The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-10-31

The cold summer which matured the
apple crop in the best shape possible
made it hard for the melon and corn
crops to pull through at all.
1t takes a woman to have pity for a
hungry man who won't work, and be-
cause women do this is largely why we
have this breed of parasites with us.
The West has a big fight on hand to
keep down the prairie dog, while the
East has almost as much trouble to
keep the dogs of civilization within de-
cent limitations.
The prolific crops of the year are but
little affecting prices, and it goes with
out saying that the farmers of the
country have another very prosperous
year before them.
When the cornfield has to brave a
May frost, 1t will have little to fear
from a September freeze, and it is al
ways better for it to have the spring
frost than the fall one.
Chicago courts have ruled that where
a man buys a steak at a restaurant and
CdulOl eat tIe WuOle vi IL ne may CARRY
the rest away with him if he wishes to-,
thus robbing the restaurant proprietor
of his soup stock.
There is no way in which to make
money faster On the farm today than
to grow hogs. The pigs are free from
disease and selling, when fatted, at
prices which will return 70 cents a
bushel for all the corr fed them.
The buyer of fine stock now gets but
little aside from the name by buying in
Europe. for as finely bred animals as
there are to be found anywhere can be
secured in this county, and this, too, Of
almost n of the popular breeds.
The water level, which it was once
claimed had gone down nearly a hun
bred feet during the dry years, is once
more doing business at the old stand.
as many a man who has had to have
his cellar drained this summer has
found out.
There has been a loss Of just about
33 per cent on all oats threshed out of
the shock this year just in the matter
of price, such oats selling for 10 or Il
cents per bushel less than they would
have lone had the crop been stacked as
soon as cut.
The bushel box in place of the barrel
holding two and a half bushels is COM
ing much into favor for the packing of
apples. 1t is claimed that less of the
fruit is bruised, it is easier handled
and is a more acceptable sized package
for tie retailer to dispose of.
Michigan almost always comes to the
front with a crop of most luscious
peaches, and the present year is no ex-
ception. These are nearly all produced
on Just a narrow strip adjoining Lake
Michigan, where climatic cold is modi-
fled by the presence of the lake water.
We noticed the other day a small
Soy O over twelve years old driving
four big grade Percheron horses on a
gang pillow and turning over the soil at
the rate Of five acres q day. 1t gave
the little fellow about all he could do to
raise the pillow by the lever when he
came to the end of the field.
1t is now about time to think about
protecting the strawberry bed. After
the ground is frozen put on a covering
W inches thick of slough hay or clean
straw, the object of such covering be-
ing not to prevent the plants from
freezing. but to prevent them from
freezing and thawing during the win
ter.
We are asked whether a man can
make q business Of trading horses, be
straight and honest and still make
money. We have never come across
this pleasing combination. The honest
man who goes into the horse trading
business soon has a lot of experience,
and the other fellow has the horses
and money.
Kansas has produced sunflowers 16
inches in diameter this year. 1t we'll
deserves the name of the SunfoWer
State.
The work of the "nester" or home
steader who is locating on the hereto
fore monopolized range lands of the
West is doing much to break up Re
cattle barons' interests. If 1t were not
that the government stands back of the
homesteader, he would never be allowed
to acquire any land rights in those sec
lions.
We have never known a prolific sec
ond crop of clover and timothy as the
cool and wet season Of 1902 has pro-
duced. Not only the clover had head
ed out as usual, but the timothy as we'll,
NhA ann~N no Il.