The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1888-05-04

T. ciean the red lice out OF the her-
touse. b1rn sulphur and old tobacco
esFes 10 n
Lafhs make a good and cheap fencing
Tor Foaiiry yards. though cot quite s.
faucifll rs Nlre-Hetsing.
White fowls, when dressed for market,
d not how pin-festheT holes as black
feufhcred chickens do
An agricultural writer recommend.
giving sheep mess Of ground oats every
eFeuiag between now aud ismbing time.
Uadrr -drainiag lands raises its TEN
perzture from twenty 10 thirty degrees,
greatly increasing its producing qualities.
Horses graHflg enjoy and thrive upon
d. Systematic cuTrying and rubbing
a1ms can not fuss" with their horses
... nuch.
sone are recommending renewed at
trnfion % the cultivation Of fax. which
l. said n9w 70 give 3 profit on both straw
AMI seed.
A liberal sprinkling Of dry earth. and
hiso . solution of cOpperas, should be
made once a week in 4 stable of dairy
miioh cows
Il il den ed that fowls and turkeys in
lure the grain by roaming through il,
while II Is clear gain for them TO devour
siugs and enrich the soil.
A horficulfurist saws make cuttings Of
curFants and gooseberries now-six
i1che. ioug-6nd insert them vertically
h mellow soil, pressing them down
With care. It ID said the English wal
nut can be successfully grown in this
country. even in the northern st2ies.
But our common walnut is richer and
better.
Grapes ere recommended ss the best
cro.z 70 grow on grsy-liy hillsides, but
il hiiiy land the north hilisides are usu-
ally productive. and Will support good
crops e al kinds
II you do not make ways for surface
EEier 4 will kill the life out Of the soil
AZ sir and the oxygen in it give lifs to
sniranls, - Il makes life profitable and
supports i IN the soil
Manure in a heap. according to Mr..
Stewart. does not lose anything by eyap-
ornfion and fermentation A heap Of
fsimeufing manure is undergoing rapid
decay ready for plsnt food
Ds farmer feels more al leisure at this
season tlHn il spring or sumner he can
keep himself employed smuggling up
about the house and ySre.5bme could
look 70 the winter wood with profit
A siio has beea built in North Carolina
Of heaTy pink. on top OF the ground
Il has double walls. four inches apart.
Eiled with earth TO exclude ali. Sire
thirtoca BY sixteen feet; cost sixty dol
lsfs oniy-
Dry leaves from the woods make the
be- led for pigs, IS fine litter Of any
kind i aiEsys preferred by them to that
which is course Nast-fed pigs always
bed comfortably in the woods
II cream becomes sour, the sooner il is
then SKINNED and churned the better.
buf il should not be chnrned while too
new. The bet time for the skimming
asd ohusning is Just before acidity be
Genes sPparent.
Park Earle, the great Illinois straw
berry raiser. SAYS unmu ched vines will
BE- more or les dirty. and good mulch
helps 10 9 dioufh The paths and all va
cant grOunl should be muiched, which
WI zap on 70 rows sOmewhai
The ingredients Of commercial fertil-
iEsas upon winch both their agricultural
and commercial value depend. are nitro
gen, plosphorie acid and potash Sui
phurlc acid aad lime are also always
present in superH hosphate in the shape
Of plaster.
The finest butter product is only pos
able whore the butter is made from
the bet milk. by the most careful pro
casses uniou he'd by hand, and when il
Is brought 70 market lust Mt the time
when 4 Oxidatioa or mellowing by con
tact with the SIR brings about the mature
o. Tife favor.
A successful apicIlturist will take one |
strong swarm, and by fall have four or
I've o8ionies from II. and all with honey /
70 spare. liy the Old system of natural /
sEarning. only one good swarm would /
b. hoped for. If a second or third came I
ioE b. they were weakli8gs, and not
worth saving
No Kind Of sfubble. except of clover.
Of which the root forms the principal /
part j. worth anything as manure. OF /
grain crors especially. neither the stub
Bic ablEe ground nor the root below is
~arth regarding s. a fertilizer If the
straw Of grain subble can BE- burned. it
: 10 waste 10 mike this disposal of it.
ia scieciing dairT COW the most i'm
porianf point Is good constitution, in
iicas d by large innss, stomach aud di-
FESTIVE raracify. She should come from
J good milking family. the eye should |
Dr. fright. muzzl- broad, nostrils thin
md larer chest and lips broad. legs fat.
sdi broad milk veins large and head
imsil
A southern paper says potatoes should
be dfy aud handled carefully, not
Brlis.d nor cut. put in banks or hills Of
.seniy or thirty bushels. covered with
sitter Or oorustalks set up all around. and
.heu Old boards or split siuH. and over
.hese NJ least foot Of dirt. Those who
PIT tao feet Of dirt on each hill say they
leEsr lose potatoes by frost or otherwise
one u tie best devices for keeping
ltook warm in winter is 20 put up a
Irame. cover il with piles from the
> "A AID build straw stack over it.
es ing an Opening on the side opposite
lie dIfecuon Of the prevailing winds.
WIKI pleni Of straw = shed Of this char
.cfrr i b. warm as a b scment barn and
much cheaper. ard can be made by any
I1rmer II docs not even require ham
uer ano nsiis. though with these and
Iel boards the work can be made more
IitractiEs in appearance
Ashes shich have been leached often
,outnin much fcrtilizinE value In phos-
phatss they are soinffimes richer than
he unieached. from the fact that phos-
phnfe iu ashes Is not readily soluble.
BIT this isort phosphate Is Of little
rniue. orrasianslly. however, old
eachei 6she- haze ieen 20 long in places
shcss tbey have ab orbed nitrogen that
hsg have iormcd nitrate Of potash,
nhicb - os- II the best fertilizers
rnorn. uah s,les. whether leached or
BOZ. are very vs'uabls