Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-04-25
OF INTEREST TO FARMERS.

WARN and comfortable stables. sheds,
etc, economic fodder
MANY accidents viii be avoided By put
ting brass knobs on the tips Of the horns d
cattle.
PENNY before the eye frequently pro-
vents many close-sighted farmers from
seeing the dollars In the distance, in we'll
cultivated, well-stoclted farms.
THEREis no use OF chick or hen having
the gapes for twenty-four hours A few
drops Of camphor and water down tho
throat Is sure cure. i never knew a sec
ond dose TO fail--Cor. Poultry Keeper.
II preparing food for stock, says the Troy
Times, such as cooked vegetables, chopped
feed, etc, always season with salt. Every
animal Graves 1t, and must have a certain
amount of saline matter introduced into sts
system 10 enable II to thrive.
IL you can give your animals an occa-
sional change IN their food you Will find
that they will eat with more relish. and
what they get viii do them more good,
than If confined 20 a regular diet Your
horse is very much like yourself in this
particular. Journal
ID. A JONES, Of Beeton, Can, uses
chloroforIn in introducing queens He Is
said TO be very successful, seldom losing a
queen when introduced in that way He
puts few drops o. ohloroform on rag er
sponge in the smoker, and giving a few
puffs in at the entrance, Supplies them,
and by the time the bees recover from
their stupor they know nothing OF what
has happened.
THERE Is no fixed rule for milking kick
ing cows, but q correspondent in an
exchange names the following ~ his
method: approach the COW whistling,
singing or talking 70 attract her attention
Lean gently against her sjs.e and telr her
10 hoist Place the head against her and
adjust the stool, sit down aud gently grasp
the fyther fore tcat, then the Gear enc,
and with the head stall resting against her,
keep milking and whistling until the Job 10
done"
THE bones go from the table 10 the dog,
which, as matter Of course, as II Is char
acteristic OF dog Kind, after finishing his
repast, leaves them IN the grass or any
where he happens % be "A nuisance"
you say. Sure enough but we can turn
them TO good account IL no other way 10
open, by digging treDeh at the base Of tha
grape-yines and burying the bones IN IL,
where they VA help feruhze and Increase
the growth Of the vines. Try iL-Det-ei
Tribune.
osE Of the most important values Of fer.
tilizers ia their action On quick growing
crops Straw berries, for example, must
gather most Of their food !n three weeks,
and that ia time must have IL IN super
abundance ia mos, svsliable form Grass,
on the other hand, takes 81 r1an7 mouths
70 perfect ats growth, aud plenty 81 tire 20
gather its food, which ia about the Same for
one-haf ton q timothy ss Tor Eve thou
sand quarts 81 strewberries. -Prarz
Farmer.
DR. O. o. FRAsKR, Of Randolph, o, say.i
"Seelng different remedies recon nenked
for bee stiags, I wish 70 say that have
tired alkslles, soda, ammonia, liquor
potassa, honey, RIB With an oCien, bruised
tobacco. etc, and with thirty years ez.
perience can say that q ANAL sraSsni d
oil Of cinnamon, applied with . snail straw,
end CT Knitting neetae OF srnail splinter, 10
worth more than al e1s rest- Use oniys
little, for it WILL blister"
THH object lssson system used IN IRE
schoei-roorn Ia very proper ara belptai
oae in teaching horses TAeir couprshan-
sisa must 30 kin6ly. pscs1tiy md grad sAb
ly reached through TIER eyes a11 ears.
The uIss for cornGse-1zng rlest bs tba yerJ
first days u t.se COWS sxtsoence, scd II ycu
would hsvs yropeTty trained borss with
Ali cf value 10 brings. not Cay shszd
pass that some lesson fn ths procezs IL ma
taught. for the eyss year q Ia life az les&s
-K9ssrsai H.sesx.