The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1888-02-10
q grandson of Duke Of Connaught. which
sold for $22. 500, the highest price ever
paid for q bull of any breed.

. grandson Of Duke of Connaught. which
sold for $22, 500, the highest price ever
paid for a bull of any breed.
New England horticulturists say that
the rosebug on the grape vine can be pre-.
vented by laying the vines on the ground,
thus causing early blossoming, Redbefore
the rosebug shall get around.
Look out for hce: while they are not as
hard on hogs as they ale OH chickens,
they are very unsightly and cause the
poor creatures a great deal of discomfort
when they have TO Keep up AT Mecssant
scratching.
A person cannot offer a greater ircsHaiiit
to some of the farmers wi-sS Than to in
sinuate that they de- rot make good but
ter. Yet the efipunt of poor butter on
the market extends into tons. and the
Number OF poor buttcrmakcrs is icEiuA,
Never in TIE histasv If Needing and
feeding dnme.ueatrA stock of every de.
scriptioh, says the Rural World, has t*cSse
been manifested so percel,.S"at,e and so
marked an anxiety te Know how to feed
1~udiciously a--.. effectively as at the pres
ent ti~.-.
Formerly DR.. Sturtevant had c~pnsiier-
ed breed as inferior To fp--s. hut after six
years work In The experiment station he
has mAae UP his mind that the breed is
the more important. He also SAYS .A.aatt
in those six years he has. ne~tt been able
to change the uunH's 81 butter by chang.
ing the feed.
The best industry in which a farmer
can engage as a general business In a
country adapted to graes, SAYS the BsstYp
Cultivator, is Ia keep eveiS GoM-and n
good one every tiMe-that he can keen
well, and persist in the industry, and he
will be as sure of success as in any H..er
branch of agriculture.
Since the color is pleasing to the eye,
Psroi. Alvord saw no objection to adding
coloring matter directly in the butter. In
answer to a question as to what breeds
give the best milk fer infants food he
said that physicians recommend me milk
of Ayrshires. and the various Dutch
breeds, sihec It was not too rich in fans
Early tomato plants cnR Do Started now
If preferred, hit they should be transfer
red I" pots containing only a single plant
until the time shall have arrived for plac-
ing them IN the open ground. 1t is a Ia
POROUS matter where large numbers of
plants are to he Used, but age is an i'm
peer.snt factor in inducing early bearing
with tomato plants. If only a few plants
DC desired it will be an easy matter to
thus produce them.
In preparing the manure it should be
allowed to heat at some stage Of its pro-
gress. for heating is the only process of
decomposition. When the enter shall
have become decomposcd the heap should
be turned over, and tho coarser materials
OF the outside in turn thrown to the CEN
ter. in order to have every portion of the
manure in as fine and available condition
us possible.
Deep blowing. subsoiling and under
draining are excellent precautions against
drought. Subsoiling'is of no advantage
unless assisted by good drainage, and the
deep tillage not only carries off the sur
plus water during wet spells but supplies
moisture during Periods of drought by
capillary attraction of the soil, as well as
allowing the roots of plants to penetrate
deeper.
Old fruit cans may be proftably used
for starting early plants. Egg shells can
also be used, placing the shells in the
ground with the plants. AS the roots of
the plants shall expand they will break
theshclls and grow in the ground. In
this manner the earth around the young
tender plants, such rs peppers and egg
plants, will not be disturbed.
A mixture of two bushels of ground
plaster with thirty bushels Of wood ashes
is n of the best fertilizers that can be
applied to the clover field, and it should
be put on early, being evenly broadcast
ed. The work should be done on a damp
day, and the rains will carr down.
The effects of the application will be
noticed during the whole season.
A hoed crop should be a part of the
regular rotation on all farms. for the rea-
son that such a crop requires close cult.
walton, and when removed leaves the
ground. Unless this be done the weeds
will at some time take possession of the
field, though much benefit will result
from the use Of the cultivator if a corn
be grown.
Plants cannot live without leaves, as
sooner or later they will '%'sufrocate," the
leaves being to plants what lungs are to
an animal. Hence, if weeds be kept
down close to the ground mot excepting
even the thistlc) they must at some time
perish. Good cultivation, therefore, les
sens the labor of each succeeding year.
Rip Van Wrinkles Drink Discovered.