River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-09-16
oURREN1 NOTES.

DOH OF stcAm TWO hourt.
CURRENT NOTES.
A driver should not become excited because
the horse does, nor try to brute force against
brute force. Ia this case the strongest brute
generally comes out winner
l9-months-old Jersey calf in Leesburg, Fla,
gives two gallons Of milk daily
Philadelphia oyster.dealer has horse that
eats oysters on the half-shell with remarkable
RELISH
California fruit grower recently picked ] :
7i9 pounds OF apricots from single tree on land
that five years ago was desert ID was a fine
indication o. a good fruit year.
France annually raises p. 600 mules.
II You have horse to sell buyers will tell you
OF his faults. IL you have TO bay you must dis
cover his vices for yourself
Lightning struck in the middle OF potato
patch at Plattsyille, Ulster County, during a re-
cent thunder storm, and scorched the vines in a
circle OF fifteen feet. Directly in the centre of
the circle the tubers were uncovered, aad many
Of them were baked.
Young horses should not 6e overloaded nor
underfed; neither should older on,s weak
horse should not be worked beside strong one,
since 1t Il difficult to properly equalze the draft
by means of the double-tree. Nor should a
slow, lazy horse be worked beside a quick, ne ~
Gus horse
There is no better grain than rye for grinding
and feeding. II makes all young animals grow
strong, and its price in the market is fully such
as TO warrant the sowing.
ANY horse may be subdued by competen
horseman who Is up in his business. A cool
common-sense driver gets the most work out
team, whether it be pulling load or driving
on the road. lie never oyer-taxes his team
never ogerloads it with harness, does not try to
make a trOtteT out of draft-horse, nor road
ster out Of Il scrub-bred horse. He feeds wei
waters carefully knows that everything abou
the team, harness, and wagon is correct, and
trains his team so it will fear nothing 80 much
as TO dsobey the driver.
Those who have the Red Jersey hogs in the
Northwest speak Of them in the most encourag-
ing terms. 1t Is claimed they will winter on
good clover hay almost well as horses or neat
stock. The hay and grass fed breed Of hogs
should be popular in this country.
man who drugs mis- horse to make his hair
sleek and ''shiny' shows little sense The
best means to keep the coat glossy is careful
aud daily grooming. This, with plenty Of oats
hay, and water, and an occasional bran mash, is
all the horse needs when in health.
An English writer estimates that in feeding
sheep under shelter 100 pounds OF turnips are
required for making one pound OF mutton. II
fed without shelter the quantity required will
be $50 pounds. No wonder Western feedera
who must gather, house, and then feed turnips,
are unfavorable to the crop, especially when il
il remembered that the climate is by no means
favorable to the cultivation OF this vegetable.
The farmer who hires takes a risk that fire.
quently ends in loss. His crops are never sure,
sometimes they fall entirely, but he has steady
outgo for labor and frequently has to draw on
capital for payment. 1t is, therefore, wise to
make every provision against loss, otherwise he
may find hired labor unremuneratiye
Sulphide Of potash has proved in our practice
all that has been claimed for it by the English
press as destroyer OF mildcw on roses chry.
santhemums, and some other greenhouse
Ilants quarter of an ounce dissolved in a
gallon Of water and thrown on the affected foli-
age with afne-nosed syringe will wholly destroy
the fungus and the leaves viii not be injured
The Gardeners Monthly suggests that agri-
cultural co leges assign small plats Of ground to
such Of the students as may desire TO cultivate
them, and in such way their tastes or inclina-
tons may lead them. These pats to be super
yiscd or overlooked by some competent person
and re ports made at the annual commencement
Of such as were found to be worthy of special
mention,