The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, January 18, 1906, Page 14

MOOSE IN NATIVE WILDS, ANTLERED KING OF AMERICAN FOREST ABOUNDS IN REMOTE NORTHWEST REGIONS. Breeding Stardy Lettace. Through the process of “forcing,” owners of greenhouses are able to produce crops, weeks and months before they could arrive at maturity through natural courses. In addition the is made velop far more Farmers from time to time send in }homesteads teem with mushroom pad and to peo " sod oportions Senses Developed to Remarkable gomplaints to the Department of Agri- | growths, some of them edible and oth- y = Degree—Feed Partiy Under Water @ulture that not only their stock, but|ers deadly poison. Among the latter|®UCh @s nature could not accomplish.| jg Summer—Many Bulls Killed in @ven farm hands, have been sickened | class the farmer has to contend with|From $2,500,000 to $3,000,000 worth] Fratracidal Batties. @nd killed through the presence /two species, the fly amanita, or, as|of lettuce alone is “forced” in the] Few people have any conception of some poisonous plant on their farms.| some call it, the fly killer, and the 3 * id a suc- frequently have these complaints United States each winter. Green-| the astuteness of the moose, sal @rrived at the department tha oh Serre ere) house gardeners in an jendeavor to/cessful hunter who is exceptionally p@ials of the Bureau of Plant Industry, | jfff — Vii | “get rich quick” have failed to note| well acquainted with the habits of this ' @nder the direction of Mr. Frederick V.| (Hi that this fording was weakening! splendid game animal, in speaking of Larne Se ne ag gt their stock until now the weak let-| a recent trip. They possess a keenness ce tata the exact elements conning this tuce often becomes so diseased in the | of scent and hearing that is almost be- damage. hothouse that it is by no means rare] yond belief, and an intelligence that is In order to aid farmers in the detec- for a gardener to lose an entire crop| seldom credited to them by any one tion of the most common plants found ii] | of greenhouse lettuce by a disease to} except those who have devoted consid- which these overstrained plants are|ecrable time to studying them and on their farms, the department has is- Sued a farmers’ bulletin, No. 86, en- particularly liable their ways. titled “Thirty Poisonous Plants of the > POISONOUS PLANTS OF : THE UNITED STATES. GUY ELLIOTT MITCHELL. LADIES THIS Handsome Fur Sea GIVEN AWAY mi ves & styli 2 only ra of them during the comme ‘only reason we are able A * United States.” This gives in detail Dr. B. T. Galloway, chief of the} In the section of the country where W bors you wil full descriptions of the plants, the Bureau of Plant Industry, in order to] we were the larger part of our stay : et be deplinnsd be ws ta a symptoms of the poisoning, and in you with our jewelry und} correct this evil, has been working for| moose were exceedingly plentiful, and costs you mothing to get this fur. Address, two seasons on this subject and has/we had the finest opportunity to ob- at last succeeded in obtaining a crop} serve their actions, We followed them of winter lettuce plants immune to/from one place to another, endeavor- the lettuce disease. At the same time} ing not to frighten them and all the the plants are of large size and capa-/ while noticing them very closely. Tropical Fruits. ble of developing as early as the most} In the mating season, which Com-| more ig something fascinating in the specialized of winter lettuce. | Thigs/mences around September 20 and ends | geyelopment of tropical fruits, those work has involved much time and the|#Dout the middle of October, the bulls /things which we can not grow In the many cases antidotes for the relief of men or animals taking in the poison, It would be well for all agriculturists to keep a copy of this pamphlet among their ready reference books. The offi- cials of the Bureau of Plant Industry are only too glad to furnish this most valuable farmers’ bulletin to all who may apply. Destructive to Live Stock. COLUMBIA NOVELTY co., Dept. 655, East Boston, Mass, SILOS Pine, Fir, Cypress and Yellow Pine, are exceedingly vicious, while the cows and colder climat where Probably the most destructive pole. sarifice of thousands of plants. Seed| sro timid and seek the deepest forests, Porgy te ia vere to reap ot onanes Write for Catalogue, ovgh og RA pg hn Thy of healthy winter lettuce was planted, | being easily frightened. It 18 my /harvest, ‘There 1s the mango, for in-| Eagle Tank Co., 281 N. Green St., Seria g the period between 1881 and and at the proper time/opinion that the males kill many of/ stance, which the Department of Ag- Chicago, Il, 1885 the State of Colorado paid out ARNICA. the plants were crossed with | ‘heir mates at this time. riculture is growing in Porto Rico, and : The cows soon betake themselves to| the alligator pear, a most delicious ‘ oe Sem & * endeavor to, exter | goath cup. The former has been used| Wild lettuce—a species free from] some island, in order that they may not tropical vegetable-trult, the pepino, and in Europe for hundreds of years as a| disease. Millions