Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 2, 1882, Page 3

&/ MANUFACTURERS OF PLOWS, MOLINE, ILL. Wholesale Dealers in ACRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS, | Council Bluffs, lowa. WESTERN AGENTS EFOr: Meine Wagon (o.----Farm and Spring Wagons, Deero & Mansur Co.----Corn Planters, Stalk Outters, &c., Moline Pump Co.----Wood and Iron Pumps, Wheel & Seeder Co,----Fountain City Drills and Seeders, Mechanicsburg Mach, Co,----Baker Grain Drills, Shawnee Agricultural Co,----Advance Hay Rakes, Joliet Manufacturing Cu.----Bureka Power and Hand Shellers, Whitman Agricultural Co,----Shellors, Road Scrapers, &c., Moline Scals Co.----Victor Standard Scales, A, 0, Fish----Racine Buggies, AND DEALERS IN All Articles Required to Make a Complete Stock. Address All Communications to DEERE & COMPANY, , C?O}Jncil Bluffs, lowa. STEELE, JOHNSON & G0, WHOLESALE GROCERS AND JOBBERS IN decSme2m Flour, Salt, Sugars, Canned Coods, and All Grocers” Supplies. A Full Line of the Best Brands of CIGARS MANUFACTURED " TOBACCO. Agents for BRNWOOD NAILS AND LAFLIN & RAND POWDER (O, ‘W. B. MILLARD. B. JOHNSON. MILLARD & JOHNSON, COMMISSION AND STORAGE! 1111 FARNHAM STREET, ‘OMAHA, NEB. T N A d Atk n Dt T\ AGRICULTURE. Doubtful Kconomy (Neb.) Herald: Many a farwer i Adums county who is farm ing, or 3rying to farm, at least 160 | acres, has but one cow, and not to ex- od two, This may be economy, but | we doubt farmer in the county but what can keep and manage at least five 1cows, The expense ahid labor of caring for them would searcely On the other hand, the products from the cows would add materially to the in come of the farm. Five good cows, well cared for, in connection with a flock of poultry. be made to pay almost any far groce bill the year round. Thus leaving the pro ceeds from the crops to be used in payiug for the farm machine debts, or be Iaid aside for a ra Juniata Jly be noticeable, Cultivating Too Much Clay County (Neb ) Journal: ers would learn wisdom from p pertence and not plant more ground than they can cultivate and cultivate well, for it is the worst policy in the world to slobber over a hundred acres of ground and not gather as much as they would from fifty well cultivated. These facts been demonstrated here overy year, that it is a wicked waste of time and ground to see it go than half cultivated, growing up h weeds and foul stufl' to curse the owner and every other man in the neighborhood. Plant all that you can cultivate and handle well, but no more; even if you have to let it lie entirely idle, you will make by it in the quality as woll as the quantity of grain besides the extra expense of harvest- ing over a large scope of ground. But there is little need of letta ground lic entirely idle, be judicious dividing up and diversifying of the crops, a large amount of ground can be ulilized with a comparative small amount of labor, but this must be done in the beginning of the season, and the different kinds of seeda sown so as to conflict as little as possible with the main crops, either in cultiva- tion or harvesting. grain sSheep in Southern Nebraska. Indianola Courier: The stock and sheep men all unite in saying that this has been the latest winter for their business for many years. The per- centage of losses will be the best ever known, even should we have a rough spring, as the cattle and sheep are now in a better condition than at the beginning of winter. Sheds for Sheep. Central City (Neb.) Courier: The sheep men teil us that the saving in feed this winter over the amount used last winter will make a handsome ad dition to their profits in itself. The warm weather has greatly dimin- isned the amount ot food needed. This fact affords a very in- structive lesson, by the way, to those who are accustomed to let their stock stand out in the weather during the winter. An experiment in shedding their stock will demonstrate that the cost of the sheds will be more than balanced by the feed saved, while the comfort of the stock and those who take care of them will be very much increased. Try it. Objections to Sheep. Philadelphia Record; With all the advocacy that has been made in favor of sheep breeding by those who have REFERENCES : OMAHA NATIONAL BANK, STEELE, JOHNSON & CO., TOOTLE MAUL & CO. THE JELM MOUNTAIN GOLD SIL.V HR Mining and Milling Company. 'o'lflli‘%p.