The Furrow News and Views About, the Farm

BEE KEEPERS FINED FOR

,of hoe cholera, financial loar. and In-

FAILURE TO OBEY LAWS'«»nT<-nt«*nce by vacclnaunr aeainat thia preventable and waateful dUeaae.

Bee keeper* In the Northern aecttoM of the State, who have fa'led to heed warrlnpi* of the I’enna/lvanla Ik. part-

aakad that a special aicent of the Department of Agriculture be f-atiemeri In the county for two week* additional time, the agent having been located there for the paat fortnight Counties in the central section of the State are in line for clean-up campairt:* during the Utter part of September aid Oc-

tober.

RATS COST MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN PENNA. ANNUAL’.Y

In Ha effort* to bold down hoe | cholera with a red need force, the

ment of Agriculture. In properly car- 1 1'nlted State, Department of AgriculIng for their bee*, have been proaecn ,ur,; ^ P u,t lne up a new type 'A poster twj within the pant two week*, fine* ln H it is a Mtrrice chart. lu being imposed m each caa. .p.c.ure ».* to the fanner. "When The charge- were princlpanr ,y'* r ho * look . •‘kt thu. look out brought about by failure of the bee cholera" The picture of a tog. in keeper, to ’ake proper nep* where ; c " lors - •*««»» ^ Tlrfb ^ mep-omr of foul l.rixKl dist*.e was fr/and in their !‘ h '- There i* printed on the apUrie, Inspector* of the Bureau of |P°* , ‘“ r information a, to bow to p-o-

I'iant Industry. Pennsylvania Dejian- ce ^-

Tne*: of Agriculture are in the midst of this burr ,ea*on. mshint through yVISC—TWO — thejr inspection and supervisory work before the advent of cold wea'her. The usual fine for violation of the law covering bee keeping has been

iThe Ru** Making Fad

e old-fas LioB«d accotn-

plishments that have followed the knitting craxe ts rug making. Women have formed classes to ieara the an braitiiBg and sewing 'he ouaint round anc oblong rags deur to the New Engiaci nocsewives' hearts The

are eve® more bras'

than the old ones, for by purchasing new materials definite color senemes may be followed. These are a decided improvement on the hit or miss coloring inside black or dark gray U.r ders of the antique rugs made of i.>«

An average of S2 per year is the levy made by rats upon every man woman and child in the State of Petnylvania. In a number of due* of the State, the work of extenniaa'ini

rat* has t»een taken up on a larr- joM rags

scale, .but in the rural communities | The KXUBed hooked rugs madand of, ,t» tmu O-r» bu IKU- 1-ort.p or W'o »aoli« IooPf>*«lor-r iorludr

coocerted “ffort made to drive out

FASHION NOTES Interesting Items for the Fair Sex

American Women Wear Mere Thao Those of Any Other Country.

Tia Said

Country cider vinegar, made by the farmer* of Pennsylvania, m*.. be sold to the wholesale and retail trade in

in the last ba*ch of prosecution, I ^ S< * ,e inspect ion or per-j

j. - a*. of any kind. Provided th- vine- j outer ptnn ug* m that the ra- cannot of IS' s -- * Far has bven made from apple Juice an • n*ranee . A rood rat dog.

these pests

The Bu-eau of Plant Industry. Pennsylvar.a Department of Agncatlure is c snstantly receiving letters from famers asking how to get r.d

of the rai« on their places

As far w the building* arc con- in<5 * trt P b * I! ‘ 01 material,

eerned th« y can be made rat p-oof and the -odents e»tennins-ed or driven off f* this manner. Cem«nt the walls and toors of all cellar- and the

are making steady progress und-r skillful finger, on many summer porches. There is likely to b* an ept dem!c of this variety this fall. A:, that Is required for this style of rug making is a hook and a frame, uauall;

irmch the burlap on

VEIL NEWS FORM GOTHAM In the square and •

ength. Some of them

and made up with a r.. .'. T place of having tt- ’

the chin mad- 0 : nb 'to the tell one- with

One of the largest retail store own-Jt>r border woven on rs in this country says that women they say will not -

of America buy more veils than wo- !

in any other pan of the world. 1

even exceeding the women of Paria i

only the Preach, but many i

Americans and English who buy there «

ordered, al.hough In one teiiOau. escaped with a f.I

or adds, it complies In every way 'ffo woder, : with the pure food law* of the State !«*f rut* C*Director James Foust of the Bureau j , - ax -

'd Poods. Pennsylvania Departm-c: of |

Agriculture.

