The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-02-01

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sTy a6gSflsn ,mici meets with more favor Than
gpfnAu miliet, md answers the puIPus' VI ""
,nnn.I has rrup d TIER than the latter, -
la moi nv IN keep many breeds OF inwlsi ynn |
Viii sutrscd better with only one variety WIN
good gtteuUou, than by Tying 10 keep uo"un
SCI gcr n niet sowu on deep rich soil sowcd
ihIcE and cut when IN bloom, makes lhIb5 |
quantity uf hay, II Is an eShansuhB crop ni'u
me- g,,,cd M"i"h is good winter grass, and
crows I'm the same sod with Bermuda, gtoWlus
In cold weather while the later Is dorm nut .,
UngrOund grain should DO lel 10 ip nT n.y.
night because IL II slowly digesled, ana husup
| he long interval between sunset and morning
MANY man has had his pork fail to keep
| properly because II was sailed IN ltozen con,
dillon Frozen meat, whether beef PORK or
mutton, will not properly sssimlate the sst nv;
and cannot be depended on 10 keep III ho'
sorghum Yields well on land too poor TO grow
| corn This shows that the sorghum derives
more from the air, as It's sweet JUICE iarse,y
carbon, would indicate uhe sou ior ssaeds
must however, be In fine nth as us slnall seeus
are more impatient of clods Than the larger corn
| grains. , u,,,,tor or blue
stone or Blue yitriol followed by rolling in lime
| mas proved of value in preye ntlng smut on coin'
| The consumption of parsnips is largeiy lI,
creASing in towns, Atone tlue they VERY onlS
saleable in the spring after they nad DeeI Ironen
| and tbawed They are now in demand all win
tor some rSisers dig them in the fall, allow them
| TO freeze and keep them IN That cohdlNon llu
| hey nIe sent TO market, . go liot
can he relied upon for summer pasturage; ~
furnishes summer pasturage unsurpassed III
richness and reliability, ana none Is iP Rer
relished by stock of every description. Bei,
muda is eminently the summer grass Oh the
south, . ,, hoe -,oen
said in the bee papers has, at last accouhts;
reached the enormous aud unparalleled yleu Oh
s pounds of nice honey from one hive, ana the
end is not yet Texas Is the banner SAFE anu
prophesy that 900 pounds will not yet be taken N
from single colonies when the cultivation OF
honey crops shall be fairly inaugurated?
Charcoal is highly recommended as prevent
i've of a disease in sheep, and in an English
pamphlet the following recipe for us use ap;;
pears: The charcoal should be given mixed a
with the food except III urgent cas- WIEN u.
may be mixed in water or tim Cruel and given
as a drench. The dose is one pint 10 every
twenty-five head of sheep or lambs one Quarter
pint per head for full-grown cattle; horses OF
pigs half the quantity for young cattle, anu Two
teas poonfulls to one desert-spoohiuh LOT young
calves.
The fact that grazers of England expend near
ly ST. COO OJO annually for cottonseed meal shows
the high appreciation in which this product is
held. The advantages of using this meal to Sc
cure the quick and satisfactory ripening OIL AM
mails fatteniug for market cannot be disputed
II English farmers can afford to invest so lav-
lishIy in cotton seed meal, American farmers,
who can buy it cheaper, should find 1t highly
An English writer suggests the possibility OF
COMPRISING green fodder into small bales, by
means OF press something like a nay press
and piling these bales in any convenient pulia-
ing dlling up the crevices between the bales
and the space between the bales and the wall
with chaf This he thinks would be as wei az
TO pack the fodder in an underground MO, ahi
press il all at once with heavy weights, ana al
the same time could be stored away or fed out
much more easily. -.
| exposure to storms either rain or Snow, IL very
hurtful The water remains 10 the wool, ana in
an atmosphere little, if any, above freezing, u
chis the body a long time. II is for this reason
that an open wnter is generally 9hiavoraDie tUp
warm their appetite fails, and they lose iiesh,
no matter how fed. The coarse-wooled she p
are more impatient of wet than the hneiwooieu,
the heavy, oily gum / the wool OF inc l9t CT
keeping the water from penetrating 10 the SKIN
peach orchard planted and lett without at.
tantion, as is so frequently seem VIII haruy ms
for the tree to attain the age OF frntage, anu a.
there are rather more than two years oil totai ial
ure in every five not more than three OF iot gu.
crops are realized. Now If the same trees are
cultivated, pruned ard wormed, they are qulte
certain 10 be in better state OF preservallo
when twenty years old than the negiecte1 one'
at ten, and the NUMBER OF years ol proh1 aIS 'ei
If the farmers of the country who own worth
/ less dogs-curs without any breeding, coulu d.
induced 10 destroy liltul anu c'tN
t well-bred shepherd pup not more TO eact
= farm, the wealth OF every farm
: ing community Wouiu pe Nse 1.ss
3 Increased in many ways. Farmers, with a III
lie tact in getting along with dog, would sool
| find the cody saving them many a step, Eage
! and anxious to learn, willing 10 do eyefythlhi
] within his power, the young dog needs only
wi, and patient restraint, an Intelligent dlrec
E ton, 10 become the most useful hand on tn
, pace ,,,, A. A.. c,.,,,o,
; Professor stearns in a paper read before IN
J Connecticut state board of agriculture siate
sunply of food more than equivalent 10 it, owl
weight The swallows are the natCra ~ ~
J of the midges and similar small insects tina
! prey on gram 1t is estimated that the nesting
Of single pair of swallows will, in three weeks
+. consume half million insects Blue birds pro
. teCt fruit trees from insects. The king bird !
. strictly insectivorous and great protector. IN
y wrens can be induced TO remain near houses
. suitable boxes are provided and they war win
q out cessiug upon caterpillars