The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-07-26


of give and take.
When a woman gets daft over some
measly pug dog, she becomes an all
round nuisance to her friends. We
never come across one of this sort but
we wish she had a pair of twin boys
to take up her time.
The agricultural department is eX-
perimenting with the date palm for
Arizona and New Mexico. Theoretical
ly this palm should do as well there as
it does in Arabia, as climatic condi-
lions are almost identical.
If that Minnesota man has really dis
covered method whereby granulated
sugar can be easily and cheaply made
from the juice of the sorghum plant, as
he claims, he will easily take rank as
one of the great inventors of the new
century.
The farm boy should not have to be
sent away to college to teach him how
to pillow a straight furrow, set a
straight fence or plant field of corn
SO that it will be a pleasure to see it.
These things can be best taught upon
the farm.
One will see about one-third more
little pigs on all farms where the Jer-
sey Red hogs are kept than will be
found where any other breed is kept.
Whatever dement's may be chargeable
to this breed, there is no question as to
it's prolificness.
Representative Grout, author of the
oleomargarine bill which failed at the
last session of congress, was recently
served with oleomargarine for butter
at one of the swell hotels at San Fran
cisco and now is ready to go on the
warpath again.
1t is too late to be of much use for
this season, but it may be well to re-
member that a mixture of three parts
water and one part strong vinegar
syringed ON to the currant bushes will
rid them of the currant worm-at least
so writes a valued correspondent.
1t is fact worth noting that while
the farmer living north of latitude II
has only short season in which to do
his outside farm work, he invariably
has it better done than does his brother
farmer in Missouri and Arkansas, who
has nearly two months more time in
which to work.
4 sensible and businesSlike PROPOSE
ton is now being considered by the
interior department, being plan to
have set aside the proceeds of the sales
of desert lands for the construction of
reservoirs, thus storing the surplus
waters of the flood seasons for the pur-
poses of irrigation.
Where a farmer has his homestead
line of railway can look all over his
premises as he passes by such farmer
should pay some regard to the tastes
of the travelling public by keeping his
place so neat and trim that it will be
pleasure to look at it.
A French dairyman, maker of fancy
brands of cheese, has got tired of pay
ing 45 per cent duty on his product,
which is mostly used in this country,
and has commenced the erection of the
largest cheese factory in the world in
the state of New York, where he will
produce his fancy cheese.
A friend of the writer spent ten
days recently in the effort to secure q
hired man for his farm who did not
own horse and buggy as a part of his
equipment The man was found at
last, but he was a foreigner who had
not been here long enough to either
speak our language or get the buggy
habit.
The record Of the gold medal cow at
the late Royal Jersey show, held on the
island of Jersey. was on days trial.
two pounds four and half ounces of
butter made from 30 pounds of milk,
and this after she had been giving milk
for 220 days. Her milk thus tested
about seven pounds of butter fat to the
hundred.
A leading hortculturist said to us a
few days ago, The Clyde strawberry
is one of the best things ever given to
the growers of small fruits" We are
inclined to agree with this statement.
for this season, fruiting it in competi-
ton with the best known other varie-
ties it has so easily excelled them all
in prodac@veness and size that too
much cannot be said in its favor If
we should give the actual measure
ments of some of these Clyde berries,