Milford chronicle., 1901-04-12

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rarms located on rural mail routes
ire proving to be worth about 50 an
acre more than those not reached by
his new postal service.
The small boy and the corn shelter
10 not get along together at all, and he
hould be made to let these machines
llone if he would save his fingers.
All fertile acres in the corn or wheat !
belt will increase in value year 10y
year until they touch the SO mark.
rhis is Just as sure as the sun is to
o shine or water to run down hill.
Whenever politics in any form gets to
he front in farmers institutes it al
ways insurcs the failure Of such insti-
utes. A little religion doesn't hurt them
1 bit, but politics must be kept out
A man can perhaps carry a little
uOlG W lliHhg anu Noli y ~ q AAtNAN AcA-
cer on farm than he could in a bank,
tut it is just as sure to round up the
ranger at last as it is the banker.
"Take no thought for the morrow,
or the morrow will care for itself,
may be good motto for the phi
osopher. but practically applied Oh
he farm will end in a foreclosure suit
Is sure as shOOting.N
Elgin dairymen buy cows in Iowa,
bran in Minnesota, corn in Kansas,
md by working this combination on
1lgin farms have made themselves
wealthy and their farms more fertile
than they have ever been.
We notice that capital is being in
vested in Carolina tea plantations,
where under the experimental work
Of the agricultural department, it has
been demonstrated an excellent quail
ty of tea can be produced.
The United States is now the leading
export nation Of the world in the value
Of exports, passing England the past
year. American exports for 1900 were
Of the value Of 81, 453,013,G59 and those
Of Great Britain S1,41S,34S,OOO.
Every woman is entitled to the priv
ilege of having at least one club con-
nection. The many need it for mental
Improvement and diversion and the
few the benefits of a club to keep some
ugly old man inside the traces.
Share rents paid for the use Of west
ern farm lands have netted the owner
of the land the past year from u to 20
! per cent on his investment, this state
ment based upon a twO-ffths share of
the crop as the landlords rent.
There is a possible market in Eng
land for an immense amount of fruit
| jams and preserves. The Englishman
/ always likes his jam for breakfast and
uses large quantities of it. A market
for much of our surplus fruit may be
found in this line.
The Inheritance taxes accruing to the
federal government ana the state Oh
the estate of recently deceased Chica
20 millionaire aggregated $2960OO fol
the state and 100000 for Uncle Sam
This is a sample of taxation of which
all poor folks approve.
The butter producing value of a COW
is more often determined by the mum
Der of pounds of milk she will give il
year than by the butter Test of he
milk. Few cows that size less thai
5000 pounds of milk in a year arr
worth keeping as dairy cows.
Two pcs Of English violets at tn
writer's home have furnished a won
derful supply of these much priced an,
fragrant flowers nearly all winter long
The secret of securing such profusio
OF bloom has lain in the dipping of tn
plants in hot water once week.
A COW that will make 300 pounds O
butter in a year is better worth 81
than one that will only make 10
pounds is $40, for the reason that tn
last named COW will hardly pay for tn
food she eats. while the first name
will give her owner handsome profit.
: If butter makers feel disposed t
kick at the low wages paid them /
/ this country - about $50 to $40 pc
mOnth-let them console themselve
5 that they are much better off tina
, their colleagues in New South Wales
J where good butter makers are PAL
only S25 per month.
, Thousands of farmers i'm the midd
! west are up against the problem of no
. to use $40 land and make II proiitabl
Methods and practices permissible G
cheap land won't work with these hig
, er priced acres. A better knowledge
soils, crops, conservation of mOistur
drainage, rotation of crops. market
breeds of stock and general improv,
, economic methods has now become a
sOlutely Indispensable. The way gran
= father did won't work. and intellige
Al and enterprising business metho
s. must be adopted.
There will never come a time whe