The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1884-08-01

chase high-priced guano, as though the
former was not o fertilizer OF q good
quality and Of similar origin. Those
who turn their attention earnestly to
the subject will understand that what
some careless %cultivators waste would
make more careful ones richer if prop
erly husbanded and used.
The "Luke Voorhees," cattle ranch,
in Wyoming, is an immense estate. 1t
comprises 100000 acres Of land, 10000
Of which are enclosed by one barbed
wire fence. It has also o water 'front.'
age Of thirty miles, and will easily ac-
commodate $4,000 head, or 81 ,250, 900
worth Of cattle. These immense cattle
interests Of the west have grown up
principally within the last ten years.
The wife is often the hardest worked
person on the farm. She breaks down
early in married life, being unable to
bear up under the strain Of her pecu-
liar and trying duties. Hired girls are
scarce, inefficient, independent, and
ask higher wages than the farmer can
afford to pay. Still, it is best to econ
omize in other ways and endeavor to
preserve the health and spirits of the
wife and mother The prevalence Of
insanity among farmers wives is due
to the unceasing routine of household
cares and drudgery. There should be
more frequent rest and recreation.
One Of the most important benefits re-
sulting from these club gatherings is
just the breaking into this monotonous
life.
A writer in the Mirror advises this
treatment for a hard mixer: Son 60
ing to milk put about a pint of hot wa
ter INTO the pail, and before milking,
put two or three handfuls upon each
teat as hot as the hand will bear. At
ter giving the teats thorough soaking,
wipe lightly with a dry cloth OF strip
with the hand until there is no danger
Of the water dripping into the pail;
then milk at once. Cows treated in
this way can be MIXED in about half
the usual time, as they milk that much
| easier"
In spite Of the protests of many of
her best thinkers and writers-says Our
Country Home-Great Britain shows q
tendency to become,a land of graziers
instead of c%ultivators. The returns
show that in 1888, 81 compared with
1882, there was o falling off in area de-
voted to grain and root crops of GA, 705
acres. The total decrease in wheat
acreage was 300. 900 acres, but there was
an increase in barley and oats. Perma-
nent pastures increased by 243. 700
acres. It is an accepted fact. however,
that dairying, poultry-keeping and
gardening are or the increase, especially
in central and southern England, but
| We have not the figures.
Professor Dabney, the state chemist
of North Carolina, says, regarding what
crops take out Of the soil, that 400
bushels OF wheat contain 46 pounds Of
phosphoric acid, 80 pounds bf potash
and 1875 pounds of nitrogen; 100 BUSH
els Of corn contain SO pounds of phos-
phoric acid, 20 pounds of potash and
SO pounds of nitrogen; 1000
pounds of tobacco contain pounds of
phosphoric acid and 81 pounds ofpotash.
The $1,000, 900 bushels of wheat pro-
duced in this country in 1880 contain
LOO, 900 tons of phosphoric acid, 72O,-
600 tons of potash, 2,800,00 tons of
nitrogen, these quantities being ten
times as great as those contained in all
the manures used on all the crops in
al the United States that year."
President Powell Of the Columbia
County Club expressed himself at a re-
cent meeting as a confident that farmers
of the present are not equal in physique
and endurance to those of the last cen
fury. There is too much salt pork as 4
staple article Of food, while cheap and
rapid transportation tempts the farmer
to send beef, mutton, poultry and eggs
to town and city markets where they
and ready sale. In old times these pro-
ducts were raised largely for home CON
sumption, consequently the family on
the farm enjoyed a more varied and
healthful diet. / am certain that the
majority OF farmers do not appreciate
the economic and health-conserying in
fuences of a well-stocked kitchen gar
den. They begrudge the time neces-
sar.y for making and keeping in order
this Ito my mind) indispensable source
Of natures luxuries in their season.
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