The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1910-03-24

Now tits spring, and weeds are 6nA'
II }ow-roOted; ~, --.'-,.-
Suffer them now and they'll :so'efgFFosw
the garden. = Shakespeare. =
Trade one OF the pups for a. r.
Roll the meadows. and green aeltss
j Beware of planting : sprouted. po.
tato seeds.
Plant the ii, garden ,.!| when the. cherry
blooms. - -.
1t is soabby business to plant
scabby potatoes ", !. ~,
Few farmers harrow quite enough.
Harrow, harrow, harrow.
He who by the pillow would thrive
must straighten up and look alive,
Dogs can thrive on bones better
than a woman can on unkind words.
Keep manure near the surface;
pillow it deep and you lose some OF 1t.
Don't plow the ground too wet;
get it just right and then rush things.
Seek only that which IS honorable
that thou in thy poverty should die
rich. .,4.. ~ !, AK @!trg
Don't forget to make two sQWings
of clover and be sure to, use one
half alsike. "a.
Those who charge farmers, with
the responsibility for the high cost
Of living tell q fib.
Do not rush the teams too hard;
let them have time to get their shout.
dersshardened to the work.
The farmer who allowed his imple-
mentsN to be sheltered by the sky
during the winter will now find him
self out. ~ l.
When a man insists upon giving
you advice you can readily get rid Of
him by offering him little in return.
II there is no place in the shed for
the grindstone, get box at the store
that, will fit over. it, thus keeping
it covered from the weather.
Do you remember, when you were
young, how it encouraged and cheer
ed you to be consulted by your eld-
ers Try it on the young folks of
the household.
Everybody is impatient to begin
the spring work, but it were wise to
temper impatience with good judge
ment and to wait until all the condi-
lions are right.
When you get the annual spring
cleaning fever, don't cut down or pull
up all the nice little trees. Let every
one stand that isn't in the way The
trees will come handy twenty years
hence.
When you want to do good job
OF 'hoeing or weed cutting this spring
put an edge upon the hoe. How much
better the tool will work and the op.
orator as we'll. We despise dull
hoe, and do not. own one.
Just as near as you can, grow all
the stuff you will need for your fam
lily and your stock right at home this
year. One thing that keeps a good
many men poor is buying what they
ought to raise themselves.
The Philadelphia Congressman who
was charged fifty cents for two boiled
eggs in Washington hotel recently,
has no cause to shake his fist at the
farmer. That modest Individual got
only eight cents for those two eggs.
The forty cents difference went mostly
for style.
Seeding oats and peas: As soiling
croE for stock, use one and one half
bushels OF each per acre. The peas need
to be covered much deeper than the
oats, hence it is necessary to seed
them separately. Seed; the peas first,
weighing the drill hoes in order to.
put them in four Or five inches deep.
The oats are sown broadcast and har-
roWed, or else drilled shallow. Make
the first seeding as early as possible
to work the ground, following with
two later seedlings at intervals of two
Wce..s each Canadian field peas are
the kind to SOW for this purpose.
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