The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1905-06-01

berry fad which struck 1t about 100
years ago. -
Weeds are easiest killed before they
are born-at least before they see day.
light. This fact emphasizes the value
of the harrow as n weed destroyer and
its continued use to rs great an ex.
tent ~ possible.
The scventy-Gvc dollar COW Is every
way more profitable investment than
the thirty dollar one, for the first will
return large profit over and above the
cost of her keep, while the last only
works for her board and is quite often
shy on that.
1t Is going to take some time for the
farmer and the automobile to get on
friendly terms. He has finally adjust.
ed himself to the bike and Will In time
to the devil wagon. The existing fric-
tlon Is largely intensified by the reck.
less foollshness OF chauffeurs.
April 10 marked the beginning Of n
good part of the yenr-thc date when
the fine Strawberries from the south
country hit the northern market Mt 20
cents box. Three months in sight for
this best Of all fruits, better than ever
when one can gather them from his
own garden.
The spring wheat territory of Amer
lea Is fast passing from the United
States into western Canada. Spring
wheat Is Il rare crop now In Iowa,
where once it was the leading one.
Minnesota Is also letting go of this
crop. Spring wheat seems to 80 with
new land and pioneer conditions.
There Is much difference in the quail
ity of corn so far us its market price Is
concerned. Scrub cOrn-thnt is, mixed
colors-always sells for less than corn
Of uniform type and color. The south
prefers the white corn, the east the yell
low corn. 1t pays just as well to grow
pedlgreed corn as 1t does to raise pedi-
greed stock
CucumDcrS, melons, squashes and to-
matOcs may be greatly helped by max
Ing q box nine inches In height, Just
large enough to take II 10 by IL light Of
window glass for top and with no
bottom. The plants referred to can be
thus grown safe from frost and bugs
and made to get a two weeks start of
such things planted I'm the usual man
ner.
The value of any farm IL enhanced
by having n we'll kept public highway
passing by it, and still there are few
men who rather than do any gratultous
work on such Il road for fear their
nclghbor may profit by 1t will let such
highway become n disgrace to them
and to their community. A well at
tended public funeral seems the best
remedy for this trouble.
A COW has been made to give enough
milk to make 1000 pounds Of butter
In year, and hen has been made to
| lay go eggs In one year. These rec.
ords mark the limits of productivcness.
give just enough milk to raise her calf
while the hen would lay but one set.
ting of eggs. The difference marks
what man has been able to do with
the cow and the hen.
The secret of securing the large yield
Of tlfty-nvc bushels Of corn to the acre
| an a A Ia, 10 Cd
year Is found largely in the fact that
a perfect stand of corn was secured
and this stand was secured by the most
thorough and careful work In the mat.
ter of testing the seed corn and the
proper adjustment of the plates in the
planters. An examination of this field
showed that nearly every hill had just
three stalks, no more, no less.
Most English municipalities are mod
els of civic administration. There
seems to be an entire absence of that
grating spirit which Is so common In
American cities. The men who fill the
various offices accept them and admin
lister them with nice sense of honor
and the public ownership of municipal
franchIses-gas, water, transportation
is there being most successfully ex
plotted. The United States has every
thing to learn and nothing to teach II
the way of municipal administration.
A man never feels more like kicking
himself than when he has planted {
big field of corn and finds out that on
~ 80 or GO per cent of the seed planted
will grow. Lots of men get In this A,
every year, and this thing moro thai
any other accounts for the low average
yield OF corn in the great corn CROWNS
states. This trouble may be avoided
by taking proper precautions. 1T sure
yjpays as well TO take ythef time t
properlyytest the seed as It does to pre-
pare the field in which to plaintiff.