The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-05-17

The Texas strawberry is now on its
way north and IS being distributed to
the consumers.
! For the first time In many years the
United States is exporting more iron
and steel manufactured products than
it is importing.
There Is this I'd be said for the China
man: He never lets weeds grow IN
any crop which he raises, even If he
has to work Sundays to pull them.
A tenant paying high rent for a high
priced farm can ha IDLY make mis-
take if he pulls I'D for some new coun-
try end secures a piece OF land of his
own.
Every. woman is entitled to the privi-
lege Of having at least one club con-
nection The many need II for mental
Improvement and diversion and the
few the benefits of club to keep some
ugly old man inside the traces.
The postoffice department Is doing
good service in the matter Of securing
better roads by threatening to cancel
the rural mail route service In those
sections where the farmers permit the
roads to get into an impossible condi-
ton.
Among the birds which may be class
ed as masons In the construction Of
their nests are the chimney and barn
swallow, the robin and the pewee. The
kingfsher Is a miner and engineer, as
is the bank swallow, while the oriole
is tailor and basketmaker.
The butter producing value Of q COW
is more often determined by the num-
Der of pounds Of milk she will give In
a year than by the butter test Of her
milk. Few cows that give less than
5000 pounds Of milk In a year are
worth keeping as dairy cows.
While a majority Of the farmers Of
the country have greatly improved the
quality Of their hogs a great many Of
them have been slow to appreciate the
value Of the same principle as applied
to their horses and cattle, and scrub
nags and skinny, understood bulls are
still common.
Lean bacon contains as much protein
and about twice as much digestible
fat as other meats. which makes 1t at
even a higher price per pound more
economical ration Bacon is easily di-
gested and when combined with other
foods seems to exert favorable action
on the digestive process.
A writer extolling the merits of the
sheep as a farm animal, among other
thiI ys. claimed that contact with sheep
had refining influence. That depends.
The language Of the good deacon who
had just had a bout with the old buck
at the head Of the herd was anything
but Of a refined character.
In all raw materials produced on the
farm there is locked up what might be
called manufacturers profit connect
ed with the conversion Of such raw ma
terial into some form OF finished prod
uct. Every wise farmer will aim to
secure as much of this manufacturer
profit for himself as possible.
That northeast hillside which is too
steep to cultivate and not worth very
much for pasture is just the place for
an orchard or a nice grove Of ever
greens. There are thousands of Just
such orchard sites all along the
streams, rivers and coulees, which for
this purpose are worth more than any
other acres on the farm.
The best remedy we know of for hog
cholera may be summed up thus:
Breed only from we'll matured parents
and keep corn away from the pigs I'M
til they are year old then finish them
FOR market. There may be no money
in raising hogs after this rule; still we
believe 1t would pay better than main
tanning hog cemetery on nearly every
farm In the country.
House hunting Is not confined at this
season Of the year to residents of our
cities. There is a great game Of house
hunting going on among the birds. An
annual scrap takes place on our grounds
between the sparroWs and the martins
for the possession OF strip Of cornice,
while bluebird and wren fight long and
fierceiy to see which shall have the
knot hole In the old hickory stub.
The volume Of our agricultural ex-