Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1877-04-12
Farm and Stock.
ITEMS.

8 The best feed for colts. in our jude
q ment, is wheat shorts. Its special valll
consists first, in keeping the stomach an
e bowels in fine condition; second, In keep
/ ing the blood cool, and third, in its bone
. making material. Good hay and all tb
!, wheat shorts they want to eat is as goo
diet for colts rs we know Of.
II 1t is calculated that with the same ex
pendlture of efforts a horse can 90 Is
miles on granite, 1o1 miles on asphalt
and AS miles on wood.
1t is stated by careful statisticians tina
the decline in mess pork in the past month
is loss of $4,000. 900 to The holders OF
property in the United States.
Mrs. Robb, of Corpus Christi, is called
the Cattle Queen of Texas" She owns
10000 acres of land. on which 5000
head of cattle are fattened for marke,
|every year.
A remedy for warts on horses is to dis.
solve three teaspoonfuls of blue vitriol
in pint Of water, keep we'll corked ::
and apply with feather, or small
cancels hair brush. twice Gay.
Sheep are frequently affected with a
disease called "sore nose, " being scabbed
so badly as to interfere with their eating.
The remedy is to mix spirits Of turner.
tine with soft lard or goose oil; hat a
pint of each. stirred well together white
cold. This quantity is sufficient for 100
shctp. In some cases it may need to I've
applied Sc cond time. Ruu it on thor.
oughly. Tar is sometimes EMPLOYED. bu,
OF itself is very hard and stiff in cold
weather.
Oats and peas, sown together, produce
very nutritious fodder. The two crops
together, upon one acre of good soil, villl
yield nearly, if not quite, IS much fodder
IS would an acre of each sown separate
~. We have sown two bushels of oats
and six pecks of peas to the acre. iii
'own early, the fodder may be cut for
sol!lng COWS or horses early in the season.
'nd succession for continuous use NAV
DC sowr every two weeks until too late to
SOW safely. Roll the ground after sowing.
20 that the crop may be cut with a mower
which may easily be done, az the oats
support the peas aud prevent lodging.
In Ireland, sixty four acres in every
'ne hundred are seeded down for pasture
purposes. IN England. forty-two acres
IN every one hundred are seeded to mas.
ures. And pastures In the old countrv
are pastures in reality, seeded to scveralI
varieties of grasses, 90 that when one
variety passes its greatest vigor another
akes its place, and this continuation IA
sept up throughout the season. The
pastures are well fortified. and weeds are
mercilesslt. If the farmers in
his country would pay better attention
% pasture lands 1t would pay them well
Why SEED WHEAT SHOULD BE NEW
In 1861 a German agrlculturist tested
terminating powers of various seeds
r. king the wheat of 1851 he selected l0o
grains, and he found in 1850 they had
ost ell vitality, as not one of the grain.
terminated. At the same time he had
'own 100 grains of the crops of 1854. 1865
1857, 1868, 1859 and 1850. Out Of III. se
he results were as tollows:
)ut of the 100 seeds of 1854 there or.v q
Jut OF the 100 seeds of 1856 there Srew Il
)ut of the 100 seeds of 1857 there erew l9|
)ut OF the 100 seeds of less there crew col
)at OF the 100 seeds of 1869 there rev "a
)ut of the 100 seeds of 186O there grew 90l
From this 1t will be seen that wheat
fter it is five years old, does not grow.
md the newer it is when sown, tina more
'Iants it furnishes. But there 10 another
'oint that was proved by the French Ar.
icu!tural Society by series Of trials, |
md that was that the plasis were weaker,
nd did not tillef out % we'll. gi N
For instance. tho seed Gown in
S56 did not sprout at oil. The SEEDS, one
hundred in number, grown in 1854, oalyI
= Il