The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1884-03-14
FARM, HOUSE AND GARDEN.

FARM, HOUSE And GARDEN.
Farm Notes.
|aisDs.M. Moninger, in relation to beef
cattle, and preparing thenffcr fat stock.
shoSs.tsays:e We are all after the cat
tile that mature early. tits from this
type only that we can. make, up the
steer that will dress 70 per cent. and.
over at three years old. This tells the
Equality OF the animal, and also the skill
Of the; feeder and breeder, In the
rings of one, two, and three-year-old
steers, it IL alewrong to make such re-
marks as s'Too fat.pgsg Such remarks
mislead the feeder who is preparing, for
the fat stock shows. I think we want
f~atacattle' fully ripe, and no other kind,
at asfat stock show. 'otr 40 Vetsa
S tDafHiu gives much evidence to the
eject that bumblebees are necessary to
a full crop of clover seed. DIR. w. j.
Beal, who has experimental largely for.
the past fewgears, says these exper-l
iments, with those made by Darwin and,
others, make It look as though bees and
bumblebees help to fertilize sle flowers
Of white andped clover, and cause the
/ plants to set seed more freely There
seems little doubt that Il scarcity Of
l.ahnblebees wopld lesson the cropeof
Eeleyer. The common black bee cannot
work on red clover, and az the bumblea--
Bees areSfew in numbers early in the
stmmer,swessee a very plausible eApla-.
nation of, the commonly observed fact
that the first crop of red clover Seeds
poorly while the second crop bears
we'll. The Italian, Csprian, and ,SXrisn
bees work on red clover, and so may
make us less dependent on the humble
bees &it& l5ka ~ ID = 81. 81 jBs
?" DO what fencing you can ut once.
says the neutrality-suspicious.
thefencing stutf during bad weather,
that it may be ready for use when
wanted. If you intend to use wire, get
it at once, and get the posts ready, so
it canb be pnt u~p'speedily ;asnsoon rs the
ground permits it to be done we'll and
solidly. We should put four wires and
plant, a post every rod apart. See, that
the starting end and corner posts are
we'll ra,nmed. secured tight andproper-
ily braced. Remember q wire, is only a
cheap and durable fence when properly
built. Once we'll done IL will give no.
trouble for many years. Plant locust
or pear trees. every Is OF. 20 feet along.
the line to furnish living posts for the
fence, rs the posts now painted may
decay or want renewal. sssi itasf.tiH
A correspondent of the Husbandman
says that, sulphur isl preventive, of tpo-.
tateTots and this is confirmed by the.
experience Of il Vermont farmer, Who.
rolledih his cut potatoes in fine sulphur.
ats planting and busted the plants as.
they appeared above the ground.
Neither rot, worm nor insect Touched
them, though potatoest on neighboring
farms were badly damaged. His pota-;
toes were. excellent and the crop Welded
well. There is no doubt that sulphur
will assist materially in preventing fun
gus growth.in other plants as well as
potatoes, and it would be we'll if farmers
give it n trial for such purposes the conf
ing season. b Ej at.if- I'D tta.g.
1t is from the west that the londest
call for action. On the part of the gem
eral government, in stamping out pleu-,
r%o-pneumonia among the cattle. The,
west Has more than nestthousand mil-i
lions of dollars invested in cattle, and a
large psftotS these cattle are handled
on the ranges IN such q way that if the
disease once makes its appearance it
would be as useless to attempt SO saavea
powder magazine after a spark had igi
tnited it. This may seem an .extrava-
CANT statement. but the fearful expert
ences of Australia, South Africa and
Russia will bear it out. r. Whatever steps
congress decides o taking it should
be borne in mind that no half way
measures willfsdo: IF it is5riglltl to uns
dertake the swork DISCRIMINATING IA
malignant disease which has cost Great
Britain and her despendAntciiaess $500. nOO,I
900 according to the London Times)
4 8 !. rig ;ht to DO Do f the S work i'm Immediately ed and ID
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.thirdtllmsheas, but practice callsis eight
bushels, AZ shilling English is "a cents