The design is drawn or st-netted on the stretched burlap and the hookitu Larted In the center In hookin', two or three strands of the burlap, thread is caught so that ‘he wrong ;de is well flnlfhed. and when the design is all worked the edge is rolled

keeping the farm free hemmed, coarsely buttonholed a* a rule are too well j crocheted. The surface is trimmed

> be of much acce

•.where any unevenness it apparent in

an cider

The Bur-au of Statistics. Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture, and the Bureau of Crop Estimate*.. 1*. P Depart men- of Agricul'ure are no* making the second annua! '•urve?- of the prlneii-a! field croji, of Pecnsy!

vania. jointly.

Twenty thooeand schedule? are now bt-.ng mailed to the farmer* throughout the State, with the request that they fill out the same promptly. |J The great manufacturing and industrial concerns, know and appreciate value of rtatiatic*. a? they rflattheir respective activities If it i, Sm-

pm,- .b« tl, Munri.1 wori.J ■*" “

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Jut » imp-rtaut and top-r.,1,, Ua. ^ a » l » ^ t 1 - all th. i,dijain—. wall a, ,h, !*" h '” , ' r ' r ,k * ■»*» of ,M. .hc.a bar. <* > k *>' >>»

lar Information relating to the industry which 1* fundamental and the base of our national and economic life and directly employ one-third the popula-

tloa of the nation.

• be used With excellent jth* length of the mossy effect.

•k decla'ed th?.- Iresuha. Bartma. -arbonate his a cor Dengo* of Labrador ceeia.ec -R ] v Women r* latraifor. aided by the ag-tits from the larger vinegar die- rosive effect on the membranef tiiiing plants, many c-f them locat'd ; stomach of the rats and they outside ths State have been making wil1 rca *° r water. In cases where strenuous -fforts to k-ep the farmer* -water l* to be found only outside the from making and disposing of their fcui'.ding. the par* w'll die away from

- vfnega:

agents have been going up

and down the State telling the trade, particularly the small dealer, -ha; he run* a mk of violating th- food laws of the State by selling cider vin-

' egar made on the farm.

| The recent act of the legislature provide* for the interest of the farm-

- approximately

3 r .000.000 i-eople. Th- farmer, of tbD country have tV'.ooO OOO.'Hfii invested in farms and farm equipment. You can ’axe all the railroad* in America, a'.l the manufacturing plant?., iron. Meej. and all the rest—«dd them all together, and you will h ive Just equalled the capital invested ia the business of agriculture. The value of agriculture production in thi* country la?year was approximately $25.*»>*) The co-operative acreage survey is being made in the interest of acriculture and fanners receiving schedules are urged to cooperate with the Tie-i*anmcn-s m order that this important informal un may be made available.

marked with the name and address of the person making the vinegar. iTii? may be done on any farm with a I set of ete®c:is. or a card, containing the information may be- attached to

the barrel.

Pennsylvania import, great amounts of cider vinegar from New Yore and Virginia each year. The farmers of Pennsylvania have an excellent opportunity to convert their apple, to cider vinegar jeallre a good profit and run no risk of running e'oul of the prohibition law,. If every excet.- apple ill the State was made into vinegar. would still be insufficient to meet the d>-m&&d and at the currice of 20 to 25 cents a gallon, cider vinegar returns an excellent la-

the farmer.

the structures. Fumiga’ion of the holes with carbon bisulphide may also help. Soak balls of cotton with carbon bisulphide and place thesis in the rat bol«-. rlosing the hole* very tightly with damp earth •ags. The ga* will pen- rate to the bottom-moat portion of the borrow. willing all the rat*. Perrett, are only useful when muz. xled and ua*d with «. dog. Th»ir use not advised because of the danger of their getting loose and breeding and becoming a prey upon bird* and poul-

try.

