The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-05-03
FOR THE FARMER.
Agricultural Notes.

Agricultural Notes.
Throw your onion seed into water
and use that which sinks.
The sure way to break n
hen from egg eating is to cut off
her head.
Prunc peach trees in the spring,
after the cold, freezing weather is
over.
Food thatis calculated to fatten TN
animal rapidly should bc used spur
ingly.
Much care should he observed in
always keeping secd-corn perfectly
dry during storage.
Putat the head ofyourhcrd, advises
an exchange, pure-blood bull of
dairy type.
Mouldy grain should not he fed to
fowls; If dried in the oven and scorrh-
ell just n little makes it wholesome
TODD.
When it can he avoided never mix
and feed cattle of all ages together.
Rather divide up and feed each lot
separate according to their size.
1t is calculated that the English
sparrow is covering the surface of
the United States and Canada ut the
rate of 100000 square miles IL year.
Because sheep and lambs will il
left alone manage to take cure of
themselves, yet this il not i, sufficient
reason for forcing them to do so
without comfortable shelter.
Don't go into the poultry business
from sudden fancy or impulse, but
consider well what You propose to
do, and plan particularly how you
are to do it, before you begin.
There is an evident desire, accord.
ing to MIR. b. +. Johnston, on the
part ofcattlemen so to breed and
feed as to diminish tallow, worth
three cents a pound. and increase
lean meat, worth twenty-five cents.
Professor F. G. Short, of the Wis.
consin Experiment Station, has de-
vised an apparatus for testing the
butter value of milk, by which, it is
said, the dairy value Of IL COW can he
accurately ascertained.
Mr.. W. q. Markham, of Avon, n.
u, who last year Went to Australia
to bring suit for the slaughter of
fine flock of American merinos sent
there by him. on the pretext that
they were diseased, has won his
cause.
The Breeders Gazette, in an able
plea for sheep says: "Our people
are steadily augmenting their con-
suption of mutton are now eating
nearly one.thir,l of "a sheep pcrcapita
each year. This il considerably
more than one sheep for each adult"
The editor of Hoard's Dairyman,
in answer to query about the average
temperature of spring and well water
in Northern and Western States,
says: ut is u rare one that il below
Is degrees. Most of them will aver
age 80 or above"
Whether you hatch by hens or in
cubators you should have an egg
tester for detecting infertile eggs,
that they may I've taken out and used
for feeling purposes before they are
spoiled. The makers of incubntors
sell testers.
1t is claimed that, turpentine will
cure Group and rafting in the throat.
Put IL tablespoonful in halfa pail of
water and let the fowls drink it. II
very bad put two or three drops in
a teaspoonfu' OF water and put it
down their throats.
Keep wood ashes out of the hen
house. \ small portion may he mixed
with the loan in the dust-box for
medical purposes. Wood ashes
bleach the shunks of fowls, and when
mixed with the droppings cause the
ammonia to escape.
The horses ofsome people are al
ways sick or out of order. The rea-
son is that the owners are always
careless. There is IL great deal, it il
true, in the breed or constitution of
the horse; but there is also much in
good care.
Ducks confined in yards need a
plentiful supply of green food, such
us cut grass and vegetables. and
some meat. They also require plenty
of water to drink and enjoy a bath
about fifty times IL day. The latter,
however, is not essential.
Ducks lay very early in the morn
ing, as rule, and should be kept in
their pen until they have deposited
their egg. lfpermitted to have their
liberty they will drop one half of
them along the streams and in the
meadows where they roam.
When n horse has three feeds of
grain, ten pounds OF hay, evenly
divided. it is enough for one day. A
horse fed in this way would always
lie ready for service and not lie
clogge,l or overloaded with food.
Ten pounds of straw is also enough
for an ordinary sized horse.
The Southern Live Stock journal
suys: The Soutlldown is admirably
adaptetlto the South asmutton sheep.
The quality of the meat is not only
first-class, but they mature early.
The Cotswold has not proved
satisfactory in this Southern country.
Tie smaller breeds suit us hest.
INSTALLING trench ploughing for
subsoiling, according to the Amer
lean Agriculturist, il responsible for
much Of the prejudice against the
latter among farmers. bringing
lnrge quantities OF the subsoil to the
s,irtnse. it adds, is rarely profitable
in farming, while occasional STRINGS
of the subsoil arerarely Improbable.
MIR. Paddock, in Hoarl's D,,iryman
saws that when he has sufficient