The Democratic advocate., 1909-11-12

Apple butter Is licking good IL the
Juice is removed to make Jelly, but it's
LEO per cent better If the juice Is left
In.
The colt may be taught to walk fast
by being broken with older horses that
are fast rather than noky walkers. The
habit early formed will persist in later
wears
The COW census for Jan. l, 1909,
places the total number at 21.720,000
and worth $702 2,O4500O. This means
that the average COW has value Of
$82.S6.
Cats. like rats and guinea pigs. are
said to contract tuberculosis readily.
provided they drink milk which con-
tains tuberculosis bacilli. and frequent |
ing dwelling houses as they 50 often |
do they may become ready vehicles
for spreading the disease.
Some experiments In the thinning OF
apples have been conducted at the
Connecticut experiment station. In
one of these the young fruit on two
Baldwin trees was thinned, giving an
increase In crop value Of TIA cents and
S1.83 respectively. Just another In
stance Of where intensive care paid.
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II is not the boy or girl In school
today who Is doing as little as possible.
and that IN shabby and llstiess way.
who is going to be heard from twenty
years hence. but rather the student
who does the task assigned In the most
thorough manner and. besides. II all the
time seeking TO ilnd out little more
about subject than the lesson con.
talns.
In the building OF the new big barn
the specifications could call for an up
to date and adequate system OF ventilA-
ton. by means Of which. even IN cold.
est weather. when the barn IL kept
tightly closed, the animals may be sup
piled with an abundance OF fresh air
This matter Of ventilation is not some
college professors fad. but a question
OF animal health. profits and good
horse sense.
Victoria Oh. C.) fruit growers are
suspectIng contamination 10 their or.
chnrds through fungous and insect
pests from the small gardens Of house.
holders in the suburban districts. and
a house to house canvass Is to bo made
with view to cleaning things mp.
Were the conditions appreciated. just
such n campaign hs this might be
started in good many other fruit
growing sections.
It's no use 10 talk ''beln' president Of
the United States" TO boys who are
careless about their habits. shiftiess
Indifferent or lazy, for lads of this de-
scription never have been and never
win I've elevated TO this important Of
fee. A boy should rustic and do the
best for himself. whatever the object
held before him. II he has In him and
develops the presidential STUFF he II 40
much the gamer.
In the new type OF agriculture which
Is being made use Of 20 regansrnte
rundown cotton farms in many OF the
southern states the growing OF nifalfa.
cowpeus and soy beans Is the chief
factor. II dairying or stock raising
can be added, the work OF rebuilding
is the more quickly and completely
effected. There are one or two farms
north Of Mason and Dlxon's line that
need this same kind OF medicine.
II has been found as result Of ex.
pcriment and tests which have been
lately made with a view TO utilizing
the scrub or Jersey pine that grows
on abandoned farm and cut over lands
In eastern states that the pulp OF this
species of pine II valuable for the man.
ufacture Of bag. news and wrapping
paper. This is good news and win
help along the governments forest
conservation policy By making possible
the substitution OF this for other more
valuable coGifers
II may be viewed as a truism, yet Il
Is worth remembering. that one Is hard
ly justified In pulling up stakes and
going to a new locality unless the pros
poets are good that one can do better
financially and get more enjoyment
out OF life 10 the new than under the
old conditions. and yet n lot Of folks
are doing this thing every day--selling
acres whose output they know and
can count on for rosy prospects, hut
untried returns In the new country TO
which their wanderlust carries them
No young man OF physical strength
Intelligence and enterprise need view
with alarm being left on the tender
mercles Of the cold world If he can
rent or buy dvc acres OF land near
good market and owns or can borrow
enough money to secure equipment for
raising fruits. vegetables and poultry
Some farseeing students OF our ma
tlonai economics are looking ahead and
contemplating the time when we shall