- ital - - - - - ~ Par Value of Shares, Sk T S T e ! STOCK FULLY PAID UP AND NON-ASSESSABLE Mines Located in BRAMEL MINING DISTRICT. OXFEICERS: ‘DR, J. I. THOMAS, President, Cummins, Wyoming. WM. E. TILTON, Vice-Prosident, Cummins, Wyoming “E. N. HARWOOD, Secretary, Cummins, Wyoming. A. G. LUNN, Treasurer, Cummins, Wyoming. TRUSTEERS: Louls Miller W. 8, Bramel. AL - £50(,000, 7 SR =ops - - - - $1,000000 Or. J. L. Thomas, A. G. Dunn ®.N. Harwood, Francis Leavens, Geo, H. Falos. Lewis Zolman, Dr. J. C. Watkins, ‘oo22mebm GEO. W. KENDALL, Authorized Agent for Sale of Stock: Bov 44° Owaha Neb, — FOSTER &GRAY, —WHOLESALE— LUMBER, COAL & LIME, On River Bank, Bet. Farnham and Douglas 8ts., BOYER & JO., Smame o 000, | a8 farm stock, ~——DEALERS IN— HALL'S SAFE AND LOCK CO. Fire and Burglar Proo SA E E S VAULTS, TL.OCKS, & 0OC. 1020 Farnham Street, - NEEB. found it profitable, the one single ob- JE OMATIA DAILY BREE- T [ U_R - | tween them, will pay their debts in full at the proper time. Hints on Bean Culture. Uhieago Times: The ground tended to produce a crop of t should have good natural or artificial in drain td sandy soils are prefera ble to those that contain considerable | clay. 1t is desirable that the soil | of the entire field be of nearly| uniform character as regards fertility, | s0 that the crop will be uniform, and | all the beans mature at abous the | same time, 1t is not best to apply rank manure to ground mtended to produce beans, as it tends to make & large growth of vines and folinge. Tf any stablo manure is applied it should be well rotted and well distributed. The soil of a bean field should be free from the seeds of weeds or grass or the work of cultivation will be great. 1t is the general practice to plant the soeds in drills far enough apart to al- low & narrow cultivator to pass be- Sometimes a good crop of beans may be raised on the inverted sod of an old pasture by sowing the soed broadeast and covering it with a harrow. In the New cultivator or Sugland states it is customary to raise beans in connection with corn, throe beaus being dropped in each hill. the corn raised there is small the beans get suflicient sun to enable them to grow well and their production is attended with little trouble or expense. This plan wi be followed in those parts of the west where the smaller varieties of corn are raised Beans should not be planted until all danger of frost is over. Paius should be taken to sce that all the beans planted are of the same varicty, as mixed lots never bring the highest price. The sced germinates quickly and the crop re- quires littlo cultivation if the ground 18 quite free from grass and weeds. The crop must never be worked when the vines are,wot with rain or dew, as rust will attach the foliage if iv s dis turbed when wet. Cheese Factories and Creameries. Beatrice Express: The rapidly in- creasing number of cheeso factories and creameries in Nebraska is an indi- cation of a bettor day that is coming for the farmers of the state. There is more money 1 milk than in wheat, and when our farmers come to fully understand and appreciate the great value of the principle of condensation, in every branch of their industry, the day of their greatest prosperity will havedawned. Let milk be condensed into butter and cheese; corn into pork and beef, that shall be packed or can- ued at home: wheat into flour by Ne- braska mulls; wool into cassimeres and yarns by our own looms and spindles; then will every citizen of the state be prosperous in the fullest sense and not until then. Miscellaneous Notes. Connecticut established the first agricultural experiment station in America. Poland China pigs are being sent from Illinois to Germany for breeding purposes. Hoof and horn shavings contain more than twenty-five times as much nitrogen as is contained in average stable manure. Onions will soon be ‘‘the first on the ground,” followed closely by green peas. Now isa good time to sort out and select seeds, This is a good month in which to draw out manure and top dre.s #round fruit trees; also currant bushes, which jection that is so common to farmers has stood in the way and been an ob- stacle almost since the settlement of our country. The repugnance to sheep arises from the fact that they graze too close. Farmers are willing to risk all the foot rot, grub and other diseases, buv this great terror of close grazing i8 too much for them. In vain have the large yields of wool from the Cotswolds and Merinoes been displayed, and useless have been the exhibits of the marbled carcasses of the Southdowns. The close crop- ping of the pastures cannot be borne, and the consequence is that the most useful and easiest-kept animal we have is pushed aside for those that often do tenfold more damage. This very objection, so strenuously held forth, is one of the highest merits possessed by sheep. It is this quality of being able to crcp off the scantiest herbage that grows on protit- less places that makes them desirable Their ability to en- dure great thirst, or rather, to better state it, do with less water, enables us to keep them in fields not adapted to other stock. It is true they crop down to the very 1o0ots, leaving but little; but the weed, as well as the useful plant, receives the same treat- ment, and the waste matter that is rejected even by the hog is an item m favor of the keep of the sheep. There never has heen a pasture, nor a cultivated field, nor a barren waste that has not been bene- fitted when gazed upon by sheep. The evenness with which they spread their droppings, the treading of it into