Milford chronicle., 1927-07-08

their foliage.
American cooperative associations
marketing poultry or eggs or both
have a total membership exceeding
$4,000 and an annual business esti-
mated at more than $40,0OO,OOO.
Alfalfa, because of its high per-
centage of protein, is one of the
most valuable pasture plants for
hogs 1t is also the most palatable
hay crop for swine.
A large paddock or lot in connect
ion with the stable helps consider
ably to keep in fit condition horses
that are worked irreguarly. A
series of sodded lots will be found
preferable, as in addition to getting
exercise the horse will be benefited
by the grass, which acts as a tonic.
Trees with straight clear trunks
are more salable that rough, limby
wood. When trees are properly
spaced, nature "self1prunes" the
lower branches. But in small farm
timber tracts with valuable kinds of
trees pruning is often profitable,
especially if done during slack
times. The pruning of black locust,
however, is probably not advisable
because of the danger of increasing
infestation by the locust tree borer.
An unusual feature connected with
the tobacco industry in the United
States is the fact that the Govern
ment derives a greater revenue from
the manufactured products that the
growers receive for their crop The
farm value of, tobacco in 1925 was
S4,253, 900; the taxes on manufac-
tured tobacco collected during the
fiscal year 1925 amounted to s345.
247,210.96.
A supply of pure water is essen
tlal to the health of the family. In
vestigations indicate that about
out of shallow wells are badly
polluted. Wells and springs are fed
by ground water, which is merely
natural drainage. Impurities are
carried into the ground water
sometimes reaching distant wells or
springs The principal safeguards
are clean ground and wide senarat-
Ion of the well from probable chan
nels OF impure drainage water. ONLY
When the surface of the water in a
Well, or spring is at higher level at
an tlmes than any nearby source of
lllth is there safety from impure
seepage. pUi
The Federal statute which makes
leaving camp fire or brush fire in
OF near Federal Forest without
totally extinguishing it, a criminal
oIIense II National Forest timber
land is dangered, has been unheId
as constitutional by the Sunreme
Court of the United States. Tn hand
ing down the opinion of the Court
1ustlce OIlVer Wendell Holmes
SAID: The purpose of the Act is to
prevent forest fires which have been
one OF the great economic misfor-
tunes OF the country. The danger
depends upon the nearness of tbe
IRE; not upon the ownership of the
land where it is built. Taken in
connection with the danger to be
prevented it (the statute reouiring
flres to be extinguished) laws down
a plain enough rule of conduct for
anyone who seeks to obey the law"
Calcium cyanide, a poison that
generates hydrocyanic-acid gas
When 1t comes in contact with the
AIR. is generally used in fumigating
grounding burrows. Take a hean-
ing tablespoonful of the calcium
cyanide (use long-handled spoon).
reach into the burrow at arms
length, turn the spoon over, and de-
post the cyanide in pile in the
burrow, but do not scatter it, Then
cut square of sod, lay the flat side
against the burrow opening. and
throw a few shovelfuls of dirt over
the sod to prevent escape of the
poisonous gas generated by the cal
cium cyanide. Treat all holes in
this way. Check the work a week
after treatment, and when any holes
are found that have been opened.
repeat the treatment. Use calcium
cyanide only in burrows occupied
by groundhogs during April, May,
June and July, when the animals are
most active. Never keep the poison
IN a glass jar and do not leave the
can open. Don't keep the calcium
cyndie in any building housing eth
er human beings or livestock. 1t is
a very dangerous poison.
Some helpful washing devices are
on the market in addition to various
types of washing machines. When
for any reason it ia not possible to
install a machine, considerable as
sistance may be obtained from some
of these devices, according to the
United States Department of Agri-
culture. One is a perforated funnel
made to fit in wash boiler. This
works on the same principle as a
coffee percolator and increases the
circulation of water through the
clothes. The funnel-on-a-stickt type
of a washer, which was the forerun-
ner of the vacuum-cup washing
machine, makes it possible to wash
very soiled or infected clothing
without immersing the hands. The
stick can also be used to lift the wet
clothes from the boiler to the tub,
although a smooth broom stick is
equally satisfactory. What might be
termed portable washers" are also
available. One such type is pump
operated by an electric motor which
maintains the circulation of water
in the tub and keeps the clothes in
motino. Another consists of a set
of inverted cones which act on the