West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1909-10-21


The stubs Of clover has left in the
cow managers Will be- eaten mp clean by
the horses provided their main rough.
age ration Is timothy OF Wild hay.
Even the clover stalks are good for
them, and they know II.
A manure spreader scasonably and
properly used Is one Of the best
money makcrs-or money savers--on
the farm. The common method Of hau-
ding with fork. with its lumpy dis
Eibutlon. is wasteful. extravagant aud
tlow.
III the housewife will tear ordinary
newspapers into pieces couple OF
inches across. wet them and scatter
them over the door 10 be swept. they
will be found n material aid In laying
the dust and In picking II up clean
from floor or carpet
The Giant Is the largest tree In the
Santa Cruz grove OF big trees. IL Is
sixty-flve feet I'm circumference mt the
base and is 30 feet high with seventy
five feet OF the top broken on The age
or the tree Is uncertain. but II is
placed by scientists at between 5000
and 5000 years.
Not honest failure. III health. nnan-
cial reverse or any other external
contingency has I'm II the power to
completely dull the brightness OF the
sun, take pink from dawn or sunset.
extinguish the zest and worth OF llv-
Ing, but only sin and wrongdoing. This
Is simple truth the force OF which Is
nll too often little appreciated. yet one
that is given everyday proof.
1t IS the right time now before the
leaves In the orchard have all fallen
TO go through and mark the trees
which are dead or so far gone that
they cannot be pruned back ana given
n new start. The health OF tho tree
can easily be noted from the condl-
ton OF the leaves and the presence
OF scrawny. understood fruit and II
marked now the trees may be removed
any time before spring.
An advantage OF the cement floor In
the stable is that It makes possible n
saving of the liquid manures. which
contain valuable fertllizing clements.
These may be absorbed by abundant
bedding of straw. or, in the case OF
cows. earth. leaves or sawdust may be
scattered In the gutter Mt the rear Of
the animals. The important thing Is
the saving OF these liquids, the method
being OF minor Importance
A couple OF Chicago men are said to
have discovered method OF manufac-
turing alcohol from sawdust whereby
1t may be produced at cost OF cents
per gallon as against 10 cents or more
for the distlllation OF grain alcohol.
Considering the prospective scarcity OF
corn and also Of sawdust, the new
process would seem to have little 10
commend 1t from the commercial stand
point for the future. whatever may be
done with 1t I'm the present
We saw tobacco catalogue the
other day in which a pretty good look
ing saddle was offered MS premium
for 5000 tobacco tags. Since the tags
run about FIVE to the pound this Offer
means that fellow would have to
chew up COO pounds. four times his
own weight. TO get the saddle. and
this would cost him. at 80 cents q
pound. $500. Considering tho fact that
the tobacco works physical and mental
harm rather than good. It makes the
cost OF the saddle bit high.
Bulletin No. $50. issued n short time
ago by the Wisconsin experiment sta.
ton. places the annual loss to tho
farmers of the Badger State through
the careless handling OF manures al
| $20,0OO,0O0. This estimate is based OF
a careful chemical analysis Of farm
manures and the loss ia fertillzinC
value incident to prevalent methods OF
handling. II would seem I'm the face OF
such figures as these as though II were
about time for the stock farmer tC
take measures TO stop big leak.
A walk through a field OF standing
corn and careful inspection OF the ears
will bring out the fact that the ears
which are high up on the stalk arc not
so far along and well matured as those
which are waist or chest high. This
should serve to give point to the sug
gestion that II early maturing seed Is
desired the low growing ears should b'
selected. Another point in favor OF
the low ear is that its early maturity
makes possible a thorough drying OF Il
before the freezing weather comes on.
1t was supposed at the time Of ths
enactment OF the Payne tariff bill thai
the eight cent duty which was placed
on imported lemons would add thai
much TO the returns OF the lemoT
growers Of the country, which. II tn,
reports are true. have not been -four
ishlng IN IN entirely satisfactory way
But this consummation IL not TO be
as the transcontlnental roads have
within few weeks raised the rate or
lemons. which will just about con
sumo the 8 cents in question. leav
ing the grower where he was before
with the public mulcted what. 81 is al