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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-08-12
KILLING HORN FLIES.


Methods OF Treniment Tested Mt
various Experiment Stations.
The following bulletin on this subject
is issued by the Purdue university agri-
cultural experiment station;
AT this season Of the year cattle are
suffering from the persistent biting of
the horn fly. This fly, which is smaller
than the house fly, congregates in
colonies about the base Of the horns,
along up the back and sides, at ten
der points about the tanks and udder,
and on the belly. This fly sucks blood
from cattle. and so initiates them as
no doubt to retard the laying on Of
flesh with beef cattle, and the produce
ton Of milk by mich cows.
Many substances have been recon-
mended to keep away the flies. The
Mississippi experiment station recon-
mends two parts cottonseed oil or fish
oil and one part pine tar. This station
applied this mixture to $50 head, at
a total cost for material of 5000. Kero-
sene emulsion has also been used, spray
ing 1t over the cattle with a lSnapsack
sprayer. The flies are killed by the
emulsion If it touches them. The emul-
sion may be made by mixing at the rate
of one pint of soft soap Tor one-fourth
pound of hard soap dissolved in boil
ing water) and one pint of kerosene
in is pints of water, thoroughly whipped
and churned together
At the Indiana experiment station,
we have tried different substances to
keep away the flies. None of these were
effective over two or three days We
have secured satisfactory results by
using quart Of fish oil, in which was
mixed about two tablespoonful Of
crude carbolic acid. Fish oil is 60 cents
per gallon in Lafayette, These liquids
are applied on the body with q fiat
paint brush about four inches wide.
Fish oil is especially disagreeable to
flies, and is probably largely used In
the special preparations sold at high
prices. There is one objection to using
any form of tar, in that it makes tho
hair sticky, which accumulates dirt, and
SO gives it bad appearance.
Stockmen would do we'll to break up
the manure in the pasture whenever
possible, as the flies deposit their eggs
in it, from which the young are deycl-
oped. If the manure is gathered up
or broken to pieces within day or so,
and if remedies to keep off the flies are
applied to the cattle, the insects will
disappear only in the season.
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Food for Growing Pigs.

The food given to young pigs after
weaving should be such as to promote
the largest growth of bone and muscle,
and such food should be fed that is
composed largely of heterogeneous char
acter. Fortunately we may have an
abundance of it and of considerable
variety. Skinned milk stands, per-
haps, at the head, to start the young
pigs, and may be continued with adj
vantage to the end. Hogs, either old
or young, should never be confined to
pens in summer, but allowed free
range of pasture for exercise and fresh
air, and the result win be large, we'll
developed frame and vigorous health,
fitting them perfectly for the fattcn-
ing period.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-08-12

Mr.. scr1bner, Of the department of
agriculture, has recently collected
some very interesting facts about
American grasses. He says: eve have
better grasses and q greater variety Of
them native to our soil than we can
ever get from Europe" OF clovers we
have no less than 60 species, all native
to the country, and there is an equal
number of different 'blue grasses" be-
sides 20 grazing grasses and o great
variety of others. Yet, Mr.. scribner
says, hardly more than dozen of all
these kinds Of native grasses have been
brought into cultivation.
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eight inches deep, with the top OF the
hoop o little larger than the bottom.
Fig. b is a tin hoop similar in shape but
trife smaller than the hoop which
forms the top OF the funnel. When I
wish to use the strainer place piece
Of muslin IS inches square over tho top
of the funnel (a) and the hoop (b) is put
on top of the cloth, which 10 pushed
down inside the top Of tho funnel. A
perfect strainer with cloth bottom il
thus obtained. The bottom of the fun
mel is made to At the top Of my milk
cans. When ready to milk, the strainer
is placed In the top Of the can and taken
to the barn, and as soon as a cow ia
MIXED the milk is poured Into the fun
mel, strained at once and all dust per-
fectly excluded. As the top Of the
strainer holds several quarts, pail Of
millc can be omptied at once and no time
lost by slow pouring.-Samuel 8. Reed,
in Orange Judd Farmer.
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The commissioner Of internal reve-
nue. reports that In nine years 44O,OO0,-
600 pounds OF oleomargarine have been
made and sold In this country. This
bogus product has taken the place Of
butter to the value Of about sss 900, 900,
And 1t is safe to say that nine pounds In
every ten have been consumed under
the impression that 1t was butter. Some
cattlemen denounce laws restricting
the sale and use of oleomargarine md
declare that the manufacture Of the
stuff adds quite a sum to the value Of
every animal sold. One who can be-
lleve that cleo has added sss,OoO,o0O to
the value of cattle in nine years can
believe anything, with or without evil
dence.-Dakota Field and Farm.
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the whole pipe of water, and the time
and trouble required to fetch the
pump" win make the thing practical
ly a failure. TO overcome this a well
pump must be used, bringing the cyl
inder near the bottom of the cellar.
Then let the suction pipe turn upward,
as shown i'm the illustration, and pass
out through the cellar wall q little high
err than the top of the cylinder. This
will cause water always to remain in
the pump and thus secure the pipe from
becoming empty. With this arrange
ment water may be drawn under
ground to where 1t Is needed from a.
distance Of ten or twenty rods without
difficulty, except that 1T must be from
point not more than rs feet lower than
the pump cylinder. If the kitchen is
subjected to freezing temperature in
the winter the pump may be protected
by making a small hole at "a" thusper-
uniting the water to escape down to
That point when the pump is not In use.
Charles e. Benton, in Practical
Farmer.
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ro prerent Potnto Roc.

