Connecticut western news., 1907-09-12

tirely aside from the matter of con- venience involved both for the man of the house and the good wife.
 The despised little English sparrow, along with all of his unfavorable points, is capable of disseminating dis ease germs in your hen yard and of making lots of trouble. They are not averse to vermin.
 Judged from q real and defensible standard of value, the best product and asset of our myriad town and country homes consist in the whole some, respectful and happy boys and girls to be found therein.
 A we'll known southern paper asserts that "he who docks a horses tall should be confined naked on a sugar dock in fly time with his hands tied behind him." This is certainly a case in which the punishment would ade quately fit the crime.
 It is questionable If any man has ab. SOIDGu uDH SltalCL lnSdoulC VI iCiiSlOh than he Is in the habit of putting into practice in his home and business rela- tions. A piety that Is put on like garment Sunday morning, and put aside with a fellows clothes Sunday night, is very spurious article.
 If child Is allowed to have his own way up to the age of three years he is quite likely to insist on having 1t after this period. In this respect children are not unlike horses and need ham, ding accordingly If they are to be we'll behaved and tractable when they ar rive at an age of maturity.
 The surface cultivator not only pro- duces q condition of soil that Is ad- vantageous for the growing corn, but its careful use means that the fields will be comparatively free from weeds during the growing seasen and at husking time, which Is a decided source of convenience and satisfaction.
 The chief disadvantage of blue grass sod Ia the orchard lies in the fact that 1t not only pulls largely on the moisture and considerably on the fer tility In the soil, but prevents the earth from readily absorbing the rain that does fall so that 1t wall be availa- systems of the trees.
 There are several localities in which the organization of reading and study clubs among the farmers wives has met With much success, resulting in needed change from fhe routine of household duties and In both interest and benefit to the members. Meetings were held once a month and in homes most conveniently located.
 In cases where wooden or other shields cannot be readily obtained q good way to protect the trunks of young orchard trees from rabbits and mice Is to rub them thoroughly from ground to limbs with some good strong soap. An occasional inspection will in- dicate whether the operation needs to be repeated. Thir Is sometimes the case as the result of prolonged and heavy rains.
 There is surely something wrong in the attitude of the community toward educational matters when there is not collective sor individual. enterprise on the part of the patrons of xhe district sufficient ito cut the weeds and grass on the sch0olhouse lawn once or twice during the summer. It would seem to be line of effort in which what Is everybody's Dusiness is nob0dy's busi- ness and in which one patron is very much afraid that he will outdo his neighbor.
 There are a great many households In which a greater fuel economy might be secured If the housewife and hus- band would drop into the local hard ware store and have the proprietor give them a few primer lessons along the line of running the kitchen and heating stoves so sas to get the largest per cent possible of heat units out of the fuel consumed. There's a heap of hot air goes out of many chimneys lH@t oaSnI h"IhCi lo NooA 'iClualS ano heat the parlor and sitting room.
 There are communities in which the degree of agricultural prosperity which has been attained is quite accurately indicated by the type of barn to be found on the premises. If 1t is 80 1 by 40 or 40 by 50 structure and neatly | painted 1t is quite safe to assume that | the owner has money in the bank and ! Is about ready to begin figuring on i getting possession of the eighty which ! joins his own. There are other con- munities where the type of fences . built is more accurate gauge of the i prevailing, while ia others . 1t may be the type of house.