Putnam patriot., 1910-06-03
THE PUTNAM PATRIOT June , 1910

M PATRIOT June , i9l
 A smai: town we were in the ether dsy had forty CUTS on the main street and from three to half dozen in every back ally. It was apparent that the annual dog tax did not exceed quar- ter and that the deg poiSoner was an unknown parsonage
 Excluding British Columbia. Cana da's wheat crop in 1eNa amounted 10 i67. .oaa.eae bushels. 0s this total Sas- katchewan and Manitoba raised 1SS.- sae.o0o bushels aS against 5,0eooo0 ia 1901 The aveTsse yield per acre last season was about t~enGy-feur bushels
 If the small boy can in some way be got to swing a hoe handle with one half the snap and energy that he does a baseball bat q lot of weeds will turn up their toes in the garden. If any reader of this department has a recipe which will effect this result We will be glad te give 1t publicity.
 Growing things In garden and field should be cultivated frequently wheth- CT there be weeds to kill ar not. and especially is this true during dry spells when there is rapid evaporation of the moisture from the soil. Nothing is more likely to check plant growth than q baking and hardening of the soil. and this frequent cultivation prevents.
 The tender parked fruit tree set in the vicinity of the house and outbuild- ings often receives serious Injury from the cat, which seems to take delight in burying its claws i'll the bark and ripping if down a good length. This sort of damage may be prevented by eneircling the tree with several coils of wire wrapped loosely enough so as not 10 interfere with the growth of the tree.
 IL Is an interesting fact of natural history that small birds are to be found in large numbers now in many sections where there were few or none nrior to their settlement by man. While thoughttess men now and then wantonly destroy birds. notwithstand= ing fhls the latter have come to look upon man in general as a friend or at least as an enemy ef larger birds and animals that view the small birds as their legitimate prey.
 Anything from quart can with small hole Tn II te the bleached skull of I COW or horse will he utilized by the house wren as q home provided it is put in some secure place few feet from the ground. The spring and summer season. covering the nesting period of these interesting birds, will have additional enjoyment and cheer for all about the place if pair of these little fellows make their head quarters on the premises.
 There is many stiff clay soil that could be made responsive and friable were it given good supply of humus in the shape of barnyard manure or a good growth of green stuff plowed un- der. Especially is there need of such humus in sections of short rainfall where manure does not decompese readily and where there is n tempta- tian to use little ss 1t for this reason. Notwithstanding this, manures should be applied where available even If q longer time is required to convert them into usable soil material.
 The cost of building a silo has been figured out as Sl.o0 per each ton of capacity, which would make 200 ton silo cost in the neighborhood of $500. Two hundred tons of silage properly secured Will provide herd of twenty cows with a silage ration during the year. Both In the inatter of securing and storing siiase is the cheapest feed produced on the farm. and the wonder is that more dairymen and stock ralsers are not awake to the advantages to be derived from its use. As means of providing q summer ration, when feed Is short and flies are bad, the silo is acknowledged by those who have had experience with 1t to be the best and most economical method that can be used.
 There would be greater contentment and happiness for them and larger amount of sunshine radiatfng from their lives If more girls acted upon the conclusion arrived at by an inter- esting little lady of fourteen, whose case came to the writer's attention not long ago who one day told her mother that since she was persuaded she could never be beautiful in facial ap- pearance she felt she would have to make up for II by being good, unself- ish and useful Already this idea Is bearing fruit. and most winsome and wholesome personality is being developed. Fortunate. indeed. also k the girl with the pretty face and at traetiye bearing who has tue wisdom 10 appreciate that. after all. it is ac- lions rather than looks that make for the best elements in personality and character and make one most prized by his fellows.
 There is mighty little excuse for any family not having some sort of gar den and failing to enjoy the good things which 1t will afford. This Is especially true in sections of abundant rainfall and responsive soil. but holds ,,1od e.xau fr. thaSa zaefiona xx xberp fr. rlgation has 10 be resorted to and where the soil may be rocky and gray. ely and apparently good for little. for