Connecticut western news. [volume] (Salisbury, Litchfield Co., Conn.) 1871-1970, 1907-12-26

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The average boy derives the most
lbenefit out of the things The has to
sscratch for. The same thing is true
o0f the hen.
Big ecattle, horses land hogs are the
sstony 'hillsides produce the animal of
ssmail limb and undersize
"A Michigan peppernintrfaiser Todd
lby name, has had 40, $40 acres devoted
ito the( culture OF the herb this year and
will receive larger, crop than any he
lhas yet raised
As an egg producing ration skim
milk is worth cents a quart when
fled to "a flock of laying hens, provid-
ted the care of them I'm other respects
iisswhatiit, ought to be.
The last census Statistics. show that
there are in the United States approx
tmately II $4,000 head of cattle, &c.
673,OOO horses and mules, 55,486,000
sheep and goats and 56,3S7 900 head of
swine
In, packing, stuff away intthe barn or
storeroom lit is well TO leave "a space
next the wall SO that the cats can
make the circuit and keep the mice
.and rats from acquiring nndisputed
possession.
We were struck the other etiay In
passing a friends farm with the fact
that iiae was raising white turkeys,
white,ducks and white Plymouth Rock
chickens. The general effect was a
most pleasing one.
Although the culture of riae was lin
II
ture but a relatively short time ago,
There were produced last year lin this
country 21.412, 900 bushels. The aver
age yield lin the rough was .321 ihnsh-
sHIs.
During the fall and early winter
months when there Us not much Mkeli-
hood of icy roads 1t is good idea ito
leave the horses shoes off. Their feet
should he ,trimmed when the shoes are
removed and care exercised that they
do not become lame.
During the year 1905 there were
consumed i'm the United States 3,500,-
GOO cc.ds of wood pulp In the manu-
facture of print paper. This is an In
crease of 100000 over the amount
used In 1899, when the consumption
was but 100000 cords.
The thoughtful and sconsiderate par
ent will not let work of every descrip-
ton keep the children. and especially
the boys, out of school Their school
ing will be brief at best and none too
complete, and for this reason it should
be interrupted only when positively
necessary.
A Pennsylvania farmer says very
good word for the worth Of barnyard
manure when he states that din getting
a start in alfalfa he secured better re-
sults by using five tons of 1T per acre
than he did from the PHOSPHORUS and
ofoc foin An of
good commercial fertilizer.
An Iowa hen, brown Leghorm, died
recently at the age OF sixteen years.
SO far as known this is one of the old
est hens Of whose age any record has
been kept 1t is exceptional that a
hen lives to be eight years old, the ma
jority dying Of decrepitnde or as VIC
Tins of the diseases which hens are
heir to.
The problem Of good roads during
the winter months is very live one
In many localities. In this connection
1t LIS well to remember that it is great
ly simplifed If the weeds and grass
4 bordering the highway are cut close or
burned Allowed to stand, this refuse
becomes a harbor for the drifting
SHOWS, tending to increase the depth
of snow on the roadway.
The old adage. 1.-The Lord helps
those who help themselves" is no
where truer or more applicable than in
the matter Of securing a supply Of
seed corn of good quality and DIT the
right time. II there is any kind Of an
enterprise the Lord doesn't relish hav-
ing hand In it's in the endeavor
which some men make of trying to get
4 full stand Of corn from seed 80 per
cent Of which could under no possible
conditions sprout.
During the past season one western