1898 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
329 
SCIENCE FROM THE STATIONS. 
REVIEWS OF IMPORTANT BULLETINS. 
Bulletin 140 of the Agricultural Experiment 
Station, Ithaca, N. Y., is a second report on 
potato culture by Prof. I. P. Roberts and L. A. 
Clinton. This report will be very useful to those 
who believe that constant and thorough tillage 
can be used to increase the productive capacity 
of the soil. The object of these experiments was 
to see whether thorough tillage before the pota¬ 
toes were planted, and constant cultivation from 
the time of planting up to the latest possible 
moment, would increase the yield. The general 
results certainly show that, in an ordinary sea¬ 
son, seven to nine cultivations with a tine-toothed 
implement, are likely to give best results. Un¬ 
questionably, a constant stirring of the ground 
lightly, so as not to interfere with the feeding 
roots, has improved the crops of potatoes. This 
bulletin will be read with great iuterest by all 
who believe in careful tillage, and those who do 
not believe will be likely to have their faith in¬ 
creased by a study of this bulletin. The bulletin 
also gives a brief chapter on the Flea-beetle, the 
ordinary Colorado beetle, and the various blights 
which affect potato vines. 
In Bulletin No. 128 of the New Jersey Station 
(New Brunswick), Prof. ,T. B. Smith recounts his 
experiments with the use of hydraulic cement as 
a protection against peach borers. These ex¬ 
periments are detailed at considerable length, 
and appear to show that hydraulic cement mixed 
with skim-milk has proved very successful. In 
one case, an application to 38 large peach trees 
cost 13 cents for cement, 8 cents for skim-milk, 84 
cents for labor, a total cost of 81.05, or a little 
less than three cents per tree. The object is to 
keep the borers out of the tree, for when they 
once get in, there is nothing to do but to cut them 
out. No application can be made to the outside 
of the tree to kill the borers inside of it. Prof. 
Smith sums up the matter as follows: 
“ It is a fair conclusion from these experiments, 
made in a very wet season, that a mixture of 
cement and skim-milk applied to tree trunks, 
forms a continuous coating that will remain in 
good condition during an entire Summer. As a 
mechanical coating, it leaves nothing to be de¬ 
sired, and no appearance of injury from its use 
has been observed. It is impenetrable to young 
insect larvm, and a surface so covered would not 
be readily selected by an adult for oviposltion. 
The coating is sufficiently elastic to admit of 
moderate growth, but quite brittle enough to 
break readily from the efforts of any insect 
attempting to come out from beneath the bark. 
It would not, therefore, prevent the exit of 
borers that were already working in the tree, 
but would keep out any young larvae that 
attempted to get in. It is probable that this 
cement, added to some of the soap washes in use 
by fruit growers, will add to their lasting quali¬ 
ties. The simple water mixture is so far in¬ 
ferior to that made with milk that its use is not 
recommended. In all cases, the cement should 
be broken up with a stiff brush when the danger 
season is over. On young trees, it should not be 
put on until necessary, or kept longer than re¬ 
quired, that the bark may devolop normally. On 
old trees, it makes little difference.” 
Having tried all the various coats and washes, 
including tar paper and ordinary newspaper, it 
will be seen that he gives a high value to a coat¬ 
ing of skim-milk and cement. 
Bulletin No. 37, of the Delaware Station 
(Newark), gives a study of the disease known as 
anthrax, which has been quite prevalent at times 
in the State of Delaware. An account is given of 
the outbreak of anthrax at Paul’s Creek, Pa. 
This occurred in a tannery, and had its origin in 
a cargo of hides imported from China. These 
hides were tanned in yards along the river, and 
during the work, a number of cases of sickness 
occurred among the tannery employees, six of 
which terminated fatally. There were,also, deaths 
in the herds which grazed along the stream below 
the tannery. This outbreak resulted in an in¬ 
vestigation by the Agricultural Department, 
which was not very satisfactory, since it showed 
that the only way to keep the disease out of the 
country, would be to prohibit all imports of hides, 
which was practically impossible. The State of 
Delaware pays a bounty of 88 per head for all 
horses or horned cattle which die of the disease, 
and which are burned under the direction of the 
State. The Governor, at the expense of the State, 
may cause the vaccination of live stock if it has 
been exposed to anthrax, provided the owner of 
the stock petitions for this protection, and as¬ 
sumes all the responsibility. Five herds of ex¬ 
cellent cattle have been thus vaccinated, and it 
is said that these cattle thus exposed to the con¬ 
tagion, have not succumbed to it. This disease 
is exceedingly contagious, especially on lowlands 
bordering on streams below infected yards. 
There is violent opposition In many quarters to 
auy suggestion of vaccinating cattle; yet most 
of the experiments that have been reported seem 
to show the value of this treatment. 
There has been a good deal of discussion as to 
the effect of feeding millet hay to horses. The 
North Dakota Experiment Station at Fargo 
issued a bulletin last year giving results of some 
experiments in feeding this hay. The general 
conclusion seems to be that horses were injuri¬ 
ously affected when fed on millet hay. Several 
horses after continued feeding upon millet were 
seriously affected. In one or two specimens 
where post-mortem examinations were made, the 
kidneys were affected and the joints of the legs 
were swollen and seriously weakened. There' 
was serious inflammation around the kidneys 
and joints, and before death, the animals ap¬ 
peared in great pain, trembling and weak. In 
several cases, the bones were found soft, and 
generally in bad condition. A number of cases 
are given where so-called kidney disease and 
rheumatism were traced almost directly to the 
feeding of millet hay, and these experiments cer¬ 
tainly indicate that millet, especially where the 
seeds are well matured, is dangerous fodder for 
a horse. There does not appear to be any par¬ 
ticular danger in feeding it to cows, but certainly 
all the experiments point to the fact that it is 
unwise to feed it to horses. 
