The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1881-06-23
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Yellow corn contains more oil than
white, and when the meal is kept some
time the oil is likely to become rancid
and give bitter.
You can prevent bugs destroying
young melon vines by sprinkling pull
verified aloes on them. have tried it
with success on melons and cucumber
vines.
Chickens are very fond Of sunfower
seed, which rot only fatten them very
quickly, but make their flesh very ten
der, juicy and fine favored. And 80 it
will be well for you to plant sunflowers
in some corner of the grounds for this
purpose.
A young farmer asked an old Scotch
man for advice in his pursuit. lie told
him what had been the secret of his
own success in farming. and concluded
with the following warning: "Never.
Sandy, ncvcr-abovc all things-neyer
get in debt; but il YOU ever do, let it be
for manure"
New beginners in raising potatoes,
should not be SO particular about the
number Of eyes the set of potatoes has,
as the size of the piece. A potato small
Ter than turkeys egg should never be
used for planting. That size will make
fewer sets. Plant the rows three feet
apart, and the sets one foot in the row.
The Horticultural directs that cur
rants be pruncd in winter, MANFRED in
autumn, every alternate year, and soil
be kept clean and mellow till after bear
ing. To which we may add that if all
old wood is kept cut away, and young
shoots constantly springirg in its place.
something like the renewal system of
pruning grapes, but not SO close, good
cultivation will give heavy crops of fine,
large currants from the same bushes
for q lifetime.
Russia leather is made from the hides
Of two or three year old calves. The
tanning material employed is willow
bark, sometimes also pine aud pear bark,
used either in watts or in. the form of
extract. The operation lasts five or six
weeks. When this is completed the
leather is well rubbed on the flesh side
with birch oil and oil from sea calves,
TO which it owes its peculiar odor, and
then it is passed through rollers that
impress upon it a peculiar figure and
roughness.
Some workingmcn think themselves
tired when they arc really poisoned.
They labor in factories, breathe air
without oxygen, and live in an atmos-
phcre Of death. They are too often al
lowed to smoke, and thus add fuel to
the fame which is consuming them.
They knock off work tired and listless,
when they are merely weakened by foul
AIR, and made dull and heavy by an at
mosphcre charged with disease. Sun
shine and plenty of pure air arc what
are needed.
The rule of best fabrication is TO use
an oil that has the greatest cohesive
ness to metal surfaces, and the least adj
hcrencc to its own particles. Fine min
cral oil stands first in ais respect,
sperm second, ncatsfoot third, lard
fourth. CAST iron holds better than
any other metal or any alloy, and is the
best metal to use for light bearings,
perhaps for heavy. II has been proven
by experiments that a highly polished
bearing is more liable TO friction than
a surface finely lined by filing.
Car wheels are now kept in their
places without being keyed on. In for
mcr times the keys would drop out by
the constant jar, and be almost sure TO
precipi,atc an accident; besides, they
weakened the axle and wheel. Axlcs
are turned TO fit tho wheel snugly, and
are driven to place by hydraulic pres
sure. Previous to being driven, the
aAies arc covered with thin coat of
white lead and oil, which hardens in a
short time, and holds the wheel so firm
ly in place that pressure of from 100
to lao tons is required 10 remove bro
ken axle from The wheel in which it is
placed.
Sheep are justly becoming popular
with the mass Of Western farmers, and
the United States is destined before
long TO produce all the wool its fac
tories may require. Those WHO seek
to increase their profits by stock--ais-
ing. and at the same time TO improve
their soil, raise more grass, employ less
labor, and make more money, will raise
more sheep. A pound of mutton can
be raised cheaper than pound Of beef
or pork, and is worth as much in the
market; the wool is thus extra profit.
Our advice is i: continue TO use through
bred rams upon ycur common ewes.
We have no disposition to dictate what
the breed shall be, only do not let it be
grade, but ofits breed full-blooded, and
in q few years, by culling your poorest
ewes you will have flock equal to the
best.-CulfirdiOr.
LISTING CORN AGAIN.
A number of farmers have written to