The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-05-24

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We note that the robin is a good deal
Of a ventriloquist, his song when one
Us close to him seeming to be far off.
The west furnished no less than Sc
100000 worth of horses and mules for
the prosecution of the late Boer war.
pair of sparrows will build a nest
and have al egg in it inside of 81 hours
from the time that the site for the nest
is selected.
We know of man who lives in Da.
llota who is trying to raise his fourth
crop of wheat on the same field with
out blowing 1t.
The heated term during the first
week of May throughout the north
west put the foliage on the trees n
long way ahead of the corn planters in
the field.
If the grated top of young tree
seems to be outgrowing the mother
trunk, draw a sharp knife down the
trunk, splitting the bark any time in
late May or June.
We had a specimen of the famous
Lawson carnation few days since. 1t
was almost twice the size of any car
nation which we have ever before seen.
almost as much like peony as a pink
For southern Minnesota and northern
Iowa and kindred ATTITUDES in other
western states the Scotch pine will he
found to be one of the very best trees
for use in planting an evergreen wind
break.
1t never pays to keep a dairy COW
which is a natural born kicker No
return which may be obtained from
such a COW is any compensation for
the provocation incurred to break the
commandment.
\ good, stout hitching post with a
chain and snap attached is a cOnven-
fence which every distant caller at
Your home will appreciate 1t removes
every excuse for hitching horses to
your shade trees.
We have a friend who always wipes
off and oils his hoe blade when he is
through using it. 1t IS of no use to ask
him to lend that hoe, because he would
refuse even his best friend; then he has
not any boys either.
The desire to own a farm is common
TO both the native American and zee
foreigner, but while the former is ready
to sell rs soon as he gets an offer Tie
latter will hold on to his land for the
purpose Of making a home
The asparagus bed is now generous
Iy reWarding the man who had enter
prise enough to set it out and will fur
nish daily dish of most delicious and
healthful green food up to the time
when the first peas are fit to pick.
Complaint is made that some of the
graveled highways cayed in, so to
speak, during the prolonged wet wealth
or of the late spring. The truth Is that
under such weather conditions nothing
snort of macadam or paving is mud
proof.
One Of our most successful rose
growers gets the soil in which to grow
them from bricllyard = clay taken
from a depth of eight feet under the
surface of the ground. This he fer
t'lizes with cow manure, and his roses
are we'll nigh perfect.
Our German friends have got on to
q new method of making brick by COM
bning "a parts of sand and parts of
lime and subjecting the bricks nodded
theTefrom TO steam pressure of 100
pounds, giving a product as hard and
lndestructible as any stone.
a very few years ago we saw farm
er sell 30 bushels of oats for $3.50.
Last week we noted an advertisement
where n farmer had lost a check for
ElOOO and $500 in cash from his peck
ct while going from the field to his
nome. Times have changed.
y snort hay crop has no longer any
terrors for the man who lives in the
corn belt, for he knows that he is grow
ing mis- forage crop when he is cultivat-
ing his corn crop. From this on the
nay and the corn crop will be raised in
'he same field and on the same land.
The most active thing in search of
4ood which we ever saw was a nut
natch exploring the bark of tree for
bugs. The eye could hardly follow its
motions, so rapid were they. 1t seem
I eu as though it could make thorough
search of good sized tree in less than
three minutes.