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THE RENEWED INTEREST IN SHEEP. 
The illustration, Fig. 2, page 2, is a 
not unusual Summer scene in & sheep 
country. Though it is not the custom to 
feed grain to any great extent while at 
pasture, many people keep troughs in 
the field to give the animals now and 
then a little treat of corn or vegetable 
peelings. The sheep has become a back 
number in some sections where formerly 
it brought profit to the owner. The 
profit was made on the fleece, which 
brought 40 cents to a dollar per pound, 
the lambs and mutton were looked on as 
incidentals. But 20-cent wool is anoth¬ 
er thing, and so sheep were dropped. In 
other localities the lamb and mutton 
side of the matter was studied out, new 
breeds were tried, and the sheep was 
again found to be a money maker. But 
this has been true only where necessary 
changes, incident to the requirements of 
different breeds, have been recognized. 
It is a mistake to oonclude that a sheep 
is a sheep, and that Merino and Shrop¬ 
shire can be handled in the same way, 
no matter how they differ in constitu¬ 
tion, temperament, food requirements, 
etc. It is a fact that may cause eastern 
sheep men to be thoughtful that Cana¬ 
dian breeders are able to pay duty and 
long-distance freight, and still supply 
our markets with “Canada mutton” that 
satisfies the most exacting demand. One 
plain reason for this is the general 
feeding of roots. An Ontario sheep man 
would as soon think of tearing down his 
shelter as doing without his crop of tur¬ 
nips and beets. They raise 500 or more 
bushels per acre, and with them produce 
the sweet and juicy mutton that sells so 
readily. __ 
THE OHIO STATE HORTICULTURAL 
MEETING. 
The thirty-seventh annual meeting of the 
Ohio State Horticultural Society was held 
in the Court House at Delaware December 
y, io and 11. Judging from the ad interim 
reports from the 11 districts of the State 
the Ohio fruit crop was, upon the whole, 
the past season slightly below the average. 
This was due principally to the fact that 
March and April got their weather affairs 
so mixed that they were not settled until 
some time in May. During this melee of 
the elements the mercury “swung low" 
and knocked out the first early strawberry 
buds and blossoms, injured many shooting 
raspberry and blackberry canes, killed 
many peaches and pears and plums, and 
gave the apples a great scare. However, In 
the northern part of the State, within the 
influence of the lake, there was a great 
crop of apples and plums, a very generous 
one of peaches and pears and small fruits. 
Throughout the central and southern sec¬ 
tions the crops were variable according to 
the different elevations and exposures and 
such other local influences as entered into 
the protection or the cutting down of the 
crops. In spite of the unusual weather con¬ 
ditions which reasonably might have been 
expected to have a retarding influence in 
their development, fungous diseases and In¬ 
sect pests were very prevalent, and only 
those fruit growers who were true and ac¬ 
tive in their faith in the spray pump were 
rewarded with perfect fruits and profitable 
returns. A Shirer. of Dayton, ended his 
report with a forceful plea for uniformity 
of fruit packages. A representative of a 
southern Ohio fruit package factory stated 
that the present demand for three different 
sizes of bushels, half-bushels, pecks and 
gallons, made it very annoying for the 
manufacturer, as It was Impossible to know 
for which size there would be the greater 
demand, while if there were a single stand¬ 
ard, legal bushel, an ample stock could be 
made up and maintained, and orders could 
be filled promptly and satisfactorily. 
R. A. Hunt, of Euclid, who is a prominent 
cold-storage man, reported a great crop of 
apples stored in the vicinity of Cleveland. 
The poorer grades are now being worked 
off at proportionately low prices. Mr. Hunt 
is not a friend of the Kieffer pear, and de¬ 
clares that It goes principally to the “cheap 
trade.” The trees, of late, have been blight¬ 
ing badly. Bartlett is still the standard. 
Thinning of fruits, in his section, is prac¬ 
ticed more and more, with excellent re¬ 
sults. Mr. Hunt brought with him, as a 
special exhibit, a plate each of Baxter, 
Gideon, Stone and McIntosh apples. 
L. B. Pierce spoke of the unusually large 
crop of “Autumn strawberries.” One man 
was said to have sold $60 worth of Dunlaps 
from one-third of an acre. These second 
crops of berries were produced mainly up 
on old beds that had been renovated after 
fruiting and given thorough culture 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
throughout the Autumn. Discussion of the 
causes of the second or Autumn crop of 
strawberries brought to the front the 
theory that it was the disturbance of the 
root system, by the cultivator, which 
amounted practically to root-pruning. It 
had been observed that only the plants at 
or quite near the edge of the rows were 
those that fruited. Peculiar features of 
the season, too, were said to have a part in 
producing a second crop of berries. The 
past season the fruiting period was follow¬ 
ed by a long and severe drought, broken by 
copious rains and, in turn, followed by con¬ 
tinued warm weather. The conditions were 
ideal for a second fruiting. Mr. Pierce 
spoke also of the strange elongation of sev¬ 
eral varieties of strawberries whose typical 
form is quite different. The Bederwoo-1 
was given as an illustration, and was said 
to be this season fully as elongated as the 
Haverland. 
