The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-07-11

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CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED 70
Copyrighted, 1902, by j.. s. Trigg. lit
Rockford, la.
Correspondence Solicited
Il a weed is simply a plant out Of ne
place, then there is a good deal of dis fo
order on some farms. TO
One way to tell a good cook is to find Sc
out whether the bottom crust of her nc
pumpkin or custard pies Is fit to eat or M
not. pa
The male grosbeak shares with the ed
female the labor of incubation, a fam sc
lily duty not usually assumed by the NJ
head of the bird house. sc
The white fowls seem to take the "
lead in popularity-White Leghorns,
White Plymouth Rocks, White Wyan- -.
dottes and Light Brahmas. g.
The hardness, early maturity and m
rustling qualities of the Angus cattle m
commend them specially to any stock in
raiser OF the north country. nj
We would not put incurred clover
hay into the NOW Of a big barn unless W
we wished to tempt Providence and dl
have an insurance loss to settle. h;
Where there is no hay barn to store 81
the crop and where forty tons of hay OF
are produced it will be found hat a CT
stack cover will soon nav for itself.
The only good thing which we can VI
say for the wild mustard is that 1t IN
makes about as good a dish of green's p;
when young as there is to be found. nj
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The man who cam rest until he has In
got some sort of a job for the hired e(
man to do on a rainy summer after
noon is not built right to enjoy life.
A Minnesota farmer told us recently =
that while he could raise pretty good y,
corn he did mot like the crop, for it u
never gave a fellow any chance to rest. o'
The man of old who tore down his HI
barns to build bigger ones should have
built new ones, letting the old ones
stand, and then he might not have got VI
into trouble. 81
A thrifty growth Of weeds on a farm Il
not only points to careless farming, but e,
it also suggests large possibilities in RI
crop production were the soil properly m
care for. fs
The dewberry is with us more pro-
ductive and more easily cared for and Il
protected in winter than the black fl
berry, and the fruit for aught we see is b.
every way as fine. h
One of the best and still one of the h
lowest priced cuts on a veal animal is h.
the brisket. Baked, with a stuffing h
such as is used for poultry ard game,
it is a delicious dish.
1t is probably a fact that as farmers le
get better fixed financially they become II
more cautious about buying. Usually a n
man buys the most recklessly when he a
buys ON credit. CT
Here are three things which any man "
can do to secure a good standing IN his
community: Pay all his debts prompt
~ maintain good line fences and re- Il
fuse to run for office. v
The supply of house cats will always O
keen pace with the supply of rats and IL
LulCt duu ChNSSu ~ oAN IL
we sometimes wonder which is the e
greater nuisance of the two. o
There is likely to be an active de- IL
mand for all kinds of young stock this
summer and fail to use up the large
crop of grasses, hay, forage and corn II
which the season is producing. Il
If YOU have a spot in the home door il
yard where you could set a Colorado Q
blue spruce, you will never regret p
planting one, for it is the most beauti- d
full evergreen of the whole list. n
It is not best to shave the lawn too O
close after the middle Of June. Set the n
cutter bar of the mower up and leave
some growth of grass to protect the
roots of the grass from the midsummer v
sun. II
In the growing of small fruits 1t is Il
the home market for such fruits which fl
should be studied and catered TO-, Tor j
such home market is worth in dollars u
and cents nearly a third more thar d
any foreign market. h
The champion butter COW of the il
world is a Holstein owned in the state
of Minnesota, she having a verified
record of asa pounds OF milk In seven G.
days, which made 20 pounds $40 a
ounces of butter. v
1t seems that there are people living b
on farms In this country who for the a
sake of getting twenty pounds OF gran "
ulated sugar for a dollar will cheerful S
ly invest in ten pounds of nutmegs. s
These are easy marks. t
1t is recognized fact by our most
successful poultrymen that where hens
are kent for the sale purpose of pro-