The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-11-15

swing.
A difference Of several degrees in
temperature and also the amount Of
money which goes out of your chimney
in smoke Kill be realized this winter
| if your house is nestled in among the
trees, out of the wind A windy,
drafty house is not only hard to heat,
but a mighty uncomfortable place to
live i'll. #
The day Of the old fashioned buck
wheat cake is passing. In it's place
comes one Of much lighter hue and of
different favor This is due Ill great
measure to the reducing Of the buck
wheat -four with wheat -four. While
many people prefer the lighter cake,
they also prefer to do their own adul-
terating.
In many places brown eggs are con
sidered more choice than white ones,
fancy of the consumer. But regardless
Of the fancy of the buyer it pays to
sell only fresh eggs, be the size large
or small Many farmers reserve the
best eggs for the regular customers,
taking the surplus to the store.
The opinion used to prevail that land
wasn't much good if it didn't grow
trees, but this idea has had it's day
along with good many other foolish
ideas. Today the finest country we
have is found in the prairie region, and
much time and expense are saved in
clearing the land. If the soil is not fer
tile enough to. grow trees the matter is
an entirely different one
The scarcity Of labor over the coun-
try is beginning to have disastrous eff
fects on some Of the southern indus
tries, some Of the cotton mills being
compelled to sell not more than so per
cent Of their average output simply be-
cause labor is so scarce that there is
no prospect that there will be more
than enough help to operate the mills
beyond 80 per cent Of their capacity.
A north Iowa reader Of this depart
ment writes inquiring if redtop may be
soWn with advantage in the fall disk
ed in on oat stubble We know Of no
good reason why it should not. a num-
Der Of instances have come under our
notice where timothy was dfsked on
stubble in the fall and produced an ex-
cellent stand the .next. season, and we
believe redtop would do equally we'll
Spraying experience of the past sea
son has proved beyond question that
the earlier treatments are by all odds
the most valuable in checking the ap-
pie scab and damage from codling
moth. So far as we can see, the fruit
on the trees which were given thor
ough sprayings just before the bios
som buds opened and just after the
petals fell is just about as sound as
that on trees which were also given
the two later sprayings.
There is not sufficient validity in the
goose bone and muskrat house prog
nOstications Of the old fashioned
weather prophet so that one would be
justified in making provisions for any
less than the usual amount of food and
fuel for the coming winter. IF fellow
lays il fuel supplies adequate for the
coolest winter and has some left in his
bin when spring comes lit is certainly
a good omen, and he has that much at
least to be thankful for.
= wind break is one Of the first
things to consider when one is thinking
of engaging in fruit raising. This is as
necessary for the smaller varieties OF
fruit as well as the orchard. The char
acter of the wind break should depend
somewhat upon how extensive ones
operations are to be. "A thick hedgerow
Of eyergreens or stretch Of woodland
is best and will serve to keep out the
seVerer currents Of air as well as keep
in the necessary moisture.
We have on our home lawn Winter
Aport which this year bore bushel
Of very handsome apples. The fruit
is bright russell red in color.
very uniform in size, a trif1e smaller
nosed and somewhat longer than the
Wealthy and as yet too hard to be
good eating. The apple is Of good
quality, being pleasant to the taste
and of firm texture. Although III blue
grass sod, the tree seems to be hardy
and vigorous and all in all gives prom
Use of being useful winter variety.
Professor Hansen Of the South Dako-
ia Agricultural college is now in Eu-
rope looking for fruit which may be
cultivated on the wind swept prairies
of his home state. Some years ago
Professor Hansen made a similar trip
as a result Of which he introduced the
drought proof bronze grass, which has
proved a boon in many semiarid locali-
ties. He also introduced d number Of
varieties Of fruit which have seemed
we'll adapted to the northern states.