The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1889-02-08
FOR THE FARMER.
Some Things Worth knowing.

Some Things Worth Knowing,
The agricultural college professo
and farmer are coming nearer te
gether every year. The professor i
coming gradually down from his higl
throne of exclusive science, and tn
farmer is rising slowly up out of tn
vale OF fogyism and prejudice. Bot
have learned many valuable lesson
and have profited thereby.-Mirro
and Farmer.
In California the eucalyptus tree i
planted for fuel, being cut dow
three years after planting. TIL
amount realized for each acre oftreei
is over 5000. The tree will thrive OF
nearly all kinds of soils and it may
perhaps, be well adapted for fue
purposes here, though they would
require moretime for growth.
When mechanics and contractors
figure on their profits they call tKeii
time worth a fixed price per day, and
are allowed to take that into the
column of expenses; but when a farm.
er makes his showing, he is expected
to admit that he and his teams must
live If they did not work, therefore
what they get for labor is clear gain.
Sprains are among the most severe
accident to which we are liable.
When a joint is sprained, swelling
comes on gradually. In dislocatiop,
the swelling andloss or motion ofthe
joint happen Immediately after the
accident. A sprained limb should be
kept perfectly quiet. To prevent in
Illumination, use poultices of worm
wood, hops o tansy.
Lime is a good disinfectant. 1t is
especially valuable to place in cellars
where vegetables have been stored,
especially such as have been put in
wet or show signs of decay. The
last fall has been so wet that more
than usual attention must be given
to cellars to prevent losses. By alb
sorbing superfuous moisture the line
prevents the rising of foul odors that
dampness with warmth is sure to
generate. Most vegetables in cellars
are better if covered with earth and
the lime sprinkled over the top OF
the heap.
A pigs foot is small in proportion
to its weight. If allowed to trample
over wet ground in it's pen, it must
inevitably mire it up worse than any
other animals. Some think the pig
loves this condition of thing. He
does not, but he cannot help it. By
all means, give piggy a board floor
at least q part of his pen, and
under cover. This he will keep
scrupulously clean and neat, going
outside in the coolest weather to
void liquid or solid excreta. Very
young, pigs quickly learn this habit
of neatness.
believe the liquid portion of ma
nure, which commonlysoaks into the
ground and is lost, is worth as much
as all the rest put together. mo
mans experience can teach him all
that is worth knowing; therefore
read, and get the experience" "The
best profit is in the bestproducts. An
afternoon visit to market will find
the best meat, butter, vegetables and
fruits all sold."-Yermont Watch
man.
Horses that have itchy skin may
be put in fine condition in a very
simple and easy treatment, b. giving
them oncea week a pi1st of linseed oil
at their night feeding. The condi-
ton of such q horse will rapidly inn
prove. If the case should be a bad
one a good condition powder given
in the feed night and morning will be
greatly beneficial. One who has
practiced this for a long while finds
his horses are kept in fine condition.
When clover does not thrive where
it has before borne good crops it in
dicates that the lands ''clover sick"
That is, it is in a fertile condition,
rich in nitrogen, but lacking in some
elements demanded the clover for
some other crop. Corn is an excellent
crop for the purpose, and potatoes
may follow corn. By applying lime
and potash tie land can be put in
clover again. Rotation of crops is
an advantage on all farms.
Says the Mark Lane Express: sit
is being made a complaint by Mani
toba wheat-growers and wheat mer-
chants that their exceptionally fine
wheat are mixed with common sorts
before shipment to this country.
That is essentially their business and
not ours, but wheat that is intended
simply for consumption or export
cannot be too clean and good; the
enhanced price and lessened freight
pay well for the extra labor"
Those who grow fodder corn for
ensilage or winter food should bear
inmind thatexperiments at the Mas
sachusetts Agricultural Experiment
Station showed that corn cut at the
stage when the kernel was just be-
ginning to glaze furnished nearly
twice the nutritive value of that cut
when the tassels first appeared. 1t
is better to plant the small, early
varieties of corn rather than the
large Southern varieties, as the for
mer reach their full nutritive value a
month earlier than the latter.