Boone County Recorder . igratereadily from infested beds. There lalittle danger of ? ths borer . gettingamong plants on new land at a dis-tance from infested beds aa long as theplants for new beds have sot been ob-tained from infested ones. Grubs andpupa* spend all their lives in the crownsof plants, being found there from themldlle of June until late in removed from infested beds dur-ing this time are therefore liable to con-vey the borers to localities to which auohplants may be transferred. Those whohave had experience with the borershave found that care wit) regard to se-l


Boone County Recorder . igratereadily from infested beds. There lalittle danger of ? ths borer . gettingamong plants on new land at a dis-tance from infested beds aa long as theplants for new beds have sot been ob-tained from infested ones. Grubs andpupa* spend all their lives in the crownsof plants, being found there from themldlle of June until late in removed from infested beds dur-ing this time are therefore liable to con-vey the borers to localities to which auohplants may be transferred. Those whohave had experience with the borershave found that care wit) regard to se-lecting plants and ground for new bedswaa their best means for avoiding in-jury. No fear need be entertained ofthe borers attacking seriously othererops which may be grown on infestedland, and there is every probabilitythat one season in pom or potatoeswould rid land of them. No practicablemethod of using insecticides againstthe crown-borer is known to me.—Prairie Farmer. THE HOUSE OF HAPSBURG. NOTES OF THE XL Duncan Holmes (smoking in hisroom)—What a race Ive had all theafternoon with that fur cape! I dis-tinctly saw her and the old lady gettinginto a cab, and I ran blocks and blocksto catch them. There was such a crowdIn the avenue that I could- hardly keep•ike oab is sight—I knew it by the blue•srtain at the back. At last it stopped,I came up breathless, making my besttew. the) door opened and two gentle-men got out There were two cabsWith bine curtains, sad I had followedthe wrong one! What a dilemma I wasin) 1 was determined to find bar beforesh advertisement for the cape appearedin the paper, far I would not relish go-ing to kir as If to claim twenty dotawsfd.* f turned the cape insidehope* of finding some clew toHtfli pocketpaper with threein a fist tests,tsr, Mli I a ?: i. 01 too. paper, as* tymnet to now i wAjrr to tell you a secret. would be here this evening, and shehas kept her word. I His sister shows Dora in.) Dora—I am early. I see. Good eve


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