Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1911-09-14

There are few, II any, weeds that
have more generous capacity for
seed production than the pu-slane
plant, which has spread Of three feet
Myriads Of seed capsules are matured.
and each Of these is chock full of Sc, q.
While the rank Of the two breeds is
about the same from the standpoint Of
pork production, the DurOc- Jersey has
this point in Its favor as compared
with the Poland China-that the litters
which the sows farrow contain about
25 per cent more pigs.
Rarely does boy or girl run away
from farm where there are con-
veniences for doing work in the kitch-
ell, gang plow pulled with four
horses. blooded stock in barn or yard
and the name of the farm ON a sign.
board at the front Of the farmstead
The why of this is well worth inquir-
ing into.
Beginning with July 1. the salary of
rural mail carriers was raised to ST.
600 per year. Considering the number
OF serviceable horses they have to
keep and that they are expected to
make their rounds in all kinds of
weather, there will be very few PEG
pie who will consider the new salary
too much.
The chief objection to the grade sire
lies in the fact that, while he may be
an excellent animal himself. he is not
likely to possess In marked degree
the established traits Of his pure bred
ancestor. With such sires there Is
likely to be an outcropping in the Off
spring Of the unlovely traits or marks
Of some scrub predecessor.
More than one slough has been as
effectually drained by sinking we'll
through the stratum of shale or clay
beneath 1t to porous sand or gravel
stratum as by tile draining it in the
usual manner. This plan is especially
worth looking into in the case Of lov
tracts from which there is not al op
portunity for effective surface drain.
age.
At the close OF season when pas
turage and many kinds Of feed have
been short there will be big tempta
ton as soon as the field corn dents to
OverdO the matter Of feeding the pig,
with it. 1t TX far better to keep the
pigs on short ration than to get their
digestive apparatus all out of kink by
loading them up with new corn aud
possibly putting them in right condi
ton for an epidemic of cholera.
About the only service we ever heard
Of the English sparrow performing a
friend related to us the other day. 4
nearby willow hedge had been wei!
nigh defoliated by myriads of fat,
juicy willow worms. One morning
just at daybreak a cloud of sparrows.
evidently summoned from miles
around, lit down on these willows, and
in less time than it takes to tell had
devoured the last worm. This was a
spasm of usefulness that it is pity
the sparrow tribe is not Oftener seized
with
All kinds of grief. disappointment
and hard cash might be saved by pro-
spective land buyers If they would
more often observe the simple precau
ton of gathering reliable data con-
corning the new country's rainfall,
temperature in spring and fall. soils
and adaptability to growing given
crops. This information can be got
without charge by writing letters Of
inquiry to the agricultural department
at Washington and to the directors Of
the agricultural experiment station in
the state in which the land is located.
Unlike our own greatest river, the
Mississippi, whose overfiOwing follow
ing the melting Of snow and spring
rains deals havoc to the rich lowlands
bordering its lower channel, the an.
nual overflow Of the river Nile Is tax
en- as a matter Of course and not only
does no damage. but yearly deposits
hundreds of thousands Of tons Of rich
virgin soil. brought from the noun
tains. whence the stream and its trib-
utaries have their rise. Thus 1t has
been for scores Of centuries, the an
nual scedtime following the recession
of the waters.
A friend brought us specimen or
weed the other day which was to-
tai stranger to us. The stalk was
about eighteen inches high, the leaves
were compound and somewhat more
finely divided than the common wild
vetch. and the fruit 1t bore was
snall light brown bur. having a solid
core about the size and shape Of
bean. The botanist at the state ex-
| xaorit,oont station To yyhoua n SIlaCimen