The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1905-08-17

bring a satisfactory reward as this.
The dalryman and the poultryman
each receives more than 80 per cent
more for their products during May,
June, July and August because Of the
system of cold storage In general use
than they could otherwise do.
We are asked whether the present
wet one. Nobody knows. DrOughts
and foods employ no advance adyer,is.
Ing agents. Only supcr3titiOus and
weakmlndcd people take any stock in
weather prophets.
Another good chance for young
man to get start IS to get piece Of
cheap land in northern Wisconsin and
just stick TO potatoes, COWS and clover
This combination may not make him
rich, but II will keep him out Of the
poorhousc for sure rs long rs he lives.
We have several more Inquiries Ms to
alfalfa-whcn to SOW. how much seed,
etc We will only say now that August
IL the best time to SOW alfalfa. and
just prior to the proper seeding time wc
will give detailed article covering all
points Should II be given now, IN May,
1t would be all forgotten by August.
There has been enough loose and run.
Ia, Lao,
desert sections of Arizona and New
Mexico OF late to raise pile Of crops
If 1t was only properly controlled.
Where the flood and the desert meet,
there Is the chance for man to do some
of his best work. Not n drop Of water
should be allowed to go to waste in
that country.
The new plan Of working the earth
roads implies doing n little work on
them often, and 1t Is this thing which
IL the secret of the success Of the new
plan. A woman combs her hair every
day TO prevent its getting snarled up,
and very properly and logically does
not wait until 1t Is all snarled before
she combs II. a little work done on the
dirt road often prevents 1t from getting
Into bad condition. Heretofore we
have only fixed the roads when they
became impossible. BY the new way
we will keep them from getting I'm
pnssable.
The effect of hard and deep freezing
of the soil during the winter, while
sometimes Injurious to clover and trees,
Is nevertheless Of great benefit to the
soil and the succeeding crop which 1t
produces, good yields almost Invariably
following hard winters. Such freezing,
for one thing, locks up the soil and pre-
vents any loss of fertility by erosion.
1t also tends to open up the subsoll and
thus promotes undertakings and the
8eratlon of the SOIL 1t Is always harder
to keep land fertile and productive
where the ground never freezes than
1t Is where 1t does.
There Is almost always some one
farm product which pays big profit.
Some years 1t Ia the potato crop, some
years wool, then hogs. then wheat or
corn. There are just only two farm
products which seldom vary much In
price. taking n series of years, and
these are butter, or milk and cream,
as the case may be, and eggs. This
fact emphasizes the Importance Of al
ways dlversifylng the crops raised on
the farm, and the further fact that the
more the farm can be utilized by the
COW and the hen the more certain will
be the profits to be secured from 1t.
Nearly all communities are proud of
their schools, speak we'll of their teach
ers and are proud to show the school
house and outfit to strangers. 1t has
not been 80 with regard to the roads.
We have never known case where
stranger would be taken out into the
country to see fine and we'll cared for
country road, and II Ia by no means
uncommon to hear the men who have
charge of the roads referred to In very
uncomplmentary terms. This Is 60
ing to change. A better public senti-
ment is developing, and the pride here
tofore extended alone to the public
schools Is going to embrace the public
roads as well.
There Is quite little agitation In
progress over the question of introduce
ing agriculture as one Of the studies to
be taught in our country schools. We
do not think any formal attempt to
teach this branch In the schools would
be success. The pupils are burdened
with multiplication of studies as 1t Is.
The average country schoolteacher
could not qualify herself to teach this
study probably. Still. we do most
heartily favor the taking up as a rec
reatlon, for such 1t will become. some
practical work In this llne-the grow
ing Of plant. tree and flower by the pu-
pills and the study by them Of the habits
of such things.
We have several inquiries how to get