Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1900-03-30

AUSTRALIAN sALTBUsH.
alkali soils any time during the spring
or ummcr months. 1t should be sown
on the surface and pressed in. 1t is
very essential for the soil to be warm.
Fol trials in new districts it is prefera.
BILE to SOW the seed in boxes and then
transplant. Many Of the saltbushcs
will grow well on nonalkali soils. 1t
has been found to be an advantage to
cover the seeds slightly on such lands.
When once established, the saltbushes
are able to withstand very severe
drought.
Many lands impregnatcd with black
alkali may be reclaimed and made to
produce ordinary crops by properly
proportional dressings Of gypsum. BY
planting and cropping saltbush large
amounts of alkali are removed from
the soil. Soils which are slightly too
alkaline for the growth Of cereals may
be relieved in a few years by this
method. The protein compounds in a
feeding stuff 80 to form blood, muscle
and sinew and on this account are
often called ''tlesh formers" The salt
bushes compare very favorably with
other foods in these most important in
gradients. The digestibility Of salt
bushes is probably about the same as
that Of oat hay. Horses, cattle, sheep,
hogs and chickens thrive on them. The
saltbushes are more or less s%ucculent
and care should be taken not to allow
stock to gorge themselves when first
t,,rnn1 o,,f an fhN M ct,1rnc Tho fnyo uN
may be fed in the green state with
straw, to the great improvement of the
palatability Of the latter.
The saltbushes are herbaceous or
shrubby, usually much branched
plants, and show remarkable adapta-
ton to arid, saline or alkali inpreg-
mated soils. Many kinds are now in
cultivation, both native and foreign.
Among the most important foreign va
rietieS introduced into this country are
Australian saltbush, slender saltbush,
gray saltbush, round leafed saltbusll,
annual or bladder saltbush, all natives
of Australia. re American species
Of economic val:- are shad scale, Nut
tails salt sage, spiny salt sage, scrub
saltbush, Utah %saltbush, tumbling salt
bush and Nelson's saltbush. There
are about 40 species Of saltbushes be-
longing to the genus atripleX in the
western. states, some Of which will
undoubtedly prove to be as valuable
as those introduced from Australia.
They are known to be hardy as re.
CARDS cold as well as resistant to al.
kali and drought and are highly val.
ued for grazing in alkali districts
where little or no other vegetation ex
lists.
Too Much Medicine.
Don't be eternally feeding your
horses "condition powders" says C. d
Lyon in Land and Living. Horses
don't need medicine unless they arc
sick, and how would you like to be
compelled to swallow a dose Of rhu
barb or castor oil mixed in your dinner
every day whether you needed it OF
not?
One Of the best veterinary surgeon:
in the world one wrote me that thu
use Of ashes and salt as a condition
powder had ruined the digestion O
more horses than anything else tina
had ever been fed to mans faithful
friend"
There are dozens Of "sure cures 70
SPAWN and ringbone on the market
Any competent veterinary surgeon will
tell you that there is no sure cure 70
either and that a blister of biniodid
of mercury and lard, which any drug
gist will prepare at half the cost Of til
''sure cure" will do as much or NOR
good.
By the way, have you learned that
is not a good plan to wash a cut or oil
er wound on q horse any oftener tina
is absolutely necessary to clean it
Horsetlesh does not heal quickly, an
frequent washing Of a wound !hindel
natures work in effecting a cure.
Carbolic acid, n part to 20 par
of water, is the best application fl
almost any wound Of man or beast.