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Ornamental  Horticulturists  hold  its  an-  an  agricultural  educator  in  this  country, 
»ual_  convention  at  Houston,  Tex.,  Aug.  and  was  for  a  number  of  years  engaged 
15-17.  in  organizing  the  agricultural  schools  of 
The  Pennsylvania  State  Chemist  he-  Brazil. 
lieves  that  the  business  of  dealing  in  bad  - 
and  discarded  eggs  has  been  revived  in  Coming  Farmers’  Meetings 
Philadelphia  in  the  form  of  a  trust,  which  ~ 
is  carrying  on  an  enormous  business  with  ..  Summer  meeting  Maryland  State  TTor- 
immetise  profits.  According  to  the  views  ticultural  Society,  Hancock,  Aid.,  Au- 
of  various  dealers  in  fresh  eggs,  these  Sust  29-30. 
dealers  again  arc  collecting  their  sun-  Connecticut  \  egetable  Growers’  Asso- 
plies  from  the  city  dumps,  buying  them  elation,  two-day  auto  tour,  August  19- 
in  many  cases  from  ignorant  drivers  who  >  secretary.  Howard  1.  Huber,  1  -•> 
have  been  ordered  to  carry  their  supplies  Huntington  St.,  New  Haven, 
to  the  dump  aud  leave  them  there.  Thcv  New  York  Stato  Dairymen  s  meeting 
are  then  sold,  it  is  said,  to  some  of  the  in  connection  with  Herkimer  and  Otsego 
smaller  dealers,  who  use  them  in  making  County  Farm  Bureaus  at  Bloomfield  s, 
pies  and  cake,  which  are  sold  in  tunny  Richfield  Springs.  Aug,  otl-ol. 
sections  of  the  city.  As  the  eggs  are  ,  Washington  Fair,  \A  ashiugton,  Conn., 
bought  at  a  few  cents  a  dozen  and  sold  1*  .  „  „  . 
at  much  larger  prices,  these  dealers  are  New  England  Fair,  Worcester,  Mass., 
said  to  be  making  large  profits  from  their  kept.  4-7. 
business.  Sixty-seventh  Michigan  State  lair, 
Detroit,  Sept.  4-13. 
Farmers’  Mutual  Protective  Associa¬ 
tion.  Indian  Fields,  N.  Y.,  Sept.  5. 
Orleans  County  Fair,  Albion,  N.  Y., 
Sept.  0-9. 
Solebury  Farmers’  Exhibit,  Deer  Park, 
Solebury,  Pa..  Sept.  8-9. 
Northern  Nut  Growers’  Association, 
seventh  annual  convention,  National 
Museum.  Washington,  D.  C.,  Sept.  8-9. 
New  York  State  Fair,  Syracuse,  N.  Y., 
Sept.  11-10. 
Vegetable  Growers’  Association  of 
America,  annual  convention.  La  Salle 
Hotel,  Chicago,  Ill.,  Sept.  20-29. 
National  Dairy  Show,  Springfield, 
Mass.,  Oct.  12-21. 
Farmers’  National  Congress,  thirty- 
sixth  annual  session,  Indianapolis,  Ind., 
Oct.  17-20. 
New  Hampshire  Horticulture  Society, 
Keene,  N.  II.,  Oct.  25-27. 
New  England  Fruit  Show  and  Ver¬ 
mont  State  Horticultural  Society,  joint 
meeting  City  Hall,  Montpelier,  Vt.,  Nov. 
13-18. 
Indiana  Apple  Show,  West  Baden, 
Nov.  14-20. 
Paterson,  N.  ,T.,  Poultry  Association, 
annual  show,  Paterson,  N.  .T.,  Nov.  21- 
25;  Dr.  Gilbert  Johnson,  secretary- 
treasurer. 
Quaunapowitt  Poultry  Association, 
third  annual  show,  Wakefield,  Mass., 
Nov.  23-25. 
Maine  State  Poultry  Show,  Portland, 
Dec.  12-15. 
University  Horticultural  Society  of 
Ohio  State  University  sixth  annual  show 
of  fruit  and  vegetables,  December  14,  15 
and  10. 
EVENTS  OF  THE  WEEK 
DOMESTIC. — Forty  new  tank  cars 
have  been  offered  to  the  Government  by 
the  Union  Tank  Line  to  carry  drinking 
water  to  the  troops  encamped  along  the 
Mexican  border.  The  tender  was  made 
in  consequence  of  the  failure  cf  all  or¬ 
dinary  quartermaster’s  facilities  to  pro¬ 
vide  a  constant  and  adequate  supply. 
The  ears  will  be  ru  in  a  solid  train  from 
the  shops  of  the  American  Car  and 
Foundry  Company  to  San  Antonio,  car¬ 
rying  some  320,000  gallons  each  trip,  and 
the  equipment  will  remain  at  the  dis¬ 
posal  of  the  Government  as  long  as  it  is 
reeded. 
