The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-05-31
FOR THE FARMER.
Agricultural Nuies.

ured by bushels and acres, but by
cost reproduction and not returns.
For ticks on sheep use snuff or
tobacco smoke, Dips and washes
arc not fit to use in cold weather.
A close observer is credited with
the statement that sloddy i'm Ameri-
Gu dispenscs with Unemployment of
not less than fifty million sleep.
In buying birds or eggs, go to
some reliable breeder who has his
reputation at stake. You may have
TO pay IL little more for birds, but
you can depend OH what you get.
1t is poor economy to feed IL COW
largely. Every quart of milk extra
is Il clear gain ovcrthe usual amount
and only the best cows should be
kept.
Save the old pieces of oil cloth to
throw over the chicken coops in wet
weather, and keep the surface of the
ground inside dry with coal ashes.
a hrmcrso busy that he cannot
find Il little time to ipnd, say one
hour of the twenty-four has Il wrong
somewhere in the management of his
business.
The city of New York consumed
last year about 800, 900 barrels OF
poultry and 100000 dozen eggs.
The city of Philadelphia, used about
half that quantity.
Mix cut straw with the cut hay,
and the straw will be eaten and u
portion of the hay saved. Moisten
the whole mess and sprinkle bran or
meal over it.
When an intelligent farmer is once
convinced that poultry can he made
II paying branch of his business he is
usually not slow to take steps to.
ward improving his flock and pro-
viding good quarters for them.
When an animal appears to refuse
certain foods to whichit has been ac-
customed, change the food and give
IL variety, which will improve the
appetite and induce the animal to
eatmOre.
lfthe cow is sick do not he afraid
to give her pound of EPSON salts.
1t she indicates a feverisll condition
give her the salts before calving.
This simple remedy will often prevent
milk fever.
Keep your tools sharp, now that
the work is pressing. a man with
sharp ools can do more work in u
day than can two men with dull
tools. IL may take Il little time to
sharpen the tools, but it will he Ia
Dor saved.
One of the best fertilizers for
house plants is landplnstcr. Sprinkle
around the stem, and then work in
carefully around the roots with n
table fork. Gernniums and fuschias
are especially benefited by an appli-
| cation once u week.
Ifyou are feeding cattlcfor beef to
market, secure ii beef breed and then
feed them SO that n strong thrifty
growth can be secured, AS with hogs,
II quick growth and i'm early matur.
ity is necessary to secure the largest
profits.
Young colts will soon learn to eat
oats when in stalls with their dame,
and an excellent way to make the
young lambs grow is to keep ground
oats where they can eat whenever
they desire, but the food should lie
SO placed that the lambs can get to
it while the old sheep cannot re;lchit.
lf"F'irm the Seed in the Soil' was
conspicuously printed ut every cross
road. and railroad stationthroughout
the length and breadth OF the land,
andthe advice acted upon. the mourn
ers for loss or failure Of crops by epr-
mination would be very low.-l'opu-
lar Gardening.
Good tillage is the strongest weap-
on with which the farmer can fight
hard times and gain success. Impcr-
fert culture, on the other hand, will
scarcely enable him to gain IL living
from the richest soil will dcteriorate
rapidly in quality from such treat
ment besides.
In Wyoming, if man takes the
carcass of Il beef to market, he has
to take along with it the hide which
came off it. SO it can be ascertained
il it had his brand, or was stolen.
That would be good way to do
when a sharper steals nfarmers note,
compel him to take the farmer along
to the innocent purchaser to prove
that it was not stolen.
There is no doubt that when Dew
ons are as persistentlv and carefully
put before the public as has been
done for other breeds by men of
wealth, and their good qualities well
understood, they will stand in the
front rank lis the i;,rmcrs' breed;
hardy, good rustlers, easy feeders
and dOcllc.
1t is well to keep IL sharp lookout
on the curr;lnt bushes as soon as the
leaves begin to start. The currlnt
worm in some seasons is earlier than
others, and if not checked in time
may do great damage. Powdered
helleborc busted ON the bushes when
the leaves are wet with dews will
promptly destroy them. There is
no danger of its poisoning the fruit.
The stable is best made i'll the base
ment of the barn, and then it should
always be ofconcrcte cemented with
water lime. This cannot leak, and
thus saves all the liquid manure,
which is worth as much as the solid
eNcrement, il not more. The cost of
replacin" plank floors, beside the loss
of liquid manure through them, will
soon more than pay the expense of
putting the barn on walls and stop.
ping these wastes.
Hay, fodder and other feed should
always be run through the cutting
box. 4 great waste arises from feed
ing it any other way. 4 mixture of
cut hay well ministercdi in connection