Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1912-06-17

That green food of some kind should
form Il considerable part of the ration
for chickens. ducks and geese is nicely
shown in the portion of tbs day they
usually spend on pasture when they
have access to it.
Various styles and models of auto
mobiles come and go, but a chunky.
clean limbed draft horse with sound
feet is always in great demand. Horse
raisers of the country have never sue
ceeded in producing enough of them.
The lead pencil farmer may be in dis
repute. but Notwithstanding this the
farmer who uses his lead pencil along
with his hands and feet stands bet
ter chance of achieving success in his
farming operations than the one who
leaves the lead pencil out of the count
The migratory insect eating birds of
the country are said to prevent an an
nual damage to crops of $S00.00O,O00
In spite of this. however. some fell
lows-a few of them live in the coun-
try-think this question of bird pro-
lection is largely matter Of senti-
ment.
Time was when hogs We're supposed
to have had excellent care when they
had all the grain and slop they wanted
in an 8 by 10 pen. Nowadays a good
pasture of clover. alfalfa or rape is
considered an indispensable adjunct in
the hog raising business by all farm
erS who are interested in economical
pork production.
A good deal OF fun is poked at the
pretty, but punky. Ben Davis. the ap
pie that combines the poorest texture
and best keeping quality under one
skin of any apple on the market And
yet many who have had experience
with the Ben Davis say that one year
with another it will net as much mon
ey per acre as many Of the better
quality and higher priced apples.
Soft shelled eggs may be caused by
lack of lime in the ration of the hen
and also may be due to the fact that
she is out of condition resulting from
too much corn in the ration If the
former is the cause the difficulty may
be righted by supplying old plaster or
ground oyster shell, while in the latter
wheat. bran or oats should be subSti
tuted for the bulk of the corn and the
flock made to scratch for their feed
A whole lot of people are taking dope
of one kind or another or having this
or that portion of their interior anat-
omy removed. when it is more than
likely thar great part of their dumpy
and diSordered condition is due to
rundown condition-the result of i'm
proper food and nutrition. We know
a number of red nosed individuals of
both sexes who don't need a tonic to
brace up Their liver or to have their
appendices removed half as much az
they need more milk, eggs, fresh air
and pure water.
on the Pacific slope for the lover of
flowers is the ease with which the
tender varieties of roses can be grown.
A Kaiserin Victoria rosebush in
schooyard not far from the writer's
ranch is two and half inches in diam
eter at the ground and Is so tall that
the blossoms in the top have to be
plucked from stepladder. In the
north central states one thinks he Is
doing well if he nurses one of these
tender roses through the winter by the
aid of a hard Goa! fire and feels re
warded if he gets a blossom or two.
For some reason the nature of the
grape is such that it seems to thrive
best on soil that is thinnest and most
unpromising. nne of the most pro-
life yields OF via grapes the writer
ever saw was ESQ vines located on the
north slope OF ullroad embankment
consisting OF pure sand, coarse
gravel and 90 Just how these
vines manage IT the nourishment
necessary TO n of leaf and ten
drill and Pre-, # luscious fruit 1t
is hard to but the fact is
they did. ! fare habit Of the
grape Is o. nOuld be kept in
mind in tn, the vineyard.