The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1879-01-23
AGRICULTURAL.

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merchant
Toou ienIe> are ei'eafe' IMAM lawsuits
win heis
be neignoor 10 your neignoors- Many
are only near u~eieh-
Langshan fowls are the latest sensation
among poultry fanciers-
Musty hay and damaged grain cannot be
fed to stock with impunify.
In l'SS a camel was exhibited at fhiia-
deiPh'a' 'hs nfs'e'e SHOWN ther.
Working teams should be well fed, well
cleaned and have plenty OF bedding
II costs much more to bring an animal
INTO good condition than to keep 1t so.
twas Edgeworth who defined a fool as
man who never made an experiment.
Keep diary or daily record Of your
farm work and products. Don't neglect
it.
Use improved implements. There is no
economy in working with Anticipated
tools.
A man IN North Argyle. n. Y. raised
this year $50 bushels Of potatoes on sew
en- acres.
Feed turnirs TO mich cows inst after
milking. The milk will not then be- turnip
favored.
A soft, firm. velvety skin is nearly al
ways found on a good COW. and a thick
hard hide on a poor one.
Southeastern France i. full Of rose farms
A single acre will Weld some two thou.-
and dollars in money.
rxno.rr. w.aL.ns instead os MAKING
s.ocL Sarir TLs to,ahen;n, nroca.s :
no, acantv f,oI ,r;,,' ont sbaI,ar
nv, se'' 100 ".'''o1' 800,
80, =, 80 y e. 49, hx sr,.;na
Tho animals Too col5 wa,er ,o dr;ni
-,
asnes Iiahe sPiehuau inahu,e io' ~
100 am 10y puoe. n"Au- o,' NV
idiii snouiu Nv sa'eu io' .iiis Pu'iNse'
MUNITIONS should pe made 10 the manure nI
plie ON ever! possible orasion. lnt
anoHh. VI ier,iiihihs na'eii"i 'esuia'es
the laflier Pfospcf"!'
Fill up all depressions IN the surface
soil around the buildings, so that there
may be no standing water. no matter nov
| much ram may fall.
The New Orleans Home J9~naf mas q
eorrssPendent VINO s,aes .hn lha'a on
pear hihi1t was ihtioauced III ioi' ps MI
Nicholas heroeihoii' HUN IutoF.
In making arrangements for labor for
the coming year bear IN mind that the
best hands are the cheapest, all thing
considered. we may reasonably inquire
poor hahd Is not GEAR al any price
The heaviest turkey that We have heard
OF Is the one sent 10 PRESIDENT Johnson N
l>b by the mon Ciub, OF STANFORD,
Conn. Tins bud turned the scales at forty
seven pounds, alive, and not yet two years
old.
Breeding ewes should be fed daily IA
ton Of about one gill Of corn. or, better
stIll. about one pint OF oats. They should
be warmly sheltered from cold winds and
drenehing rams. Such trea ment will
give strong, healthy lambs.
All who till the soil should look upon
every dead animal and plant as so much
food for the animals and plants Of the
present or iu'ure. Inc deprivation OF NE
'ne veHihnihe VI uo,".' oi, hi JIM
"orus' 'he oeg hhnig oi return 70 ,ne
iillherI kihslo1h' rhlcn supphes P'anus
Win "hat We c'ui 'heir 'lsh oonso'"eh"'
No animal should be killed for food i'm.
mediately after violent exercise. Under
such conditions the meat will keep but
very short time and sometimes il il impos-
sioie 10 Keep II SWEEP with an ,he sai, ,ha'
can pe used. HOGS especially ehouia w
pu.cnereu carry IN 'he morning "'ef
duiet rest ourthg .ne night
Good beds for all KINDS OF domestic ani-
nal, during the Indictment weather now
prevaliins. are prime necessity. The
straw. coarse hay. leaves, etc, saved for
the purpose can now be probably utilized;
Htaoies snouid W. kept P.H,cty ury anu
s"es, anu iioelai use ~ "eu"ihs VIII ''
productive VI eo'u 'e'"
correspondent from Methuen, Mass,
sends us the following; Mr.. r. I. hey
noids slaughtered three hogs IN November,
weight as follows; SI', Js', so pounds.
Hr. Charles Richardson purchased Pug
OF him on the 10Th OF April, Elk weeks old.
and slaughtered J; on the 9th OF Deem
Der. weighing dressed 40 pounds.
A good and cheap rack IN which to place
fodder for sheep may he made of rough
board. nailed at the corners TO scin,ling-.
4 good size l. loX2i feet. Two boards
one foot wide with a space II nine inehe.
between them. constitute the sides and
ends. The edges Of the boards next 10 the
opening should be rounded % prevent in
Jury 10 the necks Of the sheep.
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