Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1888-03-17
RURAL REAPINGS.

FRUIT growers can utilize their hot-bed
sash Tor drying surplus fruit in the sun.
KEEP the, hen-house floor covered with
woods mold through the warm summer
months. This will hold the escaping gases.
A POOR horse eats as much as good one
scrub cattle as much as grades or thorough
oreds; mongrel poultry as much as grades
or pure breeds. Then why keep inferior
stocka
By cutting, the feed can all be mixed well
together, made more palatable, and is more
easily and thoroughly digested, and the
stock will eat it up clean, avoiding unneces-
sary waste.
IT has been remarked that the farmers
who best succeed IN this country are those
who devote their chief attention to some one
product which is favored by their special
soil and climate
II you sow your garden seed during mild,
genial weather and in well prepared soil,
not too deep, keeping the surface moist by
sprinkling it over as often as necessary and
sheltering 1t in the event of frost or from
scorching sun, very few seeds will fail to
terminate.
THE more important the feeding of stock
upon the farm becomes, the greater the ne
eessity of saving feed. Cutting feed is one
way Of econorizing, as well as increasing in
value, by combining one and another sort,
80 the whole shall constitute as near per-
feet food as possible.
DoN'T break, but train the colt. Begin the
lessons with the halter early, and let the.eI
ucation continue until you have perfectly
trained horse. Do not wean the colt too
soon. Feed the dam and colt freely but with
care. Corn should be used sparingly, as it
is fatproducing. The colt Will early learn
to cat oats with the dam.
If sprouts appear on new set trees you
can now easily pinch them off with your
thumb and finger, and throw the growth
where it is wanted. But do not cut OF all
the growth. If you dwarf the top of young
new set tree that is making rapid growth,
you are dwarfing the roots. If you allow
too much top on feeble tree you will kill
the tree.
Z As CORN can not properly be given in very
large proportion in tho milk ration, 1t would
be profitable to exchange o ton of corn for
q ton Of roller bran. If corn is to be fed to
sheep, separately from the fodder, as sheep
masticate more perfectly than cattle, it
would be better to feed shelled corn with
bran. But for horses and cattle, corn should
be ground and mixed with the coarse fod-
der.
Corn fodder can be considerably in
creased in value by being cut and mixed
with other materials, and the stock thus be
able to derive q much larger benefit than
II fed whole. The size Of the cutter should
be determined by the number Of stock kept
II it can be arranged SO that supply can
be cut ahead, especially during busy
season, it will interfere less with the more
pressing farm work.
TIE quantity of air breathed by cattle,
although varying much with their size, Is
probably about five times as great as that
breathed by adult persons, who breathe q
cubic foot in about three and a half minutes.
An adult person breathes about 400 cubic
feet in "a hours But for healthy respira-
ton he should have from Is to 50 times a.
much air. So with cattle, one Of which
breathes about Zoo cubic feet in "a hours,
which should be increased many times for
continued pure, healthy air in the stable,
although cattle are less affected by impur-
tty than man.