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Rocky Mountain husbandman., 1884-04-24

where the ground is rarely frozen during
winter they are frequently grown tor hogs,
the swine roofing them out during the win
ter, thus saving the labor of a general har-
vesting. But in Canada and the Northern
States this is not possible. and the roots will
have to be lett in the ground during winter
and harvested in the spring. Notwithstand-
ing this drawback, such is the excellence of
this root that | am sure its cultivation will
prove very profitable. Five pounds of seed
to the acre is required. The directions given
for planting and cuitivating carrots apply
TO parsnlps, except that the parsnps should
be eight inches apart in the drills. Parsnips
are more nutricious than carrots. They are
especially adapted to milch cows.
Turnips should be cooked before
being fed. Stock will not eat them readily
when uncooked, and as they are composed
largely OF starch they are very ndigestible
when raw. The turnips are best boiled in
large kettles, and should be mixed with
bran or meal. This mixture makes an ex-
cellent food tor swine. In fact, know of
none better. If possible, the mixture should
be fed under shelter, as it will cool too rap
idly in the open air. Potatoes should be
boiled and mixed with corn meal, and fed
in the same way.
Carrots and parsnips are ted raw, and are
both very palatable to farm animals. Horses
and hogs are very fond Of carrots, and sheep
prefer them to any other root or tuber
Both carrots and parsnips are excellent for
milch cows, increasing the flow and rich
ness OF their milk-Cor Prairie Farmer
Rocky Mountain husbandman., 1884-04-24
FLAX CULTURE.

| Flax seed is OF late years becoming very
important article OF commerce. 1t is used
for making lnseed oil and oil cake, now one
OF the most popular fattening articles fed to
stock. M. p. Harter, of Mansfield, Ohio,
who has been making this matter his study
tor several years past, in a private letter to
us few days since suggests that flax cul-
ture might prove jnst the thing for Mon
tana.s He says:
" we are over-pr"ducing wheat, oats and
corn and uhder-producing fax. Flax is
easier cultivated than any other crop-is
very sure crop, and while wheat is selling
IN Chicago at 50 cents, flax seed is selling at
ST. 80 in the same market. There is plenty
of time to put in large flax crops in every
section reached by your paper"
A wild flax is found growing upon our
foot hills, which is similar in appearance to
the tame variety. 1t is perennial, grows
in high attitudes, on very dry land, ana
seems to produce well under any and all
circumstances. We have often thought
that it might be improved by cultivation.
The tact that this wild variety grows here
is an assurance that the tame flax would
grow good crop in this climate Should
the tame variety prove perennial, it would
be one OF the most profitable crops that
could be grown here. Whether perennial
or not, it would certainly be a good crop
for Montana farmers, and it might be well
for some Of them to experiment by sowing
on small scale.At the prices named by Mr..
Harter, no loss could attend the venture.
and it might result in opening up a profit
able industry for our farming people.
Rocky Mountain husbandman., 1884-04-24
ROOT CROPS.

In America the root crops receive very
little attention. This is not because they
do not do so we'll here as across the water,
but is the result of other different conditions.
Here we have always had an abundance OF
land-proportionately more land than stock,
and there was no necessity for the produc-
ton of those crops which alone make it
possible to keep a large amount of stock
upon small amount OF land. On account
OF this abundance of land, grain crops could
be so cheaply raised that the attention of
farmers was not directed to the root crops.
Perhaps the greatest obstacle of all to the
production of root crops has been the high
price of labor and the impossibility of doing
all the work of seeding, cultivating, and
harvesting with the aid of machinery.
These circumstances have made the pro-
duction of the root crops comparatively ex-
pensive, and those who have not made close
are apt to think the expense
Rocky Mountain husbandman., 1884-04-24

OUR Montana farmers who are making
their first experiment with the Scotch File
wheat are very much disappointed with its
appearance. 1t is a very inferior looking
grain; the berry is long and swiveled and
anything but what Montana farmer would
call tirst-class. Yet tor all that it has a
good reputation and is about to be proven
much more valuable tor breadstutf than the
round, plump, soft grain wheat OF Montana.
1t is barely possible, however, that grown
III Montana this wheat will assume very
much improved appearance, and we believe
that it will. 1t is never as round and plump
as our Montana varieties but we believe it
will in measure supplant them. Some
claim that it is later and will not succeed
here, but we see no reason why it should
not; our seasons are as good as Dakota, and
if it is put IN during the month of April,
there is little or no danger of its getting
frosted. We have noticed that other varie-
ties of seed wheat brought from the east
and sown here produced better quality of
grain than that soWn, and see no reason
why such would not be the result with the
Scotch Fife. We have a stronger soil than
is to be found in Minnesota or the States
east, and crops grow much quicker here.
Rocky Mountain husbandman., 1884-04-24
G lGIhe DpnSehnM.
THE FAMOUS VIENNA BREAD.

