The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1878-09-26
Ants destroy currant WORMS.

Ants destroy currant worms
] In India the legal rent Of land is one
half the produce.
The weather ha. been very favorable for
the September fairs.
Green Hamline, Arlington, H., has a
| 80 year old mare raising colt.
The Rev. L. p Rowe recommends COW
manure as best Tor growing Strawberries.
| The yield OF broom cora this year is
better than ever known before in Kansas.
In Sweden last year the Early Rose po-
alto ripened seven weeks after planting.
E.S. Carman saws: "Sslsify vegetable
| oy.ter.) is worth its weight in any other
vegetable"
Only two third. Of the area, OF Ilaly, ca
pable OF production, are cultivated, while
the remainder lies waste.
T. S. Gold, Secretary Of the Ct. board OF
| Agricu ture, gets his best apples in az or
chari pastured wich his cows.
Agriculture Is an art that NUT be stud
led, practiced, and picked uP. Go 10 the
fairs and pick mp many rich ideas.
Mulching is good for fruit trees, but it
| must be cleared away in the fall To prevent
/ lls iti
Be sure and break oIt Peity OF strips
to protect yourself from prairie fire this
fall. Do not postpone it too long.
A Western book farmer was lately heard
reading aloud uader shady tree the
Beecher-Tiiton scandal TO shock his wheat.
A wine glass OF kerosene oil in four gal
Ions of water il recommended As cure for
the scale insect, applied with a syringe.
Eight hundred and fity-two thousand
four hundred and thirty ght farmers in
Great Britain own less Than an acre each.
1t is said that more farm buildings have
been erected in the Western States the
present year than during any season since
the war.
Nearly $1,000 are offered by the Nation
al Dairy Fair Association in premiums Tor
butter and cheese TO he exhibited sometime
in October in New York.
H. Breed. of Weare, \. H., has found by
experiment in corn growing that his crop
returns are as 1 to 3 in favor OF drilling
over killing.
A Junior ruralist tried the California
cure for baiky horse with success, which
is Throwing into the horses mouth
couple Of handfuls OF road dust.
Maurice TInkhsm, in East Shelby, \.
Y, conscientiously refuses TO grow barley
because used for brewing, saying, that he
will not assist in making drunkards.
A Wethersiield, Conn, grower last year
planted POO bushels OF onions for seed.
Upon good crop he may be afraid, but
should not be sorrowful.
Breed for power and endurance in farm
horse, milk and beef in CONS, wool and
mutton in sheep, medium size and early
maturity in pigs.
The cows that produce the largest annual
yield of milk are the ones that milk pro-
ducers should seek TO own; yet, too many
neg lect this quality.
An Iowa farmer, worth Slg, 600, started
out four years ago TO secure legal revenge
on a neighbor. The lawyers have bis all
now, while he has the revenge.
The wheel of wagon loaded with hay
passing over match, careiessly dropped on
the floor Of Shaker barn, started a fire
that spresd SO swiftly that The help had
hardly time TO escape with their lives.
Moral:-A barn floor is costly match
boz.
A Kansas farmer is reported to have
utilized toads TO K ep OF fieas while he is
sleeping. They have been taught to sit one
on each side of his bed while taking his
noon nap. IL is cheap but would prefer a
screen as being more effective, and pleas
anter.
The earlier grass lands are top dressed
in the autumn the better for tine next year 5
grass. There Is no better.Place for fine ma
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