The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1883-03-22
FARM NOTES.

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smoking his pipe behind his neighbor's
stove, or in some shop. or roosting on
meal bag or nail keg telling big sto-
ries, he will stay at home and read.
Or late years, those so unfortunate as
not to have liberal educations conclude
that it is useless for them to attempt to
compete for honors or distinction
against those more fortunate. Frank
lin, Washington, jackson and Lincoln,
though deficient in the education of the
schools did not quail before educated
competitors, but marched boldly for.
ward to honor and renown.
THE British Quarterly Journal OF
Agriculture says: "The horses OF Nor
mandy are capital race for hard work
and scanty fare Have never elsewhere
seen such horses at the collar. Under
the diligence, post-carriage, or cum
brous cabriolct, or on the farm, they
are enduring and energetic beyond de-
scription. With their necks cut to the
bone they finch not. They keep their
condition when other horses would die
of neglect and hard treatment.
THERE are many qualities essential to
constitute the model hog-and although
he is not permitted by the laws of ma
ture to laugh or even smile, lie enjoys
the next blessing of humanity-th the dis
position to grow fat. He is happy
fellow; when well bred and cared for,
he lives like gentleman Of leisure. free
from oil the trials that disturb this busy
world. He has no mortgage on his
farm, no notes in bank maturing in the
next ten days; yes, he is happy as
hog in clover; when he can't stand up
he lies down.. FdilOr.
We say to two-tl rls Of the farmers
Of Iowa-knowing what we say. and
saying it with our teeth clinched and
our nerves strung, that if you expect to
successfully compete with your more
enterp,ising neighbors, there must be q
more thorough system rigidly enforced
to increase the prodnctiveness of your
farms. Your situation imperativelv de-
mands that you improve your stock by
the introduction Of better blood. You
must cease scattering the corn III the
mud or the snow to stock sheltered in
wire fence. You must cease the prac-
tice which makes you send your To-
months old hogs to market weighing 150
pounds each when your neighbors' hogs
Of the same age weigh 400 pounds. You
must understand Your business better
SO that YOU will know what Your crops
cost, and what the food is worth which
your hogs and cattle have consumed.
The reason why You are behind your
more prosperous neighbors is that YOU
have not vet walked up to your duties
or your possibilities. You have not
lived to know Your business. For q
quarter of century we have been with
you in Iowa farming-have watched
your operations--seen wherein Won
failed-know whereof we write-and
feel the full force of our words when
We say You must wake up to full reali-
Zation Of your situation, or drag out
your life and that of your family in pow
crty and obscurity. And all we regret
is that we cannot arouse you with our
words as with forty-horse-power gall
vanic battery.-Des -Moines Register.
We notice frequently outlandish
recommendations, agriculturally and
horticnlturaliy. which must result in
failure and Encouragement. We have
now before us one of these for stimu-
lating the growth of trees, by boring
holes in the ground and pouring in
liquid manure about the roots! How
the roots are generally to be got at in
this way we cannot see. What better
can be desired than applying the same
liquid uniformly over the ground and
| let it soak in? If the surface is very
hard it should be loosened; or, what
We contend is still better. top-dress the
surface as far as the branches extend
with good manure, and the substance
will soon find its way uniformly to the
roots with the assistance of the rains.
Our own Judgment anu practice has
always been to treat the soil i'll which
the trees, fruit and ornamental, grow,
as far as can be done, the same as soil
that is cultivated for vegetables or gem
eral farm crops, and We have always
been satisfied with the result. As
some evidence of the effect of such ap.
plication wc will mention this instance
Some years ago hemlock spruce had
rusty appearance and at last fell
much behind the others in depth oi
color. 1t was about II feet in height
and must have been set out in II spo,
where the soil was not as affluent rs
that where others were planted. A
any rate two wheelbarrow loads o
good manure, spread out as far rs tn,
extremity Of the branches, restored i
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one of our han,lsomest trees.-Gef
mantown Telegraph.
IN early life (sixtv years ago) ",
We're taught that it was important il
order to Lave strong and hardy hors
that the colt must be allowed to shift
for himself. live ont doors through TIL
winter and support himself hy gleanln;
in the stack-iields. And this doctrin
IS believed, or ut least practiced, Mt I'll
present day, not in solitary eases, In
the instances can be found all over til
State. There is no doctrine more fal
lacious, and no practice more detr
mental to the future usefulness of I'll
horse or more injurious to the interest
of the owner Of the colt. The iirs
year Of Il colt is all important to hi
future usefulness, and no item in hi
care and treatment is as essential 4
plenty of good nourishing food. II
needs rs much, If not more. than full
matured horse. just rs a boys app.
tite and the demands Of his CROWN
system require more food than the ma
of mature age, SD the colt needs NOR
! Mt the period he is building up h
, flesh and bones than any other perio,
} So give the colts plenty of good foe,
, not i'll proportion to their size in con
parison to the horse but feed in pr,
| portion to the appetite and the use the
I have in building up their system. Wa
lace, i'll his monthly, says colts ~.
: more food than an ordinary hors
) Give the colt pure water, not too col,
!: good air, clean quarters, plenty .
: room, backed hy IN abundance
strong, nonrishing food. Then he vi
i add growth and strength. solid co
stitution, and valuable powers. An
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