NEW AUBURN TRIAL STATION. 



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New Auburn Trial Station. 



R. F. HALL, SUPT. 



June 12.— In making my first report it might be of interest 

 tc the members of the society to know where the new trial station 

 is located. New Auburn 

 is an inland town located 

 in the northern portion 

 of Sibley County, nine 

 miles southwest of Glen- 

 coe, where a trial station 

 was conducted for many 

 years by the late Captain 

 A. H. Reed. 



New Auburn is situ- 

 ated on the shores of a 

 beautiful wooded lake of 

 the same name, which is 

 five miles long and one 

 and a half miles wide, in 

 the center of which is 

 High Island, containing 

 eleven acres of heavy 

 timber. Its banks are 

 thirty feet above the wa- 

 ter. One can hardly im- 

 agine a more picturesque 

 spot. 



In approaching the town tourists are impressed with the 

 beautiful scenery and exceptionally well kept streets which are 

 lined for a mile with fine large shade trees. The entire village 

 has the appearance of a park. There are many small orchards 

 of the most desirable varieties of apples and plums. There is 

 every prospect for a very heavy crop of fruit this year. 



As the writer is recovering from a severe illness, he is 

 unable to make a more extended report at this time. 



R. P. Hall. 



Ants in the House. — Sometimes ants are troublesome in the house, 

 especially in the kitchen. Professor Waldron, of the North Dakota Agricul- 

 tural College, recommends wetting a sponge with sweetened water, leaving it 

 where the ants are for a few minutes. They will crawl into it. Then drop 

 it into boiling water to kill the ants and repeat. Another method is to 

 grease a plate with lard. The ants will crawl onto it and get stuck. Kill 

 them by dipping the plate into hot water. 



