McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1885-03-26
FARM AND GARDEN.


six or seven pounds of potash in ont
hundred, or little over three pounds
per bushel
1t is a mistake to enter into any
branch of farming or stock raising
without thorough knowledge Of it in
all its points and bearings.
q. The first point to be learned in sue
cessful stock raising, is never to allow
an animal to lose a pound of flesh.
This is equivalent to throwing two
pounds away.
Illinois and Wisconsin had each over
1000 plates of fruit on exhibition at
the New Orleans exposition. The
great state of New York made no fruit
exhibit.
Look to the cellars. Decaying APP
pies. pumpkins, potatoes, cabbages,
turnips and the like are thought to be
the cause of malignant fevers, diph-
liberia and the like.
A writer says in The Garden that in
growing peas, the fact is that, sin
point of earliness we have not gained
single day in the case of any of the
new introductions for these last thirty
years"
j. j. Thomas estimates the value of
white grapes, as regards quality alone,
as follows: Duchess, as highest in
favor, then Prentiss, then Niagara,
and nearly equal to Niagara, the
Rocklington.
A deep, rich soil is recommended
for ounces. They will bear well on
well drained, gravelly land, well
dressed with stable manure. They are
more satisfactory if trained as trees
'ather than bushes.
Ohio sent an exhibit of woods grown
in that state to the New Orleans Expo
sition. There were siXty-three cards,
twenty-five by twenty-eight inches. ar
ranged under glass, and also eighty
feeces of wool shown.
Draft horses have increased in pop
ularity during the past year more
rapidly than ever before. The i'm
porters have large stocks OF horses on
hand, and while prices are no lower,
they are offering better lot of horses.
The day for scrub hogs is fast pass
ing away. The day for grades will
not linger long when it is seen how
readily pure bred stock can be had,
how much better the product it yields,
and that no greater care in its keeping
is required than should be given to
ordinary stock.
A warm mess of bran, meal, chop
ped and steamed fodderor, other food
will quickly quiet shivering TANKS
these cold mornings IL will also
bring an imme date reward in the
shape of increased flow of milk from
the cows, or more spirited work from
the horses.
The keeping of colt on farm is
one of those small Things the expense
of which will pass almost nnoticed,
and yet the growth of the colt is so
profitable that in no way does tho
farmer receive any better compensa-
ion for hay and grain consumed than
from feeling such hay and grain to a
few good colts.
An over production of pure bred
stock need not be feared. When the
majority of farmers breed and feed
no other. the skillful breeder will
merely have to moye up. There will
always be certain lines or families
more highly priced than others, and
in his efforts with these he will find
his pleasure and his profit.
The great trouble with celery grow
ing is that the plants, at one stage of
growth or another, are permitted to
suffer for water. This invariably
causes tough and hollow stalks. Keep
the plants growing from the time they
appear above the ground in the seed
bed. Transplant them to rich soil
give them water as often as they need
it, and give it in abundance, and you
will have tender, plumb celery.
The American Cultivator says: eft
is poor time to sell sheep or go out
of the business when thousands upon
thousands of sheep are being frozen
and starved to death in the far West,
and when an unusual number is being
slaughtered at all leading markets.
Farmers may rest assured that it is
low tide in sheep husbandry, and now
is the time to take advantage of the
rising tide which is sure to follow"
A French scientist calls attention TO
the indiscriminate use of the tincture
of arnica for horses. He says that it
10 oiCCh OLhPioyOo Al SouoluCldUlo
quantities for petty sprains and
bruises. and is kept in contact with
the affected surfaces until they are
swollen, heated, and blistered, thus
greatly aggravating the original trou-
BILE. He also cites cases in which
erysipelas has been induced in men
from an over use of this irritating
remedy.
The fruit grower needs to have
courageous heart and an unbounding
faith in his pursuit. He mas numer-
Gus enemies with which to contend
and to conquer; unfavorable seasons
are not infrequent: numerous insects
and parasitic fungi are constantly dis
putting possession of his plants, trees,
and fruits; a general business depres-
sion, or an excessive supply of fruit
often deprives him of all or nearly all
of his profits. But these difficulties
are probably not greater than those
attending many other pursuits.
1t has often been claimed that pro-
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