The Schulenburg Sticker (Schulenburg, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 21, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 17, 1903 Page: 4 of 4
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est market price
paid for cotton seed
delivered at oil mill.
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same, or take it in ex-
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meal, as desired.
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WESTERN STAR LODGE, NO. 174
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Meets regularly each Tuesday night.
Transient brethren are cordially invited
to visit us. Joseph Berger* N. G.
M, T. Everton, Secretary.
Lyons Lodge, No. 195.
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Meets oa Friday on
or before the first fall
moon to each month.
Transient brethren are
cordially invited to at-
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Sunset Camp, No. 120.
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Meets every 1st and 3rd Friday in
the month. Visiting brethren are cor-
dially invited to meet with us.
Chr. Baumgarten, Jr., C. C.
G. M. Johnson, Clerk.
In ted to attend
Of the iodsre
i Ulrich k of
A cheese weighing two tons will
be on exhibit at the World's Fair
at St. Louis, from New York, sug.
gestivs of the greatest cheese mak-
ing state in the union.
I FIGHT ON B0LLJWEEV1L.
From Atlanta Constitution.
Washington, Nov. 20.—The de
partment of Agriculture today
publishes an important bulletin on
the Mexican cotton boll weevil and
the damage it has caused this sea-
son. The publication is as follow-
ers:
"The most serious menace that
the cotton planters of the South
have ever been compelled to face
is the Mexican boll weevil, which
is ravaging the cotton fields of
Texas. The weevil has not been
found outside the State, except in
the instance which occurred in
August at the Louisiana Sugar
Experiment Station, at Audubon
Park, in the environs of New Or-
leans. in that case the circum-
stances led Louisiana authorities
the conviction that the pests were
purposely placed in the cotton
plots by some interested person.
The station authorities promptly
destroyed all thecctton of the~ ex-
perimental plots by picking the
fallen fruit, uprooting and burn-
ing the plants ant- subsequently
plowed and flooded the Jand, after
it had been thoroughly sprayed
with crude petroleum. As there
are no cotton field within ten miles
of Audubon Park, and several ex-
aminations by the station entomol-
ogist failed to reveal any weevils it
is very probable that the colony
was completely exterminated.
"The difficulties in the way of-
controlling the boll weevil lies as
much in its habits andy^iyjsreT^of
work, as In the pecuj#ar industrial
the produc-
in the Southern
eevil lives in ail
imago,* within
the fruit^Vthe plant, well protect-
ed from a^ poison that may be
applied, and\in that stage takes
food only by inserting its beak
within the substances of the plant.
It is remarkably free from the at-
tacks of parasites and diseases, oc-
cupies but fourteen days for devel-
opment from egg to adult, and the
progeny of a single pair in a season
may reach 134,000,000 of individ-
uals.
"The weevil adapts itself to cli-
matic condition to the extent that
the egg stage alone in November
may occupy as much time as all
the immature stages together in
July or August. These factors
combine to make it one of the
most difficult insects te control.
"The territory at present affeet-
ed by the boll weeyil is entirely in
Texas. The nearest approach to
the Louisiana line is in the immed-
iate vicinity|of Timpson, twenty-
live miles away. The nearest ap-
proach to Sbreveport is Wood
county, about 100 miles distant.
In the North it has been found in
the vicinity of Sherman, just south
of the Red river. In the region
between the latitude of Greenville
and the Red river the weevil is
only scatteringly present and has
caused no general damage.
"It will require nearly two
years for it to reach such numbers
as to materially reduce the normal
production, Although many con-
ditions make it very difficult to re-
duce to figures the damage caused
by the weevil, calculations made
in the Division of Entomology of
the United States Department of
Agriculture, based upon state-
ments showing the production of
cotton in ten leading counties in
Texas when the boll weevil was
absent, at both similiar periods ap-
pear to justify the estimate that
the total damage caused by the
insect is about 50 per eent. Upon
that basis the Texas planters have
puffered a loss of $15,000,000 dur-
ing the present season, and this
estimate, it is stated, agrees with
those of conservative cotton statis-
ticians. As the normal cottoa
crop of the United States and es-
timated to represent a value of
$500,000,000 the probable ultimate
damage when the pest has become
spread over the entire cotton belt,
providing nothing were done to
check it, would be in the neighbor-
hood of $250,000,000 annually.
Nevertheless there aro condi-
tions at work that seem to indicate
that planters in weevil regions are
gradually adopting changes in
their system of producing the
staple that have a tendency to
avoid damage.
