The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-06-20

A dose OF epson salts given in the
cows ground feed two weeks before
she calves is recommended as bene-
fetal by an expert veterinarian.
Fish never tastes so good as when
caught on a days outing and served
hot from the frying pan within three
quarters of an hour after being pulled
out of the water.
In addition to destroying large
amounts Of grain for the farmer, the
rat is considered a prolific source in
the spreading of contagious diseases
among both men and animals.
In view of the present era of agri-
cultural enlightenment, it goes without
saying that to make the best success
in agriculture one needs proper prep
aration and education, just as for the
largest usefulness in other pursuits.
Frequent cultivation is not only best
for the young orchard, but also for the
block of young evergreens that has
been set out for windbreak. Sod
bound trees Of whatever kind bake and
dry out in the July and August sun.
1t is a conviction that is every day
forced home that the people who are
most prone to bite like suckers on all
kinds OF confidence and skin games
seldom read, or if they do read have no
mental faculty for making deductions
and applications in their own case.
From what may possibly be pie
beian and uncultured standpoint Of
floral beauty, it is hard to find any
Towering tree or shrub that surpasses
the Soulard crab just before it breaks
into full bloom. In both fragrance and
delicate coloring it is par excellence.
Both colts and boys are the more
docile and well behaved if their train
ing Is taken up at an early stage in
their careers. The unmanageable three
year-old and the boy at sixteen who
knows no respect for legal or parental
authority are the natural result of
similar conditions of neglect.
Education is clearly misdirected
when it tends to draw one away from
interest and participation in the COM
mon things Of life. Instead Of putting
one on a pedestal it should reveal to
him inherent beauty in the lowly
things Of life and broaden his sym
pathies for and interest in his fellow
men.
1t is well to make inspection of the
fruit and shade trees about the home
and see that no clothesline or other
wire or rope is allowed to get imbedded
in the bark. Where it is found neces-
sary to use such trees as posts it is
well to use a broad strap or coarse
rope to encircle the tree, so that the
wire may not come in direct contact
with 1t.
Wealthy apples taken from the bot
tom of a barrel, in which they were
placed wrapped in pieces of paper last
fall, on May Ii provided first class tim
Der for fried apple sauce. A further
fact that makes the showing q good
one touching the keeping quality of
the Wealthy was the fact that the
vegetable cellar adjoined a furnace
room and could not be kept as cold as
was suitable for the apples.
The summer season is so short in the
northern part of the corn belt that if
the first crop of clover is allowed to
stand until it reaches the best stage
FOR hay the second growth often does
not have season sufficiently long In
which to mature crop Of seed. If the
seed Is the main object in view, the
Grst cutting for hay should be taken
from the ground a week or ten days
earlier than is customary when hay is
the chief object.
Those growing alfalfa or planning to
take up its culture should be in DOS
session of bulletin No. "a, lately issued
by the agricultural department at
Washington, on ''Grasshoppers as i
Factor In Alfalfa Culture Not only
is the extent of the damage from this
pest indicated, but best methods are
discussed for counteracting their work.
There are portions of the country
where alfalfa culture is rendered prac-
tically impossible because Of the grass
hopper pest.
The top grated tree in which the
scion grows faster than the trunk may
be helped considerably by taking
sharp knife and cutting through the
soft outer bark in four or five places.
beginning at the ground, holding the
knife with point toward the center Of
the tree and cutting up perpendicular
~ to the point Of union with the graft
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