Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1894-02-08
FARM AND GARDEN.
Test the terminating Powers
of Seeds Before Planting.
CRUDE PETROLEUM FOB HARNESS
Keep the Cows Indoors During the
Winter If Aiming for Butter
and Milk Only.

stimulates the appetites OF most cows.
Now that the weather is cold put
plenty OF straw on the floor. and add a
little meal TO cows rations.
1t is best to have COWS go dry not over
five or six week.. About ten months Of
the year ought to represent the time a
COW can be MIXED.
Corn kernels having hinty, glazed
surface contain an excessive amount OF
starch, while the dull solored, shriveled
grains have an excess OF sugar.
When baling hay don't employ a
man with poor old press; get good
machine. 1t doesn't cost any more to
send your hay to market in an attractive
manner.
One million acres OF oats were sown in
Scotland last spring, and the value OF
the cropi is estimated at s35, 900 ,OO0. Only
zoo, 600 ssCIC5 were devoted 10 the prOuuC-
ton Of other cereals.
Keep the cows indoors during the win
ter il yon are aiming for butter and milk
only. Except that short time out OF
doors ought to lie the cows right when
the weather is warm.
Practicing rotation in the production
OF crops is not only a most excellent
course for preventing soil exhaustion,
but the best means for preventing the
multiplication of weeds and insects.
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unfarnraLIa circ,,,nst.n nnas an 20 oora 81
nrnnarIv c,I,;vot,,d ,yiIlous d,r;n,, ,lIa
fret thTee vears wiII nroJmce frnrn . 0o0
IN K 0oo nooiaJ yyiIiogo roaJ,, ,or arb ~,
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making
The recent introduction of so-called
| self bleaching varieties Of celery has also
very much reduced the work and cost Of
bleaching, high banking with the spade
and shovel now being unnecessary with
these varieties.
,herhubarbapda asnoragps heds sbould
be well manured now. so that the fertil-
ity can be sinking down to the roots as
the SHOWS OF winter melt into the soil
he more generous you are with the
manure the more profitable will you find
these items OF your garden.
An easy and il l. claimed a successful
wav TO oil harness il to use crude petro
lpum. Add n little Iampbla.k and apply
without washing the leather. The oil
will not only take off the dirt. but will
soak into the leather, softening it and
making it waterproof.
lee can be kept IN the simplest kind OF
u structure. The essential conditions
are that it shall be packed in II mass;
that there shall be no air spaces at the
bottom; that it shall be surrounded by
u non-conducting material, and that it
shall have ventilation and be secure from
wet
IL tle cattIe are stanch oned all day,
10 not neglect 10 give them brushing
or !ardlhg' "hen loose they can attend
10 IL themselves either with their tongue
or by rubbing or by both. When you
chahge their surroundings do not de
nao m' '''"' '' ''''' "e"''''-si''he pri'l'
1S' r,,., .,
fertll ty ten"s 10 make fertility. Good
crops grown from the land, led to good
STOCK upon 'he land, and the by-prod-
uc,s returned 10 me iand with due care
VIII MAKE better land, bigger crops, and
enaple the feeding oil more stock. Then
you nave more manure again, and the
] nnmo, ' oS ~ L. 49, vi anu grows more
'
~ 10 ioollsh business 10 plant seeds
without testing thelr terminating power.
~ Is so easily nohe mat there Is no ex-
cuse ior omitt'ngit' race them between
TWO cloths' anu keep them damp and in
warm room ior lew days; Probably
lho.e wiz gerinina'e thus than In the
earuli out' u W. per cent prove good,
Decnying matter If any sort evor
piles of rotten wood about tho nren,isos
is a constant menace to health and a
breeding place for insects that will do
damage TO your crops. Do NOT thinS
that because the snow covers them nm !,
prevents them from doing harm Ee,
all such things cleared nm hefore van
consider yourself ready for winter ~"
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'ln;n, Nv " .ipnoau III ooiiu,V'vh ,m Whi'e
,i,a " % Iou'so WI. on'y niaNe
,i'i any pov,o'' no oS,'v"' 70 10 one
h'ihf S a ',,i'.i anu 'e' me me lrst oe thS
n''',''i,e .''.' Wy W '.c so,,, lheh 'ne goo"
''op' ""' 'o''o i" '"e'r OWN goou ''he'
Roots draw enormous quantities OF
moisture from thesoll, and by this means
u is discharged into the atmosphere.
fN example, the common suntlower was
found to exhale twelve ounces of water
IN twelve hours, and an oak tree with an
estimated number OF UO,OOO leaves