Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1884-09-04
Facts for the Farm.

Musty food is not safe as many dis |
eases may be traced 10 the use Of such.
If farm implements cannot be paint
ed brush them over occasionally with
crude petroleum.
Land that is not thoroughly drained
will not pasture sheep without the APP
pearance of foot rot.
The increase in the area Of tobacco
in Kentucky has been effected in
many cases at the expense of the area
in hemp.
a teaspoonfui of saltpeter dissolv-
ed in gallon of water has been re-
commended to kill rose bugs Oh grape
vines.
An occasional sprinkling of water
on the celery plants will help them
during this month, as they require
quite an amount Of moisture.
Tomatoes raised on u poor, light
soil will have less growth than those
raised on rich soil. but the tomatoes
will ripcn week or ten days sooner.
Unless the corn crop is a good one
it will not pay, but ii is crop which
is more complete under the control
of the farmer, as far as cultivation is
concerned, than any other.
Fifteen Southdown ewes raised
twcnty-one lambs this year for Joseph
A. Kline, president of the Housatonic
Agricultural society, in Massachusetts.
Dropped in January, and sold in April,
they Melted over 500.
George w. Walz writes to the Fruit
Recorder that he has boiled leaves and
stems of tomato plants until the juice
is all extracted, and finds the liquor
deadly to caterpilars, lice and other
enemies of vegetation.
The melon growers OF Georgia have
formed pool for the sale of their pro-
duets, with headquarters at Atlanta.
No melons will be shipped until Il
market has been found tor them.
| Eight thousand car loads were sept
north last year.
A western bee keeper thinks sugar
the best bee feed, rs the honey from
such has the advantage of not being
mixed with pollen, which he believes
causes dysentery among the bees III
winter. Glucose. however, SHOULD be
avoided.
A daub of ial on the noses of sheep
is an elective preventive against the
attacks of annoying grubs. The sheep
grab is not always fatal, but very dis
agreeable. and doubtless has a bad
effect ON the general health Of the AMI
NAL.
One OF the advantages of sowing
salt on wheat Is that it partially pre-
vents freezing of the soil, thereby OBJ
waiting HE dislodging 81 the plants by
upheaval; a. a lower temperature Is
required 10 freeze ground ihat has
been sailed than that not sailed.
The guinea fowl is a great destroyer
of noxious insects and their larve.
! They are Of Il VERY rambling disposj-
ton. hence their eggs should be placed
under hen, f,r Matching. The Young
ones feather very rapidly. and cvn-e-
quently should be fed often.
In 1893 Great Britain imported
49i.000,000 pounds Of sleeps wool,
grew lbs 10000 pounds, and import
ed alapaca. inohair. CSC. 30 the amount
of over lG1,0Oo,000 The product OF
296, 800 900 pounds. or ab mt 40 IL per
cent. OF all his was iinpor' ed.
II is said that the development OF
favor can be FASTENED by subjec!ing
the cheese TO Il rong carrent OF air.
! The flavor i developed by the p.o"r,.
of oxidation If the cheese is kept in
too c'ose air during the process of cur
ing, il will be likely TO be dctirent in
flavor.
Sometimes surplus milk NAV be pro-
iitably fed 10 cows, though il is no;
easy To teach an old COW 10 drink it l..
except those COWS. always extra milk
ers, hat never refuse any kind of
food. The milk fed to COWS should
moi bc sourcd. Il, il will affect what
they are producing.
Sal, is being used freely by certain
New York nnrserymcn in their pear
nurseries. for the purpose Of counter
acting blight Iron filings and cop
peras in solution have been used for
the same purpose If these remedies
do not prevent the disease. they at
least correct disposition to blight.
The analysis of plant is at best but
faint guide for the application of fer
! tiizcrs. As soils vary in composition in
different regions 10 a far greater cx-
tent than could be done by artificial
means. Prescribing doses. therefore,
for soils TO suit certain plants has
long since been found entirely fali-
cious.
Many of the most desirable qualities
Of animals have been made inherent by
! inbreeding. yet. unless practiccd by
very experienced breeder. inbreeding
should be avoided. Ii is not necessa-
nv, however. TO cross different breeds
in order to mingle blood dssimilar.
but resort may be had to several fami-
lies of the same breed.
Sheep raising, as conducted in Eng
land is much more thorough and ju-
dicieus than in our country, but we
are learning. A breeder of liamp-
shire Downs. in Kent, England. has
800 lambs from 500 ewes this season
without the loss Of one. and three
years ago had ALP lambs from 32l ewes
without loosing eve in the proceed
ing winter.
A writer. speaking of the economic
methods of sheep feeding, estimate,
the allowance of corn for one sheep nj
three-quarters of one pound each day.
stating that on this quantity of grain
and sufficient grazing or hay, sheep
will gain in condition and fatten. This
is in New York state. where dry feed
is used for several months in the year
1t requires 100 bushels of good sized
onions TO set an acre of ground for
growing seed. The best success is Sc
cured by setting just before the ground
freezes up in the fall, and covering six
or seven inches. ridging up over the
roots SO that though frozen they will
be dry. They are occasionally, though
not often, injured by excessive freez-
ing and thawing.
Professor Arnold states that it costs
more to make milk from old cows that
il does from young ones having the