Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1889-01-05
THE AGRICULTURALTST
of Especial Iuterest to tie Pa
cific Coast Husbandman.


further and preserves in a sile swt ct
corn, with which TO winter and help
his hogs. The possibilities Of hog
rearing with the right kind OF ensilage
are beyond reckoning.
Never grow trees OF different kinds
together until satisfied one does not
iniure the other, as is frequently the
case when plums are grown near
peaches, thus inducing the curculio
to sometimes attack the latter. A
single wild cherry tree near an apple
orchard will provide harboring
f place for caterpillars, which finally in
| jure the apple orchard.
There is time to market produce,
and that must he regarded if success
is hoped for. 1t is decided best to
market as much produce as possible
in the immediate vicity Of ones home,
and to sell directly to the consumer.
In this way usually better prices are
maintained, as there are no middle
p1en to get their share, and there is
also the advantage of dealing with peo
pie whose standing is fairly known.
But even if lower prices must be taken
as a rule it is better to sell near home
than to take the risk of marketing at
a distance.
The value of the food is not in the
available material contained therein
for the production OF meat or milk
only, but also in the amount and quail
ity of manure derived therefrum. 1t
/ has been estimated that one third of
: he food eaten goes into the manure,
: As the manure, then, is simply the
food stored away for future use, it is
important that in order to drive the
greatest benefit from the food manure
should be carefully managed to pre-
vent loss. AS the food is not exposed
to injury by air and water the manure
: is equally deserving of care. The
manure-heap is the savings bank OF
the farm.
If it is desired to have poppies very
early, it is we'll to take time by the
J forelock" and prepare the bed in the
, fall. Sprinkle the seed on the top Of
the ground just before winter fairly
sets in, OF it can be done later. The
finest poppies l have ever grown We're
sUwn during a January thaw, while
the bed was free from snow for day
or two Poppy seeds are very tiny,
an ii planted too deep will not come
up, or if not sufficiently covered soon
dry up but the rains and the melting
snow seem to regulate the matter
nicely. Use as little seed as your con-
science will let you, else the work OF
/, thinning out will be tiresome. Poppies
should always be sown where they
are to bloom, for they are very dif-
ficult to transplant.
Feed warm swill to your pigs in a
warm place. Feed often and but lit
tie at time, so that the pigs vii.
always come to the trough with a
good appetite, and there will be moth
ing left to sour. Feed the swill as
: fast as it is made, so that it doesn't
get sour. Try to get your litter of
pigs in March or April, that they may
be fit for sale in ealy winter. Breed
once a year, as this is sufficient
strain on the vitality, and breed to
, mature parents. If you breed from
too young parents you increase the
proba bilities of in6rmity and disease
10 which the pig is liable. Whenever
YOU bring a new pig on the farm,
shut it up by itself for at least three
weeks, until you have ascertained it
+ tr ba Dorfeotlv healthy
The pulling Of feathers is pure
habit, which is brought on in focks
that have not enough to occupy their
time and attention. When they once
get a tate of the meaty end of the
: feather they are liable to extend their
{ picking to something more than
. feathers, taking advantage of the
: naked condition of their companions
| by nipping at ex posed bloody parts,
and allowing the poor hens no peace
till they or their mates are taken out
of the pen. During the winter con-
fnement of fowls they should be kept
as busy as possible by scattering their
grain among leaves and chaif, so that
hard scratching will be necessary on
their part in order to get enough to
/ eat. This will take their time and be
;, liable to keep them out OF mischief.
l AS further prevention, some trim
the edges Of the beaks, 50 that when
they attempt to pull feather it will
slip through and they cannot hold it.
Another remedy is to put on the fowl
an appliance called the poultry bit
: which can be obtained of almost any
: dealer in poultry supplies.
!. If any person were to chain an ami
8 NAL to a stake in field and leave it to
shift for itself, then to watch the ami
NAL until it gets thin and decrepid
, from loss of flesh and strength, it /.
quite probable that the humane So
ciety would be after him with properly
deserved punishment. Yet this Is
: what thousands of farmers are doing
with their fruit orchards, of course
J barring the difference between the IN
satiate tree and living animal. Like
the latter the tree is chained to one
: locality and cannot go abroad fol
i food, but fortunately it has no sense
o of suffering, or at least none that We
I can appreciate. And yet even for 6
q tree there must be something akin te
4 pain in the process OF slow starvation
the seeking by exhausted rootletE
Of food that cannot be found. II takes
y an enormous amount of various ma
: nures to form fruit and seeds. The