The herald., 1897-04-16
Little Landmarks.

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The farmer who figures is likely to De
the most prosperous.
Wool in the Los Angeles market IS now
bringing from to cents.
When a horse is not thriving look first
at his teeth and then at his feet
Ammonia has long been recognized as
ore of the best antidotes for bee-sting
poison.
The Iowa experiment station says II
takes eight pounds of corn to make one
| pound of hog.
You can't feed a scrub calf into good
one. but you can easily stint good
calf into a scrub one.
About the only sure way to rid field
of wild mustard is to pull 1t up or plow
| it up before it blossoms.
Many farmers sell all the choicest
| fruits and vegetables and stint the fam
lily. Feed the family first.
A thorough cleansing and whitewash-
ing of the stable will often prevent SER
ious illness among the stock.
There are three general faults in but
ter-making, over-ripening of cream.
over-churning and over-working.
Broken bits of mirrors tied to the
limbs of trees by bits of string tend to
keep the birds away from the fruit.
If every foot of ground on the farm is
not producing something. the farmer
is not living up to his opportunities.
Milk never absorbs odors when it is
increasing in temperature. AS the tenn
perature of milk falls it absorbs odors.
Sixty-two degrees Fahrenheit is about
the proper temperature for promoting
the rising of cream by the pan process.
1t pays to take counsel from books,
papers and practical growers, but one
should be guided also by his own ex-
perience.
Many a farmer loses enough butter
fat by skimming the cream in the old
way to pay for cream separator every
year or so.
The cost of mixing commercial fertil-
izers on the farm. as estimated by Rhode
Island farmers, varies from so cents to
$3.50 per ton.
Gypsum is one of the best absorbents
that can be used around dairy stables.
A slight sprinkling of it in the stalls is
very necessary.
Most farmers feed their horses. cows
and pigs and allow their hens to scratch
up food for themselves or go without.
1t takes food to make eggs.
Pneumatic horse collars must be very
comfortable to the animal, compared
with the ordinary stuffed collar and
should be more generally used.
Every animal. as we'll as every human
being, is entitled to plenty of sunshine
and fresh air. No horse can be health
full in damp, dark, unventilated quar-
ters.
1t is not always the COW that produces
the most milk and most butter that is
the most valuable. but rather the one
which produces the most for each dol
lars worth of food consumed.
OF a collection of 600 species of noxious
insects which were exhibited at the
worlds fair, Ill were introduced from
other countries. This accentuates the
necessity for strict quarantine.
An arid atmosphere. where there is an
abundance of sunshine, tends to insure
the healthful chickens and turkeys. OF
course, if the heat is great, shade should
be provided and plenty Of water.
When possible an animal should be al
lowed to rest half an hour before being
put to active work after having eaten
a heavy meal. By this time the diges-
tive process is sufficiently advanced, and
no harm will follow reasonable work.
Kerosene emulsion is good for lice on
stock and hogs. The emulsion may be
put on with a brush, or sprayed on. AS
a sheep dip it is not very desirable, as
it will take the wool off and injure the
animal if it is not thoroughly emulsified.
Horticultural literature, in order %
be of any value to the public, should be
not only accurate and truthful, but ap-
plicable TO the community where 1t is
published. Otherwise it proves not only
unavailable, but misleading and detri-
mental.
Eastern apples may be seen in Los An
geles markets during the entire season
A carload came in last month from New
York. And yet there are thousands upon
thousands of acres of good apple land in
the Sierra Madre mountains within fifty
miles of Los Angeles.
Rottng stumps, decaying vegetation
and pools of stagnant water are very un-
desirable in pasture lots. and are likely
TO generate disease. An abundance of
brush usually harbors gnats, flies and
other things which worry stock and cause
animals to lose flesh.
1t is claimed that 1t is better to graft
the straight Seeding chestnut than a
| sprout from an old stump. Daniel West
a farmer in the Santa Cruz mountains
near Wright's station. has number of
chestnuts grated on to the stocks Of
pin oaks, and they are growing amaz-
| ingly
| Turkeys are sometimes troubled with
| tapeworms in the summer. and many
die from the cause when the real diff
| ficulty is not apparent to the owner of
the flock. Male fern is an effective rem
| edy, but an overdose is distinct poi
son. Ground pumpkin seed is about the
| simplest remedy.
The Fresno Farmers club has ap-
| pointed committees who WI have
charge Of the following departments,
concerning which they will secure in
formation and prepare reports: /, Vim
yards; 2, Orchards; 3, General Produce;
4. Livestock and Dairying; 5, Poultry:
6, Legislation. This careful systemiza- =
tion augurs well for the success of the
club
The younger an animal can be grown