The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1895-08-08
Box FOR TRoUGHs.

| Tin is best, as it is easiest washed and
kept clean This trough is set inside of the
box, seen in Fig. ?, the same in width and
length, inside, and eight inches high.
1t has hinged cover fastened down with
a hook and handle to lift by. Each side ia
open and fitted with wire bars placed two
inches apart each end of these wires being
bent at right angles, driven through the
strips of wood and elInched.
The food is placed ia the trough by rails
ing the cover Of the box. A tight cover is
necessary 10 protect tho food from their
drOppings when they jump on the box and
make a roost OF 10, which they are certain to
90.
Feed at one time only what win be eaten
clean, and keep the trough well washed out
Nothing is more productive of mouth. throat
and bowel diseases in chicks than soured
and musty food or q filthy feed trough
Farm and Home.
Early Flowing for Winter Wheat.
Most Winter wheat now is sown after
some Spring grain, as the price of wheat has
for years been too low to warrant keeping
the land in use two years for one crop. Bur
the earlier the land can be plOwed after the
Spring grain is off the better will be its con-
dition for Fall seeding. The barley crop
ripens in July, and so early that it can be
got off and the ground plowed before the
month closes. That leaves six to seven
weeks for surface cultivation and compact
ing the seed bed before wheat-sOWing time.
After the blowing every light shower sinks
into the mellow soil and is retained by it.
So long as the ground is Unplowed the rains
do little good, as the water remains near the
surface and Is soon evaporated. The longer
after harvest the blowing is delayed the
harder will the blowing be- The weeds
which always spring up among grain suck
the moisture from the soil after harvest and
make it very hard to pillow.
Tight Wagon Boxes.
Much grain is lost during harvest time by
falling through the wagon boxes on which it
is drawn in when the head and chaff is thor
ougbly dry. 1t then shells very easily,
especially as the heads thrown towards the
center are tramped by the man who loads
the grain. The shelves are of course, open,
but there is no grain lost through them, as
the butts of the sheaves lie on the outside
with the heads of grain in the center Ina
single afternoon we have seen fully peck
of wheat in the bottom of tight box where
the grain has been drawn in the straw from
the field 1t does not cost much to make a
tight box, and low though wheat may be,
est on what it costs.
Budding Fruit Trees.
Budding may be done from the middle OF
July to the LIST of September as a general
rule, but the season and the kind of stock
must be considered. The budding may be
done whenever the bark will peel so that the
bud can be inserted. Take the young tree
to be budded, where the bark is fresh aud
smooth, make straight downward cut
through the bark, about an inch IN length,
and also a shorter crOSswise cut at the top
so that two cuts make the letter T.. Then
pry up the corners of the i, spreading the
bark on both sides so that the bud can be
pushed down under the bark by its stem
along the line of the downward cut. Do not
cut the bud from the branch until ready to
use it, then slice it off smoothly, leaving half
an inch of bark above ard also below the
bud. Promptly shove the bud under the
-aised bark of the in the stock, and quickly
lie up the whole affair with strips of bass
Mating which can be obtained at the hard
ware store. The point of the operation is
% have the sap layer of the bark, which is
attached to the bud, stick to the sap layer
# the stock. If the work is done with this
i'm in view, there will be no trouble after
little practice.
Beginners usually work so slowly that the
APP OF bud and stock dries and the bud fails
o unite. or else in their haste to do quick
work they make clumsy cuts and tie poorly.
The first years trial most of the buds will
likely die, but after more practice the opera,
ion is nearly as sure as grating. Those
FhO have had but little experience will do
veil to insert several buds upon each stock.