The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-01-24
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FARM ITEMS,

WHEN turkeys are not two months old they |
eau successfully withstand the severest weather
II dry. In wet weather they should be confined |
in yard under cover
1t is said that Conrad Wilson will shortly have
an art Gle in Harpets Monthly seeking to show
that an acre of land can be made to produce TO-
900 to l2,000 pounds of milk per year, the fodder
being sorghum of tho amber variety
F0ot-rot and other diseases to which sheep are
subject are said TO occur much less frequently
among tlocks that Craze on rough ground and
hilly pastures. This is found to be the case in
Scotland. Corn scorohed ON the cob IL said to
DO cure for hog cholera
1t is said that IAN occasional meal of corn.
burnt on the cob until each kernel Is black, or
as long as II can DC burned aud have the corn
retain its shape, is greedily eateu by fowls, and
results in II general improvement In their
health and a greater average number Of eggs
are produced
writer for the Small Fruit Reporter makes
he statement that one of his neighbors set on.
some cabbage plants among his corn where lno
corn missed. and the butterflies did not And
them. II has therefore come to the coaclusi II
that II the cabbage patch were in the middle OF
the corn field The butterflies would not find
them, rs they fly low ana ike plain sailing.
The Boston American CultiyGtor says that AT
this season of the year foot rot in sheep can b.
cured with comparative ease by pairing away all
loose and diseased parts Of the h00is, then plac.
ins the foot in II strong solution OF suphate of
copper, Some put powdered blue viuio on the
affected parts after dipping the foot Ia the solu-
ton, aud then bind the foot with cloth"
The information is that two quarts of wheat
bran, or half that quantity of CUrnmeal, given
daily to calf in the fall will go further in push
ing 1t forward than all the srass it will eat and
| thus double the value of the grain food itself
The more, therefore, farmers study the laws of
animal growth the more they will See the econo.
my of feeding a calf TO its full capacity in the
iall and thus enable 1t better to withstand the
| ri sors OF winter"
lfyou want the hens to attend strictly to bust.
ness In the way Of egg production give them a
chance. Warm breakfasts, clean water broken
oyster shells, some sheai oats or wheat some
thick milk, into which good bran is stirred,
some cabbage or other green stun, comfortable,
home'hks BOOSTING and laying apartments, u
square meal of whole corn In the tvening-and
then see II they are not industrious and diligent
| III business.
1t lis only too well.known by some that farm.
ers, young and old, make the mistake OF buying
large farm without sufficient money to pay
for ~ aud hence are obliged Mt the outset to
| place an incumbrance uponit There Is nothing
that so crtppes II farmers business AS a heavy
mortgage, or mortgage with high rate Of In.
terest He who places himself In this condition
becomes slave, aud cOnSigns his children To
drudgery 1t is better always to buy q farm of
a size propordonate to the means on hand to
pay for IT,"
Experience is modifying the views of may DO.
tato'growers who have heretofore favored cut
ting The seed very fine. Yc''s ago one or two
eyes In hill invariably y .'ed an abundance
OF sprouts ana large crol uli-si1ed potatoes,
More seed produced a il number of very
small tubeIs unfit for marketing Now so large
portion of the seed Is detective that there are
Omen not more than one or two eyes on a potato
capable OF making vigorous plants Planting
the whole potato Is therefore coming In vogue
and unless great care IL taken in selecting H. .
potatoes there will DO many missed or an out.
come OF poor hills
Nature suggests in the natural and thick
growth of great variety of grasses and weeds
together that mixture of vegetation may Vie d
iaigel quantity of vegetable pro luce from
any given area than can be Obtained
from the growth of one species
a mixture of grasses is usually more productive
Than the cultivation OF single one An acre of
peas ana oats grows together will yielo m re
lhan hall an acre of each sown slusly, ield
seeded to timothy and clover produces nearly
twice as much s when either Is sOwn alone
pasture sod composed of orchard grass, tino.
thy, red clover aud Kentucky blue giuss Is In
good grazing CONDITION from Early spring I'LL
autumn, the decay OF the cai lier ripenng species
furnishing plant iood for the species next coming
| to maturity
The Rural New Yorker, speaking of fam la
borers, says there Nre t,use who labor simply
| for the money they receive: they hay Q no utter
est In the wors but listen with II keen ear for I e
diuaer horn, aud watch with Eager eye for the
sitting OF the sun. TO do the wo,k somehow
not necessarily well-is the principle which gov
erns them The Southern Fatmcr knows of
hts own experience that the Rural New Yorker
| has told the truth The character % which he
| refers is amournful fact down here aud he IL
almost wholly without compel ion ~ iur Ms I, 9.
! latts W farm laborers Of any Other kind.
| Cream cannot rise through Il great depth OF
milk Ii milk Is. therefore, desired Il, retain
cream for time, IT should be- pu IN deep, uar.
TOW dish; and IL he desired to Tree u,os, com
pleely OF CREAM, 1t should be pOur d into a
broad Hat dish, not eAc,, ding ulp nc ~
depth The evolution Of cam il facilitated by
Il rise ana retarded by depression Ui i.mpcta.
| tuIe. In wet aud cold Weather III mi * u less
rich than In dry and warm aud un that &C, QUIT
more cheese Is obtained IN Id tnan la warm,
| though not In thundety weather. he SoiN u
has It's effects The milk IN The tpfng j. sup.
posed 10 be best for calves, In summer IL rs b 5,
suited inr chep q, aud Ia autumd the butter
tiny be,tcr than tina, OF summer COWS lee.
lVer : &>m,lked tnau Others give fioh mig
- lepuy much butter Eve mornings
nitletn d. Ag2 n evenings IN, ias
ha och missing ava ume, d
nc na1uSOine>ap tho irst drasu whi Is
IS in the Line OF slens ~
y fail to participate in this pres
, offer are sold with our usual y.n
;, with privilege of exchange rss
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