The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-11-22
FOR THE FARMER.
Pointers for rst..ts.

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Pointer for Farmers.
Oil the bearings Of the mower often'
using few drops Of oil each time.
Every time you stop to oil the ma
chine Gust a glance around to see that
the bolts and pins and nuts are all
right.
Broods that are being weaned by
the mother hen, require watching for
n few evenings lest they crowd into
neighboring coops and get pecked by
crOss.grained hens or crowd togeth'
er and smother
Turpentine, coal oil and vinegar,
equal parts, we'll shaken together,
aud rubbed on the eggs of the bot
fly on horses legs will. we are told,
utterly kill them after about three
applications.
The little chick ia happy when he
cnp swallow big fat worm. Don't
begrudge him the little fruits. or the
plants he sometimes accidentally
destroys. He will return its valuein
n few weeks. destroying peats,
Thirteen miles from Cheyenne is
what is said to be the largest horse
farm in the world. There are $780,.
900 acres OF land, where roam 5000
horses, which require the constantat
tention of sixty-fiye msn. One hun
dred miles ofwire fence keeps the
animals in bounds.
By stirring the soil after every
rain, the weeds will be E,ore easily
destroyed than at any other time.
Never allow weeds to go to seed. es,
pcciaIly in the garden. Asingle weed
that seeda entails more labor next
season than It would cost to clean
out oil Of them ut this time.
Tie sudden approach OF summer
heat is enough for fowls to contend
with; when the plague of lice is added
the burden is tntolerable. While the
poultry keeper cannot control the
weather he can control the lice, and
thereis really no good excuse for per-
uniting them to worry the focks Us
they do for night and day.
The farmer who considers aii mat.
tiers designed for the improvement oil
agriculture willnot neglect the sheep.
Ia nm old weedy pasture or wood lot
they will more than pay their keep
by the service performed IN keeping
down the noxious weeds and briefs,
while nothing equals them for restor-
ing fertility to q yorn,out field.
e.
A strong, vigorous plant produces
q strong, vigorous seed. which in
turn, witlstands abuse to q certain
extent above the more delicate of.
spring Of weaker plants. Strength
given IL plant by proper cultivation
in suitable soil. But proper cultiva-
tion does not consist in allowing the
weeds to rob the plant of nutriment.
Anexelange suggests that an addi-
tiOnal incentive to raising good
horses, did it ever strike you that
the horse was the ouly product Of
the farm that the farmer was allowed
to put his own price on? The Bic
Four fix the price on the meat crop,
John Bull on cotton, and the gam
blers on the grain. but the horse crop
has not yet been corneresl.
There is no crop grown on the farn,
but will run out in time ifcareis not
taken to obtain new seed Occasional
ly, or unless care is taken to keep the
seed pure and carefully selected, but
no other crop seems SO shortlived as
potatoes, nor can new varieties OF
amy other be SO easily produced. 1t
will pay occasionally to try for IL
new one.
1t is discouraging when even little
grain is given IL COW in Summer at
pasture to have her begin to fatten
instead Of increasing the milk flow.
But if the COW lie OF that kind, the
sooner her owner discovers it the
better. If granting fattens her she
probably IL not worth keeping with
out the grain. So fatten her us
rapidly us possible, and get better
COW in her place.
The Shorthorn cattle originated in
Durham, England, and it is even vet
common in some old.fashioncd Sec
tions to speak of them as the Dur
hum breed. OF course the original
Durhams were not bred up to the
present standards tor beef making,
but the characteristic tendencies of a
good beef breed were in the original
stock. Good feeding and careful
selection OF breeding stock has done
the rest.
The heavy driving rains often carry
away from the barn-yard a deep
stream OF valuable fertilizing mate.
rial, which is irretrievablylo lost. This
may he prevented by keeping the
yard well scraped up, and the con.
tents carried out promptly to the
fields, and spread. There they are
free from teaching and waste, and
there they will do the most good.
Neglect Of this liability to wash out
the best Of the contents of the barn.
yard is often one Of the great leaks OF
the farm, and yet it is one which
may be easily prevented.
Blue grass will bear pasturing
tightly earlier than almost any other
grass. Its roots lie near the surface,
and are quickly started into growth
in the Spring if the land is rich
enough. For this season too they
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