Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1903-12-10

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= The legislature OF Illinois appropri-
ates $4,000 for scientific Investigation
OF the corn plant.
1t is hard to tell which is doing the
best work for the state of Minnesota
her iron mines, the dairy COW or Ole
A significant fact connected with one
of the state treformatories is that out
of 200 boys and girls there cared for
not one was born on farm. All came
from the cities and towns.
Corn as the most valuable raw ma
~terial should never be allowed to leave
the farm. Some way should be found
to manufacture it convert it into
some form of finished farm produce
It is compliment to American agri-
culture that the province of Western
Australia is seeking American experts
to show it how best to open up new
tracts Of agricultural land in that
country. 49,. -
The burning: Of a straw pile on a
farm is a pretty good sign that there is
mortgage on the land. If there was
less straw produced or more stock kept
to convert it into fertilizer, there would
be fewer mortgages.
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The value of a good name in business
is moderated by too many men. 1t is
worth, from a financial point alone, a
good deal to be known as thoroughly
honest and dependable man-one who
always keeps his word, who puts good
apples in the middle Of the barrel, one
who will always try to give value re-
ceived and honest, liberal measure.
Parasitic insects are the bane of the
poultry raiser, especially the red mites
These pests are the product of dirt and
filth. No better preventive can be found
than scrupulous cleanliness and the fire.
quent busting of floors, walls. perches
and nests with mixture of three parts
of air slaked lime and one part of pow
dered sulphur. One Of these dust spray
ing machines is the best tool to do it
with.
A flock of tame pigeons is in way
a pretty sight around farm home
stead, but we think they are more Of
nuisance than anything else. Recently
it has been pretty clearly demonstrated
that they may not only be a nuisance
in befouling the buildings. but a dan
gerous medium for the transmission Of
animal disease from one farm to an
other, a recent outbreak Of hog cholera
being almost certainly traced to the
passing of these birds from one feed
yard to another.
The courts have decided that if you
listen to a conversation between your
neighbors on a party telephone line
and overhear one Of them say that you
are an old fool or dishonest man you
have no redress in law, because you
have no right to play eavesdropper. In
order to insure peace and good feeling
in community using telephone line
in common there are a good many
things which may be true and which
one may think which it is not best to
send over the wire.
Every improvement made upon the
railroads of the country, whether in the
shape Of Strengthening the line, lower
ing the grades, using heavier engines.
cars and rails, in the end reacts to the
benefit of the producer whose COM
modities are shipped over the roads,
That road which can most Cheaply haul
ton of freight invariably fixes in the
long run the rate at which such prod
uce shall be hauled, perhaps not all at
once, but the ability to do the work for
the least money as surely determines
this question of freights as the ability
to sell given commodity for the least
money fixes it's value in the markets.
Time was, when the country was new,
that when a man found a bee tree he
was allowed to claim it, cut the tree
down and take the honey. 1t is not so
now. Recently two men who entered
into neighbours timber lot and cut
down a bee tree, carrying off 125
pounds of honey, were arrested for
trespass and also sued for the value of
the tree and the honey. On the trial
of the case they set up the defense that
the honey was theirs by right of dis
covery. The court did not see it that
way, and they had to pay 81 for COM
hitting the trespass, S. for cutting
down the tree, $40 for the honey and
the costs in the case
Men very naturally seek the smooth
prairie out Of which to make farm in
preference to land covered with brush
and trees, for the reason that prairie
land can be more readily subdued. But
the brush farm has something in it's
favor. In the first place, such land
can usually be obtained at low price.
Then much Of the timber land is a bet
ter and stronger soil than any prairie.
The use Of the ak, the brush scythe and
grass seed, stocking the land with all