Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1903-02-26

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Copyright, 1901 by j. S. Trigg, Rock
ford Iowa.
Correspondence Solicited.
Two things, beef and real estate, are
now indulging in headache after their
spree.
Look out for the fellow who wants to
sell you budded apple trees at dollar
apiece He is fraud. Set the dog on
him.
California produces 500 carloads of
honey each year. Bookkeeping is more
of a business in that state than in any
other.
The state of Minnesota has horti.
cultural society consisting of 1.200
members No wonder apples grow in
that state.
The province of Manitoba is equal in
area to England and Ireland, yet con-
tains but 100000 inhabitants, while the
mother countries have 33,000,000.
The Northwestern Greening apple re-
Quires 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 cornfie]d 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
lings developed in that section.
Buttermakers are a GOOD deal like
school teachers. The salaries paid to
the good ones 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
nfnRtnd
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 not
being subject to the disease. Most
Americans will prefer TO take their
chances on white bread and an opera
ton.
In buying trees TO set out this spring
we think you will get the best results
by taking two-year-old trees in prefer
ence to those that are older and larger
in fact, the -year-old trees will al
most invarie bly, be the largest and best
trees at the end of five years. Then they
cost less and are more easily planted.
Many man is the owner of a rough,
bluffy, stony tract of land which would
make an admirable site for an apple
orchard. Apples take kindly to stones
and gravel and prefer sucn soil to the
lower and richer alluvial lands. While
the trees will not grow nearly so fast,
our experience proves that they are
longer lived and harder trees
You will be wanting to set out some
shade trees this spring, and, while some
other varieties may do well with you,
still the white or water elm is absolute
ly certain to give you satisfaction. We
have no more clean, graceful or hand
some shade trees or one that will en-
dure more unfavorable conditions Of
location and soil than the elm. Lie
some people, it grows more beautiful as
it grows old.
The 1st of February good beef ami
mails sold for $6 and Gamers for 50 per
cwt Some of you ask, What is a can
ner?" Well, she is quite likely to be
(for most of them are Of the gentler
SEX your old pet of family cow which
has outlived her usefulness in the dairy,
but which you are too tenuer hearted to
kill. yet mercenary enough to sell, CIV
ing the best of her life to promote the
prosperity and comfort or the country
and in death furnishing nutritious,
If not very palatable, ration for the
defenders thereof
The annual seed catalogues are COM
ing to hand. They are of two kinds
one got up with intent &c deceive and
mislead would be purchasers as &c the
yield and size of the particular kind
advertised, the other containing fair
and conservative statement of the re-
suits to be obtained. Because you buy
a peck of potatoes advertised to yield
800 bushels to the acre 1t is no evidence
that you will get over 100 or $50 bush
ole Tho of arieS and illuet rat ions IN no