The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1885-05-21
DAKOTA.
FARM AND GARDEN II.


ing sheep on them for few consecu-
tive years. Vs. p. e
The Ohio Agricultural Experiment
Station calls attention to the fact that
In its experiments potatoes raised from
large, whole seed ripened nine days
earlier than those from seed cut to
single yaA I 81, ..I ,ss5:.a5.
II tarre9 paper is used about young
trees as protection from mice, it should
be removed as soon as the warm
weather OF spring warrants, as the
flesh tar on the tender bark some
times causes fatal injury to the trees
7nnder hot sunshine q &: 5{{..sit
On opening d big cabbage grown al
{Sodus, N. y, it was found that within
an outside covering Of large, thick
leaves were tightly imbedd ed thirty
two small and almost perfectly round
scabbages. Another one contained
stwentYsaeven small cabbages.
Al onion patch of five acres, once an
pnsightly, useless swamp, near Fair
port, Y, in 1883, yielded 5000
bushels, 600 bushels to the acre. Ow-
ing to the low price, the owner claims
he made no profit on the. crop. He
uses stable manure, phosphates, guano
and ground bone. al r., ID.
sSifsl me w commissioner OF Agriculture
says that, while in some OF the states
the Pure-bred and high-grade cattle
are but = per cent OF the whole, in
Ohio and Kentucky it's 40 per cent,
~ Indiana ~ per cent, in Illinois 80
! per cent, and Massachusetts ~ per
nS = slle "n.'io nt'n1o :" .45a
Connecticut strawberry growers ex-
press preference for sowed corn,
grown pretty large, as Q mulch; for
strawberries for winter protection.
1t is cheap, and there are no weed
seeds to sprout. Pine needles, where
they can be obtained, arc also excel
lent for this, purpose.
re michigan lEle1 an, farmers VINO have black
walnut on their farms ought to know
S,,;t t : - 49, :. = Moii y
a asr ,n;ts ~ 81! posssssAo -. anu NV
e. e. W =. ~ o. "a 400 "a, = no ~ naS
rs 800 $500 ely osn SA'uoo'
- oeon ioai,zeu Llun g siusiea SIee
Wei Wei nanulace9leu. oucn ' UNDER
" y nos 20 p '5 solo 1or 2 song
A correspondent Of the Country Gen
tleniG,a thinks we have reached that
stage in the history of breeding Jer-
sseys IN this country when the animals
Of small milk and butter capacity are
4 TN, .Hte e1 :, ~ nei
.1asp - 10 ua.:ea i1Pluiy thls
III; III, ~ ~ x, ttaa s.teu .ne more
sil.ss uosel leses - sie cu.lnlr
g 800 s;
sSs.s M Mr. 81 NJ. Angur, OF Connecticut,
says that orchards which have borne
four crops Of fruit and retain health
and Ylgor are comparatively few, out
side the Delaware orchards. He
thinks ltif peach trees OF inherited weak
constitution can not stand the exhaus-
ton sof successive crops. hence too
much care can not be exercised in se-
letting trees OF seed from healthy
20 sou y tf5S ..55. 4:
2. W. Hoffman, OF the Elmira Farm
ers' Club, thinks barley straw as feed
for cattle, is more palatable and nutri-
tious than any other straw. 1t is not
desirable for sheep, because Of the
boards which a get into the wool. Cat
tie viii eat ont the barley straw from
( 81 straw stack before they will attack
other kinds. Another member of the
club thinks barley straw nearly as
good for young cattle as hay of ordi.
nary quality. T.a-ss Il Y y. !: "a :sSss
IA large crop 81 potatoes can not he
produced unless the soil has q full snn.
piyof nitrogen, phosphates and petasR.