The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-02-14
FARM ITEMS.

Farmers, with lou ploWS ana S20 horses
nlowsd fly ucres of ParnelPs estate near
Dublin, Thursday.
An owa farmer trains his grape vines on
Elm trees. and claims improved result 8.
1t is. more profitable to dispose OF cattle Of
two years old than 70 keep them til they
are three Years Il |. E rly maturity 10 the
watchword o, successful stock owing.
IL ha. been noticed nv members Of the
X ms4s s ste Hnrricn't lrsl society that in.
sat, injurious to tTu t. are more purner-
GUS about the rai'road ct tions. The by
nraga lass ~ tn t It ia by the depre Ia
t ous OF insect Was q per cent
There ~ no use in ceanlng your poultry
houses unless you burn the old nests.
ley wilt hhrb1r more of the various kinds
OF poultry parasites thDn you can ever ey-
terminate with II wbi'ewash brush.
Tue simple p ~ OF storing egg. IN dry
aches hns hren used Tor some time b. a
correspondent nt tho Live SOCK Journal
Nijh vary sa,i,iAc'orv results. Though
rather iistidiuus ebDat their qnai'y, h.
repor,s hsvirg ejoyed those thus kept
durip; ueriud OF more tDan tour IuOI n.
and III oHe Instance whole wear. Ehs
Only pfociuii seems to be (,rsidPs Of
course, sound egg 10 hegin WHY TO see
tDsC the usIPs are Qn,t' dry, and 10 see
tort zoe eE4s DO not inch one au tner'
Macy farmers ~ that stable azure in
may be for some crops, but is certainly no.
SO tor wheat, as 1t Is noar,y always neces.
sarv TO appiv pEosOhate OF lime. Stable
manure produces heavy growth ut straw,
but does not increase OroportOnately t1e
prain. In sandy coils potash will be found
necessary also.
The iallest straigh.est trees in tho nurs-
The orchsr'. Their unchecked growth
/, on indication that they have
never been roo. pruned. Iu transnlaInt.
ing their long, slim roots are cut off and
they su6sr The stGcky looking-not
s.unted-trees have their roots in more
Compact shape aud most OF them can be
saved bv carefulness Ia digging.
The French mode of killing poultry,
causing inst nt death aud perfect bleedn u,
ia Accomplished by opening the beak of the
fJwl ana with snerp-pointed and narrow.
plaied kni'e making an incison at tue
baCk )t the ROOF OF me mouth. which will
diviGe the verlebrn and cause i'm medi late
death, after which the fowls are hung Up
by the legs unit dead. They then pick
tlem warm. In this way the sRin prese nls
-uGtural Appearance
Z The iarmer3 OF ieXlS are l)sing m Oney
cough every few years TO pay OF sverv
land mortgage in the state by leaving their
farm implement In the f. Ids and meade We
unpro ccted, Ordinsr ly good reaper,
mower or thrssher will do good service tor
ten or twenty years il vi taken care Of,
but ii lett exposed TO VIVID and rain IL
and heat, three years is rs long as they can
be relied on for uae. II coed tbresher
COSTS $3.50. and by nel let is worn out in
three or four years, It's purchaser loses two
hundred and thirty dol srs Oh his invest
inert. Less than one-nait OF this amount
woul blu j q shy Ter for the protection OF
all me imp lsmeDts you use en- the farm.
This IL good time to begin stopping the
leaks on the farm; this one needs atten-
tiou.
When cattle have the run of large lots in
which grass is growing and green they do
not need to have access to water WHEN thev
please, as they do in winter when living on
dry feed. The succulence OF the grass sup-
plies in part, the necessity OF wstsr, bat
when living on dry tool everything gees
wrong il water caunot be had when wanted.
Water Is essentiolt1 animal life. The booo
is three gu arters water, and it enters INTO
every organ and tissue of the body. Il is
the vehicle fur the equal dis rinution OF
nutri Rent and heat TO all part of the body
ana for carry ing off waste and foreign mat
ter wbicn may haDpen t. be taken in; aud
when il is II sufficient for these purposes
the'cor- fort and hesltn ut the animal are at
once aft oted, As-imilaton is impaired or
ceases wholly add waste increases, young
sututais otop s'oW'hf, ihttcbius SiOCk w
creases in weight and cows shrink ia their
mi k snd it becomes dstsrioreted in quail
iy. L. cannot be long wanting without
using an actual loss of fat aud fash.
Few farmers regret the sowing OF rye
IL Is generally sure crop, aud the grain Is
valuable in so many ways as t. be always
in demand. Then, too, the green tops
makes excellent pastursgs.- In earl er
DAYS the French peasants lived t. a great
extent on rye bread, and in later days our
own people did not disdain to use IL in the