When potatoes are already infected
with disease there is no way to make
them sound; they will rot sooner or
later. Before putting potatoes into the
cellar they should be looked over care
fully and all affected ones removed, as
a rotten tuber is apt to destroy allsound
ones is touched Air-slaked lime is
sometimes used tosprinkle over bin of
potatoes to absorb moisture and thus
checks the spread Of disease. Keeping
in cold, dry cellar would have like
effect. tits well to sort over potatoes a
few weeks after they are stored, remove
the rotten ones and prevent furtherTot-
ting.--Journal Of Agriculture.
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No Coop Grown ON the Average Farm
Pays Better.
There is no part of farming at the
present day so much neglected as the
meadow, and there is no crop grown
that pays better, The general idea Of
the farmer is that the meadow does not
require any cultivation or care. "The
meadow" he says, lis all right. I
seeded this field three or five years ago;
but I cannot see why / get so light a
crop"
1t Is quite plain you have been rob-
bling the land for three years and re-
turning nothing. Worse than that;
you have allowed the moss to creep in
and smother the roots which you have
robbedof observation-disclosures with
out returning anything to them or driv-
ing off the moss from the root-bound
grass. What kind OF corn crop would
you get il you did not cultivate itP To
insure O big crop Of hay cultivate it.
Haul, during the month of December,
say from six to eight loads to the acre
of barnyard manure and spread itwhile
hauling as evenly as you can with a
fork. Then as early as you can get on
the meadow in March, or as soon as the
frost is out and the ground dry enough
to get on with team, take good har-
row and drag it thoroughly, and then
cross-haTTow it. You will imagine you
are going to ruin your meadow, but you
are simply loosening the roots aud Civ
ing them chance; and when harvest
time comes you will find you not only
did not injure your meadow, but great
ly increased your crop of grass, and
also improved your ground, This mat
ter Of cultiyating grass is not mere
"theory." 1t is principle, proved to be
correct by actual trial with profitable
results. In 1852 Josiah Bagley, Of Sc
rena, from a six-acre meadow took
10 loads Of hay, with no after-crop,
The following season. he manfred and
cultivated the same six acres substan-
TALLY as outlined above. Some Of his
neighbors laughed at him; but about
the 10th of July, 1883, he cut 10 loads of
grass from these six acres, and in the
last of September cut a second crop Of
nine loads. He says; "I am an advo-
cate Of cultivating grass. ~. .. Por-
ter, In Prairie Farmer.
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red with other roots:
compare

