Nevada County picayune., 1888-10-10
FACTS FOR FARMERS.

-E,I. Alt, Put moistcneG salt where 'heyr1a md they will disappear.
 It i- a nNtyr of economy, as well as mercy. to properly mate horses that have to work side by side through the siege of hard work durin. the spring and summer.
 All young animals gre more easily stuuted while they arr dependent upon milk as their principal food than at any other time. an l for this reason con- siderable care should be exercised to see that steady growth is maintained. A stunted animal is not desirable. to say the least.
 One method to cure bally horse is to take him from the wagon and whirl him rapidly around until he Is giddy. u requires two men to do this, one at the horses tail. Do not let him otA. Hold him to the smallest possible cir cle. One dose will often cure him. Two dosos are final with the wGrst horse that ever refused to stir.
 A writer in one of the EngliSb papers claims that the practice of ringing swine is one of the principal causes of the production of dispropor- tionately fat pork, and that an in- diligence of the animal in its natural desire for digging and roofing is highly beneficial to the proper de- velopmont of the sinews, which Is very essential in the produce of lean or streaky meat, now 50 much de- sired"
 One advantage in keeping the soil | loose Is thnt when a shower comes, no matter how hard, the water does not run off, but goes down into the soil. whereas If the surface of the soil be hard some of the water will run of during heavy shower Hence culti- vation not only protects the plants during a dry season, but enables the soil to absorb d larger proportion of water when rain falls.
 Damp floors are an evil in any Gairy. as damp always tends very much to tho development and increase | = S in the air by thousands, although in visible to the naked eye, attack the milk directly it is brought in, and finding in it such Il suitable medium for development, cause the sourncss. fermentation and putrefaction. Ddiry H'orid.
 All varieties of beets may be readi- ly and safely transplanted when young, If moist weather can be secured in which to do this work. If the plants are of large size few of the lower ones should be removed, and the soil pressed firmly about the roots when l placed in their new position. It fre- quently happens that the plants come up very unevenly in the TOW, but all vacancies may be filled by transplant ing.
 There are many farmers who con sider 1t a waste of time to devote any of their labor or that of their hired men to the beautifying of their farms. In this they mako grand mistake. Set ting aside for the time being the fact that the education of the mind in his children, the farmer who sees no beauty in any thing which does not re- turn him actual cash for his labor should remember that beautiful farm brings many dollar more per acre in i the market than does the one which may produce just as large crops, but which has d tall fringe of weeds sur rounding it; rough fences or hedges 5 along the rOadsidos; nevcr-trimmed trees in the groves, and divison lines; no flowers in the garden, and in short no indications of what are usually looked upon as the signs of a prosper ou. farmer and q well-kept farm.