The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-04-29
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With hay, win transform thin horse
into . fat sliced, high-lifed one, Qulsk-
or than anything he ever nav.
The Land Il Always There.
The farm land sales IN McIAan
county, Illinois, on Wednesday mum
Dered leo. the average price was t105
an acre. and tho amount Of mouev m
voived was $e4O.0o0, 40 against &lo1,-
GOO q year before and $4,000 two
years before.
The rising prices Of land In The I'M
nois corn belt thus shown ars typaeal
Of q change Of attitude toward m
vestments that II going on al over the
United States.
The time was when the great ma
Jority Of the American people regarded
land as the most desirable Of invest
ments. OF course, this belief was
largely due to the fact that forms Of
investment now familiar did not then
exist. But 1t was partly due to 4
sound instinct whose workings have
been obscured by the more brilliant at
fractions of corporation securities and
which is now reasserting itself.
OF course, most of these purchases
OF land in this Illinois county were
made by men who intend personally
to work the farms. But undoubtedly
some Of them were made by men who
are not now farmers and may never
be-men who are active In business
and the professions. Such men are
buying productive farms because they
feel that no other investment is SO
stable.
A man may be crowded out Of his
profession, his mercantile ventures
may fail from causes wholly beyond
his control, the corporations In which
he has invested money may pass divi-
-dends and default on their bonds. But
the returns from good land are as cer-
tain as the return of seed time and
harvest.
Through business depressions and
financial panics and political revolu-
lions the land Is always there and al
ways yielding its fruits to labor. 1t IL
the surest form Of Investment because
it is the foundation of all wealth.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
Take Care Of the Farm Team.
The farm team during the busy
season should be taken care of prop
erly. When taking q drive to town
don't rush tho farm horses. II the
farmer is without a driving team or
horse, he should not forget that fast
driving on the road means a loss Of
flesh and Is hard strain or the work
horses. It pays to keep the harness
adjusted, oiled and made pliable at all
times to prevent sore shoulders and
gals. Keep 1t 80 adjusted as to At
the horse it is intended for. Not only
should the harness be adjusted prop
erly, but the farm implements as we'll.
See to it that the clevis and while
trees are doing their work at proper
angle and that all implements are be-
ing run smoothly 10 as to reduce the
draft as much as possible.
When a hot days work is over, It
is a good plan to wash the parts COW
cred by the harness, especially the
shoulders and back, with cold salt
water. Look well to the feet and see
that they are kept clean; If there Is
dirt lodged in the hoofs remove 1t, and
keep the feet looking clean.
The above suggestions, If carried
out, win have much to do in keeping
the work team comfortable and in
getting the most out Of them.
Farm Notes.
You cannot keep the place too clean.
A little kerosene will brighten u
rusty plow.
It is the solids in a cows milk that
determines her value.
A good time to prune trees 10 just
after they have leaved out.
In breeding be careful not to drop
utility points to get standard.
Does the insurance policy permit
you to run the incubator in the house?
Cookie is said to be poisonous. Too
much Of 1t lie apt to kill the fowls.
The value of the manure depends
more upon the feed than upon the ami.
NAL.
Plant early garden truck only in
ground in first-class condition !. and
well fertilized.
Spring cleaning should apply to the
barn and cellar as well az to the
rooms Of the house.
Give house plants as much light a.
possible during the day and darkness
with lower temperature at night
Scatter wood ashes In the orchard;
they contain the properties most nsed-
ed to make healthy trees and GOOD
fruit
Any attempt to grow something
that "a not well adapted to the soil
increases the cost OF production and