The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-11-20

total 1877 e.
From state horticultural Bulletin No. p
The products were sold in Newark and
Paterson-all except the milk. which was
sold TO neighbors. Mr.. Johnson keeps
only two cows. but they are good ones-so
good that dairymen all want the heifer
calvesl He works but one horse, which
Is also a good one, as good a farm horse as
We have ever seen. That horse has rep
utation for strength and endurance that is
about equal to its owners reputation tor
thrift and care. Mr. johnson has no use
for an inferior animal or tool. He is doing
high pressure farming and can't afford to
carry any dead timber.
Taken as whole, the crops will net this
year about the same as last. The straw
berries will net less money than in 1890,
because Of the drouth. Mr.. Johnson
entirely. This suits his damp
soil exactly. but in dry season, when
water is lacking after the plants blossom,
the fruit will not fill as it should. This
loss has set Mr.. Johnson to thinking seri-
essly about irrigation. He is now making
etimates of the cost of a windmill, tank
and pipes for watering four or five acres.
The hens will pay a little better this sea-
pon than last, the potatoes perhaps not
quite so well, while he has nearly 800
worth of fine hay to sell. The growth on
his rich. damp soil was enormous; so that
the total sales will not fall short of $4,000,
while the expenses are less than ever be-
fore.
Mr.. Johnson believes in the Leghorn
hen. He has tried both whites and
browns and prefers the latter. He
thinks they lay more eggs. though
the eggs are not quite SO large
as those from the whites. Many of his
old birds this year are the result of a
cross OF Brown Leghorn ROSTERS on white
hens. For fifty hens house 12x24 feet is
considered large enough, provided it is
cement door best. This is kept covered
with cut marsh hay, in which the hens
may scratch and play. This hay should
be changed every week. As to ventilation
In winter, Mr.. Johnson says that +. ii.
Jacobs is correct in saying that the trouble
Is to keep air out rather than to- find how
TO let it in. Mr.. Johnson says that 500
hens are all one man should try to handle.
They can be made to pay Si.50 each if the
best of Judgment is used in caring for
them. Green food and meat are both
very necessary for winter hen food. Cab
bage leaves and clover hay (steamed) are
excellent for green food. Mr.. Johnson
Is able to buy lean meat scraps In
Paterson. But for this he thinks 1t
"outu pay uiin 10 ptlF Done cutter. Mr..
Johnson runs his little farm on a rotation.
He seeds with rye To obtain as strong a
stand OF grass as possible. This sod will
be plowed in the fall and worked up fine
Tor potatoes the following spring-with
plenty of the homemade fertilizer. The
following spring this piece will be set in
berries with piece of the old berry
ground plowed up and sowed to grain and
grass, or planted 10 cabbage Four acres
Are kept in berries each year. This is
enough. About half the farm will be
worked into pear and apple orchards. The
Lsrm is now in such condition that Mr..
Johnson can take things easier. and with
his berries. hay, fruits and chickens sell
about $4,000 worth of produce each wear
and lay aside a fair share of the amount as
profit