The Osceola times., 1882-03-04
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Kansas Cfy Times.
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Kansas City Times.
STRAW AS A FERTILIZER.
II is only by the use of the straw as an
absorbent, and as coarse food for fat
tening animals, and by using with it
much rich food, such as corn, bran, oil
or cottonseed meal, etc, that we can
change it into manure that shall be
really very valuable to use and that will
| largely increase the crops where used,
We must not expect that We can raise
large crops OF grain year after year and
sell the most valuable part, and by any
method turn the straw into manure
that shall keep up the fertility Of the
soil if we manure only with straw we
must expect TO grow only straw upon the
the land Ii is unfortunats for any man
| to be so situated that he cannot afford to
raise stock TO eat up and tread down the
straw, and TO be fed richer foods go MS to
make full supply of rich manure. With
any system of farming we now have, the
land must, sooner or later, become ex-
hausted and cease to yield profitable
crops if we fail to return to the soil the
essential elements of plant food removed
in such crops.-N. y Tribune.
FARM AND STOCK NOTES.
IT is the farmer who sees the most
narrowing scenes.
LARGE crops of small grain are being
sown in many sections in South Caro-
lima.
BLOOD and refuse meat rubbed upon
the trunks of trees will keep away mice
and rabbits.
" any new varieties of seeds are tried
use only small quantity at first, until
you are sure that the soil and locality
are favorable.
THE Wisconsin State University has
been experimenting with pig feeding,
and has discovered tlat from sixteen to
twenty-three pounds of skim milk and
four pounds of corn meal would make
pound ofpig.
A New YORK farmer, who is also a
practical sheep grower, gives the follow
ing as sure cure for grub in sheep.
Turn into each nostril Of the animal
affected half teaspoonful of kerosene
oil.
NEVER set hen in a box above the
ground or floor of the chicken house if
possible to do otherwise, as the eggs dry
too fast and lose their vitality. Much
better success may be expected if the
nests are made on the ground.
Strawberries are much more prolific
when four or five different varieties are
planted together, although each variety
may be perfect one, than if but one
perfect variety were planted alone.
KrEr all stables, pens and sheds in
perfect cleanliness. They should be
well ventilated and not too warm, which
if unhealthful Filth is too often cause
of disease. We seldom hear of trouble
from sickness where the stock are well
fed aud have clean skins, pure air and
dry beds.
Az item is going the rounds, stating
that a disease known as worm on the
brain, is prevailing extensively among
the hogs in the vicinity of La Cygne.
Kan The aplmals become dizzy, act
stupid, and stagger around, their nostrils
become sore and liberated and before
dea.h their noses slough of
WHEN corn on the ear is fed to horses
they masticate it much more slowly than
If the corn was shelled. As a conse-
quencc that on the ear is better digested.
A hone requires more time TO eat corn
on the.ear than if fed either meal or
shelled corn. II the horse cannot have
time TO mastlcate full feed Of nnshelled
cern, then it is best TO feed something
else
Ar Hot Springs, Ark, there died
mule that was fpalod the property Of
Miss Ashley, Of that vicinity, in the
spring Of 1916, and hence was nearly
thirty six years of age at the time other
death. For twenty-five years Harvey
Cliff, chairmaker of Hot Springs aud
son.in law Of Ashley, used this mule in
The delivery of chairs TO customers in
the adjoining counties.