Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1888-02-05

Rnru 20 that We CO Id Ssep ice ere
- copysnien: us< At the dairy. The
- vss doubled ami fiiled In with
e.~duye % that u Is likewise FROST
,eoo( Ia winter. When we gathered
~ spples, they xere picked right into
- boxxs, which were not closed, bat
smply piled up In the clubhouse.
When the " cold snap" came. we has-
"a them all into the little house by
a. bsrn and slammed the door shut.
IN 70 say. Now stay there until il
ksvs:, and it did. too, for full two
sety. When the thermometer ran
M into the iorties, and even touched
an above. in this cloudy. rainywea-
I'm. We opened the house and began
10 sske account OF stock by overhaul
iue . dozen boxes or so. Waalmsly
bsesn asserting so Is TO put away
scms for spring use. bat soon found
meat drops OF sweat covering the Ap
p,ss, caused by their Withdrawal from
10 cool house TO the warm atmosphere
4 this January winter weather.
TO say they had kept well does not
sgprsss It. The aroma" Of that
hnss was ss good 10 take in As good
les, Of apples At the pairing bee,"
meanwhile lodging the " rinds sent
vith sly, unerring aim by some roguish
lair hand. But am drifting of into
he sentimental of ''ye oIden time"
d Old Hoosierdom, while the task
10 hand calls for something more prae-
zeal. Jane said we must assert oct
twenty boxes for our own use. and
ten We might sell the rest. Then
tame the tug Of war 10 determine
which kind TO keep. The Northern
Epys seemed the picture OF perfection;
butt ose Sasrs were so solid aad nice;
then there were some 10 much like the
yellow Newtowh Pippin that We could
- afford TO pass them by. so on
through the list OF several varieties,
until we found ourselves in n iix like
the young spris with the girls--we
could not choose which We liked best
We had . alternative, however, by
choosing some OF each, when we did.
aud expect 10 have apples until June.
While we are putting aw y for the
second time tie wintef app.es, told
Bacon to tiie the saws, "a W must now
ago after the bAcs OschasiH This
ne . renovation, whlch { I.4an TO do
b. first giving II qGite a thorough
psnsing; second, piow ng The ground
aariy in spring a. ii is possible to
pow. third. cultiyat. With harrow and
pos - not TO leave spear of grass
IN sigbt-harrow the n 1ss OIL the limbs
by narrowing the ground. and fourth.
- the trees are large and were ptuned
high before they came into our pos
ssUion, We shall let the dehorned dairy
as the shade, as the watering place is
bear by. This reminds me Of what
Jane said the other day; she " never i,
srygs wanted 10 ses trees pruned up
like these said never" and say
~ nov. There l. every thing in favor
u starting the tree iow," say. not
more than two iset nom the ground
Can anybody sAy shy it should be
higher
read In stewards book e. Feeding
Animal , .1e Der day about self
cleaning stalls iof the dairy bar that
seemed NOR hse dreaming than teal
like baild ny air castles. He said
II, Therefore, = l.,stiuFm can be made
which requires noihing to aid IL in
keeping the COW olcsu provides tor her
comfort, i seil.scti darr bic. and
cheap. there woatd seea 70 be little
left 10 accomplish 81 this matter" |
thi / SO. too; da.rymen should all b,
happy. He then describes how 20
maze these srli-cissaing stalls
vh'ch is simply grating floor for
part OF the all. The dat iron bars
are y niche, wide, and laid - inches
apart, 70 that 1.-The droppings fall di-
reciiy through the openings into the
gutter below. 10 that cows tia. have
$40 d upon this platform for i've years
have always remained clean. healthy
and comfortable.
told Bacon 10 order the lamber Tor
sso stalls, aud we would use wood IN
stead Of iron, and try it before auotlier
Sunday came around. IL looked fcss
iee, bat | wanted " see ii work
@'ore fully believing that whlci
seemed too good 10 b true. sur,
enon h. before Saturday night Bacor
bad the grating ia place and the w,
eos on IL. and, SURE enough. after
seeks tnsi here are no accumulation
On u, 80 Acceps the statements mad
Is literally true, aud pronounce ihj
improvement a great boon to dairy
nsa and cattle feeders. DO uo
Know whsshs- this Is patented ~ not
eas iadgc not; or. II 50. the right .
s's should iol cs,t mucs,. Anyway
am suiug 70 use thsm and make M,
psaes with the PoSers that be site'
varS'>, 4 any are found.
Seven mea from various looalltic
visit.d the silos today. ali invess,sa'
Ina WHY an eye g. business. 10 s.,
Tia, they we're pleased wsth he Tesul
acss Dot iaily express it They yer
unanimous and enthusiastic la thsi
praise about your success Sith thi
sds'iAss, and accused Tue O. aot Aay
hs doae iasiice to The saohSt in IA
snnns about What Nc had dons All
NE "a cess attained We had uly r,
~ai's Opened the north sic, the So
sas hts,Ng eeca Rssr!y empiiesi b
tso mo tbs fsodlhs The eas.l.s