Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-05-31
THE FARM.
Farm Notes.

A GRAY horse it is said is rarely I'M
sound in feet or joints, and this is the
favorite color of Paris omnibus horses
and Frereh stage horses.
We have fed tons of pumpkins to
mich COWS without removing the seed
and never observed any falling off in
the milk.-Dairy World.
EVENTS are often like chestnut burrs.
Ii you give them little frost, the burr
will open and show the inside to be
great deal better than the outside.
The annual product of honey in
America is, according to the American
A0riculturist, 2S,O00,O00 pounds or a
half pound piece to the population.
QUILL tooth picks come largely from
factory in the world. This factory, which
is located near Paris, was originally
started to make quill pens; but, when
these went out of use, the proprietor
turned it pto tooth-pick mill, the
present annual output of which is &c.
100000 quilts.
AN old teamster of fifty years exper-
fence says he never had a case OF the
gals upon his animals where the fol-
lowing preventive was adopted, which
was simply to rub the collars inside,
every few days, with q little neats-foot
oil. and the moment any dirt was found
sticking like wax to wash it off with
warm soap suds and then with oil.
Farm and Home says that if there is
any one thing that experiment stations
need to attend to more than.another, it
is to the production of bulletins such
as common people can understand. Be
simple, plain, direct. The reports of
the Wisconsin stations are a fortunate
example of the sort of plain English
that farmers like. If professor can't
write the result Of his labors clearly, let
him explain it to some man that will, OF
step down and out. The experime nt
stations are for the people.
IF the mare has moderate, regular
labor, she will have better appetite
and digestion, hence greater vigor; and
as is the vigor of the mare during preg.
nancy, SO must be in great measure the
vigor of her foal. AS the mare must
consume and digest enough for the
nourishment and growth of the foal as
we'll as her own needs, there is necessity
of that exercise without which both ap.
petite and digestion must weaken. Long
confinement to any animal that has thu
ability to move freely is severe strain
On Aeo ueIN Jus eSs telu, dIi AloSC eeNei'
in the case Of the horse, which is natur
ally the most active of our farm animals
-A0ricultawist.
The wheels of progress never turf
backward to any great extent. They ma.
be clogged for short period, but whel
thew start they will roll forward. Tn
killing of live stock in q shed and vast
ing the blood, horns, hair, etc., as i,
ye olden times" is passing away for
ever, except in small towns where til
business is SO limited as to not admit o
the necessary appliances for the i'm
proved methods, and even there tn
consumer will get his meat in boxe
from the nearest town or city in whic
an improved abattoir exists. This is in
| evitable in the meat business of tn
country, and the sooner a communit
wakes up to the fact and takes advan
tage of their new condition of thing
the better it will be off. and the Nor
Independent it will be of the big fou1
-Teras Lire !Stock Journal.