Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1911-08-21

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Kittens are generally viewed as cute
and harmless pets for little children
but the truth is that they are among
the worst germ carriers we have
Praties may go out of sight as n re
suit of the drought. but there is reasuu
for comfort in the thought that there
is Il better crop Of apples in sight than
for number of years.
A section of wire netting makes -
fine trellis for Champion of England
peas. and also Il good perrhing pla e
for the grosbeaks that like to shei
and eat the green peas as Il relish b.
tween rations of potato bugs
There Is no profit whatever in keep
ing hens Of the star boarder" type
through the melting period for the
few eggs they may lay in the fall
They should be converted into tooth
some stews or shipped to market
A musty old rat is an uninvitin2
morsel to the family cat when sh-
has had her appetite aroused with
two or three juicy young birds. and i;
is quite natural that she should pass
the former up when the latter are to
be had
The aim Of the designers Of womens
dress styles seems to be to make them
so outlandish in style that it will be
impossible to make them over into
anything that it would be safe to wear
outside the back yard. Surely the WON
ell are deserving Of pity!
Post timber felled the last week in
July will Outlast two cut during the
winter. months. The reason for 1t
dry out thoroughly before being set In
the ground. In any event year
should elapse between time Of cutting
and setting.
The habit some animals, old and
young. have Of eating dirt Is usually
due to the fact that some mineral ele-
ment Is not present In sufficient guam
titles in the ration which they are get
ting. Where such. tendency Is noticed
bran or other bone forming feed should
be furnished: also salt and an abund
ance Of pure water.
Evidence a-plenty Is forthcoming to
show that the presence Of cedar trees
in the vicinity Of apple orchards is a
prolific source Of the cedar rust which
has done much damage during the past
year or two. Little help has been de-
rived from spraying. and the only way
to keep an orchard free from the dis
ease is to cut down all red cedar trees
In the neighborhOod-
Stock that is not used to eating al
falfa have to learn to like 1t the way
some folks do olives and Holsters On
the farm Of friend. who was grow
ing small patch Of the Ie9ume for
the first time. the farm animals had
the range Of this alfalfa. clover and
some timothy and blue grass. 1t was
to notice that while the al
falfa was the most nutritious forage
available. the stock ate everything else
before they would touch 1t.
While birds like the robin and brown
thrush never build or rebuild their
nest in the same place during the same
season. the writer has noticed with
much interest that pair Of the latter
have built new nest in the same
syringa bush as the one from which |
they led brood of little ones about
four weeks ago WrenS. on the other !
hand. will rebuild their nests In tn"
same place and will do 1t the more
quickly If all the old nest material is |
A gang Of sharpers have been 'wOrk |
ing number Of old soldiers and sol
grafters posed as representatives OF
the government who were introducing
a new electric belt (price only 5000
which they guaranteed would give
long life and happiness. and they aug
mented their sales by promising that
the government would increase thu
pensions of all purchasers. just SO
long as suckers Of this type run AROUND
loose they are bound to get caught.
There are two or three points IN the
-tificial watering of gardens that II Is
we'll to keep in mind. One Of these l.
that water should be put on growing
Vegetation only in the evening or early
in the morning Applied when the sun
Is shining brightly. it is likely to scald
and kill garden stuff. Another point
worth keeping in mind is that unless
watering is kept up Systematically dur
ing dry and heated spells ii is often
worse than no watering at all. And
lastly 1t is important 70 remember
that frequent stirring Of The >urfa"e
sol which will bring up suhs"il mo's