The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1884-02-29
TIE FARM AND RlRESIDE.
Farming Brevisies.

oAAoW oHe youliSeE bIuosSs I'LL OppOrLu-
nifty to take hold.
The grape thrives we'll on rich loamy
soil, or on the poor, gravely hillsides.
Like other vines, however, it does best
when we'll cultivated and carefully man
aged.
The Husbandman reports hat gas
lime, after lying two years, had given
proof of value as a FERTILIZER, though
the first year it appeared to injure the
wheat.
In some sections Of the south the Ber-
muda grass is being cultivated. Once
rooted it is hard to eradicate, but as it
seems to thrive well during seasons of
drought it has been used MS pasturage
in preference to less hardy grasses.
The claim that stumps may be ex-
tracted by boring holes into them and
illing the holes with saltpeter has not
seen borne out by facts. 1t does well
n a dry season, but the stumps burn
! EASILY, without the aid of saltpeter, dur
ing such periods.
Agriculture, says the Journal of Ag-
riculture, should never be entirely
divorced from horticulture. A farm is
lot 4 whole farm unless there is some
where a home upon it. and a true rural
home cannot be without shade trees and
fruit trees and lawn and garden. Agri-
culture may provide the income, but
horticulture makes the home. The
beauties and delicacies of the farm pro-
coed more from the orchard and garden
than from the farm and the farmer who
ignores horticulture is ignoring one
source of comfort and happiness.
The New York Times says that time
seems to be a preventive of rot in po-
tatoes in the cellar. Some potatoes
that were rotting and were picked out
of a heap Of forty or fifty bushels were
put into a corner and well busted with
air Stacked lime. They stopped rotting
at once, and the decayed parts are o
dried up. There is no disagreeable
smell about them.
Those who have meadow land that
has been drained and seeded down to
the better qualities of grasses often find
it necessary, the Massachusetts Plough
man says, to apply o dressing of sand,
experience teaching that it very much
improves the condition OF the grass
roots and increases the crop of grass
sometimes quite as much as q dressing
Of manure. The reason why this is so,
few stop to inquire. The application OF
sand to q meadow often accomplishes a
double purpose. First, it lightens up
the soil and gives the water q chance to
drain of, and second, it furnishes a 81
hca to the grass, which is necessary to
strengthen the stalk.
An old farmer, who has carefully
tested Che matter thinks that he can
secure better results from scalding the
feed for his cattle than by steaming or
any other method of cooking. He puts
the cut feed in his trough, pours in hot
wator and then puts on meal, then fol-
lows up with more hot water and closes
the tank. This operation is done in the
morning, and by evening the food thus
prepared will be soft and palatable.
He always prepares in the morning the
feed that will be used in the evening.
and vice versa. Stock feed in this man
ner will come out at the end of the win
ter in fine condition and with smooth
and glossy hair. indicating perfect
health Stockman.
A correspondent of yicks' Magazine
says: There are very few people not
fond of lettuce in the early spring.
Having removed from the city where
early lettuce could be bought at the
markets, | was much at q loss for this
refreshing salad plant-at least, until
quite warm weather. Knowing it to be
quite hardy, [ last autumn sowed some
seed in u warm, dry spot, and in a week
or two the plants were up. Before
hard frost I placed around nv little
patch some boards,-to be particular,
an old door frame-and over this some
loose boards, covering about two-thirds
OF the space, SO that there was about
one-third uncovered for light and air.
1t was where it got the best of the sun,
sloplng southeast, and it was q surprise
to hnd how early / had Young lettuce
from that rude bed. OF cource, this
will be no benefit to those who have
hot beds and other conveniences for
forcing vegetables. but to very many
: OF your readers / think the knowledge
may be useful.
Some fruit growers are of the opinion
that there is no cure for fellows on
peach trees, but claim that the disease
may be prevented by judicious manage
ment. Peach trees should be c~ultiva-
ted, not ploushed, and kept clean for
the first three or four wears. Afte,