Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1913-01-10


turkey and yet seem able to scratch
enough together to keep the breath OF
life in half dozen or more husky
dogs. And the more improvident folks
are the more dogs they seem to have.
A corn growing contest In North Da-
kota. held during the past season. was
participated in by 513 farmers of the
state. The winner of the first prize.
$50 in gold, was the youngest farmer
OH the list, lad of twelve years. who
succeeded in growing an average yield
Of I'll bushels on tract Of four acres.
There still remain to be mined in the
United States 1902. O22 100000 tons of
coal according to a recently published
statement by the United States geolog-
ical survey. This Is 00.5 per cent of the
original supply and is said to be suffi-
cient to last 1900 years. Anyway, we
won't need to worry about it until next
summer.
That is no small Job which the Eng
lish have carried out in connection with
the Assuan dam, which. with the irri-
cation works connected with 1t. has
cost $53.OOOOOO. But Notwithstanding
the huge expense connected with the
work 1t is estimated that the value Of
adjacent land has been increased by q
billion dollars.
Several medical authorities are
agreed that the common housef1y, in
addition to being a carrier of typhoid
germs, is also the chief distributor OF
the virus Of the dreaded disease, infan-
tile paralysis. The fly was in bad re-
pute before. and this last Indictment
ought to be enough to put it out OF
business altogether.
The Kansas Agricultural college has
Holstein COW thirteen years old which
last year gave profit Of. 1862 above
cost of keep. There are hundreds upon
hundreds of dairy herds the country
over in which the best ten cows on the
list are not netting as much as this
one old bovine. The fine showing she
made was partly due to breed, partly
to feed and good deal to the one who
owned her.
While there may be slight variations
in the rule, It is pretty safe to assume
that the prices charged for the several
brands or grades of soft coal CORE
spond quite closely to their value a.
measured In heat units. Often the adj
vantage, IL such there be, is in favor
Of the higher priced grades. there being
! less ash and clinker and hence less
trouble In keeping CRATES clean and
the fire In good condition.
Rabbits. especially young ones, make
toothsome eating II properly cooked.
They make nice dish when parboiled
and fried. are good roasted with dress
ing and make great stew with dump
ltngs. While some uncomplimentary
things are now and then said about tho
rabbit. 1t is nevertheless one Of the
+. cleanest of animals. Its habits are like
those Of the sheep. while it Is vastly
cleaner than the hog or chicken.
The habit Of niggardliness and miser.
liness should be stunned as one would
a pestilence. 1t is the most abject and
contemplate form Of selfishness and
will warp and destroy the soul-the
finest-in a person as sure as disease
will destroy the physical body. II
! there Is pathetic as we'll as contempt
ible object under the sun 1t Is one
grown to mans or woman's estate who
has this disease Of stinginess fastened
upon him.
Horse owners Of the country lose
tens OF thousands of dollars annually
through failure to recognize the dan
ger In not giving work horses opportu-
nifty for exercise when not ut work and
while nearly full feed Is kept I'D.
Azoturia, an acute kidney trouble, is
likely to develop under the conditions
referred to. Horses not working should
have their feed reduced. but in any
event they should have opportunity
for daily exercise. Thousands Of valu-
able horses die annually because of q
failure to observe this simple precau.
ton.
For the great stretch Of semiarid
country lying west Of meridian 100
degrees. which extends in a pretty
straight belt from the Canadian line
to southern Texas, the culture Of the
milo maize seems to give much prom.
ise The grain produced by this plant
has about the same feeding value as
corn and belongs to the maize or corn
family, as its name indicates. Its
chief value for the section of country
mentioned lies in its drought resistant
power and Its ability to produce a
crop In seasons SO dry that practically
all other cereals fail
IT the parcel post accomplishes moth
Ing else 1t will have been worth while
IN that 1t gives system of transporta-