Wichita eagle., 1889-04-10
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Cash : HOUSE, ,-
$50 North Main Street.
FRESH FARM FACTS

"CABBAGEs need lime" says an ex-
! perienced farmer.
! ONE day additional in narrowing will give
you big wages in harvest-time.
4 1t is as unwise to plow before the ground
is ready as to harvest before the grain is
ripe.
BE ready, when the land is IN good order,
to put all the teams in the field, and see how
well the work can be done. Do not hurry
over it-ten acres well put in, will pay bet
ter than fifteen indiferently run over.
THE treatment of cholera hog after the
disease has gained firm hold upon it is
useless. The ulcerations produced in the
large intestines may heal slowly if they are
not too extensive, but medicines are of little
avail.
WE would rather have one pan Of milk,
with quarter-inch cream, than four pans
with oDe-siXteenth-inch cream. By the
same token, twenty acres of land, with a
rich, deep soil, may be moro desirable than
a thin-skinned tract Of one hundred and
sixty acres.
FARMERS know the danger of laundering
horses by allowing them to drink unre-
strainedly after being warmed by working
or fast driving. The danger is greatest
when the water IS coolest. 1t is the sud-
den chill of cold water on heated stomach
that does the mischief.
AN exchange warns planters to let for
eign potatoes Irish and German
severely alone, as the change of soil and
climatic condition is too radical, and it is
necessary for the newcomers to become ac-
clmated before they can be successfully
grown on this side Of the big pond.
THE country cook, blessed with fine veg
etable garden and convenient dairy, will
find that quite bare bone will make a
savory soup. Vegetables full Of juice and
flavor, and perhaps an additional cup of
cream, will make amends for almost any
shortcomings as regards soup meat.
FLEETNEss and strength are important
qualities in horses, the extremes of which.
never co-eXist in the same animal. For
some purposes a combination of these quail
tiles is desirable. Either may exist in great
degree without bottom, or power to endure
continued exertion, quality Of high value.
WHERE the sod is suited to rotation of
crops, and hay is valued only for what it is
worth for feeding to Stock manure can be
more proftably used than as a top-dressing
for meadows. in the vicinity Of large cities,
where hay becomes more valuable, it may
be used as top-dressing, and the meadow
kept sealed permanently.
CHARCOAL should be broken in small
Jumps and put where the fowls can get at
it, and they will eat it with great relish. 1t
has been fed to pigs with the very best re-
suits, and those which were treated to It
were never troubled with disease or sick
ness, while neighboring ones were. This
helps to prove its value not only for swine,
but for fowls.
Do NOT imagine, says the Farm Journal,
that the colt is all right because it has all
the hay II can eat. This is not wisdom. Give
1t less hay and two to four quarts Of bran
and oats mixed, according to its size. This
kind Of food will make strong bone and
joints. They are worth more than size or
style We can have both, but by all means
have good joints, and to get them there
must be phosphate in the feed, and bran
and oats contain these.
OATS and peas are sometimes sown to-
gether, but only for food, as neither grain
will sell for other purposes unless pure. 1t
is claimed that more feed can be grown
with this mixture than by sowing oats or
peas alone. The peas shade the ground so
as to check the growth of small weeds,
while the stronger stalks of oats push
above them and help to keep the peas from
the ground. This crop thus grown is some
times used for ensilage, and is excellent fo-
that purpose.
IL sections threatened with hog-cholera
the following plan, recommended by Farm
ana Fresfde, should be adopted: There
should always be a box, where hogs are
running, containing mixture of copperas,
sulphur, black antimony, salt and ashes in
it, and it should be so arranged that enc side
win be open and the top covered so as 20
keep out the rain The hogs will visit this
box daily, and By the use of the mixture
their blood will be kept pure, and should
the disease come it VIII not be So destruct-