Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 October 1909 — WORTH REMEMBERING. [ARTICLE]

WORTH REMEMBERING.

Saddle grafting is used for email plants, the stock being cut to a wedge and the scions cut and set upon the wedge. In splice grafting of the simplest form the two parts are cut across diagonally and laid together, being tied together with a string and waxed. It is useful for soft or tender .wood which will not admit of splitting. By separating the roosters from the he is after the breeding season their vitality as breeders will be strengthened. If kerosene is rubbed lightly on their feathers they will not fight and will soon become acquainted with each other. A horse that will walk steadily five miles an hour will cover the same ground in a day with much less fatigue than one that trots half the time. We do not sufficiently appreciate the value and capability of good, fast walkers. Land burned over almost always comes up with an Inferior growth, such as gray birch, wild cherry and soft maple. Such land offers the most hopeful chances for cheap improvement through seeding or planting pieces and cutting the other trees in a few years. An odor will be observed in the milk if silage is fed to cows a short time before milking, but if given shortly after milking the silage smell cannot be detected. It will mean a loss to the farmer to have the cow afraid of him. It is a loss every time she is frightened. To run a cow to pasture is like throwing money away. A cow in any way worried will not do her best. The cow that is made a pet of will make money for its owner. The milk of a frightened or abused cow is poisonous. Pay an occasional friendly visit to the little trees set this spring. Rub off unnecessary sprouts and make sure that no label wires have been left on the trees to choke them. Nearly every farmer has more or less tillage land that is too sour for best crop production. He would try the effect of lime on an acre or two if he knew that the specially prepared form of lime can be spread easily on land without any disagreeable effects on the user or any troublesome preparation of tho material. A good horse and wagon, neat clothes, clean packages und polite manners naturally go with a choice retail trade in farm products.

Millions of Onions. Fourteen million bushels of onions were raised in the United States last year, and so great was the demand that 1.400,000 bushels more were Imported from Spain. Egypt, Bermuda and the south sea islands. The value of America’s crop was $10,000,000, and the department of agriculture believes that of 1909 should be worth twice as much. It has just issued a bulletin on the subject as a gentle reminder to the average farmer and truck growrt that they are overlooking the onion—as if any one could do such a thing. For many centuries this vegetable thrived only in the valleys and lowlands. but improved agricultural methods have made it possible to raise it with profit on the hilltops. The Bermuda variety is being grown with tremendous success in all of the southern states, especially along the gulf coast. Each succeeding year brings new ideas as to marketing, and the danger of having the fruit rot in transit is fast becoming a thing of the oast. •