The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-08-24

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80. s.Ac - ';SlIill:s
Where there is no water under pres
ure to refresh the parched lawn dur
ng the dry midsummer weather 1t II
,est to forego cutting 1t with mower.
When the rains come on and the grass
,ets good start the clipping may be
esumed.
Residents Of New Zealand have the
privilege of placing their own valua-
ion on their property for the purposes
# taxation, but use Of this power 10
seldom abused, for the government
aas the right to buy the property at
In advance Of 20 per cent over the
valuation given by the owner.
school is very human, after all. and
will appreciate more than boys and
girls usually realize kindness and
on their part. The according
IF this kind Of treatment is great |
help to the teacher and reacts whole |
somely on the pupils who practice it.
decrepit old family horse to end its
with a rife ball rather than
to sell it for $3.50 to some heartless
brute who will exact the last pittance
Of toll from it and then kill 1t to boot.
We don't believe that a man will get
to heaven. who does q thing Of this
kind, no matter how long he has been
an elder or deacon in the church.
The plow is probably the oldest ag-'
ricultural implement. The FIRST pillow
used away back in the distant years
was merely a crooked stick with
tough sharpened point, which just
scratched the ground. 1t is long
step from this to the four horse gang
pillow which will turn over three or
four acres per day and the steam or
gasoline traction outfit which will turn
over thirty acres.
A pretty good way of ascertaining
whether the price asked for given
piece Of land is exorbitant or not is to
find out whether the value Of the an
nual product Of the soil represents q
fair interest return on the stated val
uation after expenses, taxes, ETC., have
been deducted. Viewed on this basis,
hosts Of supposed land bargains now
offered for sale can only be viewed az
largely speculative propositions.
Folks who live in town and have
never had mail delivered to them by
the rural carrier have little idea with
how much expectancy the daily visits
Of the carrier are awaited. It may be
the daily paper which keeps the men,
bers Of the rural home In touch with
the outside world or the regular letter
from the folks far or near. The writer
has received his mail by carrier the
fully what the service must mean to
all the folks on the 10000 odd routes
over the country.
The lemon growers of California feel
pretty good over the decision Of the
interstate commerce commission in the
lemon rate case. Shortly after the
Payne tariff bill was passed increas-
ing the duty on imported lemons tho
transcontinental lines coolly advanced
their freight rate on lemons to the
point where 1t nicely absorbed the adj
vance which would have come to the
growers as q result Of the increased
tariff. The growers appealed. and ~
result the rate will be put back
where it was-$1 per 100 pounds.
The area over which alfalfa, the
most valuable Of al the legumes, ID
being grown il slowly but surely In
creasing, and the limits are being
pushed gradually northward. This
seems to be due to 4 better under.
standing Of the conditions necessary
and favorable to the growth Of the
plant, including treatment OF the soil
with lime. inoculation with the right
kind OF bacteria and the putting Of
the soil In the proper filth before the
seed is sown. It Is thought that the
area Of successful growing Of thu
plant will be still further increased
when some Of the hardy varieties
brought from Siberia have been prop,
agated 30 that seed may be had foz
general use.
One hundred and sixty-five trees IN
one OF the abandonment and best kept
orchards in the locality IN which thu
writer lives came to an untimely end
last spring because OF IN ailmeul
which Is generally termed -sour sap
This is soured or fermented condf
tion Of the sap of apple trees result
ing from rapid low Of sap induced
by bright warm days in the spring
followed by cold frosty nights. This
condition seems to set the sap. more
Or less seriously interfering with tt
circulation. at times killing the trel
outright or greatly impairing its vital
fty. The fact that this sort Of dam
age b usually most noticeable on tn
southwest side Of the trunk would
seem to point to the met that II = ~
grayated by an exposure to the direci
rays or the sum This may b over
come to some extent b. whitswAahina
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