Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1888-04-08

top II The chimney, and another about
~ large - IN en- In the side Just oppo-
site the 6ame Of The lamp Put The
lamp in The boz, close the box ex-
ceps the hoies cut, darken TIE room
and hokd the Eggs, one q . lime, b.
t.een the eye and the hole Ia The sids
Of the boz.
At The Arst testing the hsrren eeEs
II Q. thoss that have not fertilised
and therefore vii nos hateh-wili look
light and nearly clear; the fertile onss
VII shov . dark spot, from which tiny
shrcad-iike veins rndiate in different
diSections. In The live emhryo the
veins viii b clearly defined By tie fifsh
day, bat IN the dead embryo the veins
lock broken snd ciouded. AT the sec.
ond testing, On the tenth day, the live
embryo can be - n 70 move; the dead
one viii be motionless and without
much sembiance Of form. At the third
testing the hive ehick viii pretty much
| Gil tbs shell, and tie greater portion Of
the egg will look dark; the dead ones
well, you can smell them il the germ
has been dead for several days. II ct
any testing you are In doubt about any
Of Ii eggs, mark them and put them
back for two or three days longer, then
test them again. And il ii any time
| you de ect Q smell Of rotten eggs about
the egg drawer, 1T once examine the
eggs, with the tester. II necessary, and
remove the offensive ones"
| fERNEzr THE MAHrKE usDER covER.
The Toronto Mail usses the import
aaice Of covering the manure heap from
sun and rain, and has the following ON
the subject:
An English farmer. on using for
the first time manure that had been
| made under cover, had his crops ruined
by luxurisnt growth. He used the
same amount as he Was accustomed To
Of the open-yard manure. and the
grain was lodged before il was ready
To harvest. This is strong argument
in favor Of . protection for manure.
On Irost farms IL is very important TO
have it well decomposed, SO that the
liant, may obtaia an abundant supply
of food from IL at once; but during the
fermentation process. To render It's In
soluble Compounds available, serious
loases Of fertiiixing materials are very
often sustained. II the fermentation
oil the heap Is rapid, there 10 danger OF
losing the very valuable nitrogen as
volatile ammonia. which, passing into
the air, is Likely to aid neighbor's
crop rs your own. On the other hand,
decomposition may go on SO slowly
that the manure Is unit for immediate
use when wanted. II is no easy mat
ter to conduct the decomposition so
that the most good manure may be
made with the least loss. 1t Is, how
ever, demonstrated that hot sun. winds
and rams are to be kept from the heap,
aud that he best manure is made un-
der cover"
A much better way is to haul out rs
it accumulAtes; then absolutely all its
value IL saved and nothing wasted.
We have so practiced at the creamery
farm the past year, and are more than
pleased with the result. Part OF the
cine . wagon was kept standing at the
stable door, thus saving one handling.
When not managed in that way, il was
run ,irectiy under shelter and hauled
out as soon Is possible, generally
within . week from the time Of stor-
ing. There is great advantage in this
system in the cleanliness about the
stable and yards, besides that Of the
saving Of waste 6fst alluded to.
cLovKR AND pEHoRxIxG.
+. 5. Stockwell, In Hoard's Dairy
nan, says:
ain regard to aehorning, would say
that, the tirst day after dehorning, the
cows (35 in number) dropped of about
10 lbs. in milk, b 4 after that they gave
more than Tor ten days previous to oe-
horning; then We had 10 change the
feed. We had been feeding shocked
corn tyeilow dent1 with the corn and
fodder cut together, u inch In length.
with one feed of 4 lbs. clover hay for
one day, with wheat middlings for
ground feed. Then, Is the clover Was
all gone, We gave them cut sheaf oats
in place OF the clover, and they began
to shrink in milk, and continued to
do SO for about ten days. during which
time they lost ITO pounds OF milk per
day. :.
~ suppose that one rrejudiced
against dehorning would say that that
. what one gets for saving the horns
of, but not 50 with me. Two years
aso. Jan. 10, We were milking y cows
and . part Of my clover was covered
with straw. We were eeding cut corn,
same as now: and - the clover was
all fed out that was not covered with
straw, | thought We could get along
without the clover until the straw could
be used of, and in one week We we're
10 lbs. OF milk per day short. Think
ing this would not do, We moved the
straw and soon gained back our 100 lbs.
OF milk. The clover lasted until tWv
weeks before We turned to pasture.
when We put cut oats in place OF the
clover, but with the same loss Of milk
Is before. As to yield OF butter At that
time ean say nothing. but this time
have weighed II and ind the yield
little better per hundred OF mix than il
was before the change OF feed and be-
fore dehorning.
II an sorry that we could not have
followed this further without change
OF feed. b.. the clover was all gone
and no more to be had at any price.
Il can only say that arm more than
pleased with dehorning. 30 TAR. What
eject IL may have IN time, OF course
cannot tell, but have no fears oil any
bad results, but shall watch il closely"
The foregoing is well worth careful
perusal for the lesson taught As TO the
benefits OF feeding lover. There is
no doab. ba, il is one OF the best crops
We can raj for milk. beef or WOOL, or.
for that matter. any crop that is to be
tea ont ,,n the farm.
KExKTIr or rfIE pRAfxk6E.
/ The Indiana Farmer says OF this i'm
portrait subject;
With the best tilisge We can give
the soil with our improved ploxs. hAr-
ross ami clod crushers, our euitivators
and other implements. We are often
uaable 10 reduce IL 20 q condition. dne
enough 20 give the seeds we wish 10
plant q fair chance for termination