The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1908-07-10

the CABBAGE plants aICer luey udFt
begun to head Some one who has
tried it speaks highly of black pepper
as an effective dose for the green
worms when they begin work on the
cabbage.
1t is generally conceded that home.
made fertilizers are not only in the
long run the cheapest, but the most
effective as we'll from the standpoint
Of crop production. 1t need hardly be
said that these can only be produced
in considerable amounts under stock
raising or dairy system of farming.
Clifford Pinchot, chief forester of the
department of agriculture, recently
made a statement to a congressional
investigating committee to the effect
that, at the present rate of cutting,
the spruce supply Of New Hampshire
would be exhausted in twenty-five
years, in New York in eight years, in
Minnesota in nine years and in Maine
in twenty-eight. 1t was his further
opinion that these lands could be cut
over again in thirty years.
The boys and girls who acquire the
habit Of helping in all ways possible
about the house are acquiring habits
that will go long way toward max
ing them desirable husbands and
wives when they start housekeeping
on their own hook. Usually the IA
ther who plays ball and goes fishing
now and then with his boys has little
trouble in securing either their respect
or their obedience and can count on
them to help him out if he gets in a
pinch.
The seed corn gospel which has been
preached so persistently for the past
two or three years seems to be bearing
definite fruit this year in the shape of
a much improved stand of corn in most
sections of the corn belt. Reports from
many quarters are to the effect that the
stand this year is from 10 to 25 per
cent better than it was last, and this in
spite Of the fact that not in years has
good seed corn been a scarcer article at
any price than it was this spring. This
means that extra precautions were tax
en- to thoroughly test the seed and in
the preparation of the ground before
planting.
All of our readers are acquainted
with the fact that one of the greatest
pests with which the agriculturist has
to contend in Australia is that Of rab-
bits. The origin of the pest is mat
ter of interest. About a generation
ago, roughly thirty-fve years, an Eng
lish born resident of the continent be-
came homesick and thought it would
be fine to have some English rabbits
playing about his place. AS a result
he imported pair. Conditions were
favorable, and the animals increased
with enormous rapidity until today the
government has standing offer of
100000 for any one VINO will devise a
practical means Of exterminating them,
while immense sums of money havs
been spent by the government and in
dividuals in an effort to keep the rab-
bits in check.
A recent bulletin issued by the de-
partment of agriculture on Rabies"
besides giving in detail the results OBJ
tanned by different methods Of treat
ing the disease, describes the progress
which has been made in stamping it
out by preventive measures. Among
others, the case Of Prussia is cited,
where prior to 1876 rabies had been
prevalent, especially in the city of
Berlin. In that year law was passed
which provided for the killing Of all
dogs suspected of having rabies and
the muzzling and leading Of all dogs
when in public places. This led
to the complete eradication of the dis
ease, no case having occurred in Ber-
lin since 1888. In Australia the disease
has never been known because tie in
fectious agent has never gained foot
hold on the continent, and in recent
years the government has prevented
such an occurrence by the enactment
Of laws which absolutely exclude the
It is refreshing to note that leading
agricultural papers of the country not
only do not carry booze ads. of any
description, but are very emphatic as
we'll as indignant in their denial of
the claim recently made by the Brew
ers' association that the spread of the
temperance sentiment over the cOun-
try was going to ruin or at least bring
hard times on the farmer as a result
Of decreasing the demand for corn and
other grains in the manufacture Of
whisky and beer. One journal of the
above class states with truth that one
of the chief items Of expense which
the farmers of the country have to bear
in the shape Of taxes is criminal court
expense, in many cases the direct re-
suit of the sale of intoxicating liquor.
The rather extreme and in many
cases high handed methods which
have been followed by the Kentucky
Tobacco Growing association in har-
assing Independents or those mem
bers Of the association who would not
abide by their price agreements have
been deemed necessary in struggle
which the organized tobacco growers
have been waging against the tobacco
trust, which, if it could have its way.
would beat the price of the plant down
to point where there would be little
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