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The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-09-14


The distribution Of seeds Is one OF
the most interesting studies connected
with plant life. Nearly every kind Of
seed Of plant, shrub or tree has some
special manner of distribution pro-
vided for It under natural conditions,
while with mans occupancy of the
land new and greatly increased meth
ods of seed distribution are provided.
We mention few. There are the
seeds which are scattered by cllnglng,
oil OF the numerous bur family, at
taching themselves to the hair of do
mestic animals and the clothing of
man; there are all our smaller stone
fruits and many of our berries, which,
eaten by birds and the seeds being un-
Injured by the birds digestive ma
cllnery, are scattered far and wide,
which explains why 1t Is that when n
tree springs up in somo open place
there soon follows a great variety of
other forms of tree life, such as haws,
wild plums, red and black cherries,
chokechcrries, raspberrics and black
berries, while the squirrel, noting the
acorn, walnut and chestnut; then there
are the seeds which arc voyagers in
the alr, the vagrant fugitives which
are the sport of the winds, nll provided
with some queer sort of aerial harness
that enables the irresponsible breezes
to drift them here and there and every
where: then we have the rollers and
tumblers, quite large family, which
includes the Russian thistle, the tumble
seed and others. the curious provision
In their case being that before the seed
Ia quite ripe the stem of the plant rots
off close to the ground, when 1t is
seized by the wind and sent bounding
over the country, the seed being
shelled out and distributed during the
trip. The drifting SHOWS are another
agency for the distribution of seed
ragweed, sun1ower and host Of 9th
er roadside weeds finding their way
on to the farmers fields In this man.
ner; then the waters-lakes, rivers and
streams-are highways for the trans
portation of seed, which explains the
vast nurseries of young cottonwood,
soft maple and willows which may be
found all along the overflowed sections
of our valley lands. The railroads have
done much to distribute seed, the right
of way of the roads showing many
varieties of plants imported by the
cars which were not common to the
country before the advent Of the roads.
The north country all through the once
big timber section is bisected with the
trails of the old lumberman, along
which timothy, clover and other cult
vated grasses have been distributed un-
til the land is being taken possession
Of by them. Many seeds are distribut-
ed by the material used In packing
goods for shipment, and In this man.
ner the Canada thistle has been and Is
being introduced into the west from
the east In rye straw grown on thistle
ridden farms of the east. The forego-
ing are just few Illustrations and
might be multiplied almost Indefinitely.
A study of the methods of seed distri-
button is a very fascinating one and is
one which the schoolteacher may al
ways use to interest her scholars.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-09-14

Almost every man has had at some
time or other trouble with horses be-
Ing unreasonably afraid Of the cars.
There is no way in which to SO surely
and safely cure this defect in many
a good horses reputation as to place
him where he, turned loose, will be in
daily and hourly contact with the
snorting engine and the moving cars.
Two or three days will entirely remove
his fear Of them.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-09-14
This is the season Of tho straw pile

This is the season of the straw pile
the thrashing season. Some of the
straw is well stacked and will be avail
able as good feed and bedding next
winter Much of 1t is Just dumped
where the separator slings It, Straw is
well worth saving and caring for.
Where a city market is accessible 1t
is worth from So to S5 per ton. 1t is
worth 81 per ton right on the farm to
form the basis for barnyard fertilizer
Years ago 1t was all burned up as soon
as the machine got through; now 1t is
allowed to rot In a pile. aside from the
little which ia eaten by the stock
Where 1t can be done, the grain should
be stacked near the farm homestead
and the straw all used as bedding and
fodder during the winter In the barn
yard, for a ton of barnyard manure is
worth a dollar at least 10 any farm In
the west.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-09-14

What may be termed the beef horse
is the horse for the average farmer to
raise-the horse which ut four years
of age will pull down the scales at
1,G00 pounds-for the demand for the
heavy draft horse is constant and re-
liable In spite Of all the trolley roads,
automobiles and bicycles put into COM
petition with him. The Shires, Clydes,
Percherons and Belgians are four diff
ferent breeds which will furnish stock
of the type referred to. This beef
horse can be produced on the farm at
almost the same cost as steer of
like weight and will bring 10 cents a
pound, where the steer will sell for 5
cents. There is more risk with the
horse than the steer, yet not 80 very
much If the barbed wire fence is dis
pensed with from the horse pasture.
We know Of one farmer who owns
fine draft brood mare, and she brings
him colt every year which nets him
about 500 when sold, and the old mare
is good worker on the farm besides.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-09-14

One will more often hear good
things said of the Red Polled cattle
as dairy animals than as beef animals.
There is no question about their being
good mixers, and they perhaps come
as near being typical dual cow as we
will ever get In this country.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-09-14

