The Democratic advocate., 1909-12-24

go hungry WHEN Lie oIo" iiOS f
the ground. They appreciate sucn
kindness and often reward their bene-
factors with gentleness and commence
Celery is never quite so good as
when it is eaten within half an hour
after it is dug. This is why the home
grown product is so crisp and tender
and so much enjoyed. The raising or
celery is a simple thing, understand
ing a few points in connection with II,
and more tables ought to be supplied
with it.
In sections of heavy snow 1t is not SO
often the intense cold as the fact rnat
their food supplies are covered up that
is responsible for the death OF quali.
If, therefore, they seek shelter IN the
vicinity of the feed lots or sheds they
should be given a kindly welcome by
the farm or ranch owner. as they are
universally recognized as among his
very best bird friends.
Much can be said about the proper
handling Of the farm animals during
the winter months. Very much can
also he boiled down to the statement
that the several kinds of stock should
be provided dry and comfortable sleep
ing quarters, an abundance OF fresh
air and a food ration which will best
enable them to do the work or serve
the purpose which they are supposed
to serve.
The preliminary crop report issued
by the agricultural department at
washington places the average yield
of potatoes the past season at 1O6.5
bushels per acre as against yield OF
S5.7 bushels for 1908 and 1916 bushels
as the ten year average. The total
production this year is placed at 367,-
473,OOO bushels as compared with 27S,-
9S5.OOO bushels in 1908. The above
figures are very encouraging and seem
to show that the growers of the Irish
potato are waking up.
ANY reader wishing to find out more
about the fertile cut over lands in Wis
consin. to which reference was recent
ly made in these notes, may do so by
writing Mr.. A. D. Campbell, commits
sioner of immigration, Madison, Wis.
Like information about the same kind
of land in Michigan and Minnesota
may be had by directing inquiries to
state immigration agents, whose offices
are usually in the respective capital
cities.
The November bulletin issued by the
bureau of statistics of the department
of agriculture containing the prelim-
mary estimates OF this years corn
crop places the total yield at 1851
316,OO0 bushels as against 2,668,651,-
900, the final estimate for 1908. The
estimated average acre yield for the
1905 crop is 25.4 bushels as against
26.2 bushels for 1905 The quality Of
the crop is placed at $40 per cent as
compared with 86.9 per cent last year
Illinois stands at the head OF the corn
producing states, with 366,395, 900
bushels; Iowa is second. With 294, ,21O,-
900; Missouri third, with 215,023, 600;
Nebraska fourth, with 196, ,565,O00 and
Indiana fifth, with 1876, $4,000
Most shotgun accidents are the re-
suit Of rank carelessness and seldom
due to conditions over which the op-
orator has no control, such as an ex-
plosion of the gun barrel. When
loaded and cooked gun is used for
stick to poke rabbits out of logs or
burrows or is dragged through fence
or brush muzzle on it is not surpris-
ing that dire consequences follow. In
learning the use of q gun it is we'll for
the boy 10 remember to always keep
the muZzle Of it pointed away from
himself and others who may be with
him and to further remember that
charge OF shot ut close range will tear
d gaping wound in a boys anatomy
quicker than it will in rabbits at
twenty or thirty yards.
Professor L. G. Michael, who has
been experimenting as chemist at the
five years, has recently signed con-
tract with the Russian government for
$4,000 year for three years to assume
the position of director of several i'm
periaI experiment stations in the prov
ince of Bessarabia, with headquarters
at Kishinev. This section has the same
mean annual temperature as the mid
die Atlantic states. though its growing
season is about forty days longer. It
will be the new directors chief duty
to instruct the Russian peasant in the
growing Of more bushels of corn to
the acre. Mr. Michael has had excel
lent preparation for this work through
association with Professor Holden, the
corn expert, and it is conceded that he
will be able to earn his salary.
An insect known as the southern
pine sawyer, which does much dam
age to injured and felled pine trees.
has lately been studied by government
entomologists. The parent beetle is
one and one-quarter inches long and
mottled gray or brown in color. The
grub is white and slender and some
times attains length of two and one
half inches. They hatch from eggs
deposited between the outer and inner