The Wahpeton times., 1889-08-29
FOR THE FARMER.

+ Let your horse stand loose, u
possible, without being tied upin the
manger. Pain and weariness from
q confined position induce bad habits.
Crude petroleum, remarks the Con
necticut Courantis abetter rpreserva.
tive of wood than linseed oil, and
costs only one-ffth as much.
Half of the wear to tools, on some
farms, comes from unnecessary ex
posure to sun, and wind, and rain
A convenient shelter is far cheaper
and looks less shiftless.
The ordinary red paint, made Of
red oxide of iron and linseed oil, is
the cheapest that con be used, and
should be applied on the roofs
OF the barns and other out
buildings.
Ifa good account Of expenses and
sales is kept there will always be q
balance in favor of sheep-breeding;
not SO much as o speciality, but as
an assistant to other farm animals
and crops.
Prof. Gamgee recommends that ami
mails sick from eating smutty corn
should be given some purgative, as
a pound of epson salts or q pint Of
linseed oil for q grown animal
and that the animal should
be induced to drink water freely
A weak solution of carbolic acid
and water, says an exchange, applied
to cows with a brush will protect
them from the attacks of flies. 1t is
the odor which repels, and a little
carbolic acid for odor goes great
way.
As rendezvous for skunks and
rabbits the hedge fence takes the
lead, and when we consider the
amount of labor necessary to keep
such fence in good condition and
pleasing to the eye, we much prefer
the barb wire, although as a protec-
tion to stock in winter the advan-
tage is largely in favor of the hedge.
A 2-year-old steer requires in his
daily food, to enable him to make
even, well-develoded growth, about
one pound of fssh-forming food to
eight pounds of fat and heat-pro-
ducers, and this is about the pro-
portion in which these two classes of
nutrients arefound in good hay.
Fruit and vegetable growers are
apt to look at the distant city mar
ket with a magnifying- glass, and to
overlook the advantage of the home
market in consequence. How foolish
to reach for the stars to light your
pipe with, when you have q match
in your pocket.-American Garden.
The Hon R. P. Flower has just re-
turned from a two months Western
trip extending as far as San Fran
cisco. Mr.. Flower speaks most en-
couragingly of the business and crop
prospects of the land of the setting
sun. He remarked especially the in
crease in farming, and recalled that
on a previous trip made number of
years ago, where all was desolation,
there were now vast and profitable
farms.I
Speaking of weeds, a Western jour-
nal says: "1t is a most costly mis-
take to let them grow till light culti-
vation will not destroy them.
Among small plants no cultivator
is better than good sharp-toothed
rake. Stir the surface every few days
with this, and the labor and cost Of
cultivation will be reduced by hall,
and the better growth secured will
be surprising to one who has never
tried the plan Of killing the weeds in
their early youth"
A couple of acres of rye sown the
third week Of last August furnished
an acceptable bite Of pasture for q
dozen milch COWS after the frost had
Drowned everything else, served to
start up the quantity, quality, and
color of the butter from the COWS
this spring two or three weeks before
the regular pasture Was available.
and cut a full crop of grain at harv-
est time, which was as good in every
particular as that on an. adjoining
lot which had not been pastured,
though it was ten days or two weeks
later in ripening.
Carrots are not appreciated in this
country as they aro in Germany. In
Germany they are fed to all kinds of
animals including the poultry. They
do the horses good, make more milk
and butter and of a rich color. They
may be fed to cattle and horses, or
cut with a spade in a box or root
cutter. For poultry they should be
chopped fine. When mixed with
mangels, wheat chaff and a chop
made of straw or hay, put in q
half bushel of the fodder and peck
of the roots. This isgood for horses
when not at work, but when at work
put in some oats or bran.
We have always believed that our
farmers would find sheep profit