The  groat  dam  at  Lake  Toxaway,  S. 
C„  Weakened  by  the  iy  cut  floods,  broke. 
Aug.  13,  sending  a  great  wall  of  water 
down  the  valley  toward  Western  South 
Carolina,  The  lake,  an  artificial  body 
of  water,  covering  550  acres  and  an  av¬ 
erage  depth  of  30  feet,  was  reported  al¬ 
most  entirely  drained.  The  dam,  an 
eighth  of  a  mile  long  and  50  feet  high, 
was  completely  destroyed.  The  town  of 
Lake  Toxaway  suffered  only  minor  dam¬ 
age.  The  lake  was  created  in  connection 
with  a  Summer  resort  and  had  a  shore 
line  of  fifteen  miles.  The  darn  was  con¬ 
structed  at  a  cost  of  about.  $50,000. 
Twenty-five  persons  were  killed  and  03 
injured,  Aug.  12,  in  a  head-on  collision 
between  trolley  cars  on  the  Southern 
Cambria  Traction  Co.’s  line,  between 
Echo  and  Brookvale,  seven  miles  from 
Johnstown.  Pa.  Fourteen  died  instant¬ 
ly,  11  after  being  removed  from  the 
wreckage.  Several  more  will  probably 
die.  The  cause  of  the  accident  has  not 
been  determined. 
Reports  from  Deer  Park.  Md..  and 
other  points  in  the  Alleghanies,  Aug.  14, 
tell  of  a  drop  in  temperature  to  30  de¬ 
grees.  The  frost  resembled  a  light  snow. 
Considerable  damage  resulted. 
Aug.  15  Greater  New  York  report¬ 
ed  103  new  Cases  of  infantile  paralysis, 
but  an  increasing  number  of  cases  were 
reported  from  the  suburban  districts 
around  New  York  city.  The  ninny  towns 
and  villages  on  Long  Island,  in  New  Jer¬ 
sey,  in  various  up-State  counties  and  in 
Connecticut  from  which  commuters  tra¬ 
vel  daily  to  New  York  have  in  a  number 
of  instances  had  more  cases  per  thousand 
of  population  than  such  dense  centres  as 
Manhattan.  Brooklyn  and  the  Bronx. 
An  explosion  which  blew  out  a  cylinder 
on  a  rehydrating  press  at  the  riu  Pont 
Powder  Company's  plant  at  Carney’s 
Point.  N.  J.,  Aug.  12,  killed  three  work¬ 
men  and  injured  two  others.  The  press. 
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To  keep  the  rooms  dry  in  a  stone,  con¬ 
crete  or  brick  house  where  the  walls  are 
finished  or  plastered  to  the  solid  outside 
wall,  first  drill  holes  from  the  outside 
through  the  wall  at  the  bottom,  near  the 
first  floor  level,  the  same  at  the  top. 
Then  have  an  air  space  of  one  inch  or 
more  between  lath  and  plaster,  and  solid 
outside  wall.  The  air  will  circulate 
from  bottom  to  top  and  will  keep  the 
rooms  dry.  Tbe  holes  at  the  bottom  can 
be  closed  in  cold  weather.  The  damp¬ 
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lunch  in  another  building  and  Killed  mm.  bi)]s  j)ftsse<j  pmv;<ie  for  expendi- 
Aug  15.  the  bodies  of  five  persons,  tures  aggregating  $1*37.344,000,  divided 
drowned  in  the  flood  iu  Cabin  Creek.  as  follows:  Army,  $2(57.000.000;  navy, 
W.  Va..  Aug.  9,  were  found  near  $315,000,000;  fortifications,  $25,748,000; 
Ferndale.  where  the  greatest  loss  of  life  military  academy,  $2,238,000:  army  and 
oceured.  _  navy  deficiency,  $27,558,(H'0.  Total, 
Destruction  of  whiskey  and  beer  which  $037,344,000.  The  biggest  naval  bill  ever 
had  been  seized  from  alleged  violators  passed  by  Congress  or  advanced  by  any 
of  the  prohibition  law,  ceased  at  Girard,  nation  iu  time  of  peace,  was  practically 
Ala..  Aug.  14.  on  order  of  Circuit  Judge  made  ready  for  the  President's  signature 
Alston,  when  council  for  the  owners  filed  when  the  House  accepted  the  Senate's 
bond  for  appeal  to  the  State  Supieme  big  building  programme  as  contained  in 
Court  from  Judge  Alston’s  former  decis-  the  naval  budget.  With  35  Democrats, 
ion  ordering  the  liquor’s  destruction.  15  Republicans  and  one  Socialist  voting 
It  is  estimated  that  $125,000  worth  in  opposition  the  House  approved  the 
has  been  poured  out  by  the  sheriff  three-year  construction  plan,  calling  for 
recently.  19  capital  ships,  by  a  vote  of  283  to  51. 
