Middletown transcript., 1905-07-29
THE FARM, GARDEN AND DAIRY

: Rub dry cement into the cracks OF
leaky trough.
a The beef trust is still doing business a
the old stand
! Dust air s.cLed lime into cuts. l
keeps off lies, checks bleeding and heals
The quality OF milk may be changed b.
intelligent feed but the quality is borl
!, with the COW.
One hand washes the other. We mus
all help one another; it is the best an(
fappiest way.
A pound Of butter can be made from
the same amount of food as pound o
beef. The butter sells for 20 cents and
beef for cents.
A crow hunt was recently held by
tlirty-llSsse hunters of Elgin and Kane
countieslil., lasting two days. Their
record was l,l3l crows, besides fifty
butcher birds and five hawks.
In all OF Japan there are only 10000
square miles of stictly arabic land. How
such people could ever develop on such
a very limited area OF productive soil is
the wonder OF the century.
By direction of the Secretary of the
Interior, 81 800 acres of Indian lands in
Minnesota will be opened to settlement
August the II. These lands at present
are partly in the Fond du Lac, Red Lake,
1 White Earth and the Chippewas of Min
nesota reservation.
A farmer residing near Stanhope,
Iowa, is the possesor of horse that he
states is fifty-two years old. This state
ment is also vouched by other reputable
citizens in that neighborhood. The
owner OF the aged animal drives him four
miles each day to creamery to milk
/ wagon.
B. F. Combs of Parker, Kan, says his
prospect for big apple crop this year is
the best he ever had. He expects to
raise 500 cars. which represents $500
barrels. He has never yet sold barrel
of apples for less than So, and if his pros
poets keeps up and also the price he will
get $262, 800 for his apple crop.
Bulgaria has purchased and ordered
some 5000 American plows. A season
of farm activity is therefore following
the passage Of war clouds. 1t is good
indication and augurs well for Bulgaria's s
coming prosperity if some newspaper cor
respondent does not start off again with
the statement that conditions are grave ,
Ii you see "a dark man comm with a
bundle" meet him at the door and tell
him you don't want anything. If all
would quit patronizing pack peddlers it
wouldn't be week until there would be
none traveting the roads to scare women
who happen to be alone at the house,
into buying something they don't want
just TO get rid of them.
The man with the old buggy really
takes the most comfort after ALL With
the new one you do not want to 90 out
when it is muddy and the rest of the time
you are afraid to 60 far from home for
fear it will rain. About the only way
to take comfort with new buggy is to 60
out and plaster it up and then you will
forget that it is painted.
At an Eastern experiment station it
WAS iounl that horse weighing | 200
pounds and kept at moderately hard
work w"uid cast S74 50 per year for
board. Foods, Of course, are higher
there than here. With us it would not
u>t ~ mitch. Taking one horse with
another as kept on farm the cost of
keep would not be more probably than
500
a breeder OF the Polled Angus cattle in
central Iowa said the other day that he
can produce on his farm one wear with
anothera 1900 pound Angus steer for
each four acres of his farm. This finished
steer is worth one year with another
about $780, which gives him an income of
$40 per acre for his land. 1t should be
said that the use of the farm for this pur-
pose has brought the soil up to most
productive condition.
1t is said that in Norway bucket OF
water is always placed within reach of
horse when lie is taking his allowance of
hay. ut is interesting" says the writer OF
this incident, ''to see witfTwhat relish they
take sip ont of one and mouthful of
the other alternately, sometimes only
mostening their mouths, as any rational
being would do while eating dinner of
such dry food A brokcn-winded horse
is scarcely over seen in Norway
The mealeSt man has been found at
indianapolis. lie sneaks around in the
night boring holes in shade trees, which
h. fills up with salt and coats over in ,uch
a way as to make detection difficult. Un-
'es- discovered and taken out, salt will kill
| he l,ees. To tIlInk that such wretch as
ii,ls c"aid be fpind anywhere short of
lie l,ultoai'ess pit OF perdition. lie is
,or-e Than wile-uiurderer. To want.
niy kill tree is IL crime which should
he mad, felony by the laws of every
stale in the Onion.
Honey Is the only sweet that may be
eaten in-anv quantity and for long time
Without interfering with the action of
any of the vital organs. Its food value is
twice that af pork, pound for pound, and
it has been noticed that persistent honey
eaters are not nearly SO liable to disease
Of the re-piratoly organs as those who
10 not use it at ALL 1t is calculated that
the entire honey product OF 90 bees dur
ing their entire life will not amount to
| more than one pound OF honey, an
amount that man with good appetite
would eat in day with ont thinking
| much about it.
Negro Wanted to Die
An Glendale correspondent of the Mil