The Syracuse Journal, Volume 24, Number 11, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 9 July 1931 — Page 7

The Plains of Abraham « « « « By JAMES OLIVER CURWOOD » . » . © by Doubleday Doran Co, Inc. WNU Service.

CHAPTER Xl!—Continued • —22— He made no confidants, and no one "knew his story. An officer found he was acquainted with the country, and . tie was made a Lake George scout In time to be captured by Rogers and his rangers on Christmas eve of 1756. He ♦scaped in January and was back at Fort Carillon early in February, when tie learned that Paul Tache had been one of the French officers at Oswego, and that he had been killed. Jeems felt a pahg of regret Lately he had been thinking of Paul Tache and of Toinette’s mother, wondering what their attitude would be when some day tie told them what had happened after the massacre at Tontetir manor. There Is no letter of information which covert the lapse in Jeems’ military history between February and August of 1757, at which time he was present at the capture of Fort William Henry, or Fort George, and witnessed the massacre of Its English garrison by uncontrollable French In dians led by the Abenakis. Here Jeems must have experienced an unusual shock, for soon after the killing, when In their madness some of the Indians were cooking English flesh on spits nnd In kettles, he came upon the til ack-frock ed pfiest who had accompanied the Abenakis and found him to be the Jesuit. Pierre Roubaud, who had imide Toinette his wife at Chenufsio. Father Roubaud was even then preparing that eyewitness document which was destined to become a valuable part of Jesuit nnd French English history, nnd whose hundred or more age-yellowed pages, written mostly by torchlight amid scenes of horror, one may read In the Jesuit . archives nt Quebec. The priest saw Jeems. but so Intent was he upon his task and sb great were the changes wrought j by sixteen nionths that he did not recognize him, and Jeems left tils presence without making himself known. After Fort William Henry and the brilliant French successes which preceded It, Jeems began to feel the Inevitable pressure which is bound to crush the life from a country that ts enormously outweighed by its antagonist. The English colonies had put an end to quarrels among themselves, and a million and a half people were set In motion against the eighty thousand In New France, and behind this Inundating force were powerful English armies and a still more powerful English navy already Inspired by Pitt and Wolfe. As Te Deums were sung because of his victories. Montcalm knew that NeW France was hovering nt the brink of ruin, but at no time did the outcome J of his heroic contest press ■with greater certainty himself than upbn Jeems. 1 As the captured cannon were rushed from Fbrt William Henry to .Ticonderoga. Jeems surrendered himself, as Montcalm was doing in another Way, to the last chapter In hj.s fate. There •was no goal at which he could alm, nothing for which ho could,play: winning for Canada, should the ihlrncle ■of ultinjate victory come, could hold no more of solace and happiness for film than defeat at the hands of the English. There were times when his French and English body was divided against Itself, when his mother nnd Hepsihajh Adams and all they stood for looked upon him questionlngly from out of the past as if he had turned traitor to some precious part <if them, yet In such away that they could not condemn him. In hours like these, the spirit of Toinette came to tils side and placed her hand in his. nnd he knew it was for her he was fighting, for the home which would bare been theirs, for the country she ■would have made a paradise for him. She grew nearer as the sureness of an approaching end crept upon him. and be felt the beginning of a comfort he had not known before.* It wag the consolation of something about to happen. Something that was tremendous and final. Something that would have to do with her and with him. He knew what it was and waited patiently for It as another year passed. Then came Ticonderoga, that July *. 1758. when over a space of a hundred acres one could not walk without staining the soles of his shoes ■with French or English blood—that red day in history and heroism when three thousand toil-worn, harassed soldiers of New France faced six . thousand British regulars and nine thousand American militiamen; the day on which Jeems and his comrades drove back the waves of scarlet and gold and a thousand kilted Highlanders of the Black Watch led by Duncan Campbell of Inverawe. until, as Montcalm wrote to his wife, even the bullet-scarred trees seemed to be dripping blood. Through hours of tumult and death, Jeems loaded and fired, and stabbed with his bayonet, and the thing for which be was watting did not come. Men fell around him, tens and scores and hundreds of them, as the day wore on. He saw whole ranks shiver, and crumble before blasts of fire. Rut when it was ended and the English dropped back in a last smashing defeat, he was unscathed except for bruises and powder burns on his flesh. But Montcalm and this puzzled Jeems. The army began to the truth as. weary and footlire. it turned toward Quebec. Rafolly, intrigue, and falsehood at the heart of New France HnJ It was honeycombed by the rot■Fness of dissolution. Montcalm was one star of hope, and as autumn came, then winter, it seemed to Jeems that Montcalm’s God had deserted him. The St. Lawrence was tided with British ships. The harvest was meager, and a barrel of flour cost two hundred francs. Even Montcalm ate horseMesh. SUU he did not lose faith In

