Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-11-24

rarely ind all the good things III one place.
 Little trouble is experienced in keep | ing the boy on the farm who wins sub stantal prizes in corn growing con tests. The success he attains in such | contests is all the evidence that is need | cd to prove that he is interested in ag riculture, and this, after all, is the key to the situation.
 Some time before it freezes up sup | ply of clean sand should be put in the turnips and other root crops of the garden. Stored in this way they will keep crisp and fresh for months and come out in almost as good condition as if taken from the garden.
 If fish which contain too large per cent of oil, such as whitefish, lake trout, etc., an objectionable feature to some, are baked on a piece of clean pine board, much of the oil will be ab sorbed ill cooking, while the woody flavor which the fish will absorb from the pine will give it d desirable taste. |.
 As a rule, it is inadvisable to try to raise type of corn in the northern part of the corn belt which one has to reach above his chest to husk Where the stalks bear their ears higher than this it not only causes inconvenience ill husking, but indicates likelihood that such corn does not mature sufficiently early to escape the frost.
 Wbile the statement of the scientist Is to the effect that frosts have nothing to do with the coloring of the autumn leaves, it was very noticeable on the 22d day of September that, with no frost to date, every bush and tree still wore it's June-time dress of dark green. While the leaf coloring is doubtless due to chemical changes in the leaf it. self, may it not be that frosts tend to superinduce these conditions?
 Fowls as well as horses and cattle need exercise. One way to give them this is to make them do a little scratch ing for living-in other words, don't place their food too conveniently or pay too much attention to them. They seem to know that they have a supper time, and they stand around and wait instead of getting out and doing a lit tie scratching on their own account, Otherwise they get dumpy and fail to maintain a good healthy condition.
 There is much to be commended in the plan followed by good many farmers in allowing the good wife to have for her own all the money made from the chickens and turkeys which may be raised on the farm. If she should get every cent of it, she would be only getting what she has in nine cases out of ten earned, but yet a great deal less than she would be en- titled to under an equitable division of the proceeds derived from the man. agement of the farm.
 Three things are to be considered in permitting the immigrant to come into our country. They are physique, desti' nation and the presence or absence of disease. Those of weak constitutions flock to the large cities, where they herd together in the tenement not only polluting the already bad air. but also aggravating the crowded and poverty stricken conditions, while those of the more rugged and hardy frames scatter out over the broad and fertile prairies where they make homes and build cities and become actual as well az nominal citizens. The latter class are not only welcomed, but encouraged to locate within our borders.
 Many things combine today to help him who would till the soil and live close to the heart of nature. Uncle Sam is most generous in sending out researches, reports and general in formation along agricultural lines, and many there are who show their appre- citation by the good use they make of the knoWl2lGe sent out, Especially valuable to the settler or to one who conteuplajcs settling in a new coun 9y are the pamphlets descriptive of soil. climate and general conditions which are published The information thIrs furnished if properly needed