The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1912-12-26

to do 1t, 1t Is usually unWlSe 10 Dreeu
dairy animals of the Guernsey or Jer-
sey type to Holsteins. or vice versa.
While individuals Of such violent
cross might be excellent dairy animals.
this result could not be looked for as
q general thing.
II the lawn has looked kind o. thin
and scrappy the past year give 1t
top dressing of well rotted and rather
fine manure This Should be left on
until spring, when the coarsest of the
litter may be raked off with the litter
and returned to the manure pile.
A fashionable woman's magazine
that the writer glanced at the other
day gave menus Of meals for week
for a family Of six to cost but $3.50.
While it might be possible to keep soul
and body together on such a ration.
the menus outlined made one gaunt
and hungry just to read them over.
Dentists say that one of the great
causes of the weakness and early de-
cay of human teeth is that SO much OF
the food consumed is prechewed and
that there is nothing much
left for the grinders to do. with the re-
suit that they get scant exercise and
the blood nOurishing them does not
flow as freely as 1t should.
An increasing number of northern
cattle feeders are using cottOnseed
meal instead of Oilmeal with corn as
a fattening ration. and with very excel
lent results. 1t can be bought for $50
per ton in car lots and runs as high
as 43 per cent in protein content. while
the oilmeal costs $35 per ton and con-
tains 10 per cent less protein.
In watering the house plants 1t Is
good idea to vary the usual method of
watering by pouring 1t into the saucers
in which the pots set. AS much water
as the plant needs will be drawn up by
capillary attraction. BY the usual
method Of watering 1t may happen that
the roots in the lower part Of the pot
may not get as much water as they
need.
The fine feature about a tulip bed
is that once planted it lives from year
to year. While u bed should be dug
up and small bulbs removed once In
three or four years. lady friend tells
us that she has this fall dug up bed
that has been undisturbed for period
of seventeen years, though the bloom
1t produced last spring was greatly ad-
mired.
Pumpkins make excellent feed for
both cattle and hogs and have feed
ing value that is from one-fifth to one
seventh that of corn. A feature that
adds internally to the practical value
Of pumpkins Is that they furnish va
riety and give zest to the appetite for
other feeds. This latter feature Is also
true of turnips. which from the stand
point of food content are much inferior
to pumpkins.
At present prices of corn pork can
be economically produced. but the cost
Of feeding. when measuring results Sc
cured. can be reduced considerably by
feeding one part Of tankage with ten
parts OF corn. A further important
fact that has been developed by repeat
ed feeding tests Is that hogs fed on
the corn tankage ration make One-third
faster gains in weight than when fed
on corn alone.
1t is not bad mental gymnastic for
boys and girls to picture to them
selves what they will likely be in Pc
Rod of from twenty to twenty-five
years from now IL they should keep on
in the direction In which they are at
present going. INDUCING in such spec
ulation ought to be enough to cause
some to take stock Of both present
achievement and character and take
q brace for better things.
While 1t is a fine thing II the young
wife can pIay a Chopin nOcturne or
Beethoven symphony on the new pi-
ano, 1t is lots more conducive to matri.
monial felicity IL she can bike nice
tin Of light biscuits. prepare tooth
some dish Of oatmeal or brOil steak
SO that it is juicy and tender. It's well
to possess both these accomplishments,
but II either must be lacking 1t would
better be the nocturne and symphony.
DR.. F. N. Myer. one Of the expert and
fearless scientists Of the department
of agriculture. has recently set out on
a tour In China. where he expects to
spend the next three years collecting
valuable plant life that may add to
the agricultural wealth Of the United
States. Most of the interval mention.
ed will be spent In the province OF
Kansu. which is located In the most
northwesterly part Of the empire and
which has never yet been explored BY
scientists.
TRIBUNE FOR JOB PRINTING.