The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1886-12-08
FOF Farmers.


nights. Put 1t under the buhalo iooe
10 keep your feet warm.
To give the hens exercise hang up III
the house OF shed where they are led a
sbeaf of oats or wheat just high enough
10 compel them to jump little to get
She kernels.
Fowls required for breeders next
Watch and April should not be st'inu,
lstel NOW with hot messes, continental
swoas and meat If Winter eggs are
wanted such food is all right.
Roots should be thoroughly clean
and slightly damp when oiled. Rub in
the oil over q gentle heat, remembering
the rubbing is more important than
heating
A half dozen neighborly neighbors
NAV have fresh meat all Winter II they
will take turns in killing beef, pig or
sheep, and dividing the CARCASS equally
amongst the families
handful or so of cut hay mixed in
With the oats when horse is fed will
r,onnt him to chew his feed. Many
greedy horses swallow much grain whole
and it passes through them undigested'
Clover hay is just as good feed for
fowls AZ for horses. Cut it up fine and
pnttt in q rack on the wall Of the house
Rnd let them help themselves. II is
not at all necessary to scald or soak Il,
although many poultry keepers do SO
before feeding it.
Here's our way to keep footwear so1t
and water proof Melt and mix thorough
" one pound taliow, One-ha!t pound
beeswax. one, quarter pound resin, two
ounces meats foot oil, two ounces glycer"
inc. Apply warm.
Your hens will not need to be instruc-
ted in the proper use Of the dust box II
you will furnish their house with one.
In setting a gate post, fill the hole
with gravel and small stone, and then
run in thin cement mortar. Probably
that post will never rot, and will GER
tainlv remain solid until it does.
Ifearly filters of pigs are desired it is
none. too early to breed sows now. A lit
tile extra care and warm quarters may be
needed next March than would be re-
duired for pigs month later; but this
-hrst months growth will tell fifty to
sixty or more pounds when killing time
comes. A sow usually carries her young
two-orthree days above sixteen weeks.
which is ttihe less that four months.
To keep tools from rusting take one
half ounce camphor, dissolve in one
pound melted lard; take off the scum
and mix in as much fine black lead
(graphite) as will give 1t an iron color.
Clean the tools and smear with this
mixture. After twenty-four hours rub
clean with soft linen cloth. The tools
will keep clean for months under ordi-
nary circumstances. Or put one quart
fresh. slaked lime, one-halfpound wash
ing soda, one-half pound soft soap in
bucket and sufficient water to cover the
articles; put in the tools as soon as
possible after use and wipe them up
next morning or let them remain until
wanted.
The four feet of an ordinary OK will
make pint of meats foot oil Not
bone of any animal is thrown away.
Many cattle's shin bones are sent to
England for the making ofknife handles,
where they bring $40 per ton. The
thigh bones are the most valuable, being
worth $50 per ton for cutting into tooth
brush handles The fore leg bones are
worth $50 per ton and are made into
collar buttons, parasol handles and jewel
~, though sleeps legs are the staple
parasol handles.
Rust Remover:-U Cover the metal
withHweet oil we'll rubbed in, and allow
to stan for forty eight hours; smear
with oil applied freely with a feather
or piece of cotton wool, after rubbing
the Steel. Then rub with unslaked
lime reduced to as fine powder as
possible; or ~ Immense the article to !
be cleaned for few minutes, until all
the dirt and rust is taken of, in strong
solution of potassium cyanide, say abou
oue.half ounce in wineglassiul of water;
take it out and clean it with a tooth
brush with some paste composed OF
potassium cyanide, CASTLE soap whiting
and water mixed into paste. of about
a consistency of thick cream.
We killed bu6aloes by the ten thousand
for their hides and now we can't find
specimen to mount for our museums.
The geese that lay the golden eggs are
getting as scarce as the buffaloes, but it
will not be long before We will realize
that we are nation of geese. Burn the
forests on the mountains because they
belong tn the Government and then be
flooded ont of our houses In the foothill
towns the next Spring. There is no lack
Of water during one week of the fifty-two
and drough follows for the balance Of
The year. The cyclone is not too much
air but it is air too rapid IN its motion.
We SOW little wind every time we
clear an acre ofwoodland. After while
the harvest comes in the whirlwind.
We SOW the seeds of drouth when We
burn the seeds Of the pine and spruce.
Let us he more moderate and nature |
will fall back into her old ways of moder
ation.-Ex.
"A fat, well-proportioned pig will dress |
q larger proportion Of his carcass in valu-
able meat than any other farm animal.
The loss in killing, blood. hair and offal,
varies considerably with the breed be-
ides Individual peculiarities. Small
boned hogs like Essex, fully grown and
fattened all their lives, dress away a
surprisingly small proportion. Harris
tells Of one which after sticking weighed
AS pounds, and weighed next day, after
dEYlng out all night, 400 pounds. This
Is loss Of only s per cent. Sows that
have borne litter, however well fatten
ed, lose most proportionably in dressing
They have always a very large digestive
apparatus. 1t is good practice when
killing TO put the pig on the scales alive !