God. A thousand scoundrels headed by Vaudreull had fattened on the nation’s downfall, and be- prayed for ’ them. “What a. country I" he exclaimed. ’’Here all the knaves grow | rich and the honest men are ruined." i A fighting man. a man of sword and ' death, he kept ids faith to the end. “If we are driven from the St. Law- i rence,” he wrote Jo his wife, "we will i descend the Mississippi and make a i final stand for France among the l swamps of Louisiana.” Thus planned arid prayeo the man whose blea .hed skull is now shown to < visitors in the Ursuline convent at Quebec. Through the spring and sum- I mer of 1759, Jeems watched the spiders as they wbve their web ever < closer about Quebec, the last French | stronghold In America. It was in May I of 1750 that Toinette had been killed. < and it was in May of 1759 that he first i saw from the Montmorenci shore the mighty rock whicfj so long had been the mistress of th» New world. i Four months later, on the most eventful September 13 of written history—that “To-morrow Morning” which will never be forgotten—he stood on I the Plains of Abraham. i Montcalm’s God was about to complete an immaculate elegy which hung < in the air like a mighty chorus waiting for a whispered 'command to begin. To Jeems Bulain, facing the sun and the thin red line qf the British across the meadows where Abraham Martin had grazed his cartie. fate was bringing an end to uncertainty and chaos. It had missed hifn at Fort William Henry, at' Ticonderoga, at Montmorenci. but hens he could feel its presence—an escape—a release from bondage—something greater than iron | or flesh—as the crimson lines drew nearer. He felt ithe spirit of what I Montcalm had stjild to his doomed 1 heroes a few minutes before. “God Is -1 surely watching fever' the Plains us : Abraham today.” ' - -4— 'i CHAPTER XIII j—It was ten o’clock, the hour of the At dawn it had been foggy; at six showers had fallen; now it was hot. It might have been July Instead of September. In darkness twenty- ' four British volunteers had the steep height fimm the river, hang- ' ing to bushes, djlgglng their fingers' Into crevices of rock, crawling with their faces against the earth, making their way foot by foot. "I am afraid 1 you cannot do If.” Wolfe had said, looking at the pitilke blackness above. But they did. Nameless In history, they destroyed the Old map of the world and put another in its place. In that hour twenty-four men ruined France, gave rise to a greater England, created a new nation. At the top. Vetgor. the French officer, slept soundly with his guards. To j him fate might nave given the glory ' of keeping the old map Intact. But he wns killed before he could wipe the daze of slumber from his eye& ( IVolfe’s path was made, and like a thin .stream of red ants the British ‘ continued to ascfend the trail widen had been hlaxed for. them. Vaudreull, the s governor, the arch- j villain who lost half a continent for , France, lay In his cozy nest of in- j iquity a short .distance away dream- ( Ing of sensual days with the faithless ■ Madame de Paean and planning a future with the king’s own mistress, La , Pompadour. Across the St Charles, , expecting the British in a different di- | rection, sleepless, worn, robbed of every chance to win by the weakness and imbecility of this favorite of a king's mistress, ;was Montcalm. Jeems was with the battalion of | Guienne which bad come up from its camp on the St. Charles at six o’clock j in the morning, its white uniforms ( thronging the rlrige of Buttes-a-Neveu, from which it beheld the British mole- ‘ hill growing into a mountain.

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Charles Dickens, as Is well known, had very little use for politicians. Indeed. throughout all his writings this disdain, which amounts frequently to utter disgust. Is; reflected. It was but natural, therefore, that Premier Disraeli should come under his fire. Referring to the statesman once In’ private conversation, he spoke bitterly of “that dog" carrying on tn parliament. Within « few months he met Disraeli for the first time. He could hardly wait to write to a friend. “What a delightful fellow he is’ What a pity it is that he should ever have abandoned literature for politics!*’ The incident Ils significant from two standpoints. 11; Is another striking illustration of how a man big and broad and sympathetic enough to conceive “Dombey and Son." “Little Dorrit" and .“David Copperfield” is happy to correct a hastily formed erroneous Impression. And It reveals again the —s —-— ' Pacific Mystery Easter Island is called the “Unsolved Mystery of the Pacific" because of the scattered presence of hundreds of immense heads ca rved out of stone which are to be seen. some standing erect while others are down upon the ground. Their meaning is only conjectural and no one has ever offered any explanation which is generally accepted. Apparently Easter Island was chosen as the graveyard for the chiefs of a large island archipelago which suddenly disappeared. The thousands of slaves who were kept at work carving out these images were left without food and fell upon each other until only a few remained. The story of all these events was never recorded and can be read only by inference.

