Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1908-11-26

strong butter, the second and third soft
butter.
Many lovers Of fine horses. are am
bilious to breed their own driving
horses, breeding high class trotting bred
mares to Hackney or Coach stations
tor beauty and action.
One farmer recommends as a pre-
venttve of. ravages on the sheep iocks
by dogs that the sheep owner place
with his flock a billy goat that will get
| along very we'll with tbs sheep and de
fend them from the dogs.
A Mississippi steamboat which car
ried away a cows calf was followed
thirty miles by the bereaved animal,
swimming ali the time. When the COW
was about to be drowned from eX-
haustion she was rescued by fisher
men.
The onion crop Of Texas is becom-
Ing an important factor in the large
eastern markets. Texas onions are
crowding out Bermudas and prices of
the latter are steadily falling. 1t is
said that the quality of the Texas
onion is almost if not equal to that Of
the famous Bermudas.
Be careful to furnish q good dust
bath for fowls, for it is the only nat
ural means the bird has of Kidding it
self Of lice and mites. Provide a
house free from vermin, then provide
the birds with a good dust bath. and
the question Of lice and mites will be
reduced to a minimum.
It IS estimated that the farmers Of
Colorado finished more than a million
sheep and lambs last year, mainly on
alfalfa. 1t was a bad year for the
sheep business, and 1t is said that the
loss will be about 81 per head. How
ever, no credit IS given for the great
amount Of fertility returned to the
land.
More horses are injured by enforced
idleness than by work. Days that
horses are not at work they should
u in a box stall or yard. Their hair
may not lie quite as close and even be
a little longer, but they will keep
healthier and be in much better shape
for next seasons work for having their
regular exercise every day, either in
the harness or out in the yard.
There were fifty-six calls upon the
Wisconsin dairy school last year for
men to fill good positions In chee2e
factories, and fifty-three butter-mak-
ers were wanted. In addition to these
there were numerous requests for men
skilled in the operation Of creameries.
The college was unable to supply all
the demands, and yet some farm boys
prefer to sell neckties in a city store
on a salary of IS per week rather than
to take q course at the agricultural
college.
An English stock journal tells of a
famous veterinary surgeon who was
once called on to decide a question
Of blindness in a horse, concerning
which two London vets differed. He
entered the yard where the horse stood
and, without examining the animals
eyes, ordered a halter to be put on him
and an empty bucket to be placed in
the middle Of the yard. Then taking
the halter he led the horse in a direct
line for the bucket. The horse went
forward and Numbered over 1t with
his forelegs. Blind, without a doubt
was the verdict.
PrOspers ut Peanut Farming.
Seven years ago Mrs. Jennie r. Cass
found herself confronted with the prob
lem Of bringing up and educating six
children on fifty acres of poor land in
North Carolina. Besides her land and
little house she possessed an aged
horse and a mule, one COW, twenty-five
chickens and three razor-back hogs.
She decided to raise peanuts and be-
gan reading everything on the subject
she could procure. She was wise
enough to know her soil was poor and
She began a system Of rotation of crops.
gradually increasing her acreage of pea
nuts. Now she has twenty-five devoted
70 them.
During the seven years she has not
oni.E succeeded in keeping her children
IN school. but now she has five blooded
horses, q herd of registered COWS and a
small flock Of weIl-bred sheep. On the
little farm she raises all the bacon,