The Worthington advance., 1882-01-19
HOUSE AND FARM.
Farming BreVities.

Liquid medicines are more safely admin
istered to horse through horn or bottle
or some similar instrument. With ordi:
nary caution the medicine will not 70 down
the wrong pipe. If it does, the result is
with the horse. Usually he will overcome
it and eject the tiuid; but sometimes. not
often. he ia unable to do that. and strangu-
lation follows.
Bears, while in use, should not be cOh
fined in close pen, but they should be
allowed the range Of yard, or, what is bet
ter, held They need strong food and at
the same time variety. A careful observer
of the above suggestions will insure vigor-
ous progeny. 4 great many times pigs are
born puny, which is the result of tie man
agement of the sire contrary to the above.
German experiments have successfully
applied electricity to bees when they wero
swarming. BY the use Of electric force the
bees are st2petied 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 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 an
hour, with no bad results.
The Massachusetts, Piou0hmaa reasons
that il tho potato was the true seed there
would be but little doubt that planting the
largest and best specimens would result in
the improvement of the quality Of the pro-
duct. But as they are not the true seed,
are not new life secured through the prn :.
ciple Of reproduction, but simply co ntin-
nation 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 Ponltry Interest IN Minnesota.
About half dozen years since. III.
poultry fever visitited the most non.
ulous section Of our state in ifs
most violent form, and captured many yic-
Tins. 1t spread with great lapidity for a
year or two, and in Minneapolis and St. PAM
fanciers were quite numerous, and our an.
nual shows Of no mean order. All tha
most popular varieties of land and water
fowls were 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 ma iority Of breeders found that
chicken business without skill and expert
tnce, aud so the reaction came and tho fe
YER turned For two years past the in
terest in pure bred fowls has been less
prominent than before, but all the while q
certain growth Of sentiment in the right iii :
rection has been constantly going on. A
few breeders have persesered in their
efforts, Rnd are active fanciers to-day with
much more experience and, 10
Tess zeul 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. a 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 position to take advantage Of. The 10 =
cal interest is increasing very rapidly in q
healthy way, and already there is some tall
Of holding poultry show mex
fall. Keep the ball roliing,-P P0nltr,
jONJual