The Democratic advocate., 1909-03-19

tory was noted recently by the resi-
dents OF a Mississippi river town IN
the flight OF thirty-flve big snowy
owls IN one dock. their large size and
fluffy STOW white appearance making
most interesting sight. Owls arr
usually unsociable birds and not gre.
garious, as are other species like the
crow. blackbird and a few other IA
miliar kinds.
A poor stand of clover is often due
to careless preparation Of the seed
bed and only half covering the seed
which Is the case with much broadcast
seeding. IT can be asserted with con.
siderable certainty that seed Of coed
vitality win germinnte and grow II II
is covered with a sufficient depth Of
earth so as to give needed moisture
Glover seed Is expensive, and Its value
as soil renovator Is so great that the
greatest care should be exercised IN
sowing It properly.
Some one fond OF statistics has ilg-
ured out that II the 5000, ,0O0,0 eggs
laid in this country in the year 1907
were all packed for shipment they
would iii 60.395.O00 crates, allowing
thirty dozen eggs 10 the crate, and. al.
lowing $50 crates to the car, would on
108,257 carloads. Placed end 20 end,
these cars would extend distance Of
1900 miles. or from New York 10
Omaha. The American hen Is surely
justified In doing a little cackiing IN
view Of the above showing.
The desirabiiity OF cement ana plank
for stable floors would seem 10 be Of
about equal rank IL the amount Of
bedding used in both cases were what
II ought to be. and this would seem to
be true OF hogpen aoors also. with
little or no straw on either. neither
plank nor cement Is comfortable or
sanitary for the animals that are COR.
PEELED TO stand or lie thereon. in tho
latter case II would be nearly Hob.
sons choice. with the advantage pos.
sibly tribe In favor OF the plank
flooring
Good times are said 10 be quite ne
curateIy measured by the condition Of
the pig iron trade This has been given
stlll further iilustration of late IN the
figures Of the iron trade for the past
two years, In 1907 the output was the
largest on record, being 2c.1si, ,36l tons,
while last yehr. following the financial
depression, the production Of pig iron
fell TO 16.D36.01e tons. slump OF as
per cent.
Missouri and Kansas horticuiturists
are beginning 10 realize the danger to
their orchards from q spread Of the
dreaded San Jose scale and have
Joined In a petition to the legislatures
OF the two states for laws which viii
provide for nursery inspection aR well
aB the location and isolation OF infest.
Cd orchards and the taking Of such
precautions as win prevent a spread
OF the scourge
A reason which win account for
young orchard trees not bearing soon
er than they do after being set may
lie In the soil being too rich IN nitro
gen as compared with the other chief
elements, potash and phosphorus.
To correct this condition manure
should be kept from the trees and the
vigorous growth checked by pattlng
the trees In grass for couple Of
years. 1t is possible to be too kind 70
young fruit trees. and overmanuring
them is one Of the easiest.
The favor as well as the texture OF
piece OF boiling beef inay be pre-.
served n the piece Il scared for a few
minutes In a hot kettle without water
and boiling water then added. IN which
II should be allowed 10 cook briskiy
for ten or fifteen minutes. This should
be followed by slow cooking for about
two hours In the case Of a soup cut
the reverse course should be followed.
placing the meat IN cold water and al
lowing Il 70 come TO q boil and letting
II cook for about the same length Of
time.
The cream separator and milking
machine are modern improvements
which are greatly simplifying some OF
the most serious problems connected
with the dairy business, aud, rightly
managed, they mean also cleaner MS
well ms higher grade dairy product.
Careiessiy handled and not properly
scalded. quite the reverse In the case.
as a slovenly dairyman who produces
filthy product under the old system
Of milking and handling the milk and
cream viii produce 4 still nlthler and
more germ laden article with the de-
vices mentioned. This Is fact that
many creamerymen know and many
more nre every day finding out.
There Ii no way IN which the weed
pest on the farm may be more ef.
fectively held IN check than by the
keeping Of a flock Of sheep, which IN a
very real sense are weed scnvengera.
eating all but forty or fifty Of the 500
odd varieties OF weeds common to this
country On farms where sheep are
kept clean pastures are the rule. which
means fewer weeds befouling adjoln-
Ing cultivated fields. II the stubble
field can be fenced on they win pro-
vide a range and abundant feed for
the fiock at time when the regular
pasture Is often short. The food con-
suned b usually waste. and whatever
is realized from wool and mutton, bar
ring the cost Of Its simple winter ra-
tion, Is clear gain.
It should be source OF great en-.
couragement for the hostB OF BOYS and