The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1882-11-16
cUllED SUGGESTIONS.

How TO APPLY MANURE.-NeveI
apply pure hen-droppingso or any pure
guanO directly on seeds or plants; ap.
piled pure ii will destroy the germ OF
most plants. Properly prepared fowl
manure may be applied with benefit
to any crop, field or garden, broadcast
Or narrowed in, but il more economi.
cally employed In the hill or drill. As
good plan as any, probably, is to
gather the droppings a. often AZ once
week. and mix with say twice their
bulk OF dry earth.
BuCKwHEAT.-A writer makes the
following good suggestion TO the Illus
6dndHun. Save the buck W neat chafi
and Use il as an absorbent in the COW
stable. Being fine and mild il make
one Of the best absorbents for this pur-
pose. He finds IA corn basket full Iouc
a half busheiJ will absorb all the urine
from ten COWS over night and keel,
them dry and clean. He has made IA
practice of saving all of his own and
buying of his neighbors for 81 per load
Of fifty baskets, and IL pays well.
MCLcHINu STRAwBERRIEs.-T
Epitomist says: Material for mulch
ing the straw berry beds should lac
carefully chosen. Last year we tried
wheat chaff, thinking il would be con-
vsnient and easily applied. The crop
Of wheat and weeds which resulted
was terror, though In all other re-
spects II answered admirably. This
year We are experimenting with plan
Ing mill shavings, and SD far are well
pleased. Our ground Is heavy clay,
and the shavings may prove benefit.
At any rate they will not introduce
any weed seeds.
GET THE BEsT.-This In the time to
Gull the flock says the Farm Journal
Pick out the poorest for market first
not the poorest in flesh and size, but
the ead-shaped ones, the ones of bad
color, or of color not to your liking,
long legged ones. and such as that
Select the hest pullets to keep over
the best in size, shape, color and pro
ductiveness. Get all the rest off out
of the way as soon as possible, SO that
the stock birds shall have the best
chance. They will, If they have not
already, commence to lay soon and
furnish supply Of eggs to sell In the
early fall and holiday market and
thus pay for their keeping.
POINTS FOR LEICEs rERs.-The head
should be hornless; the eyes prominent
but with u quiet EXPRESSION; the ears
thin, long and directed back wards. the
neck full and broad the shoulders
broad and round; the arm fieshy
through Its whole extent, and even
down to the knees; the bones Of the
leg are small, standing wide apart;
no looseness of the skin about them,
and comparatively bare of wool; the /
quarters long and full; the thighs wild. |
f.,l e
the pelt moderately thin, but soft and
elastic, and covered with q good |
quantity of white wool, not SO long a.
In some breeds, but considerably finer.
FEEDINa,PIas DURING THE WINTER
The Drorer's journal remarks that
there could be no better feed for the
pigs In the winter than good well /
cured clover cut fine and soaked in
warm water, having also q small
amount of corn meal soaked with IT, |
Pigs will also thrive rapidly on car /
rots, turnips and potatoes, where they
are fed In a proper way, that is mixed L
In judiciously with other feed. Pota-
toes can often he fed to pigs and young
hogs to the best kind Of advantage 80
far Ne economy If concerned when the
potato crop Is abundant and prices
are low. II Is always better to feed
them In this way than to move them
from the farm. They should be boiled
and have small amount of corn meal
mixed with them.
SELF-CLEANINo PIo-PES.-A wri.
ter In the Lire-iStock Journal has
placed pigs upon q Slated floor which
would allow the liquid and much Of
the solid to go through. On one side
Of the pen wac q strip of tight floor,
four feet wide. with the trough placed
upon Il against the side Of the pcp.
and upon these planks was placed
bedding for the pigs They soon
learned the use Of the SLATED part of
The pen, and would 90 there and drop.
The SLATED door IL elevated flfteen
nches above the bottom. 90 that the
works through the stats. and
Pen and pigs are kept clean. A door ,
3 hung on hinge 90 as 10 be turned 4
~ and allow the manure to he cleaned
rom under the Slated part of the floor.
rhe pigS, In this case, keep quite
lean, without any labor being BE- Z
towed upon them, except to remove
be manuFe once . month from under Z
~ O)atted door. II