The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1885-09-09
Notes for the Farmer.

a Connecticut gardener prevents thu
attacks Of insects by the use Of mosqutC
netting, and states that it pays HIM to dc
80.
Sow grass seed over the thin places il
the lawns and rake it in as it will enabl,
the lawn to have a more uniform appear
ance next spring
The annual meeting of the National
Dairymen's association will be held in
November, at Chicago, during the con
tinuancc of the fat stock show.
Don't forget to say pleasant word as
often as you can to the wife this hot
weather. 1t won't hurt you any to smile
little. You can't do any work that will
bring you more profit.
Horace Greeley said that the young
man who saves money tho first year he
has chance to do SO usually accumulates
property while the one who spends all
he earns at the start seldom amounts to
anything.
A writer says that it is a fact, establish
Ell beyond su cessful denial that a thor
oughbred Shorthorn or Hereford steer
will cost no more to raise than a native
and that at the same age it will weigh
more and command more ready sale at
better price.
The introduction of early American
varieties of Indian corn into SOME Of the
Austrian provinces has proved 81 success
ful in Dalmatia that twice the yield Of
the home product has been reach, /, and
the season Of ripening is in advance of
the yearly foundations that often destroy
the later ripening varieties
The average amount of moisture in
wheat -four is from lG to II per cent of
its weight. If kiln-dred at a heat of 800
degrees Fahrenheit per cent of moist
ure will remain. The strong affinity for
moisture of all air-dried substances will
thus easily be seen. If Kindred and
again submitted to moist air the normal
moisture is again absorbed.
1t is an old saying that drought >cares
farmers to death, but too much rain
starves them. Excessive moisture when
it does not absolutely injure crops induces
a succulent growth which promises more
than it realizes. In very dry season
the grain is shortened in straw but all
the energies of the plant are directed to
producing the seed and the grain is thus
usually better than expected.
On many farms weeds not known be-
fore follow the appearance of the travel
ling threshing machine. The seeds which
are grown on one farm are thus spread
over the entire neil hhood. They get in
to themanure pile and are thus carried to
places where they are not looked for and
get a head which years of hard labor
will not entirely reverse. Careful farmers
should look to this, and have the thresh
ing machine well cleaned when coming
from farms known to be foul
On land naturally adapted to wheat it
is good plan to pillow little deeper for
this crop than for any other Wheat is
a hearty feeder ON mineral fertilizers,
especially the phosphates, and these on
most cultivated soils are more abundant
little below the usual depth of blowing
than near the surface Bat it is more
inn ortant to get a mellow seed bed and
well compacted ground underneath it for
wheat than for any other crop The
deep blowing for wheat should be early
enough TO insure this. Late blowing had
better be shallow.
Mr.. L. b. Very, a succ 'ssful farmer in
Northern Ohio works his horses on feed
of grass cut early and well cured without
grain. 1t is very possible that his success
by this method is largely due to the
quality of the hay. 1t Is grown on very
rich soil, and beside being cut when
young has higher nutritive value than
that which has precarious struggle for
existence on poor soil. This fact is well
understood where grass is pastured, as
stock always seek the richest points in
the field, and eat them close before less
nutritious heritage is touched.
1t is admitted that corn is the most
important cereal grown upon this con-
tment While wheat is only used by
man, corn is used by man, beast, distillers
glucose and starch manufacturers. While
almost every part of the globe produces
wheat none except the Danubian prime
qualities and the south of Russia grows
any corn of consequence except what is
rallied in this country. America is thus
without competitor in the production
of corn and with ever so large crop it is
sure to be all used up at home and abroad
before the crop of 1856 is planted.
Blood in the sire will assist largely IN
the grading up of the common stock of
the country, but he who depends largely
upon the blood of the sire in the breed
ing of pure stock will soon come to grief.
The female lineage is no less important
than that of the male to produce uniform
even stock, whatever the species. The
uniformity and constitutional vigor of
wild animals are due to two cause.-the
of male and females and the
equal exercise of both sexes. This
should be remembered by the breeders
Of farm animals.