Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 21, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 December 1899 — FARM AND GARDEN [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

FARM AND GARDEN

A Lesson for Farmer Boys. Bile Grover lived in Gungawamp, an’ farmed it more or less; Fur forty year he’d tilled the soil with more or less success. He lived a quiet, humly life, an’ alius paid his bills, An’ took no int’rist in affairs beyend his stretch uv hills. He labored hard an’ labored long, an’ dug a livin’ out. An 1 ' met the stormy days uv life with hones’ heart and stout. No burnin’ flame harassed his soul, ambitions none lied he, He lived the highest type uv life, rare, sweet simplicity. He went ter church an’ Sunday school, an’ hed a class uv boys, An’ counted keepin’ well the day among his simple joys An’ when he come tur die his end wuz peaceful ez could be, His work wuz done, his life well spent, frum sin an’ sorrer free; He lived the highest type uv life, the great an’ holy plan, An’ when he died he died at peace with God, himself an’ man.

Tom Jason left his father’s farm at 10 years uv age, Tur dash his name with boyish haste acrost the city’s page; The country wuz too slow fur him, an’ tho’ he worshiped Bile, He couldn’t live in Gungawamp, it hed no dash an’-style. He found a place an’ went tur work an’ rose ez bright boys do, An’ jined the firm at 21 a “hustler i through an’ through.” No scheme wuz big enough fur him tur handle any time, No hour wuz late enough tur work es he could gain a dime; No sum wuz big enough to save, an’ so each year tur come He tried with all his might an’ main tur double every sum. Ambitious, full uv youthful fire, he entered poliertics An’ snatched a moment now an’ then fur clubs an’ social cliques. A busy man, Tom Jason wuz, “A hustler through an" through,” Furever strain’ after gain, furever in a stew; An’ tho’ he was successful, ez the world looks on success, At 30 years his health broke down frum overwork an’ stress. Deprived uv his great hope in life he sank in rapid pace, An’ died still cryin’ out fur gold tur save him from disgrace.

Two stuns p’int straight at heaven’s blue in Gungawamp’s churchyard; One over in the corner, an’ one on the boulevard. One is a stylish monument, a gran’ like thing tur see, An’ one a 3-foot modest slab without no filagree. One is Tom Jason’s monument, an’ one Bile Grover’s stun. Two boys, clus friends fur sixteen year, whose lives so diffrunt run; One representin’ dash an’ style, an’ stress an’ worriment, The other, peace an’ good ol’ age an.’ humble life content. —Joe Cone, in St. Louis Globe-Democrat. A Farmer’s Cart. Tbe wheelbarrow' is one of the things no farmer w'ho has much feeding or other heavy carrying to do can be without unless, of course, he has something better. For nearly everything, a twowheeled cart is handier and easier to handle than the barrow, and the farmer himself can construct it on some rainy day or idle spell. For running gears, a broken-dow-n or disused cultivatormost farmyards have two or three—furnishes the best of wheels. The handles are bolted to the axle, and a frame made of 2x4’s bolted to-the axle and handles. This frame should set so that about a third of Its length will reach in front of the axle. This will give the proper balance when pushing a load.

Removable sideboards are made of wide boards. There are many places about a farm where this cart will be found convenient.—Ohio Farmer. Care of Monthly Rose*. Two courses may be pursued in a severe climate In the winter care of tender roses. They may be taken up, removing the leaves, and place them in a box of soil, covering the roots as if planted. In this way they may be kept in a cellar, maintaining some moisture in the soil, until spring and ready for replanting in the open. The other course Is to leave them where they have grown, draw up some soil about the stems, and then cover all over securely with litter or leaves. The best way - to use evergreen branches, if one can get them, laying them over the plants, and then placing a thick covering of leaves or little over all. It is also a further protection to box around the plants and cover with boards to keep out the wet—but this to not absolutely necessary. If the plants stand close enough together to