About him Jeems saw. the Plains of Abraham, and a strange song was in his heart as he thought that Toinette had been of this soli and that her great-great-grandfather had given name to the earth soon to run red with blood. The Putins were wide and level in most parts, with bushes and trees and cornfields dotting them here and there. They were the front yard to Quebec, a field of destiny lying between the precipitous descents to the St. Lawrence on one side and the snakelike, lazy St Charles on the other, with a world of splendid terrain spreading in a panorama under the eyes. As he lay watching with the men of Guienne, Jeems could scarcely have guessed that this scene of pastoral beauty was the stage upon which one of the epic tragedies of all time was about to be enacted. A feeling of rest possessed him, as If a period had come to mark the end of the confusion and unhappiness which had held him a victim for three years, and he i felt mysteriously near the presence of influences he couid not see. He was a product of times when faith in the spiritual guidance of the affairs of men was strong, and It was not difficult for him to conceive that Toinette was close at his side, whispering in words which only his soul could hear that he had come home. s . Six o’clock grew Into seven, seven into eight, and eight into nine. In j front of him England was forming. ■ Behind him. tricked and outgeneraled. , Montcalm was rushing in mad haste '■ across the St. Charles bridge and un- I der the northern rampart of Quebec j to enter the city through the Palace gate. At the edge of the Plains of Abraham the boyish Wolfe, poet and philosopher, was preparing for glory or doom. In the quaint, narrow streets of the town were gathering hordes of Indians in qpalp locks and war paint, troops of starved and cheated Canadians ready to make a last stand for their homes, battalions of Old France in white uniforms and with gleaming bayonets, battle-scarred veterans of Sarre and Languedoc and Roussillon and Bearn, fed on meager rations for weeks but eager to fight for Montcalm. Ahead /where Jeems was looking, were quiet and order and the stoic sureness of England's morale. Behind were courage and chivalry and the iron sinews of heroes in the throes of excitement and undisciplined rush. Jeems saw none of this and nothing beyond the distant red lines. The Plains lay in sunshine, with bird wings flashing, crows feeding in the cornfields. The earth was a great oriental rug warnj with autumn tintlngs, the woods yellow and gold in a frame about it The guns of Samos, of Sillery, of the boats in the river made sleepy detonations, and on the rise of Buttes-a-Neveu Jeems might have slept, lulled by that never-ending monotony of sound, the warmth of the sun, the blue of the sky, the stillness of the Plains. Re closed his eyes, and the sliver and gold mists of sunsets rose about MH, the ends of day* in which he saw the Plains peopled again, first by Ab*Uham Martin and bis cows a hundrtd and thirty-four years before, then Toinette, his father and mother, Hepsibah Adams—and himself. Here was a place he had known, a place hl» feet had trod, his soul had lived. He heard the earth whispering these things, the earth which he held between his fingers as if it were Toinette’s hands. In the town, priests and nuns were praying, and a bell sent forth its melody, a cheer to man, another appeal 3 to God. New France was on her knees, and Montcalm was on the Plains, some of his men coming through the gate of St Louis and some through that of St John, breathless and eager, to where the banners of Guienne fluttered on the ridge. (TO BS CCNTINUED.)

suave dexterity of Benjamin Disraeli. It is evident that the premier talked not of politics that day to Charles Dickens, but of literature. And he made of him a friend. Disraeli was always making friends—just like that. —Omaha World-Herald. Origin of Handclasp “How do you do?” you say when you meet a friend, and Instinctively you shake hands with him or her. But why do, you do It? Shaking hands la such a common form of greeting that we rarely take the trouble to consider why it is «o. In the warlike times of centuries ago. when It was the custom to be armed, men took the simple precaution of grasping each other’s right hand when they met. so that if one of them should prove hostile he could not seise his sword or dagger. From the ancient habit of grasping the weapon hand grew up our modern custom by offering our right hands to be clasped by friends or acquantances. Long Freight Trains The average number of cars carried by freight trains in 1923 was 48 per train. The Erie railroad ran a train of 251 cars, 8,547 feet long, on July 23. 1914. The train weighed 17.912 tons In November, 1914, the New Haven ran a train from Victoria. Va., to Roanoke of 201 cars. 8.482 feet long, weighing 14.573 tons and making the 123 miles in 7 hours and 35 minutes. Both the New Haven and Virginian trains had only four loaded cars. The Canadian Pacific ran a wheat train of 135 cars, weighing 8,275 tons. This is about the heaviest train rua for that number of can.

