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


Heeie3-in trees that are covered with
straw will likely bs injured ~ mice.
Fgve hundred pounds % butter Is TIE
production Of Coos county. Cf- IN one
year.
Feea the swine pumpkins \ good way
h. to feed the pumpkins AMI then FEED
grain.
Never buy a poor ram, bat especially
10 not buy one row When sheep are
cheap.
swine need grazing in all seasons u
the year, especially IN the print ana
summer.
Cedar perches for poultry are alleged
70 keep away ali EeTFGin that Usually
fnfests hen To0sts.
No breed Of fowls ever introduced into
this country has proven Of greater value
to the pou.tryman than the LeSn0FnA-
Sheep can BE- neglected n the mat.sr
Of feeding much more safely than IN the
matter o. housing from storms and winds.
The daIryman VINO allows his cattle
10 become encased in an aTmor OF NTH
should be compelled to sleep beside them.
There are st8a 10 0e more 5Orses in Chi
oago fcdav han ever before. The horse
does not seem TO Dc passing very rap
Idly.
John NJ. stahl says that it - better 20
have a hog squeal for lts feed taan 10
That n right.
The Ben Davis apple originally came
from North Carolina. and gets It's name
from "a man OF ina UdtiE NA0 ApIh u
10 Kentucky.
Salt and ashes will not hurt hogs. pro-
vldsd not too much salt L. given, we
would say TO an inquirer. Hogs should
have some salt.
currants and ~gooseberries VIII thrive
in almost any soil and will stand con
siderable rough treatment and yet yield
fair crops OF fruit
Strawberries will be q light crop in
Florida this winter. says the Gainesville
Sun, by reason OF n scarcity OF plants
and very dry weather.
Sour apples when ripe and soft will
fatten hogs. says q swine feeder; opinions
to the contrary Notwithstanding. OF
course there Is some sugar In sour APP
pies.
Man causes most OF the animal dis
eases. says 4 writer. Does he not cause
all OF them7 II is no who must compel
the animal TO conform to the laws OF
nature.
The pear crop Of Georgia this year Is
the largest on record. II Is estimated
by those VINO are IN a position TO know
and judge correctly that II viii exceed
10000 barrels.
Small machinery that becomes clogged
by piunging IL INTO boiling soap suds TO
which has been added ammonia After
wards wipe dry.
Land plaster and road dust are good
absorbents 10 keep about the COW stable.
Leaves are 10 be had for the gathering.
and are better than nothing 10 keep the
stable dry ara clean.
There were 70.O00.000 pounds OF oleomar-
garine made I'm this country last year.
which Is equal 10 the product or 5Fl.tssl
COWS. 8 fact that shows It's detrimental
effect upon the dairy.
II Is only in exceptional cases that u
can be considered a good plan to nh
an old orchard with young trees. In a
majority 90 cases the soil Is exhausted
BY the former growth.
II the garden has not been kept at
craving gFpH4 all the season II has been
growing weeds. and there is the donhle
loss OF no crops and the trouble next year
OF getting rid OF wSeds.
Now that legislation Is becoming more
and more stringent against oieomargar-
inc. b~utter-nakers should do their share
toward hanishing the stun by making
the best quality Of butter.
There IA a good deal more fault found
With the manner OF butchering sheep
than the facts warrant u Is not once
IN a thousand times that mutton In our
markets have a woody taste.
Theo. SteruberE. of Ellsworth. Kan.
will act as Judge % The poultry shows at
Tacoma, Portland and Vancouver. +. c.
~ Judge or the shows OF Denver. Seattle
and Oakland.
When a little chick becomes chilled II
receives . severe shock, and whether II
j. warmed Immediately 70 recover, or Is
allowed 20 slowly become warm. II will
not again grow or thrive as e would
have done otherwise.
IN sailing bacon use one husnel OF Nne
sait. two pounds Of brown sugar and one
of saltpCtre Tor each 80 pounds OF pork.
this for the m~edium-sizci hogs. If the
meat 81 large and thick. add a little stron-
ser ratio Of the preserving ingredients
The primary requisites or a good road
are that the water be removed. the sur
face level. and the foundation solid. Get
these conditions and an earth road is good
most or the year. and the bed Is in shape
for che application or gravel or broken
stone.
II foot-rot gets the start Of you. you
Will have heaps OF trouble To contend
with. Contagious foot-rof can 10 han
died. II taken IN time. We need hardly
say that on It's first appearance the dis
cased animals should bee removed from
the foek.
A German veterinary surgeon has dis
covered a method by which horseshocs
can b. successfully manufactured from
paper The paper Is im~prceuatr8 v5fh
turpentiue 90 make g Waterproof The
Inventor claims that q horse wearing
these shoes cannot slip ora greasy roads.
According u the London GroScrs' Re
view. Japan produced &,tc'Heo pounds n
sugar IN 1898 and Imported 2aso".as0
pounds In lN>S. the consumption of sugar
Third pounds; IN lNs lt mas eight ami
iur.
Give every latitude to laying hers. hut
tho stable is no place Tor them. nor for
fowls Of any kind. ThNV dehlc the horses
food, the harness. the traps. and cVrfN-
thins they ONE near, ana. worse stan.
lee. which makes somo horses nearly
mad with Irritation.
\ corporation breeding hoot cattle In The
week to MIR a. Chalmers. ~ Washington
county. or. for NftN Young S1Nffhoru
COWS and expects n Increase 90 ee" Al
tha; annoys Mr.. Chalmers is trat ne has
not stock enough ~ ali rho order.
some s,-l cps p ta. il ,