro being used the cracks on the sides should be covered, leaky roofs patchod and broken window glass replaced. Tho stalls should be reconstructed or replaced so that the cows may keep both clean and comfortable. How much satisfaction a man can get from having these things finished before cold weather really commences, and how delighted bo feels on a cold rainy evening to know that his stock are as comfortably housed as himsolr.
Tho dairy cow is docidedly different
from other farm animals as to her snsltlvonoss to weather conditions The good dairy cow has no protection ! In the way of a covorlng of fat as l1 es the fattening steer or bog Her feed is being converted into milk and Is not being placed upon her back. Any additional warmth required by the dairy cow must be supplied from the food that should be used for milk production. Thus, we may see the economy of carefully protecting the dairy cow from weather elements. Sevoral years ago some experiments wore made at the Purdue Experiment Station by Professor C. S. Plumb, now located at tbe Ohio Agricultural ( ollege. comparing the effect of the proper stabling of cows with that of allowing thorn to be exposed to winter weather conditions. Six ordinary grade cows were dlvidod Into two lots of three cows each, lot I was kept in tbe barn in stalls extopt for about ono hour per day. when the weather was sunny and mild, whan they were turned Into the barn yard. In disagreeable weather, the cows of this lot were turned out only to water and returned at once to the stable. Lot II. was turned Into the yard each morning about eight o'clock
shed. In which was a manger for bay.
The grain of both lots was fed In tho barn, but a noon feed of clover hay was given lot II. in tho yard. All of the cows of both lots -were kept in a comfortable stable over night. The conditions of shelter of lot II. were" better than many cows receive on ordinary farms even during tho day. Theso cows were not oxposed to as rough conditions as often occurs whore stock is turned out over wind-swept fields. Tho experiment was carried on for 4S days. Considering this experiment from a financial standpoint, including cost of food oaten, weight of milk produced and animal weight lost or gained, the following results were obtained in favor of the sheltered lot: Sftvta? In cost of fd aten $ 4.25 VrIu of dtarrnc of milk secured.
iei.1 ins at lie per tzmi 3-71 Value of 31 lbs. at iVtc par pound., i.71 Amount saved by sheltering 3 cows for 4S dar 512.H Amount saved by sheltering one oow for -IS days 4.K As a summary the author states: "(1) Other things being equal, dairy cow3 sheltered from inclement weather will eat lees food than unsheltered ones. (2) Exposure to all sorts of winter weather will cause milch cows tc give lees milk than the same animals
would if properly protected. (3) Tho live weight of unsholtored milch cows in winter' will not be maintained so well as where they are sheltered." In addition to making tho cow stable warm, comfortable and healthful, attention should bo given to the drainage of tho surrounding yards. Cows should not be compelled to stand In and wade through cold water and mud. By properly draining with tile and covering with a pervious material such as cinders or gravol the yards may be kept comparatively dry.
MULCH SMALL FRUIT VINES
Among Many Advantage! It Prevents Growth of Weed and Adds Needed Humus to Soil. A successful West Virginia raspberry grower gives tho following reasons for mulching: it prevents the growth of weeds. It retains moisture In tho soil. It adds humus, one of tho necessary elements. It keeps tho fruit cleaa and prevents mud at picking time. It saves labor, the cost of mulching
an acre wkh lorosi ieai- j an.
not exceeding 515.
It prevents deop framing. It makes the fruit more solid for
cultivation and bettor for shipping purposos.
It prevents the baking of the son
caused by tramping at picking time.
It hap the disadvantage of encourag
ing mice and establishing a surface root system. However, we have not noticed any sorlous damage from either of these effects.
Tho cost of growing raspberries by nature's method, as I like to call It. is not very great Picking Is a nice job where thore is no mud. no weeds and whore the canes nave been prop crly pruned. Don't leave any old canes standing in the field.
