The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1885-07-10
NOTES FOR THE FARM and HOME.
Farming Paragraphs

M. 81 Potter County, Penn: Pigs
Of the same ..itter should not be used for
breeding. No other animals deterio-
rate so fast as pigs by vicious breeding,
and the prevalent diseases among SWINE
are no doubt duo to the commonly prac-
ticed interbreeding of pigs of the same
litter.
Referring to the millions upon mill
ions of dollars lost in live stock-or,
rather, dead stock-this winter on the
great, bleak, open prairies and plains,
The Springfield Republican remarks:
"By-and-by the big West will respect
the old fashioned New England barn"
And We may add that the awful aggre-
gate of animal suffering incident to ut
least four or five months of every year
in this country is q national
curse that cries to heaven for ven
geance.
Among our profitable farm crops,
barley takes an important position. In
1882, the average value per acre in the
United States was $3.50, while that of
wheat was $1,000, and Indian corr SILL
81. The average price per bu. ranked
only second to the wheat, and in pro-
~ductiveness barley producod2l.5 blu. per
acre, while oats gave an average of 1854
bu., and Indian coan BAG bu.
An enthusiastic grower Of grapes,
with $50 varieties in his collection,
throws a damper on new varieties by
expressing preference for the old Con-
cord to any yet introduced. This he
qualities by stating that "the most prom
Using kinds" are Brighton, Duchess,
P~ocklinston, Moore's EARLY, and Mag
ara. No n grape received so much
praise as the Brighton. 1t is doing
well, so far, wherever tried. But all
agree that Concord is the only thor
oughly reliable variety We have entirely
tested. Wherever grapes were bagged
they were uniformly perfect. But was
bad in many districts when the clusters
remained uncovered.
A single is estimated at four inches
on the edge. One thousand shingles
are therefore a bunch containing 1875
courses, each 80 inches on the edge, or
the bundle has bands of 80 inches in
length, and contains 125 courses. A
bundle having 25 courses on each side
has 400 shingles. When laid five
inches to the weather a shingle her COW
ars 20 square inches, or seven shingles
cover a square foot, and 1000 of them
will cover about 144 feet square of roof:
at four inches to the weather LOCO shin
giles cover about one square of roof or
100 square feet.
Considerable interest is manifested
in a pretty full account of details IN the
management Of a creamery at Water
Vile, N. Y, in which the cream from
the milk of 1000 cows, owned by sixty
different patrons, is collected and each
patrons cream churned by itself and
the butter product of each weighed,
graded and paid for according to guam
tity and quality, or returned to the pro-
ducer at his option, if not satisfied with
the grading, with a small charge added
for manufacturing and all the work, in
GLIDING gathering the cream, being done
without difficulty by one man and his
wife.
The sooner the farm can be made to
produce big crops of clover the sooner
it will pay Glover IS good for anything.
cattle, sheep, hogs, horses, and crops of
all kinds. Seed with clover, and then
pillow it under after n crop has been
taken Off and while the roots are green.
They are rich in p%hosphates, and the
stems and leaves gather nitrogen from
the air and add it to the soil.