Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-06-29
FARM AND GARDEN.

At the recent sale of short horn cat
tie at Birmingham, England, 454
animals were sold at an average of
Sl77.50. The highest price pad for
a single animal was S510.S0
Lima beans are now being planted
by farmers both in Missouri and Hi
nois. Care should be taken to plant
but foul feet apart, four beans about
pole, and but one inch deep.
Nearly one-half the Wisconsin to-
bacco crop of last year remains in the
hands of producers. though just now
they are selling inferior grades at a
livel ely rate at from 2 to 9 cents per
pound. A better grade brings 10 and
IL cents. Considerable Wisconsin
tobacco goes to California.
1t is said that the largest fleece
ever recorded in the United States at
public shearing was taken few
days ago at Lansing, at the meeting
Of the Michigan Merino Sheep breed
ers' Association. 1t was from two
year-old ram, Diamond. owned by A.
L. Short, of Coldwater, was grown in
3G3 days and weighed Al pounds and
ounces.
For ensilaging, use the rural thor
oughbred flint. The leaves are broad,
the stalks are comparatively small
and short jointed. Not more than
on" plant should be permitted to
grow in a hill-the hills 81 feet each
way. If in drills they should be not
less than 4 feet apart the plants not
less than two feet apart in the drills
SO branching is this variety.
Success in raising pigs depends
upon feeding literally till the pigs
are three or four months old Let
them have the run of a grass OF clo-
Yer pasture, and after the harvest
they will do well ON the wheat stub
bic. The cost of raising in this way
is very little In the winter they will
need richer food. They should have
warm quarters with straw.
There is unusual activity in the cat
tie trade Ct the great Southwest this
season. Arkansas, it is said, will
furnish 25,00O head in very fine con
dition for the market. Texas, with
her vast grazing area and other ad-
vantages. will naturally be expected
to contribute an immense number of
catti" to the seasons drive. If the
declaration made by Horace Greeley
many years ago may be taken liter
ally, we cannot expect too much from
Texas stockmen. MIR. Greeley said:
1T costs no more to raise four year
old beef in Texas, than it does to
raise a hen in Massachusetts"
Mr.. j. \. Smith, a Western dairy
man, writing of the Importance of
feed and proper treatment of dairy
cows, gives some excellent sugges-
tions On this topic. He says that
dairymen are often surprised at the
light weight of their milk the next
morning after cool rain storm,
through which their cows have suf
fered unstabled, and it is only natu-
raj result of such treatment. The cow
does not eat as much, for one thing;
and another is, part of what she
does eat goes to repair the waste of
her system in withstanding the effects
of the storm, and that keeps a per
cent out Of the milk pail, until she
has recovered from the effects of such
exposure. 1t is also true that COW
affected by short feed or painful ex-
posure not only loses in the quantity
of her yield of milk, but in the
amount of fatty matter it contains.
In word, nature has SO organized
the COW that she revenges herself on
her owners pocket, for cruel neglect
and short feed; and a farmer might
just as well try to dodge taxes and
death, as to escape the unwise treat
ment OF COW. In point of fact
when thus treated she takes the cream
first, and gives the owner what skim
milk she can not assimulate The
only way to get profit out of her is
10 fill her SO full that she runs over,
and take the surplus for your gold
mine