Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1910-02-24

unfavorable conditions are so far as
possible removed.
protein for growing pigs which is bet
ter than skimmilk, and the farmer
who is long headed will see to it that
there is as much Of 1t as possible pro-
duced on the place.
A dairyman may make margin Of
profit on his cows If he does not take
a good general farm or dairy paper,
but his chances for doing so are much
improved If he has at hand in such a
publication the best and latest infor-
nation on the subject.
A chemist of the University Of Min
nesota has discovered a germicide to
which he has given the name benetol.
The new chemical is nonpoisonous to
animals and human beings, yet is said
to be five times as powerful a germ
destroyer as carbolic acid.
There is a big temptation to keep
the horses in the stable just because
the weather seems a trifie colder than
usual. Where there are paddock and
a shelter from the wind 1t is well to
turn them out for exercise even when
the weather Is cold. The fresh air and
exercise they get will more than offset
any possible disadvantage.
Notwithstanding the fact that chick
en- lice are less active in cold weather
than warm It Is q pretty good idea to
see that the hens are provided with a
bath Of dust and wood ashes, with a
handful of powdered sulphur thrown
in. 1t won't take them long to find
out what this combination is good for
If you put it within their reach.
There are good many fellows who
would not knowingly take property be-
longing to another who yet show
detestable slackness or penuriousness
in hanging on to money which other
folks have earned by working for them
from whom 1t Is as difficult to extract
1t as is blood from a turnip. AS soon as
money is fairly earned 1t belongs at
once to the man who has earned it,
not the man from whom it has been
earned.
1t is pretty risky proposition for
girl to marry man to reform him
from the booze habit or to get him to
turn over a new leaf when he's just
naturally shiftless and lazy. Ten
chances to one. the girl who marries
the first chap will bear heartaches of
a drunkard's wife. while the girl who
marries the other type can safely
count on building the fires in the morn
ing, bringing in her own water. chop
ping a good deal of the wood and trot-
ting to the oorncrib for cobs and kin
ding
The opening Of an alfalfa meal mill
at Rifle, Colo, was celebrated in fit yet
decidedly unique fashion. A banquet
was served, and every article on the
bill Of fare was made Of or served
with alfalfa. The turkey was stuffed
with alfalfa, the biscuits were made
Of 1t, mashed alfalfa took the place Of
potatoes, and leaves Of 1t were served
instead Of spinach. Salad made Of al
falfa was served, and the beverages
were alfalfa tea and cider. Toothpicks
made of alfalfa straw were distrlb-
uted. The chief toast Of the evening
was on alfalfa and Apple"
Within the past eighteen months
machine has been perfected which
seems to be very effective in the pick
ing Of cotton, process which for
generations past has been done by ex-
ceedingly slow and expensive hand la
Dor. With the new machine one per-
son can harvest about as many acres
of cotton as he can cultivate during
the growing season. The machine will
pick four acres day at cost OF
about Sc per day, or one-fourth what
the picking would cost by hand. The
machine Is SO arranged that 1t will
pick the ripe cotton, but will not injure
the immature bolls.
The system of one-year rentals and
the various conditions developing from
1t are responsible for more agricul-
tural depravity and cussedness than
almost any other phase Of farm tenure
or management. Just SO long as
tenant knows he quite likely will not
reap next season some Of the benefit
Of fertilizihg or Improvements which
he puts on e place this year the whole
situation not only encourages him. but
makes 1t necessary for him to play to
finish the "skin game" which is
prostituting and playing hob with tens
Of thousands Of farms all over the
land 1t is likely that the fault is pri-
mnrily with the owner of the land,
who usually says whether the lease
shall be for one, three or FIVE years. :
II It is stinginess that makes him
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