The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-09-19
FOR THE
Farn Notes.

Farm Notes.
A mixture Of kerosene and lamp.
black is q good application to keep
steel surfaces bright.
If the whif1etree breaks don't
throw it into a corner, Remove the
irons. They can be fitted to new
wood.
Make q 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 a box
containing On assortment of bolts,
nuts, rivets, nails and q hammer,
pinchers and cold-chise1.
The paint-brush that proved to be
q bargain was cleaned in turpentine
each time it's work was done, dried
and hung up by it's handle.
Bulls are very treacherous. 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 well
CREASED at least three times a week.
1t lessons the work of the horses.
A new method Of d~ehorning is to
mak6a strong caustic application
to the embryo horn. Tt gives little
pain and is as effectual as the saw.
Keep a few pancs Of window-glass
and q paper Of tacks or some putty
on hand. When the window-pane is
broken, don't makeshift; replace it.
The surest way to kill thistles is to
keep them down. As fast as they
approach above the ground cut them
of, and they will in time become ex-
hausted and die.
If you are breaking young colts
take pains not to overdo them, says
q writer. Many young horses are
seriously injured by straining or
working too hard at the start.
Horses should have at least two
hours rest at noon. On very warm
days horses suffer severely. They
should be watered often, and at
night should be swabbed and wiped
dry.
Because the grass can be procured
by the cows now is no reason for
emitting any portion OF the food at
the barn. The cow is o producer,
and the better she ID fed the larger
her yield of milk and butter. &
Filthy quarters cause lice on all
classes of stock, and at this season
the vermin multiply very rapidly.
An animal that is infested with YER
min cannot be kept in good condi-
ton, even with the best of feeding.
When turkeys can have the range
Of the farm, they can produce for
themselves a sufficient variety of
food. In the summer time they
grow faster, and are much more
healthy, when compelled to depend
upon insects, ther natural food, for
their principal subsistence. Give
them something to eat when they
come home at night. This tames
them.
For e~radicating such large lawn
weeds as plantain, dandelion, etc., a
writer in "Gardening Illustrated" of
England practices a simple plan rec
commended q few years ago by one
of our correspondents: ~ have q
medicine dropper' "a glass tube
pointed at one end and an india-rub-
Der arrangement at the other, price
3D. in one hand and q glass-stop-
pered bottle filed with sulphuric acid
in the other. I charge the dropper
and touch with O drop the crown of
each weed to be destroyed. The ef-
feet is magical. In two or three days
the weed has entirely rotted away.
Thousands of weeds can be operated
on ina very short space of time"
II the grape vine has been proper
" pruned in the spring, a free, un-
checked growth until the fruit is rip
ened and the leaves fall will do no
injury. The idea that the grapes
ripen better by trimming off the
leaves to let in the air is a greatmis-
take. If the leaves Immediately
around the bunch are cut of, the
fruit will scarcely ripen at all. All
the pruning admissible is in midsum-
mer to pinch the ends of the longest
shoots, causing them to grow more
stocky and to ripen faster. If the
pinching Of the shoots is begun be-
fore midsummer, it will cause a large
growth of side shoots. and start the
buds at the base Of the leaves, from
which the next years shoots with
their load Of fruit are to be grown.
A Nation OF Criminals.
Professor Won List, of Merburg, q
we'll known German lawyer, has re-
Gently published some statistics con-
eerning the number Of persons who
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