Warren sheaf., 1905-05-11

same. XXI
A Rambo apple tree in Indiana last
year produced forty-five barrels of
fruit. Four such trees to the acre
would return pretty good income.
Grass in the orchard Is bad thing
in two ways-it robs the trees of need
ed moisture during dry time and be-
comes constant temptation to turn
stock in the orchard to eat it.
OF course it is important to have three
good stalks Of corn in each hill, but if
the land is so poor that it can only pro-
duce one ear to the hill there will be
two barren stalks, which are just as
Injurious as weeds
Public spirit has given the American
people an unrivaled public school sys-
ITEM and compels a creditable care and
regard for the cemeteries. If once de-
weloped In that line it will do the same
good work for the public highways.
We saw over $500 going to waste
around farmers homestead the other
day, good cash lying around wasting
1T was 300 loads Of good barnyard
manure, every load of which would
bring him in a dollar If he would only
get it on his worn and starved acres.
If you will plow up ten acres of that
old timothy meadow and plant it to
corn and build a silo and put the corn
i'm next September, you will say some
spring it was the smartest piece of
farm work you ever did. In fact, you
can never realize how much it means
until you try 1t.
One single discovery made by the
experts of the agricultural department
,sat washington now in general use con-
nected with the making Of turpentine
IFS worth in the saving effected annual
Ily in this business an amount equal to
the cost Of maintaining the forestry
period Of six years.
If you have to buy seed corn this
spring get it near home. Acclimated
corn will always yield more than i'm
ported corn. Anyway, get no seed from
"a latitude south of you, and never buy
1T shelled. Pay more and get it in the
ear. When one buys seed corn shelled
Ihe has placed altogether too much
temptation in the way Of the seller.
If it is mans duty to work hard to
provide the food for his family it is
equally the wife's duty to study how
to prepare and serve such food in the
tbest possible manner. If nine women
Out of ten would devote the time and
money now spent on music in learning
how to be expert cooks, the world would
beihappier and there would be fewer di-
worces and smaller doctors bills.
Some efforts are being made in the
west to try to utilize the large deposits
tof peat as fuel. The process being
tried Is the pressing Of the peat into
fbriQuettes and then drying them.
There is an inexhaustible supply Of
peat in northern Iowa and Minnesota,
and it would seem as though in this
day Of economies some method would
rbe found whereby it could be satisfac
ttorily used.
When you meet young fellow fresh
shaved, wearing red tie, his horses,
decorated with good many strings, a
high colored lap robe over his knees
and cigar In his mouth. it is safe to
ibet he Is on the way to get his best girl
and have buggy ride, and it is also
safe to bet that his team will be going
much slower when he is on the way
home than they were when you saw
him We have all been there, and 1t Is
al right.
The country department store is rap
Idly coming to the front as a solution
of the problem Of the loss of country
trade through the city catalogue
houses. The owner Of such store told
Ius recently it was the only solution Of
The matter, such business to be sup
iplemented with persistent and liberal
advertising. The city store has got the
farmers patronage Dy 9etun8 close 10
MIN. The country merchant must get
1t back by the same method.
The ehorts made by the English to
lGrow cot on on the east coast Of Afri-
lea have proved Z failure The soil Is
tgood enough, the rainfall and tempera-
}ture favorable, but an insurmountable
obstacle IL encountered in the deter
animation Of the native population not
Ito work II they can help 1t and 50 it is
impossible to get labor to care for ths
crop. The wonderful cotton crop OF
fthe United States would be utterly i'm.
possible were It not for the icolored peo-
pie Of the.soutb.