The Furrow News and Views About the Farm

■ntlr bog cholera was reported the premises ot an up-to-date the Cumberland Valley. > liogs had died, sever*! were sick 1 about one hundred were exposed b infection. The attending veterinar- . advised vaccination which was mpUy done *ith the result that n • itional cases of cholera developed. I The point that the Bureau of Animal idustry. Pennsylvania Department of Tiouiture, wishes to bring ovt and d the attention of other farmers and g raieers, is this: Had this fanner L prelected himself by having tho 3 recognized early and vaccinaadministered promptly, in ail lability most, if not all. of the bogs wld have died, he would have lost iisands of dollars and the consum 5 public would have nad less pone d eetf Every hog that dies from cholera i that much less pork for the iblic -to use and that much hlghei e for the consumer to pay. Hos plera is a preventable disease and It grooves every one, be he producer consumer, to take advantage of y opportunity to spread the gospel r sanitation regarding our food pro Joeing animals and thus help reduce » H. C. U

Late Blight of Celery a Serious Disease legin now to prevent serious los.* i fall In the celery crop by spray11 celery plants with a 4-4-50 Bormixture Apply as a fine mist Ttly after the plants are set and it the application every two weeks ill the plants are nearly maturr | the disease is carried over winter dead leaves and stalks, destroy bv 1 waste from the celery, r free Information in the control t pesta and plant diseases apk to the Bureau of Plant Industry, isylvanla Department of Agricul- , Harrisburg.

usually enters by the break in the or at an insect puncture, and the rot is isually most prevalent in low moist places or In weedy Helds which keep the fruit under moist conditions and alo harbor insects. The black rot funtue also carries over winter on old stalks, leaves and fruit. If the disease :s severe destroy all refure by Are in the fall, and plant elsewhere another } ear. 'Blo»s‘ m end rot" is said to be due exces dve variation in the moisture supply vhile the tomatoes are form ing. T1 e tender tissues at the blossom end Is ttplured by sap pressure, and is then ■otted by various organism i. No control measures can be giver other the i to keep an ev.-n water sup-

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"Mosa c” is another tomato trouble which irir he severe in some It Is s ronstitutionml disease which causes thv leaves to assume a lighter sickly col >r and to show a mottling yellowish areas in the normal dark green o- J>e leaf. Usually this mou ling can oclj be seen in the upper leaves. In severe rrr-e the leaves become narrow and stringy and tbe plant is dwarfed and unproductive, plant once affected by mosaic cannot be cured, but the disease is avoided since it is nearly always due to Infection in the reed bod from one year to the next. A complete change of seed bed soil will overcome this disease which is not carried over in the seed.

he Magnolia Scale Is Common > largest sc r ’e ins pc' found in uylvania is found growing on lolia and tulip trees. Ordinarily 5 held in check by natural enemies, Sometimes the scales become so it as to threaten the healOi of 3 . In such cases the ti a be sprayed in tbe early spring 3 growth starts with one of Urn died bolutthle or miscible oils such

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■ further information regarding | tree peats, write to the Bureau t Industry. Pennsylvania Det of Agriculture, Harrisburg. : Common Stalk Borer y whitish grubs with a purpllsh ifi about the center of the body I received by the Bureau of Plant |fry, Pennsylvania Department cf Olture from all over the State. I are the common stalk borers b inhabit corn, tomatoes, potatoes milar vegetables and also mancannot be killed: only proven WK-asures can hold them in Weeds must not be allowed close to crops as they are attractive food for this peel In its yens;.-'* stages. Crops grown on land which has laid fallow for a season will not be bothered with this pest.

iiealing the building infested to a, temperature of ISO degree Fahr., and bolding It at that 'emperature for six or eight hours, so that the heat can pene j-ate into all cracks. Eggs will be killed as well as the live insect. Cockroaches are easily eradicated by dnstlng sodium fluoride about places where they congregate. Give tbe orchard cloan cultivation until August 7. It will break up thn pupal cases of curcullo in the ground and so lessen next years curcullo troubles. The curcullo hibernates in weeds and rubbish near orchards. Heat will kill clothes moths. If the garments or the rooms that are infested arc heated to 180 degrees Fahr , and kept at that temperature tor two or three hours or until you are sure that the heat has penetrated all the cracks and crevices in tho room the eggs, larvae and adults will all have

been killed.

For further information on household pests, wnte to the Bureau of Plant Industry. Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture, Harrisburg.

juries which may contrioute So sunscorch in this way are root rots due to fungi, kiiling tho rods in tbe city streets by leakage of gas from tacky gas mains, and death of rootlets iron: lack of air under pavements. Maples liable to root injury, and the fa miliar dying of the tops of the"trees known as “stag head" is probably the result of a more or less chronic rooi injury. Trees with browned leaves are not seriously injured, and unless the remainder of the foliage becomes yellow and sickly, such trees will probably recover another year. For further information regr.rdiug Inscrts. pests and diseases of shadr trees, write to the Bureau of Plant Industry, Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture Hanisburg.