LEARN TO RECOGNIZE THE WHORLEO MILKWEED—POISON OUS TO CATTLE HORSES AND SHEEP

Every lot of errii-bog cholera serum and virus distributed by the Bureau of Animal Industry. Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture, la tested for purity and potency by the Laboratory of the Bureau before being distributed for vaccinating hog*. The Bureau has on hand several hundred thousand cubic centimeters of tested serum for distribution when called for This serum has passed two tests: Ftrs’. by the producing firm under Federal supervision, and again by the State as follows: Seven pigs • ach weighing about *0 pounds and which have not had cholera are selected Two pigs are injected with bo,: cholera virus If the virus is virulent and fit for use. these I virus i pig* should die of cholera within ten days, if they do not contract cholera within that period, the lot of virus, out of which the sample is taken, is discarded The remaining five pigs are injected with both virus and anti-hog cholera »e-um (vaccinated> to lest the potency of the serum against the virus. If the five pigs do not become sick within 21 days, the serum is regarded potent and may be used with safety. In addition to tbe potency test serun and vln* are submltud at tbe Slat' Laboratory to bacteriological test* fo puriir- These teats insure »be us cf pure and potent serum and virus and are a double check and i-afeguard to the fanner* and bo* raiser, of State against a cont-mlnated and

less product.

Such dls-a*.- as Foot and Mouth disease. Tuberci-losi,. «c, ma) b< carried by contaminated serum, bene* the Importance of these teste Anti-hog cholera serum and vine are disinhuted by tbe State Bureau of Animal Industry to veterinarian* Hog owners pay 2 cents per c c for acrum and 1 1-E cents per e. c. for tbe vim* and the veterinarian's fee* for ad mi nisi •Ting the treatment. Hog owner*. are urged to safeguard tbeli Intercets and L> prevent the occurrence

This i - an excellent time to prepare berry bushe* for the winter, act online to the Bureau oi Plant Industry. Pennsylvania IK-part me- of Agriculture, which has received a number of requests for information from berry growers The bushes can be pruned any time in the fall, but tbe season immediately following the harr'-siing of the crop I* regarded as the best If the raspberries or blackberries are in hills, remove ail the old canes that fruited during the past season, also all the weak canes, leaving from eight to twelve strong cane* In each hill. If the canes are growing in rows. th»n ’hem cut so that the canes are about eight iii'-he* apfcri. The blackberrie* require more room than the raspberries, sc. leave fewer cane*. When doing thi*. be sure to remove all cane that will interfere with cul-

I vat ion next year

The lateral branches should also be shortened by cutting them bark to fonr feeL depending upon the variety and the hud development- The idea* is to reduce the amount of fruit to such a qtuntity a* can be properly developed. Up-brancbe* red raspberbenies should be cut back to a height of four or five feet. Remove all diseased cases and also tv that have been us»d by the tree cricket in deiositing eggs. Burn all pruning? to prevent the sprea 1 of insect, and diseases. COMMISSIONERS SEEK AID IN DOG LAW ENFORCEMENT All record* for rigid enforcetm the Dog Law of 1917 will be shattered tui* year, according to report* re* ing the Pennsylvania Department Agriculture Up to dale there have been 153b prosecutions successfully terminated against person* violatln the dog law and by the end of th< year this number will be Increased by

j’iv hundreds.

In many of the counties, the ? limners are bending every effort to iitd up delinquent dog owners The niatanluners of Greene County have

Stockmen should learn to recognize and avoid the wborled milk w is a plant very po.sonous to cattle, horse*, and sheep, which crows abundantly in certain sections of southwestern Colorado, southern f ah. and tbe northern counties of Artiona and

New Mexico, according to the United j'

States Department of Agriculturwhich has made an Investigation of the effect, of this plant on stock. Herds should not be given the opportunity to ea. any considerable quantity of thi* plant. It la especially dangerous to trail sheep over a whorled milkweed area, or to bed them down in the immediate neigh-

borhood.

