The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-09-13
FOR THE FARMER.
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Farm Tstss.
A mixture of kerosene and lamp.
black is o good application to keep
steel surfaces bright.
If the whifletree breaks don't
throw it into q corner, Remove tho
irons. They can he fitted to new
wood.
Make a note of what you sell, when,
how much and the price. 1t may be
to your interest some time to know
about these things.
A handy thing to have in q box
containing an assortment of bolts,
nuts, rivets, nails and q hammer,
pinchers and cold.chisel.
The pnint-brush that proved to be
bargain was cleaned in turpentine
each time its work was done, dried
and hung up by its handle. :.
Bulls are very treachcrous. It is
usually the gentle bull that Injuries
his keeper. The older they become
the more dangerous they are.
Wagons and carts that are used
daily should have the axles vel,
CREASED at least thre. times a week.
1t Lessons tho work of the horses.
A new method of dcl,orning is to
make u strong caustic application
to the embryo horn. 1t gives little
pain and is us cffectual as the saw,
Keep Il few pancs cf window-glass
and paper OF tacks or some putty
on hand. When the window-panc il
broken, don't makeslitt; replace it.
The surcst way to kill thist]cs is to
keep them down. AS fust as they
approucl, above the ground cut them
OIL. and they will in time become OK
hausted and die.
II you arc breaking young colts
take pains not to over,lo them, says
Il writer. Many young horses are
seriously injured by strnining or
working too hard ut the start.
Horses should have ut least two
hours rest ut noon. On very warm
days horses suffer severely. They
should he wutewt often, and Mt
night should he swabbcd and wipcd
dry.
Because the grass can be procured
ty the cows now is no reason for
emitting any portion OF the food ut
the barn. The COW is n producer,
and the brttcr she is fed the larger
her yield Of milk and huttcr.
Filthy quarters cause lice on all
classes of stock, and ut this season
the vermin multiply very rapidly.
An animal that is infested with vcr-
min cannot be kept in good condi-
ton, even with the best OF feeding.
When turkeys an have the range
of the farm, they can produce for
themselves II sufficient variety of
food. In the summer time they
grow fastcr, and are much more
healthy, when compelled to depend
upon insects, tler natural food, for
their principal subsistence. Give
them something to eat when thev
come home ut night. This tamcs
them.
The centenary introduction of the
dahlia into England will be celc-
hrated in that country next Septem-
Der. There will he Il special exhibi-
tion OF the flower by tho National
Dahlia Society nttho Crystal Palace
in London on the 9th and It'll ofthat
month. and it is hoped there will bo
specimens ofcvery known variety.
form, and type of the flower, illus
trnting it's remarkable DEVELOPMENT
in Great Britain during the last hum
drcd ycnrs.
For Graduating such large lawn
weeds us plantain, dandelion, etc, a
writer in Gardening Illustrated of
England practices Il simple plan rec
commended IL few years ago by one
M our correspondents: II have u
medicine droppcr' la glass tube
pointed Mt one end and an india-rub-
Der arrangement Mt the other. price
:'d) in ono hand and IL glass-stotp.
percd lattle filled with sulphuric aci,.
Ia the other. charge the dpppcr
and touch with Il drop the crown of
each weed to be destroyed. The cf-
feet is magical. In two or three davs
the weed has entirely rotte,l away.
Thousands of weeds can be operated
OH ina very short space of time"
II the grape vine has been proper
ly pruned III tho spring, a free, un-
checked growth until the fruit is yip.
eAsat and the leaves full will do no
injury. The idea that tho grapes
ripen better by trimming Off tho
leaves to let III TIE air is II great mis-
take. If the leaves Immediately
around tho bunch are cut off, the
fruit will scarcely ripen at all. All
the pruning admissible is in midsnm-
NOR to pinch the ends of the longest
shoots, causing them to grow more
stocky and to ripcn faster. If tho
pinching of tho shoots is begun bc-
fore midsummer, it will cause a largo
growth OF side shoots. and start tile
buds mt the base of the leaves, from
which the next years shoots with
their load OF fruit are To be grown.
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