Connecticut western news., 1907-11-28

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The egg of the great aux Is said to
be worth $3.50. and 1t does not have to
conform to pure food law either.
One hundred and sixty mine tons, or
100000 cubic feet, of wood are con
sumed annually in the United States
lin the manufacture of lead pencils.
While crab grass Is terror ITO the |
gardener in the month Of August, 1t
is,one Of the first Of the garden weeds |
ito kick the bucket when the ffrosts
come in September.
If one desires to take celery up and i
put It In the cellar for winter use, 1t
is best to water In such way ,as to
moisten the roots only. IF the tops
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likely to rot.
Just SO far as possible the farm ami
mails should be encouraged in the nat
ural instinct they have to be and keep
clean. Even pigs are dirty because
they are compelled to be rather than
because they want to be.
The, silo should be viewed as q neees-
sary factor In the agricultural opera
lions on every farm which has reached
value of $50 an acre. And from this
price up the necessity for one In
creases in corresponding ratio.
Screen doors MAY be easily convert
ed into serviceable storm doors by
covering them tightly with ordinary
building paper. This arrangement not
only serves to protect the screen dur
ing the winter, but saves the hanging
,of another door.
A number OF careful breeders have
found out that the best way to take /
the kinks out iof the herd bull Is to
see that he gets regular exercise. As /
these chaps are ordinarily kept penned 4
sup, they not only grow logy and ugly, \
but their usefulness las sires Is greatly /
impaired.
"A friend who has "a pet coon has not
ed the interesting fact that when not !
very thirsty the animal will dip up
milk in It's paw and drink therefrom
instead Of tapping the milk up from
the dish, as Is the habit of the dog or
cat Only when really thirsty will the
coon drink In the latter way.
a central iowa farm tenant states
that he and his wife Hhe latter is un-
doubtedly deserving OF most Of the
cretfft) have This year raised and will
sell enough poultry from the 100 acre
farm which they are working to pay
nf OF the rect. while tine proceeds of
the crops raised and the dairy prod
ucts sold can tza put in the bank.
The value OF the bulletins issued by
the federal government to the average
reader is lessered because they are in
80 many cases too scientific and
voluminous and cover a space I'm print
that the average tiller Of the sol hasn't
time to wade through to get ut the
meat of things. The most valuable
portion Of these publications is the
summary which is given at the end,
this being br4es and quite to the point.
There are many folks In other occu-
pations than agriculture who seem to
be content to Just get living and
carry on extensive operations simply
for the sake of areeping up an appear
ance of industry This reminds us OF
the old fellow down in Ohio who
bought chickens IN the country and
sold them in the city for less than he
paid for them. When asked why he
did this he replied that he had to do
something to make a living
While the use OF soft coal is at best
dirty job, it can be made much less
30 In the buTning II small quantities
of the coal are put on the fire at
time. This not only makes a hotter
and a brighter fire, but does away
with much Of the nuisance of heavy
black smoke and accompanying SCOT.
1t Is only within comparatively recent
times that stokers Of locomotive and
stationary engines have taken advan-
tage Of the fact noted. An engine so
fed may require more attention, but
It certainly gets a maximum OF heat
units from a given amount OF fuel
A pamphlet recently issued from the
Office of public roads of the depart
ment Of agriculture shows chat in the
year 1904 the state Of Massachusetts
had 1902 miles Of public roads or
this mileage 8,621 miles were surfaced
with gravel. 1872 miles with stone.
eight miles with shell and two miles
with tar macadam making n total of