DESTRUCTIVE WEB WORM
Device for Planting Trees.
having an Inch hole bored through the center near each end. Lay down the
board with notch to tho stake. Insert pegs through the end holes into the coiL Lift one end of the board and swing around. Now the hole should be dug. When ready to receive the tree, swing back the board in place. In planting, place the tree in the notch so that it will bring it exactly whore the stake stood.
Insect Will Quickly Destroy Tree and Should Be Burned as Soon as They Appear.
In the fall the unsightly webs of this insect are seen all over the land.
The adult, a little white moth, lays
its cccs on the loaves of fruit and
other trees and plants early In summer. The young caterpillars spin the protective web. They are of a pale yellow, with long hairs, two black rows down the body, and a black head. These worms will quickly destroy a treo and should be burned as soon as they appear, because after they have eaten the leaves they drop to tho
ground and spin a little cocoon within
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The Genevieve Who Was Just Dimples
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By ACNES A. CARPENTER Psrdse UwYenkr Agricsltural Exteaiioa
"You don't mean that you really like to cook that there is any enjoyment to be Kotten out of preparing
three meals a day and seeing to It that j tne enj
tho cookie jar does not run dry?
"Yes, that Is exactly what I mean. I do like It. There Is real pleasure, and plenty of it, to be found in cooktry," I roplled to my skeptical friend, provided you look for it and know Low to .ind it." But it is such an endless repetition, Etch a constant, monotonous grind, with nothing at the end hut scraps and a tableful of dishes to be washed."
"That nil depends on your point of view. To me it seems that it is possible to incorporate In the everyday work of cookery all of the elements of tbe best sort of a sport. "In the firBt place, there are the foundation principles, tho scientific backcround. which might be com
pared to the rules of the game. Every sport Is organized according to some specific plan which must be observed. The test of ability comes In following the rules and in winning out on that baßis. This is what gives Initial interest to tho game. Tho rules of the game of cooker' arc laid down by nature. She provided the materials, but the players must learn the laws governing their use and the lawB which control the effects produced on such matorlals by tbe action of natural agencies heat, cold, moisture. Thnan laws are Inexorable. She need
never hope to win who seeks to clr-' rumvont them by short cuts. Surely as deep interest may attach to the study ot those ways' and methods as to the learning of the devlouB regulations of bridge whist "So. too. with all tho other essential elements which enter Into a good game. Competition will ndd zgbI, but this need not necessarily be with others It is always possible to score ngalnot the Colonel, in cooking as well as in golf. "Dexterity, alertness, ability to respond effectively to a Budden change of situation, are some of the valuable lessons to be acquired from tennis.
Where can these qualities bo more effectively developed than In learning tu wield the egg beater, to determine
when the larder Is depleted and tht grocery order has gone wrong? "And what can equal the satisfac
tion felt In winning in the game ol
i cookery? This, after all, is the real I test of tho value ot any sport. Is it
J worth while? We say that we plaj I tho game for Its own sake. But w
don'L Thore must be something at
Our interest is measured
JAPANESE PLUM QUITE HARDY
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Particularly Popular With Eastern
Growers on Account of Early Maturity and Plumpness. Plums of the Japanese variety are
popular with most growers, particularly In the east, because they are
hardy and come on early. Many ot
these varieties are the carllost In tbe
market, and as they are always ot good color, either cherry reds or light
yellows, they sell readily and nnng good prices.
