The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-07-04


dar trees. If in twenty years time
they would make a growth so that each
tree would produce three ten foot posts
worth 80 cents each, the annual return
from the land for the whole period
would be $22
If the farmer keeps his animals sup
piled with common salt, sulphur, char
coal and ashes, which either cost him
nothing or can be secured in bulk at
the drug store or grocery, he will have
mighty little occasion for feeding ex-
pensive rations Of continental stock
foods.
There is probably no weed that is q
bigger bugbear for the average gar
dener than crab grass, which is deep
rooted, fourishes in dry weather and
roots wherever a joint touches the
ground. Like bad habits, crab grass
Is most easily eradicated in its early
stages.
There are all too many boys who are
so constituted that they will whine II
asked to empty pail Of slop or fill
the wood box, yet would spend half q
day and manifest all kinds Of enthu-
siasm digging out fox or woodchuck.
This kind is certainly a perplexing,
trying proposition.
While it would not be expedient for
things to be so arranged that men
would have to spend much time in
doing homework, yet it Is well for
them to have to assist now and then
SO that they may come to realizing
sense of the advantage Of sink or
drain for dish and wash water, a
handy soft and hard water supply, and
a convenient woodshed.
If the old straw berry bed has become
so weedy that it will not pay to reno
vate it, pillow it up and plant it to late
turnips or rutabagas This will serve
to keep weeds in check and also be
the means of producing a second crop
on the land. Turnips may be sown as
late as Aug. l, the early fall rains be-
ing sufficient usually to terminate the
seed and develop the crop.
In the case of wild bird life the
| number of eggs which are laid by diff
ferent varieties seems to be quite
largely determined by the capacity Of
the nest to accommodate the young
when Matched. In way of illustration,
the wren lays from eight to eleven
eggs, the blue jay and robin usually
four and the mourning dove two. In
all three cases the nest is chock full
by the time the young birds are ready
to leave it.
A convenient support or trellis for
the tomato plants may be made by
taking barrel hoops, reducing them to
a diameter of about eighteen inches
and lacking three sharpened stakes to
the inside of two of the hoops. The
hoops should be placed about ten
inches apart and the stakes left long
enough to extend into the ground sew
en- or eight inches and above ground a
sufficient distance to give the vines
proper support.
Following out the plan inaugurated
by the directors of the Iowa expert
ment station three years ago, corn
special was run through Indiana the
past year. One hundred and seventy
five places were visited and thousands
Of farmers heard the corn gospel
preached. Those in charge Of the ex-
cursion estimate that If all who heard
the lectures profit by them there will
be an increase in the yield of corn
this year of 100000 bushels.
A Frenchman living near Los An
geles, CAL, has a snail farm, the only
one in the United States. A colony I'M
ported from France has multiplied so
rapidly that he now has to have help
to assist in caring for them The only
requisite in snail raising is to provide
them a moist place inclosed so that
they cannot get away. His surplus
product he will ship to Paris, where
nine tons Of the gastropods are con-
sumed annually as an article Of food.
AT the last session of the Texas legis-
lature a law was passed establishing
an Office Of commissioner of agricul-
ture. The new official will be of equal
frank with other state officers, and 1t
Twill be his duty to have and exercise
a general oversight over the agricul-
tural interests Of the state He will
not only be in position to co crate
helpfully in the work that is being
done by the federal department of ag.
riculture, but with that Of the state
experiment station as well. The Office
Is one that might well be created In
all OF the essentially agricultural
states.