Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1886-01-02
FARM NOTES.

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successful farmer.
Generally successful mans creates
debt is to his difficulties.
Every dimes worth of paint saves S
worth Of wood.
Butter tubs should be Thoroughly
cleansed and then soaked in brine befor
packing down butter in them, which vii
materially assist in preventing the butte
from being tainted.
A few statistics may be of service: Al
ordinary barrel contains A. solid feet;
bushel contains atrihe over II solid feet
. solid foot of water weighs 62k pounds
al acre contains A, 260 square ieet.
Whatever COWS you may have to win
ter, If in milk, keep them warm ant
fully fed on rich food to the extent 0
their digestion. If store cows feed so a
to keep in good condition for spring.
1t is said that in packing apples fol
shipping the fruit should be filled two
inches higher than the head of the bar
rel, 30 that when pressed down it viii
not shake by rough handling in the carr
or in being delivered.
Ii you have young calves or colts the
time to comm ence their education il
Immediately after weaving. Teach them
TO lead and obey tie word of command
1t Is the groundwork of future business
Rows of willows are profitable in
meadow lands as permanent fence posts,
which can be pulled or topped once ir
i've years, and thus furnish and album
dance of good frewood for kitchen use
in the summer.
Drainage deepens, aer2tes and breaks
down into friability tough, hard clays.
The action of frosts upon such a soil
when saturated with water is to eau 20 it
TO run together. When filed with the
vapor of water-the natural condition
the soil is disintegrated by the action of
freezing and thawing.
Bees, to be made sure and profitable
producers, must be cared f)r and fed at
certain seasons just as surely as poultry,
and their product of honey can be Just
O. certainly relied upon. There is no
more fascinating work than the care of
bees when one becomes interested in
it.
1t is said that while peameal is great
butter producing food. 1t is very dan
gerous to feed it in large quantities. 1t
is much worse than finely ground corn
meal for forming into balls in the stom-
ach, repelling the gastric juice, and THIS
creating inflammation of the stomach.
The most safe way to feed is to mix it
well with plenty of oilmeel, new pro-
cess.
For trees and plants of undoubted
hardness there are some advantages
and no great risks in fall planting. Some
kinds, like larch, birch aud beech, it is
always best to plant in the fall. With
evergreens it is different; plant only in
the spring or Just after midsummer. At
fall planting can be done the better; if
leaves remain, strip them of. Stake
securely in windy places and mound up
Never plant tree or shrub deeper
than the collar.
Every farmer should have a workshop
and the necessary tools to work with.
He will rapidly learn to attend to much
of his own repairing of the ordinary i'm.
plements and machines upon his prem
Uses instead of mourning the delay, ex-
pense and uncertainty of depending on
professionals at q distance. A person
becomes very expert in the use of good
tools after short experience, and many
thus save many adollar without consum-
ing any tine necessary for the usual de-
mands of the farm.
The new wheat pest lately discovered
in Milwaukee, when viewed by the naked
eye, was scarcely discernible, being the
merest atom. When put under the rays
of a powerful megnifying glass it is seen
to be an active midget, transparent in
body and apparently terminated from
the grain. It's industry is shown by the
samples of the berry which are reduced
almost to dust through its workings. The
bin in which these workers were dis.
covered is, strangely enough, selected
wheat culled from the choicest lots that
had been sent in.
The most extensive cabbage farm in
the world is near Chicago. 1t consists
of 100 acres in the cabbage district" as
it is called, which comprises 2,5e0 acres
of rich, heavy soil, especially adapted to
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plants to set the 100 acres. and counting
those used in resetting, 80, 100000 for the
whole district under cultivation. The
bulk of the crop is sent south in box cars
to supply q demand which exists after
the consumption Of the southern crop,
which owing to the climate, cannot be
stored for future use.,
All of the wood for home use should
be cut before the end of the month; it is
q great mistake to put of cutting wood
Until after mid-winter. After January
the sap of most of trees starts every
warm day, and before March, most of the
seasons, the zap rises in many trees so as
to fill them with water to an extent that,
unless great care is taken in drying the
wood, it will beign to decay before it is
dry. Some kinds of wood if is more i'm
portant to cut than others. Birch, beech
and poplar should, if possible, be cut
quite early in the autumn, but walnut,
white oak and white ash may be cut in
January any day very well.
As the year draws to q close every
tarmef who expects to prosper should
carefully examine his accounts, that, he
may learn his exact financial condition;
there is nothing like having the courage
to look our indebtedness square in the |
face. that we may learn Just shat efforts |
We have to make to meet it. Many an |
individual, by keeping the amount Of his |
indebtedness from himself. has Quietly
aid TO the brink Of bankruptcy before |
he was aware of his insolvent condition. |
Once Q year every individual, whatever
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