of seeds of these|be disturbed by wolves or other wild f oth hich will stand little The foliage of the | d is not a score of others which w Pe phen ick seapasta the polne to fly poison, and in Asia it was formerly cross-bred plants were sown in beds—| animals. The moose calves are about|or no frost. ‘To most persons there is} LE YOU WANT A JACK . | used as an intoxicant. Cattle are pois- as homely and unsightly as anything pi gia ene A ipl ge 4 oned by this species as well as men,|* thousand in each—and out of each!r' nave ever seen. Their heads gens rel pA gy hy = hy tate tind for our Jack Catalogue, Sure to com aoe h contain the poison, Animals | 224 it is supposed that the flesh of live thousand two or three of the largest/nearly as long as their bodies, and the United States no tropical section, ption of exactly what you weat was Lge ge stock so poisoned is rendered unwhole-|and best were taken, while the rest| when they are three or four weeks old Hydraulic Jacks our Specialty ~ Frosts chill: atmosph are baad fhe tnGuence vd bans - some, The death cup is not quite so| were destroyed. From these extralthey weigh about 100 pounds, likely A L.A all ine In Watson-Stillman Co. ugh large as the fly amanita and is not so 46 Dey 8t., N. Y. City, » Ne ¥. City. tonicated, their eyes become glassy, | a: ractive in appearance to the inex: Porto Rico and the Philippines, how- po yy nee ae oe perienced and experimenting epicure. . eontiions wane eoinie wan oo" Oe te ground ia : tupor, ‘Th Un et | A large number of cases of poisoning , - than the hurricane a | oom —e4 Of the colon i not acute but in its | Bave been attributed to this fungus; in é ‘ : : every vestige of tat “ro oa 1 peat 7 wat . bP} - most of them it was supposed to be edi. ee Saha : oe t ris ge oo PEN. eerwed bee hacterig ates, diseases | ble, and in a few instances the mere Oise kite a oe lo corners.” The pres ry Ainnad ane handling of the plant caused serious Porto hase cud too Pedinstee atest mal are recognized by officials of the Be atiah atove mentions eos theless, it is the constant endeavor of Over one Million Dollars ; home government to cross and hy- i Seeds and pass the soeatey, ome briaze tropial with hardy trula | six weary ne ete lst of which are thriving in abundance in that they will stand the cold and the East, West, North and South, and frost of northern climes, The artifi- Over one Thousand it Is believed covers the weeds which oy sienaie at phe hardy orange is eeeeeieend Rnengh ws dur. bene ee ie ee, on by. con and cose trctng | Baie wemons ise plants described in the bulletin: — Plants can become wonderfully well \- ‘ned Fly amanita mushroom, death cup Acclimated and asa result the northern) C#@@SE pensions obtained mushroom, false hellebore, pokeweed, varieties and species are gradually in- in the shortest possible time, corn cockle, dwarf larkspur, Wyoming vading the southern fields, while the Widows’ claims a ialty, larkspur, le lark: » choke chi O Dorth Tole ie wit catia see tec at borthera orchards are constandy being | Usually granted within 90 J cles excluai days if placed with us immedi- Vy southern in temperament. stety on soldier's death, Fees To Keep Eeg Records, fixed by lay and 7 out of The Maine Experiment Station has| lo ° successful published a description of a nest box | - experience of 25 years and benefit which is claimed to be simple and in-| of daily calls at Pension Bureau expensive, and certain im its it on when © h deben = are at your service. Highest ref- record of how hens are laying, in order | fences furnished. Local Magis- to weed out the poor ones of the flock,] trates pecuniarily tlebox, caper spurge, snow on the moun- tain, poison ivy, poison oak, poison su- mac, red buckeye, water hemlock, Oregon water hemlock, poison hemlock, broad- leaf laurel, narrow-leaf laurel, great laurel, staggerbush, branch ivy, jimson weed, black nightshade, bittersweet, sneeze weed. aa, To Shorten Moulting. The various state experiment sta- tions have been devoting considerable Eight Weeks Growth* time and attention to one feature of From Seed of New The station has used these nests in ex- sendin poultry raising, which has been a Hybrid and Stands periments undertaken to establish = — ed ims stumbling block in the way of obtain- ard Variety, breeds of hens that shall excel as egg ing the greatest amount of profit out — The New Lettuce Grows Very Rank. producers. A descrij i 7 thd tow tani Rian % is | _ TABER & WHITMAN CO, ‘armers’ bulletin No, 11: the Wi U partment of yer ao of De- arder Bid’g, Washington, D.C, WHITE LOCO WEED, department; the first, lasting several months, is a period of hallucination with defective eyesight, during which the animal may cut all sorts of capers. Ato Once acquiring a taste for the loco plant the stock refuse every other kind of food until the second stage is ush- ered in. This second stage is a linger- ing period of emaciation characterized by sunken eye-balls, lusterless hair and ‘ feeble movements. The animal dies, as if from starvation, in periods rang- ing from a few months to one or two years. Various States have attempted to adopt measures for the