The Red Cloud chief., 1878-06-27
FARE. eARpxs AND sousRmoLp



attend 10 In the rare Of farm stock Of
every kind, IL that they have access. ri
oil times. 10 salt In tkIs connection We
would again call attention 10 the bad
practice now In vogue with many 9th.
erwisc good farmers. In that they salt
irregularly. and NJ such times With too
liberal . hand Thus animals will gorge
themselves. and this often results In y.
we're purging. Again, when the salt IL
thrown about on the ground to he lick
ed UP. the stronger animals get
than they should, and the weaker ones
little or none. Besides. injury 10 weak
animals II often the result NJ this strug-
gle. The proper way 10 salt stock In Ia
have the salt placed under cover. where
they may get u every day II they wish.
In this way they take Just what they
want, and no more, and. while eating
what IL necessssy for them. they never
take enough 70 do them injury. Thus.
cattle will seldom take nor than ordi-
nary tablespoonful per day, and this Is
about what they require in summer. rs
an aid to proper digestion. - Chicago
Prairie Farmer.
1DryonG Flowers u Sand.
The Ladies' Floral Cabinet recon-
mcnds the preservation Of flowers In
sand, aud gives the following plan Of
carrying out the advice: Take deep
dishes or those 81 sufficient depth Ia nj.
low flowers Ia be covered an inch deep
with sand. Get the common white sand
such ~ In used for securing purposes.
cover the bottom Of the dish with n
layer about half nm inch deep. and then
lay on the flowers with the stems down.
ward. holding them firmly In place
while you sprinkle more sand over
them, until MI the places between the
sight. A broad dish will accommodate
quite n large number. Allow sufficient
sand between; set the dish In n dry.
warm place. where they will dry grad
ually. and ut the end III the week pour
OIL the sand and examine them. II there
II any moisture In the sand II must be
dried out before using again. or fresh
sand may be poured over them. Some
flowers will require weeks To dry, while
others vii! become sufficiently dry In a
week or ten days. by this simple pro-
cess flowers, ferns. ETC.. are preserved
In the proper shape. ~ we'll m In their
natural color, which is far better than
To press them In books" White tlow-
ers will not answer well for this pur.
pose. nor any succulent plants ~ the
hyacinth or cactus. Such flowers M
dahlias. pansies, carnations, pinks.
sweet williams, nnd gladiolus may be
preserved for years.
Treating Orchard Sarownd.
The raising Of fruit is the raising Of q
farm crop. Now To do justice to grain.
corn. grass and other crops. cnre has to
be taken. We pillow. harrow. and get
the land In good filth; we manure IL;
We drain II II necessary. II these things
are neglected there will be no crop. II
ncgligently done there will be q poor
crop.
Fruit trees are . farm crop. II the
land Is properly cultivated and enriched.
aud II Il IL well drained. there will be q
good growth; II not, there will not be 40
good growth. A wetrcat our orchard.
80 II will be. Hence the effect Of our
neglected orchards which we 10 much
zoe. Make the orchard . speciality; that
ID. devote II to fruit; cultivate the ground
for that purpose.
And here an explanation IL necessary:
II your ground Ia deeply rich. porous
and drained. surface cultivation has
little effect. The roots plunging down
get out Of its reach. Manure applied
Il retained ut the surface. II the soil Ia
retentive-as . good, we'll balanced soil
II Thar npass ,n hn vrO~u acA Sv-ss.
cAscs, and with the most gratifying
results. And here We have found the
best success In fruit growing. The best
orchard (apple) that vi yer know wa
In such soil. The roots piercing down
many feet, permitted blowing up to the
tree. This orchard was kept constantly
In grass, Ii In grass to-day. and has
been uniformly good for the many years
that we have known II.
Such land. then. Ia IN exception 70
the general culture Of the farm. II
does not effect tho culture Of the grain
and grass crops, but II Is an exception
10 the treatment Of fruit trees. The
advantage here Ii the depth Of the soil.
The underground strength IL made use
Of, which can not DO reached BY the
grain and grass crops, though clover
does Il to some extent; and clover grows
exccllently In such soil, producing two
heavy crops. from five To six tons per
acre. 1t II the soil that should DO de-
voted to them.
Where there II q shallow soil the
thing Is entirely changed. You now
hAva tho roOis wharo vOn havo In food