The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-09-05

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The application Of crude carbolic
acid is said to be a practical as we'll
as effective method for eradicating
small patches Of Canada thistles.
Wool and mutton prices continue at
such level as to be very tempting for
the farmer to embark in the sheep
business, at least on a small scale.
Some one has discovered and given
publicity to the fact that if an onion
is peeled beginning at the root end
one is likely to shed many less tears
over the job.
The dark green and deep brown
foliage of the cannas, coupled with
their lustrous and variegated flowers,
make them one Of the most desirable of
summer bedding plants.
Poodle dogs are very poor and shod-
dy substitutes in any home for nice,
well bred babies, being travesty on
the women Of the land and foe to
wholesome order of society.
The boy who has to be continually
prodded to do the various tasks about
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able, must turn over an entirely new
leaf before he achieves any success in
life
A lady friend of the writer who
started a slip from tomato plant in
the house last fall had a ripe tomato
therefrom early in May which was
not Only Of good size but also Of ex-
cellent quality.
In all too many instances the little
baby squalls for merely a drink of
water or to be relieved Of an excessive
amount of covering, points that elder
ly people would insist upon were they
In the baby's place.
The Minnesota law relative to poul-
try running at large is that when off
their owners premises and trespassing
on the premises Of another they may
be viewed as wild game and treated
as such-killed and eaten without the
owners having any recourse at law.
In other states trespassing chickens
may be killed but not eaten.
Not only in the eastern states has the
fertility of the soil In many sections
been depleted through pernicious sys-
TEN Of cropping, but cotton fields in
many sections Of the south are crying
for relief and need nothing so much as
a rational crop rotation Of cowpeas and
other legumes, which will give the land
q rest and restore a part Of it's lost es-
tate.
If the boy shows any mechanical
turn whatever there is nothing that
will please him more or be of more
practical value to him, both in the
present and future, than box Of car
penter tools. They will often aid him
in passing time that might otherwise
hang heavy on his hands or be de-
voted to occupations harmful to him
self and very annoying to his parents
Exception may well be taken to the
custom that prevails of charging the
smallness or cussedness of individual
folks to the church or lodge Of which
they may happen to be members. OF
course discredit naturally comes to an
organization if any OF It's members
are unworthy, but 1t is well to remem-
Der that their lapse in morality Is in
spite of and not because of the fact
that they belong to this or that church
or lodge
Clean cultivation Of the orchard plot
is not to be recommended where the
orchard is located on a hillside or
where, even if the slope is but slight,
the soil is loose and washes and gullies
easily. Where conditions are such that
the formation of sod is necessary to
hold the soil in place the good effects
of cultivation may be in part secured
through mulching Of the trees so that
the diameter or extent of the mulch is
equal to the spread of the limbs
With the return Of the fall season
with it's abundance of new grown corn
it is again in order to speak a word
of warning against the excessive feed
ing of it to young pigs. While the
causes of hog cholera epidemics have
not yet been fully determined, 1t
seems to be generally agreed that
they are greatly aggravated, If not
actually induced, by an excessive
feeding of this immature cereal. The
hogs should be worked onto their new
feed gradually
The damage from codling moths,
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