The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1882-02-02
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Oats grown ON clay land make the
best meal, keep longer and bring the
highest price.
Australia has larger acreage Of
wheat than great Britain, while our
acreage is twelve times as great.
Most Of the fine imported Italian olive
oil used for making salads is squeezed
cut of cotton seeds in our Southern
States.
Some dairymen estimate that butter.
milk 10 worth onc-quartcr to onc-hali
more and others twice as much, as skim
milk.
Arkansas lands arc now somewhat in
demand-those located in the cotton
belt-by capitalists who intend cngag-
ing in cotton culture.
A tablespoonful OF carbolic acid in
two gallons of water is said 10 prove as
destructive to the curtain worm and
rose bug rs hellcbore.
In selecting bucks cndcavor to pro-
cure one from hardy breed rather
than for size. Cost of keeping, care
management are important items.
Nutmeg trees bear for seventy or
eighty years, having ripe fruit upon
them al all seasons. A fine tree in ia
maica has over 1000 nutmegs on ii
every year.
When a farmer neglects or refuses
cooperating with his brother farmers
he strikes blow at the advancement
of his class aud becomes his own worst
enemy.
COW is dry is worth $3.50 after she
comes in. An animal in poor condition
cannot digest as much food as one in
good condition.
The sowing of forest pine seeds has
been begun by the Shakers Of Enfield,
Connecticut, and the State authorities
arc considering plans for encouraging
this needed industry.
Prof. Riley says that the heat and
drought of the past summer have killed
off the Hcssian fly, and tina, immunity
from its attacks may be expected for
some years TO come.
If ewos suffer from an excess Of milk
or Inflammation of the udder Oh ac-
count of weakness or loss OF the lambs,
the milk should be drawn either by
hand or by substituting an orphan lamb.
Do not forget to blanket your horses
when standing in the streets this cold
weather. Horses recently clipped and
blanketed in the stable should not be
allowed to stand in the street uncovered.
The Mayville Eagle says Richard
Gather, of Mason county, Ky, has
sixty acres of corn that will yield sixty
bushels to the acre, which at 60 cents
per bushel will bring $2,l6o or $50 per
acre.
Merino ewes that have been to Cots
void bucks will bring forth lambs that
win require copious nourishment. The
Ierino mother is small sheep Such
a cross needs the watchful eye of the
the farmer.
The breeder who can bring TO notice
a breed of fowls that will eat potato
bugs has fortune in his hands. They
are a desirable want on all potato fields.
Bugs are usually plenty. Where is the
breed Of fowls that will devour them!
During the recent Arkansas State
Fair at Little Rock, Sam Morrow, col
orcd, of Washington county, took the
first premium on wheat. The wheat
was a splendid white variety, and
weighed nearly sixty-eighi pounds to
the bushel.
The various trades and occupations
depend in greater or less degree upon
The farmer for success in their different |
callings, and where will You find the
man, the merchant, artisan
or mechanic who can say he does not /
his success or failure, in
greater or less degree, by the prosperity
or adversely of the farming community?
To make good butter in winter il is
that the cream should not
sand too long before being churned.
The temperature Of the cream when
placed in the churn should not be lower
than COS, nor higher than 62e. Sixty
degrees, when the churn is warmed by
iot water in the winter or cooled in the
is the proper temperature, and
he result will be satisfactory.