Wichita eagle., 1889-03-14
PERTAINING TO THE FARM.

l -
fourteen miles square, there are i've but
ter factories. which pay out in the ag-
gregate S12 900 per month for milk; and
as the farmers produce the milk solely
on rye and sorghum hay in winter, and
rye and wild grass pasture in spring and
summer, there is big profit, at 70 cents
| for milk in summer, and 81 per cwt. in
summer.
A good plan for farmers to follow as
soon as bright, warm, dry spring day
| comes would be to burn OF the old, dead
grass of the prairie lands and trash along
the roads and in dirty" fields and stubbie
grounds. The weeds and grass are the
natural harboring places or the chlnch
bug and all sorts Of destructive insects
and they make their appearance on the
first approach of warm weather. 1nnnlte
numbers of the insects may be destroyed
| in this manner and their ravages checked
to that extent.
The Cedarvale Star has been interview
ing the cotton rasers this week, and
| finds the product of Chatauqua county
for 1888 to have been 204 bales, or 1O2,-
600 pounds, which brought an average
| net price of eight cents per pound, max
ing So, 106 for the estimated 408 acres oc-
cupied by the crop, or $40 an acre. Com
pare this sum with the amount realized
from any equal acreage of corn on the
same quality of land (for the cotton was
invariably raised on poor upland) and 1t
does not need further argument to prove
cotton to be profitable crop for Kansas.
Every farmer in the county should
have good garden. Nothing adds more
to the attractiveness of farm than q
good garden. 1t is as much entitled to
care and respect as the corn field and
will add more to the health of the family
than any other industrial work on the
farm. When you find that two rows of
potatoes in a garden will yield as much
probably as ten in the field, it may have
a tendency to less acreage and better cul-
tivatlon in the field A variety Of food
makes better muscle, more active and
fertile brain and above all more pro-
gressive and wide-awake people.
Farmers report that the meadows and
roadsides are full of chintz Bugs and
that The bugs have all taken to those
places for quarters, to await their attack
on the wheat crop. A number of gen
tlemen have stated that if the meadows
and roadsides were fired and carefully
burned, say in two weeks, that these
pests would be exterminated. The EAGLE
suggested several months ago that burn
ing off all unbroken land before the bud
ding of vegetation in the spring as a
more effective method of getting rid of
insect pests than the abandonment Of
small grain crops, as was suggested at
the time by some one as remedy for
chintz bugs. 1t still holds to the same
! opinion, and it is not too late yet to
adopt the plan. 1t is certainly harmless
and inexpensive, even If it should not
accomplish all that is desired.
Of late there has been so much specu-
| lation about the sugar making capabili-
ties of sorghum that public attention has
been largely directed to thinking OF the
plant solely in connection with that
product. But that sorghum has ''rals-
on d'etre" on other grounds is shown by
| the report of the Kansas department OF
agriculture that for the past two years
the sorghum product of the state, leav-
ing out the sugar product. was worth
nearly So, 000 600; to be exact, 81, 800, TAB.
For the preceding two years its value
was $S,246,0SS, gain in two years of
81, 654 ,625, or nearly so per cent. In the
! light of these figures it is safe to say tina;
! 'ghum's going into inocuous desuetude in
the state of Kansas. Louis Grocer.
4 horseman says there are certain
marked points in a good horse. You can
see breadth and fullnesS between the
ears and eyes. You couid't hire that
mare TO act mean or hurt anybody. The
eve should be full, and hazel in color. !
| like a small, thin ear, and want a horse
| 10 throw his ears well forward. Look
out for the brute that wants TO listen to
ali the conversation going on behind
! him. The horse that turns back his ears
till they almost meet at the points, take
my word for it, is sure to do something
wrong See that straight, elegant face.
A horse with dishing face is cowardly,
and a cowardly horse is usually vicious.
! Then like a square muzzle, with large
nostrils, to let in plenty OF air
to the lungs. For the under side of the
! head. a good horse should be well cut
under the jowl, with jaw bones broad
| and wide apart under the throttle. The
next thing is the build of the animal.
Never buy a long legged. stilty horse.
Let him have a short, straight back, and
straight rump, and you've got a gentle
mans horse The withers should be
high and the shoulders well set back and
broad, but don't get them too deep In
the chest. The fore leg should be short
Give me pretty straight hind leg, with
the heck low down, short pastern joints,
and a round, mulish foot. There are
all kinds of horses, but the horse
that has points is almost sure to be sight
ly, graceful, good-natured and service
able.