Wichita eagle., 1889-04-30
FARM AND RANGE.

THE proper weight for turkey Tor the
table, is said by old marketmen to be eight
pounds.
WHEN tree drops its fruit over the fence
of boundary line, that fruit still belongs
70 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 OF 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 scaiy legs on
fowls. Annoint the legs once week with
kerosene for three or four weeks and the
legs will become perfectly clean.
A GOOD fortune awaits the man who will
devise some ract.cable plan for marking
horses raised on the Western ranges, sc
they will not be disfgured by the branding.
iron.
AMUsTY cellar is death to milk or cream,
but it seems impossible to pound it 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 fir ON the milk Of cowa
kept in dark stables. Air, light, cleanh-
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 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 green house 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 it to be the well-known esculent.
Do NOT allow stock, especially work
horses and mich 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 ock-keepers now will not allow
any of their stock to drink ce-cold water.
SHEEP effectually keep down the weeds
and harsh grasses. They are as beneficial
to some pastures as the pruning knife is tc
iSe orchard. They viii 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 pillow.
FoR painting walls or other objects ex
posed to dampness, mixture has cone
into extensive use in Germany formed OF
very fine iron filings and hnseed oil var
pish. WheI the material 70 be painted il
subject 70 frequent change of temperature,
linseed oil and amber varnish are added to
the first two coats. The paint may be APP
piled TO wood, stone or iron, and, in case Of
the latter, it is not necessary 10 free II
from rust or DIV matters