Pennsylvania Fruit Outlook The Bureau of Statistics, Pernsyivanai Department of Agriculture, reports the prospect ..t this State for fruit, on July 1. as follows: Apples—Reports from every county in the State show that the prospect for apples on July 1 was 86'per oen*. of a normal or full crop. This forecast* a total production of 11.488,000 bushels as compared with 7,614,000 bushels last year. Peaches—The outlook for peaebt* was 78 per cent and indicates a total producUon of 1.550,000 bushels. The total production last year was estimated at 914,000 bushels. Pears—Prospect for pears on July 1 was 81 per cent and is indlcatlvi total production of 546,000 bushels compared with 303,500 bushels las',

year.

Other Fruits—Prospect* for plums SO per cent: cherries, 78 per cent, raspberries. 95 per cent and black berries 95 per cent.

. Tomato Troubles

( Bureau of Plant Industry of the Rranifc Department cf Agritulgeall* attention to the need of 5^yit*ctlnK tomatoes from diseases and | pest* if the best results are to

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^^MKjhe juice from the t-nder growing pnts m.rt Itjs stop growth. The"* BBfbesi be destroyed v/ith tobacco ; vs«|i«r or “Black Leaf 40." one pari

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srw Spot or blight" is another a jg”5J8[ KOmMo trouble. H appears

d'ad spots in-ihe leaver, usually

Nnkek" the lower leave* first and ^^^^^B^radually spreading o

plant This fungus disease can be prevented by spraying the

K with the Bordeaux mixture ■1 times during the season, at

Sal* of about two weeks. sihk ot black rot” is freduen' fruit. The fungus causing it

Cucumber Wilt Cucumber wilt is a bacterial disease which affects the vines, immense numbers of bacteria grow L the s&i conducting tubes of the s'ems and clog them so that the water from the root* cannot pass up to the leaves. Conse fluently the loaves are wilted In hot days, even though there ta plenty of water ir the soli, and the vines become sickly and stunted and s This disease mus* not be confused with the injury caused by white grubs which often eat off the root Just be low the surface, nor with Injury done by the larvae of the striped cucumber beetle which destroys the roots, with the squash vine borer, which also works in «u< umbers. When vine affect'd by bacterial will broken across, strands of slimy, ropy material will pull out from the broker

ends.

The disease is spread mostly sucking Insects which transfer the bacteria on their mouth parts from a ono to a healthy one. It Is also carried over winter In old diseased vine and probably in the »ol!. These features of the disease will indlcat-: alue of the following control measures: (1) Destroy all wilted plant* by burning as soon as the dis is noted: (21 Burn all the old plants ia the fall «o avoid possIM) 1 ’; of carrying the bacteria over winter. (Si Plant the cucumbers as far away as possible from last yearis plot so as avoid contamination from the dis eased .mil. (4) Keep down sacking insects. # For furthor Information regarding asect pests and plant diseases, writ? to the Bureau of Plant Industry. Pennsylvania Departmeu* of Agriculture. Timely Hints on Control of Pests Dust the silk on aweot corn to prevent damage from tho corn oar worm. For full details, write to the Bureau of Plant Indust-y, Pennsylvania Depart ment of Agriculture. Harrisburg.

A New Weed the Buffalo Burr The Buffalo burr is a very thorny weed, recently Introduced from the central Western States by means of baled hay. It is now found growing on vacant lots near city livery stable' or on farms that have been using city stable manure. An the plant is an annual and L; propogated by seeds only, it can be eradicated by preventing the plant* from producing seeds. Tbe Bureau of Plant Industry. Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture. Harrisburg, can give you good methods of weed central. State Agricultural Department Notes The number of colts in Pennsylvania this spring compared with the usual number is approximately 77 per cent The automobile, motor trucks anl tractor appear to be supplanting liors - power on the farms. However, the price and demand for good draft horses are attractive, but the driving horse is rapidly disappearing from the

nods.

The number of laying hena in Pennsylvania appears to be 97 per cent of the usual num r. This ia an Ic provement of one per cent over last year and eight per cent better than two years ago. The number of spring chicks hatched are estimated at 9G per cent compared with the usual num her. This is two per cent below last year but seven per cent better than years ago. Considerable complaint of poor hatches this spring.

Stock Market Outlook!

