The Dickinson press., 1883-09-29
FARM AND HOUSE,
Topics for the Farmer.

FARM AND HOUSE.
Topics for the Farmer.
The New York World is authority for
the statement that plaintain, if not
permitted to so tossed for two years,
Will die out. Now previous to seed time
tWoyears in succession.
To make cheap pork you must feed
early. 1t will as rule take double the
food to make pound in De sember that
1t will in September.
Veterinary practice was recommend
ed to young men at recent meeting of
the Kentucky Medical society. The
horses Of the country being valued al
SO0oO,OOO. it is estimated that the an
nual loss from want of sound advice and
treatment amount to $l5, 100000.
The assessors returns show the de-
crease in the number of swine in Iowa,
this yenr from last, to be 10000, in
crease of horses 20,OO0, increase of cattle
$4,000.
Dogs have done more injury to sheep
husbandry than all other causes COM
bined, and, considering the importance
OF the evil, it does not receive that no.
tee at the hands of the agricultural press
that it rightly deserves. Asa rule the
larger number of dogs that devastate the
hooks are worthless and valueless, and
should not be tolerated in any commu-
nifty, butthatt they doexist is sdemonstrat-
ed by the complaints that come from all
quarters regarding their ravages.-Field,
Farm and Fireside.
Thomas Jefferson was the first to clear
iy state that the plow must consist of
TWO wedges, one to act vertically and
the other laterally and in curves so that
the furrow may rise and turn over con-
tlnuously and smoothly. Ina paper to
the French in'titnte he attempted by
mathematics to solve the problem of the
true sur ace of the mold board.
The American Dairyman says: 1t is
znooted in some quarters whether or not
heifers can be made to yield larger
flow of milk by means of MANIPULATING
the udder with the hand before she
has her first calf. We have often seen
elongated teats caused by young calves
sucking the heifer before parturition,
and this was certainly good point
gained; but even large udder does not
always make large milker, and we are
ct the opinion that the secretion of milk
has nothing to do with the size of the
udder. Large udders are the cause and
not the effect, of large milk yields.
On suitable land with a climate favor
able, it is best to raise mixed crops. AL.
though the rule is safe one. Still ifa f,rm
, Will not raise corn, but is suitable for
} fruit or grazing, then by all means fol-
dow that industry for which the soil is
best adopted, for there are exceptions
to all rules. ''N-'>
MIR. V. Griffin says that it would be
we'll Tor those whom we send to make
our laws to have the following sentences
written upon the tablets of their mem.
Dry: The money made by farming is
the Gleanest, best money in the world.
1T fills the pockets of the farmer at the
expense of no other man. His gain ia
no mans loss, but the more he makes
the better for the world at large. What
ever benefits our agriculture benefits the
commonwealth"
The object of ploughing is not merely
to invert the soil but to pulverize it.
Old ground is like mortar when plowed
wet, and will not break up and become
mellow; hence it might as we'll be plant
ed without blowing at all. Sward ground
will be partially puiverized by the ele-
iments envolved by the decomposition of
the grass roots in the soil.
The Chicag Inter-Ocean claims that
hay can be shipped proftably from the
west because the improved method in
= bailing overcomes the disadvantages of
being far from market. In the west inn
proved presses and wire are used in
baling hay, and third more weight is
put into the same space than in the East
ern states, where old fashioned presses
and wooden hoops are used.
h A western wlne-breeder crossed a
red male pig upon mixed Berkshire and
Essex hogs, and from the result decided
to continue the practice. The red hog
has all exceptionally strong constitution,
and would doubtless greatly improve up.
on most other breeds in the cross. Aside
from this, the breeder says that the
aneatswas better than any other he had
lever eaten, and the hogs grew and fat
ened as well as the average of the i'm
roved kinds.
Housewives Receipts.
It is said that an infusian of hav will