the ground with their feet, and the constant motion kept up by the flock that facilitates this disposal of droppings, prevents not only the slighting of any portion of the land, but enriches it to a degree beyond even the supposition of those who are aware of wsuch advantages. The close grazing is thus not an actual loss of grass, for by a frequent change of pasture and reseeding the sheep leave the land in a condition to produce a much greater quantity than before, In claiming that sheep are more profitable than other stock, this assur- ance will be doubly fortified if farm. ers will cross the sheep with thorough- bred rams. If great carcasses and long wools are wanted use the Cols- wold; but this brced needs a little better pasture than others, If the fineness and weight of the wool is de- sired try the Merino, but do not ex- pect large sheep from them, as they are the emallest breed, but the best, and very hardy. If mutton is need- ed, with good middle quality of wool, try the Southdown, with its dark face and legs as its budge of purity, and the result will be satis- factory, The flock will be improved, the prices greater and the weight of carcass and fleece increased. Sheep will pay even when badly treated, sometimes; but like other stock care and attention bring their reward, the farmer being more than repaid for any trouble they give., Give them the pastures, keep large flocks, and let them crop close if they wish, for they latter should be mulched. Sheep fed on dry feed are frequent- ly troubled with sore lips. An appli- cation of sulphur and lard once or twice will generally effect a cure. A writer of experience and reputa- tion has stated thut the fence tax on the farmers in the state of New York is three and a half times greater per acre than the state, county and towaship taxes on the land. An epsy method of salting stock is to place a large lump of rock salt at different locations, to which the stock can resort whenever desired. It can also be placed in the troughs of the stables to good advantage. The best of forage may not always furnish 1n suitable proportions all the elements necessary to produce the best milk, therefore give a large vari ety of food, but guard aganst any- thing that will taint the wilk or but- ter. It is as necessary to use precaution in cutting off limbs fronc trees, ae am- putating the leg or arm of an indi- vidual, and it can only be done safel when the tree has suflicient ntrungtf; to bear the shock. Trimming of trees should be done gradually, in- stead of cutting off all the diseased limbs at once. Cows purchased from rich lands and carried to poor soils seldom do well. It is far better to buy a good cow from a poor farm, in which case improve. ment is almost certain. There is no good reason, however, why a poor animal should be kept on a poor farm, Keep botter stock if you have to keep less of it, Raspberry and blackberry yines, if they have not been pinched back the prévious summer, when in a growing condition, must be cut back now with- in the next six weeks. Long canes are useless, as the most valuable fruit- bearing spurs break from the ends of the cane, and as a pretty general rule the lower they are cut the stronger SDAY. MA ne | RCH 2 188« The Pine of the Rockles and Slerras To the Kditor of Tie Her. To the horticulturist, who has ex perimented, and tested, and studied the kind of trees adapted to the west Missouri regions, the sight of this grand tree seems an inspiration, All vho have studied the matter know that the high and dry prairies lying between the Missouri and the moun tains, have peculiaritios: of their own and must have a system adapted to them. The hardy evergreens which will flourish a thousand tailes north, will succumb to the dry wintors of Nebraska While in York T persua ded the horticulturists of the ocast to sond on trees to be tested in our dry climate. The favorites of Wisconsin, Towa and Tllinois, would die in spite of evorything. They would do well enough in summer, but the warm sun and dry winds of win ter would be too much for them. The red cedar did well, the Austrian pine next, and thon the Scoteh, but t\wir success was uncertain, Beautiful troos, which made a growth of two feet tho summer before, would be killed by the dry winds of February and March. T used to get desperate sombtimes in this war against nature, and it was painful to see my favorites give in and 1 be powerless to help them. Last summer, as T approached Pine Bluff on the Union Pacitio, T was astonished to o pine froes porched high on a series of rocky blufls, flaunting their plumes in the air and waving, defiance to wind and drouth and that too in the dryest por- tion of the American continent, where the rain falls were 8o precarions that you might havea shower in three wonths or a year. Further on T saw these same trees erowning the erest of some precipice, or growing out of steep walls of rock, clinging like birds by their claws. This tree will