The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1883-08-02
FARM NOTES.


BEES will go from three to seven
miles in search of honey, but il is be-
lieved that when they have to 60 over
two miles they bring back but little.
-Chicag0 Journal.
u CORRESPONDENT OF the journal
Of Agriculture recommends, as
remedy for hog cholera. half tea
spoonful of carbolic acid in gill Of
milk, to each hog. It is administered
from the mouth of long-necked bot
tie.
A WRITER in Gardening Illustrated
uses thin gutta-percha in his grating
operations. Pieces about two inches
square are put in hot water, and placed
around the graft. He likes it better
than the common mixture for the pur-
pose.
NJ. GoFFART, the discoverer OF the
method now in operation on . large
scale OF keeping green fodder in
trenches or silos, says there is nothing
In the process hut can be varied, save
only that most rigorous attention to the
close packing OF the mass, SO as to keep
out the air. The seclusion of the latter
h the secret of ensilage.
TEXAS claims 1O,OOO,OOO of sheep.
Most Of these are coarse, ugly, naked
Mexican sheep, or low grades of the
same. They are being bred to Merino
bucks, to give them finer, thicker, oilier
feeces, and better covering on head,
belly and legs. Merino rams are sold
there by the tens of thousands, and, If
of good stock, at paving prices.
A WRITER in the Boston C,,ltirdfor
says truly: Every boy raised in the
country should be taught how to bud
and graft. He can thus improve his
fathers orchard and his mothers
garden, and when in after years he
becomes landholder, he can have his
place stocked with the most profitable
fruits and the choicest shrubs, ut .
comparatively small expense
The commonly-received advice to or
chardists, to scrape the rough bark
from the old apple trees, has been con-
tradicted, some having tried it and con-
clnded that il did more harm than good.
The rough bark is protection to the
tree from from sudden changes Of tenn
perature. The benefit often claimed
from scraping the trees comes from the
greater attention paid to them in other
respects by men who take this
trouble Chicago Journal.
FoR mlce-gnawed trees, cores
pondent OF the Germantown Telegraph
recommends covering the wounds with
grating wax ut once, then pile earth
and pack it around high above the place
to keep covered, as it will settle and
wash down some. This, if done early.
will save thousands of trees that have
been injured by mice and rabbits.
Make wax of one pound beeswax to
four pounds resin and half pint Of lin
seed oil. II too soft, add more resin
| Il too hard, more oil. The wounds
must not be neglected until they are
hard and dry.
TIE Poultry Magazine recommends
the following as o condition powder for
fowlsi Two pounds linseed meal, one
pound cottonseed meal, two pounds
ground bone, four ounces sulphur, two
ounces red pepper, eight ounces sat
from, one pound salt, eight ounces
bread soda, two ounces copperas, ona
pound charcoal, two pounds chalk.
The above will make about ten pounds
condition powder, costing about SO
cents, or cents pound. 1t is nearly
the same as many high priced powders
or egg foods. Give heaping teaspoon.
ful III the soft feed for each fowl.
THERE is no operation connected will
fruit growing about which there exists
20 much apprehension and diversity oi
opinion as about pruning. Many prune
too much, others too little, and very
few just right. Every owner of fruit
trees should understand the objects
Ind principles of pruning, SO that if he
does not do the work himself he ma,
direct and supervise those who do il fol
him. Ordinarily hired men competen,
TO prune trees and vines judiciously are
exceedingly scarce; and in many eases
the trees and their proprietors would
derive more benefit by paying thu
pruners for staying away rather than *
admit them to the grounds and permit
their mutilations. We have seen SO
called professionals" divest strong
thrifty pear trees OF nearly every one o
their fruit spurs which had been man,
Seais in forming. They were ignoran
Of the fact that trees required bearing
buds to produce fruit. Pruning with
out thorough understanding of its oh
iects and purposes is like blind man.
buff-you may hit the right one. hu
generally it is the other way.-4me,'
team Garden.
A CANADIAN prize essay has it that :,
very true indication of the character o
the farmer is the quality and conditio,
Of the animals he keeps around him
good farming is almost invariably asso
ciated with good stock. and to q man o
cultivated taste there are few more pro
life sources of enjoyment. All the di.
ferent breeds Of cattle, sheep, swine an.
poultry have their admirers, who CLAIM
superiority for their breed, and Doubt
less each breed has its particular mer
its. There can, however, he but on,
/ breed of each kind kept to advantag
on IN ordinary-sized farm; it require
wisdom to judiciouslv select which i
the best suited to the place and circnm
stances. In attempting to raise severa
breeds at the same time many an en-
terprising man has failed to earn rep
utation for being good breeder Of an
.. kind. The farmer who desires his Sol
to remain on the farm will cersainly fin,
the breeding of choice animals one O
the most eflectual inducements. 1t ha
powerful attractions for many, and the
| who see no beauty in these things ar
now fewer than in former times. TN
/ Of the most encouraging hopes for on
| country is the prospective improvement
! Of its live stock
DOMESTIC RECIPES.