Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1908-01-09


Take a little rest after the midday
meal. To rush out into the hot sun
and resume the hard work too soon
after eating is to invite discomfort,
IL not Illness.
A good deal Of fun has been poked
| at the straw bonnet OF the horse, but
| IL has proved a most humane and use
full article of the horses equipment on
a hot day.
II is announced that the Farmers
I Union of Texas, in addition to it's
running OF cotton gins, oil mills and
warehouses, is going into the country
| store business The experiment will
be watched with interest.
BY the action of the Illinois rail-
road and warehouse commission, de-
natured alcohol has been placed on
the classified list as an article Of COM
merce. Illinois is the first state to
take such action.
In making up your fruit packages
be sure and give full measure. II will
help your standing with your market
man and will help him sell the goods,
which will create a stronger demand
another year for your fruit and bring
better prices.
In most breeds cockerels will crow
at or before five months of age. But
we had a cockerel this year which
was scarcely three months old when
he began to stretch up and crow. Who
has a preCociOus youngster that can
beat that?
The haying is not all done unless
you have moved the corners OF the
fields. Think the extra hay you get
doesn't pay for the trouble? Remem-
Der that you not only get the hay, but
you remove a breeding place for In
sect pests.
How are the trees doing you set last
spring? Keep your eye on them and
give them all the encouragement you
can, such as an extra drink in a dry
time and the stirring of the soil above
the roots to keen dust mulch there
to prevent evaporation of moisture
Fodder in the silo that has depth
will keep better than in one which is
larger in circumference and not so
high, as in the former the fodder is
under greater pressure, packs more
closely and thus excludes the air. Re-
member this when building a silo
The future OF the tree depends much
on the proper treatment being given
1t at the time of treatment of trees
at the time Of planting. A large part
of the root system of the tree has
been cut off in digging. Cut off the
bruised and broken ends and thin out
the crowding and interlacing roots.
The claim that there was a higher |
nutritive value in the brown-shelled
egg over the white-shelled egg is not |
borne out by the experiments conduc- |
ted by the California experiment sta |
ton to determine this point. There |
was practically no difference between |
the two groups as to food value.
In an experiment at the Iowa eXper-
iment station sweet milk and shorts
as feed for pigs gave the greatest
amount of gain. Other stations have
found that ground oats and sweet |
milk gave nearly as large returns.
Corn showed the smallest gains up
to the time the pigs were four months |
of age.
A COW ought to grow better every
year until her prime is passed, which
varies with different cows. l know
one COW that is seven years old which
with her last calf has shown a \
marked increase in her milk yield
and promises to grow still better.
But she has had the right kind of
treatment, and it is only such cows
that are apt to prove profitable
R. w. Rives, the American who OFF,
ciated at the international horse show
in London to judge the heavy harness
horses and trotters, says American
horses do not compare with English
horses in any respect If this is true
international horse shows are worth
while as object lessons. 1t devolves
now on American horsemen to i'm
prove their stock until the present
verdict is reversed.
Begin early to wage war on the OBJ