Nearly all men work and work hard
for money, but 1t is only the few who
are wise enough to so manage and plan
that their money will work for them.
A dollar rightly used is one of the
most industrious workers In the world.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-09-14

There are lots of men Just as greedy
to hold their farm produce for still
higher prices when prices are almost
out of sight rs when their stuff was
selling below the cost of production.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-09-14

There Is world of difference In the
texture of meats. That Of the old ami
NAL will always be fibrous and coarse,
no matter how well the animal is fat
tened, while that of the young animal
will be tender.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-09-14

In test made at the Oklahoma ex-
pertinent station it was found that
twenty-three loads Of manure put on
one acre of land in two installments
during seven years gave 60.43 bushels
more wheat and of better quality than
an adjoining mere which received no
fertilizer. Both fields were in wheat
for the seven years.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-09-14

No pedigree, no matter how gilt
edged, Is any excuse for keeping an
ugly bull around the premises. We
know of one such animal which the
owner has to keep Gagged up like some
wild animal md the care of which is a
more dangerous proposition than smok-
ing in powder magazine. We told
him tho last time We saw the owner
that he would yet figure In tragedy
wherein dead bull and dead granger
would be the principals.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-09-14

The foliage Of the soft maple will en-
dure the degrading influence OF soft
coal smoke in our cities better than
will the elm.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-09-14
THE cHAUrAveUA.

A street carnival, barbaric mon
strosity which has been much In
vogue these late years, is finding for
midable competitor In tho modern
Chautauqua, which combines In a
healthy and eleyating way the recrea-
don, instruction and intellectual food
which the average community needs.
1t Is of interest to know that where
conducted in a businesslike way they
have nearly all paid out and In many
cases have left nice surplus to In
sure another Chautauqua next year.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-09-14

The cost Of keeping the dairy COW
a year in the eastern states is at least
$40 more than 1t Is In the west. The
western dairyman has much cheaper
hay, cheaper bran and pasture, and he
gets the same freight rate for the ship
ment Of his butter in Iowa that his
competitor on Vermont dairy farm
does The western dairyman has q
snap is he chooses to avail himself of
1t, but so many dairymen have money
in the bank that they say they will not
milk cows.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-09-14

II a workingman with q family to
support can manage to get hold of
good garden, pig, cow and twenty
hens he has more than half solved the
problem of u living for his family This
fact should receive more attention than
1t does as one way to get the poor
man on his financial feet.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-09-14

We again wish to remark th6t where
the Wealthy apple will do well 1t is
the best favored, most productive and
best all round apple in America today.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-09-14

We can conceive of no more desira-
BILE rural condition Of living than to be
the owner Of u good farm contiguous
to q trolley road leading to the city.
The owner of such place is assured
all the advantages Of municipal life
with none Of its drawbacks. He is in
touch with the good market and is Ger
tain to sooner or later have demand
arise for acreage on his farm to pro-
vide homes for city residents who
have found out that it Is entirely pos
sible to live with economy in the coun-
try and still work in the city.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-09-14

The second crop Of clover, II cut for
hay and not for seed, should be saved
for the milk COW, the breeding ewes
and sows. 1t is an excellent milk pro
ducing food and can be fed to the anil
mails named to greater profit than to
any others on the farm.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-09-14

The corn canning season is on, and n
very fine crop is ready for the Gamers
Where the canneries are located every
man, woman and child is busy at good
wages. Many Of the cannerles are now
growing their own corn, they being
able by so doing to better regulate the
timing of the planting and harvesting
of the product, so securing a better
quality Of their finished product.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-09-14

A marvellous development of the
country Is going on In western Canada.
Here is an empire of the most fertile
soil on earth, specially fitted for the
production of oil our cereals, with the
exception of corn. There are condl.
tlons Of soil and climate In that coun-
cry which assure the most perfect de-
yelopment Of wheat, barley, oats ana
max, insuring such q yield of these
crops as even the palmiest days of
the western United States have never
equaled. The news is abroad and ia
verified that the first crop on these
Canada lands will pay for the land
and ali costs of producing the crop.
This opportunity has much to do with
the evident loss of rural population In
the central western states, for 1t is I'M
possible to keep men out of country
where thirty bushels of No. 1 hard
wheat can be raised to the acre and
where the acre can be bought for $40
or SIS.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-09-14

The cement sllo is here and is prov
Ing an unqualified success. 1t is cheap,
1t 10 durable and substantial, and will.
we believe. prove to be the coming
materlaY for sllo construction.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-09-14