eradication of the loco weed, but so far these at- large early and fine heads another crop was raised, and it is from these that seed will be furnished to the|gether for about nine months, the greenhousemen of the great cities. It) mother, of course, providing food and is believed that through this work} shelter for the younger animal, But will be saved from ruin the winter] after that length of time has elapsed lettuce industry, which for the last] she will try to get away. In order to three years has been threatened witb] do this she will often travel miles up- extinction, stream, so as to leave no scent, and, eo as a rule, she succeeds in accomplish- Secretary Bonaparte, Farmer. | ing her purpose. The bulls have @ peculiar grunting The calf and its mother remain to- NO MORE RUNAWAYS They can be prevented in every . instance with a i GEER SAFETY REIN. ° A positive and complete cure for and pulling horses, Works independently of driving reins; Fits any b: be buckled on in a minute; no matter what breaks, you are safe, ‘ The Geer Rein will instantly tempts have not met with much suce About 15 miles from Baltimore 18} sound by which th q ; cess. Colorado, a number of years the farm of Secretary Charles J. Bona-| A man con imitate the call after loos fo Ly barge Bato tor ED. ago, offered a reward of so much per parte of the Navy. Before he became | practice, but not so perfectly as to de- horse, or 5 ton for quantities of the loco weed the head of the Navy Department,Sec- | ceive them. The only way ia which this PRICE $6.00 brought in for extermination The retary Bonaparte used to spend six} ruse can be successfully carried out . EXPRESS PREPAID. Mexican greasers, with great thrift, months of the year on his farm. He] is to make your call at the same time = ; jut ca ony started in to farm and raise loco agin fg pn sg onli mandy that the moose make their noise. In % ASK YOUR DEALER, OR WRITE THE wéeds. One of the prime reasons for i8 manner I have called them failure to eradicate this weed ty State rg Spr P ind = the branches of the tree gm GEER MANUFACTURING COMPANY, Inc. action has been the inability to prop- time oui eee Prk Ps an ps4 have been sitting from distances as eae (2088 OWNERS AND BAKERS) erly identify the loco plant. In some great as a mile or more. 4290 Exchange Place, NEW YORK. The males also have an odd habit of striking their antlers against trees, maaking a sound that rings clear as a bell, after which they bellow long and States it has been one weed which has caused the poison, and in others an entirely different species has re SHOWY MILE WEED. Sulted in live stock destruction. loud. On a quiet night they can be Experiments in Poisoning. When a hen moulta heard miles away. This appears to be However, the Department of Agricul- their mode of expressing defiance and pA now farang A Re age ge ‘wan challenging a rival to contest. us poisonous plants of the West injeeting the subtle poisons into sheep, i Antlers No Handicap. cattle and guinea pigs, and studying It is astonishing to see them go every symptom, until 4, is moons = through the woods while bearing their some measures may adop! iy immense branching antlers. \ stoekmen to prevent loss through eat- . sari Mlrs ing of the loco. But it is not only the West that is Complaining to the Department of Agri. culture on account of the presence of poisonous plants, for there is no seo tiem of the country which does not, abound with some form of plant life whiok is either of am irritant or poisen- ous » New Jersey recently teported a few cases where children ‘were poisoned by water hemieck. Ore. gon loses cattle every year through one species of cicuta. Familiar to us all is the action of poison ivy, While it is trritable to human beings, it has no Hf you don’t know al! about the GEER REIN, write us for Testimonials and further Information. International Harvester €o. _ GASOLINE’ ENGINES a Urnorert ih 1.1.0, pwn sora, thr: nda th - £ z td gE “eg eee else Aa apparent effect upon animals, horses, that it is pe selggha chiefly deep and goats eating its leaves with the Secretary of the Navy. Pkg Peary dive impunity. A number of people are im- } suc. : in Water from ten to fifteen feet in mune to its action, but some lose their Secretary Bonaparte has neyer ex-| depth, leaving only their heels visible. resistant power in middle life; others : pected to make a fortune out of his| They stay under from a minute to a calp through considerable expowure farm, but simply supports it a. 8! diving at night. Wnen they have fled rough considerable ure ey have the poison ivy. speed means of recreation. : eir large jaws they proceed to sort . Deadly Mushrooms. —— bth inte as they want and eat The meadows and pastures of many Smile, s sign of happiness; miss, the! “When autumn approaches they take cause of much happiness, Hence the|to the rocks and high places, where expression, a miss is as good as s-maile.| they live on birch and white, low tops.. stand on their hind The temperature in the Sahara Des-| (758 0 Ms ane bly ges ~ He’g| *rt often rises to 150 degrees in the! om ana then pall off the shoots. - on lichens, ground and white i Ht 3