The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-11-15
FARM FACTS
An Interesting gronp Of Farm
Facts
And Items Worthy OF Your Carefu
Pcrnsal.

Ana Items NOT'ny W iOhi N"'''"'
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Popular Facts Obtained by Experience.
Mr.. David Bstchelder, Of North Reading,
Mass., has Brittany COW, "ropsy," that
mas recently given her own weigh, IN mllE,
| IN O ueriod OF twenty two day5.
| Mr. Peterson. Wisconsin farmer has
| this vpar thirty acres of potatoes, which
viii weld him from 1900 to 1000 bushels.
| lie (. now rult ng them into market, get
/ ting 30 and 80 cents O bushrl.
| IL Is we'll known among obseIYapt poul'
! f,y rgigcrs that those breeus of fowls which
! are large layers and non-sitters possess an
almost insaiiate appetite for animal food Ii
| IA the qualification Of this appetite when
| makes them such inOruina'e LAYERS.
The horse population Of The United states
| is now over / UOO,OO0, orabOut one horse 10
every five humans. Two thirds are draught'
aud-all. work horses, and one-lhrd USED lor
pleasure driving,
Wool like every other animal product,
| is made from food when the food IS short,
the wool will be short, and indeed, IN wool
growing, the profits are TO very great eX-
tent, gauged by the extent and character
of the food supply.
H. CuItner sold for S6,UOO the prouuct OF
| his neach orchard Of twenty acreS in south.
ern Alameda county California. in 1882, and
MIR. Appinger overseer OF Governor stna-
| lords VINEYARD. in that county, made from
| thirty acres of vines ten months old, four
| thousand gallons OF wine. This year jam
Peralta, OF the same county, has nettec SS4
per acre from the beans raised between his
two-year-old vines. -, y,
This year's experience. like that Of all
| hOppn Kansas,
| shows that TALL blowing when well done - q
! good thing. But the work must be well
! done. Scratching the surface Is not plo"-
ing. Get down into the earth.
In bean-growing districts the crop Is now
mainly harvested by machine drawn by
single horse which cuts the stems OF the
beans lust below the surface, leaving the
cron Standing, 1t greatly decreases the
labor of harvesting, and saves the bean
stems and leaves from being mixed with
dirt as in the old method OF hand-puli-
ing. .; of demonstration
or scales in boiler, every time you cream tne
boiler put in it q half-pint OF crude (oIacRl
West Virginia oil TO every 10-horse power
of the boiler ratings.
A Georgia farmer says that milo maise
have" says he, "beep feeding 1t to mich
cows! they a c very fond of it. 1t causes a
large flow OF milk and leads to rich butter.
On good land il will make double the guam
tiIy of forage of any other plant | have
ever seen, aud it can be cut several times
during the year. ru,,, :. :.
said that pennyroyal distributed in places
freouented by reaches will drive them
away. that wild mint will keep rats and
mice out of the house, and, it is said, VIII
also keep them from entering corn stalks;
the leaves of parsley, eaten with little
vinegar, will prevent the disagreeable con-
sequences tainted breath by onions.
TO cure snake-bitten animals: Stand the
animal IN mud if practicable, If not, bind
mud to the bite. changing often. This
should be of very clayey nature, and may
he prepared by mixing with water; also
good tor poison-oak and as readily obtaina-
bic as any other remedies.
Tfyou wish to keep fowls from scratching
up your garden crops. scatter their manure
over the ground they do not ike to
scratch in their own manure. An easy
way to keep chickens free from vermin is
to ssturate sponge with kerosene Oil and
hang it in such a position that when they
enter their roostipg shed 1t will come In
contact with their backs. The oil must be
supplied at least once week.
The cherry, Gays writer Tor the Amerl1
can Garden, is the only fruit tree which l
can recommend for shade. The trample OF
stock Injuries all others, but has no effect
upon the harder cherries, They can also be
nianted along roadways and paths where
the passIpp of vehicles and animals would
prove injurious to other trees. The orchard-
lat will find this quality of cherry quite val
liable and important, Tor ne can plant IL
along the dives between his orchards.
Apy farmer that desires to have pleas
ant, prosperous home, clear OF mortgage,
must take care of his farm machinery. The
ordinary life OF reaper, mower, thresher'
and in fact of most farm implements, is,
with good care, about ten wears, while, with
poor care, from three to live years Is the
limit.
stead w T. Scott, OF Vaieview, Iowa, is au-
thority tor the statement that it is noticeable
that in those portions of the country favor.
able to mixed larnaing, there will be found
a less number of mortgages on record, less
d ebts due the merchants and manufacturer
consequently more home happiness Than in
the districts where special crops are grown
A correspondent of the Courier! ournal,
at Shreveport. Louisiana, says that the
planters and farmers OF the south should
grow red clover as hay CROP. FL have,
saws the correspondent in question, tried
il, and find that on one acre oil GOOD hed
river land three tons are easily MADE from
the first cutting. The seed should be soWn
nv the 10Th oil GeDLeuUtTs NO kiaoocS
meadow plants intended lor hay Ia the
south should be pastured between Febru-
arv and September. In ordinary seasons
clover may be cut three times year making
The first cutting in May"
SAYS Austin Gray, in the Iowa Register:
"Too much pruning is worse than no prun-
ing. When will farmers learn to commence
nrunine their trees when first planted, and
nrune a little every year-enough TO give
mem shape-and enough each year TO keep
them in shape. and no more, and not neg
lect them for years to care for themselves
Though hardship and grief. till finally, inn
patient that the trees do not bear, they
come TO the conclusion that something
must be done. and so 20 into them WIN an
ax'and saw and butcher them TO death"
at is much easier" says the Southern
Agriculturist, Ito raise a large crop OF
sweet potatoes in the south than IL Is TO
save them. We are satisfied that one cause
that has brought rot in this delicious oulb
is that there Is too much water in II when
slowed away. The potato, when dug ,shoula
not be exposed 10 the sun, but placed IN the
shade. ard not In heaps. so there will be no
sudden heating Of their skins TO rupture or
DESTROY their coating. By placing potatoes
where thew will undergo a process OF eysDO-
ration Of their surplus thin juices they can
be more easily preserved, and We peleye
that IL the patrons Of the Agficulturist VIII
follow our euggesllODss buty CAu 1ofo .ut.
sweet potatoes In Alabama as easily az Irish
potatops are kept in Kentucky. The plan
If a Mississippi farmer is 40 followt: Dig
after the first frost and stow them away for
pext spring in the following manner; Place
a LAYER of potatoes on q dry ground hoor
and cover them with dry earth. % the
latter place another layer OF potatoes and
sgaiu cover with earth. and 50 on I'LL All are
stoyed. / believe that pile The tize OF the
Pyramid Of Cbeops MIGHT safely be Iut
aSsv in that manner. The earth keeps The
potato warm and dry, the two essentials 70
its preservation. The sort OF earth 70 use y
the dust found in country roads"
The celebrated Vegetable compound for
females, which. within . lev yeArs, hAs