The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1903-03-13

pie winter ration for Kansas hogs.
An expert dealer in butter stated re-
Gently that he would rather handle but
ter which scored 90 and which would
remain at that scoring until disposed
of than to handle an extra grade at SO
and have it drop to 92 before it could
be sold. |
A second cutting of timber land
oak, hickory, maple and b~asswood-of
twenty-eight years growth yields
about eighteen cords to the acre, worth
net to the owner about $72. This fact
explains why forestry is not profitable
in a commercial sense.
A farmers mutual insurance COM
pany of a county in a Western state
paid S2,375 on thirty-nine losses during
the year. OF this amount So, 2S4.S4 was
for losses caused by lightning, stock
killed, while only $129.75 was paid out
for fire losses. This goes to show that
lightning in these days of barbed wire
fences is a very destructive agent.
The stockmen of the West are bitter
1y opposed to the proposed packing
house trust. believing such a combina-
LlOu Will nave Lilt CnJllGIlOu SoLlplcIC-
ly at it's mercy in the matter of fixing
prices. This opposition is so marked
and emphatic that with it's threats to
establish packing houses of its own it
may defeat the proposed packing house
merger.
Years ago when black walnut was
plentiful and cheap it was used largely
for the construction of the wooden
bridges by the pioneers because OF the
ease with which it could be worked
and it's well-known durability. Such a
bridge built fifty years ago In the state
of Indiana, $50 feet long, contains tim
Der valued at present at $4,000, which
would more than twice pay for a steel
bridge to take it's place.
We are asked whether the production
of cucumbers for pickles is a profitable
business, what the yield is and what
the profits. In such cases as we have
known the crop will yield a gross re-
turn of from $40 to $40 per acre. There
are two difficulties in the way Of this
crop-one to protect the vines from in
sect pests, the other to secure neces-
sary help to gather the crop, which has
to be done every two or three days dur
ing the season.
If one starts out as a breeder of reg
istered cattle of any breed, he must
produce animals of such a grade OF
excellence that his yearling males will
bring him at least 500 each. If he can
not do this, he had better confine his
efforts to the production of beef or milk
and let others breed for the market.
Not every man is cut o. for a breeder.
There must be indiv' excellence as
well as pedigree, nen cannon
combine these quar-.
A large purchase of Belgian hares by
an Eastern canning factory was logic
ally followed by a large shipment of
choice selected boned turkey from the
cannery soon after. After all, it's
what you think you are eating rather
than what you really eat, evidenced by
the serving of fried cat for squirrel as
q joke at a party, the participants at
the feast pleased and satisfied, only to
undergo a serious digestive disturb
ance later when informed of what they
had really eaten.
With the exception of the peach, Or
ange, grape, nectarine and apricot 1t
may be said that nearly all our other
fruits thrive best where there are the
least extremes of temperature, where
neither excessive heat, cold, moisture
nor aridity prevails. The climatic con-
ditions which prevail in Nova Scotia,
lower Canada, northern New York,
northern Michigan, Washington and
Oregon, where it would be difficult to
mature a crop of corn, furnish the ap-
pie it's very best conditions, also the
pear, cherry and all the small fruits.