The Somerset reporter., 1909-08-05

II one has brush patch which he
wants cleaned up, nothing Will do the
Job more quickly and thoroughly than
a bunch of Angora goats. They are
veritable scourge In the horticultural
world.
An Illinois poultry breeder has five
White Wyandotte hens which have
laid 1,223 eggs In one year, or an aver
age Of 1884 each. The oldest hen In
the flock, the mother Of the other four,
laid 253 eggs In eleven months.
1t is a puzzler how so many kids sur
vive the August period of dog day
soaks In swimming holes, green hazel
nuts and half grown apples, but 1t
seems that vast majority OF them
do and are no worse for the ordeal.
Bugs doped with arsenic are said to
die of starvation. The important con
sideration, whatever the diagnosis, is
that an effective kink Is put In their
digestive apparatuses, which keeps
them from further chewing Of trees,
fruits and vegetables.
A Fresno county (Cal.) poultryman
has a hen-breed not stated-which
has laid 244 eggs in eleven months,
only seven less than the worlds rec
ord. At prevailing prices the eggs this
hen laid were worth about Sc. The
cost of keeping was $1.44, leaving a
net profit Of $4.56.
Where limbs exceeding an inch in
diameter are cut from the orchard
trees the wound should be painted over
with white lead and oil. colored with
lampblack IL desired, which will keep
the wood from checking and becoming
a source of infection for the rot fun
gus.
contains about IA per cent of protein,
2 per cent of sap, % per cent of crude
fiber and 7 per cent Of ash 1t is be-
cause of the above ingredients that II
is worth, pound for pound, as much
as bran and sells for about the same
price on the market
Kansas holds the blue ribbon for the
highest price ever paid for load of
farm products in the shape of load
of alfalfa seed bought by dealer at
Garden City. The load weighed 49,
733 pounds. or 32S.53 bushels. The
price paid was So per bushel. and the
value Of the whole load was $2,631. 10.
The Minnesota Agricultural college
has ascertained through experiments
that the cost of raising ten tons of
green corn per acre and putting 1t into
the silo is $3.50, making one pound
Of digestible nutrients cost SO mills.
An acre of mangels yielding twenty
tons cost $34.12 to raise and harvest,
making a pound Of digestible nutrients
cost so mills, or nearly twice the cost
of the silage.
Among the many wonders Of the In
sect world Lone Is more marvellous
than the queen bee. She has been
known to lay as high as 5000 eggs
day, and during her life Of about five
years 1t is estimated that she some
times produces a total Of 25,OO0,0O0
eggs. Without the queen swarm OF
bees would become extinct In short
time. Queen bees are scarce, and good
ones bring all the way from 81 to $1S
apiece.
The owner of the Canyon ranch in
Texas has been pasturing 10000 sheep
during the present season In the La
Sarge pasture near Kaw City, Okla.
The herd Is divided into seven focks,
each being in charge Of a Mexican
herder, who does his work on foot,
carries a small tent and provisions
about with him, does his own cooking
and moves his flock from place to
place under the direction of the Amer
lean superintendent who has charge
OF the outfit.
An acre of corn with hills three feet
four inches apart each way will pro-
duce fifty bushels of ear corn II the
stalks in each hill produce on an aver
age a pound Of corn. Did they pro-
duce a pound and half per hfll the
yield would be seventy-fve bushels
per acre, while II two pounds the yield
would be 100 bushels. While the last
yield would be on the bumper order, 1t
is readily seen that 1t would not be
impossible on rich land with a full
stand of big corn.
The prosecution Of agriculture with
serious purpose Of succeeding is
fraught with obstacles and handicaps
enough In the very nature Of things
without fellows taking on the booze
habit. While this may be indulged at
the start for the purpose Of drown
ing trouble, It always trebles fel-
lows difficulties, taking away the keen
edge Of physical force and endurance
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