The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1879-06-26
AGRICULTURAL.

The following was evidently uttered BY
true farmer: The country home can
be made very pleasant BY hxing up the
yards and houses more than they nov are
Farmers should be without debts, and
| then thew can make farm life very pleas
ant. The farmer should read and study
several hours every day. He should have
GOOD Iaborers. and have them understand
that his interest 10 theirs. Plenty OF read
ing matter sh ,uld be kept on hand at all
times. Instead Of straight lines about the
place, devote more space 10 landscape gar.
6ening. The keeping Of good stock wtli
always add TO the pleasure Of farming.
Farmers should get out and interchange
views with each other"
No quarter should be given 10 the insect
pests which remain year after year simply
because Ne permit them. The potato
beetle exists % beautifully because some
careless farmers actually breed myriads Of
them. Many fields Of POTATOES were
abandoncd to them last year. and the
neighboring country was thus stocked for
this year. This is one insect that might
be abolished by combined effort for
year or two Another il the cattle cad
liy. which may be found now in the backs
Of the COWS and oxen in small lumps or
tumors, called MARBLES. The grubs may
be squeezed out Of these tumcrs through
the breathing holes and destroyed. Other
wise they will escape. change to flies and
continue their mischief.
In regard to the production Of butter
correspondent Of the Ohio Fermsr says
that be feeds his COW on all the good hay
she can eat, one bushel OF turnips and
four quarts Of bran each day, keeps her
in comfortable quarters and never allows
her TO drink very cold water. During
three months ending March 20, from her
milk were made l0S pounds and Is ounces
Of butter. She has calf fourteen months
old and il giving more milk now than
during the winter. Her owner feels as-
sured that he can produce from her so
pounds Of butter per annum. The milk
is always scalded when taken from her,
which operation 10 believed 10 improve
the quality and increase the yield Of but
ter. The breed Is not stated.
A correspondent Of Forest and Sfream
says: "A very successful plan has been
tried by placing in Mr.. Crows way num-
Der of grains with horse hair run through
them. He is bound to swallow one, and
his note Of alarm is soon sounded. IL II
| impossible for him 10 dislodgc the grain.
and il he can be watched . sufficient
length Of time he will be seen 10 cut his
own throat in scratching AT it. His usual
note is changed, and | can assure you that
| life TO him is such q misery he could even
wish that he were dead II has been no
ticed that after the note off alarm had been
sounded all the crows In the vicinity will
leave that field and approach it no more
that season. II is simple thing, yet all
who try it will find it success.
In the Practical Farmsr a gentleman
gives the following simple mode fer plant
ing trees: First dig the holes full large
to receive the roots nicely spread out.
from twelve 30 fourteen inches deep.
throw the top soil and sub-so,l in different
piles. Then fill in enough Of the top soil
to reeve the tree, about the same depth
| il stood in the nursery, but no deeper
| Be careful 10 cut all the bruised roots
back 10 sound wood. and by all means cut
the tops back. as the sap is in all the
tree to make il grow, and by leaving all
on the sap Twill soon be exhausted and
large per cent will die. Put the tree in
and FL the balance Of top soil in around
the roots; then ell in the sub-soil and
give them good mulch Of barnyard ma
nure before dry weather comes.
The desire for large animals is not al
| ways judicious. With cows II is question.
able whether the largest are the best,
when the cost Of feeding is considered.
| There are cases in which dairyman
fancy for large, snowy animals may be-
justified, and IL may he granted that
stable we'll filed with large. SNOWY Dutch
or Shorthorn cows is q very plea.ina en-
hibition. But when We come 10 hgure up
the cost Of the product, il may he ques-
| ton il the same amount Of food were ex.
pended upon an equally good-looking herd
| Of Aryshires the milk might not he more
cheaply produced. Where the final end
| Of the COW IL considered and the amount
Of beef is an object, that. Of course, alter
the bearings Of the question. Bu, bigness
in cows il not always best, either for beauty
or profit 10 the owner.
| Six years ago nett July. says the Al
toona Torn Talk, there vas Matched IN
this section a female chick. With The en-
ception Of the usuh adventures with
hawks and owls, this interesting fowl
reached the age Of Pullet-hocd without
creating any unusual excitement. She
quickly won the hearts 81 the lord. Of the
baynyard, and more than one pitched bat.
tie was fought for her favor by rival
cocks. In time she developed into steady,
ma4ronly hen. and not only proved n good
source Of eggs, but sat upon and Matched
Eve litterr Of chicks and one Of geese.
from which feat she vas known IN the
ncighboyhood ~ the "eosiing hon. Last
month the ROSTERS avoided her. Her tail
assumed the appearance Of ROSTERS. and
in Q word, her sex Vas ehznged. and she
crows NJ loud a. any cock 81 the barn
yard.
Experiments have been made in Miehi.
gan IN culsivasipg wheat. and the results
are not only Satisfactory but astonishing.
A committee was appointed 20 Oversee The
Experiment. and make the report. s,Isy-
eight pounds Of seed per acre vere sosn
in drills. sixteen iaches apart. and ninety
pounds were drilled in the usual ~sy.
That in the slIte~n-lneh vas cultivated
with q hosse wheat hoe once in the fall
and tvice in The sprisg; the oshss eourse
was not cultivated AFTER sowing. The re.
port say. that the aSieen-ineh DID not
lodge OF crinhie, while the e,ghtineh iot
did 20 badly. The average y,sld vas
siKty-nise aad one-haif per cent greater
IN the siIfeen-ibeh drilis than IN the eight,
inch. II IL further remarked: u - a.
reasonable 70 believe that grain esop'
should be bepefted by cgltsvssIoe - thss
corn, potatoes, cabksTes sad ozssr essS~
should BE-. Ho>Ing wheat in Esscy~ u sos
an uncommon yxactice. Asd the faymsfs ~
this COUNTRY have begun II with suoosss.
|, Cons In . bore are dsHerses fres tko-s
on the skin of human bring. Tbey sss
sr4 produoed By blow 90 bsuises. vkseh
start isGxmmsssoa ssa swnsasos q INST
Ter under the cole. or osa.e . dsp<sss d
horny matter which pse.sss vassfsiiy upoa
the .ens,ti5s inner rasss The fsA. Tksy
are frequent in aza>fo1ted bessss. the fs,E'
II vboss feet have he~s pssed sssy % =
20 bsise The sole 70 .hs xrossd ssd sab