Dodge City times., 1891-06-26
FARM NOTES.

Cut the first crop OF clover when the
larger proportion of the heads are turn
ing brown.
Plow up the turnip patch now and
harrow into q good tilth. If properly
prepared. new ground Is best
Sweet corn. cucumbcrs for pickles,
beans. celery and winter squashes can be
planted as late as the latter part Of
June and yet mature q crop before hard
frost
Remember that for fowls fresh cold
water in clean vessels, sound, nutritious
food, plenty of shade and cleanliness in
their Quarters will beat any sure cure
for cholera as yet ever sold.
Hay stacked outside not only loses
by teaching and evaporation, but the
work of handling in feeding out as
we'll rs the waste, is increased. II,
however, It is necessary to stack out
side, arrange to put up the hay in long
rickA
At IN institute one day q farmer re-
marked: 1T is the height of folly to
grow corn to sell in Liverpool that only
leaves us SS or 50 for the corn per ton,
when that ton of corn in butter and the
like would net us all the way from slOO
up, and believe it yet more profitable
TO feed our own wheat, shorts, etc, Mt
home"
Upon the manner of storing away
the hay largely depends its value as
feed during the winter. If cut ut the
right stage, well cured and stored
away in a good condition, hay. makes
one Of the best winter feeds that can
be secured Stock can readily be kept
in q good, thrifty condition if well
sheltered and fed plenty Of hay. and
very little grain will be needed
The farmer actually pays premium
for bad roads. He pays it In time in
getting to market; in value of drafting
animals and the food they eat, and in
the extra hands for their care and
handling; in the increased number of
vehicles and wear and tear of them,
and in tho decreased product of the
land that has less care and attention.
If the country had q system Of smooth
and hard highways it would blossom
like rose and prosperity would follow
in the wake.-Haunibal Journal.
The last winters experience with
tcn-dollar hay has taught us all les
son We urge every farmer to look
over the ground carefully and see
where he will secure an ample supply
of forage for next winter. It will in
vOlve no large expense-nothing but
foresight and a little earnest and intel
ligent effort The time for cheap hay
is past; the time for burning straw is
past; the time is past when the farmer
can afford to lose half the food value of
his corn crop by leaving the stalks
standing in the field--Exchange.
Notes.
Stack hay Is conveniently as possible
to the barn or feeding lots, so as to les
sen the work of handling. If there is |
room to store part aud not all put the |
clover and millet under shelter and |
stack tho timothy and red-tOp outside.
When fruit Is plenty the appearance |
when placed on market has much to do |
with the selling; be sure to have It in |
good condition
A singular, unexplainable fatality |
exists among horses In Boone county, |
L., and large numbers, especially colts.
have died. They sicken without ap
parent cause and die in q few days
No matter how good the quality Of |
the milk or cream, if care is not taken |
I'm the manufacture the quality OF the |
butter viii be spoiled
Remember that good grade stock has
the advantage of scrubs in every way. |
Teaching heifer with her first calf |
70 stand quietly and be millked depends |
very much on the disposition and pre-
vious handling of the animal, but even
moro ON the disposition and manage
ment Of the milker.
Evaporated fruits sell at q better |
price than the sun-dried, and. Is less
work b required, can readily be made
Dose profitable.
Nearly al varieties of small, as well
- tree fruits, can be evaporated and
used in the family during the winter on
marketed 70 = good advantage. Rasp
berries and blackberries especially
maks IN excellent fruit evsporated
Il h always better to thin the fruit
khan 10 prop the tree.
A COW may be largo and Jet not b
pgo6table beef animal
Buy niddlings and bran. 20 - 70
lreep the Pigs growing until new corn
eu0es n.
Steady work does not hurt . sound
horse; Il b the ovcrcrowding that In
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