The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-09-20
FARM ITEMS
short, hat important Hints for Our
Planters.
Facts Learned by study and Experience


drops OF kerosene TO the stalks. He de
cl ares that IL is sure death 10 them.
The yield of beans In Great Britain TIN
wear is reported at over thirty.two bushels
per acre. American farmers would like "a
learn how this yield is obtained.
Dealers In wool STATE that the number Of
sheep that are washed before shearipg d.
minishes every year The practice Is re-
sardpd al cruel by most shepherds and as
nn.atisfactory to both sellers and buyers oi
wool.
We believe racing authorities have not
put down in the books, for the guidance OF
he unsophisticated public, rules By which a
foal r,ay be distinguished from a c1lt, a colt
from horse, and'a plain horse from one
which is aged Wa should have more
detinate information regarding the equine
four ages,
Professor L. 3. Arnold says the points in
favor Of dairying are: First, dairy farm
costs 10 per cent. less to operate Than grain
growing or mixed agriculture; second. the
mean returns average little more then
other branches; third, prices are nearer un-
form and more reliable; fourth, dairying
exhausts the soil less; fifth, It is more So
cure against changes ia the season, since
The dairyman does not suffer so much from
wet and frosts and varying seasons. and b.
can, if prudent, provide against drought. y
1t Is time and money lost to raise common
geese when there are breeds that are vastly
more prof able Emden and Toulouse are
the most popular breeds. A pOulterer, IN
one Of our exchanges, says that the pro-
duce of Emden geese crossed by Toulouse
g.nder laws on sound flesh rapidly. Cos
iings may be put up To fatten at five or six
weeks old; then seven weeks should bring
them to perfe ctiOn If properly fed. Wheat
and barley grain and barley meal Win
brewers grain are good fattenlng food.
Mr.. e. G. Fenimore was among the hrst
to 60 into peach culture extensively ID Del
aware. At one time he had l1OOO peach
trees in bearing, and his total yield one
year was 81. 600 hasket.. From 1860 to 1870
he shipped 1888 ESQ baskets from which he
received gross return of S157, "a In 1861
his orchards only yielded him somethlug
over 1000 baske cts, but his crop melted him
lust So basket. The crop was almost II ~,
tai failure everywhere that year: In iso6
the net returns received ny Mr.. Fenlinore
for his peaches exceeded $26 OOO, the aver 'ge
being about So basket Tor his entire crop
Mr.. Fenimore mas gradually reduced his or
chards in acreage, and now has but 2,NO
peach trees in bearing.
The question has often been asked, saws
The Lancet, why do horses wear blinksTs?
We cannot answer the question. 1t seems
to us they are useless, ugly, and TO some
extent injurious to the eyesight. The most
beautiful feature OF the morse Is It's eye. II
it we're not ibid from QUE gaze" 1t would
serve to denote sickness, pain or pleasure.
Many time would the driver spare the
whip on seeing the animals imploring eye.
The argument in favor of bin is, we
beiieve, that horses are afraid OF passing
carriages. This objection, 1t valid. is OF
little weight, as such timidity would soon
be overcome. We trust now that the cruel
bearing rein has been cast aside, Dllnkers
will also BIZ abandoned-a course winch
would, we feel assured, be attended with
vantage to both man and horse,
uses it is quite practical to plant trees and
get satisfactory profits in comparatively
lew wears. Many kinds of trees grow rap
,diy. Even some OF the hard woods do-as
walnut. cherry, etc. . The long .leaved pine
is a very rapid grower. The late Governor
Ross, of Delaware one OF the most promi
nent and successful agricnlturists OF that
state, seeded portion OF his fa,r acres 10
long-leaved pine when in middle life. II
!! was not done broadcast. nut IN rows soint
thirty feet apart. The result was source
OF continuous pride and. satisfaction TO
himself and to the community. He lived
m see A beautiful little forest f stately
pines, Trees planted in this way admit OF
other crops between the rows for many sea.
sons. and wood can be taken in few years
Nv thinning out III the rows US the growth
| equires.
Artichokes on good land with the same
Gu ture as corn will produce from -FOUR hul :
dred to one thousand bushels per acre. A
! o. Williams, prominent Iowa pig. breeder
saws: The keep of my hogs. when the
ground is not fruzeu, is blue grass, clover
and artichoKes. Forty head OF hogs and
pies NAV be kept without other food on al
acre of artichukes from the lime frost IL
out of the ground until they grow again
! aud from October LIST until The ground
freezes again. They produce NOR hog
| food per acre than a. other crop am &C
ouainted with. and the hogs will harvest
J me crop themselves. They also producs
| an immense quantity of tops, of which Cat
Ito horses and mules are very fond, aut
wh,ch make excellent food when properly
cured. Colonel John Scott. one OF our pro
/ pressiye farmers, er digging measuring
and weighing part OF his crop. foupt
them to yield niue hundred bushels pei
acre"
Farmers in New Jersey use goats to pro
! teet their sheep from dogs. Two goats car
drive away dozen dogs, and two ar'
about ali { acn farmer puts With bis sheep. Al
soou as dog enters field A. night th'
goats attack hun, and their butting pro
oensities are too much tor the canine, wht
finds himself rolling over ana over. a
few repetitions of this treatment cause Thu
dog 10 leave the field, limping aud yelling
Formerly, when u dog entered asheep hsl6
at night, the sheep would run wildl,
around and CRY piteousy. Since the goat,
hav, been used TO guard them, they form
In line behind the goat aud seem to enjo,
| the fun.
rne difference between the yield OF egg
| Ia the most prolific cases, as impaired will
NOR LAYERS. is rs three or four TO one. 10
d,yiduai hens have been known TO produc
$50 eggs year. Yet 200 Is reach 40 sci
dom as TO De called remarkable yield
fine greatest average yield that we hav'
| ever mad ourselves, Ia Hook oil tselv'
mems. was l47 eggs. while the greatest aver
aye ia twelve hocks, numbering 10 all 20
LAYERS. OF various breeds, was lU2 eggs. III
| he latter case there were eight dliferen
nreeds. and some we're old hens and other
ere pullets, and many ofthe humber verl
employed part VI the time IN hatchinl
AID rearing chickens
4 z Whittier. OF Maine. owns the famou
Franklin county oil > wv trees, ana ne
setting out others each year. mostly frou
nursery stock OF his own growing. H.
prectice Is 10 graft after the trees hav
peep set one or Two years, but never unit
they have got q good start, end graft al
ths tree At The same time. Where q par
az ths TOP is grated, he ENDS the natura
limbs take the sap largely instesd OF u
scions. while they remain weak. In gran
ing ne leaves natural limbs on good shar
Of the top. bot sets the gratis on tne oul
| side of the tree, where they will get ID
sun and harden up. the nafurallimbs beiD
left low Down on the trunk. rarity 10 shnd
the tree from the SUI. These are CIT o
, rom time 70 tine ss the sciOns get stronf
Tor py cutting b OK the original limbs IL