live and thriye where the Norway spruce would not live twenty-four hours, A gentleman told mo he saw one growing on the top of rock, which rested on another rock, aud there in its defiant hardihood, it challenged sun and storm. A bird had probably droppedfja sced ina crevice and it grew and flourished. This tree accommodates itself to cir- cumstances. If born among rocks and desolation, it will be stunted, but if in rich or congenial soil, it will be a thrifty and noble troe. It is a native of Nebraska. The pine of the Niobrara is of this species. You will find it there, thriving in the sands, or growing on the summit of barren bluffs. Tt has loug, tongh and slender needles, on which the hopper (that scourge of evergroens) can make no impression. It 1s theretore invaluable for Nebras- ka, and would make wonderful grovth onour rich prairies. Robert Doug- las & Son, ot Waukegan, Illinois, the greatest evergreen growers in the world,havebeen for some years testing this tree, and finds it a suc- cess. There is this peculiarity about them: Trees raised from seed from the Pacific slope will not stand the winters, but trees from Colorado seeds will stand any- thing. The yearly rings of this treo show that it 1s quite thrifty. Here in this growing town of Pueblo, probabl millions of feet of it are used in huil({ ing. Ttis not as good as the white pme; haying a greater tendency to warp; yet it answers a good purpose for rough lumber. It is one of the most, symmetrical and beautiful of trees, In some of the valleys among these mountains you will find grand forests, When one grows out by it- self, its straight trunk, dense, well- balanced head, make the most favor- able impression, and one wishes he had that tree in his door-yard. The tree is hard to transplant from the forests, and people in the north- ern part of the state say it cannot be done, and yet it can. I sent my team from York to the Niobrara and pro- cured 1,200 of them, but thu{' were packed in sand, and sweat till they were yellow, and of course they died. Take them from exposed places where the sun and wind have toughened them, pack in boxes with the tops out, let the tops have air or they will smother, pack the roots with mould or sand, and never allow them to get dry; once dried and there is no res- urrection. Plant them in a close bed and cover with boards. Keep them weeded clean. Don't plant near other trees, plant near a well and keep well watered. Leave them covered the firsy winier; m the spring keep well hoed and cul- tivated, and_ the next spring trans- lant just as the buds begin to swell, t is & pity some heavy nursery firm could not go heavily into this business and raise llile trees from the seed by the millions, What a pleasing eftect they wcula give in winter to our dull prairie landscapes. A traveler tells us that on the west- ern slope this tree grows to the height of 200 feet, with a diameter of five to six feet, enough in a single tree to build a good house. A writer in Scribner's Magazine says: “I have sometimes feasted on the beauty of these trees when they were towerng in all their winter grandeur, laden with snow—one mass of bloom in summer, too, when the brown stami. nate clusters hang thick among the shimmering needles, and the big pur- le burrs are ripening in the mellow right; but it is during these cloudless wind storms that these colossal pines are most impressively beautiful. Then the side shoots will push, and, conse- quently the finer the fruit. Quincy, the well known writer on bee culture, says of catnip for bees: ‘“If there is any article that 1 would cultivate especially for honey it would be capnip, I find nothing to surpass it.” This is high authority, and ought to entitle this common but lit- tle utilized product of natureto a place among the valuable things of the farm, It is but another instance that goes to show that our peoplo fail to utilize the native resources of their farm ag they should. They have not learned the value of the things they tread upon and often ruthlessly de- stroy. Bods of Down Feel Hard auBaatiemn Feitiard, . Then harken, yo veevish sufferers! Ap ply D, Thowas' Eorkersie OIL to your they bow like willows, their leaves apringing forward all in one direction, and, when the sun shines upon them at the required angle, entire groves glow as if every leaf were burnished silver.” Xt will not be long ere this tree will find its place on our vast prairies where in summer and winter it will add besuty to the landscape and give protection to man and beast, In Illinois the Norway spruce makes spendid evergreen barms, giving am- ple shelter for stock, and this noble troe will serve a like purpose in Ne- braska and all the great parched west, 8. HARRISON. B Esoaped from the Toils, John Bacon, Laporte, Ind., writes: “Hurrah for Beriza BLossos; it's all you recowmeound it to be. My dyspepsia has all vanished, Why don't you advertize it? 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