Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-11-30
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esss Ia any bssls~as. sse Isss Dsesss 10 fsro-
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sssn By ssiiisg half his ias1 81 ssiag the
money received for is Ia ispeevias ed ~
~ estuvssing the oehss half.
gssps- grover Of Setter. Cal. rrcessiy
reported that be 80 sashesing ssos Rose
Peru syssss sh.s yielded. ID noe portions Of
ths win yard. faiiy 10 tons - de scre-
Il seens 70 be use dat vsses In suitseis
supply IL more important in faissng crops
than MANURE. ys, there IL no effort 70 regulate
supply that misht be bod from rainfall siseiy
conserved.
The wise farmer viil beco0e wiser BY
reading good farm papefs. - many - has
spare time sill permit. aud be viii have
spare time much la proportion to the Wis lon
Spoiled To the conduct Of his work.
A sable should. above al thiugs. be con-
venienr for man - yell - comfortable for
beast. u costs no more 10 have . hAniy
stable than /. does to. year after year. toler'
ale IN az / xrdly -construste !, enhanhy one
Take pair OF boots or shoes that have be-
come snh and uneom 0rtAbIe by constant
wear In the rain and sppIy . coat Of vAseiine,
rubbing IL in veil sith . cloth, and in . short
time the le~thyr becomes - soft and pliabis
~ when new
One .eriou. drawback to good prices is
that farmers insist on sending poultry to
market alive. No~, A. the buyers have the
same objection to picking and dressing fosls
,nat the farmer has, it viii pay the farmer
TO pick fowls himself.
Ensiiage ~ = cattle food 10 by no means
the all in all that it, insenperate and indis-
erect sdyocsfes represent 1t TO be. but 10
rather. a valuable aid ~ be used in connec-
tion with dry fodder and grain. all integral
parts OF full and well balanced food The
Hnsba ndmaa.
The American Humane Society request
every State and local associaiion devoted to
the same mereifui mission TO eadeavor to
Obtain from the Legislature Law making II
penal offence to dehorn cattle, To dock thu
tails Of horses and TO shoot pigeons and Other
live birds from traps"
The hog, a. well - other animals needs
good, wholesome food. The belief that Z
hog will thrive on any kind Of feed, If he
has sp abundance Of it, and the s6lftless.
reckless way Of feeding prseticed by many
are the immediate and sole causes 81 much
Of the disease that prevails among swine.
Ifa COW gives Il, 600 pounds Of milk. ter
of which will make = pound of cheese. the
yield will he 1900 pounds Of cheese. A COW
giving 6 600 pounds Of milk 90 rich thai
eight pounds of il will make . pound Of
cheese would furstsh $50 pounds; and II
would be much the best cheese II pfoperl,
made.
A farmer suggests tina, one of the MAR
.essons why boys are unwilling to stay or
the farm 10 because farmers are SO proverbi
ally given to croaking. insteed Of study Ing
and developing the good features, they are
always talking of hard times" ''drudgery.
etc. This kind of talk 10 vicious even il
sometimes true.-Chieayo DrOrers' Journal
The prudent, intelligent. industrious
farmer. out of debt, gets about As man,
| crt AZURE comforts, after all, - are garDered
by mcu in other kinds Of business. and In
the matter Of conscience, must feel . sense
of cleanliness very enjoyable in these days
with fraud, rampant dominating and direct
ing in many Industries, employ ments, call
ings and professions.
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the potato may be formed from the authentic
statement that originally it was small and
bitter root growing wild along the rocky
coast If Chill. The New England Farm
Dictionary, published in 1880, says; mo
a small, reddish colored potato. of 40 rank =
taste that it WAS scarcely estabie.'
Nature seems to delight in variety; and it
is by taking advantage Of hsr variations,
when they are in the right direction. that
mprov, ment is secured. Bat so strong is
the Ia ndency to revert to the original type
that it is only by improving aud maintaining
higher conditions that we can, in me isure.
establish higher type. This applies alike
to animal and vegetable life.
} 5. Clark presented before the ways and
means committee of Congress, in 1884. n
statement of the cost Of keeping 4 sheep
during one year II was the average Of
estimates made by eighty prsctical WOOL
growers. Til. cost of keeping was put At
81. IL and the income derived ut 81 "a, max
ipg . loss Of thirty nine cents on each sheep.
W hat is the cost now Can any reader give
US the figures
A farmer who lives on hog and hominy
whose library consists of old Patent Office
reports and Fox's Book of Martyrs; whose
cons and daughters are not given the ad
vantages of education, must not expect his
children to be enamored Of farmers life :;
~hile others who give their children all the
advantages, find their boys taking to the farm
as naturally as a merchant's son goes into his
fathers business. s. Louisville Home and
Farm.
1t is acknowl lodged that the purpose for
which agricultural colleges were established
in the several States, and to which the Gov
eminent contributed By liberal grants Of land
and money, has not been realized. The col
leges do not educate men for the farme, but
for professions, and the tendency of their
teachings has been to draw young men from
their fsrms, instead Of fitting them for work
on them Gorernraent Agricultural Report.
81 As to the theory of milking, it is said tina,
the udier of the COW consists of two separate
and distinct glands, which do not communi
cate with each other. Each gland has a
front ami back teat, and the milk channels
lesdi 4 to the teats of the came gland com
municste with each other. Hence, the teAts
on the same side ought to be mike at the
SINE tine; not, AS is Frequently the care.
the front tear one side and the back tea. on
the 9TH r -Ameriean Dairyman.
A grapevine worth having i. at Carp,n
teris. Cal and wss planted forty seven years
ago by Spanish girt 1t nov has eirth of
sx feet at the base. and branches out in
eli her direction 800 feet. Nov it is loaded
with a thousand clusters Of nearly ripe Mis-
sion grapes. weighing from one 10 three
pnG ds ,aeh. lis a. ason's product is e.ti.
mated at four tan. Usually bringing in mar
kpt from $50 TO $40 p.r ton. HALT .a-dozsr
vines would keep the wolf from the door. -
FOR THE LITTLE
IOLKS.
NOVEMBER.
TIE wind sweep trees, / af-deso,sfed, sway;
In LADY rintis of glootu suns In = their way.
be suilen hills look grim " Mt bay.