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& Improved Uniform Internationa] Sunday School * Lesson ’ (By REV. P. B. FITZWATER. D D.. Member ot Faculty. Moody Bible Institute of Chicago.) (©. 1931 Western Newspaper Union. > Lesson for July 12 THE PREACHING OF THE APOSTLES LESSON TEXT—Acts 3:11-4:31. TEXT—And now. Lord, behold th-eirlthreatenings: and grant unto thy servants, that with all boldness lhey may speak thy word. PRIMARY TOPIC —Peter Preaches * Sermon. JUNIOR TOPlC—Peter Preaching tn Jerusalem. INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOPIC—Two Brave Preachers. YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPlC—Apostolic Preaching. 1. Peter Preaching Before the Multitude (Acts 3:JLI-26). L The audience secured (v. 11). In appreciation of his healing the cured cripple took hold of Peter and John, calling attention to these men as his healers. 2. Disclaimed miracle-working power (v. 12). Though the miraculous healing of the cripple focused attention upon Peter and John. Peter immediately turned attention from himself to Christ. 3. Proclaimed Jesus as the Messiah w. 13-18). Pointing to the healed man. Peter declared that It was through faith in Jesus that this man was given “perfect soundness.” He declared that the very one whom they had “delivered up,” “denied in the presencj of Pilate,” "and killed," God had raised from the dead. 4. A call to repentance (vv. 19-21). Despite their aggravated crime in murdering the “Just and Holy One,” Peter called upon them to repent, assuring them that their sins would be blotted out and that they would enjoy refreshing seasons when God would send Jesus Christ back to earth to consummate the work of redemption. 5. Appeal to the Scriptures (w. 2226). The warnings and promises are based upon the words of Moses and the prophets. 11. Peter Preaching to the Sanhedrin (Acts 4:1-21). 1. Peter and John arrested (vv, 1-4). The healing of the lame man caused such a stir that the people flocked to see the man. Advantage was taken of this occasion to preach Jesus Christ to them. As a result of this preaching, five thousand believed. Such a following caused great alarm. The priests were intolerant because these new teachers were encroaching upon their ministerial functions. The Sadducees were angered beyond measure to be told that the One whom they crucified had arisen from the dead and would appear again. 2. Peter and John on trial (vv. 5-12). This trial was before the Sanhedrin, the supreme court of the nation. a. The inquiry . (vv. 5-7). They asked, “By what power and what name have ye done this?” This inquiry admitted the reality of the miracle, b. Peter’s answer (vv. 8-12). Filled with the Holy Spirit, he replied to their question, showing them that he and John were not being tried as evildoers but for doing good to the needy man. He boldly declared that it was by name of Jesus (Jhrist of Nazareth. whom they had crucified, and God had raised from the dead, that this man stood before them whole. He further declared that there was no salvation save in the name of Jestis Christ. . 3. The impression upon the Sanhedrin (vv. 13-22). a. They marveled (v. 13). They saw that the behavior and words of Peter were as unusual as the miracle. They were made to feel that instead of sitting as judges they themselves were on trial. b. They took knowledge that the apostles had been with Jesus (v. 13). They saw that though Jesus had been killed, his life and work were being reproduced in his disciples. c. Commanded not to speak tn Christ’s name (v. 18). Not being able to deny the miracle or gainsay the accusation which Peter brought against them, they attempted to intimidate him. d. The reply of Peter and John (w. 19, 20). They openly defied the Sanhedrin and expressed determination to disobey their command. Thus they repudiated the authority of the rulers of Israel and set the Church in a place of independence from the Jewish state. e. Their release (v. 21). Having further threatened them, they let them go. / HI.-.Ths Church at Prayer (Acts 4:23-31). As soon as Peter and John were set free they hastened to their fellow disciples and rehearsed their experience. They turned to the Holy Scriptures for comfort and strength. They praised God for deliverance and prayed for boldness to speak his Word and that their testimony might be confirmed by signs. Their prayers were answered by the shaking of the place where they were assembled, and they were filled with the Holy Spirit. The Same Lord Even today the full promise of Christianity has not been attained. We are called to labor as servants of the same Lord whom the early Christians worshiped, and for whom great numbers'of them laid down their lives.— Frederick C. Grant. Waiting Upon God There Is no honor or blessedness on earth at all equal to the unspeakable privilege of waiting upon God and bringing down from heaven and of opening the way on earth for the blessing he delights to give.—Andrew Murray. The Indwelling of God There is a sense tn which the Spirit of God dwells tn every believer, but it is only a believer who is in fellowship with f’brist wbo realizes what the Indwelling of God actually means.—G. H. C.J Macgregor.

