The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1876-04-04

Ing Is al account of a Grade Dalhan Calf
Which was dropped the first Of APRIL 1875
and raised until il was 5 months and 0 days
old, by Mrs. Chamberlain of Portage Prai-
RE. ST. Joseph Co, Ind 1t was slaughtered
and dressed by c.. vinson of South Bend.
Ind, the 10th Of September, 1875, and
weighed as follows: The four quarters Of
meat weighed SOS pounds; hide, 40 lbs,
rough tallow, So lbs; making for beef. lille
and tallow 452 pounds, allowing for the
head. feet and other oGal, lis lbs. would
make the live weight SOS pounds.
WHEAT SOWING WE SEAsoNs.-T. C.
Scholey, of Yorkshire. England, writes in
the London Agricultural Gasette Of Novem-
Der 20. that much wheat remained unsown
In England at that late date on account Of
the continued wet weather. His plan Of
sowing wheat is to make it follow potatoes,
Of which he grows 1870 acres yearly. The
ground is lightly plowed. the seel sown
evenly on the burrows and lightly narrowed
in keeping the sowing close up to the plow-
ing. The light blowing enablesthe farmer
to sow on land too wet for ordinary working,
and by using a gang pillow, the land is less
tramped Town than when a heavier p,ow is
used.
How LONG TO MILK A cow.-Thcre seems
to be a prevalent idea that il is not profit
able to milk q COW more than eight or nine
months. and most dairymen dry OF their
cows early and let them go dry three to
four months. Is this the best practice ?
We think not. A COW is kept for milk.
She should be bred for holding out her milk
as long as she can, with due regard for
health. 1t has been proved in the case of
thousands of cows that awe lived to good
old age. that they can be bred to give milk
ten months in the year, bear a good, healthy
and strong calf and be reldy for as good -
milking season the next year. We should
seek such cows and discard those that per-
sist in drying early. even if they do give a
good mess for a short season.
Too MANY VARtErIrs.-The following
from the N. Y. Weekly Sun expresses ideas
which those intending to plant fruit of any
kind should heed Ninety persons out of
every hundred who set out trees for home
use or for market indulge in too many va
~rieties. This one fatal error has ruined
more fruit growers than all other causes
combined. N~urserymcn propagate their
hundreds and thousands of sorts simply be-
cause a majority of their customers do not
know what they want and will not take the
advice of those who do. The prevailing
passion with the novicein fruit culture is to
try as many varieties as possible and we
have known men who had just begun and
with very little capital, to go into a nursery
and undertake to make a short purse go a
long way by purchasing a tree or two of
each variety, instead of acting the wiser
part. selecting from a number of trees a
few of the very best"
LARGE YIELD or RE FRon ONE SEED
Mr.. P. Smith. of shortville. N. Y, writes
"A farmer brought into my mill, the other
dry, a bunch of rye stubble in which !
counted one hundred and nine (l09) stalka.
Did they all come from one kernel of rye? Ii
grew on o piece of new land, sowed to wheat,
and there was a little rye in the seed. The
wheat killed out. Where the wheat did
not kill out there was only now anl then a
bunch of rye. Some of my customers who
AVE seen this think that there was n rye
head from which these punches came. but
his could not be as they hal never raised
any rye On the farm before and never us a
crop" The Rural Ne,c Yorker says in reference
10 theproblem We 70 no r~easonfor doubt
ing that the product was from one grain.
1t is n large yield, but on new ground well
prepared for wheat. and leaving the rye
plant standing alone is not beyond a reason
able probability. 1t shows how large n
product can be got from thin seeding if
overy plant has a fair chance"
BARKING TREES BY RABBIrs.-A CORES.
rondent of the Weekly Granger says: al
have a recipe to prevent the forasing OF
rabbits on young fruit trees. l have prac-
tised it for eighteen years. and 1 know il to
be a specific. I intended to have given it
to the public every winter since ] proved it
by experiment, but somehow l have hitherto
failed. I was recently reminded of it by
reading a lengthy, troublesome and cxpen-
sive remedy. Mine is simple and easy.
First, catch o rabbit and kill it. I'll guar
antee that it will quit its dcprcdntions, but
its influence is not done yet. Cut it open
and take out the bowels. lungs, liver, etc,
and rub them on the young trees as high rs
o rabbit can reach; when you get through
with that, cut a piece Of the flesh, a quarter
for instance. and rub till you get Through.
One rabbit is sufficient for five aunlrcl
trees, and it will last all through the w'n.
ter. nave rubbed them SO in NOV eibcr,
and q rabbit will not touch it all through
the winter, provided you had no ter or grcasc
previously on them"
KEEPING APPLEs.-A report in the n. Y.
Times says: /" We lave tried many ways for
the safe keeping Of apples. but we find none
better than to put into clean barrels and
head them up tightly. SO as to exclude all
the light and air possible. and store them in
cool. dark, dry cellars. The nearer apples
can be kept to the freezing point (32 degrees
F~ahrenheit), the longer and better they
will keep. If the mercury in the cellar
sinks aIfew degrees below this point apples
well headed up in the barrels will not suf-
fer, as wood is a n~on-conductor of heat, and
the life of the apple aids in resisting cold
just as the life of the tree resists the rigors
Of winter. As the apple is the fruit of this
country, and is so conducive to health and
comfort. it is worth while to put up a few
barrels with special reference to next sum
mer's use. For this purpose select the late
keeping varieties, such as Newtown Pippins.
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