sixty mires distant, which was former
ly the event of the year, can now be
made in the form of more frequent
“calls,” running over for dinner and
the like.
ORCHABJ
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GAMMI
BY
EETRIGG
REGISTER.
ROCKFORD. IA.
CORRESPONDENCE
SOLICITED
[This matter must not be reprinted with
out special permission.]
We have known of serious cases of
"crick in. the back” to be materially
helped by the absorbing rélaxation af
forded in yelling at a good ball game.
The state of Wisconsin produces
from 47 to 50 per cent, of the national
cheese supply. Between 200 and 250
new cheese factories have been added
during the past year to the producing
list.
Potato bugs and cutworms were
scarce articles this season in the sec
tion where the writer lives, and, while
there is no 'explanation for their disap
pearance, gardeners are mighty thank
ful for it
An average cow will eat seven
eighths of a cubic foot of silage a day.
With data at hand it is an easy matter
to figure out how large a silo would
have- to be to furnish ensilage for a
given number of cows or steers for a
stated period of time.
The bearing season of the tomato
vines may be hastened by pruning the
tips rather sharply and causing the
strength of the vines to go to fruit
rather than to more vine. The writer
has found a second pruning of this
kind necessary the present season.
In the shortening of distances and
the bringing of people together the
I
automobile has taken its place along
side the^ telephone. The visit to friends
A freak in the shape of a Partridge
Wyandotte hen has been presented to
the London Museum of Natural His
tory. The bird was hatched In 1910
and molted normally in the fall of that
year and again a year later. After the
1912 molt her plumage became in all
respects that of a cock. This hen
still lays eggs, but not one of them
has been hatched.
A field of corn possesses a maximum
of feeding value for either ensilage or
shock corn when- the lower leaves have
begun to turn and when husks here
and there show the yellow color, but
with the stalk still green—that is, un
The pit silo, which farmers in the
der normal ripening conditions. The drought belt have been urged to build
ears should be dented and a majority in order to save what feeding value
of them hard..
there is left in the corn crop, will not
be successful in any section where
The other day a dairyman located there is danger of a seepage of water
near a large city was given a heavy into the pits in which the ensilage is
fine for persisting in feeding city gar stored. Such water would spoil the
bage to his cows after a pure food in silage and cause the time spent in
spector had warned him not to do so. storing It to be worse than thrown
A lot of practices are not tolerated to away.
day that were taken as a matter of
course years ago, and not so many
The campaign of extermination
years ago either.
which has been waged in Oregon
against the coyotes has resulted in a
The eradication of the cattle tick great /increase in rabbits. These, in
from certain counties in the state of turn, must be disposed of on account
Mississippi is said to have increased of the damage they do. Experiments
the value of cattle in those localities made in inoculating them with disease
$7 per head. The cost to the farmers have proved unsatisfactory, and thus
in twenty-one counties was $100,000, far the only sure way of getting rid
but as a result there has been an in of them is by the rabbit “drives,” by
crease in the valuation of cattle in means of which 16,000 jack rabbits
these same counties of $2,148,839. The were killed in one county last winter.
cost .of eradication was 50 cents per
bead.
The great drought which has pre
vailed over very large sections of the
Analyses which have been made of southwest for months past and has
sweet clover, .until quite recently con caused the premature marketing of
sidered as merely a worthless road hundreds of thousands of head of cat
side- weed, show that it contains a lar tle cannot but have a very decided ef
ger per cent of protein and more nitro fect along the line- of increasing the al
gen bacteria capable of storing up ni ready high cost of living, particularly
trogen from the air than alfalfa, which as this is affected by the price of
is the most highly prized of the legume meats. Keep this in mind and be
family. It has been found that all ready either to get along with less
farm animals easily learn to eat it and meat or pay more for the smaller quan
that it makes' an excellent pasture, tity.
which stands dry weather better than
any other. While the seed is high
Financiers of Peru, who are said to
priced, enough for a start' may be got own most of the railroads of that coun
by cutting .the sweet clover that has try, have hired an expert from the
gone to .seed by the roadside.
Minnesota university farm, who is in
Another reader has registered' fils charge of barley investigations for the
opinion as in favor of the theory that federal department of agriculture, to
the air works uphill instead of down conduct a six months’ agricultural de
hill in a tile drainage system. If the velopment survey in the region of Lake
matter were put to a vote of all farm Titicaca, the highest navigably lake
ers who have had experience with such district in the world. The bulk of the
drainage systems we think the air experiments will be conducted at an
would work Uphill quite uniformly.
altitude of 12,600 feet and where the
temperature averages about 50 degrees
the year through. Minnesota barley,
wheat, alfalfa, brome grass and sev
eral kinds of hardy trees will be tried
by the expert
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The world’s Jersey record for butter
and milk production has recently been
broken by Kola’s Katherine 206275, a
cow belonging to George W. Vander
bilt and kept on his farm at Asheville,
N. C. The total milk production for a
period of 120 days was 6,086 pounds,
containing 287.25 pounds of butter fat,
equivalent to 337 pounds of butter.
Her best day’s milk record was 66.5
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A reader of these notes living near
Flemington. N. J., noting the sugges
tion made recently by the writer of
using white lead to paint trees where
the bark has been knocked off, writes,
recommending very strongly gas tar
(or- coal tar) as a substitute for white
lead for this purpose. Our corre
spondent says he has tried everything
that he has ever seen suggested for
this purpose and has found the coal
tar most satisfactory. Where it can
be had conveniently the coal tar is
a much cheaper material than white
lead, our friend writing that he can
get it for 5 cents a gallon. Our corre
spondent observes that with him the
bark does n'ot grow well over lead
paint.
There is no more delicious garden
vegetable than the green lima bean
properly cooked and served with
cream, etc., and yet there is hardly any
vegetable which means a larger cost
per serving. Many seasons it. is hard
to bring it to maturity north of lati
tude 43 degrees, while it takes a lot of
seed to start with to get any kind of a
stand.
Life is longer and a good, deal sweet
er if one stops his automobile in front
of a railroad crossing instead of at
tempting to pass over when a train is
coming. At most, such a stop would
take but three or four minutes, and,
whether they will admit it or not,
folks who own or ride in automobiles
have more than that time to spare dur
ing every hour of the day.
A farmer living near Jamestown, N.
D., is this year trying out a variety
of corn the seed of which he imported
from Russia. This variety was intro
duced into Russia from southern Asia
and has become acclimated until, it
matures a good crop in northern Rus
sia. This farmer’s experimental splot
of a quarter Of an acre is being watch
ed with much interest by his neigh
bars.
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Clean Wholesome Beds.
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Sweet Home
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Newly refurnished and
painted inside. Tables
are Supplied with the
best the market affords
Clean and Airy Rooms and Beds.
The tables are supplied
with the best the
market affords
Feed barn in connection
with the Hotel............
F. B. K napp , manager
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Willie—Does your pa ever send you
to bed before 7 when you’re naughty?
Bobby—Worse’n that. When I’v^been
bud be makes me get up before 7.—Bos
ton Transcript.
Be wise today.
fer.— Young.
Feed and Livery Barn in
connection with Hotel
Prices are Reasonable.
’Tis madness to de
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Misses and childrens Sweaters at 50 cents on the dollar
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Remember this is the store where you will find a complete line of
Underwear for any of the youngsters or for yourself.
Mens and Boys Hats, Caps and Gloves and Gents
Furnishings. A complete line of High Top Heavy
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The Famous Chippewa Hunkedori Line.
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Dr. Luther will attend professional calls at reasonable distances
Day,or. Night
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