The above is taken from the Ameri-
con Corn and Hog Journal, The nutri-
tipn Of an artichoke is in the form Of
sugar, therefore always ready for use
on the part of the eater. One ucre will
keep from 20 to 90 head of hogs dur
ing the winter months. / find that low
black soil, land which Is too frosty for
many crops, is fine soil for the arti-
choke, for freezing will not injure
them.
They often yield on good land as high
as 800 bushels per acre. There Is a vast
difference In artiohokes. The native
or wild kind is worthless, while the
improved variety is Of great value.
grow the improved white French, grown
largely in France for domestic use as
well as for stock. Some time ago they
were introduced into this country and
close cultivation has proven them to
be sure and profitable crop for this
country.
Ihaye been experimenting with them
for over Ave years in the way Of culti-
waiting, harvesting, feeding and keep
ing over winter. They are very profit
able because no insect, blight or rust
has yet struck them, and the tops make
fodder superior to corn when proper
ly handled. I find keeping them through
winter is difficult thing to do without
having them spoil, unless person UNI
derstands It, will give my method.
I pick out dry spot and dig pit not
over ten inches deep and about Ave
feet wide, and as long as convenient,
Then pile the tubers up to a peak,
putting on shallow layer of straw
and not over Ave inches Of dirt. II more
dirt is put on they will surely heat and
spoil, and II they freeze solid 1t will
not in5ure the growing or feeding quail
tiesj II makes them sweeter and bet
teri. II. Van Ness, in Ohio Farmer.
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HINTS FoR sTocKMEN.

1t is claimed that there are not
enough heavy draft horses to supply
the market. Make that plain and the
supply will be coming.
There is complaint against the work
done by dehorning clippers and prefer
ence expressed for the saw The clip
pers are all right il used according to
directions.
The balky horse and the swearing
driver are two nuisances where the
horse should have the monopoly. Keep
your temper and in some way get the
horse to think of something else. As
soon as you do he will go.
Hard roads bang up the feet of the
horse, and it is q question if hard roads
are not as wearing on the horse as soft
roads are. But independent of that
hard roads are desirable when they can
be had without too much burden to the
= farmer.
<The 1,2O0-pound hog-and one man
claims to have one-is not desirable or
profitable. We once saw pen of ten
hogs where aggregate weight was 1O,-
600 pounds. Hogs to weigh must be
kept until the second year, and that of
itself is not advisable.
Secretary Wilson thinks that hog
cholera can be abolished" and will
study the thing from A to 2. Tt has
been studied already, but the more 1t
is studied the worse it is. Feed less
corn, breed from more mature stock
and keep the hogs under healthful con
ditions are all the science there is to
the subject.-Western Plowman.
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small HOE Paw nest.

Immense size is no longer sought as
in former times. Smaller animals are
made ready for the shambles more
economically, the meat is more pala-
table and maturity is gained in a short
er time. 1t has been the constant aim
of intelligent breeders to produce an
animal that will fatten at any age and
a great measure of success in that di-
rection has been attained. Formerly
the farmer believed it to be necessary
for his pigs to be narrowed in August
or early September for his pork supply
in the autumn of the next year. Thus
they would be several months more
fiyan year old when slaughtered, while
now, by the aid of improved breeds and
q better system of feeding, 200-pound
hog can be produced in less than halt
time, better, more salable and of course
at less outlay.--Rural World.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-08-12
Turnipn Hurt MIX Tlnror.

At the Iowa station it was found that
turnips injure the flavor OF both milk
and butter. This injury is due to volar
tile acids, which can be driven oil by
heating the milk to 100 degrees for a
short time. Beets increased the milk
and butter product, and caused all tho
COWS, even Jerseys, to lay on fat quite
rapidly. When the roots were discon-
tinned butter fat decreased and the
cows ceased tdgain weight, and it took
more pounds Of feed calculated to dry
matter) to produce a pound of butter,
When turned on pasture there was irnr
mediate increase OF milk, butter and
live weight. Feeding bran during part
Of the grazing period produced sahis.
cient gain 70 yield q small profit.
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snlt for DnirY Gown.

