Milford chronicle., 1902-08-08

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Bee stings are recommended for the
heumatism. Give US the rheumatism.
If a farmer has three girls and no
oys, the girls should help do the milk
lg.
In June. 1882, the best beeves sold
or $3.50 in Chicago. In june, 1902.
hey touched Ss.40-
The bee men are in trouble this sea-
on excessive rains. scant bloom, star
alton, no new swarns, no honey.
A man must be a real lover Of birds
lot to want to shoot Mr.. Robin when
le is getting every cherry on the tree.
The English sparrow win shell out @
,od Of green peas Just about as quick
is a grosbeak, for we have seen him
10 it.
One objection to climbing vines over
the porch and home is that the spar
rows viii seize upon the hooks behind
the vines FOR nesting places.
The day in June when the finest ex-
port beeves sold in Toronto, Canada,
for cents a pound they brought SS.25
to $40 per hundred In Chicago.
1t seems like a cruel thing to rout out
a hired man at 4:3O in the morning
when he was up with his best girl till
midnight but it has to be done just the
same.
In a summer like the present with
almost riweekly rains, there is not
much danger Of oyerstocking the pas
lures. In fact the closer they are fed
the better the grass win be.
1t takes the Irishman used to work
ing on a big farm of six acres in the
old country about year 60 get ADJUST
ed to the larger farms and wholesale
methods Of agriculture in this coun-
try.
Great meat country this; s,O00,o0O,-
600 pounds Of pork and S,600000000
pounds Of beef and mutton killed and
disposed Of last year and at the high
est average price known for twenty
years.
If a man Of good standing and offer
ing good security wanted $1,000 OIL
long time where the writer lives, he
would have a dozen men after him to
lend him the money. This is a good
way to have it
After paying $3.50 a bushel for Col
orado and North Dakota potatoes al
winter there is solid comfort in taking
a basket and digging from ten to fit
teen fine EARLY Ohio murphies from
your own garden.
The high prices Of beef and pork ar
likely to induce the keeping Of NOR
sheep and the eating Of more mutton
which meat can be produced NOR
cheoply on the average farm than e
ther beef or pork.
Two thousand dollars win build
good residence for the average farm
, modern in architecture and equipmen
When a man puts more than that int
a house, he is doing. it for looks an
: style and not for utility
: 1t is claimed that 1900 men al
! thrown out Of employment by the o
Grafton of the new oleomargarine bi
No need to weep over this, for ever
one OF them is wanted in the legltima
dairy interests Of the country.
A friend paid 500 for a Shorthoi
I COW last fall and was laughed ut ]
. his neighbors for throwing his nom
9 away in that manner In May he so
Z her two-months-old calf for $50, a
2 then they did not laugh any more
The crop developing power Of ty
3 inches of rain and three days of 90
9 the shade Is simply marvellous n
Z ture will do more business under su
g condition in three days than she W
I In a month with a mean temperate
: Of 90.
There are greater possibilities lock
}. up with the alfalfa plant than any o
4. er known to modern agricultu
/. Enough has been already demonstr
& ed to prove that 1t may be made
: bring wealth to millions Of acres
Il what is now almost mproductiye Ia
: The natural stupidity of one hi
3 man was well Illustrated by his ty
g his team to 4 valuable hard ma
z shade tree for a few moments. dur
Z which the horses peeled the tree /
5 ! ruined It. Being one Of row VIII
q had taken seven years e perfect
y became a subject Tor remarks by
q 1wncr
ABROAD COMPANY.
DAY, JULY 18th. 1902.
wEsTwARD.-Rsad Upward.
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