The Dolores star., 1909-08-20
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RANCH AND HOUSEHOLD.


The straw crop should be estimated
Of value - feed and handled In view
os this from the beginning Of harvest.
The aim should be to get the grain
nicely shocked, soon ~ cut and put in
TO good, neat, well-built stacks within
week following the harvesting or cut
| ting Of the grain. This assures bright,
clean, well preserved straw as well as
grain for good keeping quality.
One very good way to clear land Of
sagehrush, provided It can he spared
for year is to SOW rye among the brush
In the fall. The ensuing rains will
cause the rye to grow and It will ripen
10 the following July. In August
fire will burn both the rye and sage
brush. II care Is taken In sowing the
rye 90 that the fire will carry well from
brush to brush the ground will be left
as clean "a q swept floor.
The exclusion of air from canned
articles, which was formerly supposed
to be 30 important, Is unnecessary pro-
vided the air Is sterile or free from
germs. In other words, air which has
been sterilized or freed from germs by
heat or. mechanical means can be
passed continuously over canned arti-
cles without affecting them In the least.
The most satisfactory jar has a rubber
ring and glass top held In place by a
simple wire spring. There are several
brands Of these jars OH the market, 30
no difficulty should he experienced In
obtaining them.
In order to retain the original sweet
ness and flavor 1t Is necessary to can
corn very soon after 1t Is pulled-with-
In an hour, II possible. Select the ears
with full grains before they have begun
to harden, as this Is the period Of great
est sugar content. Husk them and re-
move the silk with stiff brush. Shear
of the grains with sharp knife and
pack the jar full. Add salt to taste,
usually about teaspoonful to the quart
is sufficient and fill up the jar to the
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ring around the neck Of the jar and
place the glass top on loosely. Field
and Farm.
Poultry-keeping is most successful
where the colony system prevails, says
the Denver Field and Farm. The colo
ny system means the housing of fowls
In small houses, preferably portable,
where the fowls have free range. The
chief advantage is that the fowls are
more active or buster than when con-
fined In yards; there Is less danger from
outbreaks Of disease, as 1t is possible to
keep the house on clean ground by
moving occasionally and they require
less feeding and care, for they pick up
considerable food on the range. Anoth-
er advantage Of this system is that the
fowls will rid the farm of many injur-
rious insects, such as grasshoopers.
Then, the colony system, will fit In
with crop rotations and for part Of the
year will live on the stubble fields. A
good size to build colony house Is *
IL. A team Of horses will pull house
Of this size and 1t will accommodate
from thirty to forty fowls. In very
cold sections curtain front can be
made by using eight-ounce duck, cover
Ing one end entirely with this. In
most sections plain open front Of
poultry netting will do, the wire being
put on as protection against wild
animals.
The Hood River growers have found
that the Clark's Seeding strawberry
grows to perfection in that locality,
and 1t lie grown almost exclusively.
The plants are set in rows thirty inches
apart and standing fifteen inches apart
in the row. This gives 1880 plants to
the acre. All runners are kept cut off
as fast rs they form and by this means
the original plant throws new buds to
form number of crowns in cluster
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