Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-05-04
THE FARM.
NOT ENOUGH SPRING FLowERs.

and yet that 50 many who have the
means to grow them do not do so e? for
4 cannot but believe that the true low
ing and growing of flowers are INSOFAR
able, and therefore, either there must
be a trihing error about the love or
something IN the way Of a want of
knowledge that so many flowers may
be had. And, after all, there may be a
sort of flower love as distinguishable
from the love of flower culture, even
when we keep In mind that both loves
may belong to those who have garden
facilities. 1t certainly is a fact that
many owners of gardens enjoy cut
flowers they might never see if their
production depended on their personal
efforts. The admiration of flowers in
ones own garden IS a more heartfelt
pleasure than the pleasure derived from
the flower In the bttonhoIe. OF course
there Is a deal of sentiment about
buttOnhOle flower love, and it may not
be fair or useful to compare it with
practical flower love, bnt it may be a
curious observation to have made for
years that those who put most flowers
IN their coats as rule put least seeds
and cuttings IN the ground. am not
saying that to use and never produce
flowers Is wrong In any degree what
eVer-it Is, perhaps, as well in one
sense that it Is sO-but the doctrine
sought to be shown is that the greatest
pleasures are reaped from and the evil
dences of the truest fowets love are
shown by their cultivation.
IMPORTANT TO MELON AND PEACH GROW
Frs.
Texas Siftings: The question is a
very important one to the banker, the
student, the typewriter, the hack
driver, the cowboy, the burglar, and
30 the members of all learned profes-
alOns, and more particularly to the DO
iceman, who sleeps in the open air.
When the question, Are flowers peril
GUS IN sleeping roOm?" has been dis
posed of, the next problem that should
engage the attention of the scientists
should be, What effect on the plants
does it have to keep them over night in
the sleeping room If the inmate has
used whisky for the purpose of chang
ing his breath ?" Perhaps putting
plants, cereals, ETC., in the room of a
sleeper viii cause them to expand, as
they were supposed to do under blne /
glass. We tiatter ourselves that we can !
assist the scientists in their wild search !
for truth.
In Texas, farmers who raise water |
melons IN the vicinity af u negro-camp- !
meeting have noticed that sleeping in /
a watermelon patch with a shotgun |
causes the melons to ripen much sooner |
than they otherwise would. On the |
other hand, when nobody sleeps in a |
watermelon patch the fruit dwindIes |
away over night, so that the melons /
are not visible in the morning. Unless !
somebody sleeps in the melon patch /
they are never liable to ripen at all /
The same phenomenon has been OBJ |
served in a peach orchard located near /
q boarding school. The fruit never |
natures unless somebody sleeps IN the /
orchard With dog or gun.
RAISING GOOD CALVES.
American Agriculturist: The choice |
of pure-bred bull of some acknOwl- /
edged dairy breed and of good charac-
ter should be made, and In three or
four generations of progeny, if we'll Sc
1ected, viii partake of the good quail
ties of the pure breed, Half-breed j err
sey, Guernsey, or Ayrshire calves have
been found equally valuable for product
with the pure-bred ones. The calf thus
well bred must be well fed and trained.
1t IS by no means necessary that the
calf should be fed upon fresh milk from
the COW. Cream and fat are not re-
quired for a calf intended for the dairy,
but good frame of bones covered with
healthful muscular tissue. These are
well and fully supplied by skinned
milk, and the milk Is well and fully di-
gested when given warm, and a temper
allure almost equal to that of the stO-
=
temperature for the milk for a young
calf. An excellent method of feeding
\ calf intended for the dairy is as fol- |
lows: Heifers only should be reared, as
the cost of fattening a male calf is
greater than its value for veal, and
males can only be reared when their
value for breeding purposes offers a
chance for profit.
RAISE BEErs.
Sacramento Bee: Farmers can put
money IN their pockets by raising beets
Tor feed. They Will produce more beef
or pork than several times the same
acreage of hay or grain. Prepare your
ground by blowing twice, narrowing
thoroughly, finishing up with a clod
orusher, then with marker made of a
2x6 scantling, three feet long and three
feet apart, nailed on the top securely /
together, then on top of that nail two
pieces of scantling to form two hounds, /
then put your wagon tongue in, hitch /
your team on, have flag at each end, /
mount your marker, drive straight for /
your flag. Twenty acres Is a small /
days work Sift the seed In by hand /
the same as drilling corn, from i've to /
seven pounds to the acre. Cover with 1
q light harrow or with the back of the |