The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1886-08-19
COUNTRY LIFE AND WORK.
A Lost Child.

COUNTRY LIFE AND WORK.
A Lost Child.
I'm losted' Could you find me, please?''
Poor little frightened baby.
The wind had .oesed her golden fleece,
The stones had scratched her dimpled knees:
] stopped and lifted her with ease.
And softly whispered Maybe
TELL me yonr name. my little maid:
] cant find you without ii. -
my name IL 'Shiney-eyes' che said.
.ier, but your last name2" She shook her head:
ZIP to my house 'ey never said
A single word about IL -
but dear ! said. what If yonr name?''
why. didn't you hear me told youY'
dust shiney-eyes A bright thought came:
.icr, when yonr re good: but when they blame
You. Little one; If 1t just the same
When mamma has TO scold you?'
my mamma never scolds,'' she means.
little blush ensuing,
- Cept when I've been a-frowing stones,
And then she says 1.-THE cuprit owns
'Mehitabel Sapphira Jones,
What has you been a-doing?'''
-4lnna r. Bnrnhana.
PASsIEs.
EscfyuOuy dunlres the P0nay. hut not ev-
erybOdy grows them satisfactorily They do
not understand the likes and disikes OF the
plant. In the first place. the Pansy likes not
ovcr-rich soil; such one induces a rank growth
Of branches, and gives hut few flowers. In the
second place, II likes To be partially shaded from
the hot summer sun. II Is not fond Of shade
but II prefers to have the sunshine 50 tempered
and toned down that 1t does not burn and scald
a. the sunshine of q fierce midsummer day il
pretty sure TO do when it, force is not broken by
some intervening object.
The Pansv gives its most satisfactory bloom in
the fall. when the weather becomes cool. Spring
sown plants will be in their glory then. To grow
good plants for next seasons blooming, SOW seed
IN August. When the plants have grown half
dozen leaves, transplant them from the seed-bed.
planting them about foot apart In fall, when
cold weather sets in, put some evergreen branch
e. over them. This protection suits them bet
ter than any other. II gives them all the shell
ter they need, and does not allow the snow to
pack about them and smother them The Pan
~ likes plenty Of air, and = close covering iii
winter will weaken it. Rather than cover plants
with thick mase Of straw, Ne many do, We
would leave them uncovered. Old Pansy plants
should be cut back well in siring, to induce
fresh growth OF branches. 1t IL good plan to
raise new plants every year, to take the place OF
plante which have blossomed through the season
and beauty. and no garden is complete without
them.
SUMNER POULTRY RAISING.
Many farmers suppose that II IL not profitable
to hatch chicks in summer. retain hens that
are moulting, yet while the profits OF raising
poultry in summer may not be a. great ~ during
the winter months, when the cost of production
is compared with the prices Of every month in
the year. il will be noticed that fair profit can
be secured at all seasons.
The profits from hen cannot be credited
only for the time she is laying, or Matching a
brood. II she is only year old, certain pro-
portion OF the eggs laid by her must be charged
to her account for food, shelter and care while
she will also be largely indebted for her support
from the time she was Matched until she arrived
ut profitable age. Considering, therefore,
that she Il more expensive the frst year than
she IL the second or third, II IL plain that she
will lessen the expense. proportionately, for
three years. After that time. she will begin to
decline, and her p ace may be supplied by .
pullet.
II does net pay to raise pullet and hen dis
pose OF her ne IN she begins to moult, NJ
all hens must naturally shed their feathers,
which usually requires period Of three months.
After che has arrayed herself in her new plum
age, che takes new lease OF life and soon be-
gins to lay. She IL then more valuable than
when she WAS pulet. rs che IL fully matured.
will lay larger eggs. while the percentage OF
chicks from eggs laid by her will be larger than
as soon ~ they begin to moulf not only forces
an Oyer-suppy the market Mt time when
prices are low. but deprives the poultry raiser
Of hs best layers. The Matching Of CHI cks dur
ing the summer months can be made profitable
even ut low prices, IA the food for each pound
Of flesh on the chicks will only cost five cents,
and. allowing two cents for the eggs from which
the chick IL Matched 1.-TWO eggs per chick the to-
tai cost for chicks weighing two pounds, need
not De over Is cents each. A. only twelve and
one-half cents per pound quite large profit
would be secured in proportion to the expense
for food and capital invested. Most persons OBJ
ject to summer Matching owing to the annoyance
OF 1ica, but good manager should not allow the
vermin to appear. As but little warmth for
the chicks II required in summer, with green
food plentiful, and the prospects more favorable
than in winter, il il All excellent time for hatch
ing chickens for profit.
FIRMING THE SOIL.
Peter Henderson, the author Of .Gardening
for Profit" In insisting upon the great inn
portance OF irming the soil ovt rseeds and
plants, writes US: 1t WAS rather an amusing
incident that first brought to the attention OF
truck farmer, Of Charleston, s. c. the i'm
poriance OF frming the soil. II seems that a
gentleman Of color, having the constitutional
weakness for chickens peculiar to some OF
his race, got into q hen-roost and helped
himself bonntifully. In evading the high
road, he struck \ bec-line through newly Gown
turnip field, where he left tracks that led to his
detection. But these tracks did more. They
showed to Squire Buncombe, whose chickens
had suffered, that wherever the foot OF the col
ored citizen had fallen, there he had ..stand''
Of turnips, and nowhere else (for they had been
loosely sown and the weather was dry). The
lesson WAS needed and has been worth tens Of
thousands Of dollars to the farmers Of South
Carolina, who, it seems, were never before suf-
fcienty alive to the importance Of frming the
soil until the unfortunate negro showed them
the way.
EDUCATING COLTS.
The education OF the colt should commence
when he is very young, and by those only who
are themselves educated, or at least have the
common sense enough to know how. Horses
Of high mettle are more easily educated than
those Of less or dull spirits, and are more sus-
ceptible to i'll training or bad management, and,
consequently, may he made good or bad accord
| ing to the education they receive. But horses
Of dull spirits are susceptible TO bad manage
| ment and in them may BIZ found the mort pro-
voking 0bstinacy and vicious habits Of different
characters. that render them almost worthless.
| Could the comming generation Of horses in
this country be kept, from their earliest days OF
colthood to the age Of five years, wholly in the
| hands Of careful managers, there would be =
vast difference In the general character OF these
| noble animals.
Ii colt IL never allowed to get an advantage,
| II will never know that 1t possesses . power
which man cannot control: and II made familiar
with strange objects it will no, be skittish and
nervous. Above all things, y colt should early
be taught to stop at tn. word whoa! He should
| be made to stand quietly while you are getting
| In and out Of the carriage wagon to which he
IL hitched; the lack Of this part OF his educa-
| ton subjects the person, or persons using him,
to frequent annoy ance, and often to serious in
/ jury. Nicions habits are easily induced in
/ the stable, and under no circumstances shonld
ever be tolerated. Never beat or use harsh
language to q horse in the stable, unless you
prefer vicious to clever one. A horse 10 sus.
| ceptible Of taking in vast amount Of know.
ledge; and hts education should be Of the nature
| that will render him the most safe and useful.
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