"The work of the United States
Department of Agriculture with
the boll weevil of field experiments
and laboratory investigations. W.
D. Hunter of the Division of En-
tomology., assisted by several en-
tomologists, have charge of the in-
vestigations in Texas, and E. A.
Schwarz, of this diyision, has Con.
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ducted studies in Cuba. The field
work comprises tracts of cotton
grown in such manner as to con-
stinate demonstrations of the
means necessary in order that the
staple may be produced profitably
in spite of the weevil. These
fields are located in six different
points, representing the five re-
gions in Texas, which by reason
of variation in climate and soil,
constitute as many distinct cotton
districts. In these fields every
expedient that has been found to
be useful in avoiding damage by
the weevil is being tried.
"The work o< he division of en-
tomology during he season of 1902
demonstrated 1 is possible to
produce cottoa profitably in spite
of the weevil; the work of the pres
ent season shows this again under
different conditions of climate and
soil, and in addition, furnishses
practical demonstrations of the
value of the recommendations of
the value of the division to
planters at six different points in
the State. In the laboratory the
life histoiy of the pest is being
carefully investigated.
"In addition, Mr. Schwartz bad
sfcenf several months of the pres-
ent ; ; m Cuba, studying ibe
m«i. r in which natural condi-
tion;*. \, heihor of parasites, die
•s, olimatio conditions, or of'bring-
ing about a degree of resistance or.
the pari of the plant, control the
insect whore it has existed as an
enemy of tjve cotton plant for a
mugh j^fager period than in the
United States. 3e found what he
supposes to be the original food
plant of the insect in'lhe "Algodon
de Rinon," er kidney c&tton of that
island. He failed to discover any
parasites at all, and did nqt succeed
in finding any important tendency
towards immunity on the pa?t of
the five distinct varieties studied*
"The steady extension of th§
territory affected by the weeyil
year by year until the northern
boundary is far north of the center
of cstfton production in the United
States^ has conviced all observers
that it will evoqtually be distribut-
ed all over the cotton belt. Al-
though, its progress has been com-
paratively slow during time it has
been in Texas, it has displayed no
tendency toward dying out.
The fact that seyeral European
governments are sending agents to
this country to proeure seed to be
used in experiments in producing
the fiber in their colonies calls at
tentiou to the probability that the
weevil may be carried, to remote
portions of the globe. Although
the insect does not, except ac-
cidentally, hibernate within the
hull of the seed, every seedhouse
attached to a gin in the infected
territory harbors many that are
brought in from the fields in seed
cotton. They crawl into the seed
bins as they would crawl anywhere
for protection,, All danger could
easily be avoided by fumigation of
the seed or by leaving it sacked in
storage rooms isolated from new
cotton for a year previous to ship-
ment.
The work of the division of en
tomelogy has demonstrated that no
direct or specific means, such as
poisons, will ever be of much avail
in fighting the weeyil, and that
the:;<j Utile hope for the artificial
propagation of diseases or in obtain-
ing a variety that is in any sense
resistant. Experiments, however,
with cultural methods have been
highly successful and have obviat-
ed the necessity of looking to direct
ones.
The cultural methods consist of
reducing the number of the pests
in the fall by early destruction of
the plants and in hastening the
maturity of the crop the following
spring by every means available.
Fall destruction consists of plow-
ing up and burning the plants as
soon as theipests have multiplied
to such an evtent as to render the
picking of any more cotton doubt-
ful. Under normal conditions this
should occur in October. The
benefits resulting from this process
are threefold. Manv weevils are
actually killed, the development of
several of the so-called broods is
prevented thus further reducing
the number which goes into
hibernation, and, moreover the
hibernating season, during which
many causes bring about a con-
siderable mortality is lengthened.
While this apparently causes a
loss of the top crop it is not a loss
when the other recommendations
of the division of entomology are
followed. A crop can be obtained
which will mature before the wee-
vils have an opportunity to do con-
siderable damage, and this is
brough; about by the use of rapid
glowing variety accomplished by
the planting of the northern seed
This must be planted early when
the season permits, the rows most
be planted at a somewhat wider
distance than has been the practice,
and a thorough cultivation of the
crop must follow. In this way it
has been shown the past season
that from a half bale to a bale per
acre can be cropped in territory
where under the old system one-
tenth of a bale more or less is se-
cured with difficulty. By these
methods it is possible to produce
the staple at a margin of profit
that will compare favorably with
that realized in the production of
most of the staple crops in the
United States, eyen though the
large yields of cotton occasionally
gained in earlier years seem no
longer possible in the districts af-
fected by the weevil;
Real Estate Transfers.
