Crook County Journal Supplement PR1NEVILLF. CROOK COUNTY, OREGON. APRIL 2, 190. KEEPING SHEEP. Tfca Parmer' ploek Can Bo Maintained With Small Expanse. ta aa addreaa U-foro Ontario farm n la regard to uiitin with ahnrp oo Um farm, Profeeaor Pajr aald lu part; I do ant think It would b wfeo for rrory tnuii to keep lit'cp,for th rea on that lu order to be aucoMaful with any fla of niilumlH a man miiat bara tore for thorn, ami If a man dm out ttk aheep bo would not It likely to Bake a aueceaa of them. There art several thing alxiut the sheep, how rer, which uinke them especially wall dupted to occupy a place on alinoet any farm. Sheep will eat a great many kind f werda whli'li other animal will not touch, ThU link re tbcin awpoclally valuable ahout a farm aa a sort of scavenger. They will live on very jioor pasture, where ninny other animal would atarve. Tln-lr activity enables tbem to travel ImiK ilittintitva In search of their food, and the formation of their mouth la such that they ran bile very closely to the ground, enabling them to gnther a living from the prKt eolla. Cheap Shelter. ftheep reipilro very lueipt'iialve build ing. AlliKwt any aort of IiuIIiIIiik will answer the pui'pn o lung u It pro tect them fi'tiMt storm lu the rugli at weather and I rvnaotinbly dry and frw from draft. There In no other farm anlmnl for which cht'tipvr build ing are required. There I comparatively little labor Involved In tuklug care of a flK-k of aheep. I do not know of any animal that require lima Inlmr In It feeding and MiHiiigrinmt. Grind Their Own Grain. They iirln.l their own grain, which la another fnctor which nld to the cbcnpn of their mnltitciiuuce. They are the l't urn In grimier which we i have, and the nevd seed conaumod by ! sheep are never known to grow after- j ward. Thl la not true of other farm ( anlmnl. i FINE POTATOES. An Improved Product Containing Many Strong Point, Parmer who have growu the (Jrevn alotilitulll potato will be Interested In the picture rvpnaluced herewith. The potiti'ic were grown by a practical fai- .ier of Licking county, O. The product shown In thl banket la the result of ninny yeara' careful election. They represent a highly Improved at mill of tilevii Mountain potutoea, containing all the atroug qualttlea of OHKKN MOrMTilN Tt'BEH. the original, with all the weaker poluu bred out. Tim following from Ameri can Agriculturist give further detail of thl aplemlld potato: One of the potatoc exhibited at tbe Oblo atate fair Inst fall which attract ed our attention wit an Improved train of Greou Mountain. Flunking of tbla variety, the producer ay: He rul year ago we procured a amall amount of seed from a welt known farm of tbe original Ureen Mountain potato. I noted the very dealrahle and atroug feature thl potato possessed, On tbe other hand, among the undesir able qualltlc wa lack of uniformity and amootuuoae In the tuliers. The yea were too deep and the yield usual ly uot In keeping with the vigor and apread of tlio vine. By careful selection of certain hill and tulwra allowing tbe least fault In these respects I eventually secured a potato that practically eliminated all the faults. By growing these acvcral year under moot favorable cultural conditions on a light loam aotl abun dantly aupplted with humus and chem ical I finally aecured what 1 consider itrulu of Green Moiiutuln that la far aupcrlor to the original. I planted only perfect specimen and a n result have aecured a potato possessing all the atrong point of the original and lack ing the undesirable one. The potuto Is cream white, with a lightly netted skin, rather oblong and somewhat flattened aa well aa uniform In slae. It aeta moderately well, and a large per cent of the tuliera of the po tatoes develop to marketable !e. Only 4 per cent of the total yield hne been conwldorcd culls on my farm dur ing the past six years. Tubers are rarely If ever hollow and are superb for tuble use. It Is a ylelder of excep tional merit, and It Is popular wher ever It bus been grown. Plants Resistant to Diiaa. It ha long been known tbnt plnnts rary widely in their powor of resltit ance to dtaense. Not only do certain kinds of plants seem to be almost Im mune to diseases of every kind, but tome varieties of the same plant are but little affected by disease, while oth ers are badly Injured by disease.. Va riations In this respect also extend to individual1 plants. Silag In Florida. Silage is usod lu Florida to a limited extent, but In a number of tbo differ ent sections, on the coast of Florida 'specially, the silage Is of good qual ity. Probably tho greatest reduction in profits la usually caused by the use of Inferior cattle, which are found to a large majority of the dairies tbtouga out the entire south. HAULING MANURE. tern Roaaano Advanced for Poet pel- Ing the Work. There la no lant time to haul ma aura that will apply lu all caaea. Tbe matter depend upon condition. In on cnae It might lie well to hutil and spread dlrei'tly on the Held aa fnat a the manure la made, and In another ran a inb a proceeding might Involve rotialderahle loea. It I good Judgment In tbla aa lu other thing that count lu the end. remarka a writer In Orange Judd Farmer. Hauling manure directly from the table to tbe field lu winter la econom ical of labor, limxtnuch aa It may be done with alelgh when there la not uiuch other work to do, but It la not economical of manure If the manure of the laud It la hauled on to la ucb that the fertilizing elements of the manure will be lurgely loot by leach ing nud running away. Hucb condi tion would be met on billy ground, where the water would run Into the hollow a lid carry the fertilizing ele ment with It or In waterway where aprtug fi-mhota run. More or Lea Loo. There I more or lew hwa on all Held from th Ik cause alnce the ground I usually aultlcleutly frozen when the spring thuw tomes to cause more or h water to run away before the (.