Salt Is universally recognized as OF
prime Importance to farm animals, and
especially to milch COWS. Rock salt Is
not as much In favor as formerly. tits
good plan to have loose salt where
the enilnals may have daily access to
1t. Prot. Robertson, Of the Ontario ag-
ricultural department, says that salt TO
the amount of q quarter OF pound q
day should be added to the ration Of
a milch COW. He says that, other con-
ditions being equal, o cow fed this
@mount Of salt daily will yield IA to II
per cent, moro and richer milk than II
deprived OF salt that In hot weather
milk will keep sweet several hours
longer If salt is part Of the daily rar
tion.
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COMBINED HAY AND HOG RACK,


is to build the front of the load against
and hold the lines while loading. These
double boards are bolted or nailedwith
heavy wire nails, well clinched, is
of 11sx4-inch hard wood. The center
md hind boards are made the same as
Fig. except that no stake is needed.
Zig. 8 shows one of the sides held to-
gether with BOLTS or wire nails. A 7-foot
rack requires side pieces feet inches
long. Fig. 4 represents the hay rack
complete. 1t is necessary to have
good, strong bottom. 1t is also well to
have wagon rods having thumb nuts
pass through the box across the center
and ends to hold it firmly. a. long rack
should have four cross pieces. Fig. 5
shows how the sides are lifted off or
placed in position. A boy can readily
do this. The box is shown 10 inches
deep, but II or 10 will answer. Fig. 6
represents the end boards for the sheep
rack. Standards A are 2x4-inch scant-
ling feet inches long. d is the
double blackboard 12 inches wide which
holds the hind shelving or hurdle in
place. B B are nailed to standards A
on the outside. Fig, shows the sheep
rack. The end boards are placed in
position, and the rfght-hand' shelving
is put on the left side of the box and
the left or the right. The enduprights
of the sides slip down between stand
ards A Of the end and the sides of The
box. This holds the shelvings upright.
The end boards ship up and down on
C, Fig. Z. The rack is my own con-
trivance. gave it good trial last year
and am we'll satisfied with IT,"
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Hay AND HOG RACK.
"A Combination Structure WhicI
Seems Hard to Heat.

"A Combination Structure which
Seems Hard to Beat.
A late number of the Canadian
Farmers Advocate contained the nc
companying description and illustra-
tons of a combined hay or sheep and
cattle rack by one OF its correspond
ents;
''The accompanying figures represent
combined hay and sheep rack which
is easily detachable and convenient to
store away under cover. Any ordinary
strong wagon box will answer IL cleats
are put on to hold the double end and
center-boards. Fig, represents the
side of the box, Ia inches thick and any
desired width and length, with cleats
on each end and in the center, nailed
on with 8-inch wire nails to receive
the cross pieces of the sides Of the rack.
Fig. Represents the front board, which
is double. The lower portion Of the
figure is removed from its proper po-
sition to show how the sides are held
in place. Al is of 2x4-inch scantling. B
is Of 2x6-inch hard wood, The stake
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two. Fasten a pulley (a) at top and
back Of stall, also one (b) at back,
about two feet from ground. Arrange
doubletrees, rope and weight as shown
in illustration. The weight should be
about 300 or 400 pounds. After harness
ing the colt with the old horse attach
the weight and let the colt pull at it.
When taken to the field the animal will
go along quietly and will make no trou-
ble.-M. T. Bane, in American Agricul-
turist.
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STALK CUTTER.

cured to the log as shown in the cut.
The shanks that hold the blades should
BIO set forward SO that in revolving
the edge will strike the ground perpen-
Gcularly. A common roller frame is
put on and the tongue (C) is fastened
behind cart or wagon, and it is ready
for operation. The number Of blades to
put on depends on the size Of the log
and the length pieces the stalks are to
be cut into. For u log 1s inches in
diameter 8 blades will suffice, The log
must be heavy enough so that the
weight will cut through the stalks.-G.
w. Waters, in Ohio Farmer
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The Dinerence Pointed out.

II ten dollars worth Of hay is worth
five dollars as fertilizing material, then
ten dollars worth Of milk Is worth,
with fertilizing material at the same
price, just SO cents. When we get ten
dollars for our hay we should deduct
five dollars from this price and invest
II in fertilizing material, for in selling
the hay we have parted with Just that
much Of the stun. But when we sell
ten dollars worth OF milk all we should
pay the fertilizer man Is the sum Of So
cents, If we have carefully saved the
manure from the cows that have the
milk.-Western Plowman. -
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A communications West Browns
vile says; "The old and familiar goose,
owned by Mrs, Kate Krepps, died a few
days ago, at the advanced age of 40
years. 1t had become unusually intel
ligent, and seemed to display an affec-
tion for its friends almost equal to that
of human being. This is the last of o
flock Of geese which was owned years
ago by Aunt Betsy Hopkins, mother Of
Mrs. Krepps, and it is said they supplied
the feathers for all the beds and pill
lowsin the old Hopkinshouse. &C Green's
burg Pa.) Tribune,
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s4svI>E ISSSSss
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THE FARM KITCHEN.

