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THE SAME.
Tacitus, writing in the first year
of the Christian era, expresses the
surprise which the Romans felt as
they invaded Germany that the bar-
barians didn't pay more attention to
the cultivation of fruits and gardens
and the irrigation of the same, that
they might enjoy the fruits of autumn.
We venture the guess that the corn
and hog farmers (exclusive) are the
theoretical children of those old bar-
barians. The fruit men are the civil-
ized Latins and it's constant surprise
to us that the modern barbarian, with
all hi£ strength, resources and admit-
ted intelligence, don't take up the
finer, more' civilized lines of soil cul-
ture.
A Wisconsin man sold one bushel
of cherries and with the money
bought thirty-two bushels of oats. And
it very often happens that one box of
strawberries will pay for one bushel
of oats.
The question is often asked as to
ihe proper age that fruit trees should
be transplanted from nursery to or-
chard. The rule is generally that a
two-year-old, 5 to 6 foot tree, gives
the best satisfaction. Maj. Frank Hol-
singer, a prominent Kansas fruit
grower, gives his idea in the follow-
ing:
"It has been a uniform custom with
me to plant two or three year old
apple trees, rather than one year old.
My reason is that one year olds are so
apt to be overlooked by the cultiva-
tor, over running them. The trees being
so small, were I to plant, I should,
all things being equal, plant a three,
or even four year old tree. But we
are under the necessity of adopting
other tactics, owing to the severe at-
mospheric conditions of the past win-
ter, as all trees older than one year
are necessarily injured. I mean all
trees grown on the 38th parallel, or
above.
I would not plant a tree the coming
spring, preferring to wait another year
ere planting, cultivating the ground in
some crop, and having the ground in
the best condition possible. Some
claim that by planting a one year old
you have the advantage of training
the tree to suit your taste. I think a
tree can be shaped better in the
nursery than when set out in the or-
Chard, as trees are so widely scatter-
ed, and great care must be used to
train properly.
By selecting your trees in nursery,
with good heads, there is little to be
done in the way of training the tree,
provided you do not commence by
cutting the head when you set them
-out Remember, I do not cut a tree
at any time. I believe the system of
pruning is injurious at any and all
times. If I find a twig inclined to
lead off I just pinch off the terminal
Irads. This will allow the other
branches to catch up and thereby
keep up the symmetry of the tree."
Mr. H. L. Harper, Canute. O. T.,
writes: "Will you tell me what is
the matter with my prune trees, and
why they do not bear. Have not even
bloomed. Trees are thrifty, have been
planted five years. Please tell me
what to do to produce fruitfulness."
We would not know just what to ad-
vise our correspondent regarding the
forcing of fruit in an orchard of
prunes that has never bloomed. We
should judge from the inquiry that
the trees were making a very rapid
growth. If this is true we would sug-
gest the cutting back of the annual
-growth from 12 to 18 itches all over
the tree, withholding cultivation and
see if the trees cannot be induced to
bloom when wood growth is checked
in this way. Where prune trees are
planted by themselves, oftentimes
they are barren for the want of some
strong polanating variety planted
near.
HOW MUCH?
The question of the proper amount
of seed to sow is never settled. Two
and one-half bushels of average oats,
sown broadcast, are not too many on
average land, average seasons; and
about one-half bushel less when
drilled in, is looked upon as about
right by most oat growers. Good
farmers differ, however, on this, many
thinking a peck less will bring as
good or better results. There are
varieties of oats with a very large
berry which would have to be in-
creased to get the same number of
plants to the acre that very small
berry oats would give. Still, as a rule,
a larger, vigorous seed will produce a
large vigorous plant and this would
need more room than a smaller one.
The seasons and soil make considera-
ble difference, too, with the amount
of seed. There are occasional sea-
sons when small grains seem very shy
of "stooling," one seed making but
little more than one shoot, while other
seasons, generally wetter and cooler,
bring out a good many, particularly
if the soil is pretty rich. Pasturing
grain w'th sheep or other light stock,
tends to thicken it, also to shorten the
straw and to prevent lodging, though
it frequently adds to the length of
time for ripening. When there is
danger of oats lodging, thick seeding
tends to prevent it.
GRAFTING.
