The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1882-09-28
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water with which floors are washed VIII
prevent the ravagcs Of moths.
An aesthetic farmer in Allegan
county, Michigan, is building barn of
block walnut, buiternut and wildwood.
The capital intended for the purchase
of pure bred stock for improvement
should be invested in single firsi-class
animal. rather than in number of in
ferior ones.
A pail of milk standing ten minutes
where il is exposed 10 the scent OF
strong-smelling stable, or any other Of
fensive odor. viii inbibe = faint that
viii never leave il.
The 7eeas JIool Grocer expresses
the opinion that ram shearln2 thirty
five pounds IN Vermont would probably
shrink TO twenty-five pounds in Texas
in three years.
A farmer who writes TO the National
Farmer saws more and better sugar can
be made from watermelons than from
beets, and he claims TO have made sugar
from them by boiling down the juice
and treating il as if il were maple
syrup.
The outlook to-day Is that there viii
be an abundance of comparatively cheap
food in all parts Of our own country,
and that the foreign demand will be
sufficient TO absorb the surplus. pro-
yided. always. that mere speculation
does not maintain too high prices.
After several experiments with oats
rs TO thin and generous seeding, gen.
tleman in New York says he finds the
oats grown from thin seeding more liza
bile 10 rust. the straw less valuable, and
adds that The best crop he ever grew
was raised from three and one-half
bushels of seed 10 the acre.
II is estimated that the farm products
of Kansas for 1882 win aggregate $780,
100000. or an average Of $3.50 for each
of the two hundred thousand families
in the State. The number of farms in
Kansas is one hundred thousand which
gives 81 200 ~ an avcrahe yield per
farm.
A correspondent of the Germantown
telegraph SAYS that the main failure in
raising Strawberries Is in setting poor
plants. Old plants are good for moth
ing; new plants from an old bed are
not worth setting. We should SET
plants that are grown from those that
have never fruited.
Spruce butter tubs are the best: white
hemlock makes a sweet tub acids from
the oak color the butter and injure its
appearance white ash gives the butter
strong flavor if kept long. and in
creases the liability 10 mould: maple
smells and cracks badly. Soak all tubs
four 10 six days in brine before using
Seed corn should be saved Will,
husking, il not before. Take one per
feet ear from stalks bearing two ol
more. throwing ii 10 one side with III,
husk attached \ perfect ear has al
rows perfect. a small bntt end. the col
well tipped out with grain and covered
with husks. the kernel uniform and wei
ripened.
Keep cup Of powdered borax on
your washstand: il will do wonders in
the way of softening the skin. If you
have been working in the garden, OF
doing things about the house which
have tended to make your hands rough
when you wash them dip your fingers
in the borax and rub your hands well
with it.
Milk fever is produced by any cause
that interferes with the condition OF
the COW after calying. Nervous excite.
ment. exposure or undue exercise is
suifi cient to bring on an attack, and re-
covery is rare The safest treatment is
TO place the COW in quiet, retired
place q day or two before calying, nurs-
ing her well, and until The calf is week
old.
Every pasture should be provided
with shade trees, or at least some pro-
lection against summers sun. a few
boards on a temporary frame viii al
WAYS secure the last. Excessive heat,
bv exhausting aud sometimes sickening
the animal, materially diminishes the
effect of food in promoting the secretion
of milk and the growth of wool and
flesh.
The editor OF the Mirror AID Fafme,
on trip TO the country counted eight
cows and horse running on meadow
that had just been cleared of IFS hay
crop. aud il struck him very forcibly
that the owner had commenced cutting
his 1888 crop 8 little early. This is a
ruinOns practice that no lcvel-headed
farmer viii allow. II is cheaper 10 feed
from the barn.
The speculative gentry who have been
deyoting themselves 10 The pursuit OF
cornering the grain crops are one by
one going out of The business. The
grain crops thanks 10 benign Provi.
dence. have eornered the SPECTATORS
Poor men can look forward with rea'
sonable faith for a taste of cheaper
bread. The year 1882 has been year
of plenty all over the world.
The Plymouth Rocks and Dominicks
are very similar in plumage, and every
one is not able 10 distinguish them
There is really but little difference be-
tween them. and that is in the comb.
4 The Plymouth Rocks have straight
single comb, while that Of the Dom
inicks is like a rose, with peak at the
rear end. The Plymouth Rocks are
also little larger in size.
In an address before the kansa,
Breeders Association Mr.. +. u. Coburn
eondemdcd the practice of breeding
hogs for their fattening propensities.
A breed is needed that viii give n
greater proportion of lean, and Mr.
Coburn advises TIE Withdrawal of corn
from the feed Of hogs. substituting
therefor oats, rye and grasses, claiming
that the hog is a grass-eating animal
Solid silverware, as well as plated
goods, grows dark and furnished in q
very short time when exposed TO the
air. and even when put away IN dark
place. This is especially the case where
hard coal is used in the house or neigh