Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-10-09
THE FARM.


ground.
Indiana Farmer: Improve upon
your former methods, but don't throw
aside the certain; don't get the special
ty craze and rush into something You
know very little about.
Chicago Herald: Seeds kept too
long lose a portion Of their vitality.
Melons, however, when grown from
fresh seed are said to run to vine, while
old seed gives more productive plants.
Christian Union: Chestnut culture
in this country is IN industry which is
still in its infancy, and the profits and
possibilities Of which are not yet fully
realized; but the subject Is one worthy
of careful investigation 10y practical
men.
New York World. Vegetable mat
ter in the soil is absolutely essential to
the growth of the higher order of veg
citation. Where this Is wanting COM
mercial manurcs nay bo added in any
quantity with no appreciate results in
bcnetiting crops. But supply the need
ed organic matter and the growth and
luXuriancc of the crops will surprise
you. The object of fertilization is to
insure I'm abundance of elements going
to form vegetation.
Farm, Field and Workman: What
ever farming may have been in the
past, the time has come when the
highest intelligence is demanded us
necessary qualification on the part of
the agriculturist. That is to say, pace
must be kept with the spirit of the
times that has developed fully as much
in agricultural machinery as in other
departments of industry. New and
improved seeds and plants must also
be looked after, else the farmer will be
left in the lurch.
Western Rural: A bobbinet vail is
deemed necessary in the apiary. 1t is
well to have several. 50 that visitors
may always be provided for and feel
safe. During Il good yield of honey,
one may work among the bees day af-
ter day without getting stung, but if by
accident a frame be dropped or some
thing occur by which a few bees are
mashed, instantly they are up in arms
and ready for the fray. AT times like
this it is very convenient to have Il vail
to pull down over ones face.
At a recent meeting of an agricultural
society in England the subject of dis
eases of animals was discussed, and Il
remedy suggested for worms in the
lungs of sheep. The treatment, briefly,
was to shut the animals affected in a
close room and require them to inhale
the fumes of sulphur. Calves subject
to this same disease are to be treated
in the same way. The presence of
worms in the lungs may be known by
the animals having Il constant trouble
some cough. But do not carry the flu
migation to strangulatiOn.
One of the best and cheapest devices
for ploughing to prevent barking trees
in orchards is Il short whihictrcc with
the hooks for the traces ON the Back,
and so fixed that the traces will have
to be passed over the end. Thus
when the whinictrce rubs against a tree
the latter is protected by the leather.
There was once Il patent on this de-
vice, but it has long since expired.
Most cellars in early winter will be
decidedly benefited by thorough ven
tilation, The air is usually too warm
at this season, and ventilating on cold
days to lower the temperature will not
only remove the foul air, but will also
to some extent prevent the decay of
vegetables which causes it. With Il
thermometer in the cellar it is easy TO
decide when the air approaches a frecz-
inc point, and after this the ventilation
may be restricted to warm days in
winter when no danger Of frost need
be apprehended.
j. II. Hale, of Connecticut, has used
commercial fertilizers exclusively for
the past six or eight years for the small
fruit plantations. For phosphoric acid
he used finely ground bone; also nj
tratc of potash and nitrate of soda, sui
phate IF amonia and dried blood.
Nothing has paid so well IN that land
rs nitrate of soda; it will show in
t%wenty-four hours after being appl ed
to grass or plants, but care must be
taken not to use more than Il hundred
pounds at a time to the acre of nursery
plants. Applied just before rain, and
three or four times during the season,
Mr.. Hale says the growth is wonder
full.
National Stockman and Farmer: If
reports are TO be believed, much Of the
western range is likely to 90 into next
winter in very poor condition to sup
port grazing cattle. There are districts
thus bare of sustenance every winter,
but the area in the next cold season
threatens to be unusually large. The
range is reported brown and bare in
many places, and the most favorable
fall season could hardly put 1t in good
condition. This state of things Is not
by any means universal, although it is
unfortunately of very wide extent. I'm
der these circumstances a severe winter
would probably be a disastrous n