The Democratic advocate., 1909-08-06

Il II ~ J pFMOCR1
II one has a brush patch which be
wants cleaned up. nothing will do the
job more quickly and thoroughly than
a bunch Of Angora goats. They are a
veritable scourge In the horticultural
world.
An Illinois poultry breeder has five
White Wyandotte hens which have
laid 1.223 eggs In one year. or an aver
age OF 1884 each. The Oldest hen In
the flock. the mother Of the other four.
laid 253 eggs in eleven morths.
1t Is puzzler how so many kids sur
vlve the August period Of dog day
soaks In swimming holes. green hazel
nuts and half grown apples, but II
seems TINT vast majority OF them
do and are no worse for the ordeal.
Bugs doped with arsenic sre said to
die Of starvation. The important con-
slderation, whatever the diagnosis. is
that an effective kink Is put in their
digestive apparatuses. which keeps
them from further chewing Of trees.
fruits and vegetables.
A Fresno county (caIl pouItryman
has a hen--brced not stated which
has laid 2i4 eggs IN eleven months.
only seven less than the worlds rec
csd. At prevailing prices the eggs this
hen laid were worth about Sc The
cost OF keeping was Sf.44, leaving a
net profit Of S4.58.
Where limbs exceeding an inch in
diameter are cut from the orchard
trees the wound should be painted over
with white lead and oil. coIored with
lampblack II desired. which will keep
the wood from checking aud becoming
source Of Infection for the rot fun.
gus
Alfulfa underground alfalfa hay
cOntiius about II per cent Of protein.
. per ccat ~ sap % per cent Of crude
fiber and : per cent of ash II II be-
cause of the Shove ingredients that II
Is worth pnnnd for pound as much
~ bran and sclls for about the Same
price on the market
Kauas hpids the bipe ribbon for tho
highest price ever paid FOR load Of
farm products Ia the shape of load
OF alfalfa +eod bought by dealer at
Garden city The load weighed 10.
733 pounds. or 32s53 bushels The
price Paid was IS per busbei. and the
value Of thc whole ioad was s2.g3i H.
The Minnesota Agricultural college
has asccruincd through experiments
that the cost OF raising ten tons of
green corn per aero aud putting IL into
the silo Is $3.50 making one pound
Of diRes,iblo nutrients cost % mills
An acre of mangcls yielding twenty
tons cost S3I.i2 90 raise aud harvest.
making pound Of dlgestible nutrients
cost 90 mills. or nearly twice the cost
OF the siIage.
Among the many wonders Of the IN.
sect world none Is more marvellous
than the queen bee She has been
known TO lny as high as 1900 eggs a
day. and during her life of about ave
years II IA estimated that ahc some.
times produces total Of 25O00ooo
eggs without the queen a swarm Of
bces would become extinct IN a short
time Queen bees are scarce. and good
ones bring all the way from 81 10 SIS
apiece.
The owner OF the Canyon ranch IN
Texus hHs been pasturing 10000 sheep
during the present season IN the Ia
Sarge pasture near Knw City. Okla.
The herd Is divided into seven focka.
each being In charge OF a Mexican
horder. who does hia work on foot.
carries n small tent and provisions
about with bin. does bis own cooking
and moves hls flock from place 20
place under the direction OF the Amer.
lean superintendent who has charge
OF thc outfit
An acre Of corn with hills three feet
four inches apart each way viii pro.
duce hfty bushels OF ear corn II tho
stalks IN each bin produce on an nveF.
age n pound OF corn Did they pro-
duce a pound and half per hllI the
yield would be scyenty-fye bushels
per acre. while II two pounds the yield
would be 100 bushels. while the last
yield would he on the bumper order. Il
Is readily scen that II would not be
impossible on rich land with a full
stand OF big corn.
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An Automobile Virtue.
In a thunder storm you can't be In
safer place than d snotorcar." said
an electrician.
Its the tires They insulate you.
With lightning playing all about, the
tires protect the occupants Of the car
perfectly. The occupants are as safe