Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-06-22

Points for the Farmar.


All stock that do not have the ad.
vantages Of pasture should be given
meal of grass, or bulky food, at least
once a day.
A farmer with quantities OF expert
ence says: 'Of all the kinds OF cattle
food ever grew, sweet fodder corn is
the best"
A poor COW in the dairy Is like a dull
tool in a carpenters hands, requiring
the expenditure of a large percentage
OF energy to obtain a small percentage
Of result.
Although the silo is undoubtedly
best adopted to thickly settled regions.
with comparatively small farms, high
priced land and prominent live stock
interests, says Major AlvOrd in the
CultivatCr. ensllage feeding seems to
be equally approved in the West, and
1t Is said several hundred new silos
will be built this year in Wisconsin
alone.
The county commissioners Of Suits
man county have ordered 2,SSC
drachms OF strychnine for distr1bu.
ton among farmers to be used In ex-
terminating gophers. Early in the
spring an OrgRniZed and general effort
will be inaugurated to rid the county
OF the little pests.
If the meadow becomes filed with
moss it Is a certain sign of cold, wet,
poor soil beneath. Moss cannot dis.
place the cultivated grasses where the
ground is suitable for the latter,
though it will thrive where they will
not. Merely dragging such pieces
with a common fOrty-tooth drag and
! sowing grass seed will sometimes re.
new them, but it will be far more eff.
tsctive if the surface is covered with
manure in the fall and then dragged
towards spring to mix the particles OF
manure with the surface soil.
Every spring in the Northern states
and also through the fall and winter
/ farther south, says the American Cul.
/ tivatOr, roads are often impossible
from the deep mud with which they
/ are filed. Grading, unless done with
| stone and gravel on top often only
makes the mud deeper. It is water
! that makes mud. When this fact is
/ fully appreciated, the answer to the
/ difficulty is easy. Get rid of the wa
/ ter by drainage of rOadsides, and nc
/ amount Of bad weather will make the
roads muddy except for q little while
on the surface.
An l8-year old Bluehill girl, whose
nearest neighbor lives a quarter of
mile distant. kept house for her faith.
eT and mother to make visit while
ago, stayed all alone day and night
took all the care Of a yoke of oxen, E
/ horse, three COWS and a hog, a large
flock of sheep, ard hens and chickens
to numerous to mention. At the same
time she did the fall spinning, and
/ harnessed her own horse to take heI
butter and eggs to market. Last sum
mer she picked and sold S25 worth 0
berries and made trousers at twelve
cents per pair, enough to clothe her
self.-EiIswOrth Me- American.
POINTS IN CHEESE MAKNG.-One who
who is well posted in cheese dairying,
being asked what was the great point
in cheese making, said, "Knowinc
when to dip" By that he meant
knowing when to salt" Another
point equally essential is to get the
whey out of the curds aud also out o.
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fine cutting and a lew other close
points, and the second by proper
hopping and pressing, both Of which
are often neglected. Beginners in
cheese making would do we'll to make
a note OF these important points
and be governed accordingly in then
operations.
Boys who wish to leave the farm
should remember that great profit
and sudden riches and safety never
go together. Those who get rich fast
take great risks, and hundreds fail
where one succeeds. The gains from
the farm are slow, but a good living
and fair accumulR tons are reason
ably certain. Not one industrious
farmer in a hundred fails, while only
FIVE business men in g hundred sue.
coed. Besides, the farmer, on the
average, secures q Jar better return
Tor the capital invested than the
average business man.
A singular accident, resulting in the
burning Os barn, is mentioned by
''The Connecticut Farmer" and shows
the need of constant care when Ian
tern Is used: mr.. Burr went out to
hitch up his horse. He carried a Ian
tern and set 1t down. He had partly
got the harness on when the animal
made a grab at the lantern, caught it
In his teeth, and raised it from the
floor. The globe struck against a pin
in a post, which shattered the globe
into fragments. Some hay was
hanging from loft overhead, and in
q moment the flames shot up into the
rafters and envelOped the inside Of the
structure in a mass of fame. Mr..
Burr had difficulty in saving his COW