The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-04-18

extra FOOD ana the services OF q vet
erinarian.
If the matter is presented in the
proper light, there ought to be no par
ticular difficulty in interesting the boys
and girls in the home in assuming re-
sponsibility for much of the care Of
the family garden.
Professor Bolley Of the North Da-
kota experiment station was the dis
coverer Of the formalin treatment OF
oats to rid them Of smut, a boon that
has resulted in saving farmers Of the
northwest millions and millions Of dol
lars.
Government bulletin No. 1872 states
that the loss in the United States
through the improper handling of ma
nure is 1874 233 900 annually. These
figures mean that there are a stack Of
sinners who should turn from their
evil ways.
The total immigration to Canada
during the year 1906 was 215912,
which is an increase of Il, 294 over the
immigration Of the preceding year. Of
the immigration for last year Great
Britain furnished 98,257, the United
States 63,781, and continental Europe
furnished the balance, 1874.
1t is quite likely that the fellow who
plants his potatoes in the full Of the
moon is the same chap who takes none
too kindly to these newfangled notions
about treating potatoes for scab, spray
ing them for blight testing seed corn
scientifically and treating oats for smut.
AS a rule, grandpaps methods are good
enough for him.
Cucumbers may be given an extra
early start by bNrying the seed in a
piece Of sod and starting them in
box in the house or in the hotbed.
When danger from frost is over, they
can be transferred to the open ground
without disturbing the roots, and the
vines will also have so nice a, start
that they will distance the bugs as
we'll.
Probably the largest potato raiser
in the United States is a Jap by the
name Of George Shima, who lives In
California. He makes a practice Of
renting the tule lands at from Sc to
GO nor nd n Ic oysn
to run as high as $4,000 per year. He
makes speciality of growing the Bur
bank potato. and his profits the past
year are estimated at close to a half
million dollars.
The important part which the hen
plays in the agricultural wealth of the
country, and particularly as affecting
the welfare Of the eastern states, is
shown by the fact that during the last
session of the Connecticut state board
of agriculture one whole day was de-
voted to the chicken men for a thor
ough discussion of the poultry inter
ests of the state. This is giving the
hen a measure of recognition that she
is certainly entitled to.
Experiments which have been made
under the supervision of the forestry
department on Henry's Lake forest re-
serve In Idaho go to show that the
dead lodge pole pine treated with Gre
Osote oil makes post that is very
serviceable and durable A disastrous
forest fire swept over portion Of this
reserve not long age. with the result
that much of this timber now cumbers
the ground, greatly hindering the pros
ecution of ordinary forest operations.
So successful has the creosoting ex-
pertinent proved that it will be taken
up on commercial scale In the spring.
While slackness may prevail In some
transactions without serious conse-
Quences, defniteness should be always
insisted upon by both parties in the
renting Of land. It is matter Of COM
mon knowledge that in cases in the
justices courts growing out Of differ
ences over the rental of land it Is al
ways the written rather than the verbal
understanding and agreements that
hold In view Of this it is well TO in
corporate in the terms Of lease every
vital consideration touching the hold
ing aud handling of the land rented,
and this in Justice to both landlord and
tenant
Conditions have prevailed in portions
Of the northwest during the past win
ter In the matter Of hardship, loss of
stock and human life closely resem-
bling those which were experienced
during the winter Of 1861 Scarcity
Of fuel and the blockading Of many
main and branch lines of railroads by
heavy suowstorms have added greatly
to the seriousness Of an already seri-
Gus situation. In portions Of the great
wheat bet OF northwest Canada thou
sands Of head Of live stock have perish
ed from hunger and exposure, while
In other PLACES they have been sold for
song simply to save their lives. The
fOfea lose tCf human life and money loss