The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1907-10-11


itabiy used for crop OF some kind
Thus the corners that are eve sores
make places that have become sour
ces of income not surpassed by any
Their parts of the farm.
In this way ten dollars worth Of
drain tile has been known TO redeem
swamp and make It worth hundreds
OF dollars a year ever afterwards.
A days work given to STRENGTHENING
a water course may furnish acres Of
valuable land
We have not seen a small farm that
industry and intelligence could not
make profitable. To do this the own
er must give attention to It steadily.
Plan to set out trees that will grow
we'll Such a thing as transplanting
q tree that will do otherwise should
not be done. Trees are needed by
both the present and the future and
they are fitted to be both very use.
full and ornamental. Consider well
the relation OF kind to soil. Thus Sc
cure good results and not poor ones.
Thus get the best sort OF outcome,
We often see trees that have been
set out to thickly. A tree planted to
make shade ought to be given plenty
of room 10 spread its roots and bran
ches and do its work. A tree that
is set out purely to make wood can
well be grown much closer than a
shade tree; branching beyond what Is
needed for health is damaging to
the like.
We are asked what is the apple
borer and how it proceeds. The Great
ure that does the boring in the stem
starts with beetle brown and white
and about three-forths of an inch
long.
The eggs are deposited during the
early part OF the summer, in the
bark near the ground. Here the lar
vac get Matched, becoming whitish
grubs. which saw their ways into the
free or trees perforating in all -
rections and sometimes completely
girdling the forms occupied,
We measure horses by what are
called hands. What is a hand? This
is based originally on the average
width held to be that Of the human
hand. amounting to four inches. There
appears to be sometimes trouble n
expressing the fractions that thus
arise.
Horses sometimes live to be very
old. We have a reliable account OF a
horse at Tariton, o. that lived to be
between forty and fifty years old DE
was owned throughout life by a Mr.
Karshner OF that place. All the facts
have thus been verified.
II is understood that this horse was
one of several on the farm, and that
at the time he was forty years old
"and did as good a seasons work
as any OF the other horses. Then II
was concluded to be time for the old
horse to retire from active duty. This
animal got to be known as Old Per-
r,.' Some years after he was taken
from labor he was in "first-rate
health. had a good appetite and bid
fair. barring accidents to be about
for several years more,
Many men seek big trees when they
want to plant an orchard. This as
rule is authoritatiyely held to b.
unwise. One who has both experience
and with information on the subjec
saws: BE sure TO buy young tree'
that are not very large. Trees O
this class are not likely to be muc II
jured by transplanting and so d.
better than ones that are older. Thi
is to be acted on for both farminl
and gardening.
We need to rotate our fertilizers
This is not sufficiently remembers
and acted upon. 1t has been foun'
the part OF wisdom to put even tn
soil Of much MANFRED market garden
in what are commonly known a
green crops occasionlly. Thus a ne'
order of things TO prevail for Will
In this way the insects dependin
or the usual crop get starved an
much fertility is liberated to meet
new need and accumulate and pre-
pare II the need that is coming.
Poultry should be regarded as som'
times raised for profit and some
times for pleasure. One who raise
them for profit. not fancy. says tina
a well managed poultry bushes
should pay one hundred per cen
yearly on all capital invested in tn
business.
The fine breeds of both plants an
animals have been made by the praC
tice of care and selection. They ca
be unmade by the neglect of lookin
carefully after these conditions. Dis
appointment and failure go with tn
want of this proper care,