Is a Foothill Plant

The whorled milkweed is a foothill plant, not being found above an altitude of 7$00 feet, and sometime* grow with great luxur vnce about ditches and in abandoned fields. As small n quantity as 2 1-2 ounces »f the green paint will kill a sheep and 2 1 2 pounds may kill a 2 year-old steer. Horses are Lkely to eat it. but If they do they are a* easily polaoo-d as sheep Frequent cases of poisoning occur •hi*: animals are confin’d to areas •here the plant grow* ..nd have little else to mt, and under t-ueh circumstances heavy losses result Many animals also have been killed by eating hay containing the plant dried, if they have consumed a sufficient quantity to be affect’d they usually No remedy that will prevent death in such cases has been found

Difficult to Eradicate

The whorled milkweed is exceed ingly difficult to eradicate, but by cutting it down before the heads are formed much can be accomplished In pasture* and along trails. Ordinarily it stand* from 1 to 3 feet in height. Persons interested in securing more information regarding this m stock and lHattrationa by which It can be easily identified should write the United States Department of Africuliure, Washington. D. C . for a department bulletin entitled -The

Whorled Milkweed "

.f the fishing season, did a

number of such rugs under the guid ante of French missions. These were most remarkable in coloring and pst

Things familiar to the eyes of

the makers were utiliz’d in the designs—polar hears, ’ledges with dogs, pine tree*, the sun shining on wintry scenes in cold blue; greens and grays. 1th few figures and all black borderir They were pictures of the froxen North, and those who bought of the first con.-lmment used them for wall decorations This effort showed what coold be done in this son of rug

making with primitive designs.

A popular variety of crocheted rug is done by crocheting narrow strips of canton flannel over clo’hesline with coarse crochet needle. These mak* most durable round nigs, ati arc not dyed until they are finish’d. They are then dyed to match the color scheme of the room in which they are to bo used. These home made rugs should be bazmonlously dyed and properly placed in suitable surround-

ings to look their best. Th* Woven Varieties

Hand-woven rug, are made of almost every conceivable material, including lawn*, cretonc--*. satins, duck*, cotton flannel*, ticking, rote* and yams. In buying materials for n-cs it Is found that remnants are practicable because of requiring more seams, and 1- i? harder to man e color*. Isamaged goods is often be had a*, fair price in ten or fifteenyard piece*, and it is better than -hort lengths. The strips should be cut or torn, three-quarters inch wide, and rolled as cut to prevent snarling. Two ard a half pour 1*. cut from five to seven square yards of material, make

one yard of weaving.

White warp is considered best for all rug use. Ills called by the trade lour-ply H. Scotch woo! rug, made in this way are considered thi

durable.

Chinese wool. flax. Navajo, reed, raffia, grass, rush, braided, rag. hook’d and hand-woven areall excellent wearing summer rues and furnish the cottager a wide choice at reasonable price*. They are all to be had in the shops if tbe home facilities for making are inadequate. The socalled washable rag nir* •ash well if plenty of soap powth-i used to take out the dirt, oil and disturbed dye. They must then dried, and should be mangled to make them lay well. If not carefully rinsed the rugs look muddy and dirtier than before. The fringe require, snapping, brushing and combing, otherwise it had better be cropped. !n weaving, if a fuxxy rug is desired. use denim and unbleached muslin for the tom stripping.

He also said that veils that are sellr to the general public are of blue and brown me,h with chenille dot*. Henna veil* have blue dots, and even pal*, yellow and dark gold art selling on dark *rown meshes The dots are made up into smart little designs and have Just a suggestion of color The embroi''*red scroll veil is not a? popu’ar a* it has been

Fancy Meanes

Fancy meshe, in black, navy and brown are in demand and show small designs work’d out in the mesh. is said that not less than 90 cent of the veiB are bought by tbej 1 yard and the other ten per cent are ready made, some of which arc square, while other* are circular. Square. It , raid a • the most popular not

Rred cted Fall Vogue

Shetland veils have been introduced for the new season, and apparentlj from the way they are e«'Hng they will be one of the styles in vogue for fall season. They are shown bora

I. and it j?

with perforation? in t: a border or design f. • snapt about the throa- . up over the face and *... Many chantiUy veil’ sold whh the n* »

to the hat

Black, brown and naiy , wanted in this typ-- 0 : .

AMERICANS SPEND $7 a

WEEK FOR LUXl

According to statir’ir. ,

Miss Edith Straus*, -b* at

ily spends *7 a v- t. ;

Miss Straus, is head of tt

activities section of of Justice's high cos- -

paign.

Oout of theJS.71-." • spent for luxuries Ir. the Strauss state* that *2.1! spent for tobacco. Tbe in for candy annually )- whlie that for chealr.i: . to $50,090,000, The aacui cosmetic? azd perfumery ; 000.000 and that for ctafc:

000.000.