The  Gloucester  fishing  schooner  Oriole  United  States  Supreme  Court  Justice 
was  sunk  in  a  fog  in  a  collision  on  Aug.  Louis  D.  Braudeis  has  declined  to  serve 
12  with  the  Norwegian  steamship  on  the  Mexican-United  States  Commis- 
PoVghilrl  off  Nova  Scotia.  Four  of  the  sion.  Chief  Justice  White  is  credited 
schooner’s  crew  were  drowned  and  18  with  being  of  the  opinion  that  members 
of  the  tribunal  should  not  serve  on  com¬ 
missions.  It  is  said  that  he  has  been 
_  firmly  of  this  opinion  for  a  long  time 
FARM  AND  GARDEN. — -The  New  aiu|  that  his  view  ou  tbe  subject  was 
York  State  Dairymen’s  Association  will  expressed  to  Justice  Braudeis. 
hold  a  meeting  in  connection  with  the 
Farm  Bureaus  of  Herkimer  and  Otsego  OBITUARY.— Jackson  Dawson,  fam- 
Counties  at  Bloomfield  s,  ‘  1  9  OHS  propagator  of  trees  and  shrubs,  died 
Springs,  N.  X.  Aug.  .w-.il.  at  the  Arnold  Arboretum,  Boston,  Mass., 
Arthur  8.  Thurston  of  the  Deportment  Auguat  ;u  bjK  75th  year.  Mr.  Dawson 
of  Floriculture  at  the  Agricultural  Col-  was  ;i  native  0f  Yorkshire,  England,  but 
lege.  Amherst,  Mass.,  has  accepted  a  came  to  this  country  at  an  early  age, 
position  as  assistant  professor  ot  non-  fought  in  the  Civil  War.  and  was  long 
culture  at  the  Iowa  State  College.  identified  with  American  horticulture. 
The  annual  convention  of  the  Vegetable  He  had  handled  and  propagated  plants 
Growers’  Association  of  America  _  will  from  all  parts  of  the  world,  was  the 
be  held  at  the  La  Salle  Hotel,  Chicago,  first  raiser  of  Rambler  roses,  producing 
September  2(5-29,  The  program  includes  crosses  of  the  Japanese  Rosa  multiflora, 
an  extensive  trade  exhibit,  round  table  and  was  the  instructor  of  many  nurs- 
discussions  and  addresses  by  leading  cry  men  in  grafting  conifers,  propagat- 
gardoners,  truck  farmers,  greenhouse  men.  ing  Rhododendrons  and  handling  diffi- 
nnd  representatives  from  various  col-  cult  liurdwooded  plants, 
leges,  experiment  stations  and  the  T  .  S,  John  Charlton,  one  of  the  best  known 
Department  of  Agriculture.  Marketing,  nurserymen  and  florists  of  western  New 
soil  fertility,  heating,  packing,  spraying  York,  at  Rochester,  August  2.  aged 
and  other  subjects  will  be  covered  on  the  so  years,  Mr,  Charlton  was  a  native  of 
program.  Additional  information  regard-  Wiltshire,  England,  but  had  lived  in  this 
ing  the  Convention  and  a  Copy  of  the  country  for  50  years.  lie  entered  the 
complete  program  may  be  secured  by  nursery  business  in  18(55,  and  introduced 
writing  James  B.  Foley,  secretary,  Chi-  many  new  varieties  of  plants,  among 
cago  Convention  Committee,  3100  South  them  being  Ampelopsis  Veitchii,  the 
Spauidiug  Avenue,  Chicago  Peter  Henderson  tree  carnation,  the 
The  Department  of  Agriculture  Aug.  Pocklington  crape,  the  Golden.  Prolific 
14.  warned  prospective  growers  of  drug  gooseberry,  lie  also  bellied  to  introduce 
plants,  seeking  to  take  advantage  of  high  the  James  Vick  strawberry  and  was 
prices  for  drugs,  that,  possibilities  of  big  among  the  first  to  grow  hardy  grape- 
profits  are  slender.  Inexperienced  grow-  vines  for  market.  He  was  well  known 
era  are  told  that  it  is  doubtful  if  they  as  an  expert  grower  of  Fuchsias  and 
can  grow  (1  -  plants  sueessfully,  and  that  noted  for  the  growing  of  roses,  flower- 
if  they  succeeded,  satisfactory  markets  ing  shrubs  and  peonies.  He  is  survived 
are  hard  to  find.  Raising  of  drug  plants,  by  a  widow  and  four  children, 
the  department  says,  is  a  distinct  Prof.  Clinton  De  Witt  Smith,  of  the 
specialty  and  calls  for  exact  knowledge  New  York  College  of  Agriculture,  Ithaca, 
mid  skill.  N.  Y.,  died  iu  Buffalo,  N.  Y.,  Aug.  5, 
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