Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-05-14

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The good will Of another person may
often be won just as quickly by asking
"A favor of him as by doing kindness
gor him
Where it is possible without loss Of
self respect it is preferable to have the
syood will rather than the Ill will Of a
Enean cur.
Many an east and west road can be
greatly improved if rows of trees skirt
ang the highway on the south are thin
med so as to let the sun shine on the
road part of the day.
While the puttering and painstaking
4and the swift and slapdab hired man
are both a trihe 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
alntil warm weather has set in for good
=and other vegetation has made de-
s,ided start. Then If frost comes the
s-hance for damage will be much less.
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 legal warning to keep of the
premises.
About the time the yard is raked is
IA pretty good time to inspect the Gel
Ear and see that decayed or decaying
vegetables of all kinds are removed.
Ill., is very natural to overlook the
5sr..-lcB in the cellar because it is large
s4y out OF sight.
If the cornlield is infested with milk
weeds and morning glories it is about
rjme to turn it into pasture for three or
-four years. The presence of these
weeds may be taken as a sign that the
soil needs Il rest from the system of
cropping which has been followed with
II in preceding years.
The common black crow is a much
TNorse enemy to the poultryman than
Abe skunk Or much maigned chicken
hawk, which in spite of it's name sell
dom raids the poultry yard. Where
chickens or turkeys nest in wood lots
adjoining the premises, crows will
rifle the nests every chance they get.
For the gardener on a small scale In
The northern states it is questionable
ST there is Il black raspberry which eX-
'ceis the Older. 1t is perfectly hardy
and does not require covering of any
kind, but propagates from the tip,
while the fruit it bears is Of large size
and fine quality. or those which re-
tulAC SoNeilli, uulIlS tIlc iulcE 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
with both crops there is constant
pull from the soil and no contribution
: 10 it or reinforcing of It, as is the case
When the clovers enter into the rota-
ZION.
Because the expense of hauling
O. crop to market is seldom counted In
he expense Of producing it there does
not seem to be an adequate realization
"of the enormous annual cost OF haul
Eng The various crops produced in this
country to market. While the cost to
ANY individual producer may not be
considerable amount, the aggregate
Tor 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
iy to the fact that the rather small
and early maturing variety of corn IL
A better agricultural asset than the
'%hopplng ear with shoe peg kernels
'that gets pinched with the frost at
both ends of the season and sours on
she cob after it is put into the crib.
While crops of almost all kinds make
"A more vigorous growth in seasons thar
are too wet rather than those that are
100 dry, 1t is noticeable in a period OF
years that small grain is of n better
quality when the rather dry conditions
prevail. while the root crops do better
In the more moist seasons. Scmitrop-
Heal plants like the lima bean. eggplant.
pepper and tomato are partial to both
heat and moisture and flourish best
when these conditions exist.