At the first evening session Mayor H. C. 
Clippinger, of Delaware, delivered an ad¬ 
dress of welcome. He declared that the 
man who makes two good, sound apples 
grow where but one poor one grew before 
is a benefactor; that the man who allows 
weeds and thistles to prevail where there 
might be well-kept lawns and beautiful 
flowers is a nuisance to society. He real¬ 
ized what the Horticultural Society might 
do for the city of Delaware in the encour¬ 
agement of the planting of trees, shrubs 
and flowers, and took occasion to recom¬ 
mend the application of what the citizens 
might learn to the beautifying of certain 
points in Delaware. 
President Miller, in his pleasant yet force 
ful way, declared to the Society that it is 
necessary for the man who would succeed 
in practical and commercial horticulture, 
or who would ably represent the interests 
of the same as an official of a horticultural 
organization, to be one of a broad, thor¬ 
ough education. He is desirous that the 
State Horticultural Society be placed upon 
a firmer footing by being made a part ol' 
and receiving its annual appropriations 
through the State Board of Agriculture, 
that the interests of the Society may be 
placed in the hands of a permanent secre¬ 
tary whd shall have an office in the apart¬ 
ments of the State Board of Agriculture, 
and look after the interests of the Society 
at the legislative department and through¬ 
out the State among the Granges, institute 
associations, farmers’ clubs, etc.; also that 
the experiment station establish and main¬ 
tain orchards in different parts of the State 
for the testing of varieties of apples and 
learning the adaptability of different varie¬ 
ties for the various sections of the State. 
T. H. BALLOU. 
Club Root on Cabbage. 
W. O. L., Gleasondale, Mass.—I would like 
to have you tell me what causes club root 
in cabbage and turnip, and why cabbage 
will not head up when thus affected. 
Ans.—C lub root or clump root In the 
cabbage, turnip and allied plants re 
suits from the attacks of a fungus 
known to science by the portentous 
name of Plasmodiophora Brassicse. This 
organism may remain active in the soil 
for years, ready to attack newly-set 
plants, and is often especially abundant 
in the seed bed. It grows and multiplies 
at the expense of the host plant, whose 
vitality is thus greatly lessened. Affect¬ 
ed cabbages do not head up well, because 
assimilation is so deranged that it can¬ 
not store up the surplus energy needed 
to form the head, which Is really a gi¬ 
gantic bud destined to flower and seed 
the coming year. Being an internal dis¬ 
ease club root is not affected by spray¬ 
ing or similar treatment, but may be 
prevented by growing in clean soil or by 
the application of air-slaked stone lime 
to infected soils at the rate of 75 bushels 
to the acre. _ 
“I believe a flying machine with an 
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makes you thing so?” “Haven’t you no¬ 
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up?”—Cleveland Plain Dealer. 
For the land’s sake, use Bowker’s Fer¬ 
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NOT RECOMMENDED FOR EVERYTHING 
But if You Have Kidney, Liver or Bladder Trouble, 
You Will Find the Great Remedy Swamp- 
Root, Just What You Need. 
It used to be considered that only urinary and 
bladder troubles were to be traced to the kidneys, 
but now modern science proves that nearly all 
diseases have their beginning in the disorder of 
these most important organs. 
Therefore, when your kidneys are weak or out 
of order, you can understand how quickly your 
entire body is affected, and how every organ 
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If you are sick or “feel badly,” begin taking 
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2lt> i/ui oi., Borough of Brooklyn, N. 
Weak and unhealthy kidney* are responsible 
for more sickness and suffering than any other 
disease, and if permitted to continue much suf¬ 
fering with fatal results are sure to follow. Kid¬ 
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restless, sleepless and irritable; makes you pass 
water often during the day and obliges you to 
get up many times during the night. Unhealthy 
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bladder, pain or dull ache in the back, joints and 
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DR. KILMER’S 
SWAMP-ROOT 
Kldnay, Liver & Bladder 
CURE. 
DIRECTIONS. 
may take one, two or three 
teaapoonfuls before or after 
meals and atbedtime. 
Children less according to age. 
May commence with small 
doses andl ncrease to full dose 
or more, as the case would 
seem to require. 
This great remedy cures all 
kidney, l Iver, bladder and Uric 
Acid troubles and disorders 
due to weak kidneys, such as 
catarrh of the bladder, gravel, 
rheumatism, lumbago and 
Bright’s Disease, which Is the 
worst form of kidney disease. 
It is pleasant to take. 
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