The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1886-07-29

Though her hair be black, or her hair be red,
Or her eyes be hazel, or brown,
she's fairer BY r., than the lily or rose,
The girl In the muslin gown.
The naughty Queen, In her royal robes,
With her sceptrc and golccd crown,
II not 70 fair In the month Of June
AZ the girl with the muslin gown.
On nothing fairer upon the earth
The sun or moon looks down;
She's ne sweet and fresh ae he morning breeze.
The girl in the muslin gown.
GUANO on THE BRAIN.
When you educate farmer, you educate hie
stock, his crops. you increase his producing
power, and the value of the property be invests
in. When yon educate mechanics, You educate
better products, finer things for the market.
When you educate men, You educate oil the ma
teral round about that comes under their hande.
Pit yOur guAnO on the bran-that II the way to
make good farmere.-Henry Ward Betchey.
EARLY MATURITY.
When It requires double the time to mature
one animal that II takes to mature another,
and when after maturity the slow maturing
animal II not worth o. much as the rapidly
maturing animal,it does not require argument TO
chow that the former lie Improbable. stock
that is kept for the production Of meat is prof.
table in proportion to its carly maturing qualities
In all our improved stock the object has been
to insure early maturity. The breed that will
mature the earliest IL the breed that Il finally
going to be pronounced the best beef producing
breed as the result of the contest ut our fat
stock shows. Now our scrub stock does not
neu ne1r nnfn sttS
thoroughbred and grade bcals It out or eight in
this respect, and at almost every fair that will
be held this fall that fact can be established to
the satisfaction Of everyone who will take the
trouble to make observations. Those who
have not given this matter as much investigation
az their own interests demand are urged TO do
80 and to begin At the fair. Take the trouble
to inquire rs to the age or the Shorfhorn. Here
ford, Poll-ADgus and Galloway exhibits, and
then compare the animals with those Of the
same age that are within your knowledge.
Frequently the two classcs stand side by eide
ut u fair, and that furnishes = complete opportu-
nifty to make the comparison. 1t IL very true, and
il ought not TO be forgotten that ~ y rule the
grade or thoroughbred has received better
care and treatment than the common stock has
received, hut make all the allowances that In
reason can be made, and still there will be .
very large per cent in favor Of the natural
superiority or the better stock.
Our only interest in calling attention to the
superiority of Improved stock IL that we would
like to see every farmer and breeder employ
the best instrumentalities ut hie command to
make him profits. When We cay breed up,
We know We are telling the breeder OF common
stock Of way TO greatly increase his profits.
It IL not guess work and IL not theory. 1t IL y
fact, and one that il within the personal knowl-
edge Of every man who has bred the two kinds
Of stock-Wtste.n Rural.
These generally innocent little eyc-sores are
to be found more or less on most horses that
have been 1t work: but, though doubtless arieing
from the effects Of work OF some kind. they are
In Themselves perfectly harmless. When horse
showing windEalls is lame, It IL in nineteen cases
ont Of twenty the causc Of the tumors, dwellings,
or In veterinary phrase, bursa, that lanes; not
the windgalls themselves they don't contain
wind, AZ the epithet would imply, but fluid Of
: similar nature a. that Of joint-oiD. II wind
gals were so distended by the fiuid they contain
as to become infiamed from distention, they
might occasion lamcnese; but this is very rare
~ the case. They may be relieved in tempo
rary way by rest aud bandaging, bnt are not cur
able permanently. 1t would be folly to attemp,
it, as in their usual way they do little or no
harm: whereas an attempt at radical cure might
be attended with danger. All horses, sooner OF
later, will show indications Of work; IL these are
confined to windgalls both horse aud owner are
very fortunate.
WHITE CLOVER.
White clover il an excellant plant for pasturagc,
ard is OF special value in sheep husbandry. In
like red clover, this variety is adapted to almost
every kind OF soil. White clover contains slight
" larger proportions Of woody fiber and ash
than red clover. Clover must We cut carly in
the season or the starch and sugar Of the plant
will be converted into woody fber, causing brit
tleness, and II dried too much rendering Il al
most valucleas. As clover Is much more succu-
lent than ordinary grasses, 1t requires longer 10
part with its moisture, and should not be cut
when wet with dew. lit IL put into the barn OF
stack when somewhat green, and aqnantityOf old
fodder be mixed with it, 1t gives y flavor and
freshness to the latter. and IL readily eaten by
stock. The ordinary varieties Of clover will not
thrive in the northern part Of Minnesota and Da-
kota though, M before stated, the Scotch 81
crimson clover might possibly grow there, as i,
natures very quickly, and IL more hardy thar
ordinary red or white clover. These latter yari
cites do very well in the southern part OF lhe
states named.
fRuiT PROSPECT.
The season is sufficiently advanced to enable
us to judge to some extent Of the probabilit,
| Of the fruit crop this fall. We have adyice
| from all over the Northwest from which W,
learn that apple and other fruit trees incident t
this climate. received no injury last winter
| OF course, many Of the apple r;es have no
| entirely recovered from the back-sct the
| received from the extreme cold winter OF 1885
but Ne none but iron-clads survived that sever
winter, we may reasonable expect they will al
be in pretty good condition BY this fall. Fror
all we have been able to learn, we are quit
sure Of an abundant crop Of apples this autumn
| 1t 10 true We have rot m abundance Of bearin
! trees, but such rs we have pretty well lille
with fruit. Plums will be q moderate yield
/ Moet Of the small fruit season lie passed. Currar
bushes we're moderately dlled with fruit. Their
| was not an average YIELD OF straw berries, neithe
will there be satisfactory crop OF raspberrief
Wild blueberries seem to be abundant, and tn
prospect is good for fair crop Of cranberriel
| Farm, Stock ard Home.
Dairy farming adds one dollar per acre to III
value Of land, while it saves one dollar ps
acre Of the value of the land az against graf
farming, this is two dollars per acre-good rem
Twenty Of the poorest milch cows IN the couI
try, that two men can milk In one hour and
half in the morning, and the same at the evel
ing, will pay the wages Of the two hired hand
and ful nish groceries for good sized family
| 9llnS cream NJ Ten cents gauge. III
skim milk will raise twenty hogs that will
worth So each, $40, and to this may be adds
$500 worth Of calves, ~ i clear profit over ar
above the crop raised by the two hired meI
Don't calculate on simply the price of creaI
! but take the results at the end Of the year.
nee sTINGs.
A remedy which 10 generally At hand will
found 10 finely cut smoking tobacco. pin,
OF tLis should be laid in the hollow OF the hal
and moistened. it should then be worked wi
the thumb and fore finger Of the other hand {
the juice excluded IL quite dark colored. Til
should then be applied TO the part effected, u
ing the moist tobacco ~ though It were spon
between the thumb and finger. As soon as Il
tobacco gets dry little more moisture shou
be added, and the juice pressed upon the ]
famed spot for live or ten minutes, and II til
application is resorted TO Immediately, 1t ID
certain cure. Road mud, wet, 10 also good.
POTATOES FOR HORSES.
good authority on the subject says: ut
not prehaps generally known that one OF Il
best kinds Of food for horses Is raw potatoe