The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1909-04-09

" to hold ND her milk as she is If the
calf is allowed to suck for three or
four days.
A full stand of small grain or corn
not only means more dollars at harvest
time, but big chunks of satisfaction all
through the growing and r1pening sea-
son. 1t is fair to assume, too, that
land feels more respectable under
these conditions than when disfgured
with a multitude Of weeds.
Considering the fact that the value
of a pasture wisely handled will run
all the way from So to SIP an acre per
season. the pasture question is one
that should receive more attention
than is usually given to 1t. Well nan
died if should be one Of the most
profitable factors in the farm manage
ment.
A Minnesota farmers cooperative
creamery is utilizing it's organization
not only for the buttermaking bust
ness proper, but for the operation OF
cow exchange by means OF which own
ers<w who have cows they want to dis
nose of bring them to the creamery,
where they may be Inspected anu pur-
chased by those in need Of COWS.
Dry farming is that type Of soil Gull
tiyation which is carried on In sections
where the annual rainfall Is fifteen
inches or less and where the moisture
necessary for the maturing OF crop
is conserved and stored by deep ploW-
ing and frequent civilizations, Whlcn
keep the surface soil mellow, enabling
it to retain a maximum amount OF tnat
moisture which falls as rain and tend
ing to increase the amount of moisture
which rises from the subsoil to the
cultivated zone.
1t is a pretty sure proposition that
chemically bad roads anywhere keep
land values below what they would
otherwise be. Such condition is In
part due to the handicap which own
ers are confronted with in hauling
their produce to market, while there
is little question that the mere ap-
pearance of the highways has con-
siderable influence with a prospective
purchaser in causing him to arrive at
an estimate of what he considers a
piece of land in such poor roads To-
cality worth.
An odd feature in the practice Of
Norman tenant farmers is that often
their leases entitle them to carry off
from a farm when they leave it foot
or so of the rich black surface soil, the
equity of the procedure seeming to lie
in the fact that, since he has been to
considerable pains and expense to en-
rich the soil, he is entitled to a certain
portion Of it when he moves to an
other place. If renters in this country
were doing a little more Of this bust
ness of carrying soil fertility around
with them, instead Of as class being
soil impoverishers, the condition OF
things would be a good deal better. all
parties involved, than it is today.
An honest writer in an advertising
folder issued by a western railroad
company for the purpose of exploiting
the lands tributary to its lines, in dis
cussing the question of possible over
doing Of the apple business in the
mountain and Pacific states, makes the
pertinent suggestion that to avoid the
danger Of such a condition only the
best varieties of apples should be
planted now-those that because Of
their exceptional appearance and quail
ity are bound to fetch good prices even
if the market is drugged with poorer
apples. The point is well taken and
should be kept in view not only by
those in the west, but also by those
in the east, who are about to set new
orchard tracts.
There is no time when the work of
giving the young orchard trees low
heads and sturdy branching limbs can
be done so easily as at the time when
they are first set out If the young
trees as they come from the nursery
are tall and spindly they should be
cut back so as to leave a trunk of the
desired height While this may seem
harsh treatment, the result will be that
sturdy lateral branches will be set out
and a good head started when moth
ing of the kind would be possible were
the tree allowed to continue it's vertical
growth uninterrupted. The finishing
Of the job may have to be carried
through several seasons, and the
amount that will need to be done from
time to time will be indicated some
what by the habit Of growth of the
tree and the definite ideal or type Of
tree which the orchardist may have in
mind
Wisconsin friends Of good roads feel
that quite step was taken along the
line Of seeing some Of their hopes real
lied when an amendment to- the con-
stitution was adopted last November
authorizing state aid for the building
and improving Of public roads and
highways. If the state aid thus au-
thorized is done under proper supervi-
sion benefit will come not only from
the roads directly improved, but an OBJ
ject lesson will be given road super
visors over the state which should aid
them in the work under their charge.
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