The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1882-01-19
HOUSE AND FARM.
Farming .BreVlties.

Farming breVules.
Liquid medicines ore more safely admin
istered to horse through horn or bottle
or some similar instrument. With ordi-
nary caution the medicine will not 20 down
the wrong pipe. If it does. the result is
with the horse. Usually ne will overcome
it and eject the fluid; but sometimes, not
lation follows.
Bears, while in use, should not be con-
fined in q close pen, but they should be
allowed the range OF yard, or. what is bet
ter, field. They need strong food and at
of the above suggestions will insure vigor-
GUS progeny. a great many times pigs are
born puny, which is the result Of the man.
Agement of the sire contrary to the above.
German experiments have successfully
applied electricity to bees when they were
swarming. BY the use of electric force the
bees are stxpefed for the period of time
needful to handle them, and without being
injured The first attempt was made upon
bees that had gathered upon trees, the in
sects falling upon the ground in a kind of
trance, which admitted Of their being safely
handled. hive full was next treated in
the same manner and with equal success,
the bees, remaining inactive for half All
hour, with no bad results,
The Massachusetts, Plouglman reasons
that if the potato was the true seed there
would be but little doubt that planting the
largest and best specimens would result III
the improvement of the quality of the pro-
duct But as they are not the true seed,
are not new life secured through the prjn.
ciple of reproduction, but simply co Min
uation of vegetable growth, there is but
little more certainty of getting large pota-
Toes, by planting large ones for seed, than
there would be Of getting large apples by
setting large cions.
The Poultry Interest IN Minnesota.
About half dozen years since. the
poultry fever Visited the most pop
ulous section Of our state in ifs
most violent form, and captured many vic.
year or two, and in Minneapolis and St. PAM
fanciers were quite numerous, and orr an
nual' shows of no mean order. All the
most popular varieties Of land anu water
fowls we're we'll represented. and individual
breeders sometimes kept from five to ten
varieties at once. But the main object to
be gained was not what it should have been
the great INA jority Of breeders found that
big money was not to be made out Of the
chicken business without skill and expert
ence and so the reaction came and the fe-
yer turned. For two years past, the in
terest in pure bred fowls has been less
prominent than before, but all the while a
certain growth of sentiment in the right d.
rection has been constantly going on. A
few breeders have perseyered in their
efforts. and are active fanciers to-day with
much more experience and Ito
Tess zeal than when they
first started out. They have not expected
fabulous prices for every egg or chicken
they had for sale. nor had they counted on
first premium birds right through. But
they have learned the value of the pure
breeds, and have found that definite results
can be attained only by using thorough
bred stock. At present, Il large and wide
spread interest in this fascinating industry
is manifesting itself throughout this state
and the whole northwest, and very many Of
our most intelligent farmers are waking up
to the value Of poultry as farm adjunct.
The inquiries come TO us from all quarters,
and for almost all kinds Of fowls. and
western breeders should place themselves
in q position to take advantage Of. The To-
cal interest is increasing very rapidly in a
healthy way, aud already there is some talk
Of holding poultry show next
fall. Keep the ball rolling,-P 0Nlt,y
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