Connecticut western news., 1906-08-09

occupied in manual toll.
 The dog poisoner and the anonymous letter writer belong to the same spe- cies of humanity and are as general thing cowardly. malignant and con- temptible specimens of the genus homo. In the first case one seeks to shirk re- sponsibility for the things he does, in the second for the things he says.
 It Is usually the man who suffers most from a failure to help himself who takes most stock in the power of heredity. He Is wont to put great store on the Scripture phrase, 'The sins of the father are visited upon the children unto the third and fourth generation" when he should rather emphasize the profane maxim, God helps those who help themselves" and straightway be- gin to scratch gravel.
 Perhaps because he Is not very nu- merous 1t Is amusing to come across the perpetual pessimiSt. farmer or gar dener, who complains of the evils of drought or of excessive moisture and who seldom sees anything but stark ruin staring him in the face. In his imagination the frost always destroys all and never part of his crop, and yet rarely are his anticipations real lzed, nature dealing much more boun- tifully with him than he expects and a great deal more so than he deserves.
 Among some of the creations of the horticultural wizard. Luther Burbank of California. are the Primus berry, a cross between q blackberry and rasp- bery. q white blackberry, beautiful in appearance and of delicate fiavor-the phenomenal berry, cross between raspberry and California dewberry, surpassing both in size, productiveness and flavor; the plumcot, the result of union of the apricot and plum. and, lastly and perhaps of greatest practical value to the arid sections of the west. thornless cactus which bears Il fruit useful as q food for both man and beast.
  farm has become contaminated with the Canada thistle. quack grass and otEer noxious weeds through the i'm portation of the hay and litter which are often wrapped around fruit trees or used in the packing of dishes. Unless one knows positively as to the pedigree of such packing it is far better to burn It on the spot than to put it on the manure pile. where such stuff Is usual ly dumped. Where the latter Is done it is placel directly on the blow land of the farm and at once gains foothold. Care as, to this matter in season will often save much vexation and expense.
 Following a careful trial of a num- Der of years past the Iowa experiment station reports the following varieties of early red sour cherries us most de- serving of mention: Timme, Duchess de Angoulemc Orel No. 23. Early Rich mond and Montmorency. This list would therefore seem to be safe for latitude 42 and for those localities north of this belt, where the climate Is moderated by other influences. Of thirty cherry trees which were set out in our home orchard some ten years ago not one Is left today to tell the story. And observation of several larger cherry orchards in nearby terri tory seems to indicate that they have met with q like fate. A difference in latitude of 150 miles seems to make all the difference between success and failure in the cherry business.
 Creamerymen through all the dairy sections of the country run q good chance of getting into hot water or something worse If they work more than Is per cent of water into their butter product. An Iowa firm has lately got into the tolls of the federal government for putting ninety tubs on the Chicago market that showed 32 per cent of water on inspection by revenue official. The company in ques- tion has had a fine of 5000 assessed against it. SG00 being the license which manufacturers of adulterated butter have to pay to the government every six months, the remaining $500 being the penalty which Is assessed in addition. The offending company has ten days from the issuance of the war rant within which to pay the fine, in default of which any leviable property of the cornpany will be seized and held by United States marshal or deputy until the matter is settled. The gov ernment looks upon the working of more than 1G per cent of water into butter as q straight case of adultera- tion and punishes the offense accord lngly.