Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-09-07
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at lesst that part Of it which adjO1ns
his particular estate, but he makes a
great mistake when he engages "a
farming on an extensive scale.
A northeastern province Of France,
called Brittany, is the home of Breton
cattle. In color they are black and
white, and are small and hardy, live
on scant pasturage in summer and
are supplied in winter with cheap
native prOVender. The COWS arei fine
mixers.
No man should be content with mis-
herd unless they give him at least
$50 pounds Of butter per year tothe
COW, and after he reaches that, he
should strive for better results. There
are herds of practical working COWS
that give 400 pounds Of butter per
year to the COW, and what others do,
so can WEE. S. Dix.
One would think, to hear sheep
breeders and wOOl-grOwers talk that
their business had gone to the bow
vows, Notwithstanding the fact that
mutton is bringing five to six cents
and beef only three to four. 1t is
very evident that the taste for NUT
ton is on the increase and that breed
ers of the right kind have a better
market than ever befOre.-COlman'
Rural World.
What is it that can be taken from
land and leave it better? The answer
to this riddle, says an exchange, is
in one word-clover. And its advice
is to SOW it literally. 1t is the farm
er's only opportunity of making,
under all circumstances, a clear prOht
getting a valuable crop without
leaving his land poorer thereby.
DR.. S. NJ. Babcock. of the Wiscon-
sin Experiment Station, reports that
it seems probable that the most i'm
portant effect of the application of
plastertO the sOli caused by its power
Ofsetting free potash, and some other
elements of plant food, from insOluble
combinations in the soil, making
them soluble and available.
A French gardener does not care
what kind Of soil ne starts with. He
would be satisfied with an asphalt
pavement, because he makes his soil,
and so much of it that he has to sell
it to keep his place from being grad.
ually raised above the level of the
surrounding country. When afarmer
once understands the laws of the
chemistry he has no difficulty II
making soil that contains all the
materials needed for plant life.
AssOOn as an early crop is Offa niece
of land, before the weeds start, pillow
it up and SOW rye. Here is late pas
ture for COWS that year and early
feed the next. PlOw it under next
season, if your stock feed past grain
bearing, and put in any crop you
choose. The moisture and Warmth
produced by the decay of green stuff
turned under are really wonderful.
Careful tests made a few years ago
at the New York Experiment Station
revealed the curious fact that seed
corn nearest the tip produced the
strongest and best plants, thatfrOm
the butt the next best, and from the
middle Of the ear the poorest. The
reason of this is believed to liein the
fact that the kernels at either end
had a better chance to expand into
round, full proportions, while those
in the middle were more or less com
pressed.
There is one thing the people lose
sight of when they undertake to feed
cattle, says an exchange, that they
can do without corn. The highest
price paid in the world for cattle sold
on the hOOf is in a country where
they never raise an ear Of corn, and
don't feed it. That is in the north
east of Scotland, in the county OF
Aberdeen. They send their animals
to market in better condition, and
get one cent or three-quarters of q
cent a pound, at least, more for them
than for any other cattle in the mar
ket, and they cannot raise corn.
Every farm that is devoted to hog.
breeding to any considerable extent
should have pen especially con-
structed and set apart for a hospital.
1t should be built with a view to
warmth, light and air The lack Of
such a place has caused the death Of
hundreds of promising itters Ofpigs
unfortunately born when the ther.
mOmeter was at zero or below; il has
been the means of spreading cOnta-
giOus or infectious diseases upon
many a farm, and its lack viii never
be fully appreciated until one has en-.
iOyed its Observation-Disclosures
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