The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1886-03-19
FARM AND GARDEN.

FARM AND GARDEN.
Gleanings from the Agricultural
Press.
About $1,000 acres is said to consti-
tute fair Texas ranch.
Tho cranberry crop in 1885 was 90O,-
900 bushels, the largest crop ever
grown.
Farmers in some closely farmed dis
tricts are questioning the economy of
chance help.
A flock of sheep in Kentucky soaked
BY rain froze together in the succeeding
blizzard.
Three creameries In Madison county,
Iowa, pay 1925, 900 to $3.50, 600 annual
ly for milk and cream.
The Texas Stockman thinks steer
yearlings will open at not less than $8
and will 60 to $40 before the season is
over.
An elm transplanted is said to make
no more wood in twelve or fifteen years
than one in mother soil will in ten
years.
Many of the diseases among hogs are
caused by keeping them in dark, un-
ventilated cellars. where the gases from
the manure poison the arr.
The manager of the Dwight farm in
Dakota attributes the quality of grain
grown in that territory to the large
quantity of alkali found in that soil.
In buying feed stuffs always have due
regard to the amount and value of the
manure their consumption will leave
available for use upon the farm.
The wisdom of shortening the dis
tance for immature racers is being dis
cussed. Speed alone. without thought
of endurance, seems to be the sole OBJ.
ject of breeder and trainer.
H. c. Burleigh, before the New Eng
land farmers Club, advised beginners
who enter into meat production, not to
''expcct too much from blood, neither
expect to succeed without It. Both are
indispensable to insure success"
The Poultry World says that the
great success attained in developing the
Plymouth Rock and Wyandotte breeds
has greatly encouraged the making of
new varieties. Dozens of men are
quietly at work building up new breeds.
A successful dairyman in Illinois says
that he is now feeding one hundred
cows, and that none of them get q
pound of hay. He feeds altogether on
corn fodder, cut when in blossom, then
bound and set up till cured. He har-
vests about seven tons of this feed from
an acre, and maintains that it is far
preferable to hay Or other rough food.
The cultivation of sumac is exciting
Increased attention every year, owing
to the increased importation from Italy
and tho higher price the imported
product obtains over our native growth
about $50 per tony, as we'll as to the
now ascertained fact that the industry
of gathering and preparing the leaves
in this country does not keep pace with
the demand for the product.
The american Cultivator says {:
"Many persons are prevented from u.s.
ing petroleum on woodwork by fear
that it will make the wood more inflam-
mable. This is not the case. The oil
enters the pores and so fills them that
the wood is harder and less likely to ig-
mite than before. Coal oil or crude
petroleum, with something to give it
body. makes a cheap paint for all wood
on implements, and to coat over the
iron work of plows and cultivators to
prevent them from rusting in the win
ter"
Every bee master should take special
pains in spring to ascertain constantly
the amount of store each hive contains.
If he has uncappcd most of the honey,
and this has resulted in larger supply
being required to maintain the increas-
ing number of bees, it is evident the
hive will starve unless syrup is applied
to it, or honey in considerable quantity
is being gathered. A stimulated hive
requires additional care in this respect,
and its wants must be supplied artificial
ly if they arc not satisfied naturally.
Cream cheese is made in England as
follows: Take a quart of cream, or, if
not desired very rich, add thereto one
pint of new milk. Warm it in hot wa
ter till about 98 deg, add a tablespoon
full of rennet, let it stand till thick, then
break it slightly with spoon and place
it in a frame in which you have previ-
ously put fine canvas cloth, press it
slightly with weight, let it stand a few
hours, then put a finer cloth in the
frame: a little powdered salt may bc
put over the cloth. 1t will be fit for use
in day or two.
There is no way to make good cheese
except by using the whole milk Skim
ming the milk at night, and adding the
skim milk to the mornings milk, will
not answer. 1t makes fair quality of
cheese, but the difference in price of the
better article will be more than the
value of the cream taken off. Our
Canadian neighbors, knowing this fact.
have secured the English markets,
where American cheese was once in
demand. 1t does not pay to make
poor article. There is small gain at
first, but heavy loss in the end.
The Farmers Adyocate, Can, speci-
fies the following winter food for the
stallion: Oats, with mixture of clean,
early cut timothy and clover, should be
the basis of the ration, but as all
animals delight in a change of diet,
other foods should be used to make
variety. Wheat bran is not only food
rich in bone and muscle forming
material, but is the medicine for the
bowels-also the safest and cheapest.
Corn and barley should also be given
for change. and when greater varie-
ty is desired. small quantities of wheat
and oil cake NAV be given.