Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1909-06-29

The reason why so many men never
get used to wearing their sets of false
teeth is that they put them in their
vest pocket at mealtime, under their
pillow when asleep and most any
where when at work.
The next worst thing to occupying Il
lot in the cemetery is for the boy from
eight to sixteen to get snagged with
the cigarette habit. Fact is, he is il
more useful member Of society in tip
former than in the latter capacity.
Instead of driving around a wagon
or cart with milk in large cans. the
Italian milk vender drives his flock OF
goats from house to house and milks
as much as his patron may want. Milk
delivered in this way has the merit of
being fresh and undiluted.
Milk production is had at cheapest
cost when pastures are flush in the
early summer. The recognized best
and cheapest substitute for pasture
grass is ensilage. If this is to be taken
advantage of the coming winter the
plans for the silo should be looked up
now.
Destructive processes are always
much more rapid than constructive.
This is why a profane, careless and
brutal hired man can do more harm
with a herd of dairy COWS or the farm
horses in six weeks than the owner OF
a careful nan can offset in twice as
many months.
The jungle fowl of Australia builds
a nest that is In a class by Itself. 1t
is in the shape of a mound. being often
IS feet in height and $50 in circum-
ference at the base. The nests are
usually placed in secluded, sheltered
spots and are built Of leaves, grass
and twigs woven together.
The man who has Il bunch of dairy
cows which he is not milking just for
the fun of it and won't invest Il dol
lar a year in some good dairy paper is
a good deal like the small boy who
thinks he can get an education without
going to school. In both cases there
Is q lamentable failure in the adapta-
ton of means to end.
The COW can overload on most any
thing that is not in itself injurious and
not have her digestive apparatus put
out Of whack. Not so with the horse,
which often gets out of condition sim
ply by the continuance of a hearty
working ration into a comparatively
short period of idleness. This differ
ence suggests the wisdom Of exercising
IN especial oversight IN the case of the
horse.
An interesting illustrator of what
may be done in the line of plant de-
velopment and breeding is found in the
case of sugar bccts, whose sugar on
tent has been increased from s or 10 to
as high as 20 per cent. Where a bust
ness is made of raising the seed all of
the beets intended for seed are given
the sugar test. and only those found
to possess a high per cent are used in
seed production.
A tendency which is bound to affect
not only future wheat prices, but ever
more vitality the agricultural Welfare
of sections at present growing this
staple, is noticeable in a material re
duction of acreage in the wheat grow
ing sections and the substitution Of
other crops In rotation which do not
mean so heavy a pull on the fertility
Of the soil. With an ever increasing
number of mouths to feed this means
of necessity higher breadstuffs. but 1t
also means a better type of agriculture
where the change is effected.
A good many dairy states might well
follow the example Of Kansas, which
has inaugurated a vigorous campaign
against tuberculosis. An appropria-
ton by the state legislature is to be
used for the purpose. and the plan is
to have all dairy herds in the state
examined during the next two years.
AS fast as herds are examined all in
fected animals will be tagged on the
ear with aluminium buttons, which
means that the owner must either kill
the animal or ship 1t to market at once
for immediate slaughter.
Owing to the generally recognized
truth that the average mar will not
work as we'll for another as he will for
himself, he should aim as soon as pos
sible to own the land which he works.
On the other hand many men OU-in0