Middletown transcript., 1906-09-15
THE FARM, GARDEN AND DAIRY
Short Pungant Paragraphs Gathered Here
and There

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South Dakota is rejoicing over its plum
and apples. The crops this year ar
record breakers.
/ Arizona wants more miners. This i
probably due to the fact that so mani
people are being stopped in Kansas ant
pressed into service as harvest hands.
These are the days when the man who
has his own meat, right from tbt
farm, onght to be happy. What
does Ire care about the packers scandal
EAnd we might sll be thus independent,
if We would
Thirty.ive years ago celery was rar.
ity even on hotel tables. and was used
by few families, even Of wealth. To-day
at is common edible. occupying thou.
sands of acres in Michigan, Ohio aHd New
York.
| The 2tate Dairy and Food Gnlnmissinn
OF Wisconsin has scored his first convic-
tien under the new state law by having q
butcher fined SIS for selling meat OF an
animal which ''had large Jumps growing
near the bones"
President Roosevelt did pitch hay for q
spell one hot afternoon, but he'll have to
pitch six days week, putting in over
tiuie by moonlight and after church on
Sunday before he can qualify for mem
bership in real "hayseed" club.
Last winter apples sold at five and six
dollars barrel but reports come OF
tremendous crop in Southern illinois
ond Missouri, and the Indications are
that soon after they are placed on the.
market the price will drop to So or $3.50.
We knew a farmer who when lie iuumd
q toad on any part OF his farm took pains
to catch Il and remove 1t to his garden.
He said that in that way his garden be.
came so stocked with toads they destroyed
thousands OF insects with no cost or trou.
bis to himself.
A curious thing noticed at once by vis-
itors to Moscow is the absence of whips
among the cab drivers. There is a law
prohibiting their use. There is not a
single whip in use in Moscow. The ex-
celleHt condition Of the horses attest the
benefit Of this humane law. The whip is
not in disuse in Moscow. They use it
there ON men and wnnlen.
LIwa isrmees are showing tlIeir prefer. |
snce for the Introduction of electric in
stead Of steam railroads by opposing the
granting of right Of way to new steam
railroads. With electric cars passing,
every farmer can have station on his
iarm, while ~ith steam trains the stations |
are miles apart. Electricity i the c.nn-
ing pawer.
When one ha- cool ana dr., pace Tor
.tnrfng potatoes we believe it j. better TO !,
allow them TO lie in The ground until late !,
October as is Customary in good many
localities. And this is particularly true If !,
The early fall is we., as the tendency to
rot is greater if they are leftin the ground
than when they are properly stored.
Heavy draft mares will grow a grade
graft colt every year that will sell readily
1t from $75 to $500 when three years old.
These same mares, when bred to light
horse, will breed colts that will bring
from SO to $I0O. Many horse breeders
ia the western states are turning their at.
Iention to mules, because the latter ma
lure more quickly and generally bring
higher prices.
The report comes from kidora, Ia,
HAT farmers in that neighborhood have
decided to grow no more sugar beets be-
cause OF the drudgery connected with
lie work. Iowa soil and climate are we'll
adapted to beets as, in fact, is. true OF
nearly all the Northwest, but it is not
to farmers to invest too much
.pinal column in the crop. Itisn't s'too
llucir sugar for cent" but rather too few
,ents for the sugar.
How to procure plenty of strawberry Il
.unuers from few plants is an easy mat.
e.. 1t is now too late to set out young
olants, bat If the runners are desired the
irst to do is to clean away the weeds and
md grass aud work up tie whole bed to
soft fine state. Then as the plants send
,ut the shoots that produce the runners,
,ress down the joints and let the shoots
,ush forward in order to make as
many runners as possible. By train
.g them, giving plenty of room and
Watching every opportunity for FORM
ng new plant the number OF new run.
'ers will be largely increased. be more
igorous from clean cultivation, and can ll
. dug up and transplanted more easily. ,
ii order, however, to have good runners
very thing, must be cleaned off the
round except the plants producing them.
No building on the farm pays better
han good tool house. Il should be so
Onyenient of access that there need j
g no excuse for leaving farm implements !
xposed to the weather when not in use. :
foperly cared for many implements that I
ow last only few years ought to be t
srviceable as long as the farmer lives Q
} need them. Besides tool that has i
OF been rusted. warped and cracked by t
xposure viii work as well the second aid q
iird year of use as the first On many |
lrns the tools are so much injured by d
eing left cut of doors that after the first p
.ason they cost more for repairs than q
ley save in labor. IS IL
There is nothing more ornamental to- 4
10 front yard than an evergreen hedge,
il Is kept neatly trimmed, bat there is,
y the contrary, nothing more unsighsIyl
the hedge is neglected. All hedges
.onId be kept in shape and well cut back. =
Early spinach is seeded in the fall. The 3