Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-07-20
Farm and Household.
Hints and SUGGESTIONS.

Hints and SUGGESTIONS.
1t is a great mistake to fence on a /
farm vegetable garden, and lay it
out IN beds which require hand cul-
ture. Make the garden In the open
field, and plant IN long rows, wide
enough apart to cultivate with a
horse, and the greater part Of the
labor viii be saved.
What the horse eats, says Field and
Farm, he anand viii digest inside Of
four hours; therefore, he should be fed
often and have rich material in his
stomach in small bulk. The chances
Of many a good racehOrse have been
spoiled by starvation A horse or q
man with an empty stomach can
never put forth his best feats of
strength or speed. 1t has taken
trOtting horse trainers thirty years
to learn this, but those who win have
learned it.
An old farmer, who had given a
note in payment for new patent
''reaper and binder" came into the
house to pay up. Glow does she
gO?' asked the cashier, as he handled
the bill. ''Wen, We see, this time last
/ year I sOt on the fence with a cigar in
/ my mouth and an umbrella over
me, and watched thirty men DeaPin'
my field. This year 1 reaped it my
self, and thirty men sOt on the fence
| and watched me.
1t is an excellent plan, the American
CultivatOr says, as soon as potatoes
are well up to go over the piece and
throw a handful Of a mixture Of salt
and ashes on each hill. The prepar-
alton is soon washed down into
the ground by rains. 1t repels in
sects, makes the potatoes fair and
smooth and helps to draw moisture
Othe potato during a dry time.
An emulsion of kerosene oil with
milk has been highly recommended
as aninsecticide fOruse in the orchard
and garden; but the New England
/ Farmer advises caution in applying
it, lest it do more harm than good.
The emulsion should be perfect, and
not too strong, or it viii destroy ten
der plants and the bark of trees.
Some one who processes to know
declares that, for working purposes
the mule is more economical than the
horse. 1t eats less and viii do as
much work. Sickness among mules
is an exception. 1t costs less to keep
them, less to shoe them-fOr theiI
feet are much harder than those o,
the hOrse-and they are more patient
than the horse.
Milking seems to be getting more
and more the work of a specialist, says
the Rural New Yorker. Good mixers
on dairy farms are generally sure o
the best wages. They get more milk
than careless or Indifferent hands
r would, consequently they represent
so much cash saved to their employ
ers. Some men are naturally gOOC
mixers. They have a firm yet gentle
. hand and a way Of getting the cows
best confidence. No man can be Z
good mixer until he does get the cow
confidence.
In earliest years we have no great
er pleasure than in manipulating &
heap of sand; and old age, however
rich in honor and regard, finds the
most satisfying delight ina gardened
; country home; it is the nearest O
, Earth to Heaven. We can do moth
. inc, for children more certain to pro
cure them happiness than lead then
J to appreciate and cultivate these
/ simple, natural pleasures, the plant
- ing of seeds, the setting Ofslips anC
cuttings and observation Of theil
developments these are lessons for thu
very young. Later, such higher arts
: as grating, and the still more init
mate cO-labOring with nature which
. the originating of new hybrid crosses
> implies constitute a most fascinating
, recreation and pursuit.