Connecticut western news., 1907-06-13

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 Posts, like the supply of wood for the kitchen stove, are the better for summer curing and drying.
 A dose of epson salts given in the cows ground feed two weeks before she calves is recommended as bene- fcial by an expert veterinarian.
 Fish never tastes so good as when caught on 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 agrf- cultural enlightenment, 1t 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 hound 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 nost 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 a pie teian 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 uelicate coloring it is par excellence.
 Both colts and boys are the more docile and we'll behaved if their train Ing is taken up at an early stage in their careers. The manageable 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 1t tends to draw one away from interest and participation in the com mon things of life. Instead of putting one on pedestal 1t should reveal to him inherent beauty in the lowly things of life and broaden his sym pathies for and interest in his fellow men.
 It 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 1t Is we'll to use a broad strap or coarse 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 13 provided first class tim Der for fried apple sauce. A further fact that makes the showing a 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. .s.
 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 a season sufficiently long in which to mature a crop of seed. If the seed Is the main object in view, the first 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 pos session of bulletin No. 84, lately issued by the agricultural department at Washington, on "Grasshoppers as 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 tfcally impossible because of the grass