The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-11-22


milk AS an assistance to the green
food (which will soon become scarce
give sliced turnips, beets or carrots.
Peach trees will sometimes naftiial,s z
renew themselves If the dead limbs rAd
twlgs are cut away In this nbanner
tree may be induced toshear xr>no5
Two longer, but when the tree u t.1d. ansl
the new wood grows slowly, it may be of
little advantage to attempt to prolong it's
existence.
The longer the corn fodder remains
stacked in the field, the darker It will be-
come in color from exposure, and the
greater the deterioration in the qualitg
OF the blades Bright fodder is more
highly relished by the stock, as it is ten
der, while exposed fodder gradually be-
comes torgh.
Nebraska fruit-groTer thus states
the results obtained on a small plot of
ground: 81 sold 1923 quarts of raspber-
ries, which netted me $I=O.28. and 796
quarts of hlackberries, which netted $40.
These were from one and one-sixteeuth
acres Of land (measured), and do not in
include the quantity eaten, canned and
given away.
The time to apply lime is in the fall ,
SO as to allow 1t time to act on the soil.
The beneficial effects of lime may not be
apparent until the second season. much
depending upon the condition of the soil
and it's composition. 1t shonld he ap-
piled on the surface to be carried down
by the rains, and not plowed in.
About one and half pounds of corn
will suffice as grain ration for one sheep
II the animal Is given all the hay or grass
1t desires. The breeding ewes, however,
should be allowed oats in preference to
corn. To fatten wether give mess of
cooked turnips and cornmeal with the
other food. and it will gain rapidly.
Ounce trees are benefited by heavy
manuring more than any other fruit trees.
and If the ground ound the trees is well
covered with manure this fall the bene-
fetal effects OF the MANURE will be very
marked Iext spring. Too much manure
around peach trees, however, sometimes
does harm, but light covering of COM
post will be beneficial
The horses on some of the stage routes
in Nevada are trained to wear showshoes
After an animal becomes used to them
he can travel four or five miles an hour
where it would be impossible to get that
distance in a week without them The
shoes are made OF thin steel plate, and
measure about nine by eleven iu:'hes
The horses are shod with long heel calks,
~ ffat,
vent their slipping going mp and down
hill.
Professor B. D. Halsted finds that the
common asparagus is heliotropic, l. G. e.,
follows the sun in its daily course. In
carly morning the shoots are nearly up
right, but wher the sun is two hours
above the horizon the same stems lean
Enthusiastically to the eastward. At noon
the stems are leaning somewhat to the
southwark and at evening they point
westward The curving is most prom:n-
ent with average sized stems which have
escaped the gardeners knife, and are be-
tween one and two feet in height.
Rye straw is preferred for bedding, as
| it is long and easily spread over the
stalls; but in preparing the bed some
consideration must be given the handling
| of the manure and ahsorbents, for which
reason the material will give better re-
suits. 80 far as labor is concerned, if cut
| I'D for bedding. Wheat straw is equally
as good. The finer and shorter the bed
ding material the better it will absorb the
Huuids. As soon az the leaves begin to
drop they should he raked up and hauled
| A., tho ufa b1oc for bo0GIDO
| W. Brazelton tells In HOard's Dairy
man how he kills the horns on his cal yes.
He saws get a stick of caustic potash,
then when the calf is saw, ten days old,
take it by both ears, stand straddle OF It,
then let an assistant Rave little water,
wet the place where the horn would
come, then after wrapping rag arouId
lone end o. the caustic. rub the other end
of the horn spot 1t being wet, will dis
solve enough of the eaustic to cause dry
scab to form. If thoroughly rubbed for
saw a minute, one operation Is all-sutfi-
cient. Mr.. Brazelton's calves six months
old thus treateI have not sign OF horn
tt reauires but small plot Of raspber-
ries to give an abundant supply for a
family. They should not he set ont un-
til late i'm the fall or early spring, and Il
a protected location be selected for them
lthey will bear little earlier than If ex.
poesd. The raspberry delights IN nch
soil and the canes should he well man
nred every season. The red variety If
THE best. and sends up new plants from
1.-THE roots. which gives Thick mass o.
lcan.s in the row The black caps are
inronagated by roofing the tips of the
canes which are bent to the ground ano
lowered
Four lots Of lambs, of ordinary grades
were fed hy Professor Roberts, to deer
nine the cost and ratio of increase. IRON
ldiffrrent foods. not only OF the ca-cass
lbut of wool also. From November tt
anril-fye months-the lambs Wers
GIVEN mite a variety The four lots con
tained three lambs each. One lot wa'
fed ON a carbonaceou5 diet, having al
The xhoIe corn and timothy hay the,
teould eat. with half pound OF roots ea'h
tbe estimated cost of the food being $2-70
Another lot was given food OF a nfro
genous character, c. nslstlsgoL za5 pound.
bran, 1O6 pounds cotton ed meal, 81
rounds clover and LOO pounds roofs, TN
cost being 81 &c. The other lots Wer'
fed on mixed nitrogeneus foods, for com
nay;son with the first two lots- A re
m.rIaf,le result was that the lambs fet
Ion nitrogencus food drank much nor
|, water than the others, nearly tour ume
as much. While the cost OF the carbon
i aceoue food was So 20, less than that Q
the food of the other lot ($4.6tsJ. the gan
: from the carbOnaceous food IN the nv
months was 1910 pounds, the gain iron
the nitrogenous foods 5l-3l pounds, tn
Icost of the gain from the caroonaceou
tfood 81 SO; and the cost OF the gam non
1.-The nitrugenous food $6-e2. The mcreas
| IN wool was also In favor or the nitrogen
f~l. <bo first lot she4YIuQ 4