Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1904-02-11

A clover suggestion--"I the morning
SOW thy seed, and in the evening with
hold not thy hand"
The finest prunes in the world are
now grown and cured in Washington
state. The best have hitherto come
from France and Italy.
A brand new kind of poultry food is
on the market selling for $5osper ton.
Analysed, it is just alfalfa hay ground
up and the price converted from $40
per ton to $50. Grind it yourself
Where but few COWS are kept it is
rarely that either the best kind of
cows compose the dairy or that the
best milk producing rations are fed.
The COW as side issue on the farm is
never at her best.
The town COW is usually much bet
ter fed and cared for than her country
relative. 1t costs so much to keep
COW in town that only good ones are
worth keeping and only by liberal and
proper feeding can they be made to
pay their way.
A farmer who stuck up red flag in
front of his house on the highway to
notify the cream hauler to stop also
scared off two tramps, peddler of
fruit trees and county politician, who
took the flag for indication Of con-
tagious disease.
1t is possible for improved methods
of agriculture to redeem much of the
poor, wornout farm land of the eastern
states. Alfalfa is working wonders in
many localities, forestry will do much,
while the COW and the clover field as
ISOLATED with the silo and the corn
field will do Still more.
The most successful fruit growers of
the west, and Of the east also, are
united in the opinion that the best way
to care for an orchard is to give it thor
ough cultivation up to July Is and
then SOW Il cover crop for winter pro-
lection. The next best method is to
keep the orchard in clover.
We saw an evergreen windbreak the
other day twenty years old which was
the victim of the common blunder of
arranging the trees too thickly when
they We're set out. The windbreak on
this grove was up ten feet in the air,
the lower limbs of the trees having
been all killed off by crowding.
The man with large, well lighted,
sunny barn basement which never
freezes has, in the north country, at
least, many advantages over his neigh
Dor who does not have one. His cows
will give more milk, he may raise early
filters of pigs and January lambs, he
may have plenty of eggs all winter, and
he will take much comfort in caring
for his stock
The English sparrow, which has pre-
empted every available nook and corner
of cornice, barn, shed and house as nest
ing places, is now taking possession of
the evergreens and shade trees and dis
figuring them with it's uncouth nests.
The well meaning patriot who first
brought these birds to America should
have been court martialed and sent to
the penitentiary for life.
The colored man, the old mule and
the rope harness may not be very up
to date and attractive outfit, but just
the same it is the combination which
is mostly to be credited with the pro
duction of the most valuable crop in the
country next to corn. If it were not
for this hard times outfit the world
would have to get along with one shirt
and go to bed while it was being wash
ed.
This hired man came into legacy of
100000 from the estate Of a deceased
uncle. He was just common plug of
q hired man and had never had 5000 at
one time in his life before. He went
east and got his money and, returning,
put up in a swell hotel not far from his
old home. Ringing for the clerk, that
worthy went up and found the hired
man had carpeted the entire room with
greenbacks and was walking back and
forth, evidently having the time of his
life. Money makes some men do queer
things.
The beet sugar crop of the states is