Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1883-12-28
FARM NOTES.

Pure water Is indispensable to the
health of all kinds of stock.
The successful farmer plans his work
in advance and then lives up TO his
plans.
The demand for improved stock of
all kinds is greater in the west than
ever before.
Secretary Chamberlain. of the Ohio
board of agriculture, does not believe
that sorghum raising will ever pay in
that state.
The best time for cleaning up an
orchard and getting it in good shape
for crop of fruit next year is in the
fall after the fruit is harvested.
"Bee ranches" as California apia-
ries are called, are fast becoming popu
lar in the southern portions of that
state and have proved very successful
Drainage pays in its own way, and
the farmer who tries it will find his
land improved and his crops increased,
and with such results he continues the
good work.
The Germantown Telegraph advises
the planting of more sweet apple trees
for the Aae quality of their fruit. Any
surplus of fruit is easily utilized by
feeding to swine, horses or COWS.
A top dressing of well decomposed
manure may be spread with benefit on
lawns that were not overthrifty during
the summer. Give dressing also to
trees and shrubs that failed to make
satisfactory growth.
French farmers are giving increased
OF tn hnc ho nd
tendency for the production of meat
rather than wool. The competition is
at present between crosses of the South
downs and Shropshires.
There is one simple rule of feeding
that always holds good with adult
fowls, viz, give them as much as they
will eat eagerly and no more. When
fowls begin to feed with indifference
the supply should be stopped.
The horse stable should be dry, airy
and clean. Dampness and filth, to-
gether with bad ventilation, will affect
the health of the animals, the great
tendency being, however, to injure and
in many cases destroy the sight of the
eye.
The Pttsburg Stockman reminds US
that vegetable oysters or satisfy and
parsnips are best when allowed to re-
main in the ground where they grow
during the winter. If dug up they wilt
badly, losing much in crispness and
flavor.
Every sheep raised according to the
principles Of science ought to be kept
in such manner that it can figure ad-
vantageously in the market of fat ami
mails just as soon as it has attained the
age when its development is com
pleted.
Thus far this year the run of far
western range cattle shows shortage
of about 1000 head as compared with
last year, and the run of Texas cattle is
10000 less than at the corresponding
time last year, making in all a short
age of 5000 beeves.
Draining is work that can be taken
up or laid down and finished piece
meal, providing one goes the right way
about it. And the right way is to be-
gin at the outlet, making the drain as
deep as the lay of the land allows, so
rs to secure a good fall.
Fowls require some portion of ami
nal food; on wide range they will
provide this for themselves. When in
confinement it must be- furnished. The
scrap from the table is good. Animal
food need not be given more than three
times per week, and only in small
quantities.
1t is always well to watch the dogs
at home, says the Philadelphia Record.
Many Of the most innocent looking
dogs are the ones that Kill sheep, and
they seem to possess sufficient intelli'