Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-04-19

can do more harm tnan Iney are WOTlh'
During 1900 25,Gs3.O73 tons of freight
passed through the 500 canal, and this
amount will be doubled inside Of 10
years.
1t will pay to cut out lot Of the old
wood from the currant bushes. The
best fruit is borne on the growth Of
the previous year.
Sheaf oats cut when just in the
dough are the best food which can be
raised on the farm for calves, milk
cows, sheep and colts.
Fine cattle are bringing big prices, a
recent sale Of 143 head of registered
Polled Angus averaging S4s1 a head.
This was an Iowa herd.
The finest cinnerarias. jonquils, mar
cissuses and hyacinths we have ever |
seen were grown wholly without sun
shine in a north window.
Country school directors are finding |
out that they must increase the wages |
Of the teachers of the country schools
if they are able to secure good ones.
Oklahoma possesses a soil and eli
mate specially fitted for the production
of broom corn. and this crop is likely
to receive much attention in that terri
tory.
The United States department Of
agriculture is to have a new building,
one COMFORTING with the Importance
of this branch Of our cOuntrys indus
tries.
Nothing will start an old per cent
mortgage off the farm any quicker than
hogs at IS. Under these conditions the
Poland-C China can make any mortgage
look sick.
The pansy bed should be located
where it will be shaded from the after
noon sun. while the Gamma bed and the
geraniums should be given all the sun
shine possible.
Wages for farmhands are about So a
month higher this year than they have
been for many years. The farmland
can now wear red necktie and creas-
ed pants and smoke "twOfers."
There were 5000 carloads of grapes
marketed from the grape growing ter
ritory ON the shores of Lake Erie last
season. These grapes were mostly
ConcOrds, Isabellas and Delawares.
The colored man in the south will not
be able to make much Roadway as a
farmer until he gets out of the notion
of running into debt for lightning rods,
buggies, organs and fancy ten day
clocks.
The silo is making prOdigious head
way on all up to date eastern farms
1t has become an absolute necessity
under the conditions which exist there
1t will make its way in the west before
many years.
When a Hun or a Finn or a son OF
' Italy can drop down in this country
and command the sum of $1.75 for tel
hours unskilled labor. as he can, it Il
no wonder that he thinks America is
great country.
. It is said that the chances of tn
!. country schOOlma'am for getting hus
8 band are nearly three times as goO
I as those of her sister, the city teacher
+ a fact which should comfort some @
9 these nice girls who teach in countr
4 schools.
y If a pair Of orioles seem inclined I
3 build nest in the elm or COTTONWOOD
I, tree in the doOryard. throw out a fe'
IS pieces of cotton cord and strips of re
p cloth on the lawn and watch thel
o gather them up for the swaying me-
o. on the pendent limb.
There should be more mulching dor
p. in the garden and orchard than the
h. is. Mulch serves a twofOld purpose
{. effectually keeps down the weeds al
p cOnserves the moisture in the soil du
L ing the summer droughts. Marsh ha
az straw or even cornstalks make goo
s. mulch.
As
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80 Every man should experiment with
q little patch of alfalfa. Maybe it W
IS grow with aim and maybe it won't.
" porous suhsOil and permanent moistu
s. within ten feet are essentials to
81 success. If it can be made to grow.
81 is the most valuable forage plant
-er the whole list.