Wichita eagle., 1889-04-25
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CASH HOUSE, $50 N. Main st
1343t
FARM AND RANGE.

THE proper weight for turkey for the
table, is said by old marketIaen to be eight
pounds.
WHEN atree drops its fruit over the fence
of a boundary line, that fruit still belongs
to the owner of the tree.
A SMALL night lamp placed under the
drinking fountain will prevent the water
from freezing in the poultry house.
LEAVES gathered into heaps and allowed
to lay and decay for two or three years
make an excellent fertilizer for plants.
Cows that have no bedding are often
injured in the knees by getting up or down,
especially if the floors be wet and slippery.
A MAN who takes to farming because he
has fallen at every thing else should not
expect any better success than in other
operations.
KEROSENE Will cure the scaly legs on
fowls. Annoint the legs once week with
kerosene for three or four weeks and the
legs will become perfectly clean.
GOOD fortune awaits the man who will
devise some practicable plan for marking
horses raised on the Western ranges, so
they will not be disfgured by the branding
iron.
A MUsTY cellar is death to milk or cream,
but it seems impossible to pound 1t into the
heads of some people. More butter is ruined
by bad cellars and caves than from any
other cause on the farm.
THE most skillful poultryman that we
know of provides his hen-houses with
perches nearly three inches wide, slightly
oval or rounded on the upper surface.
They are only eighteen inches from the
floor.
Cows need light, not only for their own
health and comfort, but because good but
ter can not be made f. ON the milk of cows
kept in dark stables. Air, light cleanli-
ness and warmth are four essentials OF
constable where COWS are kept for profit
HORSES kept in stables will be all the bet
ter for a run in the barn-yard an hour every
day, where they will not only exercise, but
roll in the straw and clean themselves.
Stable-kept horses need some extra groom
ing, but their improved condition under
this management will repay it.
THE sweet potato does not blossom in the
open air in the United States, but plants
kept in the greenhouse will blossom dur
ing the latter part Of winter or in the
spring. The sweet potato makes nice
running plant, and few persons would sup
pose 1t to be the Well-known esculent
Do NOT allow stock, especially work
horses and milch cows, to drink ice cold
water To take the chill from water costs
so little that it is hardly to be considered
in the expense account Some of the more
advanced stock-keepers now will not allow
any of their stock to drink ice-cold water.
SHEEP effectually keep down the weeds
and harsh grasses. They are as beneficial
! TO some pastures as the pruning knife is to
the orchard They will eat any thing that
| is green and tender, and young briars,
weeds, bushes and other growths are con-
sumed, thereby saving the farmer much
labor, while by their droppings they pre-
! pare the field for the p!ow
| For painting walls or other objects ex
| posed to dampness, a mixture has come
| into extensive use in Germany formed OF
| very fine iron filings and linseed oil var.
! nish. When the material TO be painted is
subject to frequent change Of temperature,
| linseed oil and amber varnish are added to
| the first two coats. The paint may be ap.
| piled to wood, stone or iron, and, in case OF
| the latter, it is not necessary to free /;
| from rust or oily matters.
Nickel Crucibies for Laboratories.
| Crucibles of nickel have lately been
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