Not a year passes but in March we
find it necessary to give the essential
points about grafting. The operation
is a simple one, but it must be done
right or will not succeed as it ought.
There is little now to say over what
we have said before.
The best time for grafting fruit
trees is in the spring, about the time
the sap begins to move. This is
earliest in the plum and the cherry,
and later in the apple and the pear.
The exact time, of course, varies a lit-
tle with the climate and the season,
but will usually be in March and
April.
The scions should have been cut
in early winter and buried in the earth
laid near the ice in the ice house, or
stood with their butt ends in the earth
on the shady side of a building until
time to use, but if not done then it
can be done now. A correspondent
writes that cherry scions should be
cut when needed for use and not be-
fore.
The tools are a fine, sharp saw. a
thick-bladed pruning knife (or chisel),
a hammer to drive it home in split-
ting the stock, a budding knife, and
a good whetstone to keep the latter
very sharp.
When grafting the waxing must be
done so as to perfectly exclude the
air.
Cleft-grafting is the kind most used.
The term is applied when a branch is
sawed off, the stock made smooth
with a knife and split a little way with
a chisel, and the scions after being
cut wedge-shaped, inserted in the cleft
carefully adjusting the inner bark
of the scion to that of the stock. Gen-
erally a scion is set in both extremi-
ties of the cleft, and if the stock is
rather large, two clefts are made and
two scions set into each. If the pinch
of the cleft is two strong for the
scions, a short wedge is inserted to
correct that fault, then the wound is
coated with the grafting wax, which
must entirely exclude the air and
moisture. It will remain on in a per-
fect state for months.
Now, we tell you this, and please
remember it—the secret of success is
in making the inner bark of the scion
fit exactly against the inner bark of
the stock and of holding it there
tightly, but not too tightly, and ex-
cluding air and moisture, until a com-
plete union is formed, and the cleft is
closed up.
In some parts of the West millet
seed is grown in large quantities. Fine
crops of it can be grown in localities
in which corn has not been introduced,
and the fact should not be lost sight
of that if millet seed is ground and
fed, it may be made to serve largely
the same uses as corn. It would not
be quite correct to say that pound
for pound the food is quite as valu-
able as corn, but it is not much less
valuable. In feeding it to cattle, mix-
ed with bran or ground oats, or both,
the proportion fed will depend on the
object sought, much more millet being
fed when beef is wanted than when
seeking growth or milk. To young
animals as calves and milch cows, the
aim should be to make the meal com-
pose not more than one-third of the
millet mixture.
GRAPE VINES AS PORCH CLIMB-
ERS.
A great deal is written in our hor-
ticultural journals an^ nursery cata-
logues about clematis, wisteria and
other well known ornamental climb-
ers for the porch and veranda, but the
fact remains that thousands of farm-
ers' house porches are as bare in sum-
mer and void of protection as an
apple tree in winter. Why? Well,
that is a question for some one elBe
to answer. The vineless verandas and
porches are, in my opinion, a condi-
tion uncalled for. Let me suggest an
easy and inexpensive way to fill the
aching void and lead some out into
the sun and light of this luxury. Some
farmers seem to have an innate dis-
like to sending away to a nursery
for ornamental stock with unfamiliar
names and unknown habits. To such
farmers—and to many others—we say,
plant a few grape vines around the
bare porch. A while ago we suggest-
ed the possibilities of a common hop
vine as an ornamental climber. This
time we suggest the effect of using
ordinary grape vines—showing what a
little taste and care in pruning and
training will do for even the most
common of vines. A great mass of
thick leaves, completely covering the
porch or house, is not—except in cer-
tain cases—the most artistic or satis-
factory method of vine ornamentation.
A graceful, clinging suggestion of
foliage is often more pleasing to the
eye, more sanitary, and more tasty
than a full supply would be.
There is no question that a very
large proportion of farmers, when
they enter upon their life work, have
but a faint knowledge of the soil and
its requirements for the special crops
to be grown. The gratifying increase
of the number of studeuts who have
entered the agricultural classes this
fall at the state agricultural colleges
is a step in the right direction.
DAIRY NOTES.
In running a separator, turn the
handle steadily, keeping an even pres-
sure.