They "will grow won on almost any kind of decent soil, and do not need
to be particularly coddled, although
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by the degree of our success. "And success in cookery means not only the acquirement of interest ic one's work, of quickness, or respon
siveness and of manual dexterity. It meant more. Good health, good tem per, right living, and all these fot others, as well as for oneself. Th best of sport can offer nothing more satisfying. "But just as a good game is spoiled by
too much science, too much seriousness, If you will, so good cookery may be made a burden by too literal an insistence upon the rules. Play fair, by all means, but take pleasure in the game as you go along. "We have all been endowed -with more or less of the priceless gift of Imagination. Put It to UBe in cookery by developing new dishes or new combinations of old ones. Vary the every
day menus. Be on the lookout for new Ideas, both In recipes and in methods
of work, Pon't be afraid to depart
from the old conventions. "Who does not enjoy a campfire din
ncr the frizzled bacon, liberally sprinkled, it may be, with ashes, the
baked-ln-the-flre potatoes, charred to
blackness on the outside, and the
roasted eggs, with a flavor never pos
sessed by a stove-cooked egg? Isn't
the secret of our pleasure found chief
ly In tho fnct that the process of cook
Ing has been an Interesting one? Every
one has taken a hand and wo have bad
a good time doing it?
"Lot's try putting more fun Into our cookery and sec it it does not make
obsolete the phrase 'the drudgery of
housework.' "
that
Genevieve was the dearest llttlo blue-eyed beauty that you ever saw. She was swcot enough to give n man spasms of Joy, just to look at her. Her dimples were as twinkling boautiful as an average beauty's eyes and her dear little hands clung to a man's arm likeoh well, Just like dear little dimpled hands. You can't beat that, anyway. Her smile was a beam of sunshine, and as for her figure! Janics felt for her with tho maddest enthusiasm, and it being a slack season in proposals and this James having clear, grey eyes and a set, determined chin, as well as a good Balary, he married Genevieve. And she lived happy ever
after. James was awfully happy, too, on his honeymoon. He saw life through a rosy mist. He was sure sure that heaven can come to earth, and even more sure that he settled down Into the coziest turner of the sky-parlor. And he put Genevieve and her dimples on a pedestal and worshiped them. James had prepared out of his salary, which was good, but not princely, a home for his bride, and thithor they
went when his leave of absonce was over. He was paying for the house on Installments, and it was charmingly furnished with furniture, not purchased on installments. Genevieve flittod from room to room there were eight rooms to fit about In and "How perfectly sweet!" exclaimed Genevieve. "I think tho reception room will be lovely for card parties." "I am sure you will love the little bit of a library." whispered James. ' The furniture here I had, myself, and though we haven't many books yet. It doesn't look so bare after all. I had a couple of really good etchings, too."
"Those brown, splotchy things? queried Genevieve. "Why, how perfectly awful! I thought from tho way people raved over them that etchings
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a Fall
Web Worm, c Pupa, d-
b Caterpillars. -Moth.
they should have all the care any good fruit treo deservos.
These trees were planted four roars aco in soil from which pine
scrub had been grubbed only a few
weeks bofore. The trees are bearing
well and show fine color and great
Igor. The Japanese plum dlffors from the
domestic varieties In that its leaves are longer, thinner and smoother, and
It has a greater tendency to produce
lateral fruit buds on the annual
growth. Its fruit Is mostly short, round and plump.
The Japanese plum Is less liable to
nJury from curculio and black-knot
than the domestic variety. -Mr. ruilerton says that up to this time his
trees have shown no signs of disease or attack from Insects of any kind.
which they hide themselves and then , change back to the chrysalis state.
There aro two broods of this Insect
In the south every year and one in the north.
Spraying with Paris green when the
worms are very young will destroy
them. London purple !b also used with success. When they are discovered in large numbers the limbs containing the worms should be cut ofl and carried out of tho orchard and burned. The caterpillars will first eat all tho loavos within tbe web. then those nearest by. often defoliating the entire tree. The worm Is noticeably set with tufts of bristle-like projections. This insect is sometimes confused with the tent caterpillar which appears In the spring and builds Its web In the forks of the limbs.
Food for Calves.
Teed tho calf lightly until it Is fiTe to sevon weeks old. giving not over ten to twelve pounds of milk dally.
Later, tho amount may bo Increased
to 14 or 16 pounds, and at three months may, though not always, go
to about twenty poundB. The amount
fed, however, must bo carefully regu
latcd by the ability ot the calf to han
dle it without Bcourlng.
