Warren sheaf., 1903-10-15

Excessive rains have greatly dam
aged and lessened the crops Of Great
Britain this year.
1t will pay the man on the farm as
never before to study how he can best
make a horse and a machine do the
work of a man.
the more carefully should he protect it.
Credit is like an insurance policy-a
good thing to have even If one never
realizes on it.
The rainfall of the northwest bids
fair to be heavier for 1903 than it has
been since 1881. 1t was forty-three
inches up to Sept. -, and there are
three and a half months yet to hear
from. I
1t has been harvest time in the or-
chard of late, the gathering of the big
apples, about the pleasantest work
which we find to do on the farm. We
had much rather do it than work at the
tail end Of straw carrier.
We noted a redheaded woodpecker
cl1nging to the base of an arc light
lamp the other day and found that he
was feasttng on the bugs and beetles
which had met their death the night
before. The bird had struck soft snap
sure enough.
The land intended for an onion crop
should be thoroughly prepared the pre-
vious year. 1t should be we'll fertilized.
frequently cultivated and be kept abso-
lutely free from weeds. No crop Is SO
hard to grow when the land is foul or
indiferently prepared.
The careless hired man who is al
ways breaking or losing things is
great nuisance on the farm. If it were
easy to get hands the trouble could be
remedied by firing him. but where
help is scarce much Of this kind Of
trouble will have to be endured.
Where it can be done we favor burn
ing over all stubble fields before plow-
ing. A clean sweep Of the field by fire
is great weed and insect pest destroy
er. The value Of the stubble as a fer
tilizer is small, and the loss by burning
is partly recouped by the ashes left
The common people of Germany are
entering a vigorous protest against the
laws which have shut out the cheap
meats of other countries. Phlegmatic
as the German is, he has come to the
point where he is at last tired of MUNICH
ing sausage made from old bus horses
A neighbor has five acres of potatoes
which are giving him yield Of 200
bushels to the acre. He can sell them
for 40 cents as soon as dug. They have
cost no more to raise than a field Of
corn. The crop will sell for more than
the land is worth upon which they are
grown.
1t is utter folly to keep writing and
talking about constructing mudproof
highways at an expense Of 5000 or $500
per mile. 1t can't be done. The mud
proof highway, whether built Of mac
adam or gravel, will cost much more
money, no matter how convenient the
supply Of such material.
AS between leaving q field of corn
two-thirds of the ears Of which are
dented to take the chances of a Sep
tember frost and cutting it up before
the frost we shall do the latter, believ-
ing that the corn will be better saved
in the shock. The fodder will be of
much greater value anyway, and we
believe that the ears will ripen better
than if frosted and allowed to dry out
on the hill
Two acres of willows planted on
some moist, rich spot on the farm, a
spot which is worth but little for the
production Of crops, can be made
very profitable investment for the
planter By cutting a fifth of it off
clean each year lot Of good summer
fuel, poles and posts can be obtained
Such a grove should not be thinned,
but cut off clean, as it will then quickly
reproduce itself.
Ten acres of corn producing seventy
five bushels per acre would be rated a
fine crop and on most western farms
may be as easily produced as would
$50 bushels on twenty-five acres To do
this there would have to be more care
exercised in selecting and planting the