If the milk is not skimming clear at
the speed, an increase of three to five
turns per minute will help matters.
The milk will separate best when
first taken from the cow, but if not
done then, allow it to stand for some
time and then raise it to 80 degrees
or 90 degrees.
Milk is best warmed by placing the
can in warm water.
Do not give the calf too much milk
at a time. A little and often will
give the best results.
As usual, a good many men are ask-
ing whether they can afford to buy
high-priced grain to feed their cows
until pasture comes. Nine out of ten
will decide not to do it; and by so
deciding they will handicap their
dairies for the work of the coming
season. The fact is, we can not af-
ford not to keep our cows in good
flesh and heart. We will be the ones
to suffer if we do. Weeding is a pay-
ing business everywhere, and better
nowhere else than in the^dairy.
There is a theory that nothing a
cow eats affects the quality of her
milk. If she is made to produce five
per cent milk she will do it, no matter
what she has to eat. In practice this
does not hold good, however. You
can not feed a cow dry straw and get
rich milk. Every farmer knows that
corn meal will make the richest milk
of anything. Pumpkins will also give
us a thick, yellow cream. You can
not thresh weeds and get a good har-
vest of wheat.
The poorest milk we have comes
when the cow has just begun to do
her work for the season. Often this
is due to her half-starved condition
when coming out of the barn in the
spring. It will pay the biggest kind
of returns to feed the cow and feed
her well for two months before she
goes to pasture.
THE AMERICAN PEACH.
The beginning of American peach
culture dates back to the earliest set-
tlements of the country, writes Prof.
Van Deman. The Spaniards brought
seeds of the peaches that grew in
their own country to Florida, where
they grew luxuriantly. The Indiana
saw their value and planted seeds in
their garden patches, and in this way
the Spanish type of peaches gradually
came to be called Indian. Some of
the varieties are of excellent quality
and all of them are not only especially
adapted to the Southern country, but
are hardy to the north. Many of
them are red fleshed, all have very
heavy down on the skin and reddish
stripes. The French also introduced
peach culture in their early settle-
ments in America, and so did the Eng-
lish to some extent, but they brought
the Persian type, from which most of
our varieties have sprung. The prin-
cipal use to^ which the fruit was put
in early times was the making of
brandy, although some was used in
the fresh state or dried for winter use.
For many years there was little or no
attempt at developing choice varieties
and propogating them by budding.
Prior to 1850 there were but few kinds
in existence that have stood the test
of time; the Columbia, of the Indian
or Spanish type, being one of them,
and Heath Cling, the Crawfords and a
few more still survice.
A wheelbarrow is a useful article.
If you do not appreciate its useful-
ness, leave it in the yard, and when
coming from the barn on the blackest
night in the year, knock your shins
against it and then kick it with as
much force as you can muster. Your
wife will use the fragments that are
left to kindle the kitchen fire next day,
and before the week is over, you will
appreciate the use of a wheel-barrow.
THINGS THAT HELP.
It helps—
To have every farm tool and all
the harness and wagons and the
things that cut, saw or dig. In the best
order In which we can put them.
To do to-day's work to-day, feeling
sure that to-morrow will have plenty
of business of Its own.
To be satisfied with doing one day's
work at a time. It never paid any
man to crowd two days' work into one.
Overpressure is a frequent cause of
explosion of the boiler.
To keep eyes and ears open when
using any kind of farm utensil, so that
we may know whether or not every-
thing is working properly. A bolt or
a screw is a small thing, but if either
of them gets out of place, it is quite
likely that there will be an hour or
two of running about to put matters
in shape again ready for business.
To keep on hand a little hardware
store of one's own, Including bolts of
assorted sizes, snaps for the harness,
screws, cockeyes, nuts, rivets, nails
and washers. No one knows when he
may need these things, and it saves
time to have them ready in case of
need.
To see that the wagons are all prop-
erly oiled before they get as dry "as
a contribution box."
ALL OVER TEXAS.
Two negro whisky peddlers were ar-
rested in McKinney Thursday and
put in jail.
Gainesville's new $25,000 city hall
was dedicated Friday. The exercises
were held In the auditorium and were
attended by a large number.
