Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1910-02-26

lntTe N no UetItT WHY 10 ulSVOse ol
an article or implement which one
does not longer need or OF getting
track of that which one does not have
than by the insertion of a two or three
line local 10 the home paper. We have
IN mind a number Of farmers who en-
ploy this method and flnd IL very sat
isfactory.
Many boy or man has been able to
live clean and decent life because of
feeling OF self respected regard for
the worth and sacredness OF his own
PERSONAL---VERY. from consideration of
family record before him in which
he has felt Just pride. Fortunate In
deed are those who have an anchor of
this type when times of stress and
temptation come on.
The potted house roses may be kept
free from the minute red spiders aud
the green lice by dipping the plant In
a soapsuds of fair strength every two
or three days and by an occasional
spraying with n tobacco solution made
by sleeping tobacco stems and leaves
or cheap smoking tobacco In warm
water. Should the plants be troubled
with mildew sprinkling with flower Of
sulphur will correct the trouble.
In buying a sow for breeding pur-
poses IL Is well for the purchaser to
take account Of the number of pigs
there were In the litter In which she
was born. There may have been
three. maybe eight. and possibly elev
ell or twelve The young SOW is quite
likely TO follow the breeding habit OF
her dam IN respect of the number of
the litter. aud II II good producer is
wanted sow from large litter
should be selected.
In selecting seed corn for planting In
the northern portion OF the corn belt.
where the season from planting TO
frost Is barely more than "a hundred
days, a fellow VIII do well 10 steer shy
OF ears hnvinz too deep kernel. as
this type of corn. while handsome to
look al aud all right when planted In
its proper CLINE. Is almost sure TO be
late In maturing TO get caught with
the frost and sour on the cob. making
it impossible TO properly cure and
keep II.
II Is conceded quite generally now
by pouitrymen who have made
study Of food rations for laying hens
that In the past fat forming foods. es
pecially coru In Its various forms.
have constituted too large per cent
of the ration for the largest egg pro-
duction. Tests recently made show
best results from substituting the III
trogenous foods-ciover. alfalfa. bran.
etc.-in p:ace of most OF the corn.
Under favorable conditions otherwise
this one change In the diet OF the hens
has given remarkable results.
In recent address before North
Dakota stock aud grain growers asso-
citation a well known writer ON agricui-
tural subjects brought the charge
against the manure spreader that its
use means the distribution OF large
quantities of weed seeds In the raw
aud unfermenied NATURES which II
handles. There may be something in
this on farm that Is badly fouled
with weeds. hut the way TO remedy
the evil Is not by dispensing with the
use Of the manure spreader. but by
getting rid Of the weeds. and TO ac-
complish This clean cultivation of
titled crops aud a sensible system OF
crop rotation are the only methods
that need be- adopted.
There hasn't been q spring In years
when the roads over so large nm area
were In as bad shape as they will be
during the next two or three months.
This is In part due TO an unusually
heavy October and November rainfall.
coupled with an unprecedented fall OF
snow during the past three months.
There Ii no agency by which the high
ways can be- made shipshape IN
shorter time than by the Judicious use
VI tue hiuk fouo va ~ btFAs TUG
two halves OF an eight or ten inch
diameter log cut 10 length OF about
eight feet aud fastened together. one
about three feet Ia front OF the other.
with fiat side to the front. so that
when pulled along the road they will
work the loose surface earth toward
the middle OF the road. levelinc down
the humps and filling up the ruts and
chuck holes Where a log Of the type
described Is not available a very sat
lsfactory substitute Is oak pianks by
10 inches and OF the desired length.
with quarter inch thick strip Of strap
iron fastened on the planks so MS to
project enough 10 give the pIanks a
scraplng edge. II will not be- long
after the snow goes off that such .
drag can be used. as there will be 1T
tie frost IN the ground and the roads
will dry out fnst
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