The Democrat-sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1906-1935, 1906-06-28
BY J. 5. TRIGG,

Des Moines, Iowa. CORE
spondence Invited.
Not the least of ones assets in the
bookkeeping of life are u good name anC
the cordial esteem of ones fellows.
The clover meadow, the manure
spfeader and the King road drag con
stitute an up to date ana winning agri
cultural trinity.
Tobacco dust is one of the best pre-
ventives of damage by the striped
beetles which attack the cucumber
squash and melon vines.
we have known of cases where line
fence was the occasion for i'll feeling
between neighbors ON the best of terms
in every other particular.
1t is wise man who can profit by
the mistakes of his neighbors and
experience to learn the lessons which
they teach.
Fruits, such as apples, bananas and
oranges. are tiptop flesh reducers which
have this to be said in their favor
that they will not ruin ones complex
ion, digestion or disposition.
A country school we know has been
greatly improved in appearance by the
making OF beds for wild and tame
flowers the result of putting into prac-
tice some nature study suggestions Of
an enthusiastic teacher.
That agricultural system which will
result in the heaviest production of
barnyard manure will be found to
bring the largest returns for effort in
vested and VIII not only decrease, but
rather increase, the fertility and value
of the farm.
1t is now claimed that the striped or
ground squirrel is of benefit rather
than injury to Il field Of corn, as it is
not the corn he is after. but webworms,
cutwG'ms and other worm and insect
pests, and that the damage he may do
the corn is more than offset by the in
sects he destroys.
Some 900 Fameuse trees i'll the writ
er's orchard belong to the lily class
OF the Scripture, which neither toll nor
spin" They have not the redeeming
feature of the lily of which it was said
that Solomon in all his glory was not
arrayed like one of these They are
an unfruitful, scraggiy and unprotita-
bic proposition, and the ak is already
laid at their root.
A lady reader of these notes gives
us the following recipe for preserving
sweet corn, which produces an article
superior to both the canned and dried
product: Boil corn on ear till milk
sets cut from cob and mix thoroughly
with salt at the rate of one pint of salt
to four of corn: pack in jar and cover
with cloth and plate. Salt should be
soaked out before cooking. Corn pre-
served in this way keeps its flavor re-
markably we'll and is also tender.
Pulaski county Qnd) syndicate
will this year devote a 1000 acre farm
to the culture of mint. This product
demands peculiar soll-black and
mucky-a drained swamp makes
good location. The company in ques,
tion is capitalized at $4,000, the rela-
lively large amount of money being
necesstated by Il laboratory and refln
cry (which are needed in the prepara-
tion of the product. The returns are
estimated at 5000 per acre when in full
tllth.
factory employee residing in or
near an eastern city who bought all the
feed for his cow ana IA flock Of twenty
five hens presents the following figures
showing the cost of keeping and
amount realized from each: The feed
bill of the cow amounted to S02,S0,
with receipts from her milk and butter
product of 1Sll4 while it cost S2I.40 to
keep the hens, which In eggs ana
poultry sold showed Il return Of
Sl02Ol The hens are thus seen to
have been much the better proposition.
Experiments conducted M the Mich
igaD experiment stations show that
succ0tash crop consisting of corn, peas,
oats, rape and clover insures most
excellent and satisfactory forage and
soling crop during the months of July
and August. when the grass Is short.
The land ON which the experiment was
tried was well manured and put in
good condition, the rape and clover be
Ing soWn broadcast ana the corn, peas
Rnd oats being drilled in. the entire
mixture being sown at the rate OF two
bushels to the acre.
An observation OF a grosbeak which
was engaged in the building of her
nest within rod Of our dining room
window seems to show that she work
ed on her nest for not more than an
hour early In the morning, the only way
we could account for which being that
the roots or which her nest was largely
constructed We're more pliable at the
time mentioned and could be more
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