Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1889-10-12
HOME AND FARM.
What he Needs-Grapevines- for
Young Chicks-An Orchard Lad
der-Cucumber Pickles.

Tomatoe Pickles.-Choose small red o.
yellow tomatoes, prick them with a pin
put in a glass or stone jars, add two ol
three dozen nasturtium seeds to each
quart, cover with good cold cider vine
gar. They will be ready for use in two
weeks and will keep all winter.
French Pickle-One peck of green to-
matoes sliced, two heads of cabbage cut as
for slaw, twelve large onions, chopped
twelve green peppers chopped, four table.
spooniuls each of ground cloves, allspice,
celery seed, and salt to taste. Cover with
strong cider vinegar and boil two hours
When done and cold, seal in jars and
keep in dry place.
Mixed rations are more economical
than the feeding of any particular article
of food exclusively, as some foods assist
in the digestion of others. There are
growing rations, which are best for grow
ing stock, and there are rations that
promote fat more than others. The
stockman should have an object in view,
and feed in a manner to obtain it at the
least cost.
There is no fixed quantity of butter or
crea m to expect from milk. Milk varies
daily, according to the food and amount
of water consumed. The quality of the
food largely determines the amount of
cream also. Cream itself varies, and
does not give the same proportion of but
ter by measurement of weight. A great
many conditions enter into the work be-
! fore an estimate can be made.
| Small Cucumber Pickles.-Wash and
wipe quantity of small cucumbers and
place them in jars. Cover them with
! boiling brine strong enough to bear an
egg; let stand twenty-rour hours. Then
take them out, wipe, place in clean jars
and cover with hot vinegar spiced with
an onion, twelve whole cloves, one ounce
of mustard seed and little mace. They
| will be ready for use in two weeks.
Oxen are serviceable on large farms,
and also in those sections where the
roads are nearly impossible in winter, as
they can travel where horse cannot
venture. They can be bred for the pur-
poses desired by judicious selection Of
the best breeds for producing quick
draught oxen, the Devon breed being
superior to any other. A Devon OK will
bear the heat well, travel at rapid gait
and endure fatigue. A cross of the Devon
with large native stock also produces ex-
celent oxen, if the male calves are re-
tanned for that purpose.
Feed for Young Chicks.-This should
be changed as often as possible, advises
good authority. Too rapid feathering is
a drain on the system. Some varieties
feather up quickly, while others are al
most naked. Feed ground bone (fine)
every day mixed in with the feed.
year we know by this JIme the necessity
of proper feeding. Corn and oats ground
together is our standard feed, to which
we add ground bone, ground meat, char
coal and oyster shell. A pinch of bread
soda (Bicarbonate OF soda) can be used
as a substitute for charcoal.
An Orchard Ladder-It is made Of
one-inch spruce or good pine, sixteen
feet long, and the sides are joined to-
gether at one end for a length Of twenty
inches, when they begin to spread apart.
Three ieet six inches from the end the
end the sides a-e held together by five
by one-half inch carriage bolt, both ends
of which are let into the wood so that
thev will not injure the bark on the
| limbs of the trees The first rung, ten
inches long, is placed twenty inches be-
| low the bolt, and the last runs is eigh-
teen inches long, those between being Of
graduated length. These ladders can be
run up into tree and under the branches
anywhere without injuring the tree or
shaking down the fruit. There is no
patent on them, so that any one can
! make one for himself.
Fall Feeding of Bees "A western apiar-
ist we'll says that the average bee-keeper
dos not like the work o. feeding sugar
syrup to his bees in the fall to insure
them against starvation, because of the
attention, and usually practiced, the
puttering work it takes. To any such let
this word OF caution be dropped: now is
! the time to prepare against having this
to do. While honey is coming in and
! the surplus being stored, a few brood
combs filed with honey Should be re-
moved from your best colonies and set
to one side that they may be ready to
give to those light in stores later on.
There is probably no more satisfactory
wav than this method of fall feeding. 1t
is easily and quickly done, and does not
incite robbery.
Unless a lawn is seeded to grasses that
can endure constant moving, as well as
a drv season, it becomes unsightly in
stead of ornamental When seeded down
in the spring it becomes at times neces-
sarv to grow oats, wheat or some grain
crop ON the lawn in order to shelter the
Young glass from the effects of the noon
dav sun in dry weather. This may be
avoided if the seed is sown in the fall, at
which period of the year the rams are
usually plentiful, and the young grass is
not SO easily overrun with weeds.
Should the grass not make good catch
the ground may again be seeded over IN
the spring by simply scratching, the sur,
face with a rake, but it is seldom that
seed sown in September fails, II plentl,
full supply of seed be used and the ground
properly prepared.
What he Needs.-What is needed tC
helm the average dairyman is the infor-
nation how to improve the herds already
in his hands. He needs to be taught tc
teach each COW separately, both for guam
tity and quality, and to have the nerve to
dispose of the non-paying ones, while
building on those which turn him profit
He needs to know that like produces like
in the animals as well as in the vegetable
world; that good animals produce good
!, offspring, and poor ones as certainly
bring forth poor progeny; that the male
is half the herd in breeding, and that he
cannot expect to improve his herd with
out good sire; that although a grade
male may be better than scrub, pure
: bred male is better than either; that the
: greater and more rapid improvement