THE SURAH. HEW-YORKER. 
MAY 19 
fox l!}.e JJmmg. 
We are all interested in killing insects—at 
least injurious insects. There are good insects 
just as there are good people. We want to 
let all the good insects live long and prosper, 
and at the same time we must declare war 
upon all bad insects. It is a good plan to 
divide our friends from our enemies you see. 
Perhaps it will not bo out of place for us to 
say a word or two about insect-fighting. Be 
sure and let all toads and lady-bugs enjoy 
their lives. Don’t stone the toads as some bad 
boys do. The toad kills lots of insects and 
earns his living a dozen limes over. He hurts 
nobody. He is our friend. The same is true 
of a good many snakes, hawks and owls. 
We tell all about killing the insects that 
cause “wormy” apples in another part of this 
paper. Nobody wants to eat apples with 
worms in them, and I hope when our boys 
get to be men, they will see that the worms 
are poisoned before they get a chance to hurt 
the fruit. Everybody is interested in killing 
the potato beetle. That grfedy little fellow 
seems to be the only insect that farmers make 
a general fight against. It pays to fight 
him hard. I always use Paris-green mixed 
in plaster, sifted on the vines early in 
the morning, while the dew is heavy. 
This generally fixes the beetles in short 
order and is much less work than picking them 
off by hand. My back aches even now when 
1 think of the days I have spent picking pota¬ 
to beetles. I have spent some little time 
catching the plum curculio. This is because I 
am fond cf plum sauce and I knew I never 
could have any unless I caught the curculio. 
We generally jar the trees for them. A cloth 
is carefully spread under the tree. We make 
a pounder by taking a pole six or eight feet 
long with a heavy piece of wood at the end, 
over which we wrap fold after fold of old 
cloth or carpet. This soft materia! enables 
us to stiike the pole against the tree and give 
it a good jarring without bruising the bark. 
When we strike the tree, down come the bugs 
onto the cloth, from which they are picked 
and killed. Squash bugs I have always found 
hard to kill. These little rascals are very 
tough. About the only way to fight them is 
to put little boxes around the small vines, or 
to pick the bugs by hand. 1 have tried a good 
many remedies, including the one of sticking 
a stake with a long rag tied to it in the ground 
near the hill. The theory was that the 
wind would make the rag shake and that 
this would frighten the bugs. It never 
did it, though —it seemed to call the 
bugs on to victory. Cut worms eat 
off a good many flowers and plants. 
Little pieces of paper pushed down tightly 
about the plant so that two inches of space are 
left above ground will keep them away. The 
English sparrow is a strong friend of bad in¬ 
sects. He frightens off the birds that eat the 
insects while he won’t eat many himself. We 
should declare war against him, but we should 
do our very best to protect the birds that eat 
the insects. Of course we are all interested in 
killing the lice and other insects that infest 
poultry'houses. Hen lice must bo killed. I 
have found kerosene about the best thing to 
fight these lice with. The hen houses should 
be well sprayed every two or three weeks, and 
the pei ches and nests should be well protected 
and chaned out. Kill the lice if you want 
eggs. 
LETTERS FROM THE COUSINS. 
Dear Uncle Mark and Cousins: I have 
never written to you before, but I hope you 
will let me be a Cousin. 1 liked Elsie’s letter on 
horse-back riding very much. I ride when¬ 
ever I can, and always have a goed time. We 
have two old horses and two colts. As we are 
very busy now with our spring work, 1 can¬ 
not ride the old "horses much, so I sometimes 
ride the oldest colt. She is nearly four years 
old, but has not been broktn yet. I like to 
ride her best, for, though she is quite gentle, 
she is quicker than the old horses. 1 have no 
saddle, but I think 1 have as much fun as the 
girls who have saddles. 
We have been building a new barn. It is 40 
feet by 40, with 20-foot posts. It has a base¬ 
ment nine feet high, and a gambrel roof. We 
have stanchions for Hie cattle, but it seems to 
me it is cruel to make them stand there with 
their heads between those two sticks all the 
time. We have about 20 sheep and eight 
lambs. The oldest of the lambs are about 
three months old, and are real pets. We have 
about 20 chickens and get about 15 eggs a day. 
I think cne thing that makes them lay is that 
mother has been planting peas and they have 
found it out. Sometimes they will begin a 
row and go right through it. 
I agree with “Brownie” on the hired man 
question. I think if a man is not good enough 
to sleep in our beds and eat at our tables, he is 
not good enough to be on the place. 
The W. C. T. U. of this district (No. 1.) has 
been holding a convention here. I attended 
two evenings and one morning. It was very 
interesting. Miss Henrietta Moore, national 
organizer of the W. C. T. U., spoke very 
earnestly, and I liked it very much indeed. 
