The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-04-14
Ali Around the Farm.

The early pigs VIII need some extra care
before they get OF grass. Chopped feed.
with good. warm quarters, will pay.
An Indiana orchardIst says that in locali-
| ties where there is thin soil over an i'm
! pervious clay. the subsol plow should be
/ used before planting out an orchard.
The male lambs should be castrated when
one of two weeks old. The risk is then re
/ duced to minimum. and the pain of the
] operation is scarcely felt, as the nervous
system is very slightly developed at thar
| time.
| Many who have good orchards suffer lose
| by allowing few trees of worthless fruit
| to remain year after year There is year
! Is resolve to change the tops next spring
/ by grating, but when the tine comes round
! the resolution is too often forgotten, and
the tree remains.
To remove wens on cattle, mix sulphur
with spirits Of turpentine to the consistency
of thick cream; apply this two OF three
times day to the wen, rubbing well and
| heating II with a hot shovel. We have
known this perfenctly efficacious in curing
wens Of long standing.
In many places II is now customary for
tie milkman to deliver milk to his patrons
the door in the morning, and the empty one
| of the day before taken away. The jars
are filed at the dairy and the delivery IS
easy and much more satisfactory to the
patrons II IS a good plan.
Professor ingeriand Of Cornell un,rersi-
" says that the statement of entomolosists
that the codling moth appears as the bios
SONS fall, and deposits an egg. is an err
I1c rhar GroiF M W
shows that the moth does not appear until
a week after the lossoms fall, and that by
this time the lobes Of the calyx have closed
so that Il is impossfbl for her to lay eggs
in the eaiyx.
The best results in modern dairytng Will
be secured by those who intelEgently seek
for better knowledge OF the art Of butter
making. especially In connection with the
creamery system. who feed and keep only
those cows in which the habit OF a prolong-
ed and generous flow of milk Is fixed, and
finally by those who insist upon grade COWS,
got By pure-bred sires of q breed Of cattle
especially adapted to butter-making-
II is not necessary that COWS should be
allowed 20 run down IN condition after they
are allowed 10 go dry: In fact, the reverse
should be the rule A good milk COW should
:,.g and calvEng. in order to give her time
TO recuperate and prepare herself for the
ordeal Of ealf-bearing and TO get the fUn
benefit of this II IS essential that while she
is resting she should be gradually gaining
in condition.
Scientists tell Us that sunshine Is one OF
the best microbe killers and consumption
cures. DR. StoIker. Iowa State Veterinarian
discovered on his trips through that state
that those cattle stalled nearest the Hight
were freest from disease This IL good
poia. for dasryrney TO remember when over
hauling the barn OF building new ore L g,
put IN more windows or the SOUTH s'ae ana
have the stable SO arranged that lie COWS
may receive SUNSHINE
TIE Iowa Agricultural college experiment
station press. report y. Z Is devoted 70 srof
notes. Among the varIties of corn tried
,,ast year Golden Cay stood first. making
Weld Of 7s5 bushels per acre; Nickel Plate
came next. Tl3 bushels; Early Yellow Rose,
20 bushels Among potatoes. Rrrai Se~
Yorker ranked Ear above all' Others, a.
bushels per acre: next came wo-i9's Pair.
sss; then Csark's Superb. 4So bushels: thsn
BIue Victor, rs bushels. AID Burbank. 3
bushels
II : often hard work 70 get q clover see1-
ing on the dry. elevated knoils z gran
fields. Lack Of moisture Is usually the
ear.se Blu, the evil nay he rcnsd.e1 BY
drawing a few loads Of s-zhls manure and
Spreading over these knobs The manure |
net only protects TIE young csoTer plants !
but il also hos5s the moisture N the SOL oy
checking evaporation. few times seeing J
tt.e knobs thus WI make them a. rsch as /
any part % the field II : usually tss /
lack OF clover seeding on such p-soes that 1
has kept them poor
Il requires some extra p-OdsSSie crop, I
and ono that VII lfseif pay for good osai /
of manure 20 make ihe eropSss1g q brar-
ing orrhari pay We have ssen 4 cozs 1
with S-cth blsrkb<rrses and rsxpoerress eots /
os which 90 well xasn partially nsscrd 1
and which VIII rot Suffer trSn TIE droagA;. 1
as co NOS, % t5e crops g-osn IN o-chzrss. /
On no account should grain crops y Grove /
II The orchard. unless = - The-e Souzs 1
tres have grown 20 bssr-ng size b9s vita /
out .ro4nc.nz a crop Eren tnsn IL -
ST., !. better accomplished - sowing CO /
ys-. 20 be grcyn for year o. tso