The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1884-10-14

MONSTERS.

ground its trunk is 10 feet inches
In circumference.
STRAWBERRIES
A strawberry measuring three and
half inches one way by four the
other, was picked from Hawthorn,
Fla patch few days since. The
Western Farmer tells the story.
HORSES.
There has been no time since the
war when horses have sold for better
prices. and no other time has the
advantage of good horses over COM
mon ones been mere apparent. City
markets are not heavily supplied ON
account of the demand for horses on
the farm at this season of the year.
RADIsHEs.
Radishes may be had until late in
the season. The best mode of grow
ing them is to put plenty of wood
ashes on the location, make the soil
fine and endeavor TO have them grow
as quickly as possible, which makes
them crisp and tender.
MELONS.
The melon growers of Georgia have
formed pool for the sale of their
products with headquarters at Allan
ia. No melons will be shipped until
a market has been found for them.
Eight thousand car loads were sent
north last year.
MILK FEVER.
Milk fever does not usually attack
the COWS that give moderate yields of
milk. A good butter cow is not al
ways deep mixer, the yield of but
ter depending more upon the richness
of the milk rather than the quantity.
A good example is placed before
farmers clubs by the members of the
Macon county, n. c., Farmers club,
who enter into competition among
themselves in growing corn and other
crops. They also meet and give their
experience, the result being that all
are benefited.
Pears grated on apples Usually
thrive wonderfully for a few years.
The gratis are short lived, however,
and only two or three limbs of apple
top should therefore be set to pears.
Pears thus grown are commonly very
large 1t is the practice of some
fruit growers TO raise pears in this
manner for fairs.
If the birds are stealing your cher.
ries, hang several old tin cans, In
which you have bought canned fruits, |
in the trees, and hang a small stone
or piece of metal in the can as a |
tongue, suspending it so the breeze
will agitate it. The unusual and un-
expected noise will scare any intrud-
ers.
POULTRY.
One great mistake in poultry keep
ing on the farms and plots of ground
in the older states is the system of
unuing them on the same ground
year after year, without proper
precautions for renewing, refreshing
or disinfecting, and again in allowing
the accumulation of the droppiDgs for
weeks and months.
DYsENTEIY.
Mix 1 gill of hot water, and -
pint of vinegar; add common salt as
long as it will be dissolved, stirring
it freely and frequently, Dose for an
adult tablespoonful every hour un-
til the bloody discharges cease, or un- .
til 1t operates on the bowels. The pa
tent must remain in bed. This
simple remedy has been known to
cure the most obstinate and malig-
nant cases. Z
OXYGEN IN THE THAMES.
Above London the water of the (
Thames is found to hold in solution q
two cubic inches cf oxygen gas per t
gallon, while near The point where L
he city's sewage is discharged it con- b
aims only about half cubic inch. v
a little lower down, however, the b
liver RECEIVERS nearly its original pro- e
portion of oxygen. T
ROME A HUNDRED YEARS AGO. 8
Philadelphia Press: Rome hun =
red years ago was town where every Il
doorway was sewer by day and a 4
'ossible hiding place for thieves by n
light; where no woman burst cross Il
he street alone after dusk, and no o