be all covered with a large dry (#9 | box, or a similar one, It vrHI good protection in connection With mm evergreen boughs or le«TE*r--Y||H| About Catting Wood. 1 Every farmer who plana todoalmg season’s work cannot overlook porta nee of having bis year’s supp>jfiH| fuel on hand and ready for later than April 1. With sotß*iltj|||| not a very hard task, for in manjr.llH callties where timber is scarce eoaf afl largely used for heating and oil ftiKg cooking purposes. During the pa*t years a number of different kindajjjjH trees have been dying, and theptarnaeffl who owns ten or more acres of b*fjH wood timber finds that the dead tr|9H accumulate in spite of tbe fact tbatvlß quantity of suer is larger each year JH the quality deteriorates. Some faffljE ers were wise and sold off the that were subject to decay and ed a loss from this source. Otb49i|H however, were in hopes that tbgfl would be able to use the diseased treijH for fuel before they became wortUflii|H Here is where they made a mlsupW And this is why we see so many wH dead trees in the woods. These anilfl some cases so rotten aronnd the side close to the bark, tbe sap wmH

that it requires some skill to splffS9 block into stove wood without ing a good many sticks In two. ’tmm illustration shows how one wood cutter does the work and seaHl to be very simple. At a, the MoeijnSl split through the center, maklngjifli halves. The lines running from outside to the heart are where it z!N|H| be again split to make slabs like 4 | The cross marks on end of slab b tmj their own story. In splitting outside slabs from b, always strike enough toward the heart to get a soßi tion of sound timber with It If Tmm fail to do this it will break like c, aanf much of the block will be American Agriculturist. 11 Excellent Water 'E'otmtmbwM flj Select one of the gallon size tewm cans and set it upside down in » M'M cake dish from the 5-cent cobsHll Make two dents in the edge of thecjffgj as shown, and fit a wire from one eqHI

of the plate up over tbfe can, and ddfll to the other side. It must hold the ct| firmly, but be readily slipped off wM the can is to be filled. Punch aba one-half inch up from the lowfflf|i®S of the can, and the water will flow! m as wanted. |||H The Seed Distribution Fake*i|| Ji Who gets any real and lasting bnH j from the Government free distribdjß*; of seeds? Most of our horticnst||Hi| will answer, “Nobody but the nudHrq| gets the contract for furnishlnill seed.” A writer suggests tha®tjfl money, Instead of being spent ta||h|| way, be divided up into awards to lx* given to the meat u J women who develop and originate anEg and valuable varieties of fruits, gg|H| vegetables and gi-asses. As a ruleJtl | person who has the genius and 4|| tience to develop something v has his product taken away fmoimiM by all nurserymen and seedmen getfjßfl it after the first year or so, tbu**t|||H| ling him to realize but little for ||HJ| bor. A reward of this kind wotxllHH a great stimulus for workers in thjjgjl rection, and, we think, would reraHS great and permanent good,—Wallarili Farmer. :|Sh Saving the Trees. .M 'fij In order to save the beautifttfJtiMS which it is necessary to remove tet9as| structing the buildings for the exposition an ingenious been devised by the engineetU H charge of the enterprise.. Trees, rllll and the surrounding earth are ineisM| in heavy plank bins built around and are then bodily lifted into tljiH|| and kept suspended there until cavations and building completed, when, if there is trees are let down into formes|»jj| tions. The plan has been founda«B work admirably, and it is so ttßjjjm and practical that it might be adogtM wherever it is necessary to trees in the course of lions.— New York Mail and Exp«B;||| Armour's Venture in Ear* miXm |S|| It was learned recently that mom- Packing Company completed' 1 ,;V' raugemenrs for embarking in the twjllf ness of separating the whites and of eggs, canning them freezing them and placing market. During the last year mours have gone extensively InWrJ egg business, and have succeededyjig creating a great demand product. .-JH As the eggs are canned jNH§f| some thirty dozen eggs are put «■ a two-gallon can. When a baker t : "j thirty or forty dozen eggs in a takes time to break the eggs wiimACarate them under the old pian. jl ' 1 new venture promises to be IkjM saver for the large handlers of-mHH New York Commercial. . ,1 "'iL

A HANDY CART.

METHOD OF SPLITTING WOOD.

WATER FOUNTAIN FOR POULTRY.