The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1885-09-12
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Z poultry yard.
Il is said that City hens will make
enough guano to manure five or six acres
Of corn.
A pound Of poultry Aesh may be pro-
duced ~ cheaply A. pound Of pork, and
it sells for twice the price in the market.
Sluggish streams and puddles which
ara used by hogs become very filthy in
short time and are often tho cause Of hog
cholera and other diseases.
The average farmer Of the country has
e. 864 u fixed farm capital. exclusive Of
household furniture, carriages aud other
personal property Of the farm.
Never grease hen that is sitting. for
il the grease gets on the egys il cl.,sss the
pres through which the confined chick
gets It air and the consequence 10 death.
Grass 10 natures remedy for sick ami
mails, especially those who . digestive
organs have been impaired by Over-feed-
ing fast driving and badly ventilated
stables.
The providing for the comfort Of the
team il dollar and-ceuts proposition, a.
well As humane one, and the shrewd
man will - quickly heed 1t ~ the kind
one.
The Sanitary Engineer states that de-
caying wood about the premises il dun
gerous, assisting TOW ards liability TO yell
low and typhoid fevers. There is no
doubt Of IL. Neither 10 there any doubt
chat foul cellars ard slop pals about
| farm-houses cAuses the bulk OF autumnal
miasmatic fevers.
Bisulphide Of carbon poured into the
entrances af ant hills il said TO kill these
| insects. Kerosene often used has the
same effect. Digging into the hills and
| thoroughly sailing the interior 10 also \
remedy. Ants, however, are valuable in
protecting orchards from the canker-
worm, aud they arc also general scaven-
gers.
A dock laborer of London, England.
| has raised . date. palm, from seed, in y
diugy tenement house, and was awarded
| the 6rst premium 10 late flower show
there. That was rather t,uyh on the
scientifc palm huuss men of Treat Brit
ain. 1t vas case. 20 to speak. VI COM
mon sense versus science. ~ well % hon.
est judgment in tho COMMITTEES.
The sugar and molasses cunt umed 10
the United States costs elv3, 884, TO an
nually. OF this We produce el9. 500. sos
worth II cane sugar, 5000 6l2 worth Of
maple, $9,036. 355 Of sorghum, el02 626
worth Of beet sugar, and 5000. 100
worth Of glucose, or total Of ~, O37,-
400, leaving e63. ~. $50 - the Gust of
tho imported article consumed in the
country.
II the cats are killing your chickens,
| you may want TO kill the cats, and no
better or more merciful method v killag
cats has been found than 10 put, with .
long. handled wooden spoon, about half .
.tsaspoonfuI Of cyanide Of potassium on
the cats tongue - near the throat a.
possible. The suffering il only for few
seconds. Great care must he used to get
pure cyanide Of potassium and keep 1t
tightly corked.
"A deposit u bat gaano 10 Texas cover
ing two mile. square to depth, on ar
average, Of fifty feet, IL . rssourcs for
improving Southern agriculture which
has not been made use Of Is II should be.
This guan0 10 said to Be ~ rich In nitro.
gen a. that from Peru. Very large
quantities are now being taken out fol
| shipment u England and France. II i
| will pay transportation these long dis.
tances Il will probably prove still more
profitable On impoverished soils nearel
home. The difficulty 10 that those Wit
have the poorsst soils find It hard 4
rAiss money to purchase anything to i'm
prove thu m.
Objections to the practice Of washing
wool are multiplying. and II would seen
that In many parts u the country tn
custom would soon die out An Illinoi
exchange says: MIR. Hileman shears.
twenty tve head Il Cotswolds, and tn
/ clip - it came from the sheep weighs'
II ~ pountls. 1t was aftsrwsrd thorough,
washed, and weighed l4l pounds. : ios
Of 1903 pounds. The unwashed 1t tn
,n.ddiins ruling prics, 20 csnts, woul
have brought 18 50; the washed n th
present highest price. 50 cents, ~oul
4 have brought up $45.l2. This leaves
balance In favor Of the unwashed wool.
!, tay nothing u the loss Of hard work
washing.
: CHEYESxE. Wyo.. Sept. 7.-Sheri
I Sweetw ater has arrested % Of the sui
2 posed leaders Of the Rock s. rings riuter
Z The rest. including Il siah Wni ioast
= 4 member elect u the Leg lature. wei
! taken IL Green River, the county sea
). and jailed. They sill have preliminaI
= hearing tim rrow. Mure arrests wi
9 follow. The charges against the phi
Y oners are mur,ier, srson, riuting and 70
2 berry. The ruinsof Chinatown have N
y yet been searched. and no more del
. b,dies have been discovered. It j. eel
= mats,l now that the number killed vi
he abs,nt So. including several that di,
of wounds in the surrounding hills.
n the Cinnamon At work in the Amy C
]. mincs near Evanatown, nnmberinx u
:. have been taken 10 tbs latter place und
y an ~scort IL United States troops.
n Calling gum was sent firm hero to EvaI
t0wn yesterday. Ths military, nn.l
~ comsnand 81 Cal Anderson, 81 the Mn
y. y. Unitsd States Infantry. are stationed
ss Rock Springs. Evsn.town and Ala
- guarding tho county psypssty. No 4
thss trouble 10 spprehsnded.