The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-09-18

sAme pnce with reference 70 the nfxn-
ways that tho primary election system
does to political affairs-makes the
crooked places ssnsooh ana nlls up the
ruts and Pot holes Both instruments
have Z vital connection with good cit
izenship.
A lot Of farmers win an silos this
fall for the iirst time. A good many
more win have to have year or two
more of slovenly and wasteful han
ding Of the corn crop to persuade
them OF the value Of this best Of all
aids to successful stock raising and
dairy management.
Soil Is very much like human nature
in that when it has become depleted
and degraded it seems to lose its ca
pacity for producing good and whole-
some crops. but can still furnish q har-
Dor for sand burs. ragweed and fen
mel, troublesome and worthless weeds
that do nobody any good.
As has been the case for some time
past. a good mule Is still worth from
SO to SIS per head more than a horse
Of equal grade and quality. In view
Of this fact and the further fact that
there IL less risk In bringing them to a
marketable age. the mule business
would seem to be on 4 pretty sound
basis.
For a heavy winter coat or a hand.
some robe to lay before the fireplace
not even the bison hide Of bygone days
surpasses in either texture or beauty
the nicely tanned skin Of LOO pound
Galloway steer. And 1t resembles
the skin Of the wild animal in this
that it takes a good wad of money to
buy one Of them.
The idea Of renting trees Is rather
outlandish. but there Is . dealer In
New York who is said to make q bust
ness Of renting out bay laurels, which
are about ten feet high, rooted In large
portable boxes and exhale q pleasant
fragrance in the rooms where they are
displayed. The fee paid for the loan
of these trees II $50 for each occa-
sion.
Adam was the first tiller Of the soil.
but it remained for an Englishman OF
the name Of Jsthro Tull to demon.
strate the simple fact that deep and
thorough tillage Of the soil increases
the available plant food which it con
tains. His aphorism. "Tillage is ma.
ture." has since been proved faulty in
theory, though its practical aspect is
now universally accepted.
The dry season closing has cut tn,
straw crop unusually short. and tn.
wise man will stack whatever straw
he may have In the most careful man
ner possible, for in many sections /
promises to have a value Of from s;
to 81 a load before pasture time mex
year. The bulk Of it 10 Of extra goo,
quality. and 1t will go a long way to
ward tiding over period Of short feed
There is many hill prone to wash
Ing and cutting by heavy rains tina
can be helped much by a terracing an,
| ditching Of the hillslope in such wa,
that the water may be run to the side
| on a gradual incline instead Of bein
allowed to course in large quantitie
directly down the slope. Laid OF Il
the above manner there will be but
| relatively small amount of water to
drained from each area, and the wast
ing Of the soil will be by that much n
| duced.
Last spring there were two or thre
pear trees in the writer's orchar
which looked decidedly sick. A nurs
eryman who saw them thought til
trouble might be blight. A fruit In
+ spector at first diagnosed the case q
crown gall. But a digging up OF one Q
the trees showed perfectly clean an
healthy condition OF the root wood an
bark, but that the lower roots wer
virtually standing In the water, whic
came within foot and q half OF th
surface at that point. None of til
tree fruits fourishes with wet feet.
thing of the low spots Is the only rem
edy.
\ Within two or three years there ha
been a radical change in the metho
Of handling the animals in the large,
ZOOS of the country, particularly du
j ing the winter season. Formerly
was the aim to reproduce as nearly 4
possible by means of warm quarter
and steam heat conditions Of temper,
ture to which the animals were accu
toned in their native haunts. 81
monkeys from the tropics treated
this way seldom survived one winter
confinement. usually contracting an
dying Of consumption. Finally ne
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