The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-08-22

More and better work and less land" >"
Is the motto which should he hung up
in one-half of the farm homes Of III" oy
country. Il,
\Orchard cultivation after the first Of ",
luly should h" avoided. a. il tends 10 "
induoc. a growth OF wood which cannot
fully mature before winter. m
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What food thirty sheep will cat on ~,
the averap" farm world largely bo 9th T.,
grwis. wasted. \1h. only trouble about he
keeping them is>the question Of fenc-
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We know of a young fellow in the is
country who has rugged UP his harness CO
with rs many rs 40 rings. and he can "
get ali the girls he wants to>go riding la
with him. .''
state of Ncw YORK has placed n n,
han uI,on the shooting of live pigeons "
by II" spor'smen's tournaments. some hu,
thing which will meet with the ap- f.
prevail OF all humane people. "
The strikes among the different
branches of federated labor are almost m
wholly an effort to restore a reasonable W
balance between the wage of the Ia IN
\hoirr and the increased cost OF living. re-
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Yes. we would salt all the hay which
w pat IN the NOV Of the barn. II
makes \the hay NOR" palatahle and n,
ter,i.'to check excessive f~ermentation. 81
a half peck of salt To the ton is about al
right. Y 81
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/, takes n robin, and. in fact, most II
other birds which buila any sort OF a
substantial nest about throe days to
do the work 4 sparrow will build a &,
nest in - hours and have an egg in II. al
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A t~wo-pound spring chicken will y,
bring the grower at least 80 cents. and r
If kept until it wears spurs and a red d;
comb in November II will not bring as
muoh money. The good die young in
the case Of ROSTERS. "
OF the starch produced in this coun- h
TRY % per cent is made from corn. a Il
it'll" Is made from potatoes. but unless "
they can be secured at less than 90 n
.ents per h,ish.l they are not available
for this purpose. .
In 10 other country does modern ma C,
ahin'rv mt such Il figure in the produc- Il
.tiCn of farm crops n in the Knitted f.
States. With this machinery one man b
is enabled to accomplish rs much work b
as ten men in many Of the old conn Il
tries.
With g. hogs in sight and a big crop RI
of both pigs and corn almost assured. p
an outbreak of cholera may be reason v
ably looked for, for the young pigs will ];
he stuffed with new corn TO get thtm n
on the market as soon as possible, ard r
somehow that always makes trouble. S
The hest preventive of the cabbage
worm pest is to plant very early or h
very late. The early cabbage can he n
matured hv the first Of July and the a
late ones planted during the last hall =
of July. which enables the plants to y
dodge the period when the cabbage but II
- trrhtyy- tleestbeinost mischief. a
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Normally wet and undrained lands
should not he cropped. but should bel
e., kept in grass. either pasture or mead p
ow. Thousands Of acres OF choice a
land In the West will he utterly unpro- t
.d,c,ive this year because OF the failure /
to observe this fact. the cultivated crops s
upon them being simply drowned out. |
The question Is pe~rtinently' asked y
WHY a dog should BIZ n free commoner
more than 4 COW, a horse or a hng.
Many a dog allowed tn run at large viii
do more damage than ever could n I
thrcc-ycar-nld steer in the corn. Dogs q
mav bo very easily trainodio attend 10 G
their proper business. and a man who =
does not know enough to so train his q
dog has no business to have one" j
II We were n young man Just starting h
. ON n stock farm and had only $500 to 7
invest in stock as a starter, we had s
rather put the money into hve hcad OIL S
we'll bred and registered heifers man !
into 90 $25 scrub cows. The hrst three 7
years the scrub M might ihahs q
ms. the most money. but at the END OF
that time they would not be In IT at G
all with the thoroughbreds.. !
One-half Of the worlds crops are c
raised by irrigation F.,
II costs about 5000 to take a Pasteur I
treatment for hydrOphobin. and therc- ]
fore ii does not pay TO take any chances I
on dogs. '
II you have a horse to sell, fatten
him. Fat hides a multitude OF faults IN
n horse. ,. {
There Ia one thing in favor OF blne .
py,ss-it Is always ready for business :
when there Is moisture enough.
A hull corner on corn never arouses
the moral ire of the granger who pro-
duces the cereal. 1t Is only bear cor
ners which set him bowling.
, Crop prospects are good In India. The
nerIodical starvation OF midas mil
lions as a result Of drouth Is the most
horrible ,hing the world can show.