The Democratic advocate., 1908-05-08

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The good will of another person ma.
often be won just as quickly by asking
favor OF him as by doing a kindness
for him.
Where it is possible without loss o
self respect it is preferable to have the
good will rather than the ill will OF
mean cur.
Many an east and west road can b.
greatly improved if rows of trees skirt
ing the highway on the south are thin
ned so as to let the sun shine on th'
road part of the day.
While the puttering and painstakins
and the swift and slapdab hired mai
are both a trifle wearing on one:
nerves, a fellow sleeps better nights i
he has the former rather than the lat
ter on the place.
The uncovering of the Towering
shrubs and fruits should not be done
until warm weather has set in for good
and other vegetation has made de,
cided start. Then if a frost comes the
chance for damage will be much less.
In nine cases out of ten the worst
enemy that the farmer or gardener
has is the "man with the gun" who
periodically raids his premises. The
only kind Of dope that will reach this
pest is legal warning to keep off the
premises.
About the time the yard is raked is
a pretty good time to inspect the eel
lar and see that decayed or decaying 2
vegetables Of all kinds are removed
1t is very natural to overlook the
truck in the cellar because it is large
ly out of sight.
If the cornffeld is infested with milk
weeds and morning glories it is about
fi,lp tn t,1p INT for
four years. The presence of these
weeds may be taken as a sign that the
soil needs rest from the system of
cropping which has been followed with
it in preceding years.
The common black crow is much
worse enemy to the poultryman than
the skunk or much maligned chicken
hawk, which in spite of its name sell
dom raids the poultry yard. Where
chickens or turkeys nest in wood lots
adjoining the premises, crows will
rifle the nests every chance they get.
For the gardener on 4 small scale in
the GOrthern states it is questionable
If there is Il black raspberry which eX-
GELS the Older. 1t is perfectly hardy
and does not require covering of any
kind. but propagates from the tip.
while the fruit it bears is Of large size
and fine quality OF those which re-
quire covering during the winter the
Nemaha is one of the best.
:, lille & rotation of only corn and
oats may result in Il more desirable
condition Of soil than We're corn to fol-
low corn and may perhaps keep in
cheun some pests that work injury to
tie latter cereal, the fact remains that
with both crops there is constant
pull from the soil and 10 contribution
to it OF reinforcing Of it, as is the case
when the clovers enter into the rota-
ton
Because The expense of hauling a
cr0N 20 market is seldom counted in
the expense Of producing it there does
not seem to be an adequate realization
of the enormous annual cost of haul
ms liiN Nti iouo SlOpS plOuuSSu III lulo
country to market. While the cost to
any individual producer may not be a
considerable amount, the aggregate
for all producers amounts to hundreds
of millions Of dollars every year.
The experience which some corn
growers living in the northern part of
the con- belt have had the past two
or three years points quite conclusive
ly to the fact that the rather small
and early maturing variety of corn is
better agricultural asset than the
who2pinS ear with shoe peg kernels
that gets pinched with the frost at
both ends Of the season and sours on
the cob after it is put into the crib.
While crops of almost all kinds make
more vigorous growth in seasons that
ere too wet rather than those that are
too dry. it is noticeable in a period of
years that small grain is of better
quality when the rather dry conditions
prevail, while the root crops do better
in the more moist seasons SemitroD-
ical plants like the lima bean, eggplant
pepper and tomato are partial to both
heat and moisture and flourish best
when these conditions exist.
Reports originating in portions OF
North Carolina are to the effect that
not only has the tanbark industry had
a direct and disastrous effect upon the