We tried to get Local Option here in Febru¬ 
ary, but were defeated. To think that the 
people of Washtenaw County should deliber¬ 
ately vote to retain the saloon, the worst of 
all evils, around our beautiful University 1 
People send their sons and daughters here 
from all parts of the U. S., and even from 
Japan. I don’t think they would send them if 
they knew that the people voted to license the 
saloon-keepers to open their doors, on any or 
all of our streets. These saloon-keepers are 
cunning fellows; they know where to put 
their traps, and how to fit them up with the 
money which they have gained by makingsome 
poor men worse than beasts. They put their 
dens on the streets in every direction from the 
post-office, so that the student has to pass 
them in order to get his mail from home! It 
is terrible! But please don’t think all of our 
people are in sympathy with this dreadful 
evil. No, indeed! for there are a great many 
men who hate it, and who vote and work for 
our homes and our good. I hope and think 
that we shall soon get rid of this terrible 
thing. Your loving Niece, 
NANNA C. CROZIER. 
Washtenaw Co., Mich. 
THE POST OFFICE CLUB. 
Every- year about this time we begin to 
talk about killing the potato beetle. Potatoes 
are our great crop. We have a near by mar¬ 
ket for every potato we can raise, and a cash 
market too. Our soil and climate are all 
right for raising potatoes, but the beetles seem 
to have taken a great fancy to cur neighbor¬ 
hood. They are with us in armies. No mat¬ 
ter how many we kill one year, they are ready 
for the fight the next year. They teach us 
lesions in energy and perseverance which, if 
well heeded, would be worth money to us. 
We have generally settled upon plaster and 
Paris green as about the best weapon in fight¬ 
ing the beetles. Most of us use the tin sifters 
sold at hardware stores, but we never have 
been able to settle upon any definite strength 
for a mixture. Some use nearly three po inds 
of Paris-gretn to a barrel of plaster, while 
others use much less. This year I shall use 
one pound of the “green” to a barrel of plaster. 
We have all sorts of methods for mixing the 
poison; but most of us still mix on the barn 
floor with an iron rake. If somebody could 
invent a cheap machine like a Blanchard churn 
for this mixing he would get a good sale for it. 
As for grubs and wire-worms, the talk this 
year is that chemical fertilizers are best for 
producing smooth potatoes. Everybody is 
interested in the Rural’s potato trial, and I 
notice that many are marking out a small 
tract of land and giving it extra care in order 
to see if they can’t beat the Rural. As is 
usual in such discussions, we let Uncle Jacob 
discuss the moral side of insect killing: 
“It vas quite easy to tell der character off a 
man mit der looks off his botato vines Off a 
man vas a goot citzen he vas look oud for der 
gonvenience off der neighbors He vas re¬ 
member dot dem botato bugs vas haf some 
spide mit all der vorld, und dot dey vill not 
only eat up his own vines, but get fat mit 
dem, so dot dey vill make cft*n shorter vork 
mit his neighbor’s vines. Gons< queutly, it 
vas der duty off der goot citiz< n to kill all der 
botato bugs. He vas haf no moral right to 
fatten dem bugs so dey vill eat somediuk dot 
pelongs mit his neighbor Der man dot goes 
mit der beesness off breeding botato bugs dot 
vill damage his neighbor’s broperty vas sbust 
like von off dem Anargists, und vas not a save 
man mit der gommunity. Und der same ting 
vas true off dot man dot let blenty < ft' weeds 
grow shust vere der seeds vas blow ofer mit 
his neighbor's farm.” small pica. 
That Tired Feeling; 
Is experienced by almost everyone at this season, and 
many people resort to Hood’s SarsaparllU to drive 
away the languor and exhaustion. The blood laden 
with impurities v hieh have been accumulating for 
months, moves sluggishly through the veins, the mind 
fails to think quickly, and the body is still -slower to 
respond. Hood’s ,-arsaparilla is just what is needed. 
It purifies, vitalizes and enriches the blood, makes 
the head clear, creates an appetite, overcomes that 
tired feeling. 
“My appetite was poor, I could not sleep, had head¬ 
ache a great deal, pains in my back, my bowels did not 
move regularly. Hood’s Sarsaparilla, in a short time 
did me so much good that I feci like a new man My 
pains and aches are relieved, my appetite improved. 
I say to others, who need a good medicine try Hood’s 
Sarsaparilla and see.” George F. Jackson, Roxbury 
Station, Conn. 
“I take Hood’s Sarsaparilla as a spring tonic, and I 
recommend it to all who have that miserable tired feel 
ing.” C. Parmelke, 349 Bridge street, Brooklyn, N. Y. 
Hood’s Sarsaparilla 
Sold by druggists. $1; six for $r>. Preparetl only by 
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