The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1903-02-27

? & q '|3R8HHE IS
Copyright, 1901, by j. S. Trigg. Rock
ford, 1owa.)
Correspondence Solicited.
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Two things, beef and real estate. are
now indulging in a headache after their
spree.
Look out for the fellow who wants to
sell you budded apple trees at a dollar
apiece. He is a fraud. Set the dog on
him.
California produces 500 carloads Of
honey each year. Beekeeping is o
of a business in that state than in any
other.
The state of Minnesota has a horti-
cultural society consisting OF LOU
members. No wonder apples grow in
that state.
The province Of Manitoba is equal in
area to England and Ireland, yet con-
tains but 21O, 900 inhabitants, while the
mother countries have $1,000, 600.
The Northwestern Greening apple re-
ouires more pruning and more moisture
than any other apple we know of suit
ed to the Northwest country.
A September frost is more damaging
to a cornield than a May frost, which
| cuts the young corn to the ground. The
latter RECEIVERS, but the former never
does.
The beet trust is magnanimously SELL
ing coal to the poor at cost price. NOW.
when chuck beef gets up again to 10
| cents it will be proper for the coal
trust to reciprocate.
The types of apples which will be Sc
lected as the standard for the north
central portion of the country are and
always will be originated from seed
lluSO uCNClOpCu III lllub oSNbiOH'
Buttermakers are a good deal like
school teachers. The salaries paid to
the good one are not high enough, and
those paid to the poor ones are too
high. There really is no place at any
price for either the poor buttermaker
or the poor teacher.
The substitution of bags for barrels
for cement, -four, sugar and other COM
modities has seriously affected the
coopers' trade. While it is bad for the
cooper it is proving a good thing for
the forestry interests of the country,
This is one Of the penalties OF grogress,
And now the wise men affirm that
they have discovered that the cause OF
appendicitis is the use or fine wheat
-four, the people using black bread moi
being subject to the disease. Mos
Americans will prefer 70 take theil
chances on white bread and an opera
ton.
In buying trees to set out this sprint
we think you will get the best results
by taking ~two-year-old trees in prefer
ence to those that are older and large
in fact, the two-year-old trees will al
most invarie bly, be the largest and bes
trees at the end of five years. Then the.
cost less and are more easily planted.
Many a man is the owner of a rough
bluffy, stony tract of land which woul,
, make an admirable site for an appi
orchard. Apples take kindly to stone
| and gravel and prefer sucn a soil to tn
lower and richer alluvial lands. Will
the trees will not grow nearly so fast
our experience proves that they ar
longer lived and harder trees.
You will be wanting to set out som
shade trees this spring, and, while som
other varieties may do well with yot
= still the white or water elm is absolute
{ ly certain to give you satisfaction. w
have no more clean, graceful or hand
some shade trees or one that will en
dure more ~unfavorable conditions
location and soil than the elm. Lii
b. some people, it grows more beautiful Q
0 it grows old.
!. The list of February good beef an
mails sold for Sc and Gamer for 81 pc
cwt. Some of you ask. What is a cal
ner?' Well, she is quite likely to
(for most of them are of the gentle
sex) your old pet of a family cow whic
G has outlived her usefulness in the dair,
d but which you are too tenuer hearted
kill, yet mercenary enough to sell. gi'
ing the best Of her life to promote Il
prosperity and comfort OF the countl
and in death furnishing a nutrition
if not very palatable, ration for Il
defenders thereof.
n The annual seed catalogues are con
ing to hand. They are Of two kinds
y one got up with intent to deceive ar
mislead would be purchasers as to Il
yield and size of the particular XII
advertised, the other containing a ia