The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-02-09
FARM ITEMS.

Farmers, with 100 plnws and 800 horses,
plowed fifty acres of ParnelPs estats near
Dublin, Thursday.
An Iowa farmer trains his grape vines on
elm trees. and claims improved results.
d II is.more profitable dispose OF cattle a.
two wears old than TO keep them til they
are three years H. u 'rlv maturity is the
watchword of Bucce slu stock growing.
1t has been noticed ~ nlcmherB or the
Kansas State Horticultural society that in
sects injurious to fruits are more numer-
Gus about the raiiroad # tions. The ey-
erage loss IN that 4 te by the depre ia
tons OF insects was q per 90 l.
There - no use in oeaniDg your poultry
houses unless you burn the old nests.
They will harb3r more o. the various kind.
of poultry parasites then YOU can ever ex-
terminate with whitewa4h brush.
The simple pan OF storing eggs in dry
ashes has been used for some time by n
correspondent Of the Live Stock Jnurnnl
with very sati,lac ory results Though
rather fastidious about their quality, ne
reports having eijoyed those thus kept
during periuu of more tuan tour months.
and in one instance whole yeur. The
only pfecauii seems to be (oesides OF
course, sound eggs to begin witb) 10 see
that the ashes are quite dry, and To see
that the eggs do not touch one an ther"
Many farmers saw that stable manure in
Itself is the STANDARD isr.l iGrr.
may be for some crops but is certainly : o
90 tor wheat, aa IL IS nearly always neces-
eary to app,v phosphste OF lime. Stable
manure produces heavy growth OF straw,
but does not increase proportinnately the
prain. In sandy coils potash will be found
necessary also.
The tallest, strBieh,est trees in the uurs-
ery row do not generally make he best ia
the orchard. Their unchecked growth
q. sV..ti l.f
never been rooi pruued. In TRANSPLANT.
ing their long, slim roots are cut OF and
thew suffer The socky looking-not
stunted--trees have their roots in more
compact shape aud most of them can be
saved by careiulness ia digging.
The French mode OF killing poultry,
causing inst ut death and perfect bleeding,
ia accomplished by opening the besk OF the
fowl and with sharp oin'ed ard narrow
blaied knife making an inc'sion ut the
back II the ROOF oi me mouth. which will
divide the verteb 10 aud cause immediate
death, after which the fowls arc hung ur
by the legs until dead. They then pick
them warm. IT, his way the SKIN presents
3 natural appei xanco
N Tn. iarui.fs ., iexss are losing money
enough every lew years 10 pay of EVER
land mortgage in the state by leaving their
farm ,mplemen In the Il Ids and meadow
unpro ected, OriiUnr ly good reaper,
mower or thresher will do good service iol
ten or ,wenty ears Il VII taken care Of,
end heat. three years is as long AZ they can
b relied on for p. IL q good threshel
costs $3.50, and by neglect is worn out In
three or four years, is purchaser loses t~o
hundred and thirty Dbl ars on his invest.
mebt. Less than nn,-lslf OF this amount
would bull sh, er for the protection oil
II the Implement you use on the farm
IA. Il 4. al nj i'm he
Daks ON the farm; this one uteos atten
ION.
~ When cattle have the ruD OF large lots ~
Dhich grass IS growing and green they &c
Dot need TO have access 10 water when theS
lesse. as they do In winter when living on
Try iced. The succuience ot The grr,s 81 .
Hliss IN part, the nece y OF wster, bal
Vhen iivirg on dry food every hirg ~
wong IL water ca"not be had when wanted
Water IL essential I, animal life. Toe bl""'
y three gu rters water, aud it enters II
avery organ aud tissue of the body Ii u
ohe vehicle i"r the EQUAL DIS rouiion o
Dutri mel ana hes' to all psit OF the bod
ono for carry ing Of sssie aud foreign mat
~ which may b .ooen /, ne taken Ia; HnC
when IL 10 1, sufficient Tor these purpossi
he corrf"r and "e.ltl n the animri are a
Dnce ID I'd. A imilat o. isimpsi-ed n
esses wholly AID vase incre SIS, ,ouni
Untmals stop growing, fsftebing ock de
Fesses 10 weigh and c,ws shrink Ia tbei
hi and Il becomes d. t-riorst q In DUAL
". IL cannot be loLg waiting without
using sn actual loss Of tat and flesh.
Fec fsrmers regret the sowing OF rye
10 generally sure crop, sDd the grain 4
DlusbIe In 20 many usys ~ TO be Away
demand; Then. too. the green top
skes sxcellept pssturaee In earle
0ys the French peasants lived to Q gree
intent On rye bread, and In later days on
Va people I'D not dlsdain 10 ass u IN W