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i, Stock like turnips.
Screen the water tank.
Give every horse his own collar.
Cull the ewe flock before breeding.
The soy bean is an excellentlegume.
A pig should never be compelled tosqueal for his food.
Cut the weeds out of the fence cor-nels before they go to seed.
P gs fed on dirty, dusty floors areapt to contract lung trouble.
A two-piece stave silo makes practi-cally as good a silo as a one-piece.
How about underdraining that lowplace on the farm? Now is the time.
You must have vigor In the sowIf you expect strong vitality in thePigs.
The hoe is a wonderful tool for con-serving the moisture around the smallplants.
No need of "pitch holes" or ruts inthe road. Use the King road drag,brothers.
All young animals to be profitablecbould be kept growing from birthuntil maturity.
Clean out the sheepfolds and sprin-kle thoroughly with plaster before pat-ting In beds of straw.
The self-sucklug cow and the con-firmed fence breaker are equally dis-agreeable to have in the herd.
Farmers will not get the full bene-fit of the rural free delivery untilafter they get the parcels post.
The total production of phosphatnrock in this country in 1910 was 2,-654,988 long tons, valued at $10,917,000.
After all that may be said In favorof other pastures, clover stands at thehead when It comes to the right thingfor pigs.
Don’t let those cockle burrs go toseed on stubble ground seeded dow'n.Run the mower over the field beforeseeds form.
Do not cut the grass a day too earlyor a day too late. Send in the mowerJust when bloom shows like a mistover the field.
Get ready to cull the ewe flock be-fore breeding this fall. There aresome ewes that are too old and shouldjrr ■;Market.
A dust mulch for the garden Is bet-ter than a sprinkling can. Stir thesoil every few days and you will needto carry very little water.
A sharp disk is the best tool thatcan be used to level down the bogscn a riece of rough, boggy sloughland after the tilers are through.
There is money as well as human-ity in providing shade for picketed orshut-in calves or other animals. Itcosts so little to try this it, is a shamenot to.
Selling crops as soon as they areharvested usually means that one getsa very poor prioe for ones product.Asa general rule the prices of grainsgo up a little later on.
A parasite with a /ong and unpro-nounceable name has been introducedInto Californlh to figat the codling
moth. It is said to be making goodand has begun the destruction.
Make a start in sheep this fall by
buying 25 high grade ewe.i and a
pure bred ram. We did tnis and soldenough of the increase the nextspring to more than pay lor the firstInvestment.
Naturally, fowls are healthy, and nostock ou the farm has been so muchabused. Yet in spite of &H the ill-treatment they receive they do muchbetter than any other stock on thefarm of equal value.
Moisture is a great factor in theproduction of blackberries. There issufficient water in the sub-soil toripen this fruit, provide you do not
let it get away. Fluent cultivationIs the remedy to apply.
In closelv built houses, where thereis roor ventilation, the air becomescontaminated by gases aria**-'? fromfilth athe accumulation of drop-pings. As the hens are exposed tothe*e gases during the night, it is nowonder that the system becomes pci*,cued by them and disease result
A farm shop is handy.
Little chicks must have shade.
Prepare for hog marketing tlms.
It is time to get the machinery un-der cover.
A hog cannot help being dirty in awet, filthy pen.
Try to have the water tanks undersome sort of shade.
In milking it is the last few pullsthat produce the profits.
A dog that wr orries stock has nobusiness on the dairy farm.
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A good shade goes a long waytoward thrift in the hog pens.
To get the best results the cowmust be kept quiet and treated kindly.
Oil Is cheaper than harvesters.Good oil Is cheaper than thin cheapstuff.
A screen fly trap setting near theback kitchen door rids the house ofmany flies.
There is going to be a lot of alfalfasown this fall. How much of it will beon your farm?
It pays to get out and do as muchwork as possible in the early partof these hot days.
One thing that keeps the hired manon the farm Is a neat, well-kept, andwell arranged farm.
A disk from an old pulverizermakes a good anchor for holding theend post of a wire fence.
Milking the cows clean and care-fully has a tendency to develop a per-sistent habit of yielding milk.
It doesn’t cost any more to be clean-ly than otherwise. And there’s moreprofit and satisfaction in It too.
Silage is highly relished by bothcattle and sheep, and Is fed withprofit to these classes of animals.
Our advertising columns are inter-esting this month. Look them overcarefully. May find something youwant
Three tablespoonfuls of formalin toa pint of half water and half milk isan efficient poison to set where fliescongregate.
The silo should be placed where itwill not interfere with the sunlight en-tering the barn, or interfere with theentrance or exits.
Supplement the short pastures withthose green crops you planted lastspring. Didn’t do it? Too bad. Re-member next time.
A little gunny sacking over thatpoor cow’s or calf’s back, when it ispicketed near swarms of flies, willhelp out the feed surprisingly.
