The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1884-05-20

ed by kind and encouraging words.
The benefits from kindness are not
confined to ones own home. They
extend to the everyday walks of life,
to business and social relations. In
my daily intercourse with the numer-
Gus tenants, composed of all classes. l
find kindness and patience accomplish
much. My presence is no sooner dis
covered than all are anxious to serve
me. My horse is watered and ted.
and / am feasted with the best the
house affords. In exchange for thi.
hospitality, / enter into all their it'll.
personal affairs, giving timely word
of advice, here, a warning there, and
encouragement where it is deserved.
So say to every reader of the Prairie
Farmer. practice kindness on the
farm. Let all share in its pleasures,
and many gloomy hour will be dis
PEELED, disagreeable tasks will become
pleasant, and home will be as God in
tended it, the brightest spot on earth.
TREE PLANTING.
Care in the setting of trees is labor
proftably employed. Do not hustle
in the trees quickly as possible, think
ing that the sooner its roots are cover
ed the better. Dig good-sized hole,
and before putting in the tree spade
up the bottom of the hole as deeply
as possibly. On this well-pulverized
bottom the tree takes roots quickly.
Sift in fine earth about the roots, an
when the hole is filled pack the earth
tightly about the tree. If in a dry
place put a mulch of straw or old
horse manure, well supplied with the
litter, about the tree. In dry wealth
er mulch may be raised. a pail of
water applied, the mulch replaced,
and its effects will last nearly month.
TOMATO CULTURE
A New York paper says you may
raise your own tomato plants in the
house IL you have no hot bed. The
seed may be sown in starch box
which has been filled with fine soil.
Hops from brewery may be mixed
with the soil or put at the bottom for
heating purposes. Place on a shelf
near the sunshine. We SOW the seeds
of the Livingston Perfection. Fol
years we have raised single tomato
plants in old, decayed strawberry
baskets, aud when planting time
came putting the plants out just as
they stood, breaking the basket but
not greatly disturbing the soil, and
drawing the earth of the garden close
around the plant. In this latitude
We put paper or muslin caps over the
plants at night until all danger of
frost is over.
AMERICAN STOCK RANGE.
1t was shown at recent meeting OF
Minnesota stock breeders that three
fifths of all cattle in the country other
than mich cows are west of the Mis-
sissippi, and that the northwest Mis-
sissippi valley-Minnesots, Iowa, Ne
braska, Missouri, Kansas and Dakota
has G, 1908, 900 this year against s.
$780, 900 in 1882 showing a gain of
nearly 10 per cent. The gain in the
ranching section altogether averages
6 per cent. Five states which have
but just begun the dairying business
-Mississippi, Iowa, Minnesota, Kan
sas and Nebraska-increased the num-
Der of mich cows by $1,000 in the
year, equal to nearly 10 per cent.
Iowa. which has nearly half the whole
number, shows gain of II, and Ne
braska of % per cent.
ONIONS.
To raise good crop of onions two
important facts must be observed.
They must have a rich, loamy soil.
made as fine as possible by thorough
cultivation, and they must be kept
free from weeds. Use well rotted
manure, in which case, if it contains
weed and grass seed, their vitality
will be impaired. For poor or stiff
clayey soil give liberal application of
wood ashes. Test your seed before
planting the entire crop, and SOW as
soon after the middle of March as the
weather will permit.
MINOR MENTION.
The most progressive farmers are
not only engaged in breeding up"
horses, cattle, sheep and swine, but
their grains. vegetables, etc., as well.
1t is as well to raise mongrel stock as
mongrel crops. Nearly everything in
the line of farm crops have been
greatly improved by judicious selec-
ton and careful cultivation, and the
farmer who would keep abreast of the
times should be careful to see that he
has the best of each variety, rather
than be content with growing the va
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