Morris tribune., 1881-04-14
Farm BreVitirs.

DR.. A. M. Dickie advises this decisive
| disposition of two troubles of the poultry
yard: "Egg- Eating Fatten
| and eat the hen. Feather Eating-Cause,
cussedness. Treatment as for above vice. :"
The cooperative Grange Store" at Ola
the, Kansas, began business four years ago
| with less than 81, 900 capital, and has al
| ready divided 1913, 900 in net prolific stock
holders. "The secret of this great success, I"
says the editor of The I,,dustriaist, "seems
| to be the strict adherence to the cash sys-
tenn, very fortunate selection of manager,
and the existence of wideawake farming
community"
The farmer may have learned from
books in the laboratory and from expert
ments all about the mechanical construction
of pillow, of the composition of plants,
soils and fertilizers, of the composition OF
foods and feeding stuffs, of the nutritive
| ratios, and of all the mysterious jargon of
| chemists, but unless he has held the pillow
and spread the manure and watched the
growing crops and harvested their fruits and
fed his cattle and profted by their increase
he has but wasted his time, and no farmer
could afford to give him house room for his
work or knowledge until this practical teach
er had supplied the missing link.
Horse diseases are more likely to occur
| in damp, cold, marshy localities than in
| those that are dry and warm, hence horses
should at least have dry stables on gavel-
| ly soil with good natural or artificial drain
age, and if possible a southern exposure.
Impure air is one of the strongest predis-
posing causes. Horse stables should be
kept clean, sweet and airy, and all affec-
tons of the lungs that will impair breath
| ing and the proper aeration of the blood
| should be corrected. Impure water and
| spoiled or insufficient food and overwork
are likewise to be guarded against. But
above all other things sudden exposures to
| cold and wet, or to cold draughts when
heated, are to be avoided.
The empathic reference to the interests of
agriculture in President Garield's inaugu-
raj address, shows the just importance of
the theme. "The farms of the United
States afford homes and employments for
more than half of our own people, and fur
| 1880 of all our imports" The day is not
| far distant when our minister of agricul-
| ture, in the person of a mature and wise
statesman, will be advanced to the cabinet.
Boys, remain on the farm, and not only Sc
cure your personal independence, but keep
in the line of promotion.
Sinking or boring ordinary wells to tn
deeper and more permanent veins is one of
four ways suggested by Mr.. o. G. Gibbs IN
the Chicago Tribune for escaping water
famines. lie says
Il have known instances where we'll
has failed, where, by bearing three-inch
hole from the bottom to a depth of from 60
to 100 feet, strong veins have been struck,
| with SO strong a pressure that the water
would rise in pipe into the well from
unfailing supply. where the water did not
rise sufficiently force pump could be put
on, and the water raised to the surface by
wind OF other power. The finding of such
veins is by no means a certainty. But, as
the cost of boring is not great, and the
chances of success are fair, it would pay to
try it on wells that have given out"