Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-09-08
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

,ORCAARDANDGARD
1 That mink which lives down by the
bank of the creek is likely to be a
| worse enemy of the poultry than all
| the hawks, owls and skunks which
you look after so closely. A mink il
the hencoop is n four footed Eerod. a
wholesale slayer and sucker of blood.
He should be watched for closely and
shot or trapped, if 1t is possible thing
The production and sale Of oleomar.
garine under the new law had by the
middle of August fallen off more than
One-third. The shrinkage will be still
create: as each month goes by. as
some Of the methods now used to color
the stuff are sure to be ruled out by
the revenue department. The effect of
the law has been to improve the mar
ket for the lower grades of store but
ter and has not. so far as can vet be
cry goods.
He was tow beaded. raw. green. Just
from Norway. with $50 In his pocket.
1t did not seem as though there could
be much to him outside the sphere of
a digger and grnbbcr This was ten
years ago. We saw him the other dayo
now thirty-Gve years old. He owns
1,2G5 acres of land, worth $40 an acre.
and was on his way lone from Chica
go. where he had sold five loads of fat
cattle. which brought him S1O7 per
head. This tow head got there in great
shape.
There is a marked revival of interest
in the si!o question all over the coun.
try. The silo as it may now be built
Is about as cheap protective cover
for forage as anything which can be
put up and is entirely available for
even the small farmer with limited
means. Added to this is the fact it
affords means of securing Il supply
of most palatnEle and nutritious win
ter food for stock from small area
of land. and we often wonder why
more mon do not use 1t.
We have known one or two absolute
ly uneducated men-the neither read
nor write sort-who. because of an in
hcrited talent for business, have been
able to make their way in the world
and accumulate fortunes, but for all
that their lack Of education prevented
them from being anywhere near as
good, successful and useful men as
they might have been had they been
The way the world is run
ming today the more a man knows the /
more of man he can be, assuming
that he has common sense enough to (
apply his knowledge.
It seems queer that on the average T
farm the thrashlng outfit and the
stacked grain are always placed in
the open stubble field with sole refer
ence to the shortness of haul Of the
cut grain and never with any reference
to the fact that the placing of straw
stack in the middle of the field is
serious interference with blowing and
almost invariably, whether the straw
be burned or fed out. leaves quarter
If an acre of ground worthless for crop
bearing for two or three years. Why
not have this muss ut the corner or
end Of the field?
In looking over the decisions of the
courts on the bee tree question we
ind that the courts hold that man
las no more right to enter upon the
premises of his neighbor and capture
! swarm of stray bees. unless they
rave escaped from his own hives, or
axe the bees and honey from bee
rec than he has to enter his neighbours
richard and steal his fruit. There is
IN old belief among people. growing
ut Of the customs Of pioneer days. that
ices and their honey are anybody's :
who first locates them. but
here is no Inv to justify or warrant
ny such belief.
1t is impossible to account for such
tremendous growth OF weeds as ev-
ry man has had to fight this season
ave on the theory that vast amount s
4 weed seed remains in the ground 3
rom one year to another without ger
to later spring up when soil
nd weather conditions are specially /.
avorable to plague the tiller Of the
oil. With us land which was kept