The modern refrigerating system has
wonderfully simpllf1ed the handling of
all perishable products. 1t has prob
nbly done more than any other ono
thing to give an added value to meats,
butter, eggs and fruits and to secure
a uniformity of price and supply. 1t
has done more than this. 1t has
given an added v,llue to millions
Of acres of land upon which such
perishable products can now be raised.
Eggs, for instance, which only a
few years ago glutted the April, May
and June markets and which were al
most unstable, are now most eagerly
sought by the cold storage men at a
price which Is very profitable to the
producer, thereby making the poultry
business a most profitable one for all
the people. While cold storage and its
ally, the refrigerator car, have made 1t
possible to fasten upon the American
people an arbitrary and burdensome
meat trust, 1t still at the same time
hns so greatly enlarged the market for
I'll other perishable products that we
san far better endure the exactIons Of
me beef trust than dispense with the
'old storage system.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-09-14

If n colony of grackles seem disposed
to make their home and nest in the ev-
ergreens on the lawn and round the
homestead 1t will be well to discour-
age them from so doing, for they are
very dirty bird, even If the plumage
of the male bird is exceedingly lus-
trous and iridescent as he marches in
a stately way across the turf. They
build rough and tumble sort of nest
after the manner Of their kind-the
crow family-and drive away other
and more desirable species Of birds. A
few discharges Of gun among them
when they are looking up their resi-
dence will drive them off. and 1t is
wise to do 80.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-09-14

Flesh food forms a good nutritious
ration f1r the man who works hard
with his hands, but the man OF seden-
tary habits will enjoy much better
health II he eats as little meat as pos
sibl0.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-09-14

1t is opportune just now to say a
word about the fall planting Of fruit
trees. The word is, don't do 1t, at
least north of the fortleth degree Of lat
itude. If the trees are bought In the
fall, it is better to heel them in and
plant in the spring. Northern winters
are apt to be very cold and dry and
will, the tree having no hold In the soil,
simply freeze and dry out every bit Of
sap before spring.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-09-14

Argentina can make and place upon
the English market pound Of good
beef for or 4 cents less than can the
beef raiser Of the United States. Cold
storage methods have practically elimi-
mated the matter Of distance, and the
Argentina beef, travelling the $4,000
miles in thirty days, arrives in Eng
land In the pink Of condition, all the
sweeter and tenderer for the long trip.
AS there Is no limit to the amount
which Argentina can supply, 1t looks
as though we should lose our market
and John Bull get cheaper meat.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-09-14

The dinner pals of the laborlng men
of the United States have never been
filled fuller or with better food than
at the present time.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-09-14

The plane Of wages and living Is Mt
a high level In this country, higher by
far than in any other country, and in
these two things we are living entirely
apart and distinct from all the rest
Of the world. The common, unskllled
laborer, the digger Of dirt, gets $1.75
to 50 for eight hours work, the farm
hand an equivalent Of $40 per month,
the railway brakeman $75, the engineer
$3.50. The most poorly paid labor Is
that of the schoolteacher and the par
son, and we have come to the time
when the constructive trades and pro-
fessions have In the matter of compen-
sation run entirely away from the In
tellectual. This grade of wage and lly-
Ing which the people OF this country
enjoy will require no little care to
maintain and may easily be upset by
unwise legislation.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-09-14

Where the milk COW is out getting
her living In the stalk field and the
hen Is roosting In the cottonwood tree
by the barn there the dairy and poul-
try business doesn't pay, and the mort
gage on the place is quite likely to be
sized up by the amount the owner can
borrow on his land.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-09-14

Good farming may be said to be the
raising OF profitable crop from the
soil and the leaving Of the soil in n
better condition for another crop than
it was before. This Is pretty high
mark to aim for. but men are doing
this very thing all the time. their farms
constantly growing richer and more
productive.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-09-14

We would not try to raise turkeys on
the farm unless we lived at least one
half mile from neighbor.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-09-14

The best fields Of corn which we have
seen this year are growing on the tito
drained and heretofore almost WORTH
less acres of the west. 1t promises Il
crop Of seventy to eighty bushels to
the acre. 1t will pay far better to
drain your wet acres than to buy more
land. One can afford to pay 10 per
cent for the use of money If need be
to do this work, and there is hardly n
farm in the country where more or
less tile drain cannot be put In as the
best investment which can be made on
the farm.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-09-14

Optimistic predictions Of crop pro-
duction should be discouraged. There
Is nothing to be gained by them, and
1t Is probably true that the markets
are to some extent unfavorably i'm
pressed by them. Crops are far more
frequently overestimated than under
estimated.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-09-14