The Vienna bread is made in various
ways. some of which require the machinery
of large bake-house and are not managea-
BILE in an ordinary kitchen. The so-called
vienna rolls" can be made in any house
hold by the following receipt: Finest
wheat flour, eight pounds; milk, three and
one-half quarts; water, three and one-half
quarts; compressed yeast, three and one
third ounces; salt, one ounce After all
the materials have acquired the temperature
of the room, the flour is poured in loose
heap in the middle of the baking trough
and small quantity OF the heap on one
side, mixed to thin dough with the milk
and water previously poured together, and
mixed with the yeast and salt. The dough
is allowed to stand three quarters of an
hour, well covered After this time, or as
soon as fermentation has begun, the dough
is mixed intimately with the remainder of
the nour and the rest of the liquid, and left
to rise for two hours and half. 1t is then
cut into pieces each weighing one pound.
each OF which is divided into square pieces
of equal weight. The corners of each of
these squares having been turned over to
the center, the cakes are put into the oven
and baked fifteen minutes, The heating
must be uniform. If the oven is hotter in
one place than another the cakes must be
shifted about. To impart a gloss to them
they are brushed over with a sponge dipned
IN milk.
Rocky Mountain husbandman., 1884-04-24
GQThe Duu1hy nard
FOWLS FOR COLD CLIMATES.

1t is not at the present time so much the
fowls as the accommodations afforded. No
one has any business with poultry unless he
intends 10 take care of them. The days OF
our toretathers, when the barnyard fowls
roasted at night in the tops of the trees,
summer and winter, as a rule. have gone
by. With good care, almost any breed can
be kept in a cold climate as we'll as In a
warm one, and far more profitably, if due
preparations be made. There perhaps is no
breed more hardy than the Leghorns. and
no variety that will yield sor large a return
in eggs. With good feed and care. they
might be termed constant layers, bat they
require protection from the inclemencies of
the weather. The old-fashioned Dominique
is a hardy fowl, but must have protection
from the severity of the weather. Fowls
that are in laying must have fresh water
constantly. Most varieties of Asiatics are
suited to a cold climate, for they have no
combs or wattles to freeze.
No fowl can rough it without shelter and
plenty of food, as did the chicks of early
days, when fresh eggs were known only in
the heart of summer. Now the epicure de-
Rocky Mountain husbandman., 1884-04-24

lHE american Gardner says: Peas are
fmong the earliest crops intrusted to the
so'l' In planting early peas it must be
P'ofhe In mind that the wrinkled sorts, al
ffuoogh best in quality, are more tender
Fn@il the round ones. For first paintings in
E0lu' tenacious soils, the latter are therefore
L oe preferred. In warm, dry soils, how
a Ever there is little danger of rotting with
Ut "rlnkled kinds,-the American Wonder
specially, which is the hardest of this
the seed is not covered too
With all the earliest planted peas it
aa'isaole not to cover deeper than three
aoe snes; 1t is little difficulty TO make up this
eeuelehcy by hilling up after the vines have
appeared above ground.
Rocky Mountain husbandman., 1884-04-24

