Richland beacon., 1888-11-17
NUMBER 43.

III the SUli. bNt Nlltilil IL Young you
must attend - il or lose IT,
The creamery produces practically
u uniform product and il does that
10y following certain rules Much OF
the products nf the diary is not uni
form. hcc;lT>r there are no fixed rules
il It's production: and one reason why
| creamery butter ranks higher than
| dairy butter may hc found III thi-
fact of uniformity.
1t is highly important. says the
American Stockman. that We should
kick up Il deuced row over some New
| England fishermen. but Bismarck can
| Wage wai on the American hog. and
! still send over his wines and other
/ commodii les without rcmOnStrance
II We are going into the retaliation
business, why not hrin" the no" into
the muss and let our farmers as we'll
as our fishermen have some benefit
of ''the war;
\ western journal discussing the
cattl" question says that when peo-
( pie in New England and old England
can make the best beef with profit
with our Grains. il looks aS if We
might with greater profit. but We
never can with nine-tcnths ot our
cattle The Iowa scrub is no better
than the Texan scrub. and both sell
alike. willie there is prof, in the Tex
IN and none III Iowan. Ii the Texan
ranchmun had our grain he would
soon discard his natives. We try
to reach the top with our fine feed
and fail
| The farmer should remember hat
if he can plow at any time during.
the winter he will Gam SO much time
for spring work Ground that will
he exposed to frost may be plOwed
| Wet. dry. or in any other condition.
as the expansion and contraction OF
heat and cold will prevent it's clog
gin". The frost in the best pulverizer
! known.
The Massachusetts Plowman. in
speaking of corn fodder says: If the
corn is planted in hills, four or five
kernels oi corn in hills II foot or il
foot and II half apart. with the rows
separated as widely as in the drilled
corn. this mode Ofplanting will secure
far more satisfactory results than
the other course.
In growing trees Oh our western
prairies, better care must be taken
of them than in the east. where there
is more rain and the climate more
/ favorable. Constant. unremittin"
work. care and attention must be
given to them he first few years, or
failure is certain. Remember YOU
are not back east. where the whole
atmosphere is filed with leaves and
moisture. and where trees grow al
most spontaneously; but You are in
the west, surrounded 10y IL treeless
prairie. where the rainfall is light and
the air dry. You cannot carclesslv
set out lot of trees and expect them
TO care fer themselves. Mort Invest
LeOla.
There are lets of hog breeders who
probably never saw IL yoke on a hog.
The writer can recOllect that yOkes
used to be- as common as pig tracks.
In those days. when hogs were prin-
cipally raised in the woods and lived
on mast (which means acOrns. beach
nuts. hickory nuts. ETC. the farmers
had to look out for wild animals
catching them. hence they raised
such hogs rs could not he caught 10y
anything which runs Nor were they
educated to the Use of fences, never
having been confined by such OBJ
structions to their liberty, they did
not know fences were to restrain
them from trespassing. But as civil
ZatiOn advanced the racer was sup
planted by what they term the I'M
proved breed. As n writer says the
yoke was rendered useless by raising
''the Berkshire. II black. lazy, geasy.
helpless hog. Il hog without rind OF
bristles to pull out of the pot, and
without hose enough to hardly do
his own roofing, not ears enough for
II dog to hold on to, with no runnin.
qualities, having no bone, Il hog
without any ambition, too lazy to
squeal for dinner. that will fill up
with corn and then lay down and
grunt. all grease and no lean meat. y
If this practice continues who is to
perpetuate the art of making yOkes
for hOgs?-IOwa State REGISTER.