The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1878-04-12

A081SNbUu0AI AMI b1U1ENItNs
Ass~aA sMs rssM.
II IL STATED. IN excellent authority,
that Western New York farmer called
100 buahcls d common maSruw beans
" Ox.mAir IOWA new variety" and sold
them 10 The Waahington Department II
Agriculture for d per bnahel.
ToucM tho chufa gently, II Al al, In
Tho advice II two Texns friendA They
planted sod 81 u, a On cents ! pound,
on good roll, and gavc cultivation Muil-
cient 10 insure 4 crop 81 peanuts, and
got for thstr pains result Indicated BY
he figure q.
N NAME she small sticks uaed a.
supports Tor plAnts "last indefinitely, /"
= Long Island florist seasons them when
new, then aoaka In linaec1 oil for two or
three days, according 10 sixc, then r.
moves them from their bath and dries
again, and finishes of with 4 coat Of
"verdigris paint"
II ID advisable, III Tho const ruction OF
poultry houses, 10 use pine lumber the
more pitch il contains the bettcr--ns
this In very offensive 10 poultry vermin.
Some think II pays we'll - mako the
roosting cribs ri pitch pine bonghs - I
protection against their greatest enemy,
lice. - Wcstevn Rural.
A coRREsroNDKxr III the Nen En-
gland Farmer saya that after fifteen
years experience with II he cannot rec.
ommend orchard grass for general cult.
urc; that II Ii only suited to rich soils
which can give two or three crops year,
aud that IL excellence consists ia III
rapid growth after each cutting. June
grass has similar habit, and both do
we'll together.
WMnx : hor%c stumblcs, never raise
your voice; he breads his masters child.
ing. Never jog the reins: the mouth Of
the horse In more sensitive than the lin.
man lips. Never nse the lash; the horse
IL 10 timid that the slightest correction
overpowcrs its reasoning faculties.
Speak 70 the creature: reassure the pal.
plating frame; seek 10 restore those per.
captions which will form the best guard
against repetition Of the faulty action.
SEEDS are more easily killed by nigh
temperature than low. Though no seeds
have been known 10 gcrminate below
81 degrees Fahrenheit. they are. with
few exceptions, destroyed by tcmpe~a-
TURF above l68 degrees, and many kinds
perish below that point. They will not
eerminate above l20 dcgreea. Most
seeds will stand the sevcrest cold Of the
winters In this latitude, and wheat left
for years In the Arctic region has been
sown In England afterward, where il
terminated freely.
Tine laying. nests for hens can be profit.
ably arranged upon tho ground Ia most
poultry yards. Where this can be con.
veniensly done IL 10 good plan, and no
method excels this for tho avoidance Of
An accumulation of vermin In the fire.
quently-visited nest When this con
vcnience II not II hand. II : good.sixe.l
green sod BE- PLACED Il the bottom Of the
nest, and the hay or straw laid upon this
(the roots 70 be turned upward). il II m
excellent plan during the summer
months. Poultry World.
Tine best time 10 secure Hungarian
grAas ii when II n In blossom, and be.
fore the seeds have formed. Tho boards
It this tune have not reached that degree
OF Stiffness which the writer thinks
causes injury 10 the stomach ot horse.
while the embryotic aeeds ara perfectly
harmless. Ono large farmer III the STATE
has. 70 our personal knowledge. beer
using Il for feed for his horses, al ont
timc keeping eight on i without injury
bnt then he always aims 10 cut ~ III,
right time. ST. Paul Pioneer. Fress.
THx value Of paSsnipA for feeding pur
posoa haa heretofore, by many farmers
been undercstimatcd. Horaca, hog
and bullocks arc iattened upon them Il
: very short time, and the Mesh Of ID,
latter two IL considered Of superior A
vor, while In Gown II produces m o.
traordinAry yield Of milk, having ! ricl
color, and al5oTtling butter Of cxcellen
quality. Tho culture Of parsnips i
largely extending il France tho aoi
that anits bcctA will aatiAty the pArsnip
When Tho plants nrc hvc or nftcci
inches high, respectively, tney ar
wecded and hoel; the leaves are ont II
Tho month d September, and allowed i
fade Tor twenty -FOUR houn before beinl
given 10 The cattle; tho rootA can b
taken mp during the winter - required
frost docs them no harm the ration i
sixteen pounds three timcs day, IN.
the roots are cut; when given 10 pigs
they ought 70 hc cooked. - WsstcrI
Fhrnpcv.
pLAM ron 4 PouIrHr- Housk. sinai
houses and largo runs are most Ia favor
We give the dimensions Of one 10 70
commodate dozen fowls II 4 larger on.
II required, the same general features
may b. retained In In construction
Ground dimensions, Ave feet by sever
feet three and one half feet from grouns
10 roof six feet FROM ground ~ peak o
ROOT door u one side II one end, ~.
lect Vide ncals On ground AZ the 0slie
side, running length wise Of tho honsc
platform inst above nests ionsts fon
inches above platform holes for vcntila
don In front and rear peaks roof VI dr,
boards, pressed tightly together. ans
cracks battsned sides same. Cover d,
whole with water-lime paint. BRACKET
can b. PLACED On the four corners, aus
poles passed through 70 that the hous.
can b. moved 10 new ground. = lHrxter,
Rural.
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