Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-11-14

widespread and savage drOuth In be-
tween to growl about.
Taking the prevailing price of farm
produce in the central West today, the
quality of the soil and the average yield
of crops, every acre of good farm land is
worth 500.
hen will lay. all told, about 400
eggs If well cared for, she will lay
$50 of these by the time she is Is months
old. This explains why it does not pay
TO keep old hens.
1t is claimed that cut flowers, If placed
in salt water. will keep fresh a much
longer time than if the water is fresh
and that faded bouquets can be restored
by placing them in brine.
We find that the purple branching
aster is much better able to resist the
effect of frost than are the other varie-
ties of this flower, the purple asters,
Oct Il, carrying a lot of handsome
bloom and apparently uninjured by the
frost which killed all the others.
The Gamma roots may be removed at
any time before the ground freezes up,
with good ball of earth and placed on
the cellar floor and covered with sand,
which should be kept moist
In olden times the husking bee was
much priced farm froic. When the
boys found a red ear they were given
The privilege of kissing the girls and SO
it came about that the boys were more
particular than they are now about fix
ing the seed corn in the spring of the
wear.
Stock feeders in the beet sugar dis
tricts of Germany are finding valuable
stock food in the molasses by-prOduct
Of the factories, mixed with meal from
the heterogeneous cereals. In Louisiana
The molasses has been used for road
making and fuel.
If you want to put a root of English
on California violet in five-inch pot
half a dozen. say-and set them in the
window of the north parlor and dip
Them once week in water Of tenn
perature of 40 degrees. submerging.
The whole plant, you may pick these
Oyey flowers in abundance all winter.
We know that this may be done, for we
do it. d
Minnesota is claiming the right to be
called the bread and butter" state, and
not without good reason, for its wheat
fields and wonderfully developing dairy
interests are attracting the attention
OF the whole country. When TO these
'"o interests are added those of its
mines and forests, the North Star State
.'"omes no small part of the Union.
here is something strangely incon-
sStent about the universal prejudice
aS2nst the flesh of the horse as food.
inc horse being the most Seanly of ami
mails and eating only the most clearly
30 rood, and the greatness with which
me hog is eaten, common product of
inspeakable offal and filth. This is
something which we have never seen
Explained
II viii be recalled that Longfellow in
MS delightful romance of The Court
salp OF Miles Standish' has Priscilla
IiNe a snow white bull in the bridal pro-
,eSsion when she is married TO John Al
"rh and it is worthy of remark that the
ipet very wisely puts z ring iu that
white bulls nose, by which he is led.
Vo'lng that bulls. whether snow white
%. coal black. have not changed in dis
position very much in 200 or 300 years.
SJme people are worried because the
Nileu states has no official national
.o"er While England has the rose.
'""'ahd the thistle. Ireland the sham
.''i France the lily and Holland the
''hp. there seems to be no unity Of
"MhIon as to what flower should con-
>.lute Americas floral insignia. One
our western congressman once un-
''aph 10 get the pansy so named. bur
Only succeeded in getting "pansy'
..' 'ed on 10 his name ine.ead os the
'"iF The Hour which has made
''A'I Ied more famous than any other
made at Minneapolis mostly.
significant shipment was made re-
H.iF-a shipload of iron ore from
spain was delivered at an American
ana the vessel took to Spain re-
argo OF steel rails. II this sort
'H'ne goes on. there is no question
'ha continued prosperity Of the
7n farmer
.aha on earth produces so great
...'E and variety of good things
America Nearly every state
.t speciality and when the year
5000 things is all secured the
ta bill OF fare for the average
something the finest which
mere is no question about the
OF properly Observing Thanks
10 America.
e-. mother Minnesota item well
mention At the late state fair
on exhibition in the fruit
mint 1894 plates oil apples. SIS
r pums and "a plates Of
presenting over 200 varieties
and loo Of plnms. ana all this
'af north outside ,ge sap-
t- l' Lett ana in a season when
7a4. ,.oa las beea yefy lieht.