The Jacksboro News (Jacksboro, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 18, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 6, 1909 Page: 2 of 8
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Sumer Kenul, Jeckekert, Jim 1
t« July 8.
We beg to call attention to teach-
ers and all others interested in the
public schools of Jack and sur-
rounding counties to our formal
announcements recently published
and circulated. If you have pupil
or friend who contemplates attend-
ing a Summer School for improv-
ing scholarship or better prepara-
tion for the work, of a teacher, send
name and address that we may cor-
respond with .thgm and send them
literature.
Every teacher in the coun-
ties coperating should , feel per-
sonally responsible for the success
of the Normal. While our Nor-
mals of the past have accomplished
much we should strive to make
them better from year to vear.
Every person who intends to teach
should attend a Summer School in
order that he may keep in touch
with the best thought of the pro-
fession. This is a duty that should
not be neglected, for in this way can
the teacher hope to keep abreast
of the times. Nothing else will so
inspire and elevate one as well as
the association with earnest, capa-
ble teachers.
Now, if it is necessary to
hold a Summer Normal in this
section of the state it is very
important that our teachers support
it. ’ No expense or effort is being
spared to bring a first class school
for teachers within the reach of our
people. We would not think for a
moment of offering a course that is
not worth the support and patronage
of every one, and we believe that
the teachers of this section are
patriotic and loyal enough to give
to this institution the support it
merits.
You will, no doubt, receive many
billboard announcements from
■summer schools setting forth the
alleged fact that there hre no other
schools as good theirs are repre-
sented to be, . We, make no such
claims. There is more work than
all of us can do. There will be a
number of excellent Summer Nor-
mals in Texas this summer and we
are glad to know this to be a fact.
We shall stand on our merits alone,
and we invite investigation. If,
after you have throughly investi-
gated us, you decide that we are
worthy your patronage we shall be
glad to welcome you at our opening
June the 1st.
C. P. Pittman, Conductor.
If you expect t;q get the original
Carbolized Witch Hazel Salve you
must be sure it is DeWitt’s Carbol-
ized Witch Hazel Salve. It is
good for cuts, burns and bruses,
and is especially god for piles.
Refuse subsitutes. Sold by Jacks-
boro Pharmacy.
Construction Work Has Now Begun.
The construction gang oc the new
road has arrived and dirt will be
broken today (Thursday) fof tht
road. Camping^tents are being
erected ofr miles out of Olney along
’ the right-of-way and actual work
■have” "a large
number of workmen employed and
is estimated that within ninety
days the road will be operation,
owing to the progress being made
on the Jacksboro end. Everybody
seems to be highly jel&ted over the
act that work has begun, and are
predicting greatthin&s ofr Olney’s
future. The advantages the new
road will give Olney are innumera-
. j. *
ble. The freight rate alone will
mean a great thjHt? in saving s Ed-
uring a year's time taking the
town into consideration, as a whole.
The milage to markets is another
important feature which will be
considerably shorter. It will stim-
ulate business, double the present
population and will indirectly
build us ac ity on a solid ounda
tion. On which Olney and the
y famous Olney country!—Olney
Oracle.
SPRING GRAIN APHIS.
Facto About tho “Green Bug” by F.
M. Webster, Agricultural De-
partment.
While we can give the life history of
the insect fairly well in certain locali-
ties, it would be too much to apply
this to the whole area of Its distribu-
tion with the great variety of climatic
influences and effects of elevation.
Generally speaking the insect dur-
ing the warm months is viviparous;
that is to say, the females give birth
to their young and no males are pres-
ent. In the fall there are to be found
both males and egg-laying females. In
the north the insect, at least to a cer-
tain extent, passes the winter in the
egg stage; but during the mild winters
there still remain in the field vivipar-
ous mothers who simply cease repro-
duction as the temperature lowers,
only beginning again when the weath-
er gets warm. Of course this charac-
teristic is intensified as we go south-
ward and we should not be at all sur-
prised to find both males and egg-lay-
ing females in spring; and, indeed, it
would not be surprising if we find that
the dry season is more or less bridged
over in this stage.
The pest increases very rapidly,
young becoming fully developed and
and reproducing in six to eight days.
A single female may become the pro-
genitor of 50 to 60 young, and long be-
for she has ceased to reproduce she
will have become a great-great-grand-
mother. So far as we are able to learn
the number of eggs produced by an in-
dividual, egg-laying female is very
limited, probably less than half a
dozen. It is therefore in every way
probable that it is to the viviparous
females living over in the fields that
disastrous outbreaks in the southwest
are due. Thus these outbreaks become
more a matter of weather conditions
than anything else.
