Putnam patriot., 1911-09-15

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 A young hen will lay more eggs than an old one but with a goose the re verse is true. her eggs being more nu- merous and larger as well.
 The runt Is usually an improbable proposition. whether calf, pig or chick en. On this account 1t pays to keep the young stuff in a thrifty, growing condition from the start
 AS rule the cheapest pork to pro duce Is that which is made in the shortest time This same thing is true of beef and explains why baby beef is the most profitable that can be grown
 The bacon and corn fed hogs are types that are doubtless more due to q definite practice of feeding than to any other set of influences. as either type begins to change if given the other conditions of feed
 The limit which several states name for cutting roadside weeds is such as to permit most weeds to mature a prolific crop of seeds before their heads are taken out, and the law referred to belongs to this class
 Cider may be kept sweet a long time by taking the juice as it comes from the press. gradually heating it to d temperature of about 1S0 degrees F., holding il there for ten minutes and bettling at once in clean, sterilized, air tight bottles.
 The average American hen lays eighty eggs year, when if given proper care she should produce l50 eggs. That this second estimate is modest is shown in the fact that indi- vidual hens of certain breeds have laid as high as 26o eggs in a year.
 It is probably just as well all around that up to the present time wise Providence has withheld from man kind the secret of influencing or regu- lating the matter of sex. Human be ings have about all they can look after as things are without this responsible ity.
 Near Forest Grove Tn the Willamette valley in western Oregon. the wild deer that make their haunts in nearby mountain cover are said to be acquir- ing the prune eating habit. The ami mals have grown so bold that they jump fences and pull the fruit from the trees.
 There are nineteen mines in the United States that produce quieksll yer. Fifteen of these are located IL California. two in Nevada and two ib Texas. The production of this metal for the year 1910 was 20.601 casks of seventy-fve pounds each, having \ value of $95S, l53. or $46.51 flask
 thought that comes involuntarily to mind as one passes through or ehards these days where all kinds of fruit is rotting under the trees IS the pity of it that thousands upon thou sands of the poorer classes of our large cities could not be provided with some of this waste. Seldom do such folks have a bite of fresh fruit yet there seems no feasible plan by which i. can be got to them unless railroads or philanthropists should provide free transportation.
 There is little wonder that the grow ing of alfalfa needs no encouragement in sections where 1t has been demon strated it will do well. This remark i' prompted by noting recently the cast of a Kansas farmer who harvested 1f' bushels of alfalfa seed from clever acres. or an average of l539 bushel' ner acre The owner refused SS pc bushel for it. which would mean ever at this price n return of Sl29eh pc acre. Besides this it's owner will ge one or two cuttings of hay.
 It will be an excellent Idea durlns the next few weeks 10 run over tn young orchard set last spring. cut ou all but from four to six of the latera branches and trim these back to fror twelve to fifteen inches in length. Thi work is important. as it is this tha determines the shape and nature o the head or frame Another adyaD tape of pruning at this time lies in tn fact that the portions of the limbs re maining will thicken up and becom' thoroughly mature before cold weathe l sets in.
 friend who has twenty acre trae that was badly infested with quac' grass for number of years tells u that year before last. when it was u | It's glory (he summer fallowed ant ! killed it last year at cost Of abou s24O,. he kept on il continuoust | through the summer season 2OO neat of sheep and that during this Inter vaI it furnished more feed than an | grass or combination of grasses tha he knows of But in view Of his ex