Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1885-05-30

tllouxh their veins contain only ~,
blood are practically worthless
All the profit derived is from the Il
Dor. Bare land, unstocked and mn vorr
ed, Is unproductive. Farmers shonli
remember this fact, and thew will he les,
likely to destroy their chances of nrofil
by unwise economy in farm labor.
Don't feed your chickens only corn
Remember that you can help them t
lay eggs by feeding them ground bone
ground eRgshells, etc. See that they
| have constant supply of fresh water
Feed only when they seem to be hungry
There is no animal that has been ~
greatly improved in price and breedina
as the Western mustang. Fifteen year
ago one could buy unbroken naoa in Cali.
fornla Tor $6 or 81 apiece. To-day good
natlve saooie-horse on that western
slope is worth 500.
III: Voelker found that the average
weight OF clover-roots on an acre to be
ABOUT three tons, and that this furnished
about lOO pounds of valuable nitrogen
and for that reason the clover sod, when
turned under, makes an excellent ferti-
lizer for wheat.
A potato to be in the best condition
Tor seed should be kept where the tenn.
perature does not fall below 400 nor rise
above 5Oo, and also where no light will
come to 1t. The air should not be too
dry or moist, and when cut for seed the
pieces should be allowed to dry slightly
before planting.
Paris green has now been used as q
preventative of the borer which de-
stroys squash vines. The vines, for q
distance from the roots, are wet with
water in which paris green has been
stirred. 1t is worthy ola trial, as no
damage can ensue from the poison; none
oft reaches anything that is eaten.
An experienced horticulturist states
that he did not succeed is securing crops
from his plum trees until he used sui
phur fumes in the orchard when the
fruit was set, which he continued for
two months. Although it was q trouble
some undertaking the crop largely re-
munerated him for 80 doing.
A grape grower says that he laid FIVE
inch tile drains under the rows of his
grapevines, two and q half feet deep.
and the grapes ripened two weeks
earlier and were also of better quality
than those from other vines not similarly
treated, while they rotted less and the
vines endured the Winter better.
Six acres of we'll rooted winter rye,
says the Nea0 Yorker, with an allowance
of grain, will support, in good condition,
q flock of fifty sheep, and the land will
be left in such good condition that it
may be sown in the Fall to wheat and
seeded to grass, with clover added in
the Spring, and with every prospect of
good success.
As the wet season comes on there will
be cases of roup in the poltry yards un-
less the fowls are provided with dry and
well ventilated quarters. An excellent
remedy for roup is q mixture of asafeotida,
ginger, red pepper and hyposulphite of
soda, moistened, after the ingredients
are made fine with castor oil. Give each
fowl pinch twice day,
Half dollar in the value of each ton
OF hay made can be easily secured or
lost by the difference in the time of cut
ting and the manner of curing. This
may seem small amount to the individ-
ual farmer, but in the aggregate it makes
q difference of $18, 100000 for or against
the farmers, the value of the hay crop
being exceeded only by that of corn and
wheat.
Sows about to farrow should be allow
ed some exercise and be fed mainly with
green food. This will make PARTITION
easier, increase the tendency to give
milk and prevents the feverish condition
which frenzies sows so that they often |
destroy their pigs. A SOW that has once
lone this is not apt afterward to make a |
good mother, and should be fatted as
quickly as possible.
There is no need of bothering about a
;ow's pulse to find out whether she is
veil or not: simply look at her nose. If
veil, it will be moist and cold; if fever
sh, dry and hot. She is like a dog in
his respect. A staring coat or hollow
'ye are also points indicating trouble,
md as symptoms of disease they are
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4merscan Dairynaan.
All manures deposited by nature are
eft on or near the surface. The whole
endency of manure is to 60 down into
he soil rather than torise from it. There
8 probably very little if any loss of nj
rogen by evaporation of manure unless
is put in piles 80 as to ferment. Rains
nd dews return to the soil as much am
nonia in year as is carried off in the
tmosphere.
If soil is good and enduring it must
ave fertile subsoil. 1t may appear
old, wet and unpromising, but if miner
plant food be present it can be made
Productive. Undertaking, sub-soiling
lid clover are the agents required to re-
lain such soil, and they should follow
ach other in the order named, as each
tep will make the next more successful.
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