The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1908-07-03

It takes nearly twice as many sheep.
shearing the same number of pounds,
to bring the revenue for the wool
which was secured last year.
Careful tests conducted by the Ne
braska experiment station show that
skimmilk and corn at the ratio of three
parts to one was more economical
ration for hogs than corn and alfalfa,
corn and clover or corn and bluegrass.
Most any method of exterminating
dandelions on ones lawn is about as
Intellectual as trying to dip up the
ocean with teaspoon when adjoining
lots mature luxuriant drops of the seed
bearing down for the winds to scatter
hither and yon.
Dry hardwood ashes possess a fer
tilizing value Of II cents per bushel.
Such ashes contain from 6 to per
cent of potash and from l to 2 per
cent of phosphorus. AS is the case
with barnyard manure, large portion
of the fertilizing elements is lost
through exposure and teaching.
If you were going to have your ap-
pendix removed you would want a
competent surgeon to have charge OF
the Job. The same thing holds true II
you decide to have your dairy herd
tested for tuberculosis Hire only that
veterinarian who Is up to date and on
to his job. From reports which come
from different sections Of the country
a whole lot Of very coarse and worse
than useless work is being done along
this line.
The seemingly indirect yet powerful
influence that is exerted by a large
tree over a smaller one that may be
In close proximity to it Is shown in the
fact that, while the trees may not
touch either limb or leaf, the smaller
will grow away from the larger, some
times at 80 sharp an angle as to be-
come really deformed. The influence
Of one person upon another, whether
1t be for good or Ill, Is exercised in
much the same unconscious yet power
full manner.
One thing that makes the crab or
knot grass so pestiferous a weed is
the fact it does not get to doing BUSH
ness in the way Of growth and expan-
sion until after the potatoes, corn and
most other garden crops are laid BY
Added to this trait is the fact that 1t
very deep rooted and dourishes in the
hottest and driest weather. About the
only way to stamp the stuff out Is to
stir the soil thoroughly, thus germinat-
ing as many of the seeds as possible,
and to keep the warfare up as long as
Is necessary.
Not only has it been demonstrated
that the use Of the surface or knife
cultivator will make possible a yield
of from ten to twelve bushels per acre
more Of corn than the common four or
six shovel plow, but there is another
feature which makes the former ma
chine useful and valuable, and that Is
it's ability to kill weeds in wet seasons
by cutting them in two just below the
surface and preventing their further
development, as would be the case
were they simply stirred and loosened
with the shovel plow. We have taken
some pains to note the weed growth
in fields in which these two types Of
cultivators have been used, and In
variably the field in which the surface
cultivator had been employed was the
cleaner.
There are q good many folk who arc
human enough to derive considerable
quiet satisfaction out Of seeing the
widow Of some grabbed, tight listed
old codger, who begrudged her every
penny he doled out to her In life, loosen
up the purse strings after his demise.
provide decent equipment for re-
spectacle funeral for her spouse and
incidentally blow in little cash on her
own account In securing some things
that she was promised and set her
heart upon when she was led as a
bride to the marriage altar. A far bet
ter way than this Ii for the husband
to show a reasonable appreciation of
his wife while both he and she are
alive and to exercise becoming gen.
crosby which shall find expression In
something besides odorous flowers
heaped on her casket. In the second
instance both enjoy the use Of the
money spent, while the mutual regard
of one for the other Is likely to be OF
q finer type.
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