News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1909-07-28

Statistics snow that the hens Of the
rnuntry produce as much wealth in
six months us all of the iron mines in
II year.
In the killing of the celery bed the
stalks should be held together firmly.
so as to prevent dirt from getting into
the crown Of the plant. where the
tenderest PORTIONS of the plant will
grow.
During the heat of the midsummer
IT Is especially necessary that flocks OF
hens which are confined should have q
NupnIy of Green food in some form.
with a plentiful supply of clean, fresh
water
However favorable irrigation may be
rs n means Of using otherwise waste
wnter. II is IN interesting fact that of
the water diverted into irrigation ca
nails bur auothird is finally utilized in
the actual reduction Of crops.
\ coed #Ilp relish may be had dur
ing the early fail days If some string
beans arr planted early in August
after some uther garden crop has been
removed They will be appreciated be-
cause the time OF green things has
gone by
A Texas farmer living twenty miles
crcm El Taso last year raised water
melons mdpr dry farm conditions
with rainfall of but 9.S4 inches dur
ing the year. 1t would sort of puzzle
Il fellow o 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 10
to 30 dcgrees. Exposed to frost and
dumpne>s it deteriorates very rapidly.
The Teyerhauser lumber interests
have given 2,2O0 acres of land near the
headwa ers of the Mississippi in Min
nesota 70 the state agricultural college
to be used for experiments in scientific
forestr& Here an attempt will be
made T. work out some of the more
important general forestry problems,
and particularly those pertaining to
Minnesota and adjacent states.
NATIVES Of Germany are often heard
to SPEAK Of the large numbers of fruit
trees which grow along the roadsides
and finnish large quantities of fruit
for nerby residents, the boys and girls
especially approaching the advantage.
1t seefs pity that this idea couldn't
be adoted in America and some of the
soil fetility that is being exhausted
to prouce roadside weeds devoted to
growing fruit instead.
Their 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 dich--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 tits about the only thing that viii
bring body to his senses.
The foXtail or wild barley is coming
to he one of the worst weed pests in
many sections, requiring q good deal
Of work to eradicate. Botanists seem
undecided whether to classify it as
winter annual or as a semi-perennial.
1t is hardy. ripens It's seed early. and
the iuzzy character of its seed head
enables the wind to scatter it widely.
thorough and clean cultivation is the (
best method Of getting rid of it.
Many farm could easily produce
OWN table if two or three hives of bees
were kept, Literature on the matter
IS easily available in the shape OF |
or bee journal, while the |
logree of attention required for their |
proper care is light. Pure, fresh honey
rom the home hives is both cheaper
han and far superior in quality to the
maple sirups for which F!
NE has to pay a dollar gallon.
A resident of Reading. Pa. depart
l,g from the usual practice of having
apiary in his back yard or orchard.
.s fitted up his garnet for this pur-
ose and there has some forty hives
he bees nave access to the room
lrJugh holes bored just beneath the
,hplow stills. They seem cOntented in
heir odd quarters and store their
weets there just as generously as out
mong the grass and flowers. some col
HES producing as much as 800 pounds
yring a season.
Instances of death from descending
Ho wpIIs long unused are of TOO fire. .