The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-08-24

Whenever a man gets so that he
thinks that he knows something about
the weather he Is sure to get the con-
ceit taken out Of him, especially if be
ventures a guess ON the weather two
weeks or month ahead.
An experiment Of growing vegeta-
bles under the influence IF continu-
Gus electric light showed that greatly
increased ratio of growth was secured.
The twenty hours Of sunshine in the
far north wonderfully hasten the ma
turing of all vegetation.
A good many people are evidently
fooled with the notion that If national
aid can be secured for the construction
Of highways It IN some way costs the
people nothing, forgetting that every
dollar spent by the general govern
ment has to come out Of the people in
some form Of taxation.
We have lady friend, an enthusiast
tic gardener and lover of flowers, who
If she can ever come across toad dur
ing her rambbes In the ccuRtry will al
ways bring it home with her and turn
1t loose in her garden. She regards
the toad as an Invaluable insect de-
stroyer, and she is right.
fUT0 Ndar,e TO-
accompanied by more or less rain
fall. However, we recall three thun-
derstorms Of a particularly vicious
electrical type one of them lasting for
FIVE hours, when not drop Of rain
fell, and we also remember one accom-
panied by very heavy fall OF snow.
A farm automobile has been brought
out in Scotland. 1t is adaptable to
blowing, sowing, cultfvattng and reap
ing and when not thus tn use can be
easily converted into a stationary
power for all kinds Of barn work. The
machine costs about $500 and does
It's work at one-half the cost OF horse
power.
Where living is made with but
little effort and where clothing and
shelter are easily procured there will
man become naturally lazy and shift
less. The energy and push Of the
people Of northern ATTITUDES are mostly
owing to the fact that If they do not
hustle in summer they will starve and
freeze in the winter.
Apple trees In the central west do
not need planting SO far apart as they
do in the east, for the reason that they
never grow as large Or live as long In
the west as they do IN the east. We
have seen the trunk of an apple tree In
the east which would make q good saw
log, and we know Of one tree In the
west which is forty~fve years old
which Is not over nine inches through
at the butt.
With a limited farming area only
one~thfrd the size Of the state of New
York, Denmark exports agricultural
products of the value Of $33 Der Capita
OF her population, while the United
States exports but ST. Denmark ex-
ports as many eggs as the state Of
New York produces, twenty times as
much butter, one-ffth as much pork
and as many horses. Measured by re-
suits. the Scandinavtans are the best
farmers tn the world.
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There has been big effort made,
which fortunately has failed, to get the
people wild over the growing Of gin
seng. In some such way as they went
crazy over the Belgian hare a few
years ago. Even now the papers pub
ltsh stories of the marvellous profits
Of ginseng culture, but it shonld not be
forgotten that IL any such profits have
been made they have been made by
selling roots and seeds to enthusiasts
In this country and not by the selling
OF the roots to the Chinese, the only
| people who have any use for this plant
The most successful dA1fyman or
the west is Fl. D. Griswnld of La
crosse. Wis. He has farm OF only nifty
acres, keeps twenty eight Guernsey
cows and r1lns winter and a summer
siln The COWS averaged 45A pounds Of
butter per head and Wrought him In
$50 per head. He bought less than
$500 worth Of outside foYd for these
COWS. which his hogs, ppfatDes and
calves more than met SO that be prao-
ticaily kept these twenty4ight COWS
the year round on fifty acres Of land.
He has given the dairyn1en Of the
county a remarkable Illustration Of
intensive agriculture and % 70 date
dairying.