The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-06-20

opneTS. lniS plan iS b SUCCESS.
The surest cure for intemperance is
to simply quit drinking whisky, and
the surest cure for the alleged extor-
tons of the meat trust Is to quit using
meat.
1t is estimated that not less than
200, 900 newly shorn sheep and their
lambs were destroyed by an ~unseason-
able blizzard Of snow which prevailed
In May in the Wyoming mountains.
So long as the American woman re-
fuses to take a hand In milking the
it Is likely to be quite a
spell-just so long will there be no
danger of OVERRIDING the dairy business
in this country.
We noted a pigeon taking a drink,
the other DAY, and found that this bird
drinks Just as a COW or horse does. and
not by sips and a throwing up Of the
head, as Is common to most birds when
tn the act of drinking.
What seems to be wanted more than
anything else in this country Is some
central authority from which there Is
no appeal which shall Ak prices both
for labor and all commodities. 1t
would save q lot Of scrapping.
The next revision Of the Bible should
change the rendering of that passage
where reference is had to the man put
ting his hand to the pillow and looking
back, for nine out OF ten farmers In the
West now ride the pillow and do not hold
1t.
The young fellow who has worked for
a farmer for five years and only has
$25, a spawned horse and an old buggy
to show for 1t is a pretty poor %flnancier,
and when he dies the order to which
he belongs will probably have to foot
the bill for his funeral.
One Of the most practical experiments
in forestry Of recent date is that Of the
Illinois Central Railway company,
which has had planted $50 acres Of cat
alpa trees in the South for the purpose
Of furnishing future ties for the road.
One thousand trees were planted on
each acre of ground.
A friend, q farmer, needing a good
woman in the house to help his wife,
spent three days in vain racing over
the country to find one. He said 1t
seemed queer that when a man could
find a dozen good women who would
marry him and DO his homework for
nothing 1t was impossible to hire one
to do 1t.
A higher grade Of cereals-wheat,
barley, fax and rye-can be raised
raised north of the territory known as
the corr belt than within its borders,
which is no small compensation for the
disadvantage Of not being able to grow
the corn. And not only is the quality
Of such cereals better, but the yield per
acre is usually larger.
A farmer friend of ours said to us re-
Gently that he would like to have bust
nesu continue in this country on a basis
OF so cents a bushel for oats. This
would mean 60-cent corn. 81 hogs and
beef cattle, 30-cent butter, $3.50 horses
$40 hay and SIS farm land rent prices
If such prices were TO become standard
there would have to be a readjustment
of compensation for all men receiving
fixed salaries.
The steers Of the Western plains hello
a convention lately and resolved that
so long as they are arbitrarily prevent
ed from occupying a position as thu
head of the herd and are now to bt
further prevented from cooperating II
the dairy business of the country, they
will herafter turn their attention strict
ly to the production Of the very f1nest
porterhouse and sirloin steaks and rit
roasts possible, which resolutions are
cordially Endorsed by the dairy herds o.
the country.
II so situated that you must renew
an old strawberry bed In order to have
berries for next year, do this: AS
soon as the bed has done fruiting NOV
1t close to the ground with a SHARP
scythe. When q good growth of new
runners and vines has started, spade
up a strip right down the bed where the
old plants grow and keep we'll Guilt
waited until winter. This will work tine
old bed over IN to new ground, and l
there Is sufficient moisture during thu
late summer and fall will give a good
productive bed next season.
Any woman looking for a mean o.
living who will intelligently take VI
Vic poultry DubliiCoo ~ NV ~ OiC "
the safest and most remunerative EN-
Payments available. There is no dan
ger that tho poultry business will ever
be overdone in this country.
Just remember that while the corr
crop of 1901 was worth from 80 to G.
cents a bushel OF the farm, there was
almost absolute immunity from hot
cholera. We do not say that there II
any connection between these two
facts, for 1t may be only a coincidence
An effort should always be made t.
interest the farm boy in some one par
ticular thing connected with the farm
work. It may be horses or cattle o.
pigs or chickens or possibly fruit grow
ing. II the boy shows any special lik
ing for any particular branch Of agri
culture, encourage him In It.