The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1910-02-25

One should never buy from unknown
| parties so far away from home that
he cannot reach them with club In
way or recourse In case the stuff he
gets is not satisfactory. Many who
bite On the low price bait forget this
fact sometimes and can only grind
their teeth when disappointed.
Nebraska ~ going through the usual
change from grain raising to stock
and dairy state, as shown BY her out
put last year OF 100000 pounds Of
butter. This Il not q large output or
butter as compared with some other
states, but it Is a very creditable
showing and indicates move In the
right direction. 5~-sYG a.'f
The hired man employed on the
place should not only be able to do the
work assigned him creditably. but
should be clean OF mind and mouth II
\ he Is not to be q source OF contamina
ton to the young folks i'm the home.
who are really OF much more impor-
lance than any Of the fine stock raised
on the premises.
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We know OF more than one instance
where the man of the house has been
| too poor to subscribe for journal for
his wife costing cents a week when
be does not bat an eyelid at handing
from $1 to 50 a week over the counter
for chewing and smoking tobacco.
This is a mighty one sided PROPOSE
ton, If there ever was one.
Many folks reach middle life or. past
without seeming to realize the very
simple fact that the laying by Of q
sum for rainy day or for future
business, operations depends On hay-.
ing receipts exceed expenditures by q
modest margin each year. Circum-
stances may arise which make it i'm
possible to carry out such plan unin-
terruptedly. but it will prove helpful
lie such purpose Is kept always In
mind.
It need hardly be said that the or
chards in the favored valleys OF the
west, which have been known to yield
net revenue of as high as $1,5O0 per
acre in single season. are not also
used as hog lots and calf pastures.
While one hears OF dual purpose cows
and dual purpose hens. there IL no
such thing i'm the famous apple sec
tons referred to as a dual purpose
fruit ranch. It is to this fact largely
that the success achieved is due.
The cultivated strawberry of the
garden is descendant of variety in
troduced into this country from Chile
some 200 years ago and a native va
riety common to the United States
and southern Canada. The choicest
market varieties are the result of
mans Intervention in cross fertiliza-
ton
When a home seeker has not posi-
tive knowledge beforehand Of the char
acter of the subsoil In the new coun-
try i'm which he plans to locate he will
do well to postpone closing any deal
on piece Of land until such time as
he can bore down from four to six
feet and filid out what lies beneath. Y
Not infreTE~ntly have land purchases
been made j. winter when the ground
was frozen hard and covered with
snow. which on the coming Of warmer
weather developed into Dogs or stretch
es of sand and hardpan. Caution In
this respect will often avert costly as
well as bitter experience.
There Is no factor vitality affecting
the perpetuity Of America as q nation
that begins to compare in Importance
with that having to do with conserv-
ing the home life of the nation
through checking the pestilence Of di-
vorce. purifying and remolding the
home and changing 1t from the roost-
ing place it 20 often j. to an altar
where the fires of home life and love
burn with a pure and steady light.
We need 10 develop the conservation
policy with reference to the husband
ing of our material resources rs a ma
ton, but even more are we in need Of
the benefcent influence Of better
homes.
The heavy SHOWS and severe wealth
er quite prevalent throughout the
northern states and keeping stock
from the usual range In stalk fields
and meadows are calling attention very
fOrcibly to some method of utilizing
the stalk roughage of the farm i'm such
way as will put the handling Of IL
beyond interruption by deep SHOWS or
other unfavorable weather conditions.
The method that will do this more sat
isfactorily than any other f. the silo,
ne installation Of which on a farm
will double the feeding value Of every
acre OF corn. AS land prices advance
and soil fertility becomes depleted the
silo will be viewed as necessity on
every farm in the corn belt where
feeding operations are carried on to
IN extent worth mentioning.
Bees are diminutive creatures, but
collectively they are a very consider
able factor i'm the business and COM
merce Of the country. Late statistics
show that the honey and wax indus