Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-04-26
FOR FARMERS.


wen as in summer, and heat Is before pour
ing it into the drinking vesseL-Rara1 As@
Yorker.
Cows THAT have no bedding are often in
iured in the knees by getting up or down,
especially If the floors be wet and slippery.
-fyoy Times.
A New YORK Tribune writer says that
two ounces of saltpeter dissolved IA
Quart of warm water and thrown into the
cistern will remove the offensive odor OF
the water.
OFFEsTIMEs a bad tooth or something
fast in the mouth viii cause an animal to
run down. Where one acts queer open the
laws. Sharp teeth are bad and should be
fled off-Farns Journal.
THE most successful shepherd OF the Tut
ure will have his mutton on the market as
regularly and in as good condition as his
wool. The same man will make both prod
ucts as good as POSSIBILITY Y. Herald.
Mr., STALL, in the Indiana Farmer, thinks
that women usually make better bee-keep-
ers than men. Bees, he says, must be
treated Like children, kindly and patiently,
and such work woman does better than
man.
AN excellent method of utilizing the hay
seed and dust is to place it where the hens
can scratch it over They will find quite
an amount of valuable material which
would be useless for any other purpose
81 7. Times.
FARMERS can improve their corn by grow
ing seed-corn in a patch by itself, where
special attention shall be given to the mat
ter Of fertilization Now is the time to
mature plans for next years planting
frog Times.
SWINE are populous in the United States.
According to Statistician Dodge OF the
Agricultural Department there are about
eighty swine to every one hundred OF our
population, while in Europe there are only
fifteen to each one hundred persons.
THE draught-horse enthusiasm grows
with increasing success all over the West
Western farmers have decided TO raise
better class of horses and more % them
The grade draught-horse is universal IA
yOrite in the highest demand at the highest
price, cash article, profit and pride to
the breeders.-lSan Francisco Chr o,sicle.
THE plan of farmer for securing large
crops is thus stated by him: II tell my
men to harrow the ground until they think
it is narrowed twice as much as it ought to
be, and then tell them it is not narrowed
half enough" Thorough pulverization of
the soil is more important than any other
work bestowed upon a crop. - Western
Rural.
In answer to the question: ''Does alsike
clover make dark-colored honeyf" several
correspondents of the Bee Journal say 1t
does not. Others say it makes honey
slightly darker than that from white clover,
but not as dark as buclwheat honey. One
reply says alsilke clover honey has pink
ish color; another that it is every way equal
to white clover honey.
THE bOtanist of the United States De-
partment Of Agriculture says, regarding
the prevention of diseases in orchards:
''Many of the diseases of our fruit orchards
might be remedied, or at least diminished,
by raking together and burning the leaves
as soon as they have fallen. Above all,
these leaves should not be used as material
for compost, for it is probable that this
would only serve the better to preserve
the vitality of the spores through the
winter
AS A metal-preservatiYe, the Farmers
Adoocdte recommends a coat OF thick lime
wash. Another good article is made by
-dissolving an ounce of RESIN in four ounces
of linseed oil, and while hot mix this with
a quart Of kerosene and stir well. This is
laid on to smooth iron with paint brush
or with a rag. To remove rust from tools,
nothing is better than mixture consisting
of a little oil of vitriol poured slowly into
a pint Of water, and apply this to the
rusted metal. Wash off with water, follow
ing with the preventative.
FARMERS and dairynen must not place
too much reliance in the oleomargarine law
raising the price of butter. If better
prices are to be had, they will be for good
butter alone, for the day when carelessly-
made and badly-kept butter will sell at
paying price has gone. In fact, nothing
to-day helps the sale of oleOmargarine so
much as the presence Of this poor dairy
butter in our markets. Consumers want
pure butter, but where they can not get it
sweet and pleasant to the taste they will.
of necessity, take oleomargarine. L.
Former.
II weH laid, stone drain should last as
long as one of tile. If a considerable
amount of stone is used and there is good
outlet a stone drain will never fill up SO
that some water will not pass through it.
Too great fall or too large an amount OF
water is apt TO displace stones. Hence at
tempts to make the stone III the form of an
arch often fail. One side or the other is
liable to be displaced, and presently stone
is pushed into the channel Earth accumu-
lates around this and the efficiency of the
drain is impaired. Tile set in ditch just
wide enough to receive it can not easily be
displaced Western RtfrGl.
THERE are few markets in which enough
difference is made in price of hay on ac-
count of quality Excepting those who feed
fancy horses, few men are particular
enough what they give their teams. Hay
full of weeds and stained withal sells
within two or three dollars per ton as high
as that which is bright and good. The
higher price is generally the cheapest, even
leaving out the comfort and the satisfaction
of the stock eating it. There is only one
exception TO this rule. Glover hay is al
ways low in price. Even when web cured
it usually sells low. Much clover, how
ever, is badly stained and often musty, as
it is the kind Of hay most difficult to cure
welL-CkjcGgo Tribune.
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