The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1893-10-13
board sheds, he can at least provide |

possible excuse for q lack of straw
covered sheds. A few posts and
poles are all that is needed to start
with and it does not require skilled
mechanic to construct the shed.
More straw might profitably be
used for bedding than is ordinarily
used. 1t would keep the horse and
COW warmer and it makes the best of
manure when mixed with the solid
and liquid excrement. This is the
true way to compost the straw stack.
The straw r0ts quicker and at the
same time it checks excessive fer
mentation Of the manure heap. All
OF these methods pay better than
burning the straw, which should be
the last resort to make use of the
surplus straw. All of the carbon
and nitrogen is lost by burning and
only the mineral ash remains.
Feeding Pigs.
Charcoal and wood ashes with nu-
merous other things, sometimes
poisonous drugs, are given to grow
ing pigs to correct the acidity of the
stomach and prevent the rotting pro-
cess which results from undigested
food in the stomach at q high tenn
perature. This rotting is the result
Of gluttony, whether found in man or
any other beast, and should be cor
rected by the thoughtful and ex-
perienced feeder. Too much is not
only not good because calculated to
impair the vital functions and mill
tate against their successful work.
ing, but is waste of food as we'll,
and it is in the economical use of
food that we find our profit. But
should such correction to the
acidity of the stomach be really
called for there is nothing better or
more readily available than burnt
corn cobs, or few ears of burned
corn. Corn ground with cobs is prob
ably better after all. affording as it
does bulk as we'll as nutriment and
permitting the gastric juice an OPP
portunity to thoroughly permeate
the mass in the stomach. Colman' s
Rural World.
Farm Notes.
In every department of farm work
1t pays to have sharp tools.
The best farmer does not depend
on commercial fertilizers alone, but
utilizes all the manure Of his fam.
An Englishman declares that breed
ing thoroughbreds- to scrubs depreci-
ates the value of the former. It
may, but we don't believe it all the
same.
Don't buy sheep for wool and then
harvest them for mutton. is the ad-
vice of contemporary. The fact is.
all sheep should be raised for the
mutton with the wool as a side ISSUE
An English court has held that an
owner of barbed wire fences on the
public highway, is liable for any
damage that it may inflict on passers
by. and inherently for damage to
stock lawfully on the highway.
Are the cultivators, harrows, roll
ers, plows and farm machinery under
shelter. or are they scattered over
the farm? Implements exposed to
alternate sun and rains will not last
half as long as if taken care OF.
"A writer says that clover is grass
that makes land richer and better
for having grown on it, and we never
lose anything by growing it for
honey. It may not sell as we'll as a
hay crop, but it enriches the soil so
much that it pays for itself in year
or two
If the tops Of clover are cut off,
says writer, the roots will increase
in bulk much more than if the tops
had net been removed. It is an i'm
mutable botanical law that if the
parts of plant above the groun
are severely prnned it will develop
root growth.
Never ring hogs unless it is abso-
lutely necessary. Some people seem
to think that it is the science of hog
ology to ring swine whether or not.
We have seen hogs rung to prevent
their roofing in pasture, when the
old thing needed nothing so much az
it needed roofing up.
Home Hints.
Ether will take out water marks
from silk.
A little paraffine rubbed on screws
will make them enter wood more
easily.
Madras muslin Or printed frilied
curtains are effective bedroom drap-
cries and are much sought after by
reason of their artistic coloring.
Nervous headache may be greatly
relieved by the application Of, hot
water to the temples and the back of
the neck, particularly if hot foot
bath is used at the same time.
Violet and orris make the best
combination for bureau and chiffonier
sachets. The orris imparts an odor
Of cleanliness and the violet gives
just the delicate fragrance that is
needed.
Coffee stains should not be OBJ
stinate If treated as follows: Rub the
stain before the cloth has been laun-
dered with q mixture made by dis
solving the yolk of an egg in little
lukewarm water. Wash with clean
warm water.
Brass should be oieaned at least
once week. Alcohol, spirits of
turpentine, benzine or kerosene will