SHOULDER CAPE OR HIPLENGTH JACKET THE STYLE FOR SUMMER

ABOUT the happiest of happy “happenstances” which has happened for many » day, is the cunning little velvet 'wrap, either shoulder-cape or hiplength jacket, which we simply must wear over our lingerie frocks this summer if we would be “in style.” Just which to choose, a capelet or a little jacket, aye, that is the question. The really logical solution to the problem is to indulge in both. The wee capes are altogether too new and novel and flattering to lightly “pass up.” Anyway where is the wisdom in denying oneself the joy and satisfaction of possessing so comely a summer wrap, seeing that it takes so little a length of velvet to fashion it. and so

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easy to make—simply a matter of having a good pattern and sewing a few seams. Buy these cunning cape fantasies ready made if you will, for all the best shops and departments are showing them in the loveliest colors imaginable, which is the fascinating thing about them —the striking note of color which they lend to the frock of white organdie or flowered .chiffon or eyeleted batiste. The little cape in the picture is a very pretty model. Its narrow* circular ruffle achieves a graceful and animated silhouette. Likewise the jacket illustrated is charmingly fashioned. It is made to

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look youthful with its wide cane collar which ties in the front with long scarf ends. The softly flared threequarter sleeves are up-to-the-moment when it cornea to smart styling. Transparent velvet in black is used for this wrap and in this instance it is posed over a white satin frock thus accenting the vogue which still persists for black-and-rfhite. If you like this little jacket in black you should see it copied in a beguiling color—charming beyond words. A favorite is bright green, either grass green w parrakeet, the latter a very new hue on the color card. For Beach and Bathing. Jersey Is playing an outstanding role in the realm of sports sash-

Notes of Fashion* for Up-to-Date Women

Handwork and embroidery always are in evidence at the house of Callot on daytime clothes as well as evening gowns. Taffeta petticoats under crisp sheer evening frOeks are being accepted by debutantes. The rustle of taffeta can also be heard In the daytime. A fashion that is destined to extend into the modes of summer is that of wearing pastel cotton gloves to match the dress of linen, cotton or rough silk.

ions this season. Designers are in a mood to feature it not only as a me-dium-ideal for beach and bathing apparels, but they are doing charming things with jersey when it comes to chic costumes for Informal wear. For instance, arresting full-length coats, which are said to be among the most successful summer types, are being made of jersey. These are given individuality with ,hand embroidery done in multicolor wool or monotone angora yarns. Smart ensembles include crepe silk frocks which are appliqued with motifs of the same jersey which fashions their complementary coats. For bathing and beach suits there is

nothing more practical than jersey, and this summer it has a special significance because of the style prestige it enjoys. The costumes pictured are of jersey. The ensemble to the left makes appeal in that it includes a coat to slip on and off at will. The color combination is effective—old gold jersey with skipper blue. The long scarf with Its contrasting lining lends no end of charm to this stunning outfit. Clever as can be is the two-piece costume to the right, for its little pleated skirt is detachable. Frequently these, wrap-around skirts are designed so that they can be worn as capes when desired. The color scheme

for the suit pictured is del blue with white for the modish square revers which trim the snug-fitting bodice. In styling the now-so-voguish jersey swimming suit, a special feature is made of contrast color effects. Vivid color touches on white are particularly stressed. A white jersey piped with red with red pearl buttons and a nautical design embroidered In red is cited as being ultra chic. Other contrasts for the smart 1931 bathing suit which is made of jersey accent striking effects such as dark green piped with light green, white combined half-and-half with skipper blue and among the newest is the swim suit with a light top. CHERIE NICHOLAS. (©. 1931. Western Newspaper Union.)

