Connecticut western news., 1907-07-18

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 The dairy equipment is not complete without the right kind of a man to look :after the cows.
 While comparatively few people can attain to greatness in the generally ac- cepted sense of the term, no one is so obscure but that he can be kind and good. And this. after all, is most worth while.
 When a house Is quaranfined for smallpox, scarlet fever, or other con tagious diseases, 1t is well to place the quarantine in such a way as to include the family dog and cat. These are often carriers of disease.
 A lot sof fellows who thought 1t was time thrown away to test their seed corn in an approved and scientific man. ner are just now beginning to cultivate l half and third of a stand of corn It's great business, no question
 1t beats all how loath some people are to contribute to a really worthy cause, yet how often they will squan- der all kinds of money on fake schemes and blue sky ventures which are dishonest as well as unworthy.
 Is the supply of wood for the kitchen stove next winter in full leaf now or drying out nicely during the warm months? While this is a question that may concern the good housewife more than yourself, it is none the less impor- tant.
 Seldom will the cows get so full of grass during ithe day in the pasture that they VIII not eat a wheelbarrow of lawn grass between sundown and morning. This is particularly true during July and August, when the flies are bad.
 A high tide of prosperity Is indi- cated by the latest government fiscal report which puts the per. capitn money circulation of the country at S34.1G for our S5,e3S,OOO inhabitants, which Is twenty cents per capita high CT than any previous figure.
 It should be a comforting thought for us common, everyday, workaday folks that he achieves the greatest sue cess in life and contributes most to the sum of human happiness who serves his fellows best. an avenue of achievement which is open to all.
 The first evidence that the anxious mother often has that her darling has acquired the going in swinmin' habit Is when he comes home some evening with his shirt on wrong side out This may be taken as prima facie evi- dence of guilt in spite of anything that Johnny may say.
 Tn New York they propose 10 iegis- late the mosquito out of business, a 'ecently enacted law providing that whenever it shall be decided by local sanitary authorities that an accumula- ton of water in which mosquitoes breed s a menace to health they may sup press or remove it at the owners ex- pense.
 There has not been spring in two score years when the need of seed corn of the highest vitality was more lrgent than 1t has been this year. We Bclieve this will be shown as the sea son advances, the men who took es- 5ecial pains in the saving and testing # their seed being the ones who will t1ffa fha cf Iofo nSoIl spring. h
 To prevent blight in potatoes they should be sprayed with the bordeaux mixture when they have reached a height of ten inches and at intervals of two weeks thereafter during the growing season, shortening the inter- val somewhat If the season is wet and muggy. If the potato beetle is doing damage, he may be fixed by putting paris green into the bordeaux mixture at the rate of one pound to about 150 gallons of the solution.
 Theoretically as well as practically the best time for cultivation is shortly after a rain, which not only keeps the soil from baking, but makes 1t mellow, so that the moisture below does not evaporate quickly. This condition not only conserves available moisture In the soil, but permits of free circula- ton of air through it, point that is often overlooked. Weed killing is thus seen to be almost a secondary matter in the real philosophy of crop cultiva- ton.
 A few years ago a resident of Min nesota conceived the idea of starting a skunk farm, and, while his friends scoffed at him good deal, he went ahead and made good money in the undertaking, succeeding so well that farms of similar character were started in different parts of the coun- try. The department of agriculture received numerous inquiries about the new industry and treated the matter