The Osceola times., 1880-01-03
FACTS FOR FARMERS.

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FACTS FOR FARMERS.
Water For Cows--Progrcssive Agriculture
--Piant Insects--Turkeys--Not
Cows should have access to water at
all times, especially COWS that give milk.
They want 10 drink often and return to
their feed. The best stable, and the one
1 wAich stock do the best, is the one
where water was always running in
tIoIghs before the cattle. Thus man
a.. | cows may be kept up TO full flow
of milk eitEet winter or summer, and
for thin reason if the pasture Fills from
drougl, it may be supplanted with other
feed, but a failure of water caanot be
remedied. SO in winter cows tLat are
only watered once day, as many do
who cor slider themselves good flrmers,
the coy shrink in their milk, ,and it
can neve- nc regaincd. The same rule
will hold good in the stable; abundant
food may be supplied, il the water sup
ply fails the profit will be nil.
The necessity o. plenty of pure water
TOR stock is one of tAe first importance
to breeders and feeders. 1t must only
be in abundance, but it should be in
such supply that stock may either take
it n will, or if supplied at stated times
i; should be offered at least twice day,
and three times will be better. No ami
NAL can thrive properly that has access
to water but once day. Every good
feeder knows this, and hence in all lar.,e
feeding establishments the greatest care
is taken to keen the supply ample and
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and always to lheir cost. II water can
not be had in any other way, wells
should be drg and the water raised by
wind or othe power, us the case may
be. Having plenty Of water, see that
the stock get it as regularly as they
feed. 1t will pay.-Prairie Farmer.
PROGRESSIVE AGRICULTURE.
The farmer should be taught to know
that he is dealing with problems which
require and reward the amplest knowl-
edge of natures laws, the fullest COM
mand of 'ence, the noblest efforts o
the human intellect. We need to min
gle more thought with c r work. Some
think till their heads ache Others work
till their backs are crooked; but the
worker and thinker are ever kept DIS
tinct; they should be the same. In an
when every laborer's son may be fairly
educated, if he will, their should be
more fruit gathered from the tree of
knowledge to justify the magnificent
promise Of its foliage and bloom. There
is no success in the intellectual, social
moral or political world, but by agita-
ticn-healthy ,temperate,p persistent, hon
es agitation. The more good agricul-
turl schools-the more Agricultural
neN 5papers-tho more talk and
work in the direct line of agricultural
knowledge, the sooner will come the
day when the art and science Of tilling
the earth, which is the natural God
given pursuit of the masses of human
ity will be brought to the level it held
when the active "tillcr of the garden
was the lord of the EARTH All these
means should be cherished and used
and exercised, because they are the
only ones by which the agriculturest can
work. Against them are arrayed the
same agents of destruction which have
made the masses hewers of wood and
drawers Of water, servants and bonds
men, peasants and seris III the past.
Ignorance is always against progress.
To DESTROY PLANT INSECTS,
A very successful way of destroying
ants is by taking vial or saucer, nearly
filed with sweet or olive oil, and sink
ing il in the ercuni near the ant-hill or
their runway, So that the rim is about
even with the surface Of the soil. The
ants are very fond of the oil, and will
seek it, but it is sure death to them. We
recommend the use o, coal oil diluted in
water 10 destroy insects. This substance
seems TO be very destructive tOinsect life,
and its use for this purpose is rapidly
| extending. 4 tablespoonful TO two gal
Ions of water is the ordinary mixture,
and it is said will kill mcaly-bugs and
al the insects that ordinarily inicst
plants. The oil is sometimes used with
soap-suds of whalc-oil soap. The best
method to apply it is with syringe
Ticks Magazine.
TURKEYS.
1t does not cost any more, or much
| more, % raise n pound Of turkey than
pound of hen flesh. In the summer
they require to be fed less, being mas
| terly campaigners on their own account,
while in the winter very likely their
nervous dispositiOn demands somewhat
more stimulus than other fowls. If well
| fed they do not require nearly rs careful
| housing rs the hen, although ii is good
| policy to make them roost indoors but
left to themselves, they prefer to wealth
er ont the widest storm in the trcc-topS.
Finally, when brought to market, their
| flesh is worth much more than that Of
| the hen. so that. other things being
equal, it is economy to keep them in
| stead. Also, that 1t is worth consider
ing. allowing that the percentage Of loss
OF Young turkey chicks under the most
perfect management is greater than the
| loss OF the common fowl, still turkeys
! that survive reach such great weight
| that given number o. pounds Of turkey
may, pcrhaps, he raised with less labor
than the same quantity of flesh from
common fowls.-Pouitry Monthly,
NOTES.
Cows have great liking for celery,
and in Austria the leaves are fed to them
cut and mixed with bran mash, and are
said to produce better quality of milk
than any other feed.
Is small gardens tou.a,ocl 5 o1ld not
be allowed to lie on the ground. Put
down small upright posts, and draw
wire horizontally through holes in the
posts, or nail on strips of wood instead
of wires. The fruit will be earlier and
| there will be more of il.
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