Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-05-14


percentage Of siio adyocatss ~ ,
Feed succulent foods for ch.s
concentrated foods for butts,
Plant raspberries and hl...,
as soon as the soil can be wort.s
Sweet cream nest be chnr.a,,
than sour. with a lower temns,
Canadian Farmers, who ora.s
lent crops Of oats, consider s ~ ~
hardest on land. M
A ounce in the California svI,s
the New Orleans Exposition n asa
seventeen inches in circumierer0aas. '
Clover seed may be sown fl. J,
upon the bare ground A mo,a
east is obtained by sowing s.s
light fall OF snow. sW
French cheesemakers aim i
$3.50 TO 5000 yearly per CIV
stock, great care, and specjsIs..
manufacture, are the means.
Butter is worth more in nron.
than wheat or other grain. INV 4
pay well to use the cows to turn
Of this grain into butter, and "a ny
the calves grow.
Josiah Hopes, in the New y.
Irtbil':es says experience has
yinced him that any soil loo s \.
naturally to produce healthy ny
should always be avoided by Tie y
ckasdist.
A San Francisco naturalist ss,.
nice cage and a wagon to 4 frisss
house for fine specimen OF rrnssl
hog that was offered him. ia \
ceived sausage, and it took him tb,s
days to see the joke.
Low prices of grain in the no,s
west will cause n lessened demand y
young stock for feeding, Much M.
win be hastily fattened and sold i,
thus catise lower prices for beef ana
scarcity two or three years hence,
Miller Purvis says in the Ohio Far,
er tiias the eostliest mistake he y.
made was in buying cheap seeds. Ii.
recommends saving seeds for ous,
own planting; il this has been No,
tected, get the most reliable seeds
be obtained and then save seeds from
them.
Nothing will pay the owner Of on.
dozen or hundred hogs better tia,
the extra expenditure which will 4
this time of year secure them a dry
warm, comforting bed to lie in
night and during such part of the IA,
as they may not be taking exercise 4
eating.
Eaisers OF early chickens do wei /,
remember thatchicks must haveg rss
/ food at twelve 90 fifteen DAYS.
chicks are Matched before grass come
| tnep it must be raised artifcially "a
then. A good plan is to SOW oats i
/ frames in the kitchen window
greenhouse.
Manure is on most lands the grea
essential to successful gardsunt
About New York. market gardener
put AS much as seyenty-tiVe tons 4 /
manure upon an acre in single wear
and when it can not be obtained, I'll
much as two tons of fine bone fouj
are often used.
Canker worms come out early. Ap
ply protection to the tree now. TR|
simplest is band of thick brown pal
Der, foot or more wide, tacked
around the trunk. On this paint i
band of pine tar, which should be re-
newed ii from any cause it does not
remain adhesive.
I Mr.. RUSSELL the secretary Of As
Massachusetts State Board Of Agrt
culture, says that horse will do BET
ter if fed four times day, and should
not be fed less than three times, Ike
saws the horse is different from sny
! other animal in that he has the small
est stomach in proportion to bis size,
II is now asserted that the commor
earth worm is the cause OF the gap
parasite in chicks. In examinin.
earth worms from cape infected dis
trict the cape parasite was found =
be coiled up in the structure OF h
earth worm, and on feeding chick
with such earth worms the disease va
at once produced among the brood.
Job Mills, OF Pine Village, Ind, ha
fed 4S hogs the present season on cool
ed wheat, and says they gained at y
rate of 2 pounds per day each.
figured the wheat rs worth 90 cent
and the corn 30 cents per bushel. Ssl
80 hogs will eat about 10 bushels
wheat at an expense of So per day, Q
. 20 bushels of corn worth also So,
30 cents uer bushcl
Peach growers in Southern Illpo
declare the curculio breed faster |
wild cherry trees than farmers eau i
them in the orchard. The hawthol
is said to breed apple tree borers al
apple maggots. u is stated that O
:. OF the most serious orchard pests
the sfruit belt is the rose chaie
which multiplied in swamp Of vi
roses to such an extent that it ov
ran the country for miles about.
Consul Ryder, at Copenhage
writes that the Danes, in order to.
sure full development, health, Ell
seek Cleanliness, cooked or groIl
food, which is easily masticated al
digested, plenty OF water, regal
hours of feeding, good yentilatio
equable temperature, and freedo
, from Misunderstanding rats. The
requisites are not novel to Americ'
breeders, yet some people are forg'
full.
The Dorking fowls, while not gu
', as hardy as the hardest, are val
able breed. They are good laye
make good, careful mothers, and
CHICKS are quick TO mature. They a
especially valued for the delicacy
their flesh, the breast is broad q
deep, and give a large quantity
juicy meat. The fowls weigh as NJ
MS ten pounds, live weight; they
|, favorites in England where the bre
,, originated.
A COmuulsofy Assessment.