The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1885-02-19
Pam. Garden, and HIlssloll.

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| A breeder Of Shropshire Downs
claims the following ADVANTAGES m
their favor. They are best adapted
Of any Of the 6ne grades 70 hsrdiue
In large docks: they are hardy and
endure cold winterS with less nurs.
Ing than some other breeds; they
are good feeders and foraGers: they
have extra good 0eeces; they are
very prolific breeders; they are un-
surpassed for mutton. The crosses
Of the Shropshire on common ewes
are said to make the best lambs OF
any grades.
Fine hay or cut or well broken
straw makes good nests for hens.
AS good, perhaps better nests. can
be made Of shavings Of soft wood
from the carpenters bench. or chlps
from = turner's lathe. This msterfnl
can be sprinkled with diluted car.
bolic acid which will keep vermin
away, all the longer for The reason
that, being porous, tho shavin0s or
chips absorb the acid and retain the
scent OF the scid better than most
other materials Of which nests are
usually made.
In buying breeding stock OF any.
one you do not regard It ~ sufficient
that he understand his business, that
his stock 10 well bred, or that his
herd or dock makes handsome sp.
pearance. You want to be satisfied
OF all this, but you want to 20 still
farther and feel reasonably certain
that he 10 IN honest man. With the
most snowy stock IN the country,
and with every indication OF the
most dattcring nature, scoundrel
may swindle the purchaser quite
numerically. The character OF the
breeder needs to be as well estab-
lished 40 the fame OF his stock. In
no business Is honesty more essen.
tial, and nowhere 10 trickery more
to be despised and shunnej. With
al the safeguards which can be
thrown around the purchase OF fine
stock, there are some things about
which the word Of tho owner must
30 taken as . guaranty, which can
10 no other way be established. H0w
important, then, that the breeder 40
conduct his transactions that his
word shall come to be taken as 81.
curity absolute for fair dealing!
Capital, acquaintance, experience
everything-is doubled In value by
the accompaniment OF integrity.
Don't forget this. young breeder, and
when your reputation Is established,
sec to Il that II Is the kind that will
strengthen as Il grows, says the
Pittsburg Stockman.
Poultry need lime with their food.
The common food alone will not fur
nish lime enough for d full supply
OF eggs. In state OF nature d hen
would lay . single litter or eggs,
hatch them, rear the chickens and
then give up business for the season.
The ordinary food would supply this
small demand. But when hen LAYS
10 eggs she will want as much lime
In . month rs the ordinary fO,,d
would furnish In . year. The want
must be supplied. Crushed bones
and oyster shells should always be
within the reach OF the hens. II il
not advisable 70 give egg shells IN
less they are broken up very fine;
otherwise the hens may learn to
break and eaE eggs.
The Boyd Bros. Ave miles south
Of MenOken, says the Bismarck Tri-
bune. have $40 head Of sheep. mostly
Mcrin0s. These gentlemen came
from Ohio, the great wool State. two
years ago, and they state that
sheep husbandry will be fully Il.
lpiO fltable In this region ~ in Obi.
Their flock has winterMl well both
winters, the percentage OF loss being
less than In Ohio because ~ the dry
ness OF the atmosphere COmfOrta.
bic shrns have been provided. AMI
Mr.. Boyd sYys he fed his sheep 1.
less number Of days Ia this country
during winter than in Ohio. Iii that
State, feeding usually begins about
the middle OF November. while here
he began tho 10th Of December and
quit the 26th Of March. The sheep
gained rapidly from the time they
began feeding III the spring, which
Is not always the case east. ROyd's
sheep shenred on an aveauge nine
pounds Of wool to the head, which
nettcd sixteen cents per pound. The
percentage Of increase Is also above
that In the east, which IL seldom
over Is per cent. Boyd had l47
lambs from ll6 ewes. Certainly
money cannot be made faster in any
country than in Dakota by those
who go into stock raising on n
moderate scale. It will pay 100 per-
cent. more than grain. and ii is only
a question OF time when the farmers
will see this.
The woman who Is always well and
neatly dressed Is always able to excr.
else greater influence for good
than one whose dress is slovcnly
The we'll dressed woman Is more ut
tractive to the eye. and the eye /.
one OF the main avenues to thu heart
Other things being equal. her infiu.
cnce is more potent than her neigh.
boris, whose reputation OF dressing
lust as II happens" ut home, Ia aoine
indetinable way casts u shadow over
whatever virtue sh. may possess. A
woman clothed in II clean. goo.l lit
ting dress Of even ordinary material
Is ready for emergencies. The chance
caller a.id the unexpected guest fin,'
her ready ~ receive them. But per.
haps the greatest necessity for look
ing we'll at hnms. exiet- ia the HON.
itself. To the nemh"rs Of our owr
family circle y. owe the flrst duty
A It'd; w''li-arranycd homo ia very
Inviting to 81 tired man, and tn.
charm Is heightened II she who pre-.