The record-union., 1891-07-15

cared for in every way than formerly,
! and more inteliigently managed, cspec-
! tally with reference TO breeding, but
| where sheep raising is to be carried on in
/ connection with general farming the aim
should not be the wool alone, but the
! farmer should try and procure good
/ fleece and heavy carcass of mutton from
! the same animal.
\ Missouri farmer who recently sub
Jected his seed corn to a prolonged smoke
! bath While curing his hams, claims that
not only did the corn when planted show
/ extraordinary vitality, but that gophers.
ground squirrels, mice, black birds, etc.
4 would not modest Il grain of it, while
Other corn not subjected to the smoke
treatment, planted in the same neld, was
nearly entirely destroyed by those pests.
There may be something in this creOSote
! bath theory and it would do the Agri-
cultural Stations no harm to experiment
on this line.
! The instinct Of boys to break up bum
! blebees nests is "a strong one, bur it is
making this insect every year scarcer AID
! the clover crop more precarious. No
| other kind OF bee can get tile honey out
OF red clover, and thus without bumble-
| bees the clover blossoms miss the necos-
sary fertilization TO produce good crop
OF seed. In Australia, where clover was
I wholly unknown originally, it was found
!
nies OF bumblebees were brought over
the Pacific to fertilize the blossoms
! American Cuitiyator.
Fruit growers in California are in
clined to think that the coyote should be
encouraged rather than scalped. The
State bounty Of - a scalp is in the inter-
est OF the sneep men. 1t is true that the
coyote IS fond Of lamb, but be likes rab-
! bit just as well, il not better. The rab-
/ Of f,uit
/ trees and vines, and, if the facts could be
| thoroughly known. it would probably be
found that the damage done Dy the long
cared pests to the horticultural interest IS
far greater than the sum Of all the sins
that can be laid TO the account of the
coyote.
/ 1t requires considerable thought to give
food TO stock at any time without waste
neither too little nor too much. This is
! IS especially true of green food which,
unless carefully fed becomes mussed and
/ soiled so that it will not be eaten, even
while the animal is still hun
CRY. 1t is a good plan usually to add a
grain or meal ration to that of green food,
allowing the animal to eat IL little less
than it Will, and then top o1i'' with the
more nutritious food. Cows thus fed will
in few minutes after eating lie down
and begin to chew their cud, the sign
with all ruminants that digestion is per-
feet.
1t pays well, according to Orchard and
Gdr0en, to mulch the soil along the rows
OF straw berry plants, for not only does
the mulching keep the berries clean and
free from sand, but ii also retains moist
ure III the soil TO the lasting benefit OF the
plants and fruit. In the family garden
where the work Will not be so great as to
entail much, il any expense, the straw
I berry crop may be enlarged and the fruit
"a Nv
done while the berry is forming, and
after the soil around the plants has been
mulched. Put on plenty OF water and
keep 1t up until the berries begin to color,
then stop. During the ripening process
they require warm, dry weather.
1T isl says the Ierds Lire Stock Jour
nal, nov pretty generally established
fact that the thlckly settled counties in
/ Texas produce as many, and even more
cattle than the unorganiZed, sparsely set
! tied counties. This is accounted for by
| the fact that as the country settles up it is
divided and fenced up into small pas
/ lures and the cattle are confined to a Ger
tain limited amount of range. BY such
means cattle are prevented from running
over and tramping the range as they have
heretofore done, in that way destroying
| as much grass as they eat. The small
| farmer and stockmap not only confines
his cattle TO a limited range but also pro-
| vIdes hay and other kinds Of feed for
them in winter, thus greatly reducing
the amount of grass necessary to keep
1 them.'
There is no excuse for not giving a
horse good bed in a country where
! straw is as cheap as it is here. If you
| don't think 1t necessary TO bed the horse
well, just try sleeping yourself on the
soft side of a board with only two or three
| icheS of straw over ii. Don't be afraid of
using too much straw, for the deeper and
! softer the bed is the better, provided that
the wet and dirty litter is thrown out ev-
cry day. Sleeping in a foul stall cause
| the skin to scald and the hair to come off,
/ The Pekins are probably the most
valuable breed of ducks known to-day.
] They are very large, mature early, and
1 have snow-white piumage. Their eggs
! hatch two or three days sooner than those
of any other variety. The duckIings
hatch out stronger, and seem to grow
! faster than the young of any other breed,
and they can be raised anywhere that you
can raise chickens. The young ducklings
/ feather up rapidly, and grow To good size
/ in from six TO eight weeks. This makes
| them well adapted for raising for early
markets. They are excellent foragers
| and excellent layers. With good range
| they require but little food, and the
| young are not subject to roup, cholera.
| gapes or lice. They command good prices
| in the markets. They will weigh from
! fourteen to eighteen pounds per pair the
| first year without much iattening. AS egg
| producers their record is remarkable, aud
| they come as near being perpetual layers
/ as any OF the breeds of fowls.