The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1878-09-20
AGRICULTURAL AND DOMESTIC,

THH Poultry World says, HcparAte
the scxes in old chickens this month,
while the nonltipg season laata.
Look for grubs among your peach
trees right away ut the surface ot the
ground. or just below II, yoa know.
CTR up and mixed with scaldcd meal,
"pusley," tho Poultry World says, II
one 81 The beet Of green fseas. especially
for young chickcnA
Fowls may he easily caught In day
time by enticing them % the poultry
house and making II dark by hanging u
blanket over the window.
A POULTRY keeper who lately applied
grease from the frying pan and sui
rhur 10 the heads u lousy young
chickens, aeon found the lice gone---and
the chickens dead.
ANRnRAsxA farmer reports 6D0 pounds
Of bright sugar and lb3 gallons u nice
sirup from two acres ri early sorghum.
He got the sugar by hanging the thick
sirnp IN coffee sacks after Il began 10
grsnulatc.
TmE farmer who Wishes 10 avoid m
excess oil lslor. with nnprotltablr result.
will not spread u small quantity OF
manure over large surface III looi
land, but will only pillow ~ much ~ h.
can highly manure, when hts income
will be M large and hls labor nearly one.
half saved
CrLrNAT1 thoroughly II you wish 10
reap ahnndantlv. DO not waste your
means aud frt.cr away your time Ivy
raising crop III noxious weeds with
yonr cane or cotton ur corn. Keep 4
watchful eye upon the farm and IT. sur.
ronndings. But II does not follow TINT
you should imhibe ".yc.openers At
public houscs, beer shops. or corner
groceries.
Ir tho farmer improves his farm he
improves llis financial condition. The
more valuable he muk.s II the more his
capital stock IN increased, the larger will
hc his returns. and when he dies tho
larger will bc the pAtrimony he leaves
hin family. Fix up the old homo. then.
Clean ont the fence corners. Dcstroy
tho noxians weeds. Grub out The hazel
aud .AaAafraH. Burn out the stuMps.
Clean Oh the logs and stones. Make 4
paradise on earth OF your farm, for are
Il yUI IVY t0 HNe Wa ~ WustN y6u kGAA0AtA
On earth, md will not your family 1.-Two
on II when yon lilo In yondcr graveyard !
Plant out good orchards, 10 that your
family may enjoy the gooa fruit that
you had the foresight and energy to pro
vide for them.
Al A feah. producer. ono pound oil
eggs ID equal " ont pound Of beef. A
hen may be calculated 10 consume one
huahel of corn yearly, and 10 lay twelve
dozen or eighteen pounds III eggs. Thi,
IN equivalent ~ sAying that three and
onc.t tenth pounds 81 corn will produce
when fed ~ hen, one pound Of eggs.
a pound III pork, ON the contrary, ~
Quirca Abont Ave and ono tenth poundi
Of corn Tor its production. When egg,
are - cents dozen aud pork 10 cents !
pound. va have bushsl of corn fed
producing ~ ~ worth ~ eggs and N, 0l
u pork. Judging from these facts
cGgs must bc economical IN their pro
duction and In their eating, aud cape
ciGlly III for the laboving man In rcplAc
lux meat.
| An a rule, purc. bretl aheep ARE quit,
too dear 10 raisc for mutton. Tho Tin,
wnols arr small the long wools furnish
too much fat In proportion 10 lean 70 b,
profitable In tho consumer. The South
lowna supply fnc.grAined lean meat
but they have tile drawback III being |
tribe ANAL. A cross between South
liown rams and meriuO ewca produces !
fAvoritN class of rama for the Easter
markets. They aFc hardy, matnSc earl,
and strongly display the sxocllen
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