The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-10-04
FARM ITEMS.
llluts 70 Southern Farmers and Dairy
mrn-CrOp Statistics
or the Various Fruits and Products Oh
the Country:
The Apiary, Market Garden, Etc.


Average uusalted butter contains about
II per cent. OF water.
Destroy the plant-llce with strong soap
suds or tobacco water.
Cut off the first appearance OF black-knot
on plum trees. ,,s
appearance; 1t should promptly be removed
and destroyed.
Keep ali garden and other tools under
shelter every day that they are not USED;
and have them made clean every time, ana
rubbed bright and oiled.
Dairying is yet in its infancy IN many
of the states in the Mississippi valley, anu
in nearly all OF which splendid facilities ior
success IN this field are not wanting.
Southern farmers have been experiment,
ing with tomatoes as food for COWS ana
hogs with very satisfactory results. ana
they consider il an absolute preventive OF
Take special pains at this season of the
wear to prevent any weeds from gong 10
seed. If they have got above ground, pun
and throw them into the brush heap ior
burning. .. =, a. =.
nlacing of a hollow barrel of a key lmme-
distely around The sting until 1t hurts: On
removing the key the sting will be iound
living outside the puncture it has made.
An inch of fine manure spread around
straw berry plants set since Dearlhg' wiz
preserve moisture in the soil, and prevent
The ground from crusting ii itbec ONES nee
essary to water them.
periments that potatoes which are allowed
TO sprout before planting do not grow as
thrifty or produce nearly as well as those
kept IN dark, cool place, and not per-
| mtted to sprout until put into the ground;
It is an interesting and well-established
| fact that bees never visit Two or more ciass-
es of flowers on the same trip, but always
procure full load OF honey, OF Whatever
| kind they commence on first, and return
to The hive to unload before making
change.
A poultry breeder says farmers will iced
bushel of corn to produce SIX POUNDS OF
pork, worth 60 cents, while this bushei
would keep a hen. She would lay at least
twelve dozen eggs, which, averaging 10
cents per dozen, would equal S2.l6, ana she
would rear brood OF chickens worth as
much more, making total OF nearly 20.
The following method. practiced at tne
Massachusetts Agricultural college, tor the
purpose of causing grapes to ripen nearly
| three weeks sooner than they otherwise
| would have done, is at least worth a trial:
Carefully remove the bark in space an
eighth of an inch in width entirely around
one or more OF the leading branches OF the
vine.
working the chief one; IN this case 1t will
Get solid, cut and try smoothly exposed TO
cold, but slight heat softens readily. Again
churning at high temperature mixes IN the
buttermilk forming a soft mass and diii1'
cult to remove, and readily turning rancid;
chilling. washing and pressing out the only
remedy.
made what he calls sparkling mix,
which is simply skim milk impresnated
with carbonic acid gas and then bottled
precisely as is the pop" or mineral waters
Of the day, 1t is found that milk thus
| treated will keep an indefinite period, and
is very pleasant beverage, being as re,
| freshlng as soda water, with the additional
advantage OF being both healthful and nu-
tritious. :.
good plan to burn sulphur in cellars where
milk is kept, especially If they are damp.
The sulphurous acid evolved destroys the
mIIdew, which, if not checked, will inJure
| The flavor of cream and butter. In many
damn cellars the mildew wastes the cream
go thai the butter product IS seriously de-
creased, besides the injury to quality.
| The amount OF the crop OF strawberries
|
ment of the bed this year. A strong growth
late in the summer and during the first
| half of the autumn will give good crop
next year. Scatter manure between the
| rows or about the stools and work 1t into
| thc surface soil with steel rake or hoe, it
| in the garden, or with horse culture III the
! field. Keep the runnera cut and hne
growth will be the resnl;.
If farm ers would WELD more influence as
| ~ hn au d.
They must see TO it that they have better
! schools, and that their sons ana daughters
have the advantage OF a good common
| school education. 1t is mind that rules the
world. IL ia the abest minds that are the
rulers. Every farmer should be .well.in-
| formed man; he should have education
enough to act understandiDgly in all the
duties OF citizenship. Good schools ale
needed in every school district.
| The Dublin Farmer claims that full
feed of hay TO horses, following the feeding
of concentrated food is wasteful for the rea-
son that it crowds the first out of the
stomach before proper digestion has been
accomplished. And so, in order to secure
best results, hay should be fed first and the
concentrated food afterward, which leaves
Il to become fully digested with no danger
of being crowded away or out oil the per-
| Torrance of its desired purpose.
The turkey crop is steadily increasing in
value not more by the increased number
of farmers who make this specially In
their poultry raising, than by the increased
attention and skill of those who have long
been in the business Care in selecting
stock for breeding brings ample rewards.
The prospect was never better than now for
the extension Of the business among the
farmers who haye a good range and good
markets. The average size OF turkeys in
the districts where the business is made a
specially is steadily increasing and We look
! for still further improvements.
1t is not generally known or appreciated
BY gardeners that in raising tomatoes the
character OF the soil has every thing TO do
with the quality Of this most excellent Ia
bic fruit. lt often occurs that they contain
so much acid as 10 iDiure the havor so
greatly as to render them scarcely ht for
use. One basket OF tom atoes nom the mar
/ Fet may be delicious. while the next basket
purchased may be 30 sour as 10 almost spoil
ones taste for the rest OF the season. The
character Of the soil in which the tomatoes
have been grown = the cause OF the diiier-
euce. When grown in a light, or rather
moor coil. and IN a warm, sheltered situation
! tbev will be sweet, un 'ess, indeed. the sea
son should be a most unfsvOrable one
while in rich soil. with insufficient sunshine,
they will be sour and wanting that pleasant
flavor which belongs 10 perfect specimens
OF the fruit.