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

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Because man has the hay fever it
doesn't necessarily follow that he is a
farmer.
The quick opening and shutting of an
umbrella in the face of a runaway
horse will often bring him to stop
when other means fail. We have seen
this tried and it works like charm
The hay fever victim and the granger
who has a field of belated corn are
viewing with solicitude the coming of
the first frost. While our sympathies
may be with the farmer, we are on the
quiet hoping that the prayer of the
latter may be answered.
About the only shortage to be noted
in the present season of prosperity
and plenty is along the line of school
ma'ams and harvest hands, neither Of
which demands seems at all likely to
be satisfied Hard times would seem
to be the only thing that will correct
this difficulty.
Present indications point to 4O0,-
100000 corn crop for Iowa this year.
This means new wealth created to the
amount of S1OO,OOOOOO on the assump-
ton that the crop will fetch % cents
per bushel, and would mean $20OOOO,-
600 if all Of it could be marketed in
the shape of cattle, hogs, sheep, butter
and eggs.
Reports in the daily press are to the
effect that the farmers and gardeners
in the vicinity Of Bennington, VT, are
sustaining large losses as a result of
the inroads Of Belgian hares, which
are the offspring of pairs Of these ami
mails which were turned loose when
this craze subsidized some three or four
years ago.
1t is worth while remembering that
while the COW relishes the green corn
from the garden early in the summer
she is just as eager for the stalks after
the leaves have been witnered by the
frost in October, at which time they
contain almost as large a per cent of
sugar as ordinary sugar cane. If fed
to her at this time she won't leave a
scrap.
Continual watchfulness is the price
the good housewife has to pay if she
keeps the wearing apparel and bed
ding of the house free from the ravages
Of the buffalo bug and moths. While
there are a number of preventives
which are doubtless good, yet the best
Of them do not take the place of a
frequent exposure Of these articles to
the sunshine.
A few roots of horseradish about
the place often give a pleasant variety
for the table, and it requires little or
no care. The grated roots form a
delicious relish for the table in the
I spring and fall, and a winters supply
can be had by placing the roots in
moist soil or sand in the cellar. The
fresh young leaves of the horseradish
make appetizing green's in the spring.
IF Won chr oyooo14r+oYs - ho,,4 yvr,1v,
house or on your lawn or garden a
smell offensive enough and strong
enough to require the presence of a
dozen dead rats to account for it,
make a careful inspection of the shady
| places of your lawn and garden and
you will likely run across. one or more
! specimens of the sinking or carrion
toad stools, whose responsibility for
the odor mentioned can be determined
by getting your olfactories within three
feet of them. To be rid of the nui-
sance, bury as with other carrion.
We are right in the midst of the APP
pie season, which is a time welcomed
by young and old alike What is better
than the crisp, fresh green apple pie
or rich juicy baked apple? And
nearly every one enjoys ripe rosy
checked apple right from the tree. Not
all have apple trees or orchards at
their command; consequently they
have to depend upon some kind neigh
Dor or the grocery store. Much of the
fruit brought in to supply the local
market is very imperfect and bruised.
This is disappointment to the pur-
chaser, as the fruit is of inferior quail
ity and spoils quickly Don't leave the
apple picking to the children.
Some Common Weeds and Their
Eradication a most practical and
helpful little bulletin lately issued by
the Minnesota experiment station, in
making suggestions for the eradica-
ton of small patches Of quack grass
recommends the tar paper method as
one Of the most effective In the in
stance cited in the bulletin tar paper
was spread over a patch of Quack
grass about a rod square on July Z. 1T
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