Eilert Mueller ef ai' by assignee
to Henry Hattermann, Release.
Henry, Hattermann and wife to
Hermann Meyer, Deed, 53 7-10
ifcres S. A. Pugh League, $2,050.
August Bauerkemper to Bertha
Moellenberndt, Release.
Anton Pastusek and wife to
.ink Muras, Deed, 98- acres
Fayette County School Land,
$3,700.00.
Henry Becker, Sr., to. Minna
Maeckel et al, Deedv 59 ecres J.
Winn League, $2,000.00.
Anton Legler to Christian Balko,
Trustee for us8 of Elise Bruns,
Deed of Trust, 200 acres J. Castle-
man League, $1,800.00.
Mis. Helenia Mueller to Mrs. C.
L. Melcher, Release.
E. H. Moss, Special Commiss-
ioner, to Anton Legler, Deed, 2
acres J. Castleman League, $761.18
Mrs. Anna Maria Franziska
Melcher to Emilie Huebner, Deed,
§0 acres Jesse Bartlett League,
$690.00.
&4i. Alford to Betty W. Blaize,
Deed, Part of Farm Lots 6 and 7
of EbJnf addition to La Grang,
$250.00. \
Mis. JanS Breeding to Gust
Hackemack, D<3®d, Lots 36 37 and
38 in Block A in^rmine, $75.00.
Albert Miseher'tolf - H. Mischer
Deed, Unu.r?ided 1- A-intin22 1-10
acresN. Townsend lAgue, $17.35
R. A. Jones anp wif^y assignee
to Gustay Klug, Releas^«
Gustav Klug and wife tOT&ustav
Weid, Deed, 64 acres S. P, Brown
League, $1,250.00.
John Pinter, Community Sur-
vivor, to Vine V. Barta, Deed, 156
acres Muldoon League No. 14,
$3,t00.00.
F. V. Crsak by heirs to Anna
Krenek, Q. C. Deed, Int in 99i
acres Thos Gay League, $100.00.
J ohn C. McVea to A. G. Kristek,
Release.
Theresia Blaschke to Cbas
Teichmann, Release.
Chas Teichmann and wife to
Raymond Christ. Deed| 150 acres
W. Brookfield League, $5,100,00.
L, E. Miller to C. L. Melcher,
Transfer, Electric Light Pllnt &c
in Schulenburg, $1*700.
L. E. Miller to Mrs. C. L. Mel
cher, Release.
Josef Binder and wife to John
Opieia, Deed, 62 acres K. Cryer
League, $1,230.
Mary Krenek to Joseph Dirba,
Deed, 90 acres W. Q. Burnham
League, $1,400.
S. C. Smith and wife to J. F,
Wolters, Trustee for use of L. F.
Tieman, Deed, of Trust, 160 acres
Asa^ Walker 1-3 League, $200.
Fritz Mischer by assignee to
Chas Gicse, Release.
Chas Giese and wife to August
Thormaehlin, Deed, 100 acres S.
P. Brown League, $2/100.
Darrell D. Harkins et al by
Sheriff to Hiram Harkins, Deed,
320 acres Wm M. Xvans 1-3 Lea-
gue, $213 75.
J. W. Hill bp assignee to Dora-
thea Woile, Release,
Lima A. Wolle to Ernst Wolle,
Dned, \ int in 120 acres A. Baker
League $750.
L. R. Reese, assignee to Mrs.
Hehriette Benkelberg, release.
Mrs. Henriette Benkelberg to D.
Schroeder, deed, 17i acres Jehn
Cook League, $600.
John Kotrla and wife to Joseph
Novasad for use of John Novasad,
deed of trust, i interest in 317
acres S. A. Anderson League $760.
W. E. Drisdale to Paul Schroed-
er, deed. 222 acres Asa Walker i
League, $1 and other considera- j
tions.
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Dixie Pale and Budweiser Bottle Beer.
Keg Beer and
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EBELING & SON, Agents. Scbnlenbnie.
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The Cane Belt Railroad Company
Through Trains Between Sealy and Matagorda
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The train for Wharton, Bay City, &e., will leave
Lake at 10:09 a. m., arrive Matagorda 1:30 p. m. Leave
3:00 p. m., Eagle Lake 6:24 p. m., arrive Sealy 7:15 p. m.
Connects at Sealy with the "Katy Flyer" and G. C & S.
