Connecticut western news., 1906-11-29

He Is a fortunate tiller of the soil whose acquaintance with quack grass and Canada thiStles never gets beyond the theoretical or book stage.
 The despised little English sparrow, along with all of his unfavorable points, Is capable of disseminating dis ease germs in your hen yard and of making lots of trouble. They are not averse to vermin-
 Judged from a real and dcfensible standard of value the best product and asset of our myriad town and country homes consists in the wholesome. re- spectful and happy boys and girls to be found therein.
 The thrift of the German Is always evident in the arrangement of his wood pile. No matter what its size, 1t has not a lot of tag ends hanging out. but bespeaks in every way of neatness and economy. It Is one of the ear marks of the place,
 A nearby herd of 12o thoroughbred Jersey COWS has, by process of care ful selection and elimination. been brought up to milk and butter pro ducing standard so that the return per COW averages S12o per year. No loaf CTS or just boarders in this herd, 1t Is safe to wager.
 The widower with a big pocketbook who takes to wife a young and spright- ly spouse Is not as a rule entitled to any better treatment at her hands than she sees fit to accord him, and gets scant sympathy If he does not tind the newly contracted marital bonds all that he hoped.
 In Europe the economic value of the toad to the gardener and farmer is ap- preciated to a far greater degree than in this country. In the old country they are caught and sold at so much per head in the town markets because of the service they render as insect and worm destroyers.
 While 1t Is often advisable for the young man to pull up stakes and seek a new home In which to locate. it Is very questionable whether 1t Is to be recommended for one past fifty-five or sixty, a time of life when 1t is far more difficult to adjust oneself to new conditions and environments.
 Whether you have few or many trees in your young orchard. it is a good plan to take a sharp hoe some time before the ground freezes solid and remove all grass and weeds away from the trunks of the trees, If rub bish is left 1t is likely to become a nesting place for field mice, which are likely to girdle the tree before spring comes.
 While there seems to have been nu- merous instances of it, as yet very lit tie that is valuable has been ascertain ed along the line of preventing losses from the cornstalk disease. It seems to be sporadic (capable of sprlnging up anywhere. as seems to be the case with hog cholera, and. as Is true with that disease, the causes of 1t are as yet but vaguely understood.
 Some people salt cattle a good deal as they make good reSolutions-only occasionally. and then they do 1t well. Salt is necessary to the we'll being of the animal, and 1t should be given often. It helps an indifferent appetite, builds up wornout tissue and increases muscular vigor and activity. Salt your cattle often Don't take 1t for granted that the hired man has done it.
 One of the largest single shipments of potatoes sent from Maine this sea- son comprised 2,00O carloads, which were taken to the coast and shipped by water to Galveston, Tex. The trans portation charges were considerably less than they would have been had the shipment been made the whole dis tance by rail. The potatoes were put up for shipment on their long journey In sacks holding eleven pecks each.
 A number of roads have this fall had exhibit cars making tours over their lines. These cars contain neatly and attractively arranged exhibits of the fruits, grains and grasses of the sec tions of the country which 1t Is desired to advertise, with numerous portraits showing the topography of the locali- ties In which the products are raised. While such an exhibit is without ques-