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turn  red,  when  all  the  sap  has  left  the 
stalks,  and  select  the  best  type  of  seed 
plant.  Cut  these  stalks  at  the  surface 
of  the  ground  with  a  short-handled  sharp 
hoe.  rut  the  cut.  stalks  in  heaps  and 
later  collect  in  a  cart,  or  tight-floored 
wagon.  Take  to  tarn,  shed  or  cover  of 
some  sort  and  thrash  the  berries  out 
with  a  Hail  or  six-tined  forks.  Remove 
all  the  brush,  stalks,  etc.,  and  bag  the 
berries  and  what  leaves  or  small  parts 
of  1  he  stalk  remain.  We  use  a  large 
trough,  fill  half  full  of  the  berries,  etc., 
and  add  water  enough  to  cover.  We  use 
a  block  of  wood  to  crush  and  rub  the 
mass  in  the  trough,  a  block  12  i rid  es 
square  aud  IS  inches  long  of  hard  pine 
or  spruce.  Nail  a  piece  of  broomstick  on 
one  end  for  handles  and  twist  and  rub 
tire  berries  out  under  water.  Turn  the 
stuff  several  times  and  rise  the  block  till 
all  berries  are  mashed  and  the  pulp 
floats.  Then  stir  and  fill  the  trough  with 
water,  flnat'ng  off  all  the  debris.  The 
seed  will  sink  and  should  be  washed  and 
rinsed  until  dean  of  sticks  and  dirt. 
Pour  the  seed  out  of  the  trough  into  a 
pail  and  by  using  a  sieve  or  strainer  the 
seed  will  become  dean.  Put  the  seed  on 
some  dry  gunny  bags  in  the  sun,  chang¬ 
ing  to  dry  bags  several  times.  When 
quite  dry  place  near  a  furnace  or  some 
place  where  the  seed  can  he  stirred  and 
more  thoroughly  dried.  I)o  not  hag  un¬ 
til  you  are  sure  it  is  dry.  By  this 
method  the  seed  will  germinate  well  and 
looks  bright  and  fresh.  c.  w.  I’UKSCOTT. 
Massachusetts. 
RURALISMS 
Hay  Fever  and  Its  Prevention 
Reprint  No.  349,  from  the  Public 
Health  Reports,  is  issued  under  the  above 
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the  American  Ilay-fever  Prevention  As¬ 
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involved  are  already  widely  known. 
The  symptoms  of  hay  fever  are  well 
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time  of  hay  harvest  led  to  the  belief  that 
this  was  in  some  way  responsible  for  the 
disease.  It  was  not  until  about  1870 
that  the  relationship  of  pollen  to  the 
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Some  time  ago  you  asked  information 
as  to  how  to  exterminate  chickweed.  I 
know  of  but  one  method  which  a  neigh¬ 
bor  of  mine  found  very  effective.  Turn 
your  garden  or  lawn  into  a  chicken  yard 
for  one  year.  Also 'for  quack  grass.  You 
mention  mullein,  but  I  found  turning  a 
flock  of  sheep  in  the  affected  field  will 
entirely  exterminate  it  "root  and 
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Common  Ragweed,  Ambrosia  Artemisaefolia 
disease  was  established.  For  a  long  time 
the  particular  pollens  causing  the  dis¬ 
ease  were  not  identified ;  goldenrod,  con¬ 
spicuous  and  plentiful,  was  suspected, 
while  the  inconspicuous  ragweed  was  ig¬ 
nored.  While  the  pollen  of  the  golden- 
rod  is  toxic  to  susceptible  persons,  it  is 
not  abundant,  is  dislodged  with  difficulty, 
and  borne  by  wind  only  to  a  slight  de¬ 
gree.  The  goldenrod.  therefore  is  dis¬ 
missed  as  a  minor  offender. 
The  characteristics  of  hay-fever  weeds 
arc  that  they  must  ho  wind-pollinated, 
very  numerous,  and  having  inconspicu¬ 
ous  flowers  that  form  great  quantities  of 
pollen.  The  following  list  is  given  of 
characteristic  hay-fever  weeds:  Common 
ragweed  or  Roman  wormwood,  giant  rag¬ 
weed,  'Western  ragweed,  false  wormwood, 
marsh  elder,  Western  elder,  thorny  amar¬ 
anth.  cocklebur,  false  ragweed,  yellow 
dock.  Many  grasses  are  also  lmy-fever 
plants,  and  as  they  begin  to  pollinate  in 
May  they  are  often  responsible  for  hay- 
fever  commencing  at  that  time.  In  Eu¬ 
rope,  where  the  ragweeds  are  not  found, 
grasses  are  the  usual  cause  of  the  dis¬ 
ease. 
Hay-fever  is  common  in  children,  but 
is-  usually  treated  as  a  cold.  Barents 
should  notice  this,  and  avoid  exposure  to 
noxious  weeds  where  the  child  is  suscep¬ 
tible.  The  daisy  fleabaue  (Erigeron 
strigosus)  produces  irritating  pollen,  and 
is  very  likely  to  be  picked  as  a  daisy. 
Children  should  not  be  allowed  to  inhale 
flowers  under  suspicion,  not  only  be¬ 
cause  of  ti  e  danger  of  an  attack  of  bay 
fever,  but  also  because  such  an  attack  in¬ 
creases  a  child’s  susceptibility  to  bay- 
fever  pollens. 
So  far  there  has  been  no  very  satis¬ 
factory  treatment  of  hay-fever,  and  its 
prevention,  by  eradicating  tin*  liay-fevcr 
weeds  is  earnestly  needed.  Laws 
against  noxious  weeds  have  not  recog¬ 
nized  the  hay-fever  weeds  from  a  health 
standpoint,  though  many  of  the  less  active 
among  them  are  under  the  ban.  New  Or¬ 
leans  has  a  drastic  city  ordinance  against 
such  weeds.  It  is  recommended  that  the 
weed  laws  existent  in  the  various  States 
he  amended  to  iucludo  the  liay-fever 
weeds.  It  is  also  necessary  to  educate 
the  public  as  to  the  general  need  of  such 
legislation,  not  only  from  an  agricultural 
hut  also  from  a  sanitary  aud  economic 
standpoint.  Such  education,  aided  by 
legislation,  should  renfove  hay-fever  from 
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Harvesting  and  Curing  Asparagus  Seed 
How  is  asparagus  seed  gathered  and 
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