Middletown transcript., 1906-03-24
THE FARM, GARDEN AND DAIRY
Short Pungant, Paragraphs Gathered Here
and There

Short Pungant, Paragraphs Gathered Her
and There
The farmers may never get their dolla
heat, bnt the man " no is organizing
them is finding plenty of dollar farmers.
The man. who sells the best COWS ant
the best calves out OF his dairy is surely
whiting with the blade OF his knife to
ward him. He will be luckily if he doe'
not get cut.
Congressman from the rural districts
get little consolation from the fact that
it will reqnire more than an executive or
der to do away with the congressional
free-seed distribution.
Millions of bushels OF wheat have been
exported from our Atlantic and gulf ports
since last summer 1t is the most pros.
porous season this trade has experienced
for several years.
Despite the advent of the bicycle and
later the automobile, horsefesli still CON-
mands good price. The horse, with its
knowing, willing aud affectionate ways,
will ever claim favor among the majority
of the people.
When huckster's load Of turkeys sells
for more than $500, aud fifty mules sell
at an average OF $201. go, and thirty horses
sell the same day at an average Of $227.77,
it makes the poor editor wish he was moth
ing but ''hay seed"
There are three times as many domestic
in the United States as there
are bipeds and in neither case are they all
hogs, though some are. Some also are
mules, but not all. Neither the hogs nor
the mules use up to-date farm machinery.
What is to be done with the adnminahle
beef trust7 The figures show that while
the price OF beef to consumers is higher
than it has been in years, farmers are get
ting less for their beef cattle to-day than
they ever got since the record has been
kept.
The state agricultural department of
Kansas has iust-completed the footings of
a census of that state taken In 1905, show
ing population of 1,544, 96S, of whom
los, 700 were born in Illinois, and show
ing grain of 8, S08 overl904. OF the en-
tire population all but III 900 are native
born Americans. The negro population
aggregates 81 900.
Colonel Morrison, of Spokane county,
has 800 acres devoted to the
growing of garden and flower seeds. He
has been especially successful with sugar
beet seed, and expects TO grow 500, 600
pounds of it this year. Part of this will
be sold to the United States government.
Turnip and radish seeds also do extra well
in this locality.
Just stop a minute and think of the
strength that is wasted drawing wagons
that need greasing! Tug, tug, tug. till
the horses are all tined out and the axel
worn beyond repair. But don't stop with
about it. Go right out and
grease the wagon, and keep on greasing
it, here after, very often, 1t will pay in
horse flesh and in good hard cash, too.
Never mind, young man. You are
ahead of the boy who has every luxury at
home. You are getting experience that
lie must get some how later on. Because,
sooner or later he must fight the real bat
tie of life himself. And yon have the ad-
vantage. While life has been made easy
for him, he lacks drill and discipline
which every life-soldier must go through.
You are preparing yourself He may 60
in without preparation and fail.
How much money does the average
farmer make out of a seasons work?
We do not mean how much net profit is
left at the end Of a season, throwing in
the labor OF the farmer and bis sons 10
the fields and his wife and daughter 10
The house aud poultry yard. but how
much profit results after all labor is in.
GUIDED at fair value and reasonable re.
turn allowed on the capital invested in
and improvements, implements, etc.
Farm bookkeeping should be simple, but
t is important.
The Boy Who Works
Do you feel, young fellow, that You
rave hard time? Your hours are long.
Your task is hard and the wages small.
rhe contents of your weekly pay envelope
Aill scarcely carry you over the week.
sometimes You must wear patched trous-
rs or.afrayed coat. Your employer ex-
,ects greatl deal from you. Other fell
ows dress well and always have money.
rhey have coddiing fathers and mothers
rhile you toll six days week to make a
hing.
The TRANSCRIPT, $LOo per year.