GRAPES FRESH ALL WINTER
French Growers Cut Bunches In Such
Way That Part of Vine Can Be Placed In Water.
IHü' ll'T.ili i.K ! 1 ' i ! i 1 1
"I Don't See What You Keep Those Old Things For.
A clever French process by which rlne growers in France are able to market fresh outdoor grapes all through the winter Is thus described. Bunches cf the finest grapes when ripe in autumn are cut In such a way that to each bunch a piece of the vine five or six Inches long remains attached. From this piece the stems of the bunch hang, an arrangement vitally necessary to the success of the operation.
A large number of the wide-mouth
bottles, filled with In a cellar and In
each Is Inserted the pieces of vino stem, the bunches of grapes banging outside. The grapes do not touch the water, but aro thus supplied with moisture through the vine Btcm, which In Immersed in water. By this process choice varieties of table grapes are kept lit perfect condition for the whole winter.
Plum trees at ten years should pro duce one bushel. Cherry trees at eight years shoult produce one bushel. Pear trees at twelve yoars shoult produce three bushels. Apple trees at fifteen yoars shoult produce three bushels. Ringing or girdling the vine maj sometlmos bo ußed to advantage. Promptly gather up and burn al bmsh and rubbish in the orchard. Don't permit the strawberries tc go Into winter quarters filled with weeds or grass. An orchard will live longer, bear
better and be more profitable by being
well cultivated and enriched.
Straw is recommended by almost every farm publication as a winter
covering for strawberry plants.
It Is said that cherries cannot be
grown profitably at any great dls
water. Is ranged t tance from large bodies of water.
tbe open end of The city dealer profits by the lazl
ncss of the grower, by grading and
repacking his badly assorted fruit.
When spraying do not work with
bare hands, meyu oe sore it you
do. Put on a pair of rubber gloves.
Very few pears arc at their best If
allowed to ripen on the tree. A good
rule Is to pick when the seeds have
turned brown.
were pretty! Well, never mind, I'll put up some Gibson girls and that'll help Eome. You don't really like them, James?" Well, James did. But this was the home-coming of his bride and what
j on earth could etchings matter? ! Sweetheart would soon learn little I things like that. So he said to himi self with his Hps down on sweetI heart's golden hair. , i . i jij
uooaness, wnere on curm uiu ;uu
get so many books?" Inquired that dimpled darling, who was all tangled up In James heartstrings. "It always
makes me dizzy to try to read a book.
Mamma said it didn't matter anyway.
What were you saying? Get more books? I should say not! I did not
think you were so extravagant, James!"
'The piano is lovely," she re
marked later, "and we must get Kitty
to come out and play for us. fahe knows all tho latest rags. I always hated so to practice. Kitty's simply great on music!" James remembered Kitty. She was great. Even James gasped a bit. "I think I will go upstairs and unpack," Eald Gcnevlove, slipping from James arms as he was Bhowlng her the pictures of his own family a perfectly nice family down In the country. The portrait of his mother
was a very old portrait, taken shortly before her death. He had missed his mother. "I don't see what you keep those old things for," Bald his Genevieve. There was a blank in James heart for a minute a perfect blank where he had dreamed in those rosy, misty dreams of his what his wife's sweet womanly sympathy and affection would be. "She Is just a petted baby," sold James hastily to himself. "She didn't think, that's all." Well we do not usually expect to measure delicacy of feeling by Intellectual powe-. And yet. when you
come to think of it, a very siilj hereon is apt to be obtuse, too. So Gonoviovo went upstairs o pack hor trousseau. When sh called down to dinner by tho oiu ' A she canio In n nogllgeo and with a . o of dust on her nose. Tho little homo of Jarnos was ir a nice suburb and nil the nice neii.i. -a enmo to call. Thou Genevieve rtturr. A their calls and gave dear little '1 partlos. Every week sho gave , which, when you come to think, ' ". is rathor often. Thoy played Lr i, , too. It took real money, because Genevieve would havo thifigs nice. . - said: "All that lovely cut glass a 1 silver go to waste? I should 6ay not ' So James' money went to wasto in caterers. For Gencvlcvo knew nc u lng about housekeeping, aud It nu' her dizzy to learn. It raado Ja s dizzy to look at tho bills, but Jat i had no dimples and his eyes wro plain gray, so what did it matter'' Then James took Genevieve on h 3 knee ono evening and explained her about the bills. She listened rr- r.
