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’Dotte,  or  anything  else,  why.  Lord  bless 
you.  be  happy  in  your  choice.  You  can’t 
pick  any  quarrel  with  me.  There  is  room 
for  all  of  us — room  at  the  top — good, 
clean  room  for  good  clean  poultry.  Nat¬ 
urally,  I  would  like  to  see  my  birds  go 
sailing  along  through  the  year,  at  the  head 
of  the  procession.  I  won’t  bet  on  them, 
and  I  have  no  brags  coming.  My  feeling 
is  that  some  of  these  birds  with  closer 
breeding  will  win  out,  but  my  hope  is  that 
Rosie.  Tip  and  the  rest  will  make  them 
lay  to  their  limit  before  they  quit.  And 
I  have  no  stock  for  sale  or  to  give  away. 
h.  w.  c. 
Lice  and  Mildew  on  Lettuce  in  Frame 
Would  you  tell  me  how  to  grow  salad 
in  cold  frames?  I  used  plenty  of  manure 
every  year  iu  frames,  but  lettuce  gets  lice 
or  mildew.  Would  you  advise  me  to  use 
fertilizer  instead  of  manure?  I  use  lime 
every  second  year.  iWhat  fertilizer  would 
you  advise?  What  should  I  do  for  lice 
on  lettuce?  j.  b. 
Elmhurst,  N.  Y. 
The  lice  are  one  of  the  troublesome 
pests  ever  present  when  salad  plants  are 
grown  in  frames.  They  thrive  in  warm, 
moist  conditions,  and  in  the  early  part 
of  the  season,  when  the  frames  must  be 
kept,  closed,  these  conditions  are  ever 
present.  In  the  greenhouse,  nicotine 
solution  is  vaporized  weekly  to  keep  the 
aphis  under  control.  The  writer  has  tried 
this  in  frames  with  varying  success.  A 
solution  is  boiled  over  an  alcohol  lamp, 
vaporizing  and  filling  all  available  air 
space.  In  this  way  many  aphis  are  de¬ 
stroyed. 
The  mildew  probably  appears  because 
of  improper  ventilation,  not  through  the 
use  of  fertilizers  or  manure.  When  the 
soil  becomes  too  damp  the  fungi  destroy 
the  plants  rapidly.  Be  sure  to  keep  the 
plants  on  the  dry  side,  and  ventilate  as 
often  as  convenient.  Do  not  allow’  the 
glass  to  remain  on  in  the  daytime  until 
moisture  collects,  as  this  is  a  sure  breed¬ 
er  of  disease.  t.  h.  t. 
Bagging  and  Rose  Beetles 
The  inquiry  of  J.  D..  answered  by  Mr. 
Gladwin,  page  1414,  interests  me  and 
leads  me  to  continue  the  subject.  Can 
self-fertile  varieties  of  grape  be  bagged 
while  in  bud  and  thus  protected  from 
ravages  of  the  rose  chafer?  I  am  so  un¬ 
fortunate  as  to  be  located  in  a  belt  in 
which  the  “rose  bug”  swarms  each 
Spring.  Two  miles  either  north  or  south 
the  pest  is  not  known.  I  cannot  account 
for  the  unusual  infestation,  unless  it  is 
that  there  is  an  old  sandy  bottom  of  con¬ 
siderable  extent  just  east  of  here  that  has 
not  b^en  turned  for  many  years.  Per¬ 
haps  this  beetle  breeds  there  unmolested. 
A  tourist  from  New  Jersey  passed  my 
place  this  season  and,  observing  my 
trouble,  said  that  he  had  seen  vineyards 
bagged  before  the  bugs  appeared  and 
thus  saved  from  them.  I  took  the  state¬ 
ment  with  a  grain  of  salt,  as  the  old  say¬ 
ing  goes,  thinking  he  might  have  jumped 
at  conclusions  and  thought  the  bags  were 
for  protection  from  insects  while  in  real¬ 
ity  they  were  for  protection  from  black 
rot.  The  question  is  whether  the  blos¬ 
soms  of  grape  would  be  sufficiently  pol¬ 
linated  to  bea.  .•  perfect  fruit  with  insect 
agencies  totally  excluded.  Unless  some 
plan  of  this  kind  can  be  utilized,  it  seems 
that  grapes  must  he  given  up  at  my  place. 
