Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1883-11-10

and dry.
There has been less hog cholera this
year than for many previous ones.
Repairs of fences, barns, cribs and
stock shelter should now be attended
! to.
Build you an ice house at once If
you intend 10 make dairying busi-
! ness.
Statis;ician j. II. Dodge calculates
that the country loses nearly 000, 900
sheep each year-mu>tly on account of
dogs.
Before you begin TO store your
fruits and vegetables in the cellar,
give it n thorough cleaning ont and
airing, ending Up witt q good whito-
washing.
Sorghum, after being cut, detcrc-
rates very rapidly. l. should not be-
allowed TO remain moro than one day
before beiug worked, and less than
that Is prctegablo,
1t is estimated that the state of
Maine has forty-njEe cheese factories,
with an average Of lO7 COWS to the
factory, 60 being the lowest, and 500
tho highest numJyr.
In gathering apples, lesidcs har"-
ling them carefully, a-sort them aC-
cording 70 quality rather thau dump
th m into barrels or piles. Fine ap-
pies, well handled, always bring good
prices.
Fuller, in his Small FRUIT Cultur-
ist, says: II do not believe that there
is one acre Of str,.wbcrcIes in :. thou
sand, cultivated in this country, that.
Yields over one.half what it would il
tie ground was properly prepared be-
fore planting"
This is q favorable time for impTov-
ing the appearance OF groves and
wood lands, by removing dead and
fallon timber II can be made into
stove wood and Tho refuse brush and
logs burned, and the bare spots sowed
with grass seeds.
a rose farm is q new Georgia indus
try. Two gardeners in the vicinity of
Savannah planted three acres in rose
trees. This year they have sold 22, 600
trees to parties in the north, and had
orders for -, 600, which they could not
fill.
Save some good, vigorous stochy
potatoes for next years seed. Many
farmers prefer TO save the smali pig or
unmarkotable potatoes. bat it does not
pay. Next sprng grow q row Of pUta-
toes from each Kind OF seeds under like
conditions, and notice the difference.
| A prominent Californian, who has
fifty acres in the IajsiG grape, says
whenever grapes become Improbable
' for raisins he can make money by feed
t ing them to hogs. He contends that
: grapes will fatten hogs faster than any
, known food-from two TO three pounds
a per day.
Beans are not eaten whole by any
kind of stock excepting sheep. Bur,
by grinding and mixing with corn or
oatmeal, beans unfit for sale may be
proftably fed to cattle, horses and
> pigs. They are very strong food. and
5 rs stock become used TO them the pro-
h portion OF bean meal may be increased.
A writer in the Country Gentleman
recommends the soaking Of the wood
composing II summer-hous in crude
V petroleum, saying il will make any com
, mon wood nearly, or about rs durable
- as cedar, imp0rJing To it II rich brown
color. II would be an excellent idea
;, to apply the same preseryatlve TO troi-
. lscs, etc, on lawns.
q Apples are among the most nourish-
ing and hcalthful of all vegetable foods.
Besides containing n large amount OF
4 sugar and other carbo-hy they
). contain vegetable acids and certain
n aromatic qualities which act powerfully
: in the capacity Of tonics, anti3cptiC