The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1886-10-23
FARM NOTES.

f! W ben the hurry OF tara. work ceases
in autumn there are many opporuui.ie,
To make improvement, ior which the sea-
son is favorable and the time propituoas.
All things considered. the largest flow
Of milk is the most profitable. uuless il is
secured at too gres. expense. Reason
nus. be used here as in all other things.
The current worm should te destroyed
while small with dust Of hellebore or
pyrethrum- The latter. being perfectly
harmless. i to 10 more highly recon-
mendei.
Destroying beetle i, equal to killing
fifty gFubs. When meadows become in.
Tested it is well to torn in the hogs and
let them root. They vii! destroy thou--
ands of grubs.
A few trees, eYergfeens and towering
shrubs planted among the hives help to
remove the sameness Of the scene, and in
summer give a grateful shade tn The bees
aud their keeper.
To prevent watermelon VICES from
bugs, a South Carolina grower recon-.
mends charcoal dust. or coal-kiln dirt,
busting abont pint over EACH hill VIXEN
the plants are young
Plow the whea. land early, so as tc &c.
It in good condition before seeding time.
Many crops Of wheat are injured BY
hurry when preparing the land. a tine
seed bed /. oi grea. importance with
wheat.
England buys $40, o52. ssi worth Of the
go, s0j, S24 worth q bacon we export; OF
hams, s2.45l.9sO worth out OF the s..
23l. 500; nearly half OF the 50. 4G2, 53S Of
pork. and about ous.thiTi Of our surplus
lard
IL tbs care Of eggs while waiting Tor
Matching = place is preferred that is
neither hot nor cold, damp nor dry. Ii
the eggs are to be kept but a ht.ls while
turning them will answer. box or casket
being sufficient.
For crossing On the common shsep. il
good choice mutton ia the object, no
breed is superior TO the Southdown. Ii
is not only hardy, bat. like The nerino.
capable Of foraging over large surfaces
and securing a large portion of its food.
There i, greater loss OF water on IN
cultivated soil than when the soil is
broken up and rendered fine. Stirring
the soil breaks the capillary tubes
through which the water ia drawn up by
the heat and eyaporated. and tho loose
soil prevents this. acting as a mulch
Market gardening ia more profitable
than general farming. wherever sales can
be made easy and with moderate trans
portstion, permitting all products to 60
into use while yet fresh. Such oppor-
tunities, unemployed. may be found in
the vicinity Of every village having Jew
thousand population.
After years OF solemn warning from the
highest veterinary authorities in the land
regarding the danger Of spreading the
fatal cattle disease, pleuro-pneumonia,
and as many years OF careless neglect,
the plague now threatens to preyade
Western States, which may measure their
losses BY millions.
A stone in the highway embedded fas.
to receive the impact Of thousand
wheels will in tho course Of a single week
do enough damage. perhaps, to pay q
hnndred.fold the cost Of removing it--yet
in any country road district the stone
will stay until all its angles are rounded
or its substance worn away by attrietioD.
One oil tho frat requirements for sue.
successful bean culture 10 to have the
land as free as possible from weeds. Foul
land is the cause OF more failures in rails.
ing this crop than any fault Of the clmat,
or soil. When our farmers get into more
careful and thorough ways Of farming
and fewer weeds are grown, these specia
crops will BE- more successful.
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| a special from sherman, Texas, dated
the l4th inst, says; Late adyices iron