The National tribune., 1892-01-28
OUR RURAL TOPICS.
Some Practical Suggestions for Our
Agricultural Readers
PosTAL-cARD CORRESPONDENCE.
SETTING MILK.

EDITOR NATIOSAL TRIBUNE: Too much
cannot be said in favor Of deep setting OF milk
in the manufacture Of butter. use cans 81
by 90 inches, with a cover. This gives ample
cooling surface, and if your water is cool
enough, say 80 degrees, all the cream will rise
in II hours even in the hottest of weather. Use
running water II possible, otherwise ice, If your
water is not cold enough. Keep your milk and
butter vessels clean and away from all articles
Of a decaying nature, and add one ounce OF salt
TO the pound Ashton's is the best Use Stod-
ards chum and il your cows are good, you will
make frnsl 30 to 600 pounds of butter to the
COVE W. FISHER, Hunter, Greene, Co. n. Y.
GOOD SOIL ~ WESTERN KANSAS.
EDITOR NATIONAL tribune: | think we
have rot good soil out in Western Kansas. 1t
will be the best part Of Kansas for all kinds Of
small grain such as wheat rye barley, oats,
etc. l think Spring wheat will do well here.
Also we raise such rs sorghum, Jerusalem corn,
Kailir, aud rice corn. think poultry raising
/ is very profitable, especially the raising Of
! turkeys. Cattle and sheep raising are very
profitable. The land is very low in this part at
| the present time. bnt in the near future it will
increase in value. ID is anticipated that west
ern Kansas will be the greatest health resort
in the world. The people here raised bounti-
| ful crop of wheat and rye. and some good corn
| last year. We had great deal of rain during
! the summer soldiers daughter.-MAGGIE
! THOMPSON, Appomattox, Kan.
DEVELOPMENT OF THE DEvoysHIRE.
The late Duke Of Devonshre did much dur
| ing the course Of his long life for English ag-
! TiCulture He was one Of the most successful
aF 81 II
which line he took up as far back as 1871, or
Just half a century ago. It would be hard to
find a herd Of Bates cattle to beat that at lIOl-
| ker, his seat in Lancashire. The bulk Of the
herd traces 10 cow, Oxford XIV, purchased
! when heifer at Earl Ducie's sale in 1853 for
200 guineas, and to Lady Oxford v, bought at
/ the HRyering Park sale in 1861 for 600 guineas.
Tho prolific nature OF these two ecws, the ex-
eellence OF their produce, aud their great
quality have given the herd worldwide rep
utation aud at the periodical sales Of the sur
plus stock they have realized extraordinary
prices, and have gone to all parts Of the world.
| The successive sales at IiOlkeT, over q period
Of 40 years, give the history Of the rise and de-
velopment OF the breed. On Sept. T. 1851, in
order to lay the foundation Of a superior herd
Of cattle at HolkeT, the late Mr.. STAFFORD, the
shOTthOTn auctioneer, sold the entire CXistiug
stock, and the 20 head fetched sos, aver
age Of 1926. At the next sale 80 head sold for
l sfsf-Dt al average Oh ABOUT s.DOl- lub thiIu
sale was IN 1871, when a still larger increase
was shown. Then 81 cows and heifcrs averaged
81 240; u bulls aud bull calves averaged Sl,lOT;
the 43 head sold for 81, $50, OF general aver
age Of 81 ,203 Three years later, at another
sale, 2s cows and bcifers averaged $2,3l2; 10
bulls and bull calves. Sl,lSS
This was tho highest draft sale up TO that
day. In 1878 there was another sale. This
was the year after tho sensational Wndenere
sale, when the Hon. NJ. III. COchTaHe obtained
Z 100 guinCas 80 0)0l for two Duchess heiiors
At this sale the zenith Of prices was. or seemed
To be- reached. Eighteen cows and heifcrs aver
aged 1898, and II bells and bull calves - 1872
Thirty head realized the large total Of 800 6l3.
| If II were for nothing else but his efforts in
this one direction the Duke Of DevonshiTe
would be deserving Of grateful and kindly recol-
lection at the hands Of all agFeulturists. As a
matter Of fact he did not eonfne his energies
to shOTthoTns alone, but was untiring in other
directions, and wa one Of the first who threw
in their lot with tue infant Agricultural So
eiety OF Great Britain.
WIRE WORMS.
The chronological Division Of Experiment
Station at Cornell University. Ithaca, n. Y,
reports the result Of their trials 70 stop the
rayages of the wire worm. The trials were
made upon plants in pots covered with glass
cylinder. and a certain number Of the worms
were introduced in each. Coating the seed
with a pa- e made Of -four and paris green, or
with tar, retarded termination, but did not
hinder the worms from eating il, or kill any.
Soaking il 20 hours in salt brine, or in a sOlu-
tiOn Of chloride Of lime aud cOpperas, or for II
hours in kerosene, or in spirits of turpentine,
or in strong solution OF strychnine neither
hindered the worms from eating it nor hurt
the worms at all.
Keeping the ground clean so that they had
nothing TO feed upon from October, 1890, Ia
Z August, 1891, did not staTye them 10 death. II
was said that they would not live where buck
wheat, mustard. or rape were growing, but they
ate the buckwheat, lived two years where moth
ing but mustard was growing. aud on the roots
! OF the rape as long as they did on timothy OF
: clover roots. Kerosene pure aud the kerosene
emulsion had little effect unless applied Of a
strength sufficient 10 kill all vegetation, and
, could not be pToftably used. Crude petroleum
! pure or in emulsion, had less effect than tho
kerosene.
They would not eat poisoned dough Bi-sul
phate of carbon etIectualy destroyed them, but
il required ], 900 pounds per acre. and tho cOs
would prevent its use excepting 10 save some
very choice plants. Salt would do it ifeight tons
., | 20 the acre were used, but this would kill al
vegetation, and the Land would not be suitable
: | for cultivation until il had timo TO freshen
One thousand pounds 10 the acre had no per
ceptible effect upon them. hainit NJ from foul
TO nine tons per acre, had but little II any effect
4 One thousand pounds per acre of muriate o
!, potash had no effect, and four 10 six tons PEI
: acre but little effect. Lime, slaked un
); slakcd at the rate of 200 bushels per acre, haC
! no effect. OfchlOride Of lime it would take sil
. tons TO the acre. aud il costs about 800 per ton
/ Gas ime ii used fresh, from 20 10 10 tons pc
o acre, killed them aud every thing that va
y growing.
!; But the click beetle, OF swapping bug as it j
usually called, which is the parent of the wiz
worm, was killed in every case by stirring thu
soil, after the wire worms had changed TO tina
form, which they usually did by July 20. A
: they were all within six inches OF the surface
q blowing six inches deep in the Fall would un
doubtedly kill most Of them. The beetles wer
d also killed by bats Of fresh clover sprinkle,
with Paris green solution, placed under board
:, in the field.
10 Asking Too Much.
4 AHunfa constitutional
At Georgia editor has grievance against on
Of the railroads. lie says that lac is perfectly
= willing in return foran annual pass, to throw Of
q, wood at stations help grease the engine an,
assist in hand Ling b4uraEe: but when he break