The Democratic advocate., 1908-05-15

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Virtually the entire acreage o.
orange trees growing today on the Pa
cific slope came from a slip of a nave
orange tree imported from Brazil some
twenty years ago
The fellow who WILL tolerate a fort!
dollar sire in his herd Of beef or dairy
cows may be properly styled an agrl
cultural stand patter of a very hope
less and sorry type.
Scrub sires are quite likely to b.
found on the farm Of the fellow wh'
trusts Providence for a stand Of seet
corn and plants his potatoes by a Ger
tain phase of the moon.
The peach crop Of the country ha
suffered it's regular annual freeze ant
extinction-in the columns of the dali!
press. Packing time will have to b'
relied on to give an accurate status o.
the situation.
Never before have oranges been sc
plentiful and so fine both from the
standpoint of quality and size as they
are this year. They have been especial
ly enjoyed because apples have beer
both poor and scarce.
If field counted on for the growing
of corn is considerably below standard
in point of fertility it will quite likely
produce larger crop of corn from an
average stand of two than from g
stand of three or four kernels to the
hill
A treat that the family of the coun'
try resident will enjoy when they
come to town is once in awhile a din
ner at the hotel or attending an inter
esting and wholesome play. Many
take advantage of such opportunities
but many more do not.
Those who have kept close track of
the number of field mice, gophers and
rabbits devoured by the average "hen''
hawk have estimated its cash value to
the farmer at $40 per annum. In view
of these figures there is certainly no
money in killing this bird.
The department of horticulture at
the University of Wisconsin has in the
greenhouse Il banana tree which has
this year come into fruitage and borne
and ripened large bunch of bananas.
This is the first time that this has oc-
Cured at point so far north.
In estimating the total returns from
his farm during the year the owner
he and his family have had from it in
the course OF the year, an item which
in the expense account of the fellow
in town runs all the way from $3.50 to
5000.
An eastern experiment station which
has tested various kinds of feed for
work horses reports that one Of the
most effective and nutritive rations is
composed of Il hundred pounds of corn
meal, hundred pounds of ground
oats and fifty pounds of wheat mid
dlings.
The verdict of those who have made
close study Of the habits of the COM
mon ground mole is that the damage it
does in ridging up the soil in garden or
on lawn is more than atoned for by its
destruction Of the common white grub.
which constitutes its chief article of
food. 1t is the mice which sometimes
follow In the burrow of the mole which
do damage to the roots of plants and
shrubs.
Luxuriance Of growth in the common
garden flowers may be to some extent
Influenced by the vigor and thriftiness
of the parent stock. but is quite likely
to be more largely determined by the
richness Of the soil in which the seed
is sown or the plants are set. A rich
soil, coupled with abundant moisture
and that degree of sunshine or shade
which the particular variety seems to
demand, will produce the desired re-
suits.
With a view to increasing it's stock
of game birds, Kansas is undertaking
the experiment of introducing Hun
garian partridges, ten pairs Of which
species having been recently turned
loose on ranch near Cottonwood
Falls. These birds resemble the com
mon quail of Kansas. but are larger
being about two-thirds the size of
prairie chickens. 1t is believed that
the new birds can be successfully prop
agated under conditions which prevail
in the state.
In some of their ways dogs are not
unlike the human species. The in
stances are comparatively frequent
where dogs that are models of pro-
priety and good behavior in the day
time will, under cover Of darkness,
when the folks on the place are abed.
range over the country for miles
around. raiding sheep herds, chasing
cattle and horses in pasture, raising
the deuce generally and seeming to
show an instructive belief In the falla-
cy that they are not going to lose
standing and reputation for that which