The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1884-09-19
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Selected Agricultural Miscellany.
The causes of sickness among farmers
are summarized in the Massachusetts
Health Report to the following effect:
81. Oyerwork and exposure, the ONE
being mor frequently overworked. 2.
Improper and improperly cooked food.
3. Damp location of dwellings. 4. Want
of cleanliness about their houses, espe-
cially in reference to drains, cellars and
proximity to barnyards and hog-pens.
5. Impure drinking water, largely due
to the preceding aus 6. Bedrooms
imperfectly ventilated and on the ground
floor, with too general use Of feather
beds. Z. Insufficient recreation"
Cabbages for winter use are usually
pushed ahead too fast according to Seed
Time and Harvest. That is, they are
set out to early, and consequently ripen
off too early, SO early in many cases,
that they will not keep till January.
Cabbage plants set out the last OF June
on good rich soil will make much bet
ter keepers than if set out the first of
June. To be truly valuable, the garden
must produce something for all seasons
Of the year-a constant and plentiful
supply. This cannot be done by SOW
ing the garden all at n time, as too
many do rather than have n after
trouble with it.
tits a common opinion among horse
breeders that the smell Of blood will
q mare to lose her colt. There
is nj doubt some truth in this general
belief. Something like it is frequently
noticed among COWS, which are gener-
ally affected through the whole herd
when one cowloses her calf prematurely.
The reason is that the nervous system is
excited, the uterus, which is abundantly
supplied with nerves, is contracted, and
the fetus is expelled. Abortion is much
more easily prevented at the first than
cured ~afterward, when it has appeared
in a herd or stable, and the greatest
care should be exercised in the treat
ment OF pregnant animals; more espe-
cially to avoid contact with dead mat
ter, of which animals have o strong in
s%tintive dislike.
There has been not a little specula-
ton as to the incidental and compensat-
ing effects Of the late spring frosts.
For instance, to what extent, if at all,
wasn't destructive ofsintects? AS to this
point the Elmira Club member noticed
that tent catapillars, present on his
cherry and apple trees "in usual mum
bers" just before the cold wave, were
not seer after it had passed, and for
this radiance he confidently credits the
freeze. The president related a similar
agreeable experience. So, if our eyes
were not holden, and we might see all
the facts, it would likely enough APP
pear that what was considered a severe
visitation was really, like most other
trials of life, 9 blessing in disguise"
Rams should be selected with refer
ence to the ewes, Short wooded ewes,
with heavy oily f%ieeces, should be bred
to long-wooled rams with drier fleece,
and vice versa; and the long legs OF
either sex should be let down in the
same way; but the fockmaster should
always bear in mind that the greatest
Improvement at the least expense is
made in the choice Of good rams. High
feeding and forced growth in rams has
a tendency to barrenness and sterility.
Such pamrered rams as are sold some
times for large prices are in many in
stances a disappointment, because not SO
strong and robust as others from rams
Of slower growth and with more bone
and muscle.I[Carlos Mason, Lake
Co, o.
A correspondent of the Iowa Home
stead says that "the only true way Of
improving corn is by selection and cul-
tivation. After once procuring a pure
early variety of Dent corn, make an
effort to keep it pure. In selecting
seed always take ears from large, we'll
developed stalks. Choose those that
|slava long, deep kernels and small cobs,
do not reject the seed from the tip or
small end Of the ear; the seed from the
wholeear should be planted. In she'll
ing off and rejecting the seed from the
tip or small end Of the ear, you make
thescorn later. This fact has been es-
tablished beyond a doubt. Above all,