Connecticut western news., 1907-04-18

It Is we'll before the spring rains cistern and making any repairs to the cement work.
 Cheap John furniture is like some folks that one now and then runs across-put up pretty good appear ance until the veneer rubs off. The real thing is underneath.
 In the long run the greatest measure of economy is effected in the matter of purchasing seeds by paying good prices for the best that can be had. Any oth- CT course involves inexcusable eXtrav- agance.
 Does the goodwife need a new bon net, dress or cloak this spring? Per. haps she has been too modest to call
 
 barely possible that you have been so with business that you haven't thought about the matter.
 While a small hoof in sire may seem to be preferable from the stand point of appearance, the expert horse man looks upon it with dstrust, pre- ferring rather the broad hoof of gen. erous proportions as less likely to pro- duce lameness and kindred difficulties.
 Instead of raking up the leaves this spring and burning them scatter them on the garden with the manure or oth- CT litter and blow or spade under. Thus disposed of they return to the soil a much needed humus and fertiliz- ing element. From the standpoint of soil economics the burning of leaves is all wrong.
 The peaole of Paris are said to have eaten 225ooC00 pounds of horseflesh during the year 1906, an added fact to account for the present high price of horses. A good many American crow baits must have been worked up into toothsome dishes by the thrifty French if these figures are to be taken as authentic.
 One of the most profitable 6ays in all the springs work is that spent in get ting the corn planter ready for busi- ness. If this is properly done and the seed corn selected is of uniform type md size. fellow can ride the planter when the work is being done and listen to it's rhythmic click with the full as- Surance that the machine is doing it's full duty.
 There is many a man who wouldn't rob his neighbours henroost or tell deliberate lie who will come pretty close to smashing the Decalogue when 1t comes to ordinary financial transac- tions. A thrift acquired in early years under conditions of necessity has been allowed to develop into detestable in later years of affiuence, with the result that the perspective is obscured and ones sense of right and wrong seriously blunted.
 Wisconsin horse raising interests have been put on a much better basis as the result of a law lately passed which provides for the inspection and registration of breeding stallions. Un- der its terms nothing but pure bred and registered sires can be used for public breeding purposes. This means the wedding out of scrub and unsound horses and stop to the multiplication of their progeny. A similar law should be on the statute books of every state.
 Contrary to a notion held by a good many, robins and other birds whose the fruit grower has to con- tend with prefer wild fruit to tame. la the stomachs of 300 robins exam ined were found the seeds of forty-two varieties of wild fruits and only four or five domestic For this reason the de- partment recommends the planting of wild fruits in close proximity to the orchard and garden, so as to give the birds supply of food.
 One level headed farmer we know makes it rule to plant an average Of four kernels of corn to the hill. he having found out by experience t1... even if the seed is good the stand Of corn at caring time is pretty likely to be reduced to about three stalks. As result of this practice he not only is assured of a good stand. but a bumper yield as we'll It is a good deal sim pier job to thin corn out if it is too thick than to fill in in case the stand is poor.
 While the crow is quite generally and quite properly rated as an all round nuisance, scientific investigators of the department of agriculture have of late come forward with the claim that. while crows are ravenous corn eaters, this fault is more than atoned for by their usefulness in destroying harmful insects. In the stomach of one crow the Investigators found the man. dibles of ninety grasshoppers. How