Connecticut western news., 1907-03-07

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 A man cannot burn his life's candle at both ends in the matter of oyerwork and reasonably expect it to last as long as if he burned it at but one.
 The birds that go over the orchard trees during the late winter months and extract the chrysalids from their cozy nests and devour the clusters of eggs that have been deposited on the limbs perform q service to the orchard ist that can hardly be estimated.
 The largest potato warehouse in the world is located at Stratford, Me. Its dimensions are 900 by 125 feet, having a capacity of 24O,O0O bushels, and it was erected to prevent loss as re- suit of the congested traffic conditions which have prevailed at intervals dur ing recent years.
 It is questionable, all points conSid- cred, whether poor grade of kerosene oil is more economical than that which costs 5 or cents gallon more unless, indeed, both grades are taken from the same barrel or tank, in which case the statement just made would not hold good.
 In the year 1905 there were grown in the United States I65,11S acres of buckwheat. which produced 14,5S5.OS2 bushels of grain. The average yield was 19.2 bushels per acre and the av- craze price received 60 cents. Two thirds of the total crop was raised in Pennsylvania and New York.
 While q farmer is seldom justified in going in debt for the eighty which lies next his own. we believe he is justified in borrowing money for the laying of tile which will add new acres to the farm which he already owns. If DOT tion of the farm is worth tiling at all, it can be counted upon to produce a crop tie first season which will nearly pay for the cost of the tiling acre for acre.
 The recent offer by Luther Burbank, the plant wizard, of reward of $1,000 for an ounce of horseradish seed serves to demonstrate in rather striking fashion the fact that horseradish as it grows in this country has never been known to produce any seed. The plant is native of eastern and southern Flu rope. but for some reason not clearly understood it has produced no seed since it's introduction into the new world
 Roup in chickens Is simply catarrh and cold and is brought on by precisely the same conditions that cause them to develop in the human species-damp. cold quarters, impure air and direct drafts. The poultry house should be dry and warm, we'll ventilated, but not so that drafts will blow upon the fowls. A few drops of carbolic acid in the drinking water will tend to pre- vent roup and to cure 1t if it has de- veloped.
 A country home we pass often is brightened by a wealth of floral bloom winter and summer. The large win dows facing the street are filled with a mass of greenery and color, which give a return in satisfaction not only to her whose care they get, but to all who pass the place. Many another home could be made more bright and cheery were little pains and care given to the starting of some of the common flowers.
 While immunization tests for tuber- culosis so far made in this country are not absolutely conclusive, they have been carried to the point where dis tinct benefit is shown to have come from such preventive measures. A recent bulletin issued by the depart ment at Washington takes very hope full view of the situation and seems to entertain the view that the immunizing of animals by means of vaccination promises to materially check the loss from this destructive disease.
 Wild pigeons, millions of which used to throng the woods of northern Michi- gan, Wisconsin and Minnesota in by gone years, but which for many years past have disappeared as completely as if wiped off the face of the earth, were last year reported to have been seen at several points in Wisconsin and Michigan. While not many would have them back in the original numbers. yet it is to be hoped that their return in moderate numbers may be perma- nent thing and this fine type of Amcri- can game bird may not become entirely extinct.
 It is hard for the American agricul- tural laborer, who gets from $25 to $50 per month and board the year round and who during harvest and cornhusk- ing often makes from $1.75 to $3 per day, to realize that his brother farm laborer in Russia gets only from $30 to $40 per year and board which does not cost more than $25 during that period and that the average wages of a man with horse in the wheat belt are only