The Adair County news., 1913-08-06

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Shipments Of raw cotton from the
United States to France alone last year
were worth S67,OO0,OO0.
Corn silage and bright, clean hay
make a good ration for dairy cows
and good yields of milk have been re-
ported where no other food was given
The housewife may at times find IL
worth remembering that a pinch OF
soda added to milk that is close to the
souring point will keep it from cur
ding on being heated.
1t would seem as if the balmy fab
and winter had been about Offset by
the chilly days of April and May and
that there should be some warm, grow
ing weather coming to US.
In waging a dandelion determination
campaign there is little use in digging
up the plants at the poisoning period
unless the blossoms are removed ana
destroyed, for if they are left many o.
them will mature seed and scatter it.
\ Encourage the boy By letting him
have some of the money he gets for the
sale of stuff from the garden which he
has helped care for. The Scripturs
saying that 1.-The laborer is worthy cE
his hire applies to boys as well as
men.
There is no kind of garden flower
that is harder or easier to raise thar.
the violet. 1t has few pests and
thrives under the same general condi-
tions as does the wild violet. A root
or two will give a very large return II.
satisfaction for the trouble taken &c,
care for them
In the case of both horses and cattle
(and folks might be added to the list9
there is no scrub that is more Of 6.
scrub or more conspicuous than thor
oughbred scrub. This means that il
takes something more than a pedigree
on paper to make either a man or ar,
animal worth his salt.
A very convincing reason for swat
ting the fly now is that under average.
conditions il will become the grand
father or grandmother Of 1,G00OOO.Oo0
by tho time tue middle of Septembe-
rolls around. The writer hasn't veri-
fed these figures by actual count, but
gives them on what seems 70 be gooc
authority.
1t may be a hOmely notion, but the
writer somehow has the thought thai
with all of the many varied floral crea-
lions resulting from the ingenuity 81
plant breeders there has been nothing
perfected that SurpaSseS in exquisite
colOring and beauty or in rich yet deli
cate fragrance a spray Of Wild crGJ
apple blossoms.
1t is well for both gardene- an.
farmer to remember that cultivation Is
primarily for the purpose Of stirring
the soil to insure proper circulation "a
air and moisture and secondarily 20
the destruction Of weeds. The one
process serves both purposes it is true.
but it is sheer folly to stop cultivation
just because there are no weeds.
All animals appreciate and are the
healthier for having a dry place il,
which to rest and sleep. and this Is
particularly true of the milk cow anGi
of the brood SOW and her litter OF lit
tie pigs. Many of the ills from whicE
the animals named suffer as we'll as
a good deal of loss might be prevented.
were greater care exercised in this one
particular.
The writer planted some string beans
this spring when he planted Tadish, let
tuce and peas. The plants are now liz
their fourth leaf, but he has had tCs
cover them half a dozen times TO pre-
vent their getting nipped with the
frost, and he has concluded that plan@
ing beans in early April is a good deal
like Matching chicks in February ia
that both are a bit out of season
Everything that is tranSplanted il
the garden these days should be safe
guarded from attacks Of cutworms by
wrapping the stem a couple Of inches
above the ground with paper. II the
worms are especially bad one should
prepare poisoned bran or clover. sI:-
cording to directions recently gi7ar IN
these notes. and scatter it along the
plant rows in the evening. so that the
worms will get hold Of it during the
night. r.-
At ROthamsted. England, is located
an experiment station on which expert
ments in crop production have Segd