The Democrat-sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1906-1935, 1906-06-21
BY J. S. TRIGG,

Des Moines, Iowa. CORE
spondence Invited.
Men and women at sixty years like
horses of twenty, should run out to
grass.
The primary election system Is n
kind Of King road drag for our political
highways.
City advantages are, as rule.
bought at an expense of fresh air, free
dom and cOntentment.
Some men are known by the COM
pany they keep and some by the con-
dltlon of their back yards.
Some idea of the extent to which the
breeding of thoroughbred poultry Is
carried is obtained from the sale of
White Plymouth Rock cock the other
day for an even $1,000.
A simple yet effective method of
testing the purity of olive oil is said
TO be the suhiecting of it to freezing
temperature. 1T it cOngeals or freezes
1t is evidence that 1t has been adulter-
ated with lard.
The farmer does not need to be old
in experience to appreciate the fact
that the price of many things he buys
goes up by telegraph and comes down
by wheelbarrOw communication or
something slower.
not knowingly tell lie or steal cent
from his neighbor who would not hesi-
tate moment Mt loading his hogs up
with buttermilk or soft coal just before
taking them to market.
i. In Il general way hired help appreci-
ate the same kind of treatment at the
hands Of their employer that the latter
would like were he in their place. This
may require the exercise of a little i'm
aginatiOn, but il is well worth while
The mourning doves nest is very |
simple and hastily constructed affair.
In building ii the two cooperate, the |
male bringing most of the material and |
his mate putting it in place, the job |
often being finished in the course of n
few hours.
a Both city and country women would
be benefited could they exchange places
a few weeks out of every year. The
former would get needed outdoor air
and exercise, while the latter would
be benefited by change from work
that Is at times long continued and
somewhat monotonous.
Intelligent management consists just
as much in stopping damage and pre-
venting waste and deterioration of
property as in those activities which
have for their aim the accumulation or
Increase of property or wealth. 1t is
for this reason that the painting of the
farm residence. OutDuildings and ma
chlnery is both justifiabe and in the
long run profitable.
When the weeds are small and the
soil mellow there Is no tool which is so
effective in destroying them as an or
dlnary stiff tOothed garden rake, while
the amount of ground that can be Gov
cred is nearly double that by the ordl-
nary hoe. Under similar conditions
4 l.. txnI tel, o.. G,I
the riding weeder the points
Of advantage in both tools being iden-
tical.
One who has given the method a
test states that fresh eggs
may be very effectually sealed so as to
Keep from late summer to spring by I
simply placing them in wire basket :
and submerging in II kettle of boiling :
water for ten or fifteen seconds and =
hen quickly removing. This seems to
iook very thin layer OF albumen, y
which hermetically seals the egg and
nsures its keeping properties. :
With view 10 rendering honor to :
he cereal corn, which Is by virtue OF y
Is right and achievements king" a
through all the central western states. .
'hicago Is planning n big corn festival /,
which Is 10 he held some time next y
)ctober, when prizes us high as $1,000 a
vii be offered by the various roads h
entering In the city for the best sam y
les OF cora grown In territory trlbu- n
ary to each OF them. 1t Is to he the :,
irgest affair OF its kind ever attempt n
d and will doubtless result In giving n
decided impetus to the scientific cul. n
IRE OF thoroughbred corn. q,
piece OF legislation that bids fair O,
. be productive Of immense good to 81
ne agricultural and horticultural inter N
SITS OF the country was passed last h,
inter as an amendment 10 the Hatch cl
III OF 1887, This amendment was pro 81
uced by Congressman Adams OF Wis o,
'nsin and provides for assistance to tb
le state experiment stations to the
mount OF $1,000 for the first year and A,
1000 In addition TO this amount until
e limit OF $4,000 is reached The so
lnds thus made available for the state fe
Iperlment work come at a very Op- th
,ffIua time whom fhara IL QaarcaIu . | s.