The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1909-10-15

Losses from lightning over the coun-
try were 100000 last year. and GO
per cent Of the fire losses in country
districts for this period were directly
traceable to lightning.
Whers small fruit trees are DAM
aged by hail they may be helped out
by cutting off the badly injured limbs
and even a portion Of the trunk. This
will induce growth Of new limbs to
take the place Of the old. If the
trunk is badly injured it would prob
ably be best to remove it entirely and
reset with q new one.
Texas leads all other states in the va
riety Of cactuses which grow within
her borders, California being a close
second. These vary in size from those
that are Of delicate and fragile type
to those that grow eight or ten feet
high and have much the appearance of
trees. In blossom the variation in
color, size and form is almost as great
To prove beyond question the in
creasing prosperity Of Kansas one need
only cite the fact that, while in 1891
the Sunfiower State grew but 34,S84
acres Of alfalfa. this area was in
creased in 1907 to 743,O5O acres, and
for the present year the last named
figures are doubtless far outgrown,
like the small boys year before last
suit.
A sketch Of the history Of the alfalfa
plant appearing in late agricultural
paper holds that It originated south
west of the central part Of Asia, which
Is the district generally credited with
being the location Of the garden Of
Eden. II this theory can be worked
feeling Of gratitude for Adam for be-
ing the dissemination Of this great
legume, in spite Of the fact that we
usually credit him with being respon.
sible for weed pests that succeeding
generations have been cursed with.
Not in many year has there been
a more magnificent crop Of wheat har-
vested than has been secured during
the past few weeks in the great wheat
belt lying just west Of the Mississippi
river. Let the great forests Of corn
but bring forth to maturity without
killing frost the myriad ears that are
already in sight and there will be
granaries and cribs everywhere that
will be literally full to overlooking.
This means that confidence, prosperity
and good times are going to prevail in
a degree seldom witnessed in the his
tory of the country.
Breeders of Guernsey cattle in the
state of Michigan are much interested
in q move which has lately been made
whereby Crosse isle, near Detroit. is
to be turned into a Guernsey island
where no cattle will be kept but thor
oughbreds Of this popular dairy breed.
Last year sixteen thoroughbred cows
were imported from the island Of
Guernsey. in the English channel. One
OF the hobbies Of the men who are
interested in the enterprise Is clean
milk, and this product will be shipped
to Detroit for local consumption. Tho
move il bound to give the breeding Of
Guernsey cattle a boost as well as the
general dairy interests of the state.
In favoring q narrower highway
some have argued that the sale Of this
redeemed land would aggregate $780,
600 per township on the basis of val
uation Of SIPS per acre and could be
well used as fund for improving the
roads in the territory. This plan is
all right in theory. but the fact of the
matter is that in the case of vacation
Of a part or all Of the highway the
land 80 vacated reverts to the owner
Of the adjoining property, whose It
was before the road was established.
But Notwithstanding this a narrowing
Of the road a couple Of rods would in
a majority Of cases be the means of
reducing just that amount the IN
slightly weeds and grass at either side,
which often, owing to the way the
road is graded. 1t is almost impossible
to cut with machine.
| For the past two or three years a
considerable increase in the consump-
ton Of oranges has been effected
through advertising certain weeks as
orange week, during which fruit of
especial quality would be put on the
market and very reasonable prices
would prevail. Much has been done
to popularize this fine fruit through
Just such well managed publicity cam
paigns. Following along lines some
what similar. the raisin growers Of
California adopted Q scheme last
spring. advertising April % extensive
y AZ "raisin' day. the idea being to
cultivate a taste for and increase the
consumption Of raisins a. q table fruit
While not all Of the thirty-6ve tons Of
raisins produced in the San Joaquin
valley in 1908 were disposed Of AZ a
result Of the campaign. much creates
quantity was consumed than would