Rensselaer Journal, Volume 12, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 December 1902 — One Thing and Another. [ARTICLE]

One Thing and Another.

In feeding .hogs at the Kansas station, Kaffir corn, skimmllk and nJfttYfn pasture In combination gave greater live weight than Kaffir com alone, or Kaffir corn with skimmllk, or Kaffir corn with alfalfa pasture. As the farmers of the plains come to recognize more fully the great Indirect as well as direct value of forest plantations, wood lots, shelter belts and Wind breaks, scattered over the agricultural treeless regions, and undertake to grow them In greater numbers, even if Individual plantations are small in extent, the total result will be of vast Importance In the development of the west Evaporating sorghum Juice Is best done as shallow as possible without burning. It should be done quickly, and the sirup should be cooled as soon as possible. With well clarified juice good sirup can be made In a plain pan, which may be removed from the fire when the sirup is finished. Autumn plowing, which buries the eggs and compacts the ground so the Insects cannot reach the surface in the spring, has been pronounced the most practicable remedy for grasshoppers.