The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1885-08-19
Whole No. 1874


Items For Farmers.
Wet hay putin the stack or NOW to
equalize vita the dry may be called the
wisdom of fools. 1t is bad sort ofensil-
age while yet t,and dry is worth just
so much manure.
1t is said that 955 farms in Iowa are
owned by woman and that twenty dairy
farms are managed by women, There
are l22 women phvsiciaLs and FIVE women
attorneys at law In the state.
Prof NJ. s. Kern Of Columbia, Mo-.
landscape gardener of high ability and a
writer on rural art and tast has been ap-
pointed forestry agent of the department.
of agriculture at Washington.
There is abundant proof, says the Ohio
Farmer from practical experience, careful
experiments and scientific Investigations
that cooked food is more nutritious and
more palable for any live stock than un-
cooked.
Careful experiment has shown that
there is no apprecirble difference in the
growth Of plant dark and light rights.
Yet many persons still cling to the old
superstition that crops 70 grow perfectly
must be planted during certain stage Of
the moon. ..-sf
"a horse that has been grs.zed from a
colt until maturity say until FIVE years of
age, will never carry his head and carry
it gracefully. The top muscles of his neck
have been elongated. What pity the
idea of horses grace cannot DE made to
conform to the DISABILITIES of the over
check.
1t is good thing to have plenty of
help in drawing in grain Or hay. An
adv ntage may often be secured by
drawing in grain with two wagons and
if possible with two teams. This
is especially important where grain is
stacked as it is unprotected until the
st; ok is completed. Us@
Many horses have the habit of sleep
ing standing up. 1t is very injurious
habit and the horse should be broken of
it if possible. The narrow stalls in which
horses are often placed makes recum-
bent position very difficult 1t is cruelty
to the animal TO place him in such a
stall after doing hard days work
The last Kansas as riclllturfl report by
Secretary Sims sums up the depredations
of insects in that state by saying: THE
most serious pests now affecting the
staple crops are the Hessian flv, the
wheat-stalk Issoma, and the web-worm"
A brief description of the three insects
i'll question is found in the report for the
information of the farmers Of that state.
Perfectly dry soil will absorb from Is to
90 per cent of moisture--sand the lesser,
and clay the greater quantity The
amount of water required to sink to d.
given depth will therefore be easily es.
timated when we reflect that an inch of
water evenly distributed over an acre,
weighs nearly 1884 tons
Withina few years sheep husbandry
has declined in France to the extent, an
reported, of II ,GO0,0OO head. The French
however import about 1900 mutton
sheep for consumption weekly, and live
mutton sheep sell higher thanIive weight
cattle. The mutton supply coces chiefly
from Germany, Eastern Hi rope and
Algeria. is
A censure of successful farmers would
not include many Of the class that
change from one branch ofagriculture to
another, whenever the price of their
producet is unsatisfactory The change
brings double loss-a sacrifice in the
stock sold and loss in the high price paid
for the new class of stock purchased.
Some means should be devised to give
free circulation ofair through the stable
ifit has to be done BY leaving the barn
doors open; and the stalls should be kept
clean and sweet by the use of sawdust,
straw or dry earth We do not approve
of using lime, ashes or anything Of the
kind as purifier for it is injurious to the
hair and shin of the animals.
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