The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1886-07-29
HINTS AND HELPS.
Milk in q darkencd stable.

Milk In q darkencd stable.
select the best fruit for canning.
Fowls need green food Mt this season in ordcr
to thrive.
Currying mich cows IL recommended by many
nice butter makers.
The gre a;cr variety Of crops the moro oppor-
tunites are afforded for profit.
Sprinkle little salt, occasionally, over the
cabbages after the heads have set. II promotes
growth.
Ifwater Is used for milk setting, change fire.
qucntly, nee ice, or lose cream. Take your
choice.
Eat deliberately. and let at least half an hour
eiapec after eating before going into the hot Gun
to work.
Every we'll fed COW will make So worth Of
manure per annum from her night droppings
alone.
The white Brahma lie the most Trustworthy
breed in the garden. They scratch the least o.
any.
A poultry house lined with tarred paper comes
nearest being yermin proof of anything yet
Known.
Now IL an excellent time to push young pigs,
AZ they grow very rapidly after the weather be-
comes warm.
Public water troughs are places ut which in
fectious diseases are spread.
good mixture for sowing il \ bushel and q
peck Of orchard grass and hall bushcl OF oat
grass.
Bad slough water viii make milk that con-
tains fermentivc organisms and that Is liable to
decay. Made into butter or cheese the latter
will not keep. See that the cows 90 not quench
their thirst In bsrnyard pools.
By keeping land in clover, cutting the fret
crop and ploughing upper the second, New
York farmer produced 100 bushels Of shelled corn
per acre. The fertilizer used was handful Of
hen manure around each hill Of corn.
Any man who says put tarrcd paper around
your trees doesn't kfiow his business. fOn car
kill more trees with tarred paper than all the
mice and rabbits in the country can kill.
Barrenncss in Cows frequently arise from the
presence Of too much fat. Neither too Tat Eol
too lean happy med nm-rcndcrs the organs
Of reproduction the most active.
report to the Ohio state board Of agriculture
says that thirty bushels OF hen manure on al
acre caused production Of 22,6S5 pounds Of
ouione. A largely increased amount OF thi,
manure decreased the yield. Ten Thousand
pounds Of horsc manure produced :2,625 pounds
Of onions. Save and apply, not to freely, the
hen manure.
Uarvcsters that have been sheltered can nov
be cleaned, oiled and made ready for use in !
ehort time, Those that have been outdoors
year must be taken to the machine shop-o
thrown into the scrap pile.
Cultivate the strawberry beds. This meanl
clean old beds for next year, and also stronger
plants for the new beds you propose to set.
Save seed OF sweet corn. peas, beans and 81
garden vegetables from the earliest maturing
plants. Always plant selections from the best
The market for butter IL good in winter
| calves thrive at that time; then there IL warn
stable. no flies, and time to give good care.
Every boy and girl on the farm should stud!
botany. The science will open vast field o
enjoyment during future life.
Experimentalists Say that bread mixed will
ekim milk Instead OF water will add to the nutri
| ment in the proportion Of two and one-hal
ounces to each pint Of milk nsed
The walking gait with farm horse is the on
most used, and it should be the effort Of ever
farmer to breed only such horses as have
quick, active, walking gait. horse that ca
walk of steadily from fonr 10 five miles an hou
is worth more to the farmer than one that cal
trot inside OF three minutes.