With  the  aid  of  cur  grandchildren,  we 
hand-picked  the  bugs  twice  a  day  for 
nearly  three  weeks  this  past  season,  and 
with  all  of  that  there  was  hardly  a  per¬ 
fect  cluster  left.  F.  E.B. 
North  Carolina. 
Protecting  Grapes  Under  Glass 
I  have  some  Black  Hamburg  grape¬ 
vines  in  a  cold  grape  house,  very  old 
vines,  which  I  cannot  bend  down  to  cover 
without  breaking.  They  have  always 
been  wrapped  wdth  burlap,  and  very  light 
at  that.  Every  Spring  there  are  quite  a 
few  dead  spurs.  It  seems  to  me  they  dry 
out  too  much.  This  Fall  I  put  on  ap¬ 
proximately  three  layers  of  burlap,  and 
I  think  if  I  open  the  vertilators  on  bright 
days  it  would  help.  I  have  a  lot  of  old 
carpet  and  straw  matting  which  I  could 
lay  over  them,  or  do  you  think  it  would 
be  better  to  hang  it  up  for  shade?  Do 
you  think  the  ground  ought  to  be  damp¬ 
ened  once  in  a  while?  I  do  not  mean 
near  the  vines,  but  the  runway  gets  as 
dry  as  powder.  Is  it  all  right  to  unwrap 
vines  when  danger  from  frost  is  past,  or 
is  there  a  set  time  for  it?  I  have  two 
small  stoves  I  could  use  in  case  of  a  cold 
snap.  Could  you  give  me  the  names  ot 
some  grapes  as  good  as  or  better  than 
Black  Hamburg  that  would  do  under  the 
same  conditions?  E.  T. 
Scarsdale,  N.  Y. 
It  is  suggested  that  straw  be  bound 
around  these  vines  with  the  bagging  and 
matting.  It  is  desirable  to  wet  the  soil 
somewhat,  but  not  directly  around  the 
vines.  It  is  not  only  desirable  but  neces¬ 
sary  to  remove  the  coverings  as  soon  as 
frost  danger  is  passed ;  otherwise  the 
buds  will  put  forth  prematurely. 
Black  Prince,  White  Frontignan,  Red 
Muscadine.  Black  Frontignan  and  Chas- 
selas  are  desirable  varieties  for  the  cold 
grapery.  F.  e.  g. 
There  are  approximately  1.500  Choc¬ 
taw  Indians  within  the  borders  of  Mis¬ 
sissippi,  remnants  of  the  tribe  that  once 
resided  in  the  State  and  that  removed  to 
Indian  Territory  —  now  Oklahoma  —  in 
1832-33.  Practically  all  of  these  Indians 
are  farmers. 
TIMELINESS 
A  PRODUCER  OF  FARM  PROFITS 
“Time  is  the  essence  of  good  farming.”  Timely  work  im¬ 
proves  the  quality  of  every  farm  crop,  often  increases  the  yield 
and  always  produces  a  better  profit. 
Timeliness  in  preparing  good  seedbeds;  in  planting  crops;  in 
harvesting  crops;  in  preparing  them  for  market  or  feeding;  in 
Fall  work  and  belt  work,  is  assured  by  the  use  of 
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job  done  on  time.  This  is  one  of  the  best  forms  of  crop  and 
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They  have  well  balanced,  steady 
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A  rigid  frame  holds,  all  bearings, 
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Power  is  transmitted  to  both  drive 
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All  friction  surfaces  either  run  in 
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All  parts  are  accessible  for  repairs 
and  adjustments  and  all  bearings  are 
easily  renewable. 
Belt  pulleys  are  mounted  on  engine 
crankshaft,  in  full  view  of  operator 
when  lining  up  and  backing  into  the 
belt. 
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