The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1910-09-29
FARM
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A successful machine for spraying
onions has been used by 3. N. Foote,
a well-known eastern onion grower.
He used a common 40 potato spray
or, changing the discharge so that it
would spray 10 rows Of onions. With
it's use he finds that he can spray 20
acres a day without difficulty, and he
is going w his 25-acre onion field
once a week in order to destroy the
so-called blight, which has proved a
great drawback to the onion specially
Tor several years past.
Many a farmer believes in thorough
dllage, good speed, well-bred live
stock and plenty of good feed and care
for them, and up-to-date farming meth
DDS generally, yet at the same time
considers the poultry business a
trifing occupation. fit only for the
women folks, something to look after
when there Is nothing else to do.
Whitewashing with a good COM
pound air spray pump is a cheap and
effective means of cleaning up and
sweetening the interior Of the poul-
try house. Strain the wash through
a fine sieve or through burlap before
use in the sprayer and then it is not
apt to clog the machine.
Remove all broken limbs from the
apple trees as Don as they are no.
ticed. They spoil the looks of the
trees. and, besides, the wounds should
be covered with white lead as soon as
possible to prevent decay or the intro
duction Of fungus diseases.
The farmer who keeps sheep and
does not make 1t a point to furnish
the housewife with a nicely dressed
mutton occasionally during the hot
summer months falls short of enjoy.
ing one Of the most satisfying parts of
sheep-raising.
Carbon bisulphide is death to snails
and other insects in the benches If a
few drops Of the liquid is placed in
holes about one foot apart all over the
benches. It needs care in use as it is
poisonous and explosive.
Nothing will promote laying all win
ter more than a small patch Of grain,
sown early, where the fowls can get
1t and pick 1t at will. It beats stimu-
lating codiments that too often injure
the digestive organs.
The great majority of diseases Incl
dent to poultry are due to bad manage
ment, bad housing, including cold,
damp and illventilated houses, v
feeding, rich feeding, impure water
md want of exercise.
Pigeons seem to revel in warm
weather, provided the water supply is
a~ssiduously cared for, and insect pests
kept within bounds by a regular use
Of some death-dealing powder.
The surprising growth Of sweet
clover on railway entertainments and
land where new streets are being cut
gives IN erroneous idea of the re-
quirements Of the plant.
The ordinary alfalfa, whose original
home was probably Persia, has come
10 be considered a standard and valu-
able forage crop in the western half of
the United States.
See that all empty flower pots are
gathered up, cleaned and put away
ready for use when wanted, not left
laying around to get broken.
The exchange Of scrubby, beefy
cows for dairy bred COWS means
turning loss into profit If they are
cared for properly.
For hogs above 200 pounds, soaked
shelled ORR while a trife slower than
soaked corn meal, made the most eco
aomical gains.
Teach the colt to drink sweet skim
med milk at weaving time. It is Just
the thing to keep up his muscular
growth.
Clean up and repair all empty flats
as they will soon be needed for gera-
mum cuttings, bulbs and other pur-
poses.
Roots form a succulent food and are
used to good advantage in supple
uenting other and dryer feeds.
Do not let the harvest rush Of work
interfere with the regularity Of the
milking hours.
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