Milford chronicle., 1901-06-07


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Oil. Herefords and cotton bid fair to
become the three staple products Of the
state of Texas.
The lima bean is one Of the most
delicious vegetables raised in the gar
den, and we wonder why more Of them
are not raised.
The main secret in transplanting ev-
ergreens is to see that the roots are not
allowed to become dry even for min
ute. Once dried, the tree is as good as
dead.
y A friend of ours engaged in the small
fruit business tells us that he makes
more clean money out Of his currants
one year with another than from any
other fruit.
Corn sold for Go cents the week this |
is written-not that the farmer got any |
such price, but the shorts who had |
sold what they did not have to deliver
had to pay it.
The west will have to brag on its big
crops when the east brags on the good
roads of that section. Good corn land
is a poor material out of which to make
a good road and always will be.
When the new things in cabinet work
made from the rich and rare woods Of
the country's new island possessions
come on to the market, there will be an
artistic surprise for the people.
A friend of ours fed 80 head of cat
tie the past winter. He fed for seven
months, and, figuring his feed at last
falls prices, he made 500, which is
really only n very moderate profit.
Twelve million dollars is a large sum
to invest in the effort to raise body of
water 30 feet. but that is what English
capital is doing with the dam across
the river Nile at Assouan, in Egypt.
The possibilities connected with fruit
culture on the Pacific slope are almost
beyond comprehension. Enough prunes,
grapes, citrus fruits, could be there
produced to supply the whole world.
1t is said that. some farmers in the
corn belt are trying to raise just as big
ears of corn and just as small eggs as
possible. When eggs are sold by
weight instead of count this will stop.
Two good things to let strictly alone
just nOw-stock in Texas oil wells anC
Colorado gold mines. If you dom
want to see a good farm drop dow
into a hole in the ground, let thest
alone.
After the man with a narrow tire
wagon has cut holes in the highwa.
two feet deep it is asking a good dea
of his neighbor with a wide tired wag
on to go over the road and smooth
down again for him.
We would not feed a COW bran whe
4 she has a full ration of blue grass.
{ supplemental food is given, we woul
: make it of ground corn and oats. I'll
blue grass is almost perfect milk pre-
( ducing ration of itself.
d This season for the first time we nj
! tice that the sparrows. having pr,
e empted every available nook and craI
y ny around the buildings for nestin
places, have gone to building thei
homely nests in the trees.
The only way In which to have reall
. fine lettuce is to transplant the plant
4. when in the second leaf on to good, ric
is soil and set them out foot apart eac
. way. You will then get fine and tendC
4 lettuce heads of enormous size.
d The state of Minnesota now pays
II bounty of $15 on the adult female VOL
S 81 on female cub, Sc on adult male Al
81 male cub 81. This arrangement plac
1 the life of the mother wolf in mo
p danger than it has ever been before.
90 A deep, good cellar, with GENE
" walls and floor, is one of the most us
ms full rooms in the farm home. The he
in the ground where are generat
p many bad smells, called the cell,
H. should give way to something better
q The hired man of the farm today, e,
q ting his S25 or $50 a month, board a
o. washing and the keep of horse, has
q % decided advantage over the dry goo
d clerk who gets but sos a month a
" mas to board himself, while he wor
q IA hours a day.
81 The smooth tongued agent of nu
5. cry was mean enough to sell to an
a. norant farmer, and the farmer W
81 green enough to buy, a dozen so call
ser tree strawberry plants at a shilli
apiece; this where men ought to
NJ and know better.
III. One bright fellow down east has ms
his fortune out of peanuts. He star
Nh as a trainboy and secured the right
sell the goober over a certain terrific
. From this small beginning he now
ght ploys 600 men and is rich enough to
VS. tire if he so desired.
. How Are YOur KIdneysl
49,. Dr. Hobbs Sparagus Pills cure all kidney Ills S
tu' lie free Add. Sterling Remedy Co., Chicago or
KIP.
lrr. We commend the Golden Glow a
i M M very hardy and SNOWY plant for la
decoration. From the middle Of
9 ~ ~ gust until frost comes it will prod
S 81 an almost unlimited amount of vel
: ~ bloom, the blossoms being almost eO
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