Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-12-21

no danger of his ever losing any meat.
There has been great deal written
and said about chemically preserved
meats. We had several prosecutions
in Pittsburg, and convictions were OBJ
tanned in all cases brought. The goods
were put up principally in Chicago and
bought and sold by retailers in our
state. Boracic acid was the preserva-
tive, and the expert evidence given at
who had made the matter a study was
that it was an unfit article for food.'
Advantages of Growers Association.
A communication to the Farmers
Review from the California Raisin
Growers Association says: The great
value of associations to farmers and
growers of special products, organized
for the purpose of properly marketing
their crops and maintaining reasonable
prices is shown most forcefully in the
experience of the raisin growers this
year as compared with the prune grow
ers. Through effective association the
raisin grower has marketed his crop at
full prices, as fast as the raisins could
be delivered and packed and with posi-
tive knowledge that not car will be
carried over into another season, so
freely have eastern dealers placed or
ders for the crop. On the other
hand the prune growers, who have an
equally desirable product. find it ex-
tremely difficult 10 sell their crop even
at prices which are but little more
than half the true value of the prod
uct, as compared with other fruits.
Dealers in buying and handling raisins
have perfect confidence in the ability
of the raisin growers association to
maintain prices at all hazards, and
therefore has no hesitancy in ordering
freely In handling prunes the dealers
organization and consequently are I'M
able to regulate prices, and if liberal
purchases of prunes were made, the
price might drop from an eighth to a
quarter cent the next day. They are
therefore timid about handling prunes
sible.
Ground Bone Fertilizer.-Grounu
bones usually furnish an excellent ap-
plication for grass lands, since they
are rich in phosphoric acid and also
contain some nitrogen. When applied
they should be finely ground and from
100 to 200 pounds used per acre. In
some instances larger quantities may
be used. They are sown by hand OF
may be deposited by an implement
used in sowing fertilizer. When ground
in the fresh form they should be ap.
piled in the early spring. When ap-
piled in the form of bone ash they
may be sown in the fall, as then there
is no nitrogen to lose through leach
ing before growth begins in the spring
When the bones are treated, that is
made into superphosphate, the re-
Spouse in growth will be much quicker
than when applied in the untreated
form, but it will not be so lasting.
Mineral superphosphates may be best
applied in the fall, and for the same
reason that bone ash may be thus best
applied.-Ex.
Fall Work in the Orchard.-After
the fruit is all picked and packed and
the leaves are off the trees, time should
be taken before it gets cold weather
to go through the orchards and trim
out all dead limbs and such as have
been broken or injured during the
picking. We do not mean regular
pruning, though if this is done every
fall it will not be much work to re-
move the superfuous branches at the
same time. The grapevines should be
trimmed and laid down for protection
if they need it this month, and bush
fruits properly carried away and
burned, and if the leaves also are raked
up and burned it will help to destroy
many injurious insects and their eggs.
But if the leaves are put in the hen
house or used as bedding in the stables
and go from thence to the manure
heap, the fermentation there may burn
up the pupa and eggs as surely as fire
would do it.-American Cultivator.
Bonedust for Young Stock.-Trials
of feeding bonedust to young stock
have been made in France. Four
ounces daily fed to a calf gave an
increase of thirty pounds in twenty
four days beyond the previous twenty
four days increase on the same ration.
Thus five and one half pounds ground
bone. costing SID, made overweight
increase of thirty pounds. The bone
dust is said to promote assimilation Of
the food. tending to the formation Of
flesh.-Ex.
Poultry feed is easier secured than
feed OF larger farm stock. Almost
everything that 10 at all edible can b
made into food for poultry.