The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-08-30

sffetor, ~ went nut In the held to zee
ma was tW result, 81
"Whst saw did ne good, There those
worms lay under tbe leaves, Ike a htll OF
otatoegi tey had eaten little ehOt-hOles
.hfOur'n the caves, aud s0fne we're ueau
tnd one M very stupid o0ndltion-thoy
never ohewed again. I then set OUT my
topacoo aud was not troubled with ihe cut
worm after that. -,
A Missourl farmer, who has been expert.
tnentinR with different ways OF puttins ia
crop ol oats, writes have been trylIR
Tor three years 10 determine which was We
best way of putting IL this crop, ana haye
concluded that | can get The best results oy
sowing the oats broadcast, at the rate OF
two bushels per acre, and then
cultivaiing them in with good
| walkiDg-cultivator and then narrowing
down well and rolling. l had always been
used to thoroughly breaking the soil will
turning pillow, and then sowing BROADCAST
and narrowing and rolling, but am con-
yinced now, after three years experlme .,.
| ing, that cultivating them in Is mucn the
best plan, besides being the quickest and
most economical.
A writer in the Poultry Monthly gives a
list of the average weight and number OF
the eggs laid by the several breeds of fowls.
Light Brahmas and partridge cochins,
seven eggs to the pound, lay 100 per an.
mum. DluCk Wullt anu Jun OoSbIhos o'6h"
to the pound, lay 115 per annum; Plymouth
Rocks. eight to the pound, lay loo per an,
mum; Houdans seven to the pound, lay lao
per annum; La Fleche seven to the pound,
Law 1870 per annum; Creve Cr9urs, eight to
the pound, lay 140 per annum; black Span
ish, seven to the pound, lay l5Oper annum;
Legnorns, eight to the pound, lay 10y per
annum; Hamburgs, nine to the pound, lay
$50 per annum; Dominiques, nine TO the
pound, lay 1856 per annum; game, nine 10
The pound, lay 100 per annum; bantams,
sixteen to the pound, lay 140 per annum.
Hungarian grass caunot bear cold
weather. Ii the weather IS hot it grows
rapidly, and the plants obtain rank growth
) while If there is cold spell the crop is much
seed of Hungarian grass should not be
: sown until warm and settled weather has
come and the soil has lost its chilliness
S,wn as late as July it will make fine anc
full growth, provided there is an abundance
of food in the soil. From what has beer
: said it is clear that Hungarian needs rlct
soil. This is true, and there are few crops thai
respond more freely to the application o.
manure or commercial fertilizers.
In keeping sheep here on the plains we
of course depend upon the range for botf
summer and winter pasturage: We do MOI
think il wise or sale to depend upon ina
alone. Experience teaches us that tht
HOck-mdSlcT suOuIu uc plCpolCu iOi oAi wi
, :ingencies. Some seasons the winter graz
, | IN Is much better than in others. We dt
net think upon an average, thirty or forty
tons OF forage to the thousand head is toe
much. One.halt is good iced if cut early
Millet makes an excellent fodder; should bt
; cut before fully ripe. Rye is an excellen
, eed for lamos; quite as good, Perhaps pet
ing ewes. We think wheat bran, as a teee
Tor young lambs during the fall and winter
is the very best food one Can give them, ant
the best Tor ewes at mbing time, prOduc
, ing a greater flow OF milk than any ;othe
, feed with the exception of oil meal.
A correspondent of the New York World
discussing the best methods of growing pc
+ tatoes, says: have grown potatoes unde
straw for a number of years with success
both in dry and wet seasons. | manure
the ground well before ploughing, dra'l
/, we'll. mark out shallow, cover potatoe
j three inches deep with earth, and cover tb'
same day with straw to the depth OF five
six inches after it settles. have had ~
: trouble with weeds and they are easil.
gathered. Never disturb them until gath
ering time.
, Every farmer should grow fruit for hom
: rawberries, rasberries, blackberries
currents, goOseberries, grapes, cherries an'
apples; quite list, you see, and mos
people esteem the iruit OF wnicn it is mad
|
tgetables..which can be grown in the gar
den. And to this list of fruits and vege
9 tables you add fresh milk ant
= cream, sweet butter and homes
cheese. honey, chickens and eggs-do yol
not see that the farmer has more luxurie
within his reach for the qualification of hi
3 appetite than any other man can have
The wealthy man can buy what the farmel
: raises, but cannot have it in its freshness Al
r the producer can. But it is no uncommon
: thing to see nothing worth speaking pro
3 yided in that way. A few pears might b'
5 set in the vegetable garden, as from theii
: upright growth they do not materially in
} terlere with the growing of vegetables
5 No garden should be without few Bart
lett pears at least. They bear in a few
years and continue regularly every year
, Apples spread too much for gardens anc
need the room of an orchard Or field.
. A practical farmer has discovered thai
chamberlye applied to peach trees is a pre-
yentive of the yellows, and he believes q
Ire for it, when taken in time. He ha
I u ed it for years on trees near the house
5 a ID never fails Of good crop oil peaches.