The independent-reporter., 1910-03-03

place should not only be able to do the
work assigned him creditably. but
should be clean of mind and mouth IL
he is not to be source of contamin
tion to the young folks In the home.
who are really of much more impor-
tance than any of the fine stock raised
on the premises.
The earliest returns from the garden
stuff will be secured from that plant
ed on ground that was fall plowed.
Owing to Its physical condition such
soil is warmer and hence makes pos
sible a more rapid growth of plant
life.
Peggy, the famous $4,000 Crystal
White Orpington hen belonging to
Ernest Kellerstrass of St Louis. was
exhibited a short time since at poui-
try show In Madison Square Garden.
New York city. So highly is she priced
that detectives were stationed near at
hand to see that no harm befell her.
There is no better way to dispose OF
/
does not longer need or Of getting
track of that which one does not have
than by the insertion of q two or three
line local In the home paper. We have
in mind a number Of farmers who em.
ploy this method and find 1t very sat
isfactory.
Manu how nr man ha haan n hia fo
live a clean and decent life because OF
a feeling of self respect-a regard for
the worth and sacredness of his own
personality-or from consideration OF
family record before him In which
he has felt just pride. Fortunate In
deed are those who have an ancho. 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 tobacco solution made
by sleeping tobacco stems and leave
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 SOW for breeding pur-
poses 1t 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, and II good producer is
wanted a SOW from a 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 hundred
days, a fellow will do well to steer shy
of ears having too deep a kernel. as
this type of corn. while handsome to
look at and all right when planted in
It's proper cline. is almost sure to be
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the frost and sour on the cob making
1t impossible to properly cure and
keep 1t.
1t is conceded quite generally now
by poultrymen who have made
study of food rations for laying hens
that In the past fat forming foods, es-
pecially corn In its various forms.
have constituted too large a per cent
of the ration for the largest egg pro-
duction. Tests recently made show
best results from substituting the nj.
trogenous foods-clover. alfalfa. bran.
etc.-in place of most of the corn.
Under favorable conditions otherwise
this one change In the diet OF the hens
has given remarkable results.
There hasn't been q spring In years
when the roads over so large an 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.
IneTe Ii uO dSeuCy ny WuiCu tue uiBn-
ways can be made shipshape In
shorter time than by the judicious use
Of the King road drag-in brief. the
two halves of an eight or ten inch
diameter log cut to length of about
eight feet and fastened together, one
about three feet In front of the other.
with fat side to the front. SO that
when pulled along the road they will
work the loose surface earth toward
the middle Of the road. ieveling down
the humps and filing up the ruts and
chuck holes. Where log OF the type
described Is not available very sat
isfactory substitute Is oak planks 2 by
10 inches and of the desired length.
with quarter inch thick strip OF strap
iron fastened on the planks so as to
project enough to give the planks a
Bcraping edge. 1t will not be long
after the snow goes or that such a
drag can be used. as there will be lit
tie frost in the ground and the roads
will dry out fast
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