The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-09-13

ton Of S36, 827, 1913.
Although the tobacco plant is very
sensitive in its nature, yet it readily
adapts itself to different soils and
varying climatic conditions. 1t is also
more highly. specialized than any other
farm crop and is grown successfully
under the intensive system.
A number Of municipalities Of which
we know have passed ordinances re
quiring the owners Of residence prop
critics to trim the trees on their prem
ises bordering the highway to the
height Of ten feet The move is a good
one and should become epidemic.
1t is usually the hired help that
watch the clock that complain most
of bad luck, hard times and lack of ap-
probation on the part Of their EN-
plOyers. The kind who don't watch
the clock have little time to complain,
and even less inclination to do so.
We are on the morn of q transition
period when the cheap wood structures
Of the farm are giving place to the
more durable buildings of stone, con
crete and iron. An advance in the art
Of building shows a corresponding
growth in civilization, an item worthy
of note.
It is estimated that 100000 acres
of timber lanG are annually devastated
by forest fires. So long as this destruc-
ton keeps up and lumber companies
continue to denude the forest areas Of
the country with saw and ak, the quas-
ton Of tree planting will always be a
live one.
The lover of birds is afforded an in
teresting sight in these early Sep
TENDER days when young robins in
large numbers range over the lawn in
search of insect life, or gather under
the lawn spray for their daily bath
These little friends play a most inn
portant part in natures economy, and
we would not be without their com
partnership
The lima bean has been an impor-
tant article Of food with us for many
years. At the present time thousands
Of acres are devoted to it's culture,
especially in regions of California,
where rainfall is scanty. The produc-
ton has been so abundant and the de-
mand so uniform that special freight
rates have been granted from Cali
fornia to the Atlantic coast.
Cne Wisconsin cooperative creamery
Of which we read the other day reports
a 135 per cent dividend on its capital
stock. It was evidently a case in
which as directors, by the use of the
Babcock test, they practiced good
graft on themselves as patrons, the
money made staying in their own peck
cts as managers Of the company, there
being no complaint against the injus-
tice perpetrated.
Some idea Of the extent to which the
gospel of good roads has been preached
and practiced in the southern states is
obtained from an interesting pamphlet
lately issued by the good roads office Of
the department Of agriculture. This
report shows that there are sc, O89 miles
Of public roads in the state OF Ala
bama, Of which 1,201 miles have been
treated with gravel, 392 with stone, so
with shells and II with a sand clay
mixture, or 81 per cent of the total
road mileage. This makes one mile Of
improved road for every 1063 inhabit-
ants.
AS an Illustration Of what can be
done in the matter Of raising high
CRATE and pure bred horses, we note
the case Of the Michigan farmer who
today has a pair of Percheron mares
sixteen years old. They have raised
their owner twelve pairs Of colts, nine
Of which have been sold for So, S27. so,
or an average of 1925 q per pair, while
there are six more fine colts on the
farm too young to market. Quoting
the above figures furnishes all the ar
gument that is needed to prove the
proftableness of this line of animal
husbandry.
We commend strongly the custom
which seems to be coming into vogue
of selecting q name for the farm and
home and painting the same on d neat
signboard and posting at the entrance
to the place, together Wi@h the name of
the proprietor. Doing SO is quite likely
to increase the interest and pride
which the owner will feel in keeping
the premises in neat and attractive
shape, while we are not at all sure
that it does not result in an effort on
his part to raise a few more bushels
OF corn and oats to the acre and keep
q better grade of live stock. IT is Worth
trying at ell events and is a great con
venience to the passerby.
There is probably no common weed
in the central western states that gives