The Red Cloud chief., 1878-03-14
.SD HOUSEHOLD

y TOR the year. having
IL d one time. And ! hpd
doesn't amount "a much.
Asing for the hens while they
or In raising 81 many after.
When the chicks come N ! give
Dghs that s~cnn tn me will be- the
btse mDthers as many chicks NJ they
- care ior. All coming m abou, the
- time are about the same age. Az
w ks1 ecord ! hayet tn keep il ~ breed -
xxn bence and observation will have
sWg6 , that late bird. after . months
VdlT often weigh heavier than those
vAlssd IN February. which have had y
pouths' growth.
Ls0mT ron CATTLE. Neither cattle
mr. horses should Nv installed In n dark
etoble. ~ animals require light in the
anytime. A horse kept for months In
} dark stable would bc liable Ia become
Mind. In regard Ia light pig pens. u
writer says that two sows having filters
on the 18th and I'D VI january. re-.
epcctIvcly. were kept In two rather dark.
but warm. temporary stiles. and had IA
occupy them I'LL about the middle II
The month II April, when, for each sow
9th litter, onc ii the permanent sites
Us 6rened by selling the occupants.
~ That time the pigs which had been
kspt In thu dark. temporary sites proved
n be less lively than and much Inferior
% weight and sine Ia those ~ any II the
lltesrs raised In the less warm hut well.
lighted permanent stiles. n~otwithstand.
Ing that the difference In nge was very
small, and that food and care had been
the same In every respect. One II the
utters born on the 18th II January.
which hsd accidentally the hest lighted
ETY., though situated In the northwest
and consequently the coolest corner In
the frame building. exhibited the most
rapid growth, and the litter born ON the
18th ~ January, which had the darkest
NY. had made the poorcst.
P0rAroEs ron STANDARDIZATION 10
plant whole or cut potatoes Ii n question
that will soon be III interest to farmers.
J. Il. Godfrey, In the Journal II the
Royal Agricultural Society, New South
Wales. gives the following experiment
II selected two Of the finest. which
| weighed one pound two ounces, and
these were cut up 50 ms tn make thirteen
sets. In u row next Ia them ] planted
= similar number. cut from the same
/ weight III these potatoes. but all small
In sixe, In fact. such IN are commonly
used N seed potatoes. On January Z,
1850. ] dug up the crop and found that
the two large potatoes produced nine
pounds twelve ounces. while the pro-
ducc Of the smaller seed WAS only six
pounds. Hut the most remarkable part
IT the experiment was, that among the
produce Of the large seed there was
hardly n small potato. while the pro-
many small tubcrs. and scarcely any
large. II y calculation he made on this
basis Il will be seen that ono hundred
weight Of large potatoes would produce
over ok hundred weight of n saleable
crop. while the same weight Of small
seed would produce only four hundred
weight of q crop, u large portion Of
| which would be only Of use rs pigs
food"
YOUNG ORCnARps.--lf you have not
q good orchard lose no time In choos.
ing your ground. Plough II deeply.
stake Il OF for trees. dig the holes and
plant ut the first opportunity. Get your
trves Of some reliable nurseryman. and
| give . wide berth Ia agents who call on
you and exhibit tho most impossible
''specimen" pictures Of fruit. II your
young orchard Ii already planted 10 not
think that your work Is ended with the
planting. 1t IL important that trees.
tho frat year after transplSnting ut least,
should be well cared foi. and made to
make ~ vigorous growth rs possible to
prevent the sun from heating the bark
and producing what Is known among
0rchArdists M u scald. II the sap
moves the least weakly the u win
check that movement on the south side
and cause that side Of the tree u die.
and then the tree itself might almost
- well die entirely, for soone or later
Il will have to give way II the wound
thus inflicted when young. The soil
around newly transplanted trees should
be kept wefl-pulverixed and clear Of
weeds till the very hot weather sets In
or I'LL the soil becomes warm and dry.
and should then be laid by under u good
mulch Of some material that will absorb
rather than reflect the rays Of the sun.
Half rotted straw or stable manure
makes good material for mulching. 1t
should, to do the most good, cover n
circle round the tree from four to six
feet In diameter.
SgLECrINa NURSERY TREEs.--In Sc
lecting their young, nursery trees, many
persons choose the most rank and
thrifty ones. which in some instances
and for some purposes may be wise,
but not the best plan generally. Were
We about to select trees for ourselves.
and wished to be sure Of getting those
that would be sure to live and thrive
md become hardy, we should select
kthnee hat were small Of their age, and
noeQ Obomewhat stinted and knarly.
young trees arc less likely u
set back In transplanting. are
likely 70 be hardy aad 10 grow
klcng. while they will come "a
Nv and bear fruit sooner.
also the case generally with
"a men. Those boys who seem
Who early are subjected to the
oeks az the world. and are ear.
- from tho tendcr home and
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