Connecticut western news., 1911-09-14

over the place and fetching only 9 or 10 cents, there is mighty little profit In the farmer selling them and buying beef at 15 cents and bacon at 20 to 25 cents.
 The items you now and then run across about making ice cream out of hailstones are interesting in way, but it is a distinction a fellow usually likes to have claimed by some one over in the next county.
 Considering the money invested and cost of keep, there is no product sold from the farm that represents so large a measure of profit as that from thu poultry yard. And these profits could be increased greatly were more pains taken. .s '.. in town the Asiatic breeds are prefer able to the lighter and more excitable breeds, such as the Leghorns and BlacS Spanish. However, the natural docflity of the Cochin and Brahma should not be allowed to serve as an excuse for not making them scratch for their rations.
 Ask the real estate agent represent. ing any new section of the country if clover or alfalfa will grew there and not only have his word for it, but make him show you thrifty fields of the growing stuff Human beings can stand any climate that alfalfa or clover can. while either one will mean forage for dairy cows or beef steers, and these will mean living.
 It is not an uncommon thing for the butter producing capacity of the of spring of a herd of common COWS to be increased by from fifty to a hun dred pounds per year over that of their dams as result of the use of pre- potent purebred dairy sire. Tn many eases this would be the difference be tween shining along on bare bones and profitable dairying, between the star boarder and the money maker" "
 Some little time ago a reader of these notes wrote, asking detailS of method Of making butter from skim milk, which he claims he saw refer ence to in these notes. The writer wishes to say that no such hope has ever been held out in this department, however much he wishes such alchemy might be possible. It is impossible to make a whistle out Of pigs tail or, butter out of milk from which the natural oil has been removed.
 An item reported the other day in the daily press told of farmer losing seven head of fine beeves as a result of breaking of the wire which held the windmill in gear. A week later he found every animal in the pasture dead from thirst. This incident sug- gests the wisdom of keeping a closer tab on animals that may be confined at some distance from home, and par tcularly as in this case, where the wa ter supply is an artificial one- 's.
 Location and rarity have much to do with determining popular feeling to- ward many things which are technt- cally styled weeds. In the central and eastern states the fern is prized as a woodland plant and Is used as beau tifler of lawns and gardens. On the Pacific coast 1t is a positive nuisance for several years following the clearing of timberland. In New England the golden rod and daisy are plant nu!- sances, but in the middle west rare enough to be greatly admired and used in autumn floral decorations.
 A word of caution to buyers of Can ada land: Notwithstanding the fact that soil and rainfall may be all that could be desired (and it's well to be pretty sure on this latter point steer likely to be frozen stiff in the field just before time to cut. A friend who moved to such a district not many years ago later left for a warmer cline because he lost his grain crop three years out of five in the above manner. Earning under such condi- tions is altogether too tough on a fel- lows nervous system, let alone the strain on his bank account.
 A few weeks ago there was organ ized near Winchester, H., an alfalfa growers association. A number of farmers already engaged in growing the legume or planning to do so met on the farm of one who has been a successful grower of the crop for the last twenty years. Naturally the new association will do all in its power to promote the growing of alfalfa, the introduction of hA9sy and thrifty types, and the good to come from pursuing these objects is bound to be consider able. There are many localities where