Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-12-04

the inner bark OF the red Oak tree III
half a gallon of water down to "A quart.
Take a pound of the mixture. pour in 2
gill Of the red oak bark decoction. stir
it well, and then add the carbolic
water until the whole is the consistency
of dough, but do not have il too stiff.
Give them all they will eat of it. In
fact, keep it before them all the time.
Those that do not eat should be forced
10y examining with a tablespoonful of
the mixture twice 4 day. This will be
absolutely necessary with turkeys.
Give Lo water until he birds begin to
recover Then add twenty drops of
carbolic acid and tablespoonful of the
red oak bark solution TO each pint of
the drinking water. Keep the sick
birds dry and warm. disinfect all drop
pings as soon rs they accumulate, and
bury or burn all dead birds.
RAISING SEEDING POTATOES.
In no line OF agricultural research
can the e%xperimenter find a more var
led field for interesting study than in
the growing of cross-bred, or, as they
are often incorrectly termed. hybri-
died potato seedlings 1t is remark
able how persistently n potato will re-
ain many of It's original characteris-
ties and how marked these will be often
in its seedlings. although the parent
variety be old and run out Blood
viii tell rs surely in potatoes as in
animals.
True hybrids-that is, the result of
crosses between two species-gencr-
ally partake more of the character of
the male than the female parent, but
this is not the ease with crosses be-
tween two varieties of the same species
of potatoes. Seedlings of the Early
Rose, no matter from what variety the
pollen has been taken. almost invar-
iably bear a marked general resem-
blance to the mother variety.
With numerous other crosses, however,
the opposite result follows, and in
somc instances the leading character
istics of both parents are combined.
a Seeding may bear foliage almost
identical with n of the parents. while
the tubers may closely resemble the
other.
There are new phases constantly be-
ing brought To notice which are deeply
interesting, but he who enters this
field Of work with a view to financial
profit will meet with many discourage
ments. Out of thousands Of seedlings
there NAV not bc one that will stand a
general lest and prove better than its
older competitors, 1t is a lottery in
which the number Of blanks are SEEM
ingly far out of proportion to the pri-
yes. We would not, however, discour-
age experimenting, but rather encour-
age it, even though the odds are
against financial success.
LARGE HORSES Fol- HI FARM.
Prairie Farmer: There can be no
doubt but that the importation of
French. English and Scotch draft
horses has greatly improved the stand
ard of the farm horse in this country.
While pure or nearly pure blood horses
of these breeds may prove too large for
farm work. it is quite certain that the
native horses. on the whole are too
small At least for the west. The intro
duction of self-binding reapers. sulky
plows and other implements of heavy
draft. has created an increased de-
mand for heavier horses for farm work.
While in the way Of general utility, ac-
tivity ana strength, u native horses
are very good. it is evident that they
cannot cope with larger horses in do
ing the heavier part of farm work, with
the machinery and implements now III
use. Progressive farmers see the wis
dom OF crossing with the large and
powerful foreign breeds, The result of
these crosses can be seen in near
" every part of the country. 1t is
doubtful if the sulky pillow, sclf-bind-
ing reaper, and many other useful m
plements, would be in SO general use
to-day. were it not for such causes.
Another thing in their favor is that
any surplus stock can always find n
ready sale. Indeed, so great is the de-
mand for grades of the draft breeds in
the cities and in the lumber camps of
the north, and prices offered are SO
tempting to farmers, that they find 1t
difficult to retain Il team Of such horses
for their " use. The great increase
in the importation Of draft horses for
breeding purposes shows that the pop
ular demand for them is general and
permanent.