"St/ Louis Limited for Waco, Dallas, Ft. Worth, Sherman, Di
son, Kansas City, St. Louis, Chicago and other points north,
with N. Y. T. & M. trains at Wharton and Bay City.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ADDRESS
CHAS. BOBDEKER. G. P. A.
UOU LAKE,
TEXAS.
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SUNSET
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SUNSET L'iMlTEB
Every Day of the Week. Superb Service. Compartment and
aervation Sleeping Cars. Dining Cars. Day Coaches and Chair
Cars. Excursion Sleeping cars from Washing
PACIFIC COAST EXPRESS
DAILY, Day Coaches, Chair Cars, Pullman Buffet Sieej
Excursion Sleeping Cars through from Cincinnati,
0 St.Louis and Minneapolis.
FOR INFORMATION WRITE
T.J. ANDERSON.
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m HOUSTON. TEXAS. _______
A*«'t O.
J. T. Walker to Frank Kaluza,
release.
Theresa Stanzel et al. to Mrs. C.
L. Melcher, release,
There are some who estimate the
amount of food that a hen will con-
sume in one year, but as no two
hens are alike, it is claimed that a
hen will consume five pecks, or
forty quarts, of gram food in one
year; consequently, if one eats forty
quarts of food m three hundred and
iixty-five days, then three hundred
and sixty-five hens eat /orty quarts
in one day, or about one quart a
day for nine hens. It has always
been the rule that one quart of corn
is the proper allowance for ten hens
in one day, giving a pint in the
morning and a pint at night. This
however, is the - estimate of the
average quantity of food requieei.
If green food or meat is given, the
amount of corn must be reduced
proportionately. How can thifc be
done? It requires very nice calcula-
tion to equalize the difference be-
tween a pint of corn and a quantity
of meat or vegetables, there being
no standard familiar to the farmer
by which the foods can be compared
to say nothing of the fact that in
some flocks one hen will eat more
than another, and ene will consume
largely of one kind of food, while
another will prefer some other
kinds. It is difficult to estimate
in advance the exact quantity to
give, as the hens may eat more one
day and less the next.—Stockman
and Farmer.
to 1
accrue. ■~4'
would be small compared
benefits which would
If the whole desert nt
the level of the Atlantic the flood-
ing of it would create a sea
than four times as
Mediterranean; but as
is/ com posed of elevated
mountain ranges and depressions,
only a part would be covered with
water when the waves of the ocean
were let in, and the new sea thus
formed would be an irregular
of water, probably of about
same size ,as the Mediterranean.
Great commercial cities would
once spring up on its shores
trade and civilization strike at
to the heart of Africa. The sea of
Sahara may never become a
reality, but, in any event, it is a
gigantic and pleasing dream.—
From London Answers.
To Make Sahara a Sea-
French engineers have declared
it is perfectly feasible to convert
the Desert of Sahara into a vast
lake, thus opening to commerce
great regions of the interior of
Africa, which can now only be
reached by long, tedious and
dangerous caravan journejs. They
say that a large portion Of the
desert lies below the level of the
Adolph Reuter and wife ta Heniy Atlantic and that by digging a
Reuter and wife, q. c. deed, 152 canal to let in the water of the
acres W. H., Jack and John Lo- ocean the great change could be
gan Leagues, $1. effected easily aad at a cost which
Transfers filed for the week end-
ing Dec. 12, 1903.
M. Burleson to J. T. Si&ck, re-
leaso.
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Anton Sommer to Hermina Som-
mer, deed, 50 acres T. Taylor
league $10 and love and affection.
Henderson Strand er to A. E.
Falks, deed, 75 acres Martin Hol-
mes survey $10 and other
erations,
J. H. Buehring and wife to Call
Buehring, deed, b9 7-10 acres S.
M. Williams No. 1, $2,000.
Joe Chalk and wife to Henry
Nollkemper, Jr., 1 acre A, Castle-
man league, $875.
Domian Dieringer, by survivor
to F, G. Seydler, deed, 15 1-li
acres E, Anderson league, $400,
M. E. Church south by trustees
to Williamson Daniels, deed 1 12
acres of land in West Point, $135.
M. Cockrill to E. E. Cockrill,
deed, interest in 100 acres J. T.
Whitesides league and in 1090 1-2.
acres Peggy Brown league, $576.
E. E. Cockrill et al to Lee Cock-
rill, deed, 238 4-10 acres Peggy
Brown league, $1 and partition. Wt
Lee Cockrill et al to E. S.
rill, deed, 658 f-10 acres
Brown league, $1 and pai
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