II.-*

Care oi Plants

the green pan-

i one-year-old growth Soch areas may increase ^ntil ::

in Autumn

for several inches nr _ „ ^ Cut awsy rigorously all Thi. I. the Time to Remove <*c brMche)( ^ t . r . Wood and Other Deleterious Debris cu , b|ick emlre . bu _. hel l( ., ed- Cover the expos’d surf*”- i

During the fall season make your plants as free from disease as possible by methods that cannot well be followed during the growing season In general, whatever the disease, the affected portions of the plants should be cut out in the fall and the shortened bushes sprayed. It is assumed, however, that spraying will not have been delayed until fall, but will have been carried on as a control measure frequent Intervals, since spring. The diseased wood removed in the fall, together with the old leaves and debris under bushes, should be burned. In case of attacks by rnsi. canker and leaf spo- ■ the diseased wood or leaves sboulc ie removed and burned even during the growing sea-

son.

Fall Spraying For powdery mildew the conttol •raying* for the summer spores should be with lime, sulphur or potassium sulphide. After cutting back in the fa!! the plants should be sprayed with lime sulphur or strong Bordeaux mixture. The control spraying for rusts i-hould be unraontacal copper carbonate. The fall spraying should be with a strong Bordeaux mixture. For leaf spots, leaf blight and anlhracnose the control sprays may be either Bordeaux mixture or ammoniac* 1 copper carbonate, and the fall spraying sbould be with tbe former. Leaf Blotch Leaf blotch, also known as black spots, is a common and very injurious disease. The first symptoms are the appearance of irregularly shaped blackish spots on the upper surface of nearly full-grown leaves. In this stage the trouble may be controlled by several sprayings with the mixtures mentioned above, but if these precautions are not taken, anc.her stage of the fungu* develops In the same spots. Canker in Roses Another disease to which roses arc subject is canker, which start, with the appearance of small reddish palch-

by this cutting with paiat or u: diseased material must l- bMthe dormant bashes sprayed strong Bordeaux mixur.- 12 Ir

tumn and early spring

From Switzerland—For Her From the land of the Alps come new slip-ons an", sweattr*. They are of wool, are most attractive. are quite new and are all hand

knit.

The dolors are most attractive, for ie may have any number of bluts from delicate baby blue all through the Various shading* to navy blue, rose tones, deeper shade* like henna and buff, rich dark brown* and others. Usually they are trimmed with white, which is most effective, indeed.

More Interest in Hot Lunches Teachers and parent? are commencut to realise the importar ■ - of hot school lunches, and that some demonstration agents sent out I y the United States Department of Agriculture and th-? State college? are helping to establish hot lunches In communities widen an- awake to their values. Last year these extension workers, who are trained in home economic*, helped “stablls.i hot lunches in 2020 schools. The work will be continued this year even larger scale. In some counties a wall of prejudice against the innovation ha* to be broken down before it can be start’d Where thi* is true, the sue ess of the hot lunch in one school, where it has been e*tablished is usually follow’d by a demand fur something similar In all the ad-

jacent schools.

A WORD TO THE GARD£N- : j| Know the Difference Betwtt? r ra ration and Art of CuttoiPot | For some reaao;. many p’-xt-nterpret the correct m'-ania* word "cultivate" wh-n »;•;■: 1 denlng. They give it s total!; i enl significance "Your borin cultivating." I remark’d to as- i who had asked my advice ever* her unsatisfactory reran:;"must cultivate the .- >H h thoroughly." I repeat’d. Mi'-cr : spindling plant? with hscT * and stunted MOttom*. »’ -• is packed solid and unbrot-s* heavy rams. “Oh. you must l>-' mbtakrt the lady positively ly road in the newspap-^ :U animus do not require a rich • fact that manure only i!.i <- • derful leaf growth, with scan- ’

flowers.

IU Real Meaning And It took som- little p— on my part to convince D r •- atlon doe* not m«ar. simply means loosening 'be the roots of the plan:? prevents weed*, conserve and stirs up more dormant ^ a plant than in *ny o' - ' r r " r ' _ Cultivation cost* noth'.r- ; eboriou* than weeding ■ and border* neat a n ' J - :r " ' ■equlres no special Implt®^ pointed stick, old kitchen ^ clothespin will often t _ course a garden fork vestment 1; it accom

rood than t— j B almost universally nog'"

amateur.

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