The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1909-08-20

A good table relish may be had dur
ing the early fall days If some string
beans are planted early in August !
after some other garden crop has been
removed. They will be appreciated be-
gone by.
A Texas farmer living twenty miles
from Ell Paso last year raised water
melons under dry farm conditions
with rainfall of but 9.S4 inches dur
ing the year. 1t would sort Of puzzle
a fellow to tell just where the juice
in these melons came from.
Unlike some other products. partic-
ularly those kept for long periods of
time in cold storage, comb honey keeps
best if stored where it Is warm and
dry. in temperatures ranging from 20
to 30 degrees. Exposed to frost and
dampness it deteriorates very rapidly.
The Weyerhauser lumber interests
have given 1900 acres of land near the
headwaters of the Mississippi in Min
nesota to the state agricultural college
to be used for experiments in scientific
forestry. Here an attempt will be
made to work out some Of the more
important general forestry problems.
and particularly those pertaining to
Minnesota and adjacent states.
Not Of n a pa nf
to speak of the large numbers of fruit
trees which grow along the roadsides
and furnish large quantities of fruit
for nearby residents. the boys and girls
especially approaching the advantage.
1t seems pity that this idea couldn't
be adopted in America and some of the
soil fertility that is being exhausted
to produce roadside weeds devoted to
growing fruit instead.
There is something in human nature
that seems to make it impossible for
some folks who get started on the
downward road to really come to
themselves until they have struck the
last ditch-so low down that they take
their provender from the hog trough
as did the prodigal. or even worse
This makes mighty rough shedding
but it is about the only thing that will
bring a body to his senses.
The foxtaiI or wild barley is coming
to be one of the worst weed pests il
many sections. requiring good dea
Of work to eradicate. Botanists seen
undecided whether to classify 1t as .
winter annual or as a semi-perennial
1t is hardy. ripens its seed early. ant
the fuzzy character of its seed heat
enables the wind to scatter it widely
Thorough and clean cultivation is thu
best method of getting rid Of It,
Many a farm could easily produce
the bulk of the sweets produced on 1t
own table If two or three hives of bee
were kept. Literature on the matte
is easily available In the shape Q
degree of attention required for thei
proper care is light. Pure. fresh hone
from the home hives is both cheape
than and far superior In quality to til
"honeydew" maple sirups for whic
one has to pay dollar gallon.
A resident of Reading. Pa. depar
ing from the usual practice Of havin
: his apiary in his back yard or orchart
has fitted up his garnet for this pu
pose and there has some forty hive
The bees have access to the roo
through holes bored just beneath til
window stills. They seem contented
their odd quarters and store the
} sweets there Just as generously as az
among the grass and flowers. some &C
) onies producing as much as 800 poun(
during Il season.
Instances Of death from Gescendii
into wells long unused are of too fl
4 quent occurrence. In such instanc
D death is due to the presence In Il
!, well of carbon dioyidc. which. bell
a heavy. settles to the bottom and
a which it is impossible for hum.
II being to breathe. II is always W,
t before going into such well to low
d a lantern by means of rope. If
II continues to burn at the bottom
l. means that the life giving oxygen
It there and that it is safe to descer
G If the light goes out the presence
b carbon dioxide is shown. and Il
It means that death turks at the botto
Ties which are being scattered alo
most railways for repair work Il
Is black as your hat. showing evidence
2 treatment with creosote. one of (
d most effective wood preservativ
# known. Years ago the abundance a
,r cheapness OF ties were such that
f. question was one Of minor conside
IT ton. but today even poor ties CO
u sixty cents apiece. II is estimated T.
70 the crpnSote bath costs from thirty
1t fifty cents per tie aud increases its !
q. three or four times. During Il
10 l6.0GhG00 gallons CT creosote W.
" used in preserving timber. rs well
l9,000.000 pounds Of zine chloride.