We give constant reminder In these
notes up to the middle Of October to
the effect that the seed corn for next
year should be gathered. hung up and
curing before that date. 1t is n good
thing to test the seed corn, but 1t Is n
sure thing to pick the corn by that
time and dry it properly, when every
kernel will germinate next spring.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-09-14
numerous to mention.

numerous to ment1On
Time of sale-IO o'clock a. H.
Terms OF saeAmounts of $500 and UNDER cash in hand
Over $780, credit of one with two approved securities
JACOB ANTHONY.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-09-14

There Is great reluctance to adopt
the wide tired wagon for heavy haul
Ing on our dirt rocds, and 1t grows
largely out of the fact that men, MS
they run, have an ingrnined dislike to
contribute anything toward the i'm
provement of the roads when their
neighbors will not DO their share. The
general use of the drag and the wide
tired wagon on all earth roads will
reVolutlonlze Them and keep them for
nine months In the year as fine as any
asphalt pavement. We would favor a
specific tax on the use of the narrow
tired wagon, or, what would amount
to the same thing, tax exemption on
all Wide tired ones. The cities gener-
ally prohibit by ordinance the use of
narrow tired wagons ON the streets,
and tires less than four inches In width
are seldom seen.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-09-14

If young calves are stunted during
the first two months of their lives they
never get over 1t. We noted dozen In
a mans pasture the other day-bony,
lousy, dwarfed little brutes, which for
our use for any purpose whatever
would not have been worth Is cents
each. We think they were creamery
separator calves which were having
about the same sort OF chance In life
that poor little Oliver Twist had at
the English orphan asylum. The sim
pie rule to follow to raise a good calf
where the butter is wanted from the
COWS is full milk for two weeks, taper
Ing of on to skim milk during the next
two weeks and a careful fortlfying of
the skim milk with cornmeal to replace
the butter fat extracted; then all the
corn and oats the calf will eat with Its
milk ration. AS good calf can be
raised In this manner as though It were
allowed to run with its mother, but 1t
Is good deal more trouble and de-
mends great care In feeding.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-09-14

Probably no phase of cooperative
work among farmers has proved more
successful than has the insurance bust
ness. Almost without exception the
county mutual insurance company,
confining Its risks to farm property
wherever found, is an entire success
affording reliable class of insurance
at very low cost The cooperative
idea has also worked well with cream
cries and cheese factories and to some
extent with grain buying and grain
shipping concerns. The idea has not
met with the same measure of success
when applied to merchandising.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-09-14

In the building of culverts and bridges
and the digging of bitches reference
must always be had to the maximum
amount of water which they may be
called upon to handle. 1t is the ex-
traordlnary and not the average rain
fall which wrecks these structures and
determines the water carrying capac-
ity of the ditch. We recall the case
Of the man who undertook to drain
and reclaim small lake bed. He
carefully figured out the average rain
fall and the area of the watershed
tributary to the lake and made out that
a ditch of certain size would easily
carry Off all the water. He drained
the lake bed and had 1t all In crops,
when one day along In June came "a
cloudburst, n rainfall Of ten inches in
side of six hours. which covered his
crops with six feet of water, his ditch
not being One-half large enough to
handle such volume of water, so
when 1t did finally dispose of the water
the crops were all ruined.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-09-14

Much has been written of late years
about the doom of the horse and its
displacement by the common use of
bicycle and automobile. We are not
yet in sight of the horseless age by a
good deal. In fact, 1t is not overstating
the case to say that there has never
been n better demand for the good
horse than now, and no modern inven-
tlon is at all likely to fill its place
We know of no safer proposition for
the average farmer than to equip his
farm with two or more well bred
draft mares and, using thoroughbred
draft sires, raise colts just as he would
steers and with much greater profit
Saddle and carriage horses may also
be most profitably produced.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-09-14

1t Is pretty well settled that the
progeny of dairy herds will not make
beef at profit. 1t may be done in q
rev exceptional cases with the progeny
OF extra good mixers in the shorthorn
and Red Polled breeds, but very rarely
indeed with that Of any Of the 30 called
dairy breeds. And 1t will be found
that the better the dairy herd the more
worthless the calves Will prove as feed
ers. The beef business and the butter
business run In exactly opposite direc-
tions. always have and always will.
In the one case the food goes into flesh
ana fat ON the ribs; in tho other into
milk in the udder. Some beef bred
cows VIII pay to milk, but their dairy
performance is always secondary.
The Honolulu times. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1902-1911, 1905-05-01

Two slices of Whole Wheat Bread
buttered, filled with Chopped
Chicken, nicely seasoned
The heart of one stalk Of Celery.
An Orange.