The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1912-08-16

fool chauffeurS who think 1t good sport |
to try to beat fast trains to a railroad |
crossing. with the usual result that the
scrap iron collectors and undertakers
both get job.
A woman. aged fifty years. living at
Grand Rapids. Mich. graduated from
the local high school the other. day.
This should serve to spur on a certain
class of boys and girls who consider
themselves hopelessly outclassed If
they happen to get a year Or two be-
hind their grade.
Figures compiled by the department.
OF agriculture at Washington show
that the farmers of the country were
receiving 17.5 per cent more for their
produce on July l of this year than
they were year ago. The increase
noted is based on the prices prevailing
on some 80 per cent Of farm products.
One of the loveliest floral sights that
the writer has had glimpse of this
season was a crimson rambler that
was weighted down with numerous
sprays of wonderfully perfect bios
SONS, some OF which contained as high
as forty and fifty individual blossoms.
The flowers were picked by the bushel
basketful and brought cheer to the
bedside of many sick person to
whom they were carried.
Rex n& hrv yfv,Sv
of the turnip seed for the fall crop. In
the average small garden there is usu-
ally some space that has produced a
crop that might just as well be grow
ing turnips during the fall as weeds
or nothing at all. The ground should
be put in good condition and the seed
sown rather sparingly, as it will pro
duce many more plants than one real
ICES at the time of sowing.
Wyoming is one mountain state that
has suffered good deal in business
way for months past as result of
heavy cattle losses due to severe snow
storms last winter. One rancher at
Douglas, Wyo.. reports as high as 60
per cent of the cattle and sheep Of that
section lost as result of the storms.
In their efforts to save their 6ocks
many inexperienced ranchmen and sew
eral old timers lost their lives.
The luxuriance Of the bed Of flower
ing plants is likely to depend quite
largely upon the amount of water 1t
receives. This is true with respect to
the smaller towering plants and espe-
cially of the larger. such as the aster.
saliva and dahlia. Water is needed at
frequent intervals during the growth
Of the plant and particularly at bios
som time. when the vitality Of the
whole plant is taxed to the utmost
At the close of the strawberry sea
son a few weeks ago Missouri valley
gardener reported a total of 1888
quarts of strawberries picked from a
bed containing just a quarter of an
acre These berries brought on IN
average Is cents box, or a total OF
$357.45. Multiplying this by four gives
$1.429 as the per acre yield. This com
pares well with returns in any part OF
the country. including even California
or Texas.
The experiment which is being made
in Missouri of using convicts In the
making of permanent highways is
meeting with very satisfactory results.
Thus far none of the men has re-
fused to work. and none has tried to
get away. The convicts seem to en-
joy the outdoor work and are the bet.
ter for it in every way. AS an in
centive to the men they are promised
a reduction Of their period of contine-
ment by pne day for every two days
work they do on the roads.
Flowing stubble fields as soon al
possible after the grain is removed
serves two purposes that are not en-
phasized as much as they should be
. In the first place. 1t breaks up and ex
poses to the elements and to birds and
poultry the nests Of many insects thai
have sought harbor in the GROUND
for the winter. Again 1t serves to pre-
vent the maturing Of myriads Of weet
seeds and to terminate many remain
! ing in the soil. the plants from thes'
being killed by the fall frosts.
Land was being cultivated in por
tons of Germany before Columbus dis
covered America. yet after the rela
lively short time in which land ha'
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