The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-07-05
FARM ITEMS.

GREGORY, the seed -raiser. says the plhmp-
kin is distinguished from the squash Chiefly
by having hard stem and better cover
ing.
Skinned milk has practically all the
value of whole milk for growing pigs. The
cream taken oftmakes it less fatteningJ but
fat can be generally supplied in corn OR oil
meal in cheaper form than in cream.
A few years of cooperation on the part of
the farmers and creamery men of Iowa,
have brought the business to be so profit
able that to-day the dairy product is valued
at S25, 100000.
We change the location of fowls as soon
as we see anything is wrong with them
and in most cases they soon get we'll. Dis
solve alum in water and mix cornmeal with
it and feed the fowls. This generally cures
the cholera.
Professor Cook, of the Michigan Agricul-
tural college, has found in proof that bees
know their masters, and are more likely to
sting stranger, only as the latter is more
nervous and SO jerks his head or makes
other quick motions which are offensive to
the bees and sure to meet quick reproof
The fat on COW known to be large and
rich mixer will mostly 60 into the cream
pot during the season. 1t is never safe to
buy milk COW in poor condition, as she
will require heavy feeding, or make poor,
thin milk. 9It
As is well known, the raising OF peas in
Great Britain and Canada has been, since
those countries have had an agricultural
history, a leading idea with farmers, especi-
ally in connection with the production of
pork. In those countries peas can be fed
to all kinds of live stock to good advantage.
When cows take fancy to eat wood, lick
earth or chew bones, it is an indication that
they are suffering FROM indigestion. Give
each COW pint of linseed oil or pound of
melted lard, and after that bran slop tor a
few days, and they will probably leave off
eating wood or other rubbish.
1t is fact, well attested by English
writers and by observant farmers OF this
country, that when clover has been fire.
quently sown upon the same land il not
only fails to produce heavy crop, but falls
to appear at all. The land is then said to
be ''clover-sick." The remedy for this is
by extending the number of crops in the
scale of rotation, so that clover will not
come so often upon the same land.
Sheep were first introduced into the
American colonies in 1909 at jamestown,
Virginia. To prevent them from destruc-
ton by wolves and Indians required the
greatest care. The growth of the sheep in
the colonies was deemed OF the greatest
importance, and made a subject of special
importance and sJlicitude.
For a polish to clean up and brighten old
furniture, pianos, ETC., dissolve four ounces
of orange shellac in one quart OF ninety
five per cent. alcohol to this add one quart
OF linseed oil and one pint of sulphuric
ether and four ounces of aqua ammonia;
mix thoroughly and we'll before using.
Apply with a cloth or sponge, and rub the
surface to which it is applied until the
polish appears.
The importance of good neighborhood
is not sufficiently appreciated by many
farmers. They, more than any others, are
fixed in the location they have chosen, for
their land at least cannot be packed up aud
removed, but must be marketed on the
spot. For this reason farmers should take
an interest in schools, churches and literary
societies.
II is affirmed by Vick's Magazine that
sas-tar water has been found to be quite as
efficient in the destruction Of potato bugs
aS Paris Grcol or London purple. The
manner of using 1t is stated TO be as fol-
| lows: Take tub of water aud place gal
lon of the gas-tar in II, stir well, and let the
tar settle. The water can now be applied
TO the plants with a sprinkling-can. One
gallon OF the tar is said to be enough for
several acres of potatoes. 1t has been found
| TO be sure death TO the currant worm, and,
| in fact, is destructive 10 most insect life.
Marshall p, Wilder, the venerable horti-
culturist of Boston, is credited with the
| following beautiful sentiment expressive OF
the grandness OF his calling: i would rather
be the man who shall originate q luscious
fruit, suited TO cultivation throughout our
land, and Of which successive generations
shall partake long after am consigned TO
the bosom Of mother earth, than 70 wear
the crown Of the proudest coDqueror who
has triumphed over his iellow-men.
A new self-tending strawberry bed is the