Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1911-07-21

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hindness Is the only means tbat !,
Is worth while using to get even with
another. 1t is all right to use this ION
the other fellow. and do 1t first"
II forest fires are threatening in
north, central and eastern states in
May, what may we look for In lote
August and September If we should
have a dry summer?
The secretary Of the Kansas state
board Of health contributes his mite
to the solution Of the omnipresent av
problem when he declares that flies
can be kept away from kitchens and
Darns by painting them blue and by
growing hops around the doors.
The toad has little to commend 1t
In the way of looks. but in it's quiet.
sluggish way it renders service to
the tiller Of the soil in the destruction
of bugs. worms and insects that can
hardly be measured. The small boy
should be told of its usefulness and
taught to protect rather than harm it.
Life is all too short to spend very
much time wearing fellows patience
and religion out fooling around with a
kicking cow or balky horse The
cow will fulfill her mission on the
block In the butchers shop. and as for
the hOrse-well, sell him for just what
he is to some one else who enjoys sub
DUNG brute orneriness.
That a COW Is better for q rest be-
tween her milking periods Is nicely
shown in the case Of the worlds
milk and butter record cow. Colantha
Tvs Joanna. she being dry full year
prior to the interval In which she made
her great record. The common COW
giving an average yield Of milk is the
better for couple Of months rest be
tween her periods Of lactation. and for
the same reason as In the above in
stance.
A reader Of this department asks
what to do to get rid Of moles. Per
haps 1t would be well first to find out
whether the offender is really doing
more harm than good. which Is an
open question. IL the little chap Is
blowing up the lawn In bad shape and
Is not rendering cOmpensating serv-
Ice In flower or vegetable garden he
may be dispatched by buying and
setting one of the mole traps for sale
at most any hardware store.
Charles Akeley. an American hunter
naturalist. recently shot in East At
RIGA what is said to be the largest ele-
phant on record. The great beast
stood eleven feet four inches at the
shoulder, and the circumference OF
front foot was sixty-seven and a half
inches. while the two tusks weighed
respectively 35 and 40 pounds. The
foot Of Jumbo. the famous circus ele-
Dhaut. is said to have had a circum-
ference of but sixty-one inches.
A lady friend who is interested In
bird life tells us that flock OF about
dozen buejays visited the neighbor-
hood in which she lives the other day
and played havoc with the nests OF a
number of other valuable birds. COL
lectively and individually the blueJays
are outlaws and pirates In the pilu
world. and their nests and eggs should
he DESTROYED. particularly when found
In the vicinity OF other useful birds
like the robin. bunting and catDlrd'
Added to this destructive trait WHICH
thew possess, like the sparrow they
render very meager service In the de-
struction of insect life.
paanut butter is not only an aEpe'i|-
ing food product. but very nutritious
and II IL not difficult TO make. ine
naanuts-meats-m be roasted III
moderate oven either before or altel
Smelling. but in either case they sroulu
no stirred quite frequently to insure
oven roasting. the skins should 'hen
he rubbed off. The meats may pe
Ground In an ordinary meat grihue,
nv using the finest plate ana siiou'u
no r,n through a second time II neces'
sarv II the butter is quite oily are,
grinding the only ingredient that nee -
no added will be little salt. II II 70
not as oily as desirable little o'i'e
or neauut oil may be added
7, onv Of our readers have apple
,roos that rested last year ana pofe
40 blossoms this spring we woulu Sus
pest they make an experiment W.
thom IN the matter of summer prun,
mo which means the removal aurihs
.he latter mart CT July and early Au'
snst of the limbs and newer grow
that would normally be removed uu,
mo the spring months. Pruning a.
us time specified-summer-tends y
heck wood growth and to tne 10, lnu
bon Of fruit buds for the io,io .s.,,s