Dr. Knight, the State veterinary sur-
geon, with Dr. Noble, both of Hous-
ton, were ont Friday and found a case
of glanders, and the animal was killed
Saturday.
While out hunting near Rosalie, Ar-
dell Flannagan, a boy twelve years of
age, of prominent family, was killed
by the barrel exploding. The top of
his head was blown off.
The Missouri, Kansas and Texas
shops at Smithville are again making
full ten hours a day after several
months working short hours. The
force is also being gradually increased.
V. Abel, a respected citizen of Wa-
co, died rather suddenly. He was a
bookkeeper of the Brazos Packing
company and leaves a wife and five
children.
Peace continues to reign throughout
the Republic of Montlvideo. A num-
ber of additional arrests have been
made, but the revolutionary movement
has completely collapsed.
Zion City, Dowie's enterprise, has
asked for $250,000 in cash subscrip-
tions "to save the community from
money lenders and to put its enter-
prises on a paying basis."
Officers of the National Horse show
association of America and the Eng-
lish Hackney Horse society are co-
operating to establish in London an
international horse show.
John Frank Chaney, 18 years old,
son of J. H. Chaney of Willow City,
Gillespie County, was killed by his
horse running away with him. His
neck was dislocated.
Guests now invited by the king to
Windsor Castle are invited for two
nights. Queen Victoria's guests had
to arrive at the castle between 6 and
7 in the evening and depart immedi-
ately after breakfast next morning.
London Truth says: "The castle is
now very much more comfortable in
all respects."
Col C. C. Wilson of Denver, vice-
president and general Western mana-
ger of the American DeForrest Wire-
less Telegraph Company, says he will
has a wireless station in operation in
Austin by the time the legislature
convenes in special session, and will
give the newspapers in the state free
use of it during the session.
The attorney general stated in
answer to a request from Tax Com-
missioner Davie, ruled that the South-
western Telegraph and Telephone Co.
did not come within the provisions of
the Williams intangible tax law, as
the company did not do a general tel-
egraph business.
Two horses were drowned and a
drummer came near losing his life in
an accident which occurred near Au-
brey Wednesday. The drummer had
made a trip into the country and was
returning when he attempted to cross
Big Elm Creek, which was running
high.
Officers of the steamer Ninchow of
the China Steam Navigation Compa-
ny, state that the company is building
three new steamers, each with a carry-
ing capacity of approximately 70,000
tons displacement for the Seattle-Liv-
erpool route.
E. E. Stuckey, editor of the People's
Demand, of Pollock, La., was shot and
killed at the depot by A. M. Goodwin,
editor of the Colfax Chronicle. Ill
feeling Is said to have existed between
the men.
Plans have been agreed on for the
new Masonic temple at Brownwood,
and work will commence on it at once.
J. F. Strickland of Dallas, was in
Sherman last week arranging for ter-
minals, etc., for the proposed Dallas-
Sherman interurban.
Dr. J. P. Turner of Slidell, accom-
panied by other citizens from that sec-
tion, was in Dallas last week for the
purpose of interesting local capital in
the building of an electric line of rail-
way between Dallas and Ringgold.
Anr aggressive crusade against the
toy pistol is to be waged by the Dal-
las Humane society from now on.
Mr. Root has accepted a special i"
vltation to visit Buenos Ayres while
on a proposed visit to South Ameri-
ca during the coming summer.
L. M. Dockery, a well known citizen
of West Paris, was found dead in bed
at his home Friday morning. He ap-
peared to be in usual health when he
retired and had spent the day work-
ing around his place, trimming trees.
From the best information obtain-
able, the acreage of the Irish potato
crop around Jacksonville will be much
smaller than last year. This is due
chiefly to the fact that but few plant-
ers last season realized anything from
the potato crop.
Farmers' Co-operative
Union of America.
IX YONDER CREEK.
Me 'n Zeke 'n little Joe waked up early
t'other morn,
Thought we would a fishin' go—in the
creek by Torser's farm.
Hadn't grot no bait though yit, nary
hook or narry line,
Joe sed he would dig a bit—me 'n Zeke
could grit th' twine.
Hunted all 'round th* house—me 'n
Zeke did—till at last
Got a piece 'bout es long es would hold
th' heifer fast.
