The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1911-02-03

Buckwheat cakes, a favorite dish
with many during the winter months.
are both more palatable ~ well a.
more wholesome if the batter IL made
OF burkwheat ana wheat flour. half
and half.
Disease l. often very closely associ-
ated with discomfort and dampness I'm
the case of both animals and poultry:
hence care should be taken that these
unfavOrable conditions are so far as
possible removed.
There t. no ration for furnishing
protein for growing pigs which is bet
ter than skimmilli. and the farmer
who l. long headed will see to 1t that
there II H. much of 1t A. possible pro
duced on the place
A dairyman may make margin OF
profit on hi cows if he does not take
good general farm Or dairy Nlper,
but his chances for doing so are much
improved if he has at hand in such a
publication the best and latest infor-
nation on the subject.
A chemist Of the University OF Min
nesota has discovered a germicide to
which he has given the name benetol.
The new chemical l. nonpoisonous to
animals and human beings, vet l. said
to be FIVE times as powerful germ
destroyer as carbOlic acid.
There is 4 biz temptation to keep
the horses in tile stable just because
the weather seems n trifle colder than
usual Where there are Il paddock and
n shelter from the wind 1t is well to
turn them out for exercise even when
the weather H. cold The fresh air ana
exercise they get will more than Offset
any possible disadvantage.
NOtwithstGn ding the fact that chick
en- lice are less active in cold weather
than warm 1t is a pretty good idea to
see that the hens are provided with
bath of dust and wood ashes, with
handful Of powdered sulphur thrown
in. III won't take them long to find
out what this combination is good for
If you put il within their reach.
There are Il good many fellows who
would not knowingly take property be
longing to another who yet show a
detestable SlackneSs or penuriousness
in hanging on 10 money which other
folks have earned by working for them
from whom 1t II as difficult to extract
1t AZ IL blood from turnip. AS soon as
money is fairly earned it belongs at
once to tho man who has earned 1t,
not the man from whom Id has been
earned.
1t is Il pretty risky proposition for a
girl to marry man to reform him
from the booze habit Or to ret him to
turn over new leaf when he's just
naturally shiftless and lazy. Ten
chances to one. the girl who marries
the first chap will bear heartaches Of
a drunkard'S wife. while the girl who
marries the other type can safely
count on building the fires in the morn
ing. bringing in her own water, chop
ping good deal OF the wood and trot-
ting to the corncrib for cobs and kin
ding.
An observation made by a syndicate
writer the other day was to the effect
that weeds require poor land to do
well. Probably what the writer meant
was that weeds would flourish where
some grasses and cultivated plants
would not; vet. other conditions being
equal. the richer the land the more
rank weeds will grow, as they take
from the soil in the main the same
elements as do other crops.
Within the past eighteen months q
has been perfected which
seems to be very effective in the pick
ing of cotton. Il process which for
past has been done by ex-
slow and expensive hand Ia
Dor With the new machine one per
son can harvest about as many acres
of cotton as he can cultivate during
the growing season The machine will
pick four acres q day nc cost or
about So per day. or one-fourth what
the picking would cost by hand. The
machine is so arranged that it will
pick the ripe cotton, but will not injure
the immature bolls.
The poinsettia, which is coming to be
a very popular early winter house
plant. has several very interesting
IL sheds it, green leaves some time
before 1t does the red bracts encircling
the blossom cluster. Another is that
each blossom Is equipped with little
cuplike projection containing about a
drop OF clear sirupy liquid, which IL
evidently intended as bait to draw
bees and other insects TO aid in a
more complete polarization Of the
flower. It IL well worth securing one
or the plants. not only because on it,
snowy green leaves and beautiful red
crown, but for the peculiaritieS above
noted The plant il subtropical and
will flourish best if kept where the
temperature IL quite wnrM-
The system of one-year rentals and
the various conditions developing from
IL are responsible for more agricnl-
tural deprayity and cussedness than
almost any other phase OF farm tenure
or management. Just 50 long as a
tenant knows he quite likely will not