Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-03-23
GENERAL STOCK AND FARM.

Inc seeds OF early tomatoes egg
plants, cabbage, peppers, ETC., may be
! planted in boxes, and the boxes kept
near window In the house.
A 'warm NASH Of mixture Of two
parts bran and one Of middlings Is an
excellent invigOratOr and remedy for
! COWS that have the scOUrs from too much
/ grass early in the season.
Fire is the best preventive of disease
In orchards and vineyards. If all the
/ old wood be piled up and burned It viii
| greatly lessen disease and insect attacks.
1t should be done early in the season.
By running a smoothing harrow over
the WheGt-feld the young plants VIII be
! greatly benefited. One harrow viii not
! iniure the wheat, but viii assist In cover
ing grass seed that may have been sown
early in the year.
Where there is plenty Of range or
mash in the fall a Cross of some hardy
breed Of hogs, such as the Chester
/ Whites. with the native stock, viii pro-
duce a better hog under such circum-
stances than if pure breeds be used ex-
cluaively.
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potatoes to two eyes. If they be desired
early, for home use, thin out the plants
to a single one In the hill. This viii
give earlier, larger and more uniform
potatoes, but the yield will not be as
large as when two plants are left 80 the
hill"
There are $4,000 acres Of vineyards
along the Hudson River Valley, II. z,
and the average yield is four tons to the
acre. At 3 cents per pound this means
$240 per acre TO the grower. Some
grow larger crops than this average, and
realize at least $500 per acre in the sales.
J If the grape vines have not been
trimmed there Is but little time for so
doing. To postpone such work viii be
to injure the vines. It should be done
during cold Weather, before the sap
begins to rise, or the vines will 'bleed, :"
and a failure to bear viii result.
It pays better sometimes to keep a
patch Of rye for pasturing instead OF al
lowing it to grow and mature. IF used
as green food until grass shall become
plentiful the rye may be ploWed under
and the land put In German Inillet, which
is a summer crop. By this method no
loss Of time OF crop will result.
American CultivatOr: Ten acres well
titled is sufficient to support family /;
and when this fact is fully demonstrated
and fully appreciated, the number Of
farms viii be doubled, and the yield will
be increased in still greater ratio, while
much OF our abandoned lands will TEEN
with abundant harvests and thorough
culture.
The utility Of windmills on the farm
is now very generally recognized, and
they are seen dOtting hundreds Of farms
where five years ago none we're to be
found. A western farmer writes that
with his windmill he grinds all kinds Of
feed, makes a good article Of corn meal
and graham -four, shells corn, runs a
feed cutter and 29-inch wood saw.
The soft maple has not been sRtisfac-
tory as a shade tree for street or lawn,
and for this reason has been condemned
and tabooed by horticultural writer's, and
its value as a timber tree has been lost
sight of. When closely planted In q
grove, the tendency to split or break is
overcome. It is easy Of propagation,
transplants well, grows rapidly, and is
one Of the best trees for fuel
Only a few years ago, much was said
and printed about "dairy belt" in this
country. Careful figuring showed that
good butter could not prohtsbiy be
made outside Of a prescribed limit. But
the statement is rarely made, nowadays;
In fact, the so-called "belt'' is no longer
= recognized. Excellent butter is made in
TexaR and other regions formerly de-
clared unfit for dairying-
l The question as to the best packages
for shipping honey was discussed at the
recent meeting of the North American
Bee Keepers Association. After a long
discussion a vote was taken, when it ap-
7 peared that thirteen would use tin pack
ages, four preferred wood, and forty
! would use both, as occasion required
, The cheap 'lead TIM was denounced
: For shipping large quantities OF honey
. oak barrels were preferred by some Of
the members.
, Major Alvord, Of Amherst, Mass, hal
8 for several years kept an accurate record
Of the milk yield of summer mixers Rnc
those Of winter, the latter kept under ia
vOrabIe conditions, and has found tina
. winter mixers, as a rule, give about J.,
: 600 pounds more milk in a season thar
! spring mixers. As winter milk is always
better than the summer quality, thu
4 1000 pounds Of milk should be WOrtt
: at least S12 more than the summer yield
: With dairy Of twenty-five COWS, thu
= would be $3O0-enough for a man and
. his wife to go in August to the Whit,
I mountains on a tour, or, better, perhaps
! to buy three or four more frst-cIass dairy