The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1895-08-02

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tion. The chances for heavy losses,
should any disease or malady over
take them are greatly reduced when
the sheep are kept In Vigorous con-
dillon.
When the lambs an taken away
from the ewes thsy sa6kild be run On
fresh feed-goodf hearty pasture. In
addition to this they should receive
q liberal grain ration OF bran and
crushed oats. equal parts. The ewes
should be turned on short feed 20 that
1t will have a tendency to reduce the
production Of milk. The heaviest
milking ewes, at least, should be
this process should be repeated q Sec
ond time.
Protecting Melsn ana Cse.nSez
| viaes.
The worst enemy the cucumber,
squash, pumpkin, and melon vines
have is the little striped beetle. Il
not only eats the pulp from the under
side Of the leaves, but destroys the
stalk, and IL the coil IL loose It eats
the stalk below the ground; there.
fore 1t Is difficult matter to fight 1t
with insecticides. For a garden where
less than two dozen hills are planted,
the safest and cheapest way to pro-
tect the vines IL by a covering Of mos
quito netting or cheese cloth, cut into
pieces 10 or 20 inches square. These,
to add to their durability should be
first dipped in oil and wrlng as dry
as possible. Now take a piece of No.
II or IA wlre-galvanixed IL possible
cut Into 20.inch lengths, bend 8
inches Of each end ut right angels, and
set them 2 inches Into the ground at
the corner Of each hill. The netting
Is spread over this frame, and the
edges are covered with a little soil
to keep 1t In place. This thin cover
Ing, while admitting plenty Of light
aud rain as It falls, also keeps out the
little striped beetles. Cucumbers can
thus be prOtecteh until they send out
laterals, and even lie the vines press
against the top and sides 1t does not
lnjure them. Put on the protectors
just as the plants are breaking
through the ground removing them in
about three weeks. Kept In a dry
place when not In use they will d.
good service eight or ten years.
sproatea Potatoes.
1t Is well known that seed potatoes
which are stored for late planting
often become soft, while much Of their
nutritive matter is exhausted In de-
veloping the sprouts which must be
broken of in planting. The first sprout
IL always the strongest and thriftiest,
but 1t often happens that these sprouts
have to he removed several times be-
fore the potatoes are planted, and
each time some of the vitality Of the
tubers Is lost. A comparative test was
made by Prof. TAFT at the Michigan
experiment station last year, when
two equal lots of potatoes were taken,
one being left In the cellar, the other
spread in a dry, well lighted, moder-
atcly warm room, On April 20 both
lots were planted side by side and the
plants from the unsprouted seed came
up first, looked the best throughout
the season, and produced q greater
amount of potatoes and q greater pro-
portion Of large ones with fewer ILL.,
shaped tubers. OF course, 1t hardly
needed IN experiment to demonstrate
the superiority of unsprouted seed,
but since no one can afford to grow
anything but the very best crops II
would seem to be worth while to take
every prccaution to prevent sprouting,
or to secure second crop seed from the
South, which Is rarely affected In this
way.-Garden and Forest.
Shelter and Shade for Sheep in SUM
MGR.
We doubt II all sheep owners appre-
ciate the benefit of shelter and shade
for their focks during the summer
months. In the middle Of the day.
some of which arc excessively warm,
it is great luxury aud comfort to the
sheep to be afforded convenient cool
shed for shade. 1t is very trying to
the sheep to have to endure the hot
sun when they have finished their
morning meal and lie down to rest,
Not only us shade is the shed valu.
able. but contrary to the general idea.
sheep IRE much troubled and annoy
ed by flies and other insects, and Of
ten seek a dark sheltered retreat to
hide away from these pests. The fly
which causes grub-in-the- head is very
active in this season, ard II the sheep
are allowed the freedom of dark cool
shed it greatly reduces the chances of
any subsequent trouble from this too
often neglected ailment. From the
very nature of this disease there can
scarcely be any satisfactory trent
ment when 1t once becomes establish
cd, therefore everything reasonable
should be done to prevent it.
Feeding Tallow to Dairy Cows.
The results of many experiments in
feeding fats and oils to dairy COWS
have proved that the composition Of
the milk depends on the nature of the
COW, and that any noticed change in
the fat or other components Of the
milk is merely temporary one, due
to the unusual food. Thus linseed,
cottonseed, rape, peanut, cocoanut,
palm and cleo oils and stearine have
been successfully fed to cows with no
increase in the yield of butter. Lately
1t has been claimed that a dairy ration
of tallow would increase the fat In the
milk. But Prof. III. II. Wing obtained
no such result in two careful tests
with ten different cows of the Cornell
herd, of two breeds. of various ages,
i'm various periods Of Notation. extend
Ing over ten weeks, for ut least six
Of which each COW ate and relished
two pounds of shaved clean beef tai
low daily mixed with her ground
grain. Hence, the feeding of tallow
to dairy cows will not increase the
yield Of butter, neither will 1t decrease
the yield.
Cultivating After Rains.
Every time rain falls all titled land
should be cultivated. There are many
light rains through the summer, which
wet only the surface Of the soil, and
II this Is not cultivated under, the
lost. This cultivation has also another
effect In developing nitrates In the
soil. Whatever vegetable matter is In
the soil needs only to be brought Into
contact with oxygen to be decolmposed
and its manurial elements set free.
There is also on soil that Is cultivated