Fashion has gone back several decades and revived the blouse of plaid silk. Somehow or other they do not look garish and on /he right person are immensely chic. An evening wrap that Is not only extremely smart, but is practical as well, Is the wrap with a top of white fur, and the lower part, which is detachable, of black velvet In this way one manages to have both a long and a short coat for evening wear.

Kill Queen Ant to Get Rid of Pests Poison Is Suggested to Kill Off Whole Army. ■A The best way to get rid of ants 19 to find their nests and to destroy the queen, according to Prof. Glenn W. Herrick of the New York State College of Agriculture. With the queen killed, no more eggs wilt be laid and the production of the worker ants stops. Carbon bisulphide kills the queen and gets rid of the workers. It may be difficult to find the nest, and sometimes when the nest is found it is hard to get at, as in the foundation 6 walls. When the colony is located, however, pour an ounce or two of the liquid into each of several holes made in the nest with a sharpened stick, and then quickly stop up each hole with a clod of dirt A heavy wet blanket thrown over the nest helps to retain the gas and to make fumigation more effective. The liquid evaporates quickly and the gas permeates the whole nest, destroying the colony. Carbon bisulphide is highly inflammable and explosive and no fire should Vfi brought near the place which/4s TTeing fumigated. ’ , r Professor Herrick also recoorfiends the use of tartar emetic, this, mix tartar emetic with extracted honey at the rate of one part to twenty parts of honey. If some* of this mixture, pourned into Individual butter plates, is set In the places where the ants are troublesome, the insects may be driven away. Every Farm Yard Loses Much Needed Fertility Every farm yard has fertility going to waste. It may be little; It may be much. Every piece of undlseased vegetation is the, source; of fertility if it is properly saved. Every bit of vegetable matter left- Over or not used in the preparation of feeds or foods would make the gveens grow greener in the garden or the flowers grow iriore beautiful if converted into fertility and properly used. In other words, select a spot somewhere within easy reach and make a compost pile of all the vegetable tops, leaves, straw butts, cornstalks, unconsmned hay and so on. Mix in a little good soil; incorporate into the pile as it Is made some commercial fertilizer materials; keep it moist If water Is available and you will have some excellent fertility to apply to choice spots In the garden,.lawn or other part. of the farm. Use fertilizer in somewhat the following proportions: To each 100 pounds of dry vegetable matter such as above mentioned, mix in three pounds each of sulphate of ammonia and air slaked lime, and one pound or superphosphate, > ; Unique Way to Prevent Injury to Grape Crop Perhaps the best way to avoid Ini jury to grapes from bees consists of i spraying the grapes and in growing ■ the grapes to the ripening stage without, punctures or injuries. Following i this, of course, the grapes should be i harvested promptly when they are rrpe. If for any reason the grape berries are allowed, to hang on the canes and become over-ripe, much injury is liable to occur from bees. We may summarize by saying that we should grow the grapes in the best possible way in order to secure a high quality, firm, well ripened berry, says a writer in the American Horticulturist. If they are not allowed to become over-ripe, little or no injury will occur from bees lARM lACTSg-One-year-old trees are the best trees for planting. • • • Potato spraying should begin early and continue late. • • • Purslane is a villainous weed, but not to be despised when boiled as “greens.” • • • Bonemeal is excellent, for vines and all garden purposes, and may be used freely without danger of burning. • • • Quack grass is one of the earliest plants to start growth in spiring and it grows until freezing weather in the fall. • • • High-producing cows frequently suffer* a severe strain on their calcium reserve, and need to have that reserve replenished. • • • Thousands of raspberry, currant, and gooseberry bushes are loafing on the job of producing fruit because they are not given an annual pruning to cut out the nonbearing wood. Heavy pasturing over long periods readily shows that the returns In grass gradually diminish and that the feeding value of the feed is reduced. *• • ~ Cherry leaf spot is the most Important single disease of the sour cherry. It Is caused by a fungus which passes the winter in the dead leaves on the ground. When transplanting a tree be sure to maintain a balance between the root system and the top. If you lose part of the roots cut back the top correspondingly. • • • Although prunes for drying purposes are not usually thinned, both prunes and plums which are to be shipped fresh require thinning to produce a desirable size, says the Oregon experiment station. • • a Late blight of potatoes can be prevented by frequent and thorough spraying with bordeaux mixture. During extremely hot weather the lime 1 content of the spray should be Increased to ten pounds in 100 gallons of solution.