The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1886-04-09
FARM AND GARDEN.
a Few Points of Interest to the
HuSbandman.

The InduStrlalist, OF Kansas, says a
bushel of corn in that State is worth
less than a dozen eggs.
travel acts i'll the place of teeth in
fowls. This serves to help grind down
The food i'll the gizzard. Keep them
supplied. The sharper the gravel the
better.
Hollyhock seeds started now will
make plants of a nice size for setting
out by May. If then set in good, rich
soil they will grow rapidly and bloom
at about the ordinary time.
The quantity of sumac imported into
America for tanning purposes increases
yearly, amounting to from 5000, 600 to
2O,O0o,0 900 pounds, and taking . half
million dollars from the country an
nually.
Cobs are good for smoking meat, as
hey give it a good flavor. Keeping a
small fire a longer time is better than
quick smoking. as too much heat givcs
The meat Il strong flavor and Injuries its
sweetness.
Grape cuttings tor spring planting
may be made now. Cut into convenient
lengths for packing. lie cuttings into
small punches and pack in sand, stand
ne them on end to remain until needed
or use.
Virginia City Nev.) Chronicle:
sheep killing on the railroad track is
becoming Il popular sport. The last ex-
plot was that of an engineer running a
rain neal Reno, who killed forty ami
mails out OF a possible 700.
A sloppy wet floor III Il hen house is
an abomination, and invariably brings
on cramp, colds and Group. 1t may be
700 late now to raise your iloori if it is
of that description, but you can put
boards in and cover them with litter.
For the squash grub borer dissolve
;Wo ounces OF saltpctrc in one and a
half gallons of water. and use it fire.
l%nently around the roots and stems,
commencing soon after the plants are
1p. Use at intervals OF not longer
han four or five days.
ANY surplus %honeycomb living
around AT this season should be expos
I'd to hare cold so that the eggs of the
moth or miller may be frozen. Combe
should also be kept out of the way of
The rats and mice, as they will devour
t when hard pressed for food.
Mice may be cleared out Of root eel
ia1s or pits by the following process:
Soak some peas in water until they are
swollen, then roll them in arsenic and
oury very shallow in light earth. The
nice will find and dcvour them in pref
renee to plants Oh vegetables.
When wintering early cabbage plants
n frames. it must not be forgotten that
hey need plenty of air when the temp
erature is above thawing point; in very
cold weather, however, the frames NAV
-cmain closed for days together without
injury.
To destroy the cabbage worm take
Underground black pepper and finely
ground salt, mixed with a little plaster
20 increase the bulk. This is busted on
With Il fine wire SITTER while the dew is
IN. 1t Will kill the worms at oncc. The
same remedy may be used for cxt1rpat-
ng the currant worm.
The mar who drugs his horse to
make his hair sleek and shiny shows
little sense. The best means to keep
thc coat glossy is careful and daily
grooming. This, with plenty of oats
and water and an occasional bran mash,
5 all the horse needs when in health.
The arsenic groom should be discharg-
ed.
When a stumpl Is burned. piling around
it some sods which will become heated
thoroughly changes them to a valuable
manure. In some parts of England it
IS a common practice to gather sods
from waste places, which, after
thoroughly drying. are burned and the
ashes and charred earth spread on cult
catcd fields.
Small. compact, conceal mounds of
earth, beaten smooth late in the au-
tumn, around the base of pear and APP
pie trees, will keep mice away from the
bark; but if this has been neglected,
special attention should be given. when
ever there is a fresh fall of snow, to
have il trodden hard around every tree.
This will c~tfectually keep the pests
away.
In no other kind of stock is there SO
great a promise of higher prices, and,
consequently, of profitable speculation,
man thinks. The advance in the price
Of wool and sheep which will likely take
place in the spring will make quite q
handsome profit for those who buy
sheep at present prices.
A well known horticulturist SAYS the
best time to take off cuttings of the
gooscbcrry and curtant is in August OF
carly in September, that the natura.
warmth of the soil may operate as
bottom heat before chilled by frosts.
Shopts of the current years growth
are "cut eight inches long, and placed
verticahy in Gpmpacted soil with m inch
of the top exposed.
If you have let your work horses
unfortunately get thin during the win
ter lose no time in feeding up. The full
strength of the animals will be rcquir.
ed in blowing and seeding time. Il
is poor ~ecoApony to stint animals upon
which so mulch depends in successful,
prosecuting 2he labors of the farm. i
is, in fact. POOR economy to- lot any
farm animal SET thin.