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

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When wild prairie hay is selling for
81 per ton, we'll cured alfalfa hay is
worth S12.11 so far as its feeding value
is concerned.
A farmer can raise a good boy much
easier by taking a half day off and 60
ing fishing with him then he can by
lecturing and licking him.
When fruit trees begin to bear heav-
lily, then they need fertilizing. The
cause of your small gnarly crop of fruit
may be found in your ignorance of this
fact or your neglect to heed it.
A serviceable automobile now sold
at 500 will be on the market inside of
five years at $3.50 or less. The history
of the bicycle will be repeated in the
case of the auto.
Carbon b~isulphide introduced into the
burrows of gophers, skunks and other
ground burrowing vermin makes short
work of them. They die, as do the men
in a coal mine after an explosion, from
firedamp and suffocation.
In a way to the prospective buyer of a
farm it is not altogether a drawback
that the weeds on such farm grow big
and strong. The wise man knows that
where weeds make a vigorous growth
there Is plenty of meat in the soil.
Mixed crops of wheat and oats,
termed succotash, withstood the effects
of the storms of the past season much
better than did crops of wheat or oats
alone, something which is in favor of
this way of growing these cereals.
A moderate and steady decline in
meat prices may now be looked for, and
it will be welcomed by all salaried men
who have families to support.
1t is said that more timber is used
each year in this country to make
HldlCleS luau 10 luEulSn Ile railways
with ties. If So, it is a striking fact.
We have had to NOV the lawn ten
times this season in order to keep it
looking decent. 1t cost a whole lot to
put on a little style and be respectable.
We have grown 200 chrysanthemums
this summer in the garden, giving them
thorough cultivation Inc plenty Of
moisture. They have been but very lit
tie trouble so far.
A friend was telling us lately about
shooting mallard ducks by the gunny
sack full up in North Dakota. The
birds are shot on the marshes where
they were Matched and are so tame
when the season opens that it is handy
sport to kill them.
So many Americans are locating on
the fertile lands of the Canadian North
west that our government would do
well to dicker an island or W. for tais
territory. God Save the King" is 60
ing to have a mighty slim show up
there in ten years.
When a business pays, It then imme-
diately becomes dignifed, and this fact
explains why so many professional
men who have heretofore turned up
their noses at the farmer and his occu-
patton are investing in farms and sing
ing the praises of agriculture as a pro-
fession.
If a farm will rent so as to bring in 5
per cent on what it would sell for. it is
much better to keep the land than to
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interest. The late custom of taxing
moneys and credits and the difficulty
of finding desirable loans make the land
the better investment for money by
far.
One dog recently killed in one night
60 out of a large flock of sheep near
where the writer lives. 1t seems al
most incredible that such a wholesale
destruction could be wrought by one
dog in so short a time. The act was
the expression of a h~eritary instinct
derived from his wolfish ancestors,
whose habit was to run down and kill
every helpless victim OF their nightly !
raids.
The construction Of reservoirs to
store the flood waters of the rivers of
Colorado. to be used in connection with
the existing irrigation canals and ditch
es. whereby an even and uniform flow
of water is secured for all the territory
under irrigation, has resulted in an in
crease of productiveness of the land so
irrigated of some go to 80 per cent and
in MANY sections has doubled the value
of the farms under irrigation.
Two of Americas most valuable and
beautiful game birds are fast becom-
ing eXtinct-the woodcock and the wood
duck. The first named is the daintiest
tidbit of meat the Lord ever made, and
the latter represents the highest type of
beauty in plumage decoration. These
birds will go with the passenger pigeon
and the buffalo. and man. with all his