The Democratic advocate., 1908-08-14

The total value Of the olive crop for
Greece in the year 1867 is reported ~
have been S12.O00,O00.
An Oregon apple grower last year
shipped several thousand boxes of ap-
Piles to Australia and sold them at a
substantial profit This year he plans
to increase these shipments to 10000
boxes.
In the light Of present day forestry
agitation the title of the poem which
we used to recite when children in
school, "Woodman, Spare That Tree, "
has q good deal more meaning than 1t
did at the time the author penned it.
The pail or barrel on which hoops
have burst and which threatens to fall
to pieces may be rendered serviceable
by the use of homemade wire hoops.
These should be measured, cut to the
desired length, the ends twisted fast
and then driven on tight.
1t is a pretty good index of the kind
of farmer a fellow Is if he wants to
keep the manure pile at the smallest
size possible and doesn't care a bit
when it is spread on to the land. Usu-
ally such fellows have a crouch against
the fate that attends them and lam
baste the existing political and eco
nomic order.
A friend of the writer who is this
year working his 400 acre farm with
out other help than that of his own
wife, boys and girls is wisely following
the plan Of giving them an outing
varies the monotony of the hard work
whenever the oportunity offers. This
they are doing and likewise makes
them feel that their efforts are appre-
ciated. This is a plan that might be
followed to advantage by more farm
owners.
e Chicken lice, like weeds, flourish in
warm weather. For this reason the
poultry, especially that kept in confine
ment, should be provided with boxes
containing dust, sulphur and wood
ashes, while the henhouse, nests and
roosts should be given frequent appli-
cations Of whiteWash and coal oil and
be frequently disinfected with sulphur
fumes Sickly and ailing chicks as
well as dumpy and Improbable fiocks
of hens are often the direct result of
these louise and mite pests. During
the present season we have noted To-
calities where hundreds Of chicks were
killed off by them as If it were by
pestilence.
Apple growers in the vicinity Of New
Haven entertain serious fears of a
failure Of their crop because of the
ravages Of leaf eating worm which
has lately put in an appearance in that
section. The worm is reported to be
Of yellowish green color and about
q quarter of an inch in length. Leaves
attacked by the pest look like sieves,
and there are a number Of orchards in
which hardly a whole leaf remains. |
Specimens Of the worm, together with
leaves attacked, have been sent to the
state experiment station in the hope
that some remedy may be forthcoming.
The worms seem to spread with great |
rapidity, and unless some treatment |
can be applied to check them it would
seem to require but few weeks for
the complete destruction Of the apple
In, oil rrv1,a h1 1,,oI
been at work
There Is no justice or righteousness
In the effort Of the oleomargarine man
alias the beef trust, to
palm beef grease off on an unsuspect-
ing public in the belief that 1t is a high |
toned, strictly reliable dairy butter.
doubt oleo is just as whole
some If not as toothsome an article as
pure dairy butter, but consumers
should not be deceived into buying it
for such or paying dairy butter prices
for 1t. The department Of agriculture
has rightly decided that under the fed
eral pure food law oleomargarine must
bear a label to that effect, so that the
purchaser can tell at a glance that 1T
Is not butter. If the oleo chaps have
such yearning to put product on
the market which will pass for "west-
ern extras" they would better go out
of the packing business and buy herds
of dairy cows. There ought to be no
cross lots shorter than this.
A wide awake high school in Min
nesota town has purchased ten acre
tract of land in the vicinity which is
being handled this season as fruit
and vegetable patch. If this garden is