How Water May Dc Pumped to ID
from Distant Well.
1t frequently happens that q farmers
family is obliged to depend for a water
supply upon awell or spring atsome dis
lance from the house. When such q
supply is on lower ground the labor of
carrying water is considerable. This
may be avoided by placing pump in
the kitchen, to discharge over the kitch-
en- sink. Such an arrangement gives
good satisfaction, while 1t is new, but
a wearing Of the valves, causing it to
leak air, be it ever so little, will empty
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Draught HOrses on the Road.


The strength of the draught horse en-
ables him to make good time for a short
sprint, despite the excess of weight he
carries. But unless on soft dirt roads
fast driving Of draught horses should
not be attempted, because the excess
of weight makes the pounding of the
horses feet on the hard surface all the
more severe. 1t is we'll known that
heavy horses are quite apt to have de-
fective feet. This we believe to be the
cause. Kept to their appropriate pace
on the road and in the farm draught
horses will live and do good service
years after they are 20 years old. 1t is
nervous worry that shortens life, rather
than hard, muscular toll, both in horses
and in men.--Journal of Agriculture.
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nnrometern ON the rnrm

The farm is full of barometers, all
more certain than the best almanacs
ever concocted. Before the rain comes
the dog is lazy and wants to sleep,
the cat washes its face, and the horses
are restless and easily frightened. The
geese are noisy, the poultry seek their
roosts, ants are in hurry and skurry
laying in supplies, spiders crowd to-
gether on the wall, toads AID snails
and slugs are on the garden paths and
birds cry "weet, weet, = the frogs croale.
and peafowl become very excitable
and tallative.
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AN EXCELLENT Foop.
AEtdchOIrcH Possess More NutrItiV
Value Than other Roots.

AxtAchOlreH POAaesa More Nutritivo
Value Than other Roots.
The wonderful produetlyeness and
case with which the improved variety
can be pHgdNeed b AlHays a surprise
The first Sime 10 those who cultivate
them. They ave an excellent food for
cattle sheep and horses, and one Of the
cheapest and healthiest hog foods
raised, and for mich COWS they Cx-
eel any root / ever fed for Increasing
the flow and making the milk much
richer. Last winter CHS variety was
tested at the Fremont creamery on a
small scale and the report was very
good. Chemical analysis proves that
the nrtichoke isn't behind in nutrition,
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mo- pestrov wanpn, Nentr.

A very simple and effective plan OF
destroying the nests of the wasp con-
sists in saturating piece of soft rag,
attached to slender stick, in turpen-
tine, and then thrusting it into the
passage to the nest, stopping up the
hole with piece of turf. Itkills every
wasp, and there is no necessity what
ever for digging them out. Use thor
oughly good turpentine, for when 1t
has lost much of its strength 1t will
fail in it's action. Such remedy as
this is safe, and quite as good as the
dangerous preparations SO often adopt
ed. One or two tablespoonfuls Of pull
verified cyanide Of potassium put into
the nest at any time of the day forms a
good remedy. If quietly done the in
gress of the insects is not in the least
disturbed. They enter readily, but
never return,
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STREAMING THE MILK.


NO TNhk in ttAo DNAkV Na0ub 10 Nv
Done More Carefully.
No work on the farm should DO moro
carefully done than the atraining Of
milk. A strainer made with wire
screen, though often used, Ia very inn
perfect and should be discarded, The
writer has found the strainer illustrated
herewith simple, cheap and perfect in
Its work. A is simply large funnel,
the upper part Of which is a hoop six or
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puLLEY sAYNs IONS On WORK.

W NY ~ " WSA'N'
rugged above the opening in the plat
form. These pulleys can be bought for
q tribe at the hardware store. The
larger the pulley, the easier, Of course.
will the water be drawn. Alight frame
work can quickly be built above the
well in the manner shown, for the at
tachment Of the pullcy.--N. Y. Tribune.