The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-04-05


by a small ration Of oilmeal, has been
found very good substitute for milk
ia the raising Of calves. While perhaps
necessary only in emergency cases, it
is well worth remembering.
Many's the man who will kick on
spending two days testing his seed
corn who will stoically pillow half
stand of corn, unconscious Of the fact
that half of every day Is absolutely
thrown away, and whistle when he
cribs thirty bushels Of corn to the acre.
Test every ear of corn from which
seed is taken and eliminate this enor-
nous and inexcusable waste
We always put faith in boy who is
not afraid Of work good hard manual
labor. Work Is the best developer and
preserver Of the moral and physical
qualities which go to make up man
" man. Show us the plOdding, indus
trious boy not ashamed of good hard
work and we will show you the fu-
ture successful man, and If he sings
while he works so much the better.
The finest lettuce which we remem-
Der getting from our garden was from
self sown seed which had been given
an early start by the sun on the south
side Of an arbor vitae hedge. This was
transplanted and set about eight
inches apart. These plants produced
regular cabbage heads, with blanched
centers, which were delicious. How
ever started, best results can be OBJ
tanned by transplanting.
If rabbits have gnawed the young ap-
pie trees, but have not eaten off all OF
the light green bark, or camb1um layer,
so as to completely girdle the tree, the
injury can to quite an extent be over
come by applying several coats of
grating wax, If the wound is small, or
| by wrapping strips of cotton cloth soak
ed in hot grating wax about the tree
spirally, so as to protect the wound
| from the air and sun. We have had
trees practically restored by this
method.
We know Of good many methods Of
stacking hay, but we certainly consider
the ''chute method the peer Of them
all for the putting up Of a thoroughly
rotten stock Of hay. It has absolutely
nothing to recommend it unless it be
the getting of the crop into piles in
the quickest possible manner. The
| ideal stack is the one that returns to
the owner the greatest per cent Of
| bright clean hay when it is opened, and
this will never be found in the low,
| broad, irregular pile.
! With the increasing scarcity and
consequent higher prices of lumber,
for wood in many Of it's uses is coming
to be more fully appreciated. Where
sand is easily obtained cement is at
| once available for stable floors and
foundations The cement block is used
| for the superstructure, while the ce
ment post with wire center makes a
most effective and durable substitute
| for the short lived wooden article.
These are but few Of the many ways
In which cement is supplanting wood,
| yet it Is clear that the industry, if it
| might be so called, Is but In its In
fancy.
/ If the boys and girls on the farm
always received as much care and con-
sideration as the blooded stock, there
would be small disposition to leave the
farm when they arrived at their ma
| jority, and, on the other hand, there
would be very few parents who would
have to spend their declining years de-
| prived Of fllial regard and affection or
| sheltered by the county farm While
some children are by nature selfish
| and ungrateful, there are very few
who will not respond to considerate
and loving treatment bestowed during
| childhood years in the home Kind
ness to both animals and children is
an investment that fetches large re-
| turns principal with its interest com
| pounded semiannually
In riding over the state we are I'm
! pressed more and more with the In
/ creasing number Of really pleasant
| homes there are on the farms And
then we wonder why 1t is that so many
farmers, when they have attained this
| almost ideal state and are seemingly
ready to begin to enjoy themselves, be-
come dissatisfied and want to move to
town and go into some kind Of bust
ness. Does It give them more honora-
! BILE place in society or make them
more thought Of by their neighbors?
| We think not Don't delude yourself
| with the notion that the merchant has
a snap. He has been blowing corn
these years, the same as you have, and
II he has been successful his success
has been bought at the same price as
| yours-by the sweat Of his brow. The
| mercantile business has to be learned
/ from the ground nm tho raYno az farm