The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1911-06-23

ABOUT so mucU SuuSulue " w ncAi,
and the folks I'm the house are the bet
ter for about the same amount
Many are the drivers Of horses who
strangely seem to overlook the fact
that harness repairs are cheaper than
the services or d veterinarian or the
labor involved In equine funerals.
Added to this IL the possibility that
the driver may get his neck broken in
the scrape and need the services OF nm
undertaken.
The putting Of the lawn mower away
when through using It and the rub
bling Of the hoe and wheel cultivators
bright when through using them are
largely matters Of habit. It Is well TO
remember that ii IL just about as easy
to form the right habit along this line
as to fall into the bad one Of leaving
the tools wherever one happens to get
through using them
There II good reason to believe that
the codling worm injury to apples this
year i'm those sections where the crop
was wiped out by frost last year will
BE- greatly reduced owing to the fact
that there were mighty few apples left
on which the eggs could be laid and in
which the worms could find harbor.
It Ii another illustration of the old saw
TITS an Ill wind that blows no good"
Townspeople whose places are Dor
dered with shade trees can do real
favor to the drivers perched on the
tops Of loads Of hay or straw or other
high loads by keeping the limbs which
droop into the roadway trimmed UP.
1t does not sweeten a fellows temper
to have a part of his cargo pulled or
into the highway or to get a scratch
or welt across the face from these
overhanging limbs.
a new interest has been shown In
irrigation in this country within the
past few years, and in particular since
the passage of the reclamation act by
congress. yet irrigation as q practice
of agriculture il as old as that Of
scratching the surface OF the soil with
a stick. the forerunner of the mod
ern chilled steel pillow. Mesopotamia,
Egypt and sections of our own south
west show the remains OF irrigation
systems hoary with age that hundreds
OF years ago lapsed into ruin and dis
use.
We watched a groceryman counting
eggs into shipping case the other
day and called bis attention to num-
Der Of apparently fresh white eggs
that were badly smeared with mud or
manure, due to the hens having In
adequate nesting places. His reply
was: Yes; there's really no excuse for
it Those eggs are just as fresh and
good rs any that have been brought
in, but the folks were careless. When
they reach the commission houses
they will go in as 'dirts,' which means |
that about 3 cents per dozen will be
knocked or the price"
A stirring Of the surface soil every
few days, and particularly after a
rain. will put a blanket Of mellow
earth on the surface that will tend to
keep the subsofl moist and loose in q
condition the most favorable possible |
for, the development OF the growing
plants Lt IL well to remember I'm this |
connection that the circulation OF SOL |
air Is rs essential 10 the growth Of the |
root system as soil moisture and that |
both are secured BY keeping the sur
face soil properly stirred. It matters |
little relatively how rich soil Is r.
the surface Is allowed to bake. This |
locks both moisture and fertility ND, |
and the growing crop suffers an q |
result.
The Iowa experiment station has |
been gathering data recently relative |
to the damage done by the wheat |
head army worm In several counties OF
the state. Two broods of the worm
hatch. the first feeding from late ln
May until well into July and the sec
ond from the middle OF August until |
frost Measures which have been tried |
to reduce the pest show that early cut |
ting of badly infested fields Is help;
also keeping the grasseS cut on the |
roadsides Snd in the fence corners |
and early fall blowing. Most effective |
of all as a preventive measure was
found to be the pasturing OF infested
fields during the early fall. The dam
age done by the worm Il largely in the
seed head. its habit being to eat the
seeds and drop the chaff. I'm some
fields examined as high as 40 per cent
OF the timothy seed heads were found
damaged
Time was when cows needed their
horns for self protection, but under
modern domestic conditions they are
useless and often dangerous append
ages. The best and easiest method OF
dehorning Is by the application Of
some caustic potash to the germ OF the
horns when the calf is few days old
After the horn has got good start
the job must be done by saw or clip
pers- Many dairyman hesitates Co
dehorn his cows because Of the harm
full effect he thinks II will have tn re-
ducing their milk flow. However, this
IL likely TO be- overestimated "a test
made at the Kansas Agricultural col
leRp i'm N herd OF twelve cows with IN