According to a recent letter by Winslow Taylor & Company, Members of the Consolidated Stock Exchange, the second largest stock exchange ir. the United States, favorable factors are gradually developing which point to a long period of prosperity for the security market—which after all Is but a reflection of general -condition* in the whole country. The lettei ir part says: ‘The assurance of large crops as indicated by the Department of Agriculture's crop report Is one of the mut favorable factors at this time. Commercial prosperity and agricultural prosperity go hand in hand. Naturally the first to feel the effect of bumper crops are the railroads tapping the arricultural districts. The railroad stocks at present are selling lower than they ever have lor the past twenty years. We confinedtly bebelieve that purchasers of railroad equipment stocks at this time will be rewarded with attractive profits ir. the very near future. “There is an extraordinary demand for money and credit. Concerning money and credit for crop movement-' it would seem that the country ha* never been in so good a position. Financial preparations are much further advanced than they ever ' Labor conditions are improving rapidly. Where a shortage existed a short time ago there is a surplus ot efficient labor at the present time. Transportation difficulties are als" slowly Improving. Great construction building projects are heginnlnr to get under way. In addition the orgy of extravaga* c which bad gripped the country « * whole Is dlsap pearing and people are sa\!ng their

money.

For the immediate future investor: who ate seeking consorvatlve ffcvestwith a high return in dividend* should pay particular attention to ttu

Flies and the Dairy Cows You can’t work effectively and fight files at the same time; neither can the The fly season is here, advises D'\ T. E. Munre, Director, Bureau Animal Industry. Pennsylvania Department c' Agriculture and points out that dain - men cannot raffod to giro their cowt high priced feed to create energy to fight files. Ever}' pound of feed given s cow should go to sustaining her to yield milk. Energy consumed otherwise is a complete waste and result* In a financial loss to the owner. Dairying is a big and important industry. The nuiigln of profit to the owner when thi re is a profit, is ex 'romely small, 'berefore. the little leaks must be stopped, otherwise the buslm-ss is conducted at a loss. The cheapest and most effective fly soray. and one that can be home mixed is composed of one gallon of Osh oil. ono pint kerosene and two ounce* carbolic acid. It should be appliod twice dally. Try U! You will be surprised at tfc*

results.

‘Sunscorch’ Injures Trees “Sunscorch” is afflicting many of the shade trees in Pennsylvania at the present time, particularly the maple-. The leaves of the affected trees show brown and discolored. This Is due to he intense heat of the sun accompanied by hoi winds, tho water from the leaves evaporating faster than It can be supplied from the roots, through the trunk sad limbs. Trouble of 'his sort ts often sggra xated in certain trees by various Injuries to the root, which lessee the flow of sap upward, or the roots mav merely be unable to extract sufficient J rater from a dry soil. Among the in

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The Best Way to Get One’s Way As Demonstrated by the Boy

Once upon a time there was a boy who wanted, oh, very much he wanted to buy a bag of new, smooth, colored marbles. So be went with ten cent* to the toy shop, and. holding out his money, said: ‘Ten cents’ worth of marbles, if you please." But the Toy Man shook his bead sadly and said: "Twenty-five cents, if you please.'' He Wanted It So Much But the Boy had only ten cents, and he was very much surprised. “Why," he asked, "are ten-cent bags of marble <

25 cents?"

In a second the Toy Man could tell him. "Tbe trains that bring tbe stone from tbe quarries are not running ' Le said. "I must charge more for

what marbles I have."

Now the Boy wanted, oh, very much be wanted, those marbles, so what did he do but go to the engineer of th’ train and sak him why he was no'

running his engine.

In a second the Engineer could tell him. ’There is no coal being mined,' he said, ’’and how can I run a freight

train without coal for my engine "

But the Boy wanted, oh. very much he wanted a new bag of marbles, so be went to the coal miner, and aske 1

him why he was not at work.

At once the Coal Mine: could till him. The Grocer asks so much for his eggs and flour,” said the Coal Miner, “that ! arv going to give up mining and work at a trade in which 1 can 1

earn more.”

So the Boy saw his bag of marbles fade farther and farther away, but

still he wanted It ever so muon, he. '•auso marbles and boys have been together for years and years. So wbat did the Bor do but go to tbe Parmer and ask him why his eggs aad wheat cost so much. In a few words the Farmer could tell. "I cannot get anyone to help me,” he said. So the Boy knew that work was what was Licking, and making his marbles cost so much. He Went to Work "Let me work for you." said the

Boy.

He was a fine, strong boy and b« took off his coat and went to work feeding tho hens and gathering egg*, packing them in crates and taking them to the'Urocer. He helped with tbe grain harvesting, too. and soon the Grocer’s shelves were so full that he needed to sell food, and he charged less for eggs and flour. The Cool miner really wanted to keep to his own trade, and now he could with the Grocer’s help, for food was cheaper, and he had all be needed. You could hear the ring of hla pick to the freight yards. Torn tl.e freight trains began to move, loaded with all the necessary things of lUe. and things such as marbles for happ.neas ard

play.

So the Boy was able to buy bla bag of marbles a’ last, and he also hau saved some of the wage* which he had ! received from the Fhrmrr. He had j found out a wonder, too—that the way to get a thing one wants is to work for

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