The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1911-06-21

who was recently sentenced to serve
four months in prison and pay fine
OF $4,000 for the part he had in land
frauds In the northwest
A tablespoonful Of spirits of cam
phor stirred in gallon of water
makes q very good solution with
which to spray plants that are af-
ficted with the green lice. This spray
fXes the lice and does not harm the
foliage plants to which it iss> applied
While other members of thel animal
Kingdom may fail to multiply as ma
ture intended. it is pretty safe to as
sumo that>the old frosted cared brfndle
tabby cat will some warm morning
sooT lead her bevy of kittens from
some,well protected and secluded spcs
This kitten crop is one that is not re
duced by; frost. blight or drought.
Kansas Legislators are to be COM
niended forNa piece Of legislation lately
passed. at once sensible and merciful,
which makes tit possible to use the idle
convicts In the state penitentiaries In
the building of "a highway from Leav-
to Kansas City, Kan. The
taxpayers will get a Nreturn from the
will be the better for the physical ex-
erciSe and fresh air which they will
get.
In contrast tosthe idea-s1il too prev
one cannot make money
raising stock on less than from loo to
200 acres may be>cited the experience
thirty head Of stock on fifteen acres,
growing all the roEghage for Them cn
this area, and who, by prudent man
agement was able TO pay off & mort
gage Of $1,000 on the place IN the,
course Of seven years. To add TO his /.
the farm was badly runs
Town at the time he bought it. While F,
he account does not state. it is fair"
% assume that at least half of the |
stock kept consisted OF dairy cows, by |
he keeping Of which the building up
IF the fertility of the soil was an easy !
matter.
In all the territory where soft coal iss !:
relied upon chiefly as fuel fer the" !
kitchen stove 1t is. the very bane of |
cieanly housewives. smear7ng their
io"rs. selling the wall paper, Giftying
fishes and blackeaing wearing apparel. I!
rh" thief fault with this kind 0f fuel
IS shat under the conditions which
usually prevail a complete combustion
Of the coal Is not secu1ed-tfat Is. the !
smoke and SCOT 'Sre not consumed, but
clog and retard the stove, the pipes
and fiues. While the trouble cannot
be entirely done away, it can be mate /
rally improved by replenishtng the
stove more frequently and breaking |
the coal up into finer pieces If at
hand it will be found great help to
use either cobs or wood with the soft
coal in some localities it is possible +.
&c get coke from which the oils and
SCOT producing elements have been
largely removed. This makes a very
hot FIRE and will have to be watched
closely and renewed quite frequently.
1t is only recently that the fun value
of rape as pasture for growing pigs
has come to be fully realized, and this.
only by the most progressive hog
raiscrs. One acre of good stand Of
rape will furnish pasture for from
fifteen TO twenty-five hogs. depending
upon it's rankness and thriftinesS. The
plant prefers moist, cool soil. full of
humus, and should be sOwn In the
spring as soon as the danger Of frost
Is over If broadcasted, from six to-
eight pounds of seed should be used
per acre. II drilled. as is sometimes.
done. in rows from twenty to thirty
inches apart, from three to five pounds
will answer Excellent results ar
also secured by sowing about five
pounds of seed on a part of the land
to be devoted to oats and clover, the
latter seed being put in after the rape.
In this case the rape will terminate
and grow slowly until the oats are
cut, after which It will grow more
RAPIDLY, or the oats. clover and rape
patch may be used as a pasture as
soon as 1t gets SIX seven inches
high, no attempt being made to har-