The Osceola times., 1883-05-19
Notes.

Poor tools waste time-money.
A square mile contains $40 acres.
Do you keep a record of expenses?
Foul seed often proves expensive.
"Haste makes waste" on the farm.
Read and observe, think and work.
Use the best Of timber in building.
Don't employ careless horse-shoers.
Yes, be sure to have a good garden.
A long winter makes a short spring.
Moon farming is not "spring style"
Help the ieminincs make ilower-beds.
Don,t despair ofthe promised seed time
Tho Southwest is improving rapidly
Grow berries in preference to brambles
Be gentle in breaking colts and steers.
There are 1850 square feet in an acre
Head work should precede hand work
The golden tread Of sheep" remem-
Der.
Nodaway county, Mo-, has creamery
with a capital of $1,000, in shares of $50
each.
Grass was putting up rapidly in the
central latitude of Texas as early as the
lst of March.
Professor W. j. Beal says concisely,
at least, in reference to the corn-sucker-
ing question: 81 cannot tell"
In Mr.. Hiram Sibleys recent seed
tests there were "some kinds of corn of
which not kernel terminated"
The currant worm and rose bug may
be destroyed ty a solution of carbolic
acid-a tablespoonful in two gallons of
water.
A factory at Highland, Mich, prepar-
ed for market last year 5000 barrels OF
pickles from $4,000 bushels of cucum-
btr3.
In Paris, Spring is the worst season for
flowers. Fcbruar and not May, is the
month when the fashionable florists re-
joice.
A trumpet vine planted near an ever
green tree, and trained to climb the tree,
becomes an object Of great beauty when
in bloom.
The manager of the Casco, Me- corn
factory has contracted with the farmers
for the planting Of 1870 acres of sweet
corn, this season.
Do not neglect to roll the wheat fields
this spring A roller is indispensable on
a well regulated farm, and every farmer
should have one.
judge J. 7. Hogeboom has no faith in
commercial fertilizers; "was cheated
nine times out of ten and half cheated
the tenth time.
Fruit growers in the counties of south
west Missouri pronounce the fruit pros
pect fifty per cent. better than it was
this time last year.
Professor Swcnson leaves the Wiscon-
sin University for the service of the Sor-
ghum Sugar Refining Company, at
Hutchinson, Kan.
Mr. Kielier, after whom the pear is
named, says, in answer to inquiry, that
his nane is not spelled "Keifier.v as
some papers print it.
s. Dunham, of Athens, VT, has sheep
that dropped four lambs last April, and
a few days ago she dropped three more
"a very productive sheep.
The State Chemist of Georgia says
that two bushels of sweet potatoes equal
Ca II ..f
corn, as feed for stock.
Mr.. T. b. Terry SAYS he applied with a
manure spreader 1000 loads of mostly
decaycd compost and is "more than sat
isfied" He thinks the machine has
"come to stay"
The earlier the crop the higher the
price; so get in the early potatoes as
soon as the ground is dry and warm. If
a frost is feared cover the young shoots
with hoe or plow.
The outlook for the harvest of 1888 in
England is a discouraging one to British
and liver disease among cattle, and foot
rot among sheep have appeared.
1t has been thoroughly demonstrated
by poultry fanciers that it costs no more
to produce pound of poultry than it
does pound Of pork, and poultry is the
healthiest and most palatable.
An authority declares that ticks and
lice will never be found troublesome
where sheep are fat and in good condi-
ton, the pests only attacking poorly
kept animals. The "moral' is obvious.
For profit don't keep old fowls year
after year, except for extraordinary mer-
its. Some few old hens are famous moth
ers, and are worth keeping on tsat ac-
count, sometimes. But as a rule work
them Off in two years or so.