The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-12-04

: THE FARM AND GARDEN (


take in a bee. and within another minute
another one. To investigate the matter
further. I took Nr. Toad 70 the Wool
pile ard cuf his head on 2 pfoEeA
70 make arr examination OF MS stomach.
To nay surprise ] found that y contained
fCrty-EiN bees. which. 20 Judge from
same morning. I have kept bees for me
last thlTfv-Nve years. but this Is TIE 1rst
tine ( have ever seen tSads catch them
Breeding gives the profit. as Is ssown
IN cattle for beef. 4 Galloway and snort
horn steer. r~eceutiy raised In Scotlan1. ~
Two years and eleven months old weighed
Z04s pounds on the Roof He was raised
on pasture tuo grain. with turnlps ana
straw IN winter. The weight could have
been Increased by high feeding. ~ pres
ent prices Of beef IN tlis country the
steer would have sold Tor 20 or perhaps
more, according 70 quality.
The Jerseys IN this country are gradu-
ally Increasing IN size. even when the
breed f. kept pure This - not due 80
much 10 better feed as 10 the fact that
Ia this country where the Jersey Is most
grown. the heffers do not begin 10 breed
a. early as they do in the warm climate
of the channel Islands. With increase
OF size viii come greater vtgor OF con-
%stitutiou, which viii remove one Of the
principal objections TO this breed Of COWS.
The Pacific Farmer saws that the time
10 trim an old orchard - from the falling
OF the leaves in the fall 10 the swelling
OF the buds in the spring. and while you
are about II do not be sparing with the
pruning knife and saw: also use an Cd
hoe or other blunt instrument and scrape
ali the old scaly bark from the remaining
branches and body. Put a heavy coating
Of paint on the end Of all branches where
the sawed wound IS over an inch or two
in diameter.
That horse b~eef-canning industry that
was said to be opening up so largely
out OF Portland. Is likely 70 meet dis
enlargement. The people OF oregon find
thai the idea Of canned horse beeef gives
a ia naUfnp DAnr IA all their meat "a n
ming. They are not likely 20 tolerate IL
long. Secretary Morton has ordered all
export meat 70 be inspected. II will be
stamped distinctly what u IS, which VIII
make the demand for 81 very small.
Pigs appreciate potatoes more than do
most other animals. II rs their nature
20 root and md such things in the
ground. and next to following this nat
urai propensity Is the privilege OF hav-
ing such things offered them. A small
amount may be prOfitably fed raw. but
large quantities viii not do unless boiled.
Put into a tub before they are cold they
should be mashed and mixed with milk
and a little cornmeal. The quantity
should not be large al first, but small
and gradually increased.
Fowls with black legs are the best for
roasting. while those with white legs are
the best FOR broiling. was an English
opinion expressed nearly forty years ago.
II would hardly match the American idea
OF acknowledged fowls being superior for
all table purposes. But, looking AT the
matter from an unpretudiced standpoint
We believe both the English and Ameri-
can ideas no more or less than opinions
born from custom. Neither have any
substantial grounds upon which to base
their decisions.
Announcement has been made that the
Chino. Cal. sugar factory people would
pay hut - per ton for beets next season
and thereafter. The Anaheim Gazette
asserts that very few farmers In that To-
cality VIII undertake the culture of beets
at that price, Many did fairly we'll last
season at 6S0 per ton. according 10 the
Gazette, while others made nothing. II
y certain that conditions must be excep-
tonally good 20 enable farmers to make
money producing sugar beets at 81 per
ton for stock hat viii assay u per cent.
ugar.
II IS generally sad that the potafo
Is exclusively a native OF the Western
continent. whence IL was introduced into
Europe about three Hundred years ago.
But tho Chinese had the potato growing
long before the discovery OF America nv
Columbus. II Is still found growing wild
on the borders Of Tartary. and IN the
western provinces 81 China the potato
IS as much a staple food as rice is i'm the
eastern portions OF the empire. IT seems
certain that the notato was indigenous
70 both h~ernispheres. though II was IN
known in Europe until IL was introduced
by Sir Walter Raleigh.