Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 268, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 November 1920 — Off Agin, On Agin [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Off Agin, On Agin

(Copyright.) Hay. Hay is what we are told to make while the sun shines. Hay is divided' into many kinds. We used to help divide it, so that it would cure enough to be stacked, or put into a mow. It would be cruel to stack or store hay that was still ill or under the' weather. Sunshine and air in abundance will cure almost the sickest hay. There are alfalfa, clover, timothy* rrdtop, peanut, cowpea and John Hay r Jr. / Alfalfa will produce almost aa many crops of hay as a real estate agent will tell you it will. Clover is hard to cure. It is inclined to be sullen and despondent' and often has to be handled' with a sulky rake. ■ If permitted. It will settle down In a sad, black heap and rot utterly. , We know of few things any more depressing to the sight than a field striped with clover. windrows when thereghave been two weeks of cold rain on it Hay like that makes fine feed for a horse that one Is anxious to lose. Hay is also' the first name of a popular brand of sneezy fever. FINNIGIN FILOSOFY. Ut wud be a fine t'ing t’ lave off enough fr’m the price av that di’mond ring an' buy a ton av chai f’r a fam’ly wid shiverin' childher in ut. • * * v- Novelized Stuff. “She merely played with the food on her plate.”—Any Novel. . She probably gave the bread a roll, the butter a playful pat, did a turn with her fried eggs and tickled the pigs’ feet. * * Holding Its Own Sportingly. Let what ball player may, hold the record for high batting average and base larceny and all that for the season, the Panama canal bolds the highest percentage of slides. • • • Explained. 0 “I was tn the Serbian army,” the' stranger said, through his clenched teeth and his Interpreter. “Yes, but you are shot in the face!" said the man who keeps track of current events. “Ah. yes. I got nervous and looked back!” ' FiNNIGIN FILOSOFY in bL th'klaeWv nawthia* to impri.«vely like good totoff.