The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-11-29
FARM FACTS
CoIlesllon " Usoui aud Interesting
Items
For Careful Perusal and Worthy Of
Remembrance.
Experiences Teachings, Sure and Safe
A sweet potato weighing 10 IL pound

which blooms out yellow ana does mo-
The corn crop is about 900 600, 900 bush
els, and, despite an Increased aTeo, about
100000 bushels less than last year 6n,
The potato crop amounts to l75,OOOOOl
! bushels.
Boiling fast renders meat hard, because
| the excessive action of heat causes the ai5u
men OF the meat TO set solid, orisps up The
deshy 6bres and prevents heat having q
Gradual access to their interior.
The Planters of the eastern Arkansas and
western Mississippi, says the Helena IA
triot, will please bear in mind that the pest
| their land from "sun up" until sun
down" II, e.,
SHROPSHIRE downs, had ninety lambs from
sixty seven ewes, and the previous year ne
had 121 lambs from eighty ewes, raising LA
of the lambs. The secret OF his success is
that he never allows eve to breed before
She is two years old, aud he disposes OF hei
when she reaches the age OF SIX years.
A southern paper says Hour made OF pea
nuts is coming into notice. 1t makes de-
| Iightful biscui. and very rich pastry. A
great addition to the demand for peanuts is
| likely to be the consequence. The total
cron IL mt this year at 3 400 900 bushels. oil
which 9 100, 900 will be from Virginia, 25O,-
600 from Tennessee and $4,000 from North
Caroline. r..
Keeping colts and horses fat without
work ing makes them soft and tender, which
| is ali very nice if we want to eat them, as
the French do, but the French system OF
raising their draught Norman horses to
work and earn their living from colthood
no, makes tough, hardy horse with good
| constitution.
II is said that tomato plants can be raised
from slips or cuttings as easily as many OF
orr house plants. II so, the farmers vile
can take few slips in the fall and furnish
the kitchen garden with plants in the
snring, even farther advanced than the
Seeding grown in hotbeds:
Some one who has tried it says it is q
good plan to burn sulphur in cellars where
milk is kept. especially ifthey are damp.
The sulphurous acid evolved destroys the
mildew, which, ii not checked, Will lnJure
the flavor of cream and butter. In many
damp cellars the mildew wastes the cream,
az that the butter product is seriously de-
creased, besides the injury to quality:
Many a farmer would accomplish better
resnlts with half the land, and many dali
rvman would be richer If he gave way half
his cows. A small farm thoroughly culti-
waited. a small dairy we'll managed In every
particular, will give better returns than a
large farm halt grown up TO weeds or
large dairy poorly managed;
corrsspondent of a Western paper
writes: 'sWe ell know, at least all who
have Travelled in Pennsylvania, that every
we'll so.do farmer has his large barn, with
basement, and the upper floor overhanglng
or PROTECTING beyond the basement, making
a high shed, so that sheep or other stock
can 90 in or under at will. L have talked
with wool-g-owers in the last two months
who had lost from % 10 80 1.3 per cent. of
hot n a N
also Texas, who lost these sheep simply
frnm the want of suitable sheds or shelter"
Oxtrich eggs are about six inches long by
five wide. aud are equal in bulk to twenty.
tar hens, eggs, The chick is Matched in
forty-tyo DAYS, and few days after reaches
he size of a common hen. A light-brown
down covers it, and at the back and wings
are projecting needles, similar TO those OF
hedgehog. At the age of one month the
s;ze Of a turkey is reached, and small fealh-
ers begin to appear. At one-half year the
fasthers have attained good size, but are
NOT cast off until the bird becomes q year.
ling. Young ostriches are kept in hocks
Of from twelve to fifteen. and separate from
the old ones. Generally the feathers are
cut off only once a year, but birds which
receive special attention, ylelu. Two or even
three crops OF feathers,
H.rtsyille TENNESSEE Sentinel: About
5000, 900 annually have been sent out OF the
state of Tennessee to buy clover-seed, when
in reality something near the sum should
he sent into our state for clover-seed our
neopIe have TO sell. This year will prove
an exception. Enough clover-seed will be
sowed TO almost entirely supply the home
demand. Should this industry increase in
the iuture as in the recent past, clover Will
he as standard a crop with us as wheat.
Glover Is valuable in three ways. First, as
a hay, then ms q iced crop, and lastly us a
fertilizer, Were the farmer to receive only
"a a bushel for his clover-seed, even then
his clover would pay him better TO the acre
than his corn frequently does"
A correspondent OF the Country Gentle
man saws 1.-The feeding of whole corn and
nothing else through the winter mOkes
weak fowls in the spring. Fowls will moi
| Law 60 well when thus fed. Corn makes toe
! ,.nch rat. and amer n certain amount has
heen made, disease is probable. This COZ
dition comes on when the hens should
be prepared for laying the spring eggs. A,
the warm season approaches, the torpid
state produced by the cold weather begins
to wear off, and the birds begin to looi
| about them with more activity. III the
fowls have been kept high on whole corn
the fact will now appear. Excess az fai
produces excess OF heat, and the unnatural
heat yeakens the internal organs to such
an extent that they are unable 10 perform
their required Offices"
The traffic in eggs IN this country is esti.
mated by competent authority TO equal
$50 zoo, 600 a year. The barreled eggs re-
600 barrels, valued at 100000, and this Is
but one branch Of the trade. IL is said that
| PHILADELPHIA consumes 900 dozen eggs a
daV. heTeceipts In Boston for the year
| ISIS we're over $500 600 dozen. Between
5 600, 600 aud GOO 900 dozen are annually
exported from this country. The millions
of dozens consumed throughout the coun-
try, without passing into dealers hands, II
| is impossible 10 estimate.
The roots OF q well-set acre Of clover are
said TO contain 1856 pounds OF nitrogen, 240
pounds Of lime, iorty-iye pounds Of potash,
nineteen pounds OF soda, tventy-four
nom Of sulphur and seventy pounds
pbosplorvus acid. At prices gwen by the
chemia IN making valuation Of artificial
Fertilizers, the nitrogen, potash and phC y
phoric acid would be worth over $50 Thus
ii the farmer can secure q good crop Of clo-
yer a. Q cost Of over $50 per acre. be gets bis
hsy for nothing, aud has bis monsy's worth
Of manure IN the clover roots IN the soil.
The only problsmis how 10 make the clover
The farmers Of Hartford county, Mary
LAND, have 81 900 go invested in cam ng
factories and building more. A c0rresDoD-
dent Of The Philadelphia Press describes
the process Of canning tomatoes After
being tc.lded they are deposited on long
table surrounded By women. called peel
ere The peeled Tomatoes fail through q
spout and the operator p-ezsss hi- loot on =
t-padle rur'sltiy fffre is slIIrt, and
seeds fuia- srd piece Il tomaioes iy out;
Ire s-.f il fuli. ere us1 ser has done lie work.
Small Tin cats ri-rf b 6 ~ the erOove are put
on me cans mouth. and . brush dipped IN
a uesk solution Of muriste n Einc u Dassrd
around TIE groove The capDsr presses q
bot revolving cspDirg irln upon . ssDsll
tseos n ~ der ard she cap Il firmly fasien-
20 The ca 4 thea submitted 70 beat.
ubich srpoIs I'll ar frcn Il through . min
ute hole n the center NJ the csp, and fben
tie hole u srcppcd vith drop - sfit-r
A. ald farrner rhu hss titled . 81 u
over fftr years. sud rom his bnsIfsr-s ~
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