Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1908-05-30

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Since the old Jersey hos" came
fresh there has been living IN the writ.
ers home. Before that for couple
OF months It was just existing
\ plentiful sowing OF beets or man
gel wurtzcls this spring will furnish II
nourshing and succulent ration for the
milk cows next fall and winter and one
that they will greatly enjoy
A slow rain of from one-half to
three-quarters OF an inch which soaks
into the ground AS IL falls. does more
real good than the three inches which
comes down in buckets fun In the
average thunderstorm.
The thing that makes the bur oak
hard tree TO transplant is also respOn
slble for It's standing more drought than
many other varieties of trees-a tap
root which goes down deep until It
strikes II stratum of permanent mois-
ture
The broad gauge patriotic citizen If
he does not have heavy load aboard
will drive his team in the center Of the
newly graded road II is very natural
to leave this preliminary travel on n
new road for the next fellow who
comes along.
The blue grass pasture furnishes an
almost ideal and properly balanced ra-
ton for stock. This is indicated not
only by the relish with which they eat
the grass but the good il does them
IN the matter Of growth or in milk or
meat production
It Is questionable whether II pays TO
try to veal i calf that can only be- fed
n skimmilk ration during the first three
or four weeks After this time the but
he in part substituted by shelled corn
and boiled Haxseed meal.
Unlike most other members of the
clover family. alsike does well on wet
soil II should be sowed In late sum
mer or early fall when the ground can
be worked to the best advantage and
when maximum work shall have
been done In the matter Of killing weed
seed In the soil
Good feed, kind treatment and a re
llably made cream separator are pretty
sure to mean success with the dairy
or course ii is taken for granted in
this statement that the members Of
the dairy herd have been tested and
that only those that are paying their
board bill are on haud.
II Is due 10 the children In the home.
but particularly to the good wife,
whose view of the outdoor world is so
often circumscrIbed by IT, that the
front yard should he utilized for some
thing beside chicken ranch ar hog
lot Hogs are all right in their place.
but that Is out back OF the barn.
Some one has said that the forests
Of the country are one OF natures say
ings banks Accepting this statement
as substantially correct, II is fair 10
state that whole lot Of bank wreck
ing is going on IN the suicidal and short.
sighted forest policy which is being
followed by the commercial interests
OF the country.
In the mammoth wheattclds of the
Pacific coast states harvesting opera.
lions are done on scale to correspond.
\ machine called the header and
hauled by from twenty 10 sixty head
of horses or an immense gasoline trac-
tion engine and cutting a swath -four.
teen feet ia width heads. thrashes,
tttdilN duu SaNhS Aiie As0Au ia hAAt
process.
Very few enemies of the rose bed
will be able 10 do II harm n IL Is
given thorough spraying every morn
Ing with the garden hose with the wa
ter under good pressure. Sprayed as
often as this, the lice, slugs and other
pests are not given time enough 10
prosecute their work being uncere-
moniously knocked of 10y the force
OF the water.
Inasmuch as dirt Is the common
name for microbes and bacteria. the
less dust and dirt there are nj milking
time the freer from germs of various
kinds will the milk be. The most care
ful dairymen not only see that the
hack and sides are brushed carefully