Bulletin 54, of the Maryland Station (College 
Park), gives the results of experiments with 
tomatoes, both as to varieties and treatments for 
diseases. The business of growing tomatoes in 
Maryland is an extensive one, and the methods 
employed by growers there will prove of general 
interest. The fertilizer that has given good re¬ 
sults in Maryland, is composed as follows: 200 
pounds nitrate of soda, 1,000 pounds dissolved 
rock. 500 pounds ground fish, 300 pounds sulphate 
of potash. 500 pounds of this mixture per acre 
were used in the rows, and it gave excellent re¬ 
sults both as to quantity and quality. The Bor¬ 
deaux Mixture has given best results in bolding 
the Tomato-leaf blight in check. There seems to 
be a difference in varieties, some being more 
susceptible to the blight than others. Prof. 
Robinson thinks, “The distance apart for plants 
in the field should be determined by the variety, 
some varieties making such a vigorous growth 
that four or five feet is plenty close enough.” 
What is the matter with the turkeys? They 
are swollen under the eyes, more towards the 
bill than back of the eye. They have good appe¬ 
tites, but are dull instead of being active and 
lively. j. h. b. 
Chenango County, N. Y. 
The trouble is, undoubtedly, a form of roup. 
We would recommend bathing the head and face 
with a mixture of four parts of sweet oil, two 
parts of kerosene, and one part of spirits of tur¬ 
pentine; bathe twice daily, putting a few drops 
in the mouth each time. 
When a baby 
smiles in its sleep 
it is the mother’s 
fond belief that 
an angel is kiss¬ 
ing it. No woman 
\ attains the su¬ 
preme joy of wo- 
manhood until 
^vYo'she knows the 
caressing touch 
of a first-born’s 
fingers. No wo¬ 
man knows the 
supreme sorrow 
of womanhood 
until she sees her 
baby in the cold 
embrace of death. 
Thousands of women daily achieve wo¬ 
manhood’s supremest joy, only to meet, a 
few days or weeks or months later, its 
supremest sorrow. This is because so 
many babies are born into the world with 
the seeds of death already sown in their 
little bodies. If a woman would have 
healthy, robust children, strong and able 
to withstand the usual little illnesses of 
childhood, she must “ look before she 
leaps.” 
If a woman will take the proper care of 
her health in a womanly way ( during the 
period of prospective maternity, she may 
protect herself against much pain and suf¬ 
fering and possible death, and insure the 
health of her child. Dr. Pierce’s Favorite 
Prescription is the greatest of all medicines 
for prospective mothers. It acts directly 
on the delicate and important organs that 
bear the burdens of maternity and makes 
them strong, healthy, vigorous and elastic. 
It allays inflammation, heals ulceration, 
soothes pain and tones the tortured nerves. 
It banishes the usual discomforts of the 
expectant period and makes baby’s advent 
to this world easy and almost painless. It 
insures an ample supply of nourishment. 
It is the greatest known nerve tonic and 
invigorator for women. All good dealers 
sell it. Say “No” and stick to it when 
urged to accept a substitute said to be 
“just as good as Dr. Pierce’s Favorite 
Prescription.” 
“ I had miscarried twice and was so weak I 
could not stand on my feet,” writes Mrs. Minnie 
Smith, P. M., of Lowell, Lane Co., Oregon. “I 
teak two bottles of Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Pre¬ 
scription and now have a healthy baby and am 
stronger than for twelve years.” 
The quick constipation - cure — Doctor 
Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets. Never gripe. 
Accept no substitutes or imitations. 
Weak Lungs 
Recent Progress of Medical Science. 
Extract from Dr. Robert Hunter’s lectures on the 
lungs have been published from time to time in this 
paper for the purpose of informing the people of the 
real nature of lung diseases and the discovery of a 
successful treatment of the lungs by Antiseptic 
Medicated Air Inhalations. No truth of medical 
science has been more conclusively proven and estab¬ 
lished than that Bronchitis. Asthma and Catarrh of 
the Lungs have been and are being radically cured 
by this treatment, whlleeven Consumption, the most 
dreaded of all lung complaints, is arrested and en¬ 
tirely eradicated by Dr. Hunter’s most recently dis¬ 
covered germicides, which kill and expel from the 
lungs the bacilli of tuberculosis. From all parts of 
the Union come the grateful acknowledgments of 
patients whose lives have been saved by Dr. Hunter. 
Mr. A. L. Peer, 179 Washington Street. Newark N 
J., says: “My lungs were left in a weak condition 
from La Grippe and rapidly grew worse. They became 
affected. I had twenty-seven hemorrhages, and my 
condition became very critical. I lost llfty pounds in 
weight and was conHned to my bed. My physicians 
gave me up to die. Dr. Hunter was consulted, and 1 
began to improve immediately. My breathing became 
freer, the hemorrhages ceased altogether, and 1 
steadily gained in strength and flesh. I now weigh 
more than I ever did, and am positively cured 
Dr. Hunter’s treatment was the thing that saved my 
life.” 
Any subscriber of The Rural New-Yorker who 
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