Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1907-03-14


tiers? Better results will be secured
III the pen for feeding is separated
from the sleeping quarters by swing.
ing door.
No farmer has any business to be
anything but an optimist. There is
no one SO closely In touch with nature
as the farmer, and nature is always
hopeful and always progressive. Let
him learn, Of her.
It is we'll to remember that an in.
dustrious female San Jose scale louise
may be the progenitor of more than q
billion offspring in single season.
Good reason for you putting up
strong fight against her. don't you
think?
Horse dealers are predicting lower
prices for 1907, owing to the unusu-
ally large number of horses that are
being got ready for the market. It
is claimed that next winter prices
will be lower than they have been for
several years.
To smoke meat properly the work
must not only be done in the right
way, but at the right time. Clean
sawdust will furnish lots Of smoke,
but don't forget that the meat needs
time to dry as well as to get sufi-
GENTLY darkened by the smoke.
Plant different varieties of fruit
trees together, as they help to fertil.
lie each others blossoms. Alternate
the varieties by planting double rows
of each kind, side by side. Remem-
Der that some varieties are self-ster-
lie and cannot fruit well when plant
ed alone.
It was Walter Scott, 1 think, who
kept track of loaned books by insert
Ing pieces of wood the size of the
books in the vacant spaces and mark
ing on them the borrowers name. Not
bad idea for tools that are loaned.
Place a tag with the borrowers name
on it in the place where the tool is
kept.
Egg expectations for 1906 were
double those for the previous year,
being 100000 dozens for the year,
which aggregated about $1,153,917, or
a fraction more than 20 cents dozen.
The outlook for 1907 is even more
encouraging, and those who engage
in the poultry business are likely to
have good profits.
"Perhydrase milk" is a new steril-
lied milk produced by a couple of
Herman doctors. The process consists
in the use of peroxide of hydrogen to
kill the germs. 1t is said that milk
thus treated does not taste different
from raw milk, but 1t must be kept In
dark place, as exposure to light de-
velops bitter taste. but no germs.
Wife has found an easy method Of
hanging out the small things on the
line these cold winter days. She
takes a short piece Of line and,
stretching it in the house, fastens the
handkerchief and other small arti-
cles to it. It is then simple and
easy task to take 1t out and fasten 1t
to the clothes line. Tell your wife
about it and have her try it.
A successful poulterer recommends
the giving of one grain quinine pills
to the poultry that show signs of
colds, which may be detected by go
ing to the poultry house after dark
with your lantern and listen for the
hens that wheeze or rattle in their
breathing. In this way many cold
that might result disastrously for the
bird and the flock is nipped in the
bud.
The new pure food law is stirring
things up all along the line in the
matter of butter, from the small re
tail dealers back to the very creamery
itself. The law provides that INC
dealer in food or drug products will
be liable to prosecution if he can es
tablish that the goods were sold under
guaranty by the wholesaler, manu-
facturer, jobber, dealer. or other party
residing in the United States from
whom purchased" The retail dealers
are> therefore demanding such guar
anty Of butter merchants. who in turf
are requiring the creameries to guar
antee their output.
Corn clubs among the boys and girl.
of many farming communities hav,
accomplished much good. The mem
bers of the clubs are provided with tn,
corn to plant and are instructed IL
the method of ground preparation
planting, cxltivating and harvesting
Each member must do the work him
self and when the samples OF corn ar,
exhibited competent judges pick tn
winners and award the prizes. Organ
ize corn club in your section. Sucl
enterprises are highly educational an
. tie the boys to the farm as NOTHING
else will.