The insect is normally controlled by
jts natural enemies. A little wasp-
like insect known as Lysiphlebus tri-
tici is the principal enemy to keep it
within bounds and prevent its occur-
ring in destructive abundance. This
valuable little parasite passes Its en-
tire development within the abdomen
of the grain aphis, and the time re-
quired is about ten days, but varies
much with the temperature. They are
Entirely dormant with the temperature
below 56 degrees, and thus it is that
mild winters followed by a cold back-
ward spring are extremely favorable
for outbreaks of this so-called green
bug, because the latter will continue
to breed with extreme rapidity, while
Its parasites are kept dormant, and it
is only when the weather gets suffi-
ciently warm and remains so for ten
days or two weeks that this natural
enemy gets the upper hand and finally
overcomes the grain aphis, which, un-
fortunately, does not occur until after
the pest has bred in immense swarms
in the grain fields and killed the crops,
leaving the fields as brown as though
they had been scorched by fire.
As to remedies, it seems to be the
case in the south that the insect first
makes its appearance in spots in fall-
sown grain, the earlier the grain is
sown the more likely it is to be in-
fested. We have found that, taken in
time, these spots may be treated by
flowing under, spreading straw upon
them and burning, or by spraying with
kerosene emulsion. If the spots are
very small this method is more prac-
tical than may at first appear. After
the insects have once become thor-
oughly diffused and abundant in the
field there does not appear to be any
way of preventing their destructive
work. We have tried rolling and
brushing fields with no beneficial re-
sults. Of course the spraying of an
entire field is out of the question.
FRUIT PICKER.
Ingenious Device Which Prevents the
Bruising of the Fruit When Ta-
ken from the Tree.
Although a great many fruit pickers
ef the--***»--shewn la .tfcia-iSastratten
baye been invented in the past few
years, it is probable that but very few
of the farmers in this country have
adopted them, although they are now
iilliil
being used by nearly all extensive
growers of large frvit.
One of the Jaws of this picker ia
composed of a ring with a long, nar-
row bag attached to it The end of
the other jaw, which is a solid disc,
forces the fruitr through the ring ol
the bag, this action also severing It
from the branches. The Jaws are se
shaped just below the rings that It is
possible to dose them over a branch
that otherwise mould make the pick-
lag of the fruit pnpoesible.
here is the plow you need
TO PLANT THAT LATE CROP
The Reaper LISTER Planter the first and only Riding Lister
“that is a real Lister” ever sold on this market
All factories are now making this type of LISTERS.
033r* Come and let us “show you” the only “up-to-date” and “REAL LISTER.
Notice these special features: A direct Beam hitch to a “Real Beam.” Hitch high or low.
No pole to worry team. Ydu can work two, three or four horses. “Press Wheels” in
rear, insures a QUICK and UNIFORM Stand. All dirt thrown behind the wheels. This
makes it the lightest Draft LISTER on the market.
The Repeater is a “Lister
and not a Planter with a
as an excuse for a Lister.
v ■ with a Planter” attached,
“sort” of an attachment
You will always find the “Latest and Best” at Denman’s. We have a large stock of Cultivators, with 12
styles to select from. Let us show you these before you buy.
We also carry a large stock of Wagons and Buggies. Good Goods bought
before the rise. We will make you good prices and liberal terms.
Saddle and Harness Goods. We can save you money. Let us figure your bill.
“We are the Farmers Closest and best Friend.”
L C DENMAN CO.
THE IMPLEMENT DEALERS
Who trade fi>r Any Old Thing and sells the B88t Buggies, Wagons,“Flaws, Harness and Saddles made. *
JACKSBORO, * TEXAS.
We
Will
Save
You
Money
On the
Goods
You
Buy
Here
Our
Store
Correct
SPECIAL PREMIUM OFFER
.1.
A Set of Six Beautiful, Sparkling, Crystal Glass Tumblers, Full table size, Etched with
Your Own Initial and Wreath, like illustration above
ABSOLUTELY FREE
These tumblers are not the ordinary kind; they are the finest quality sparkling crystal, lead down
glass, fire polished and ring clear as a bell, and will ornament any table.
This offer is made as a inducement for you to increase your trading with us.
HERE IS THE OFFER:
With the first two dollars’ worth of goods you buy of us in any Department, we #ill give you one
of the tumblers, and we will give you the balance of the set ( s more) when you trade $10.00 more with us.
Come in at once and see them. The sooner you begin trading, the sooner you will secure
the set. TELL it to YOUR FRIENDS. We have your initial, Don’t miss this chance.
W. H. ZIMMERMAN & COMPANY
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Jacksboro’s and Jack .County’s Big Store.
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Marks, Tom M. The Jacksboro News (Jacksboro, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 18, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 6, 1909, newspaper, May 6, 1909; Jacksboro, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth735178/m1/2/: accessed May 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Gladys Johnson Ritchie Library.