Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1912-10-24

got In the gathering.
It Is well to put on giving the straw
berry bed It's winter covering Of corn
stalks or clean straw until after the
ground freezes firmly. Then just
enough litter should be spread over
the he'd evenly to protect 1t from the
sun and from the alternate thnwing and
freezing Of variable winter weather.
In France they are up Oh hort1cul
ture and animal husbandry. but have
found 1t necessary to offer substantial
rewards to the parents who rear two
or more children. 1t is doubtful II this
mercenary incentive will have the re-
suit desired by the French statesmen
who are interested In perpetuating their
nation.
After a tour Of several sections Of
the United States leading beet sugar
expert Of Europe reports the conditions
he found in northern California. north
ern Arizona and southern Montana as
favorable for the production Of beet
seed. At present the great bulk Of the
beet seed used In this country Is i'm
ported and constitutes a heavy expense
One of the best methods known Of
getting rid Of the white grub or larva
of the thunder bug or June bug. which
Is getting to be q good deal of gar
den and pasture pest in many locali.
ties, is to fence the infested tract and
turn In batch Of lively shotes They
will root every bit Of the sod up and
not only get rid Of the grubs. but do q
mighty good Job Of stirring the soil
The woodpeckers Of the Pacific slope
have an interesting habit Of drilling
holes In the bark Of pine trees and
there depositing the huge sharp point,
ed acUrns Of the valley onk. When
the worms which infect these acorns
are Mt II plump and juicy stage the
birds open the acorns and devOur their
victims. The tall pines. studded a.
they are with these acorns. present an
odd appearance.
II n a mighty large cause for re-
joicing that with beef and pork 60
ing to prices that make them we'll
nigh impossible ~, an article Of diet
for folks Of moderate means that POI
tatoes and beans are, an plentifuI and
cheap as they are. Appetlking meth
DDS Of serving both tkeae staples should
be made a study BY the thrifty house |
wife. as she win have to rely on them
. good deal during the coming winter. I
When It Is not often necessary to
poison a dog. It IL well to remember
that It IL easy to overlo the business.
This Is shown by an instance that
came to the writer's attention the other
day where three big Jumps Of cyanide
Of potassium were given a dog when
particle AZ large as the head Of a pin
would have finished him. The result
Of the overdose was that he threw the
whole business up and ia still alive and
kicking.
Some one has prophesied that eggs
will touch 90 cents dozen In the
larger markets before the winter IN
over. Perhaps this Is so. but II corner
is effected and the consumer il mulcted
to this tune there will be u scad Of
commission men that will lie hawking
stale cold storage eggs ut almost any
old price next spring In consequence
Too many million dozens eggs were
reserved for storage purposes during
the past summer to make any such
price feasible.
The railroads Of the country that
have main or branch lines reaching
into the grain or vegetable producing
sections of the country nre not making
any complaint just ut present along the
line Of an oversupply Of cars and mo
tor power. It Is conceded by all OBJ
servers that the transportation compa
MES Of the country are going to be
up against the stiffest crop movement
proposition in the next two or three
months that they have been confronted
with In the history Of American rail.
reading.
In view of the rather strong claims
that some breeders of pure bred poultry
make now and then rs to the laying
ability of the offspring of hens Of high
egg laying record. 1t is we'll to keep In
mind an exhaustive series Of expert
ments conducted by the poultry depart.
elent Of the Maine station with the
purpose of determining the correctness
VI this theory. At the end Ut the ex
pprinlents It seemed t" hp demonstrated
that the egg laying capacity at hpuS
could NOT ~ Increased 10y splprtin:
eggs frnn nigh record hens In fact
IL there wM> any tendency Observable
IT an Il seemed rather to he In the
other direction.
THE FATHERLAND.