Columbia courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1902-1905, 1903-09-18

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her clothes won't get out of style be-
fore she gets there.
The farm implement or machine
which will earn % per cent. on Its cost
yearly. as very many will, is far
safer investment than bank stocks
on deposits. We must learn to do bust
ness with the farm.
The next time you purchase bran eX-
anime 1t carefully to see whether 1t
contains whole weed seeds. There was
bran that contained $500 seeds to
the pound, says an exchange. Think
of putting the manure from ten tons
of that bran on field.
The young man in the country of
frugal habits can have a larger bank
account at the end of the year on n
wage of $500, with board and laundry
thrown in, than can the city fellow
who gets wage Of 5000 per annum.
Nor will it be necessary for the young
man in the country to deny himself
any of the genuine pleasures of life
In order to do this.
There Is less demand every year
for the extra large overfatted hogs
that have taken two years to reach
maturity. What is wanted for pro.
fitable feeding Is thrifty pig, that in
six or seven or eight months growth
will average pound Of pork day.
This can usually be made at profit.
The heavier hogs cost more to keep,
and the pork is neither SO good, nor
will 1t now sell so well, as pork that
weighs 200 pounds or less per car
cass.
A good way to get rid of potato bugs
Is to poison them by the use Of paris
green and water at the rate Of one
pound Of the poison to one hundred
gallons Of water. Another way is
to use the paris green with cheap flour
or plaster, using about one pound Of
green to one barrel Of either of the
latter. This should be busted on the
leaves early In the morning when they
are moist London purple may be
used in the place of paris green. but
as 1t is more liable to burn the leaves
quicklime should be put in the water
for each pound OF london purple used;
but the london purple, In such case,
should be used at the rate of one
pound to seventy gallons of water.
Poultry and Small Fruits.
That there Is good profit In raising
poultry In connection with small fruits
has been repeatedly proved; on the
other hand, many failures have result.
ed solely because provision has not
been made to keep the fowls from the
fruit plots. If this is done there will
be no trouble in working both indus
tries to advantage, for the time when
the fruit needs the most attention is
the period when the fowls need least.
In working this combination 1t is a
good plan to raise poultry largely for
the sale of the carcass In the fall and
winter production Of eggs; then, IL the
young chicks are Matched early In the
spring, the work Of the poultry will
interfere but little with the necessary
attention which must be given the
small fruits. By proper arrangement
of poultry yards and runs and the
small fruit plots there should be no
trouble In keeping them apart. For
man who must handle a small farm
alone there is no better combination
than that Of poultry and small fruits.
indianapolis News.
Navy Beans.
A crop which can profitably be
grown to a much greater extent and
over much larger area of the coun-
try than Is now done is the common
navy or field bean. There Is not
enough grown to supply home de-
mands, beans being imported every
year, although 1t is a crop of compare
lively easy cultivation and one that
pays better than most field crops.
Clean land, Of good quality, should be
selected, and the beans planted in drills
Immediately after the corn is in. Guilt
the ground, and when there Is no dew
or rain on the leaves. as that will spot
and spoil the foliage. Cultivate thor
oughly until the growth Of foliage COW
ers the ground and stops the growth Of
weeds. When two-thirds of the pods
are ripe pull by hand and lay in rows
until well dried. Thresh on a dry,
clear day, otherwise the beans may not
easily come out Of the pods.
Canned Peas.
Shell the peas and lay in cold water.
At the end of an hour drain and put
over the fire in slightly sailed boiling