The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-08-01


IN spite of careful spraying we no
tiee this Year more than any previous
season blemishes. on the young apples
as result of the work of the curculios
The crescent shaped scar which mars
the surface but does not injure the
flesh OF the apple. is discernible at a
glance
The cost of laying single lead of
tile across an acre Of land. approx
matelv a distance Of 12.6 rods. will run
from SO to SIS. or just about what a
bumper crop of corn raised on the acre
would fetch The first years crop Gao
usually be counted upon to pay for the
Improvement.
When one has not had experience
with either sheep or poultry it IS ad
visable in both cases to start on D
small scale Increasing the f1ocks as ex
perience IS acquired Ii the Ines men
toned d. not prove profitable on d
small scale it is hardly to be expected
That they will pay on large one.
The burning of wool and allowing
gle fumes to penetrate a wound is said
to be preventive OF development OF
tetanus or lockjaw A precautiou that
is perhaps better established in med
ical practice than this is to keep
bruise or wound open until the serV
ices of a competent physician can be
secured
He has made a decided step ahead
In the matter of both agricultural the
Dry and practice who has come to a
realization of the place Of flock Of
sheep on the American farm They
are consumers of waste and money
makers and may usually he taken as
the index OF a successful and progress
I've type Of agriculture
In the minds Of many the testing Of
seed corn, as we'll as the securing but
ter fat records Of individuals Of the
dairy herd, takes too much time All
size-up of their bank account usually
furnish about all the argument Which
is needed to disprove the correctness of
the views held by these folk.
We have observed cases of parental
discipline where the only reason for
punishment seemed to be that the par
ent was punished for like offenses in
youth, and this was the only method
which offered for him to get even
The atmosphere which is likely to exist
under such circumstances is seldom
conducive to either respect or obedi-
ence
The presence of yellow mustard in
the oat field is prima facie evidence
Of a villainous system of crop rotation
IN which fax is a feature or shiftless
system of management in which the
seed oats are not cleaned A recent
trip in not distant section Of the
writer's home state showed many
fields in which it did not seem clear
whether mustard or oats was the crop
in view
Not long since a mother coon and
five little ones were taken from
manger in a deserted stable not far
from where the writer lives The
mother was caught by the nape of the
neck with a big pair of blacksIrith4
tongs, while the little ones were DIS
naked as baby rats and had not yet
got their eyes open. 1t is unusual for
the coon to rear her young SO near
mans hahitation.
The economic status of the average
American farmer respecting the ques-
ton Of hired help would be materially
simplified We're he just now working
D half or less of the land which he
now has on his hands While album
dance of help and the introduction Of
labor saving machinery may improve
conditions somewhat, the better work
ing Of less number of acres is real
iy what is most needed
There is no virtue is doing things
The hardest way or in putting up With
WEAKNESS and discomfort when one can
just as well avoid them A stool Tor
use in doing Kitchen work, at which
one ordinarily stands; pair of leather
gloves for the toughest work on the
farm and a sunshade for the corn pillow
not only save strength and add com
fort. but are evidence that the owner
is possessed of good horse sense
La all too many states the law rela
tive to the cutting of the highway
weeds does not require the job to be
done until most Of the common weeds
have matured lusty crop of seed
Two cuttings, one about the middle
of July and a second about the 1st
of September. would prove a far bet
ter arrangement IF but one cutting
could be given, better results would
he secured # it were done somewhat
&c., 4