Flies can’t hatch without a manureor dump pile to incubate in. Keepeverything clean and there will be afew million less of these flies.
Sheep and poultry go well to geth-er, and when once the buildings andfields are ready for them, how littlewoik, compared with other stock, ittakes to care for them.
Many dairymen are giving theircows simply a maintenance ration,and then complain because there isno profit In dairying. Such dairyingdon’t deserve to succeed.
Don’t neglect to cultivate the grapevineyard up to fruiting time. Thesurface of the soil in the vineyardmust be kept mellow throughout thehot July and August days.
Skim the milk clean. The milkcontaining quite a little butter fatmay be most excellent for the pigs,but butter fat at 20 to 23 cents apound is expensive pig feed.
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We saved up some of our profitsfrom farming and invested in somefarm land a few years ago. The re-sult may surprise you, but we made30 per cent on our investment.
The coal ash mulch is certainlygood for gooseberries and also for to-matoes. Tomatoes mulched withsifted coal ashes will resist blightand keep green and flourishing longerthan without It.
Linseed meal is made by grindingflaxseed from which the oil has beenmore or less completely extracted.“Old process” contains more fat andsomewhat less protein than “New pro-cess” llDseed meal.
Asa matter of fact the farmer owesit to himself, personally, to be a closostudent of advanced agriculture andof public questions. This is the wayto keep the mind alert and active andto keep mentally young.
Catarrh is not roup. It is usuallycaused by dampness; exposure to adrenching rain is a good starter forthe disease. Roup is a purulent ca-Urrhal affecilon of the air passages.I)r. Sanborn says it is a filth diseas*and not caused by “taking cold." Th*difference between roup and catarrhis that tbe latter has a tendency toget well without treatment while theformer seems inclined to progress toa fatal end.
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IT Is only during very recent yearsthat common turtles, or logger-heads, and the easily raised waterterrapin have been fully appreci-ated as articles of food that may
be commonly enjoyed, instead of rel-egated to form the choice dish of ban-quets. The northern former, withdrainage streams forming an Impor-tant feature of his land, and the own-er of spring-fed ponds on suburbangounds, may learn much from the tur-tle industry of the south that willprove interesting as well as practical.In the early days, when all that por-tion of the coast of Florida swept bythe Gulf of Mexico, afforded abundanthunting ground for turtles, they weresuch a common article of food thatthey were little appreciated, but dur-ing recent years their commercialvalue has increased.
The most important commerciallyare the green turtle, the turnkbacks,the hawkbllls and the loggerheads.Though some of them weigh only afew pounds, there are some mammothspecimens captured, the claim beingjnade, on good authority, that thelargest have been known to reach aweight of 1,200 pounds. The green tur-tle is also known as the Chelonia my-flas, and la the variety most prizedby the natives of Southern Florida.
Captured by Nets.At the present day turtles are cap-
tured mainly by nets, and also fromthe land by probing into their hiding-places along the banks of streamsWith a turtle-hook fastened to a long,stout pole. What is knov* as "tur-tle-turning” is mainly followed as asport by boys. But the old residentsclaim that in the early days turtle-turning was made the most importantmanner of capture, as well as Sport.An eafly authority thus tells of themethod used:
"Here (along the southern coast ofFlorida) one can follow the most sar-donic of all sports—turtle-catching.You walk along the lovely beach atnight, when the turtle has come upfrom the watei-s to deposit her hun-dreds of eggs. You see one. Youadvance, and coolly turn it over onIts back—and that is all. You leaveIt leisurely and pursue your stroll;turn another on its back, leave It,and so on until you are tired. Whenyou come again on the morrow therethey are. To walk up to a turtle inthe morning, having treated him inthis manner over night, and looksteadily in the eye thereof withoutcertain titillating sensations at onceIn your diaphragm (where you laugh),and ia your conscience (where you donot laugh) requires more grim rigidityof the former and more supple elas-ticity of the latter than some peoplepossess. Nor can there be anythingIn life, considered without referenceto your own act in making it so, morepreposterous than an upturned tur-tle lying, poor innocent, on its mildlyconvex back, with its mildly whiteeyes staring weakly at heaven, and itsflippers wriggling in flabby helpless-ness toward the four quarters of theearth’/
Among the visitors to the famous tur-ning grounds along the coast of Flor-ida, Inquiry Is often made as to whythe name tortoise is so seldom appliedto the many varieties of marine chelo-nians found on the borders of theGulf of Mexico. It Is true that tor-toise is the correct name for all thesevarious species—both the land and themarine species—as the name is de-rived from various French and Latinwords meaning twisted, crooked orcontorted, describing the crookednessof the curious feet and head protrud-ing from the tortoise shell. How thetortoise of early days became knownby the name of turtle is explained bythe fact that certain species of sea-turtles show such great affection foitheir mates, that the name of turtle(from turtle-dove celebrated for theconstancy of Its affection) came tobe applied to them. Later the nameturtle was applied to many species oithe marine tortoises, with turkeyfrequently used for the species foundin the West Indies.
