Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-10-10

1911
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GOOD beefsteak costs 60 cents a
Mound in Paris ard god wine a cent a
raIon. No wonder the nation is peter
ing out.
Where the writer lives bushel OF
potatoes brings as much as bushel OF
reaches, and not peach raised within
200 miles
with pork at 81 per hundredweight
and beans at s275 per bushel the great
national dish is getting out OF reach OF
poor people.
Make note OF the fact that shredded
corn fodder is just as good for horses
rs il is for other kinds of stoc).. 1t has
10 heayes in it.
Eighty-two per cent of the American
housekeepers get along without any
hired girl and the other Is per cent
wish that they could.
In the work of growing all the small
fruits it is of Just as much, Importance
10 arrange beforehand for the market
Tor the fruit as it is to grow it.
California vineyardsists who have an
established wine trade with France will
ind il hard to meet the competition of
French wines at cent a gallon.
Cows in the best dairy districts OF
Holland bring in their owners about
$50 each per year. This is about up to
the record Of the best American dairies.
II is now too late to cut weeds. for
the mischief is done. Still we saw a
man at it Sept 20, and his work looked
like a sort of agricultural deathbed re-
pentance.
The pound of butter the dozen of
eggs and the pound of steak are very
near together in the matter &C price
these days. A man has got to b. earn
ing oyor a dollar day to get even a
smell of them.
Don't aspire to live too long, for
there are lots Of old fellows over 80 in
the poorhouses OF the country. In fact,
if one wants to find man of 90 and
over the poorhouse is the best place to
hunt for him.
Hogs sold in Chicago Sept. TO-. at 81,
The highest price paid since 1882. High
lr rather than lower prices for hogs are
Predicted for the winter. This condi-
lion OF things make hog raising the
most profitable form of farm produc-
ton
When a man takes a load of hogs to
town and then takes on load of beer
and his team runs away with him and
breaks his neck while going home, it
gives job to the undertaken, the par
son, the sexton and the judge of the
probate court without any serious loss
to the community at large.
We are asked why it is that with TO-
100000 acres of rich land subject to
homestead entry in the state OF Nebras-
ka alone the government should be
asked to spend millions to promote ir-
rIgauon schemes. The answer Is easy.
Not an acre of this land in Nebraska is
worth a cent for general farming pur-
poses without irrigation.
One Of our valued agricultural papers
says that boiled milk with a little pep
per Is Just as good for chickens as 1t is
for children. This may be all right
Tor the chickens. but our own expert
ence in raising children is that the less
pepper one gets into them the better.
Most American born kids have too
much pepper, ginger and hot stuff in
them on general principles.
Hawaii offers immense possibilities
10 the gardner. So far as most small
fruits and vegetables are concerned
laefe is no season, for they can be
planted at any time and are maturing
az all seasons of the year. Strawberries
are available at all times. Raspberries
near for six months. Tomatoes bear
Tor years and grow into small trees.
plants Of the lima bean and cucumber
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