The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-03-28

FARM ITEMS,

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| CHOOSE for Matching the largest and best
snapped eggs from the best layers.
lnere is more nutrlment in straw than
Is commonly supposed, and if rich food like
corn or oottonseed meal is fed, more will be
eaten by stock.
IL Is very important that every farmer
should see that he has good seed corn this
spring, as there was large amount fcorn
raised last year that did not mature, and
consequently will not grow.
A bill has been introduced into the New
York legislature providing penalties for
selling any kind of grass or clover seeds
clntainit the seeds of oxeye daisy, rag
weed, quack grass, or Canada thistles. Tie
penalty is $50 for each oilense
An extensive cattle and poultry raiser in
Iowa states that he has no trouble with
yermin on his beasts and birds when thew
have a chance TO dust themselves and
have an opportunity to eat onions once n
week.
Salt is used to destroy the onion magcot
with partial success. About the LIST of July
SOW two bushels to the acre; the salt also
hastens the maturity OF the crop.
A good guide for feeding grain TO cattle is
one pound to each hundred of their weight
Most animals eat in proportion to their
| weight, and an animal weighing 900
pounds may receive ten pounds OF grain
per day.
| Sweet peas require very rich soil. They
Should be sown ut least an inch apart in the
row and five inches in depth. To keep IN
the bloom from carly summer until frost
the seed pods must be promptly removed
as the growth and ripening of the seeds ex,
hausts the strength of the plant.
Sweet potatoes ought to be very profit
| able prnn tln gAIth inIuip.r I,,t To-,
mense quantities produced to the acre when
properly managed. Mr.. h. NJ. Hudson, of
New Orleans, the vice-president OF the
Gulf States Fruit-Growers' association
raised $40 bushels to the acre last year, and
states that as much as 1000 bushels to the
acre can be produced.
When potato is exposed to the light in
a cellar, the eyes nearly all start a good.
healthy green sprout, but If in pile, or in
darkness, only the strongest eyes grow long,
white, worthless sprouts. Hence seed no
tatoes should be spread thnly in the light,
The sprouts should not be broken of when
cutting the seeds for planting.
American wonder is seeding pea, the
result OF cross between the champion of
England and little gem. 1t is one of the
earliest wrinkled peas in cultivation of the
finest quality, and wonderfully productive,
Its great distinctive feature, however, is its
compact nd.dwarf growth, seldom exceed
ing ten inches in height.
In transplanting trees, all the roots which
may have become bruised or broken in the
process Of lifting should be cut clean away
behind the broken part, as they then more
readily strike out new roots from the cut
parts. In all such cases the cut should be a
clean, sloping one, and made in au upward
and outward direction.
= 1t is bad policy to wash harness with
soap, rs the potash lures the leather. II
the harness becomes rusty, rub off the dirt
rs well as possible with soft brush and
supply a dressing of grain black, followed
with oil or tallow, which will iasten the
color and make the leather pliablc.
The practice of growing sweet corn for
fodder is greatly on the increase in this
country. 1t makes far better feed than the
field sorts, from the fact that it is very
sweet and nutritious, and cattle will eat
every. part of it with great relish. Sow
thlckly in drills two and half feet apart,
using two and half bushels of seed to the
} acre or 1t can be sown broadcast ard cult
waited IN.
Many so-called cases of pear blight are
due to other causes than blight. Quite
often trees are said to be blighted from too
much manure, when, in fact, the heavy
, doses of manure water would have killed
an oak or butternut as quickly as it killed
the pear
Wood.ashes have been recommended for
! fowls to roll in, as 1t is said the potash they
contain is noxious to vermin No doubt
but IT is too caustic for the feet and skin OF
! the fowls and in wet weather forms biting
I've. Hens will not wallow in wood ashes
when dry earth is accessible, and they
ought TO have something to say in the mat
ter.
The Mirror and Farmer gives the follow
Ing recipe for the cure OF caked bag in
mich cows; Tincture of arnica, four
ounces; tincture OF oconite, one OUNCE; oil
!, glycerine, one ounce, Mix and balhr the
bag two or three times daily; rub IL la we'll
! with your hand give internally a teaspoon.
ful OF the mixture three times day. DO
not feed any grain to the COW.
| ly-ha,ched chickens are more yigor-
GUS than those produced later in the sea
son, when hot and dry weather adde's halt
the eggs while incubation is in progress 1t
is more trouble TO care for the very earliest
chickens during cold, wet weather in March
or April, but the cocKerels will bring fancy
prices as early broilers ami the pullets will
be good layers next winter.
Care should be used in selecting the
proper soil for each vegetable. The long
variety OF beets, carrots and parsnips should
never be grown in heavy soil that packs
easily. There are kinds more suitable, such
as those that grow partly out of the ground.
but sandy or open, light soils are best for
the long varieties.
A cow will give more milk and make
more butter on bright sunshiny day than
during enc Of q dull, dark character. The
animal eats more heartily, digests better,
while the vital forces are active during the
pleasant day. These facts are not in them.
selves very important, yet they suggest the
query whether close stabing of cows In
winter or summer is better than giving
them the run OF the yard or pasture lot,
A farmer whoha no other capital Than
ordinary good sense, health and strength
can, by the time he reaches 40 or so years
of age, attain independence and afterwards
wealth. To achieve this success he must
possess three qualities He must be tenn.
perate, industrious and economical. This
lis not requiring very much, for these are
MY traits of character which every man
should possess.
Musk melons thrive best In light, enriched
soft. Plant early In May when danger of
frost Il over, aud the gr,,titd bns hs,.,,,o