Green Turtle the Favorite.Among the private turtle ponds own
ed and operated by progressive Flor-ida farmers who possess many acresof submerged land bordering famousturtle streams, many interesting feartures await the study of the northerntourist. The green turtle is the fa-vorite, not only because of its famein regard to "grefen turtle soup,” butalso for the delicacy of its flesh forvarious articles of diet. The tortoiseshell of commercial value is also mosthighly prized when secured from thegreen turtle, with its delicate color-ings. Both the upper shell—the cara-pace, or carapax; and the lower shell—the platron, are utilized for articlesand ornaments of commercial value,The most common method of prepar-ing the, shells for use is to softenthem by means of boiling. They arethen formed Into various shapes, orare flattened by being passed througha press. ..... vxi.v .>-r
The Florida native entertains thevisitor with many interesting legendsand traditions concerning the numer-ous turtles commonly known In theearly days as Chelonias. This name,applied to various river and sea tortoises, was derived, ’tis said, fromthe beautiful nymph Chelonia oimythological fame. According to thelegend, she alone of all the nymphs,was not invited to the bridal of Zeusand Hera, because she had amusedherself at the cost of the immortalcouple. But Hera was not contentedwith this vengeance. She made Mer-cury throw the witty but unwise maid-en into the sea with her house, andmetamorphosing her into a tortoise,condemned her to carry it on her backin eternal silence. For this reasonthe ancients called the tortoise Chel-onia.
CHARACTER SEEN IN BACKRear View of Men and Women Often
Reveals Their Personality tothe Btudent.
Have you ever noticed that theback views of men and women are in-tensely characteristic of the persons!
Then look carefully at that very or-dinary young man who has passedyou. He has one hand in his pocket,and shoulders slightly stooped. Fromwhat you can see of him, his head iabent, and every now and again hegives an 'aimless little kick at someobject in his path. What back viewcould be more eloquent of indecisionof character?
Now glance at the receding backof the man who has passed you by.Why does it fill you witk an instinc-tive sense of reliability? Becausethere Is strength in it; not necessari-ly physical, but mental. The back iastraight and alert. Tbe head la heldwell back, the arms swing easily, andthe walk is buoyant, confident, hope-ful.
Now direct your gaze across thestreet a moment. There goes a girlwho, under a cursory scrutiny, looksthe personification of what wealthcan do. Walk behind her a little way,and take good stock of the back viewpresented you. You soon discoveithat the end of a fringe net hangsdown on to the coat oollar. The col-lar of the blouse is done up with alarge pin. The middle seam of theskirt is not in its place. There Is ahole in the stocking just above theankle, and the ahoM, in spite of b*ing expensive, need repairing. Evi-dently the wearer Is an untidy, shiftless woman.
In these more practical days onequestions why they should have beenturned on their backs, thus to remainover night Why there was not a pos-sibility of someone else getting therefirst in the morning and reaping thefruits of the “turner’s” labor. Whythers was not considerable danger ofthe “wriggling flippers” giving thesudden twist that will send the aver-age small turtle “right side up withcare,” after a few effective struggles,and why it would not be just as easy,and much more sensible, on goinga-turtllng, to take along means of car-rying home the prizes when firstcaught, instead of allowing them tolie on their backs until morning.
Only a few years ago, vhen theturtle Industry first began to be ap-preciated from its commercial stand-point, the beef and turtle markets ofKey West stood side by side, manypreferring the latter as a regularmeat supply, and it then began to bea profitable industry to ship turtlesalive to the northern markets, notonly from Key West, but from allalong the southern coast of Florida.The turtle eggs are also valued asfood, and the pioneer settlers In thefar south found them a very appreci-able item in their provisioning, as thelarge varieties of turtles have beenknown to lay from 100 to 300 eggs ineach nest. What is known as theFlorida “gopher” is a species of tor-toise of terrapin, that burrows In thesandy soil and furnishes very accept-able food. Gopher calipash is themost popular dish made from this•mall turtle.
REAL ESTATE BARGAINS$250 Cash for House and Lot in City of Crandon.SSOO for 37 feet frontage on Lake ave., Crandon.$ 1000 for 43 acres south end Sand lake, near R*y•10 Lots in Hiinley*s Addition to Crandon at from$75 to $125 each*Six Improved Farms from 80 to 300 Acres at fromS3O to S4O per acre.Six Nice Residences, well located, SIOOO to SISOO.Thousands of Acres of Cut overLands suitable for Farming atfrom $5 to sl2 per acre.
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