The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-06-06

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Spring isn't ushered IL very far I'M
til the bullfrogs begin to croak. This
is much surer sign than WtndfoWer
or meadow lark
A variety Of Russian clover has re-
Gently been introduced which seems
to be entirely hardy, makes dustless
hay and natures about ten days ear
lier than the common red clover.
IL your rosebushes are attacked by
the little green worms or slugs, you can
get rid Of them by busting the bushes
with white hellebore from cloth sack
or by means Of the little hand buster.
Where there are no trees in the hen
yard sunfowers may be transplanted
there for that purpose. The hens will
not only appreciate the shade, but will
relish the sunfower seed when the
heads break over in the fall.
When your stock needs salt, 1t is
considerably cheaper to buy this neces-
sary tonic by the barrel at current
rates than to pay fancy price for it
done up in pretty packages in the
guise of some remarkably beneficial
stock food.
The stock feeder ought not to have
to buy, nor ought the farm animals to
have to eat, high priced stock foods to
get all the sulphur, charcoal and COM
mon salt that they need. It is much
better to buy them in bulk and mix
them yourself.
Numerous and careful tests disprove
the truth Of the popular notion that
the quality Of cows milk can be
affected by the food given her. This
cannot be done. The only way to eff
feet an increase in butter fat is to in
crease the milk production, which is a
matter Of quantity and not quality.
The farther the home is removed
from the condition Of mere roosting
place, where folks just eat and sleep,
the nearer it comes to performing it's
mission as saving and uplifting force
In the life of the community, the state
and the nation. Make the most of the
home, as great issues are at stake.
The annual per capita consumption
of meat in the United States is 1T
pounds. The only country where it is
greater is Australia, condition that is
doubtless due to the fact that meats
of all kinds are very cheap. Some Of
the European countries have as low
an average consumption as fifty or six
ty pounds.
The years cotton crop, including the
600, or about $300,O0O,OOO more than
the total gold production of the world.
During the past six years the cotton
crop has brought return of $780,
100000 more than for the preceding
six years, al amount that is practically
all clear profit, as In the earlier period
little was made above expenses.
A Plymouth Rock hen owned by an
eastern fancier, which was brought up
to a production Of Psi eggs during a
single year. was given hot mash Of
ground wheat, oats and barley in the
morning, with cracklings of meat meal,
and In the evening all Of the wheat she
would eat up clean. 1t is worth while
noting that there was not bit Of corn
jority of cases hens are kept too fat to
lay we'll.
Investigators which have been made
by the federal department of agricul-
ture have led it to classify the skunk
as a friend Of man rather than one Of
his worst enemies. It was found that
the skunk consumes large numbers Of
grasshoppers, crickets and other In
sects and that for this service it should
not be exterminated, but rather pro-
tected. This would seem to point to
the truth that some good can be found
in those of even the most odorous repu-
tations.
For the horse which is out of condi-
ton and needs tOning up a bit promi-
nent eastern veterinarian recommends
a rounding tablespoonful dose Of the
following prescription given in the
ground feed morning and night: One
pound granulated soda hyposulphite,
four ounces of ginger, three ounces Of
gentian, two ounces of powdered char
coal. This tonic, which ones local
druggist will put up, it is good idea
to give the horses at the beginning Of
the seasons work, whether they are
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