Warren sheaf., 1903-10-22


The White Brahma is one Of our best
winter egg producers, but she makes
one tired with her uselessness during
the summer.
Cheap lands and unquestioned fertil.
ity Of soil don't really count for very
much when there comes foot Of snow
and ice half inch thick In middle
September.
It Is better to have but 5000 when
one is sixty and good health as the
net result Of q life lived moderately
and well than to have $4,000 and a
wrecked constitution as a result OF try.
ing to own the earth.
The corporations are not consistent
in barring out men over forty from
their service, for nearly all the best
general officers Of the roads and their
boards of directors are gray haired
men-men with brains and experience.
A flock Of hens running at large on a
farm homestead will not yield the profit
the same flock would when yarded and
properly fed and cared for 4 friend
who has tried both ways tells us that
he gets nearly twice as many eggs un-
der the last named method as he did
xx1hov, Ab;e o,iolyone no n wild 100
We find the COW which freshens In
the fall to be more profitable than the
one fresh in the spring. 1t is easier to
regulate the ration Of the milk cow in
winter than in the summer, and our
experience Is that her fall calf gets a
better start In life also. 1t is good
arrangement all round to have the COW
dry in dog days.
An economic fact of the greatest sig
ni6cance. Is the falling of in the de-
mand for steel-etructural steel for
building. for rails and the like. This
fact marks the end OF the boom condi.
tions of the past four years. In year
from now it may be possible to secure
both material and men for building en-
terprises at reasonable figure.
brass band will kill mosquitoes. A
western Chautauqua meeting which at
first was almost broken up by the pest
became entirely free from them after
the services Of brass band were Sc
cured. This singular fact, If fact it is,
we know are calculated to drive away
all animate things.
One eastern railway corporation is at
work trying to solve the important
question of a future supply of ties for
the use of the road by setting out its
right Of way with black locust trees
The roads have on the average not less
than four acres Of land available for
this purpose for each mile of road and
In the level prairie sections even more,
and this land could be put to far better
use devoted to timber culture than to
be an annualsexpense to the corpora
tions to keep the weds cut down.
Everything has its innings sooner o.
later, and the summer Of 1908 has been
! bee year all through the west. q, An
nnheard Of crop OF white clover bloom
lasting oyer~a period Of six or seven
weeks started them, and. they Just
,warmed and .swarmed and piled up
the honey at q rate never known be-
fore. They have: made hives Of the
trees. holes In the ground. got into the
attics OF houses. lined the sides Of
,choolhouse and barn with masses OF
we'll Tiled comb and have brought the
price of the most luscious OF sweets
1own to 8 cents pound. Great year
FOR the bees!
There is much comfort connected
with getting things all in shape for the
in the shed, plenty Of fod-
der in the barn. corncribs filled up.
blowing all done, water supply handy
for the stock. the cellar filed up with
vegetables and canned fruits. When
this is all done, as it may and should
be, the man who has worked fourteen
hours day for five months may look
forward to the winter season with
pleasure as time for a measure of
rest and recreation. One trouble is
that too many Of us try to get ready
for winter after it is here, and then
there is no fun connected with it.
England raised only 100000 BUSH
els Of wheat this year and wants 2O8,-
100000 bushels more from some coun-
try in order to feed her people, most Of
which will be supplied from this coun-
try. Then she has got to come here for
4 good share of her meat, for nearly
al her fruits and for all the cotton
with which to supply her immense fac
tories. Each year we buy less and less
Of her manufactured products, and
each year the balance OF trade grows
larger against her. If It were not that
she Is able to sell her lords and dukes
1t big prices to our fool American girls