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No. "a

mands them at all seasons, and obtains
them, too, except during few weeks in
md-wintel, when the prices are exhorbitant.
II is generally conceded that the BraLmas
and Plymouth Rocks are good winter lay
ers. They will, if early hatched, commence
laying in early winter, but by February
have completed egg-production and become
broody, when they make capital sitters.' 1t
is at this time that the smaller fowls are i'm
the full tide of reproduction. For this
reason the two breeds work well together.
I keep Brown Leghorns, and in my locality
the mercury drops below zero several times
during the year. and often in March remain
ing at that temperature many days. Yet
my fowls do not become frosted. They
have comfortable shelter. There is no dan
ger except to the cocks that have large
combs and wattles, and with them not
much, if drink is kept from them. But this
method is cruel to the laying hens. Conse-
quenlly the cocks are removed to an under
ground apartment where they remain until
the mercury rises.
| have found no fowl more hardy or more
profitable than these; but tastes differ In
the course OF my experience have observed
that the majority of solid black fowls with
blue or slate-colored legs are, as rule, more
delicate than the yellow-shanked fowls.
This may be only conjecture, and may not
have affected other poultry keepers in like
degree. There are several breeds that can
endure considerable cold, providing it be
dry. Among these may be reckoned the
Houdans and Dorkings, both fine fowls, and
desirable, but delicate, and cannot endure
exposure to wet or damp quarters. The
several varieties OF the Crested Polish labor
under the same disadvantages. For this
reason they are not common. The Black
Spanish and Crevecmur, both splendid
fowls, are rarely seen, from the fact that
they are considered tender. They are deli
cate, and will not bear neglect like some
others. 1t is better never to form hasty
opinions. Because one person is successful
this makes no rule for another.-Cor, Couu-
try Gentleman.
Rocky Mountain husbandman., 1884-04-24

SOW timothy along your fences and over
The banks OF your principal irrigating ditch
es. 10 have the grass grow down to the
waters edge is a great benefit to bitches.
500 may then easily be had for damng
when it is desirable to turn out the water.
besides when the banks are sodJed with
grass they will not tumble down. A great
deal OF labor may be saved by santing the
banks of bitches and thus seeding with
grass.
Rocky Mountain husbandman., 1884-04-24

Hard Times Cake.-HaIf cup of butter,
two cupfuls of sugar, one of sour cream or
bnttermilk, three eggs, and one-half tea
spoonful OF soda. Bake in layers and spread
with jelly, Or it is good without the jelly.
Pulled Bread.-Break up odd pieces of
bread, without crust, into rough shapes,
and dip them in and out of cold milk. Bake
in baking sheet in hot oven until a nice
light brown color, and keep in tin, to eat
with cheese.
Bro~n Soup.-Take fresh bones, put them
in large pot with quite two quarts OF
water, two small heads of celery, or outside
of larger heads, two carrots, two turnips,
and plenty of herbs in a muslin bag. Let
this simmer for day and half, then when
wanted, ,thicken it, and add sliced vegetables
Rocky Mountain husbandman., 1884-04-24

fttention as the sun becomes more power
Ful. The sashes sho AID be lifted as soon rs
Fhe sun strikes them, and an hour af-
Ferward be removed altogether. Water only
Naen the soil becomes dry, and then water
fnoroughly, so as to soak the entire mass
II soil. In the afternoon, half an hour be-
fore the sun leaves the bed, replace the
fashes, and when cold nights threaten, pro-
Fect With mating, carpets or boards.
Rocky Mountain husbandman., 1884-04-24

ALL oats, barley and wheat should be
Hntrioled before it is sown. 1t matters not
Pow clear the grain is, this process of clean
Png benefits it. The procedure with oats
and barley should be the same as wheat,
complete instructions about which was pub
llshed in our issue of April Sd.
Rocky Mountain husbandman., 1884-04-24

TWENTY pounds OF alfalfa should be sown
to the acre. 1t has been started verv well
oy sowing with oats, but we prefer to sow
1t as separate crop. IT sown on upland it
Will need irrigating until the roots have
grown deep into the ground If sown on
bottom land. but little if any irrigation will
be needed
Rocky Mountain husbandman., 1884-04-24

IHE quality of vegetables depends largely
npon the fertility and conditions OF the soil.
And the attention given to the growing
plants.
Rocky Mountain husbandman., 1884-04-24

The white robe of winter is vanishing
slowly from the mountains, and the hillsides
pre- turning green.
Rocky Mountain husbandman., 1884-04-24

WELL decomposed stable manure should
always form the main reliance in the garden;
Y should be plowed under lightly and we'll
mixed with the soil
Rocky Mountain husbandman., 1884-04-24

DO not stop to repair fences until the
crop is in. This should have been done be-
lore seed time arrived, but in the event that
was not, do not stop to do it now.
Rocky Mountain husbandman., 1884-04-24

IHE thrifty farmer already has hundreds
Df acres sown. 1t is everything to plow
land in the fall in order that the seeding
may be done early.
Rocky Mountain husbandman., 1884-04-24

THE sun nowhere shines SO bright as in
the quiet country home.
Rocky Mountain husbandman., 1884-04-24

He that sows now may reap in the golden
harvest time.
Rocky Mountain husbandman., 1884-04-24

The farmer is blessed with good health,
a splendid appetite, and plenty to eat.