The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1906-08-31

A good season to raise hay often
means a poor season to make It
Fine emery and oil will make a good
paste with which TO brighten tools.
The grass crop that the corn grower
does not care TO see prosper is the Cox
tail grass.
The head may be said to be in good
working order when Il can be usea TO
save the hands. These agents should
Be in close cooperation
A man might as well attempt 10
drink the Pacific ocean dry as to at
tempt to whip fright out Of Q horse
When q horse Is frightened Il viii re-
quire different ,actics
The man who never reads IL Incapable
Of doing much thinking. and he pits his
muscle against the other mans business
qualification brought about by thinking.
and thus works on the short end OF the
doubletree
A boy can make no greater mistake.
from the standpoint Of his own welfare.
than TO choose rich man for his
father. Nothing generates snap like
poverty. When II Ia root hog or die"
one generally finds some well directed
roofing.
Horseradish Is a difficult plant 10
eradicate. but II plowed out when in
full leaf and the plant In prevented
from making new roots during the
summer, 1t will 60 a long ways to-
ward dlscouraging It. II disturbed
during the dormant season only. II will
not have much effect on Il
The fairest boss hired man can
have Is the one who works along with
his man, for he has an idea what work
Is and how much ought to be performed
in a given time. No one who does not
work can be in sympathy with labor.
The hired man Is today better paid
than any other laborer OF llke char
acter.
Nothing saves time better In bush
fruit growing than planting wide
enough apart to cultivate with har.
row and team instead OF a cultIvator
When the land il cultivated less than
half the time is taken than by the
usual method This encourages more
frequent tiliaSe and consequent In
crease Of crops.
Toads should rank next to birds as
insect destroyers In the orchard and
garden. The toad Is not as handsome
as a bird, but has large omnivorous
appetite: feeds under the leaves where
the birds cannot go, has neither bite
nor a sting for anyone, and Is one OF
the best friends the gardener has. Ey-
erything possible should be done to en-
courage their Increase.
II one peach is two inches in diam
eter and another Is three inches, how
much larger Is the latter than the
former? Just half as big again7 oh,
no! That would be a bad guess. II
Is three and three-elghths times as
large. Don't you believe 1T Let your
boy ask the school teacher, and II the
teacher doesn't know. ask anyone THAI
is way up on mathematics"
II Is better for peach tree to bear
three bushels of large peaches than
three bushels OF small peaches. whyr
Because the large peach is mostly Juice
-water-but the small peach Is mostly
pit-dry matter. 1t is very hard on q
tree to mature q big crop Of pits. but
not so hard TO produce a big crop Of
fruit THIN the peaches severely and
the tree VIII live longer. other things
being equal.
In the efforts to make potato spray
ing popular among the farmers Of the
state, the New York Experiment Sta.
ton at Geneva has been carrying on
cooperative tests with farmers In all
parts OF the state. As a result OF the
spraying carried on by forty-one farm
ers on a total Of 800 acres. the average
gain due to spraying was fifty eight
bushels per acre. ut a cost OF about s.
per acre, giving a net profit Of about
So per acre. after paying the expense
of spraying. As result OF this good
work It is asserted that the practice
OF spraying 10 on the increase in New
York.
How 20 Get Alfalfa Started.
Early attempts with alfalfa are like
~ to prove failure unless the peculiar
requirements Of the young plants are
thoroughly understood and TIVE many
pitfalls guarded against. II Is best TO