'Twasn't strong nuff fer that though,
yit we thought thet It would do
Fer th' fish thet would git hooked on
th' pins nigh bent in two.
Joe hed gone time we got back, to th'
creek 'n' took the the bait—
Me 'n' Zeke could walk so fast, he wuz
'fraid a bein' late.
When we got there he'd undressed, wuz
doin' darseys on th' bank,
Double flip-flops, swimmln' under to
th' yonder dlvin' plank.
Yelled, "bet you can't do thet, kin yer?"
"Kin I? bet yer boots I kin,
I could do th' flop 'n sech 'things near
'fore I knowed how ter swim."
never thinkin' it wuz late.
'Till we heerd th' breakfast bell ringln'
saw Dad down et th' gate;
But we erot our clothes on quick—me 'n'
Zeke got shirts on wrong—
Didn't change'm though er bit, thought
we'd better run 'long;
When Dad saw us comin* runnin,' he
turned 'round 'n' went inside,
Zeke said, "hoped he wuzn't mad, kind-
er acted frowny-eyed."
When we reached th' table, sittin', he
sed, "hope thet you three lads
Hain't bin fishin' in the creek, if we
wuz he'd git th' gads "
I gave Zeke an orful kick, Zeke gave
Joe one on th' shin,
Joe sed, "ouch!" but I sed "nup, just
went up t' have a swim."
Me 'n' Zeke 'n' Joe et fast 'n' went back
ud fer th' things,
Filled" th' bait can up with stones—
chucked her over watched th' rings.
A.s it sank down outer sight, we felt
better 'n wuz glad
Joe'd started doin dorseys, fer it saved
us from the gad.
—By Jim Conner.
FROM THE OLD COTTON PLANT-
ER.
Are You Money Mad?
Hanna said that Rockefeller was
money mad. We are all money mad—-
most of us—or rather we have been.
We have put wealth above manhood.
We have looked Into each other's
faces to see, not how much character
is there, but how many dollars. We
have been drunk with materialism, de-
bauched with money—the laborer as
much as the capitalist, employee as
well as employer, farmer as much as
mechanic.
But the November elections show
that reaction has come. The people
voted for principle rather than for
party, for men not money. Republi*
can Philadelphia and Democratic New
York were alike purged. Civic, corpo-
rate and individual righteousness is
again recognized. People realized as
never before that they are all bound
together Indlssolubly, that if one man
does wrong or neglects his duties, the
rest must suffer. • Our "good people"
have so neglected their duties that
bad men have got Into power In pub-
lic and corporate positions, until graft,
thieving and corruption made an intol-
erable stink.
The reform movement must be per-
elsted in. It must begin at home. To
water milk, to put nice large apples on
top of the barrel, and "small inferior
fruit within, to adulterate food or oth-
er forms of misrepresentation, are
graft in much the same degree, as
graft has been practiced by officials In
Insurance companies or public office.
Let us avoid the "holier than thou" at-
titude. Let us live right six days in
the week, as well as on Sunday. Let
each of us do as we would be done
by. Then business will be better the;
rich will continue in abundance, but
the poor will have a better chance to
Improve their condition—life will be
broader for all of us, more full of
health, love, happiness and satisfac-
tory.'—Farm and Home.
To Texas Farmer:
The Farmers' Union was a prim*
factor in influencing the large white
tenant farmers to reduce their cotton
acreage in North Texas in 1SH)5, and it
is to be regretted that there should be
any division in the organization at thia
particular time. Every member of th«
Union ought to do what he can to dis-
courage such ill-advised dissensions. 1
believe that it will be best for the in-
terest of every citizen to lessen the cot-
ton acreage this year. Twenty-seven
million acres should be the maximum
amount planted, which would insure a
ten million bale crop, which is estima-
ted to bring an average of 2 eents. We
have the best authority in assumlnfl
that bread stuffs are in greater demanl
than cotton. Corn is a more profitable
crop than cotton, when it goes below 7
cents per pound, especially when one-
third bale is the average yield, and at
35 to 40 cents for corn per bushel, with
an average of 30 bushels per acre.
