Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-11-09
RURAL REAP,Ncx.


,. sAuH growers can utilize their hot-bed
'ssn 1or drying surplus fruit in the sun.
DEP the hen-house floor covered with
H1oio through the warm summer
ms will hold the escaping gases.
"a POOR horse eats as much as good one;
ser1o cattle as much as grades or thorough
eos, mongrel poultry as much as grades
=. pure breeds. Then why keep inferior
of cutting, the feed can all be mixed well
Oeetner, made more palatable, and is more
easIy and thoroughly digested, and the
soocA WIN eat it up clean, avoiding unneces-
sary waste.
II mas been remarked that the farmers
"no pest succeed In thus country arc those
VINO devote their chief attention to some one
prCduct which is favored by their special
soil and climate.
you sow your garden seed during mild,
ecala weather and in well prepared soil,
oos TOO deep, keeping the surface moist by
sprinklng it over Us often as necessary and
sneltering 1T in the event of frost or from
screening sun, very few seeds will fail to
germmate.
HE more important the feeding Of stock
upon tho farm becomes, the greater the ne
eessity OF saving feed. Cutting feed is one
way OF cconoEiizinS, as well as iacrcasingi in
value, by combining one and another sort,
80 tho whole shall constitute as near o per-
feet food as possible.
DON'T break, but train the colt. Begin the
lessons with the halter early, and Let the c.
ucat,oa continue until you have perfectly
framed horse. Do not wcan the colt too
soon Feed the dam and colt freely but with
care Corn should be used oparingly, as it
Is fat-producing. The colt will early learn
to eat oats with the dam
If sprouts appear on new set trees YOU
can now easily pinch them of with your
thumb and finger, and throw the growth
where it is wanted. But do not cut off all
the growth. If you dwarf the top of young
new set tree that is making rapid growth,
you are dNaring the roofs. If you allow
too much top on feeble tree you will kill
the tree
As CORN can not properly be given in very
large proportion in tho milk ration, 1t would
be profitable to exchange a ton Of corn for
ton of roller bran. If corn is to be fed to
sheep, separately from the fodder, as sheen
masticate more perfectly than cattle, it
would be better to feed shclled corn with
bran. But for horses and cattle, corn should
be ground and mixed with tho coarse fod-
der.
Corn fodder can be considerably IN
creased in value by being cut and mixed
with ether materials, and the stock thus be
able to derive much larger benefit than
if fed whole. The size Of the cutter should
be determined by the number OF stock kept.
If it can be arranged so that q supply can
be cut ahead, especially during busy
season, it will interfere less with the moro
pressing farm work
The quantity of air breathed by cattle,
although varying much with their size, is
probably about five times as great as that
breathcd by adult persons, who breathe q
cubic foot in about three and half minutes
An adult person breathes about 400 cubic
feet in q hours. But for healthy rcspira
ton he should have from 25 to 50 times aa
much air. So with cattle, one of which
breathes about 1900 cubic feet in "a hours.
which should be increased many tines TO:
continued pure, heulthy air in the stable;
although cattle are less affected by impur-
ity than man.