The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1909-10-15

Farm Journal
II you hoe your own row with dill
gence you will have little leisure to
note how your neighbor is hoeine
his.
Better have patches on your pants,
than a lot of unpaid bills and threat
ening creditors.
How can any man sleep well at
night when he has scolded and whip
ped his horses all day.
Beginning to think about your
wood pile? That's right. Cold
nights make us creep up about the
stove.
Enough dry wood and chips to last
a>week ahead is riches; fire out and
the last stick gone is poverty.
II you tell boy, day after day,
that he isn't earning his salt, he will
soon be likely to work down to that
estimate.
If the soil needs undertaking,
now is An excellent time to lay the
tiles. They should be at least two
and half feet deep.
Money spent on booze is wasted,
spent on clothes is vanity, spent on
food is gone, and fooled away is
wicked; but money spent for seed
or a fruit tree is wisely invested.
The patrons Of long rural route
are apt to expect too much from a
carrier. 1t would be a great help to
the farmer to apply to the govern
ment for copy Of the postal laws in
reference to the regulation OF rural
carriers.
The following method will appeal
to every farmer as the easiest, quick
est and least expensive plan for stor-
ing all kinds OF fruit and vegetables,
from pOtatoe to a pumpkin. Ar
range the fruit or vegetables in a
long row, as high and as wide as
would seem advisable. Spread lit
tie hay over them, and set up fodder
on each side to the desired thickness
say, three or four feet. This af-
fords excellent protection from ordi-
nary cold; and In the case of pump
kin, turnip or cabbage storage, or any
other article fed to stock, you have
the means at hand with which to
form a most desirable balanced ration
as you feed out the corn and fodder.
This method will prove especially val
liable to renters and others who are
SO that there is no doing anything
with it. If they would just lay the
patterns out fiat and put them where
they might stay that way, all this
trouble would be voided.
A good many times we blame sore
toes on The shoes we wear, when it
isn't the shoes at all, but big hum
mock in the stocking where it has
been mended. 1t is a CRATE knack
to darn socks SO that they will be
smooth and nice. Take lessons of
grandmother about that. Young
folks may know some things grand
mother doesn't, but when t,comes to
fixing things she can beat us.
To mend China: Dissolve half an
once OF gum arabic in three table
spoonsful of boiling water and add
enough plaster Paris to make thick
paste. Then moisten the surface of
the broken pieces with a camels hair
brush and apply a thin coating of the
COnCuI. lCoS StuC Cu6CS ll6utIy LO-
gether and bind with a cord. When
dry remove the cord and clean the
crack with a cloth dipped in warm
water.
Green Tomato pickle: Take one
peck green tomatoes, slice and
sprinkle with salt; put in jar, press
tight and keep over night; in the
morning drain through colander; add
one dozen sliced onions, half ounce
black pepper, one ounce ground must
ard, quarter pound mustard seed,
one teaspoonful red pepper, one
ounce cloves, one ounce allspice and
one pound brown sugar Put in a
kettle cover with good vinegar and
boil until tender.
Do not spend all of the fine Octo-
Der days in picking, preserving,
housekeeping or sewing, but occa-
sionally gather up the children and
go for walk or a drive through the
weeds, and thus lay up supply of
health and pleasant memories for the
winter months to come. Take some
of the neighbours children along to
help have a good time. Remember
that SO glorious pageant will not be
spread before your eyes for another
year. SO enjoy it while you may.