ly, and when he flnlshod sho nw. 1 "Oh, I forgot to tell you there's a l'o of a coral bracelet coming out tcr row nobody hero has anything fc It. I'm so pleased about it." And ' poor man found sho had not e.tn been listening much. Ho was startled and he may li.no been a bit harsh. At least, he g"' .p rather suddenly and said in i word. But Genevieve's dimples ro In full play. She said, "Why. J -i. don't you wnnt your wifo to mako a propor appearance?" This happened sevoral times a 1 perhaps more. And Genevieve wc.
to the matinee every week, too. W r. o love notes to the matinee hero. Why, certainly not! She was a young ira-
tron, you perfectly horrid thing'. Tno most sho ever dreamed of writing w-s just a lino to tell hlra how sho appreciated him. The rosy mists were shredd ng
away and tho pedestal was memrg just like the merest clay. When ba' y Gencvlcvo came the pedestal git
firmer. But only for a little, Ii" o while. Then they had a nurse anl Genovieve attended to hor social da ties as usual. Thev gave up housekeeping years
ago and are staying at a family hotel, where Genevieve is much admired. Genevieve tho Loss Is also becoming, without the shadow of a doubt, tto
Image of her charming mother ard yet James doesn't seem pleased about It.
He Is struggling along, rather, because his salary seems about eaten up when he pays the hotel bills. Ho owns no property, of course. They sold their house when they moved
to the hotel. It was mortgaged anyway. Genevieve tho Elder often says to
her husband that If she had known how limited Eis salary would keep her she never would have married him. To her friends she admits that she mlfL' have done better, and states that sho is going to sec, at least, that Gene vleve the Younger docs not throw her self away. To Gencvlcvo the younger she says In the presence of James, "I'm sure I do all I can for you socially, but your father never seems to appreciate need for money. Though I'm euro that other men manago to make pHt ty to keep their families In comfort " And Genevieve the Younger it Is not fair to anything so lovely to call her merely "little Jenny" Gcnev leva tho Younger thinks, "Poor papa Is getting old anyway. I do hope that when I marry" (CopyrlKht. by Associated Literary Tress.;
When Twentieth Century Began. Tho twentieth century began on tho ... 1...mrv 1QH1 In COm
mon usage tho first century means tho years A. D. 1100; tho second century the years A. D. 101200; anü the nineteenth century the years A. v 1S01 1900. Tho fifth century beforo Christ was 500401 B. C. A century begins with the beginning of the first day in Its first year, and does not end until tho close of the last in Its hundredth year. This mode of reckoning is often confused with the common mode of stating the age of a person. A person born at the beginning of the Christian era would he called oie year old during his second year, thai Is during the course of tho year two. ho would bo called two during the
years three, and forty during tho coi forty-one, etc.
The English Accent. "The EngllBh like to find fault wltb our American accent," said ProfHarry Thurston Peck, at a dinner It New York, "but now jtnd then a storj crops Mp that shows how far froni faultlpRS tho English accent Itself W "A Chicago millionaire, at a dan" In Cadogan squnre during the recent London season, said to an elder r duchess: 'Duchess, may I have this
"Tm sorry, the duchess answered, but I'm so tlredl must rest. I am. la fact, danced out.' "Oh, not darned stout.' said " Chlcagoan politely, 'only pleasantly so."