The Syracuse Journal, Volume 20, Number 42, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 14 February 1929 — Page 6

Air View of a Huge New Hydro-Electric Plant —' "A. »«■&»►» I >* 4 - .- -.'■>y-- f .BMg3agaj,. 'pjur* jgMjEr^ wiw - - '■ \ iHr MmMIWKP ■• ■ • <■: ' ■ ' " ‘ ■'■' '• ■' '' ■ • . ' ' ' '. . -: ■-' ’ } : i *#** EBB | IraMwHwL Smu - I^ll xJwwWrrllWl JSt ■■' < - An excellent air view of.the new hydro-electric plant of the Gatineau l ower company, near I‘augan. Quebecone of the largest hydroelectric stations on the continent. The power house is designed for 272.(MM1 horse power in eight generators df-24,000 horse power each. The main dam is 917 feel long, backing up the river 30 miles and , creating a bead of p 4 feet Eventually the station will deliver 1.190.0W.(W kilowatt hours a year. Tokyo’s Fire Department Is Fully Motorized I ■ . .' - . ■ <■ LA& ■ w w _■_ ggMM The motorized tire department of Tokyo, assembled for its annual inspection by army officers. This was the ■ department s first review since it was completely motorized with American equipment.

BATTLING JOHN D.» JR. Z / >. J V vwi *** *?&• ■■HL . >/ *“'■’“> ,x*f |o|l # F Col. Robert \V. Stewart, chairman ,of the board of the Standard Oil com,‘pany of Indiana, who is engaged in a with John D. Rockefeller, Jr., .for enough proxies to control the annual meeting of the company. Rockefeller demanded ” the resignation of Stewart and the colonel refused. NEW SKI RECORD I I w » I A Z Casper Oimen, riding for the Norge Ski club of Chicago, carried off major honors at the Dunes club ski tournament at Miller. Ind. He won the class A championship with marks of j."7 and 166 feet and the long standing jump with a leap of 169 feet, the latter a new record. Worth Weight in Gold. French economists estimate that Mont Blanc is worth its weight in gold to their country. The famous mountain draws thousands of tourists every year and these leave $16,(M|),000 in France before they go home. * Long Day and Night In the northern parts of Lapland unbroken daylight and darkness last from two to three months each; through the greater part of tne coun try the sun does not rise in midwin ter nor set in jpidsummer. Enanring Leniency A woman will overlook any conduct on the part of her husband if be never Intimates that the new hat <?psf too much- thinks the critic in the Amer Mn- •

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SHORT ITEMS TO REMEMBER

Japanese children are engaging in a dental hygiene campaign. The magnetic poles are more than 1,000 miles away from the geographic poles. About twenty asteroids, or small planets are added each year to the astronomer’s catalogue. New automatic welding equipment makes It possible to manufacture metal railroad ties from scrap rails.

Archeologists are clearing the Circus Maximus at Rome, a task which may take ten years. In Norway; vaccination is not compulsory, but a person cannot vote at an election unless he has been vaccinated. Foresters, seeking the seed of conebearing trees for planting, watch the sqtairrels and raid their large hordes of cones.

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Mote 1 oßr ill v"> WIRE CYLINDERS PRESERVE TREES One of Best Methods of Protecting Orchards. Peaches from trees lightly prune*! have sold for 25 to 50 cents more pei bushel than from trees heavily pruned. While the increases in yield per tree are not so ueavy, light pruning does give better color, more uniform fruit, higher marketability and a retluceil pruning cost. “Due to the foliage caused byheavy pruning, the color of the peaches is poor and insect and disease injury is .usually greater,” says M. E. Gardner of the Department of Horticulture at the North Carolina State college. “The bearing area is also restricted. Light pruning together with careful thinning always pays best." But. states Mr. Gardner, the grower must remember that there are three stages in pruning a peach tree. These are, the formative period when the tree is so pruned as to get its scaffold branches, the transition period when the tree is changing from heavywood growth to fruit production and the fruiting period when light pruning will pay best. Mr. Gardner states that after the formative period, the modern tendency has been toward lighter pruning. This has resulted in decreased pruning costs, larger yields, better color and more first grade fruit per tree. Light pruning, explains Mr. Gardner. consists of thinning the tree enough to admit sunlight and a free circulation of air with a minimum of heading back. 'Frees that have been lightly pruned for a period of years have a spreading habit and the limbs bear down under the weight of the fruit. This not only opens up the tree to admit sunlight but also puts most of the peaches within reach of ground, pickers. It also gives a better distribution of fruit throughout the tree and seems to establish a better balance between root system and top. Northern Spy Will Set Fruit With Own Pollen As for pollination, the Northern Spy Is supposed to be one of the few varieties that will set fruit with its own pollen. Any variety, however, is benefited by having several varieties nearby for cross pollination. - Senator Dunlap of Illinois, one of the most experienced fruit men in the country has often said that the most productive orchards are those that are mixed plantings. Almost any variety other than Baldwin and Greening will be good. Rome Beauty, which blossoms about the same time, or a little earlier than the Spy is perhaps best suited to meet its late blossoming habits. Delicious. Oldenburg and As trachan are also good pollenizers. although there are some growers whe feel that these three varieties blossom pretty early 7 for Northern Spy. Illinois Apple Trees Attacked With Measles A new apple tree disease of recent jears, “measles,” is adding to the troubles of fruit growers in Illinois. It shows up as numerous blister-like pimples on the younger twigs—reddish on some varieties, and looking much like measles. The trees are stunted and die after a few years, wholly or in part. This disease seems to be “catching.’’ It spreads through the orchard from year to year. Some of the fruit experts think that it’s caused by a virus which insects carry about. No cure is known. Spraying or even pruning out the diseased limbs does little good. Whether digging up and burning affected trees would help, is uncertain The Illinois Agricultural college is trying to find the cause of the trouble and a cure. Good Cultivation Given Orchards Much Favored Good cultivation of both young an.l old orchards, from early spring until about the middle of July or August first, will not only tend to prevent serious injury by field mice but will generally do much toward making the trees more vigorous and healthy and consequently more profitable. Trash, litter, and dead grass and weeds which may form a harbor for the meadow mouse should be kept away from the tree trunks. Where cultivation cannot be practiced on xteounf of soil washing or for other reasons, hoeing a strip a few feet wide around the tree trunks to keep the space cleared of weeds, litter and mulch will help materially in preventing injury. Repellent Washes The following washes tend to protect tree trunks from injury by rabbits, field mice and borers: Dormant strength lime-sulphur (1-7). white wash (slaked lime five pounds to 50 gallons), nicotine sulphate (half-pint to 50 gallons), soap suds (five pounds to 50 gallons). The effectiveness of all these washes may usually be increased by adding dry arsenate of lead at the rate of about two to three pounds to 50 gallons, and may be applied by moans of the spray pump. Proper Pruning Pruning to correct the shape or form of the tree in order to develop strong branches which will carry a heavy load of fruit is required. Beyond this, however, severe pruning should be avoided. A light pruning each year will keep the branches prop erly spaced and in balance. Pruning should be reduced to the ipinimum as the trees come into bearing. It I.® well know that the most pnxiuctivi orchards are usually the ones receiv tag the least smoitat of prosing.

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