Connecticut western news., 1908-05-07

;:5:;:?:?E ;:;':?:?.E $; ;;:!:::!:?E ,: E1f] 1] lRocKmEoRD,K m 4YE| II .&SGN1 SR| CORRESPONDENCE n 1 A SOLICITED W 1 The good will of another person may often be won just as quickly by asking a favor of him as by doing a kindness for him.
 Where 1t is possible without loss of self respect 1t is preferable to have the good will rather than the i'll will of a mean cur.
 Many an east and west road can be greatly improved if rows of trees skirt Ing the highway on the south are thin ned so as to let the sun shine on the road part of the day.
 While the puttering and painstaking and the swift and slapdab hired man are both trife wearing on ones nerves, a fellow sleeps better nights If he has the former rather than the lat ter on the place.
 The uncovering of the Towering shrubs and fruits should not be done until warm weather has set in for good and other vegetation has made a de- cided start Then if a frost comes the chance for damage will be much less. In nine cases out of ten the worst enemy that the farmer or gardener has is the "man with the gun" who periodically raids his premises. The only kind of dope that will reach this pest is a legal warning to keep off the premises.
 About the time the yard is raked is pretty good time to inspect the eel lar and see that decayed or decaying
 
 It is very natural to overlook the truck in the cellar because 1t is large | ly out of sight
 l If the cornfield is infested with milk weeds and morning glories 1t Is about 1 time to turn it into pasture for three or l four years. The presence of these weeds may be taken as a sign that the soil needs a rest from the system of cropping which has been followed with 1t in preceding years.
 The common black crow is a much worse enemy to the poultryman than the skunk or much maligned chicken hawk, which in spite of its name sell dom raids the poultry yard. Where chickens or turkeys nest in wood lots adjoining the premises, crows will rife the nests every chance they get.
 For the gardener on a small scale In the northern states it is questionable if there is black raspberry which ex- cells the Older. It is perfectly hardy and does not require covering of any
 
 while the fruit 1t bears is of large size and fine quality. Of those which re- quire covering during the winter the Nemaha is one of the best.
 While a rotation of only corn and oats may result in a more desirable condition of soil than were corn to fol- low corn and may perhaps keep in check some pests that work injury to the latter cereal. the fact remains that witE both crops there is a constant pull from the soil and DO contribution to it or re-enforcing of It. as is the case when the clovers enter into the rota- ton.
 Because the expense of hauling n crop to market is seldom counted in the expense of producing it there does not seem to be an adequate realization of the enormous annual cost of haul ing the various crops produced in this country to market. While the cost to any individual producer may not be n considerable amount, the aggregate for all producers amounts to hundreds of millions of dollars every year.
 The experience which some corn growers living in the northern part of the corn belt have had the past two or three years points quite conclusive | ly to the fact that the rather small md early maturing variety of corn Is a better agricultural asset than the whopping ear with shoe peg kernels that gets pinched with the frost at both ends of the season and sours on the cob af,er it Is put into the criby
 While crops of almost all kinds make more vigorous growth in seasons that are too wet rather than those that are