Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-08-15

but ii will now reach $500. 900, with 5000
farmers and 1000 boats.
Gaisirc :Sourds in the South.
Not 81 sight in some OF
,.ie southern states is the gourd farm,
md 1t is an investment which pays
we'll. Recently Representative Adam
son. of Georgia. brought to Il friend In,
Washington a gourd with a handle
more than four feet in length and with
a beautifully shaped bowl not larger
than a large This species OF
gourd is raised to be sold and used as
Il dipper. 1t is asserted that a drink
of water from a clean. w~ell-seasonedl
gourd is better and sweeter Than from
tin or glass. Another gourd raised for
market is Il very mall egg-shaped one
which is used by housewives as u darn
ing egg. There are large, round gourdsl
which sell readily and can be easily
converted into salt. coffee and bins for
other purposes. These large gourds are,
frequently used as peck measures In
the rural districts.
An Ostrich Farm. !,
The ostrich cannot come under the
classification of good eating, but there,
are a number OF successful farms where
these birds of beautiful plunage are
raised. and the women are more in
terested in fine plumes han something,
for satisfying the appetite. While our
women folk can forego terrapin and
champagne. there would be forty mill
lion conniption fits thrown II the men
folk balked on contributing thousands
annually for the support of these
plume-producing farms. The flesh OF
an ostrich is about as palatable as a,
brass tiredog and about as juicy. and,
as II toothsome bird he is Il rank fail
ure. but as q ig-down-and-%p produces.
the-coin plume-producer he is the star
performer in all birddom.
Breeding Skunks for Profit.
A few years ago the man who boldly
4 skunk farm i'm Minnesota was
laughed at and derided, but when he,
proved that he was making a cartloadl
of money out of his odorous venture,
others followed in his footsteps. and
now there are a numbe of skunk farmsi
In different sections of the country. At
first publication of the facts about the
skunk farm the agricultural depart,
nent was flooded with letters asking,
about the species of farming. The de-
partment. being in the dark about the
skunk farm, thought the matter a huge,
JOKE. but as letters continued to flow,
in the secretary begged the
correspondents to announce that the
department was i'm ignorance of any,
such undertaking and had made no i'm
vestigaticn along the skunk line. How
ever matters changed, and the agricul-
tural department realized that there
was something in it. and the beautiful
but lou smelling animal has received
attention at the hands of the experts
OF the secretary. Skunk farming is
not a joke. but Il money making enter
prise, even if it is not pleasing to the
olfactory organs of the farmers.
A Snake Farm, Too.
In Watkinsville, Ga. there is n man
who conducts a regular snake farm.
and who has made "a good living by
raising them for sale. He has Il large
number always on hand, and says he
can handle without fear any kind Of
snake. Including the RATHER. over these
reptiles he seems to have some mysA
FERROUS soothing power, and but for the
fact that some OF the townspeople OBJ
Ject to his snake farm, his life would
be pleasant and his occupation more
profitable.-Live Stock World.