The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1905-06-24
PRACTICAL Farm NOTES.

One dead weed IS better tlah
dozen alive.
Dipping of hogs will one day be-
come the rule.
Bees can not be fooled into eating
glucose; but sugar-oh my
Opportunity never waits; II you
are not on hand some one else gets
the chance.
The farmer is the only man who
realizes anythingirom running things
in the ground.
Onions do better if planted on the
same soil year aftcf year. They are
one plant thai does.
The time is ripe to appreciate
good foot under a hog. Just as y2n
would under horse.
There is no universal worst weed"
One is more of a pest in some sections
than in others, but all are pests
enough.
1t beats all how many farmers
have a place for their tools. and that
place is-just where they happen to
have used them last.
Some people are always wanting
to buy more land. 1t would be bet
ter, in many cases, to buy fertilizers
for the land they have.
Do not use wire nails, but the old
fashioned steel cut nails and the shin
giles will last as long as those put on
10 or Is years ago.
Because potatoes are very cheap
this spring it is good sign they will
bring good price next winter tits
always that way.
A Frenchman has new invention
for manufacturing cloth from wood.
We will soon be able to get our
board and clothes together.
One often hears the expression
never too old to learn" and while
it may be true, there are lots of peo-
pie who are too young to realize it.
1t is getting to be quite a fashion
nowadays for fard@s to eek for
horses which can ii se 4 good recoi
on The road as we'll as do a good
days work on the farm. Not ali
breeds can be thus used.
| The two-row cultivator has
furnished place for new race of
people-the four armed men. Any
one who has tried two-row cult
vator in trashy ground will appreci-
ate the truth of this.
Keep two or three old brooms at
the barn. Use them, too. A man
ought to be just as good a barnkeep-
er as his wife is housekeeper. An
old broom with the handle sawed off
makes a good thing with which to
brush the horses off Ever try it? !.
Forty dollars worth of hens will
produce enough produce to keep an
average sized family in groceries the
year round. Is there any other $40
worth of property on the farm that
does as much? Name it, if you can.
1t takes about 10 "large-crops-are
now-assured' reports to make an
ordinary crop, and about FIVE
reports telling of total failures to
make a light crop The average
crop reporter is either all optimist or
pessimist.
Look out for real estate firms that
are giving away" certain number
of lots as an advertisement. Yes.
and beware of land dealers who
make big promises in regard to sell
ing your propety, but who demand
a fee before a sale is made.
The value of toads for destroying
insects injurious to the gardener and
farmer is recognized in England, if
not here; Tor English gardeners some
times pay as much as $25 hundred
for toads to colonize in gardens
where they are not plentiful.
The canning promoter, like the
creamery promoter, is abroad in the
land. Some Connecticut farmers
who took canning stock are now
sorry for it. We advise Our Folks
MOTTO invest in any factory promot-
ed by strangers, without first invest
igating other plants installed bv
them.
Sparks Her Hens-To break hens