Warren sheaf., 1905-08-31

a wesxern farmer made q record Of
dve quail three rabbits and six snakes
which he sliced UP IN one Days now
ing tn his clover field
The diameter OF stalk of corn de
tsrmfnes the size of the ear which 1t
viii producS. rather than IT'S height
Mere nubbfns of ears are common on
stalks fourteen feet high In the south
ern states
A vine, such as q grapevine, q
crefper or wiStaria, may be allowed to
grow up and around the trunk of
shade. tree on the lawn, often with
quite pretty effect, but tt must never
be allowed to reach the branches Of
the tree, for II tt once gets into the
top OF the tree 1t is sure death to It.
Ine skunk is pest of OUT present
agricultural development. There are
q hundred Of these beasts now where
there We're five when the country was
nrsr settled We know OF a case
where over 100 Of them were killed on
q single farm IN the prairie section OF
the west last season T1ey are one OF
the greatest pests which the poultry
raiser has to contend with and work
q fearful destruction among all our
game and ground birds by destroying
their nests.
There will be this year, as every
year. hundreds of thousands of acres
of small grain allowed to stand IN the
shock IN the fields to blacken, sprout
and bleach waiting for the thrashing
machine to come to thrash from the
shock II man Is any number lower
than six on thrashtng circuit he is
almost sure to have trouble in store
for him The losses from this source
are enormous. The plan works all
right In the rainIess regions Of the far
west, but is wasteful in the largest
degree IN the central states.
Buried In shade-that's what atls so
many homes, and all brought about
through the forgetfuIness of the man
who planted the trees that trees will
grow and grow fast, and but few have
the courage TO take the ak and cut
down the trees which they have plant
ed. Thus the sun Is shut out from ac-
cess to the house, the shingles become
covered with green moss and every
thing invites I'LL health There Is u
close relation between wrongly planted
trees, patent medicines, doctors and
undertakers. Man never does well in
the shade until he is dead
Considering the great value of the
silo to all stock and dairy men It is
remarkable how slow men who would
be greatly benefited by It are to take
it up. The sflo is just aS much q natu-
raj ally OF the corn crop as cows are
of the blue grass pasture The si1o
can be built for what men paid for
reaper twenty years ago It means
where used suecuIent and nutritious
food all winter long for all the stock;
it means Increased miIk receipts and
consequent profits it means an eco
nomic use of what would otherwise be
a lot of wasted forage and a good many
loads OF hay for sale which without it
would be consumed on the farm
The. American people are studying
more closely than ever before the eco
nomic value of piece of land as re
lated to furnishing q part of the living
for the family. They realize that what
looks like good salary for the muntci-
pal resident is largely used up in the
purchase Of everyday necessaries-
fruits, vegetables, poultry and poultry
products, milk, butter, cream, etc--au
Of which and some to spare may be
obtained from very small tract of
land The Interurban roads are doing
much to solve this problem, permit
ting a city resident to keep up his work
in the town while be may at the same
time have all the advantages OF
country home. The many good things
which may be associated with even
one acre Of land are only Just becom-
ing to be understood
A young man. friend Of OURS, who
has dutifully and faithfully worked
for his father until he has become OF
age, writes ns as follows: Il am TWEEN
T-one years Of age have worked
on the farm with my father and have
q little property to the value OF about
8. 600. have bad limited educa-
don, only such as could pick up at the
district school and from such books
and newspapers as we bad IN the
home Two propositions appear open
TO me. One is to get married and set
tie down on the farm The other II to
take what money have and spend It
to acquire g larger education, with the
hope Of filing larger sphere fn hfe-
Which IS the better for me to dor
knowing our friend as We do and be-
heving him to be proper subject We
advise him to devote the
next four years Of his dfe to acquiring
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