The Democrat-sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1906-1935, 1906-07-26

| 1t Is usually the man who suffers
most from failure to help himself
| who takes most stock In tile power of
heredlty. He Is wont to put great store
on the Scripture phrase, "The sins of
the father are visited upon the children
unto the third and fourth genera tion,
when he should rather emphasize the
| profane maxim, God helps those who
help themselves" and straightway be-
| gin to scratch gravel.
Perhaps because he is not very nu-
merous it is amusing to come across
| the perpetual pessimist, farmer or gar
| dener. who complains of the evils of n
| drought or of excessive moisture and
| who seldom sees anything but stark
| ruin staring him in the face. In his
Imagination the frost always destroys
all and never part of his crop, and
yet rarely are his antlcipations real
lied. nature dealing much more boun-
tifully with him than he expects and
a great deal more so tlan he deserves
Among some of the creations Of the
of California, are the Primus berry, a
cross between blackberry and rasp
berry, white blackberry, beautiful in
appearance and of delicate fiavor-the
phenomenal berry, Il cross between n
raspberry and a California dewberry,
surprising both in size, productiveness
and flavor; the plumcot, the result of a
~
lastly and perhaps of greatest practical
value to the arid sectious of the west.
thornless cactus which bears fruit
useful as food for both man and
beast.
There Is little question that many
farm has become contaminated with
the Canada thistle. quack grass and
other noXious weeds through the i'm
portation of the hay and litter which
are often wrapped around fruit trees or
used in the packing OF dishes. Unless
one knows positively as to the pedigree
Of such packing it is far better to burn
it on the spot than to put it on the
manure pile. where such stuff is usual
ii is place directly on the plow land of
the farm and at once gains II foothold
Care as to this matter in season will
often save much veXation and expense.
Following Il careful trial of Il num-
ber Of years past the iowa experiment
station reports the following varieties
of early red sour cherries as most de-
serving of mention: Timme. Duchess
de Angouleme. Orel No. %. Early Rich
mond and Montmorency. This list
would therefore seem to be safe for
latitude II and for those localities
north of this belt. where the climate is
moderated by other influences. or
thirty cherry trees which were set out
ago not one is left today to tell the
story. And observation of several
larger cherry orchards in nearby terri
tory seems to indicate that they have
met with n like fate. A difference in
latitude of 100 miles seems to make all
the difference between success and
failure in the cherry business.
Creamerymen through all the dairy |
sections of the country run good /
chance of getting into hot water or |
something worse if they work more !
than 16 per cent of water into their
butter product. An Iowa firm has !
lately got into the tolls of the federal
government for putting ninety tubs on
the Chicago market that showed 30
per cent of water Oh inspection by a
revenue official. The company in ques-
tion has had fine of $500 assessed
against it, 5000 being the license
which manufacturers of adulterated
butter have to pay to the government
every six months, the remaining $500
being the penalty which is assessed in
addition. The offending company has
ten days from the issuance of the war
rant within which to pay the fine, in
default of which any leviuble property
Of the company will be seized and held
by United States marshal or deputy
until the matter is settled. The gov
eminent looks upon the working OF
more than IL per cent of water into
outer as q straight ease of adulteru>
Ion and pun!shes the offense accord
ngly.
When Postage Was High.
Letters were luxury beyond the
each OF many people in the old i