The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-06-13

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From the very nature of the case it
is unreasonable to expect too much
from the dual purpose horse, COW or
hen
During the eighteen months ending
in February, 1907, the fruits imported
into the United States amounted to
$160S6.236 OF this total the amount
paid for bananas was $6,662, Pa, or
414 per cent.
A restless disposition in the horse
may be aggravated or quoted by the
kind treatment received. The careful
owner can subdue a fractions animal,
while careless tender can practically
ruin the best tempered.
The flock of hens, especially if they
are closely confined, should be pro-
vided with a dust bath. Fine sand or
dust from the middle Of the road to
which a pound of sulphur has been
added answers the purpose very nicely.
Chrysanthemums are gross feeders,
and the luxuriance and beauty of the
blossoms next November and Deem
Der will depend to quite an extent
upon the amount of fertilizer with
which they are supplied during the
growing season.
Some one who has had experience in
the matter recommends moth balls as
excellent to put into the nest of the
sitting hen to ward off lice and mites
If the smell Of the little stinkers can
be taken as evidence they certainly
ought to do the business in good shape.
A Kansas poultryman, not satisfied
with old Biddy or the ordinary incu-
bator as a means of Matching eggs, has
built a mammoth brick incubator in
which he can hatch 1000 eggs at a
time. A good many folks less ambi-
tious will be quite sure that he will
have an elephant on his hands.
The state Of Illinois has "a, 141 miles
of public roads. OF this amount $500
miles are surfaced with gravel. /, 1866
with stone and a few miles with brick,
Stag and burnt shale. Although the
total mileage is large, the showing in
miles Of finished roads compares very
favorably with the showing Of other
states.
During the month of February there
were manufactured ST., 795 pounds Of
colored and 7O91,451 pounds of UNI
colored oleomargarine This is not a
patching to the monthly output when
it masqueraded under the guise of gilt
edged dairy butter. People buy it now
on it's merits and don't seem to want
SO much.
If the teeth of the old family horse
get out of whack, and he doesn't seem
to do first rate on the whole corn and
Oat ration, take him to some good vet
erinarian and have the edges of his
molars filed down, and If this doesn't
suffice, have the grain ration ground
With this done he will soon get in
good condition
Cleaning the sWiIl barrel every two
or three days with salsoda solution
and scrub brush is practice that is
being followed by a good many up to
date hog raisers. While this doubtless
would have appeared ridiculous enough
twenty-five years ago, it seems to be
entirely in keeping with good horse
sense and the latest ideas on cleanli-
ness and sanitation
The other morning while the family
was at breakfast a Wisconsin farmer
was kicked in the pit Of the stomach
by vicious horse and found in the
manure behind the horse a short time
after. The owner of a vicious. ugly
horse runs about the same risk in han
ding him and caring for him that he
would in blowing up stumps with stick
dynamite. In both instances it is we'll
to let the job out to some other fellow.
There are very few varieties Of tame
cherries that can withstand the winter