Connecticut western news., 1907-08-01

mant potatoes planted on the same day. In view of the shortage in the hay crop the country over greater attention will have to be paid to other sub- stitute crops and the more careful se- curing of the corn fodder in localities where 1t has heretofore been handled in careless manner or not secured at all. The necessity of greater care in this matter may, after all, prove a blessing in disguise.
 An excellent solution for use in fight ing the spider, which is one of the worst enemies of the rose family, Is made by soaking bunch of tobacco leaves or old cigar stubs in tub full of water and allowing half bar of soap to dissolve In the same. The rose bushes, including the underside of the leaves, should be sprayed or sprinkled with this solution every day or two. Timber or blue grass growing lux uriantly may usually be accepted by the home seeker as ample evidence that the soil of a locality is fertile and that the annual rainfall is sufficient for the | production of the customary farm crops. Where both these evidences are lacking the settlers suspicious as to the suitability of the country as place of habitation may be justly aroused.
 Michigan agricultural experts have this year secured the cooperation of several railway lines In the sending out of and holding a sort of railroad farm CTS institute. Corn and grain improve ment feed and care of the dairy herd and the selection and care of poultry were subjects which were given es- pecial attention. The move is a very practical one and should result in ben eft to the districts visited.
 If a newly married pair expect to have rumpus and break up house keeping within year after their hon. eymoon, cheap John furniture of most any kind will answer the purpose-in fact the cheaper it Is the less ex- pensive the housekeeping enterprise will prove. But if couple are going into the homemaking enterprise in dead earnest 1t will be found vastly more economical in the long run to pay a good price for the house fur nishings and get correspondingly bet ter quality. Not only does substantial | furniture outlast the shoddy, but 1t affords larger measure of satisfac- tion while 1t Is in use.
 1 While good many cattle raisers make a practice of putting calves on l ration of skim milk re-enforced by some food to take the place of the cream removed after the first few days, others find In the long run that they are money ahead if they keep the calf on a new milk ration for at least l six weeks. One such feeder, who makes a speciality of raising baby beef, tells us that his calves more than make up for this expense and attention dur ing the first few weeks. If such treat ment will produce the best and quick I est baby beef, 1t stands to reason that 1 1t will also give the largest and most | thrifty beef at two and three years old.
 Along with other and varied clubs that are organized and managed sue cessfully by women, one at Trenton, Mo-, is worthy of mention. The wo- men of the city have banded together in what they term a ''clean city" club. This spring, at about housekeeping time, they had a tin can day and made an offer to the small boys of the city of 9 cents a hundred for all the tin cans they could deliver to the commit tee. By nightfall 7S,000 tin cans were delivered, and 1t cost the committed nearly $2O0 for the collection. The re port does not give the interesting data as to what the ladies did with the tin cans.
 Many farmer would consider the installation of a silo on his farm more seriously than he does if. in addition to the initial cost of the silo itself there were not a heavy outlay for the machinery required in the cutting of the corn and the shredding of 1t. h many localities this difficulty is large ly overcome by a group of neighbors cooperating in the purchasing of ma chinery and in the work of filling the silos. Where such a plan is in vogue the fodder corn is planted so as tc have the season for cutting it extend over a considerable time, thus enabling the neighbors to assist one another and yet have all the corn shredded 1T the best condition.
 The influence of food upon the phys ical strength and economic eficiency oi a people is we'll illustrated in the re port which comes from the districts oi Lindau and Allgau, Germany. IT years gone by these districts were noted for the physical strength and TO business of their young men who pre- scented themselves for service in the army. Recently, In an examination oi GOA young men for the service, only twenty were declared qualified. Two hundred and seventeen were listed al doubtful, while 367 were declared wholly unfit for army service. Thil