Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1889-03-16
FARM GLEANINGS.
THE RELATIVE VALUE OF FROSTED
SEED AsCERTAINED.
The Normal Condition OF Short Horn
Cow-An Increase OF One Hundred
Per Cent in Production on
Well Fertilized Land.

Blackleg has appeared among the cat
tie in Modoc county, Cal.
The farmers of Illinois are organizing
county societies for the determination Of
insects.
Wood-moss laid on the earth around
plants is beneficial, by retaining moist
ure and giving the pot neater appear
ance.
Owing to the great use of the twine-
binder in harvesting, the consumption Of
hemp and similar fibres has increased 25
per cent during the past year.
An irrigation system is to be adopted
for the land of the Fruto Improvement
Company in Colusa county. The main
ditch will be seven miles in length.
A farmer of Hartford, N. Y, has been
indicted by the Grand Jury for neglect
ing to remove and destroy some dis
eased peach trees that were in his
orchard.
The production of seed is more ex-
hausting to soil than the growth of vine,
and for that reason green manurial
crop does not require to be matured. 1t
takes nearly as much from the air through
its leaves and the assistance of rains as
it takes from the soil.
Germany claims the honor of having
the oldest rose bush in the world. 1t is
said that in 1919 Bishop Hepilo caused
la trellis to be erected to support the bush
Row climbing over the old church at
Heldersheim. The only certain thing is
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now larger than mans body.
The value of all dogs in the state of
New York is $1,000,000, says q current
newspaper paragraph. Yes, and if it
wasn't for this 81 900, 900 worth of useless
dog meat the value of the sheep of the
state of New York would be several mil
lions more than it is, and the Common
wealth that much richer.
Geese do not receive as much atten-
ton as they should on farms especially
adapted to rearing water fowls. Be
sides yielding regular income of feath-
ers, they are one of the most profitable
than turkeys, they sell as readily in most
seasons at as good profits.
Farming business generally is con-
Quoted on a loose and slovenly basis,
with an absence of economical methods
that surprises every man that comes to
this country fully posted as to the meth
DDS adG.ocP;ted elsewhere, where men have
to pay an annual rent fcT &c land and
much higher tithes and taxes than we.
Professor Storer says ration of thirty
pounds of pumpkin per cow daily will in
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of milk. More than this quantity should
not be given. Pumpkins are very cheap
| food, as couple of tons can be grown to
of the pumpkin ought to be removed be-
fore feeding.
! The change from an outdoor run to the
! limit of hennery is not at all agreeable
to the nature of fowls. There they live
and grow like house plants-pale and
delicate. The longer the are hived to-
gether the more sickly they will be and
the less number the breeder will have to
show or sell in a presentable condition to
his customers.
Raising flowers for the manufacture of
perfumery is becoming new industry in
| Florida under the encouragement of
Northern capital. The two varieties Of
roses grown are the musk and damask,
and other flowers that are used for dis
tillation, such as the jassamine, violets,
lilies and jonquils, are hardy and yield
rich harvests under cultivation.
'It's no trouble to winter sheep" said
an old hock-master to us, once; "but the
rub is in springin' 'em." That was be-
cause he did not winter them well. The
steady cold of winter keeps the system
KEYED up, and the poorest feed is eaten
with some relish and benefit; but unless
the sheep has been kept on high level
the warm, debilitating breath of spring
will let it down fatally.
There is much difference in the milk
of different animals and breeds, and
much depends upon the food and condi-
ton of the COW. 1t is very unusual to
| find less than 2.5 or more than per cent
| of fat, less than or more than 80 per
| cent. of the volume of the mix, of cream,
| less than 10.5 or more than IL per cent.
of solids, or less than S3 or more than
IS. so per cent. of water in pure milk.
Professor Green, of the Minnesota State
| Agricultural college, has completed his
experiments to ascertain the relative
value of frosted grain for seed. His re-
port shows that from 40 to 80 per cent of
the total amount planted will sprout and
grow. He says that the experiments
NAV be relied upon, and hereafter far
mers may plant frosted grain with the
assurance that it will grow, rather than
run in debt for other seed. The Dal-
rymples of Dakota will give frosted seed
La thorough test.
| In discussing "Stock- Growing in Agri-
culture" Western writer makes one
point which is too often disregarded. He
AYERS that the stock-growing farm can be
made self-supporting, which is not the
case with all other branches of agricult-
ure. For it must be remembered that
barn-yard manure is the basis of success
| full farming. 1t costs nothing but the
saving, and it is a complete manure for
all crop productions, and therefore in
growing food necessary for the stock the
| fertility of the soil can be maintained,
which otherwise is sure to deteriorate.
| Shorthorn breeders in several western
states are discussing the future of the
breed, and comments indicate the various
stages of education Of different breeders.
Some would arbitrarily Gull herds and
condemn certain strains. Some would
feed heavier, others would avoid milking
and others still, would encourage milk
ing. Many have yet to learn that the
normal condition Of Shorthorn COW is
the milking condition and not the
butcher condition; that the Shorthorns
should be tested as milk cows for milk
and as steers for beef, but that breeding
cows should only be kept in breeding
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