The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1874-01-02
FARMERS COLUMN.
Varieties sf Apples to be Recommended.
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I EDrroR FAkxfEs: You invite
correspondence on apples TO be
| planted. I, for my part, am sur
4 prised at the little respect that is
| paid to the Missouri pippin; of
600 trees, believe only 100 are
] to be of this variety. and it was
even advised to deduct 60 from
that number in favor of the, iona.
than. / have 5000 trees to set
tout for myself next spring; of
that number eight hundred, at
least, I shall put n Of the Mis-
souri, pippin. In q catalogue of
apple trees for our Western farm
| ers, we want something good, pro
life and that will come into bear
I ing early; and the latter is a very
important item. This We have in
the Missouri pippin. 1t is an ex-
tremely good apple, No. ! it might
be called and unquestionably .
very prolific bearer, finding q
ready sale as to early bearing.
Proof is the very best argument:
w. E. Barnes, of Douglas county,
i'has 500 of these trees, two to six
lyeaFs planted, and this year, which
has been very had one for fruit
| lat least ia QUE FicinityI, have
given seven hundred bushels of as
fine apples; as l have. ever seen in
this State or any other, and many
of these trees fruited that were
only four years old standing in
the nursery row. Why the Mis-
souri, pippin ought not TO stand
first among the list of Kansas APP
pies am at . loss to know.
this apple, / would like to know.
kansas Farmer .z-ssz-a .as
PROPORTION OF CREAA TO MIX.
Tho proportion OF cream to
milk yielded by cows Of the vari-
Gus hreeds used IN the dairy were
ascertained by. experiment, in
England, some time since, to be
as follows: Brittany cows, 1927
to 22.0O per cent. of cream; Jer-
seys, 1856 to 1000 per cent. cross
of Jersey and Shorthorn, IL. 95 to
1905 per cent; Devon. 14.87 to
17.00 per cent; and Ayrshire,
13.47 to 1887 per cent The vari-
atoms depended on the feed, which
for the lowest, yield was grass or
hay only, and for the highest was
the most abundant food of the
richest character that could be
procured. As general thing,
however, cream is yielded in larger
proportion in our diaries than in |
those of England. We have been
assured by Mr.. Crozier, Of North
port, Long Island, that he has
taken one quart OF cream from
threo quarts of milk from oAe of |
his Jersey cows.-N. 7. Tribune. |
SHELTER IN WINTER.
Too much can scarcely be said !
in favor of giving animals shelter
in winter. We are not disposed
to qualify this statement by ok
empting any particular locality, /
not even southern Texas. Wher-
ever cold rains or frosts occur,
shelter for stock is necessary, not |
only for their comfort, but as q |
profitable investment for the
owner. Animals that are comfor-
tably housed for the winter are
less liable to. disease than those |
exposed to the weather; and it is |
well known that they require less |
food to keep them in an equally |
good condition. o..
! 1t may not be necessary in all |
climates to have warm, close sta |
bles; but some kind OF structure
that will perfectly protect the
animals from cold rain and |
winds, is positively necessary and
should be provided. On the
plains, :, where timber 10 scarce,
the. sides of the shed may, be made |
of sods, and the top rooted over
with q few poles covered with
cornstalks or prairie grass. But
we scarcely need to go SO far
away from home to flnd men try
ing to winter their stock without
suitable shelter. Many 9 farmers
barn in which his animals. are
wintered, is little better than =
shell, through the cracks OF which
the wind and rain pass without
obstruction. IN many instances
the work horses are only kept in
the barn, while the oxen, calves,
COWS, sheep. and colts shiVer in
the wind and snow eli winter, OBJ
tanning perhaps = little relief by
burrowing in E rapidly diminish
ing straw stack. IL we had not
Witnessed these scenes OF distress
thousand times, we could scarce
ly believe they could be tolerated
in christian communities. We
shall see them egain this winter,
as we always have whenever and
wherever we happen to travel in the
country. saf LEa8. aTs: - =.
Farming is usually . poor and
Improbable business with men
who thus treat their stock; but
they appear to hang on with bull
dog tenacity, and growl ct every
loss as though somebody was in
fault. There is no money to be
made in raising sheep, because 80
many die of disease; butter max
ing is q failure, because the COWS
| give SO little milk in winter; while
the. hair on.the colts back turns
the wrong way Just At the time e
good customer comes along. All
these ;nishaps srise from the want
of proper care. 's-'<
| There are many other apparent.
Ily=insignidcant matters connected
with the stock yard that need at
tention At this time, but . mo-
ment's thought will probably bring
them to mind. Whatever needs
to be done preparatory to the care
of stock this winter should be
done quickly.-E. Y. Sun.