Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1884-06-13
FARM AND GARDEN.


that of 1892 was S37, ,5S7, ,235.
Land that is too poor for clover will
grow rye, and the rye plowed down
can be followed with clover.
The English shire horse dealers and
importers in this country are apitatinc
the formation of an American stud
book.
1t is said that 100000 acres of
land are held in this country by for
eigners, half of it being by three cor
porations in Texas and Florida.
Fat pigs suffer greatly from the heat
in summer. When yarded and access
to water in which to roll in is denied.
their yard should be partially shaded
by trees.
Weeds are the curse of all farms
Every weed that secures growth.
even of but few inches, deprves the
growing plant of just that proportion
of nutrtive matter.
1t is said that the average daily al
lowance of wheat for each person is
three and threefoIIrths bushels.
+. ID. Curtis thinks the best seed
ING for an orchard is orchard grass.
The natural grasses will soon come in
and make a fine sod. Orchards should
be pastured, not moved.
In Illinois the condition of the wheat
crop IS better than at the same time
last year. The estimated Weld is 90
per cent of an average crop for spring
wheat, and 80 per cent for winter
A crop of corn is essential on all
farms upon which stock is kept
Being extremely rich in carbon, it not
only provides nourishment for growth
but produces heat and fat above all
other cereals.
1t is shrewdly suggested that one
reason why farms do not pay their
owners is that the farm does not owe
them anything. There are no better
investments for farmers than those
made in the farm itself
1t is the estimate of an observing
writer that about 70 per cent of all
the cattle in America are pure scrubs,
with no infusion whatever of good
blood. A large proportion of the
grades, too, are of very inferior
type.
Many horticultural writer's insist
that the smooth varieties of peas may
be trusted to the soil earlier than those
of the wrinkled sorts. They should be
planted more shallow, not over three
inches deep, and hilled up later in the
season.
Two main points in a good farm
wagon are lOwness, to save lifting:
and cut-under, for convenience in
turning. The latter, however calls
for very low fore wheels, and the low
wheels call for springs, to modify the
suddenness of the lift over obstacles.
The best and only way to grow
cheap corn is to increase the Weld per
acre. There is a fixed cost in grow
ing on acre of grain, let the yield be
what it may, and every bushel that
can be added to the yield per acre
reduces the cost per bushel in the
same ratio.
In answer to n question rs to what
is the best grain food for milch COWS,
Professor Arnold recommends four
parts of bran, two parts of cOrnmeal
and one part of linSeed meal as having
given him the best results in proper
ton to cost of any dry food that he
had ever used.
If an iron kettle has a hole in the
bottom of it drive in a plug of lead
and hammer down on both sides. If
kept covered with water it will not
melt Far better make cement with
six parts of dry clay and one of iron
filings, make into IL paste with boiled
linseed OIL
There are comparatively few lOcali-
ties where plump, heavy barley can be