Warren sheaf., 1903-12-03

Even in 1rst class field. of. corn
there will be found but few perfect
ears. y ],t.''+.'..' E@: s:'.Z Z1'Ss :
Low priced condiments, jelhes or
preserves are almost invariably, adul>
terated, and often entirely unfit for
food.
"A car load Of virgin North Dakota soil
was recently shipped to Illinois for the
purpose of making some comparative
tests with the soils of Illinois.
The majority of men are followers.
not leaders. This 1s true on the farm.
II men would do more original think
| Ing and less initiating, it would be bet
| ter for them.
Five sheep Of the large mutton breeds
can be kept on the food required by
one COW and, taking one year with an
the COW, with less labor and with more
benefit to the soil.
We have chronic dislike to paying
interest and rent; had rather do
smaller business and be rid Of them
both. We can never quite get over the
notion when doing it that we are work
ing for some other man.
We have seen a dozen orchards late
ly, each headed for the brush pile as
fast as they can go, just for want of
proper orchard care. Do not plant fruit
trees unless you are willing to give
them proper care, for it does not pay.
The farmer who works in the corn
field election day and refuses to vote
does his part to insure poor officials,
poor government and possibly hard
times for himself. 1t is very hard to
make some men appreciate the respon-
sibilities of American citizenship.
A friend from Colorado writes that
he has sure thing for the destruction
of the pocket gopher in the shape of a
trap which he gets in Chicago, but does
not give the name Of the trap. He says
that out there, where all crops depend
upon irrigation, the gopher is a great
nuisance, as its burrows divert and
waste the irrigating water.
All over the country the horse is
very much afraid of the automobile.
Just as he used to be of the bicycle
when it was first introduced. This
makes not little clashing between the
old and the new way. In time horses
will get used to the machines. In the
city of Washington, where the auto is
as common as the ice wagon, the horse
cares nothing for it,
A reader in Colorado wants a remedy
for scabby potatoes. We know of but
one-the treating Of the seed by soak
ing it in solution of corrosive subli-
mate before planting. A potato crop
following other crops and heavily fer
tilted with barnyard manure will al
most always scab badly. Better to
take clover or timothy sod or blue
grass pasture for the crop.
If we were going on a timber tract
to open up farm we should by all
means employ yoke of oxen in pref
erence to horses to do the heavy work.
We know this sounds old fogyish, but
nevertheless the OK has much to CON-
mend him in this line. He costs but
little to keep, is slow and powerful on
the heavy pulling and every way less
liable to injury and disease than the
horse.
The winter evenings on the farm
home should be made an attractive fea-
ture Of farm life. There should be
plenty of good reading matter availa-
BILE, music and plenty of visiting be-
tween neighbors. At this season the
father and mother need not be too tired
to supplement the work of the teacher
Of the district school with some help
full instruction to the boys and girls.
Two hours devoted to the children two
or three evenings a week during the
winter will accomplish much for them
in the line of education.
A coming change in building material
is in sight, one which will combine
cheapness with durability. Machines
which will mold blocks of cement, Or
rather, blocks made of sand and ce-
ment, are doing most economical and
satisfactory work. The outlay for the
machinery is not heavy, the blocks eau
be manufactured where needed for use,
and the cost of putting them in the
wall is only half that Of laying brick.
The constantly increasing price of lum-
ber as building material is compel
ling the adoption of such methods.
The automobile is finding it's way out
into the west and is being bought by