Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1877-09-20
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ITEMS.

We know 4 shreWd farmer who made
fortune clltivating weeds. They were
widows.-N. o. Times.
Wheat in Minnesota is magnificent thi
year. 1t will be the largest and finest Gro
ever known in that State. 1t is estimate
ut 3o.0OO.OO bushels.
One of tie largest dealers in dried apple
in the State of New York has shipped fron
Buffalo direct to Germany. during the sea
son, nearly one hundred thousand barrel
of the fruit.
Every farmer should make his farm bet
ter every year. Make more and bette
fences. add several rods of tile ditch,
set ont more trees. ornament the house
enlarge the barn. get better stock. rails.
larger and f;ltter pigs and steers. and in
this way increase in wealth. instead of buy.
ing more land.
In some pastures there will be patches
and spots which from some callse the ami
mails refuse TO feed upon. and the grass
goes to seed and is dry. These patches
should be mown off closely. and if any
substance occupies the spot. which has
made the grass unpalatablc for stock. re-
move it. All weeds should be kept cut
down to the ground in pastures and the
fields cleared of them.
The dong many little things in the
right way saves great deal of labor; and
we have found by experience that by far
the best way to dig post hole is to make
il like an inverted bowl. A post cannot be
set solid in Il hole made with post-auger
ID" the hole. then set the post and hold it
with one hand while you cut down the
sides of the hole with the spade. This
will soon tastcn il to its place so it will
stand without aid. Then fill in the earth
and pack.
There were two of them hanging over
the front gate the other night. She was
standing within the yard and he on the
sidewalk outside both leaning on the top
rail and apparently as happy as two pigs
in a cornteld. lie was saying: Now.
my own little darling, sweet idol of nv
soul. whose image is ever on my heart"
when he saw the old man coming down
the front walk. and continued in a differ
ent strain: 1.-The potato bugs haven't de-
stroycd our crops so much since we pur-
chased Paris green; and you will find also
that cabbagps can be raised better on a
richer soil" The old gentleman heard il.
and turned back. saying. as he entered the
house: These young people take more
Interest IN agricultural affairs than people
generally suppose
TIE LOCUST IN THE WESTERN TERRIFIC
RIEs.
DIR. \. Packard. Jun, secretary of the ,
United States chronological Commission
has just returned from an extended trip /
through portions of Colorado. Wyoming. !
Northern Utah. Eastern Idaho. Central |
and Eastern Montana. and through Oak ota. .
lie reports that fifty per cent. of locust |
eggs in Colorado, about Denver and /
Greeley, were destroyed by parasites. ac-
cording 10 the experience of Mr. A. II.
Arne:t, of Morrison, and Mr.. Max Clark.
of Greeley. Though large numbers hatch
ed ont in the spring. the heavy. late rains.
the extreme cold. the tall of snow for three
days al the end of april, killed the young.
SO that few were left, except in small areas
about Greeley and Longmont. The
young died from apparently the same
causes as in Kansas and Nebraska. /. e., eN-
ueme wet and cold weather. In the fall of
1876 eggs were laid in proftlsion in Col
orado, and the farmers expected to have
the ''worst fight yet" with the locusts.
May 18th and 3Oth, a large swarm flew
over Julesburg, Colorado. on the Union
Pacific Railroad. and We're seen seventeen
miles west OF that pon! by Mr.. Joseph
Ramsay. of Greeley. These flew from the ,
south. PROBABLY from Texas.