Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1896-03-22
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ne Weekly Gazette OF March 6 ]
M Prentlss Of Burnet county, af-
isc.lb,ng how his calves died. asks
was The disease that killed them.
.xer, They were not diseased, but
Nn.d nv eating what is commonly
=, as "crow poison or flower
AN dubious plant, in appearance
rbling a small onion, IL very sue
n and fender. but n deadly poison
,vung animals and fowls.
|. Prentlss' calves must have eaten
Of this weed which Is among the
green growth that makes It's APP
rance In the spring,
had three fine calves to die some
days ago from eating this same
ana they were (cach one Of
M affected exactly like Mr.. Prentiss
h bis were, all dying within few
Is from the time of eating the
,aous weed. after terrible suffering.
Complain very much like they had
rngitls. but II IS not that
n weed will also kin pigs. My
|tcr turned four pigs out of his
few days ago, and IN an hour
MI them We're dead from eating
rtlt. He says he saw goose eat
III II, and in 30 minutes 1t died
kspasm or fit.
tsw Of no cure for IT, The best
sk to keep the young stock up TIL
h Is plenty Of green grass, when
viii not eat the weed,
hive never known but one grown
rll that thought died from eat
Il But nearly all young animals
iatl die from Its effects In a very
II time
q Prentiss may claim that his
IS had been kept up all the time.
possible for that TO have been so,
ytt for them TO have gotten this
Nn. as II frequently grows In fence
tfs, under the feeding trough and
such places, unnoticed by the
sknan
hope your veterinarian will give
y readers n simple and sure cure
ne trouble, thereby benetiting all
TX faIsers.
you give us a cheap and reliable
Of incubation against anthrax,
phekleg? The remedies thus far
sMhtd are too complicated and eX-
A'e for common use and beneht.
speelmlly, II. C. FOWLER.
Vp'tlur Mount Pleasant Stock Farm,
|A'ely Hill, Tex.
ahnAs and Cuitiyating Orchards
eAiy Everyone plants orchards In
nshry too far apart. Planting
nr peaches 10 feet apart; for
~ u feet apart. Train them close
~ ground, branching not higher
y inches Don't grow too many
VI cut back each season and keen
,iuh as near to the ground as
SOC. Cultivate with one-horse
Dt ", harrow. Pillow as shallow
p'sslule, not over TWO inches deep
GOWN all weeds near the trunks
you will have fine healthy or
E1us eood CROPS, good fruit and IONS
'rees--try it.
nv long since went into a hne
ing orchard and the man told me
Asl gwen the ground q splendlu
Iring with two big fine mules ana Q
g plow, and had torn up INC
.nn to s inches deep. II was ~
spring took up n olod and broke
~ showed him he had DESTROYED
aas OF fibrous roots. and nearly
A. MS trees-literally cut off theil
supply and starved them. sucl
afos are poor bearers and shor'
I, Don't do IT..
nrge per cent. of plant food Is ex
~ INTO the air by decaying veget
N matter and all forms Of deconipo
" and combustion. This Is duflni
eanpness OF the night. Air sel
npon the earth at night ana u
Ined by the soil AIS wen as D,
x's nlnnts. Gases are also carrle'
M, me air by rains, and those sum
ns'is gases and other forms OF plhh
N mat so vividly display their eN
- after spring showers. NOV
~ ground absorbs all these far NOR,
y other unstirred land. II yoI VIII
.",o your garden. take few row
~ and with a rake stir the suriue
".out dark every evening Tor
Nv III. ana note its effects.
|r.n a Planet Jr. oultivator cuttinl
4 uld n half feet at a row yo
WIN a good fast walking horse
out 10 or twelve acres OF orchar
n NY and pillow crosswise next day
|, ehs every two weeks from APR
NJ iuiy ] and note It's effects.
A'reus growing near the trees q
asreni apount OF damage for ~
M o. tile trees are on towards IN
The roots. but no weeds ouEn
AZ IA allowed to 70 20 seed in an OF
AZ, They should be moved dow
NJ. decay on the soil.
'cfr,, ever put double team In a
NY plant anything In nm orchar
4 Is three years old II the tree
NJ, worth the use OF the land q
NJ uown for FIRE wood. Do yot
NJ Wy your trees and they will full
irai oseni-H. B, Hlllyer In Hortiou
II. what the Market wants.
i y E. A. volgo Of Iowa write
~ atmers' Review thus about hoe
~ ~ MARKET wapts u hpg that Is We
a and will weigh from aIb