Milford chronicle., 1901-06-21

our nearest neighbor.
A man never gets enough money
lamages when railway is laid out d.
lgonally through his farm.
Well bred animals need good care.
Many a man falls down by buying pure
bred stock and giving it only scrub
care.
The care which is given a calf dur
ing the first two months of its life just
about settles the question Of whether
it will prove a profitable animal to
keep or not.
While the curculio and rot affect the
Americana types of plums to some eX-
tent, they seldom ruin the crop of fruit,
while with the Domestica plums the |
reverse is true.
When a woman is having trouble |
with her incubator it is a good time |
for the man of the house to leave her
to say things to herself which would |
not look well in print.
The home market is the small fruit
growers best market. When this is
supplied and he has to pack and ship
to outside markets, the profits on his
business rapidly shorten up.
We wish to repeat that there is moth
ing so good for an orchard crop as me-
dunn red clover. BY all means get the
blue grass out and the clover in as
soon as it is possible to do so.
Don't begrudge the hired man half
day off on a rainy day if you expect
him to put in extra time to get the hay
in or top out the grain stack without
extra pay. Hired men are very hui
man.
So long as man is all the time face
to face with the arbitrary law that he
shall only reap that which he has
sown, it follows that it would pay to
take more care in the selection Of the
seed sOwn.
If dairy cows could be allowed to re-
main in the pasture during the night
and have the protection of the base
ment barn during the heat of the day
in 1ytime, they would give more milk.
You try this and see.
Cabbage and tomato plants may be
we'll protected from the ravages of the
cutworm by wrapping the stems of the
plants with a piece of paper when they
are set out. We have found this the
best protection which we have ever
tried.
There are many fields on many farms
than which nothing would be better for
them than summer fallow-three or
four plowings in the summer. This is
very effective way in which to clean
up a foul field and put it in good
shape for a crop.
We never like to see a man on his
way to church driving horse with a
raw shoulder. Common humanity takes
precedence of foreordination, and I'M
der such circumstances If a man can
not walk to kirk he should stay at home
and read his Bible.
The great northwest has enjoyed
three fat crops, and not only good crops
but good prices for them. The May out
look for another good crop is all that
could be desired, with the general Level
of prices for all farm products higher
than for three gears past.
IT Is unfortunate that the best time
IN which to do road work is just wheI
Z the corn needs the most attention. Al
an argument for paying all road taxes
in cash we wish to say that no MAJ
can afford to neglect his cornfeld il
June to so and do road work.
The apple tree has very wide rang
Of latitude. A friend living in Mantle
ba tells us that he raised fine crop o
apples last year, and we see that il
Tasmania, the southernmost cultivate
area of the earth, a large amount o
the choicest apples are raised for tn
London market
carload of hogs weighed upon it
arrival at the stockyards in Chicag
i6,0S0 pounds. The hogs were unloaC
ed, fed two bushels of corn and water
ed and then were reweighed, showing
gain of 531 pounds. this gain repre-
Senting the sum of $31 at the price q
which they were sold.