The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-08-08

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Recreation is more enjoyable than
sickness and the cost of it cheaper
than doctors bills.
The doing Of deeds of kindness, like
the taking of needed rest, is too often
q thing that is put off until tomorrow.
A little kerosene Oil on stagnant
pools on the premises will prevent their
becoming breeding placs for mosqui
toes
A coat of paint at the proper time
will prevent the window screens and
doors going to pieces as a result of
their Omnipresent enemy, rust
Linseed oil meal fed to hens during
the summer Is said to hasten the
period of moting, thereby putting
them in condition for late fall and
winter laying
The fellow who makes a practice Of
taking more than half the road when
you pass him on the highway is likely
to prove none too good citizen and
a disagreeable neighbor.
OF the species Of birds which fire.
Quent the farms of the country none
is more priced and valuable than the
barn swallow and no other as big an
all around nuisance as the English
sparrow.
The red winged blackbird, with
wings spread and head and neck
feathers a-t1uff an attitude which he
often assumes when near his mate, is
one of the prettiest of the common
American birds.
The crop Of raspberries Is never SO
the robin the few he takes in return
for the great service he renders in the
destruction of many forms of insect
life. How hard it is to be generous!
We are at times at loss to under
stand why the pigweed and pursley
riot in undsturbed luxuriance, while
we have such an all fired hard time to
overcome the enemies of the rose The
reason Is doubtless simple, but 1t isn't
apparent
AS ordinarily kept, the tame pigeon.
making it's home in the loft of the big
red barn, does not yield return equal
TO the damage which 1t does to hay
and grain Where one makes bust
ness of raising them and they are kept
confined the case is different.
The recently passed federal pure
food law makes unlawful the treat
ment of sugar with chemicals to
bleach it to the blush white color
which has characterized it for years
Hereafter it will have a yellowish
tinge, but will be just as sweet and
cost just as much
The florists recipe for soil for his
roses is one-thlrd sod, one third clay
and one third we'll rotted manure thor
oughly mixed and allowed to decom-
pose year prior to it's USE This
makes soil which is rich, yet stiff
enough to make ideal conditions for
the roots of the rose.
The two days following their depar
ture from the nest is period which is
fraught with especial danger for the
young birds. We have seen five little
bobtailed wrens leave their tin can
home only to become tender morsel
for an old tabby cat and her brood Of
kittens When 1t is possible the cat
should be kept shut up until the little
birds can acquire the use of their
wings
Barring light feeding Of hay and
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which is kept through the winter:
sheep will practically get living from
the vegetation on the farm which
would otherwise be waste and lost
They prefer weeds to grass, and from
the standpoint of weed destroyers alone
they more than pay their way. Every
farm Of 100 acres should have flock
OF thirty.
An all over bath at the close OF
heated days work is thing that will
prove most enjoyable and refreshing
for both man and horse Where water
is had under pressure and not too cold
the horses in very short time will
come to greatly enjoy shower bath
For the man a bathroom can be ar
ranged with little expense and trouble,
so that be can have spray from an
overhead sprinkle nozzle. plan that
beats two pint wash dish and by
4 wash rag all hollow.