The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1879-08-28
FARM NOTES.

To cure scab in sheep, rub it with PLAIN
petroleum With . sponge three times
week. Dogs can be cured OF mango N the
same way.
In cuhivating sweet potatoes do not let
the vines root at the joints, a. numerous
small potatoes will form there at the ex-
pense Of large ones.
Land laid down with clover is better
than money In bank, drawing more inter
est than any bank can pay and compound
ing the interest oftener.
The manure Of COWS and pigs resist de
composition for longer time than that OF
/ the sheep and horse, both the latter being
drier than the former, and deconipcSinG
more readily in the soil.
As a general thing it is cheaper and
more convenient TO get seeds OF the reRu-
lar seeds-men than to save them. But II
any are saved, let them always be Of the
earliest, fairest and best specimens.
Il is stated that Indian corn charsed
| into charcoal will make valuable condi-
ment for poultry. II will put the hensi in
good health, and cause general tcning
up of the system that viii be seen In more
and better eggs.
Gardening is regularly and practically
taught in more than 20, 900 primary schools
in France. Every school house has its
garden, and teachers must be not only
good gardeners, but qualified to teach
horticulture or they cannot pass examina-
ton.
One of the plainest indications OF unsuc-
cessful farming is 10 see manure going to
waste or unemployed. When this is SEN
there is no need looking beyond the sta
bies and yards to find out the condition Of
the farm or to judge Of the success Of its.
owner.
For kicking horse 6ll an old sack with
hay and suspend it from the loft BY means
| of a rope, in such o manner that the horse
will be able to kick it every time it swings
against him. Let him kick until he stops
Of his own accord, and you will have NO
more trouble with him that way.
An old stock-breeder says: "ln my
opinion the best COW ever bred for milk,
cream and butter is a high grade Jersey,
q mixture Of Jersey and one-eighth
Ayrshire bloods, say seven-eiRhts Jersey
and oneeighth Ayrshire. Such asgrade
will produce more milk. cream and butter
Of equal quality than any other thorough
bred jersey.
Probably the very best way to protect
wheat in the bins from the weevil is 10
thoroughly fumigate the bins with burn
ing sulphur. This should be done be-.
fore the grain is put into the bins, and
repeated in the course Of month or 80
after the grain is stored. Some persons
use lime and salt, but there Is nothing
better than sulphur.
Cows that have access to water at all
times will drink often, but little at the
time, and return to their feeding. Cows
deprived Of a sufficient supply Of water
fail in milk and flesh, and when they are
allowed to fail, it is almost impossible to
bring them back to their proper yield of
milk and condition Of flesh, at least with
out extra expense and trouble.
A most valuable remedy for heaves and
said 10 be sure cure: Forty sumac buds,
one pound Of rosin, one pint Of ginger,
half pound of mustard, one pint Of I'M
Stacked lime, one pound Of epson salts,
four ounces Of gum guiacum, SIX ounces OF
cream tartar. Nix thoroughly and d.
vide into thirty powders, and give one
every morning in their feed before water
ing.
In order to keep their butter over the
period of low prices and hot weather. Cali
fornia dairymen seal up their products
| in tin cans, sinking them in the bottom Of
cold streams Butter made in April comes
out in October in good order and con-
tinues 10 keep fresh in the cool weather
Of winter Forty-four pound cans are
commonly used. Isn't tins worth trial
here?
II is believed by many that red clover
is one Of the most valuable Of soiling
crops, though il is not much used for this
purpose A half acre will keep one COW
Throughout the months of June, July and
August, if cut and fed at the stall; while
more than twice this amount Of land. If
grazed. according to experiments in Eng
land, will barely subsist COW during the
same time.
A Vermont farmer recommends the use Of
sawdust as bedding for cattle, 10 keep
them clean and absorb the liquid manure.
An experience Of twenty years in using
on large farm shows that il does not in
Lure the soil, being freely applied in this
way. Some soils, no doubt, would be i'm
proved by the addition Of sawdust, others
might be injured somewhat until the saw
dust decayed.
The Island Of Jersey on the English
Channel, the original home Of the cattle
breed OF that name, has total area Of
2, 800 acres, yet year before last its export
OF early potatoes amount .e 70 tI.iO.uD.
or at the rate OF asout w Per acre OF tne
whole island, inciuding roa9s, rock'. ~
ways and waste places. Last year tne
breadth planted 70 potatoes vas unusually
great, but tne potato disease appeared
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