The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-02-27
FARM AND GARDEN.

Parsnips and satisfy left in tn,
ground may be dug during thaw.
Barnyard manure is often found Il
harbor wire worms, but thoroughly
sailing " will destroy the pests.
The peanut il being quite largely
grown In California. The product is
especially fine in tho vicinity of Santa
Barbara
An old stockman gives, as his opin-
ION, that cattle never become fat
enough on grass to injulc their breed
ing qualities.
1t takes good deal of cornmeal'td
counterbalance the effects Of frosty all
coming through numerous crevices iy
the hog pen. -
Have the stables warm enough to
keep the horses comfortable without
blankets; they will stand the cold bet
ter when out of doors.
The farm yard without good feed
ing rack, or racks, Is not complete.
Hay is worth more to sell than to
waste by careless feeding in the open
yard.
Says the Commissioner of Agricult.
tire, the current production of agri.
culture Of the United States, with fail
prices, can be but little short oi
! q. .O0O, 900, 900.
A New York farmer reports in the
HusbundRan that he raised 3,30l
bushels of turnips on five and one-haif
acres of land, ut q cost Of four and
| one-half cents per bushel. The crop
was raised after the grain was taken
of.
If you are located near town or
manufacturing village consider what
crops will be in demand. Farm gar
deuihg in such localities almost invar-
iabIy Yields the most profit. 1t is poor
policy 10 raise low priced crops on
high priced lands.
In order to keep the striped beetle
from the vines. the experiment was
tried of placing corncobs dipped in
coal tar near the hills. While the
practice did not entirely prevent tho
ravages of tho beetle, their numbers
were largely diminished.
Several members of the Western
New York Farmers Club recently ex-
pressed the idea that the poorer class
Of apples is worth more for feeding to
stock than for grinding in the cider
mill. They increase the. milk and
butter in tho case Of cows, and add
flesh to the horses.
Michigan is fast coming to the front
as short horn stronghold, aud will
be heard from at fairs and shows in tho
west next fall. Its herds are in the
hands Of energetic men, who will
spare no pains to further the general
interest Of the state, and especially tho
short horn interest.
Thousands of bushels of apples
were left lying in the orchards of
western New York this fall, because
they were too cheap to pay for market-
ing. Where farmers have conveniences
for keeping them till midwinter, it is
scarcely to be doubted that they will
be we'll paid for the needed care and
labor.
MIR. Waldo Brown, of Ohio, has been
growing pear. for twenty five years.
and says he has found pear culture to
be fairly profitable. He has. found the
Buffum, Flemish Beauty, Seckel and
Tyson to be free from blight. The
blight will sometimes attack an or
chard, and then disappear, and tho
trees that remain will be healthy and
do well.
Turpentine, coal oil and vinegar,
equal parts, we'll shaken together, and
rubbed on tho eggs of the bot fly on
horses legs, will utterly kill them after
about three applications. This is a
safe and easy remedy to apply in the
season when the fly is troublesome.
It is much better to kill these pests
than to run the risk of their getting
into the horses stomachs.
Over seventy-tive per cent of the cat
tie of the United States are reported
to be what arc termed "scrubs.
There is plenty of room, therefore, for
the dissemination of pure breeds. The
value is in improved stock with which
to breed grades. But the average
farmer need not necessarily invest in
q bull of such blue blood that his ped
igree carries his value into the thou
sands Of dollars in price.
A frost bitten potato has no value
except to cook Immediately and feed
to stock. After freezing potatoes
have swectish taste, indicating that
some of the starch in the tuber has
been changed to sugar, which, of
course, Is Of the glucose variety. and
not SO sweet as that made from cane.
A frost bitten potato, however, de-
Gays 90 rapidly that great care should
be taken to keep such from cellars or
from pits or sound tubers.
The american CsltiUator says our
farmers aregenerally overstocked with
horses, which are kept idle through
the winter to the great loss of the OWL
er. Some work more than ''doing the
chores" should be devised, to utilize
these animals and make them earn
their living. Half the chores generally
consist of caring for the horses, which
for want of exercise came out with soft
and iabby muscles in the spring. Some
farm work should be in progress every
working day of the year.
A very common mistake, or fault, is
committed by farmers In permitting
! all kinds Of stock to run together in
!! one yard or inclosure. Horses. colts
which are frisky creatures-bulls,
} COWS, sheep, pigs and fowls. all run in
! one yard or field. The horses worry
the colts; the colts chase the COWS and
sheep; the cows "hook" the colts; the
bulls gore the horses; the pigs worry
the cows and sheep, and often destroy
the newborn calves and lambs; the
fowls and ducks are trampled on, and
! there is sad time all around. ;.
The Fontaine locomotive, which won
J peculiar celebrity some time ago on the
line of the Canada Southern, has final
ly disappeared. The central idea was
, the infrOduction of two friction wheels