The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-07-03
OF Interest TO the Farmers

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WY ~, prosect ru. 'I1ros .rsns the Ut
tacks Of the Aouss cot = 10 To Q httls
bell - her neck. IT, rats and mice
might take warning also, but they
could - disposed Of IN sens other
way.
One who has tried II has found car.
boiic acid IN e3sceiSe means OF keep
ing dies from q horse during hot
weather. He kssps ~ oiled cloth In
the barn and % this puts Q few drops
Of carbolic ACID. Evssy morning just
before Harvesting no rubs his horse
over With this clsth, With tho result
that the flies kssp at . distance.
Students Of the COED roads problem
tho country over assert that ~ . IA
ton we lose annually the sum Of $780,
100000 In hauling produce to and from
market over peor highways. Here
would seem to b Q line along which
the conservation theory might be
worked to good advantage-conserva
ton Of horse power. wagon and har-
ness, besides q whole lot Of time and .
good deal Of patience.
The hay cap made Of squares Of
thirty-six to forty inch Al sheeting
and weighted at the corners h com
ing into quite general use in haymak-
Ing sections which are subject to rains
As,eiu0 thn c,,ttS0~ ~oo~on Prom aov.
enty-nve to . hundred caps are usually
required to cover an acre OF hay In
cocks. Carefully dried out and put
away, the covers Will last for many
seasons. Whether they pay in any par
ticuIar case can easily be determined
BY figuring tho probable deterioration
IN the hay crop through lack Of protec-
ton covering q series Of years.
There u no moro ruthless enemy OF
young bird life than the little red SOUR.
rel which freQuents country wood lots
and hedges and trees II many cities
over the country. EtS4s this little tends
delight to come upon Q nest OF young
birds Just beEsss hey are In shape
to dy and bite them through the back
Of the head, sucking cut their brains
and drinking their Blood. We did moi
know this untl ~ saw dedgenngs
treated in exactly this way. The up
shot Of this situation II that one must
choose between the birds and the
squirrel. If he doesn't exterminate
the squirrels tho squirrels will exter
minato the birds.
There = no one Of the bird enemies
Of TIE cotton boil weevu that Is given
q higher rating In the destruction OF
this insect thaa the purple martin,
which spends the winter in the south.
ern and the summer In the northern
states. More than tAis, It continues ita
work Of insect destruction In the local
tiles where It builds its nest and reart
IT. young. Jor these reasons one Is q
real benefacSoe II he does what he car
to provide secure nesting places fol
thsss interesting bssds-helps himself
and the coseon planter Of the south. Il
along with the protection given thu
martin like protection were accorded
the robin during its winter sojourn ir
southern states there would be very
real reciprocity Of favors.
The folly Of buying high priced lant
sunsight and unseen" a. one swappet
5ackkuives in boyhood Il nicely illus
trated In the case Of q couple Of mel
who last winter invested in some Yak
ma valley fruAt land after inspecting
pictures Of the tract when there wa
snow on the ground. This was in tn
winter. When they moved west IL
the spring to develop their ranche
they found, much 10 their surprise
that the deeds they had paid q LON
price for gave them ownership to par
GELS Of land composed Of solid rock a
the surface. 1t II q matter Of salts
faction to know that the agents VIII
thus aimed to defraud them were al
rested, one already dsiag time in tn
psnitsntiary. while the other bids fai
| to occupy an adjoining cell.
There is NO need Of any farme
paying out any Of his hard sarne'
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