Warren sheaf., 1905-06-15

ing Of pumpkins among the corn an i'm
possibility.
"A gopher allowed to work unmolest-
ed in q cornfeld can easily cut the
crop short five bushels. 1t pays to give
a boy 10 cents to catch him. 1jl.I /:
ECannas, salvias, geraniums and as
ters will give more brilliant color to
the garden than any other four flowers
and are Withal easy to raise
If the farms Of the country could
speak and tell their wants it would be
found that they would nearly all want
just one thing-more clover. ,..,.,
People may differ very materially
about politics and religion, but they
are almost unit in favor Of having
better roads if they can be obtained.
We know of two farmers living in
one neighborhood who have bought au-
tomobiles. They are abundantly able
to- own them and are getting lots Of
pleasure out Of the machines. '.'' '''
Early cut barley and oat fields may
easily be used for second or catch
crop, such as sowed corn, millet and
land in this way than to let it grow up
to weeds.
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It is best to let every small boy go
swimming He runs no greater risk
of getting drowned while learning how
to5swim than he does of getting drown
ed later in life because he does not
know how to swim.
A writer for an agricultural paper
advises that nervous heifers when be-
ing broken to- milk should be gently
scratched on their fore legs. This is
manifestly more appropriate and safer
than to scratch their hind legs. -r---aea---s.
An importation Of seed wheat from
Russia was made by the agricultural
department Of Kansas some years ago,
with the most beneficial results, and
now arrangements are being perfected
to secure another shipment from the
same source.
1t is stated by an authority on elec-
trical science that lightning will never
strike a steel windmill tower a build
ing covered with metal roof or a
street car. or railway car on the track
We are inclined to doubt the truth of
this statement
II the surface of the dirt road is kept
smooth so that there are no ruts and
depressions there will be no place for
thenWaterz ztoastand when it rains and
mud holes cannot be formed. This is
the fundamental idea in the new plan
pfw0rkhg such roads, Et ~ ~ -11I--..- o.lSs 4
8 Just as soon as the farmers get the
dirt roads along their farms in good
shape by the new method they Swill
then take more pride In Keeping the
weeds cut by the side Of the highway.
When "a woman gets "a new spring
dress she almost always wants a new
parasol to match it. - > s.'g
! It is claimed that inside Of: ten years
the United States will be able to secure
all the india rubber and gutta percha
it needs from the Philippine Islands,
where there, are 4OO,Oo0,OOO acres of
timber lands. The country is likely to
secure some other things which it does
10t NJ no
There is not much use to try to main
tain good country road either win
ter or summer when there is row of
willow trees on either side Of it. Such
a road is blocked with snowdrifts in
winter and is an impossible mudhole
in summer. The sooner the willow is
removed from all our highways the
better.
The annual rent which many man
is paying for the use Of farm In the
north central states will make the first
one-fourth payment on a farm of far
more productive soil in many of the
newer sections of the country. Any
man who is paying 81 or $5 an acre for
the rent Of farm should look this
matter up.
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The dairy business and the poultry
business will neither of them be ever
oyerdone in this country No other
farm products maintain so uniform and
profitable price as do these, two
things; hence it Is absolutely safe for
any man owning farm to devote his
time largely to these two branches OF
farm work.