Middletown transcript., 1906-02-03
THE FARM, GARDEN AND DAIRY

bad luck" is lazy mans excus,
Success depends upon ourselves.
On an average, mule colt is NOR
easily broken than horse colt.
;fie best cooperation society you cal
possibly get up is that with your wifi
and the bo.,s ahd girls. A
| The be>t milking machine i the woflt
consists uI pair of strong h pds, eacl
armed with five supple digits.
| An American wheat expert hazard
the prediction that Western Canada with
in ten wears will be the principal source
Of European wheat supplies.
The best things in the world have
always been done for the love, of doing
them, or for the love of thoseE Eor whom
they were done,-and not Tor pA nor re,
ward.
1t is said that fire insurance rates are
quite likely to increase. Statietics show
that the last years looses frd(n fire in
this country figure $50, ,Oo0,OOo more than
the last five-year annual average.
Talking about not having "luck" with
hens, is the most foolish thing imagin-
able. Think about your business, read
about it, talk about if, study it, and you
never will say any more about "iuck."
Farm hands iu Yucatan wear linen gar
ments OF spotless white. When they be-
come even slightly soiled, they hasten to
change them. Work is plentiful there,
farm laborers are well paid, and they can
afford to be tidy.
Why should not a man be just as proud
to write after his name the word Ear
mer, as to write doctor" or Lawyer p,
1t is the proudest title any man can bear,
Ohly, he must be worthy to bear it that
is what couts.
My way when giving liquid medicines
is to take piece of rubber hose about fif-
teen inches long, tie on the neck Of bot
tie and put the end of hose down the
animals throat. There is then no danger
of getting glass in the mouth.
A parasite has been imported to kill
the purple scale on the orange trees.
Now it is not a moment too soon Tor the
agriculture department to begin looking
for something that will destroy the para.
site that is to destroy the purple scale.
1t is all right to sell the best geldings
when it can be done to good advantage,
but don't sell the best mares. ItIis like
killing the goose that lays the golden egg;
but with the present scarcity antl high
prices, many farmers have made this very
mistake
The Department of Agriculture has re-
cenly issued warning in regard to orris
root culture: ''The cultivation on orris
root is being doomed as quick road to
wealth. Many people may thus be
misled. The prospects for the orris root
industry in the United States are not
good"
Farm scales should be part of the
equipment of every farm. The farmer
who tries to get along without this, USE
ful adjunct is always at disadvantage.
He doesn't know how fast. his animals
are gaining (or losing in weight he |
sn't sure that the feed, etc., he buys is |
iull weight ; he is always guessing at |
.hings and cropping in the dark.
Farmers Bulletin No. 236, on s,IndIba- |
lion and Incubators, " written by Richard |
Fl. Wood, NJ. D., is valuable addition
% poultry literature. 1t can be had BY /
addressing the United States Department
If Agriculture, Washington, D. G. "The |
Guinea Fowl and its Use as Food,'' is
Farmers Bulletin No. 234, which also
'an be had free upon application as
lbove.
The gasoline locomotive racers, who
ire driving our people off the public
oads, claim that their machines are
,enetit rather than an injury to the road
,ed, and that they do not wear the roads
s iron tires on wagons do. But the
Highway Commissioner of New Jersey
,nows better, and in his annual report
ecommends radical restrictions against
in order to protect and save
he states roads. He thinks that the
aw should prohibit armored tires, chain
Tres, and blowers. He also advocates
ak on automobiles in proportion to their
ower to destroy the roads. I