Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-10-14

Carbon bisulphide introduced into
the burrows of gophers, skunks and
other ground burrowing vermin makes
short work of them They die. as do
the men in coal mine after an explo-
sion, from firedamp and suffocation.
In way to the prospective buyer Of
a farm it is not altogether drawback
that the weeds on such farm grow big
and strong. The wise man knows that
where weeds make vigorous growth
there is plenty of meat in the soil.
Mixed crops of wheat and oats.
termed succctash. withstood the ef-
fects of the storms of the past season
much better than did crops Of wheat
or onts alone, something which is in
favor of this way of growing these
cereals.
A friend was telling us lately about
shooting mal!ard ducks by the gunny
sack full up in North Dakota. The birds
were hatched and are so tame when
the season opens that 1t is hardly 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 two for this
territory. God Save the King is go
ing to have q mighty slim show up
there in ten years.
When business pays, it then imme-
diately becomes dignified, 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 us pro-
fession.
IL farm will rent SO as to bring in 5
per cent on what 1t would sell for, it is
much better to keep the land than to
sell 1t and try to place the money at In
terest. The late custom Of taxing mon
eys 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
sixty out of a large flock of sheep noaa
where the writer lives. 1t seems
most incredible that such wholesale
destruction could be wrought by one
dog in so short time. The act was
the expression of hereditary instinct
derived from his wolfish ancestors,
whose habit was to run down and kill
every helpless victim on 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
bitches. whereby an even and uniform
flow of water is secured for all the ter
ritory under irrigation. has resulted in
an increase of productiveness of the
land so irrigated of some 60 to so per
cent and In many sections has doubled
the value of the farms under irriga
ton.
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
lo<
highest type of beauty in plumage dec
grafton. These birds will go with the
passenger pigeon and the buffalo, and
man, with all his genius and ciyiliza-
ton. can produce nothing to replace
them.
The thOughtless and careless hired
man on the farm is regular nuisance.
He ties horse near wire fence. and
$50 is taken OF your best horse. He
leaves the gate open. and the milk
cows get into the cornfield. and you
have to bury two of your best cows.
He has runaway which runs up
bill Of $40 for repairs. perhaps more.
He runs machine with loose bolt.
and there Is hot box He thinks 1t
good fun to plague the young bull, and
you have to sell him at two years old
because he is unsafe. 1t costs big
money to have this fellow around the
premises.
WISHED HE'D STAYED ON FARM.
1t sometimes happens that the man
who leaves his farm with its work.
fret and worry for quiet life in town
does not realize on his expectations. A