When economically fed to hogs it will
beat cotton at 7 cents. Everywhere the
prevailing opinion is that the cotton
acreage is going to be largely increas-
ed in spite of the fact such a course is
sure to produce "overproduction" as in
1904, and 5 cents will be the ruling
price. In fact, it is learned that East
Texas and Central and West Texas are
already preparing to plant a big acre-
age, upon the hypothesis that they do
not know how to make anything else.
The fall and winter season has been
unfavorable for wheat and oat sowing
in North Texas, and I fear that all Tex-
as is going cotton-craxy. And the late
ruling good prices for the staple is
having the effect to fool many kito the
idea that the prices will remain good in
spite of a thirteen or fourteen millieo
bale crop. I am growing weary trying
to influence the Texas farmers to de-
crease the cotton area this year. Let
others do as they may, I am determined
to plant more corn and feed stuffs.
AARON COFFEE.
The Farm Workshop.
Every farm, no matter how small,
should have a workshop, where the
common work of repairing of the farm
can be done. It will save the cost ot-
a small set of tools in the time wasted
in going to the village blacksmith shop
during one year. Most of the work of
the farmer Is simple and does not re-
quire a regular smith to do it. Be-
sides there are many jobs that are
never done if they have to go to the
shop. Have a shop on the farm and
jnake it a regular rule that every tool
i:sed be repaired and repainted before
It is put away after crops are laid
by. Here harness are repaired and
oiled after the work is done. It will
keep the tools looking gooa as new
and double their durability. Give
plow blades, etc., a coat of white lead
and linseed oil to protect them from
damp air, and you will have no trobue
with rusty plows In the spring. After
a farmer has tried the shop on the
farm for a season he will never be
content to farm without one.
Show endurance in humiliation and
bear no grudge.
The Boy and Mother Nature.
The best nurse for a boy is Moth-
er Earth, either dry or wet. The clos-
er to her he sticks, the better man he
is likely to be in the end—the truer,
the more straight-forward, the heal-
thier.
The separation from the soil which
the trend of modern civilization
seems to be making absolute, especial-
ly in the case of the city boy, and
more and more so in the case of the
country boy, since he is being led to
look toward the city and copy its ways
—this trend cannot be but harmful to
the youngsters, and there Is need for
much Insistence and demonstration on
this point.
The boy and Mother Nature,—It
cannot be too often reiterated—ace
friends, and all he wants is an oppor-
tunity to associate with her. Give
him a chane, let him go camping, live
in the country, if all the year around,
so much the better, certainly in the
summer. Let him get to know the
The farmer will not always be led I
by designing people. When he learns j
that he is really the mud sill, he will j
climb to the roof and be on top in- j
deed and in truth.
Let the politicians gang to them-
selves and let all who believe that this
is an industrial organization gang to
themselves. There is plenty of room
for two gangs.
world—animals, birds, trees—by
growing up with it, and do not cramp
his physical, mental and moral stature
by substituting for the living green
earth and its friendly creatures, dirty
asphalt streets and the dingy brick
walls. The boy should have the open
world as a birthright, and If our pres-
ent conditions of society rather re-
strict this inheritance, it should be the
aim of those into whose hands the
management of his affairs are tempo-
rarily placed, to see that he gets as
much of It as possible.—Vivian Burnet
in The Craftsman.
Crop diversification and scientific
agriculture will greatly help us. Add
to this, the proper plan of distribution
and we have it complete.
When a man or a boy goes away
from home it is sign that there is some
other place that is more attractive.
Make home as attractive as you can.
You thus make for your own enjoy-
ment, and stand a chance to keep the
boys at home too.
Mr. G. W. L. Smith of Henderson,
said the other day that the farmers
will never reach their full measure of
greatness, as long as they have to let
a little old merchant come out to the
wagon and tell him how their cotton
classes.
Don't be silly enough to go out to
your local without a single idea to
present. At the same time don't take
out some hobby and ride It all the
lime that should be devoted to other
matters.
The time is here for a concentration
of the public schools. Put three or
four small ones together and make one
good one of it. The children may
have to go a little further, but they)
will get more by going.
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Winfree, Raymond. The Schulenburg Sticker (Schulenburg, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 31, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 15, 1906, newspaper, March 15, 1906; Schulenburg, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth189188/m1/3/: accessed July 10, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Schulenburg Public Library.