-round tlmwa nutllclenlly to allow of It aonklug lu. The tjuiwthm to decide, tiieti, la n to whether the lo from leuchlng lu the field will be greater thnn whut would be encountered In the pile, Formerly I preferred to haul directly to the Held lu winter, but with the Iwrfeetlon of the litter currier and the manure spreader I am letter antlHtled with the results of dumping the ma nure under cover and hauling It out In the aprtug. I do uot favor the plan of hauling manure on trnw or clover, eniecllly the hitter, lu the fall or winter. If hauled In the full. It ha a tendency to smother the plants, and If hauled In w inter the manure draw the tin, and the melted niiow run down and freexcK. funning a contlng of Ice on the ground that I hnve found to be agnlnat the welfare of the plant. It Im true that under certain condi tion the anow will stay on the ground longer In the aprlng If covered with manure than It will If nt. but It will alao melt off more during the warm dnya lu winter. Moreover. I think It very questionable whether It la desir able to have the enow lie on graaa lata lu the aprlng. I prefer to have my graaa and clover get aa early a atart In the aprlng aa la ixMalble. HANDYDEVICL ,A Simpl Contrivane That la Sadly Made and Us.d. A bog ringing device I here pic tured In regnrd to which a writer In Fnrtn Preaa aaya: In making thta crate I uae 2 by 4 timber for all croaa and upright pieces except tbe board at the back to faaten 4 BOO CRATE, tbo hog lu, the stanchion and tba croaNplece In front, which should be wider to hold tbe pins, aud I find Inch lumbor aullU-lent for this piece. Th floor also Is Inch stuff, aud the upright ! stanchion la made of 2 by 0 stuff, with J bolts at the bottom aud two other bolts to use aa pins at the top, Tbe crate Is four feet long, fourteen Incbea wide at the bottom and twenty-four Inches wide at the top. I place It In the hogpen door, let the bogs In from tho rear and let them out from tba front after the rings are adjusted. j Hibernation of Boll Wtovlla. , It ha been often noticed that In a j wooded country boll weevils appear j first in spring along the borders of noma next to me wooos ana grauuauy work Inward from the edge, so that It seems probable that lu a wooded couutry most' of them hibernate lu woodland. Around outbuildings and burns also are found favorable placea, aa there are nlwaya mora or less rub bish and protection In such situations. In 1U03 more than five times aa many weevils were found In a piece of cot ton uear the Texas State college barn, where cotton had Imsou grown the pre vious year, than were found In any other locality In that neighborhood. It Is also noticeable that weevils are al ways more numerous near glus than at a distance from thum. Unfortunate ly where much rubbish and grass are prtmeut nud where tho soil remains loose aud la not packed by rains large numbers of the weevils winter In tbe cotton fields. Breading Dairy Cows. In breeding dairy cows a man should have a definite object In view. Too many idilft from beef to dulry when dairy products are high aud lioef prod ucts are low and thnn shift back again from dairy to beef when heef rises In value. By this method a man Is con stantly shifting from one breed to an other, and as a result he Is getting a herd that Is good for neither milk nor beef, A man must have an Ideal to ward which he Is breeding and then bend nil his energies to that eud. This shifting from one breed to another Is a suicidal policy tbnt will ruin any man and any herd. Kunsas Experiment Stutlon. THE FARM HORSE. trror In Car During tho Soaoott f Light Work. With a great many farmer the win ter eaon la one of comparative rest for th farm hoine. Of course there ro farmer who make It a point of keeping the team buay all winter, but even with these the work I- i lint It la In the other acaaooa. I hiring the cold weather there la gi-ueriill mora or leaa teaming, such aa hauling wood. Ice, etc., but the work la not regular. Then In grain and bay growing see thin there I considerable team work to lie done In getting thla produce to market, and thero la other work for which a team la required, but wltb all this the borne la not called on to do anything Ilk what be baa to In aprlng and summer. WinUr Feeding. But white tho work for the average farm horse I not nearly aa bard In winter aa lu other scaaona. a time of comparative Idleness la by no means the moat agreeable to him or the best for hi health. On tbe contrary, be Is expoerd to various ill from whlcb be d- not Buffer during the season of hard but regular work. One of the Ilia la Irregular and care leu feeding. 1 nirlng th spring and summer, when the borne la working bard, be la regu larly fed a certain amount of grain and a reasonable quantity of bay. In win ter the grain ration ta cut down and the hoy 1 lncredned. Rome fanners make the mistake of feeding a great quantity of coarse fodder through tha winter to the detriment of the antmal'a health Others stuff their home with hay uuill they are entirely out of condi tion for any kind of use. Probably In nine caKea out of teu the heaves are brought on by the Injurloua method of leedlug horses In Inter. Watering the Work Horse. Another mistake Is the manner In which the work home la supplied wltb water. Often the water la offered the hope when he wanta to eat rather, than drink, and liecause he refusee no mure Is given him until the next regu I ir time foi watering. By thta tlin he ha become very thirsty aud drinks too much, says a writer In Couutry Gentleman. And In freezing cold weather how many warm or take tha chill off the water before giving It to the home? POULTRY PENS. Satiifaotory Ventilation Soouroa by Duck Covered Opening. In giving a dencriptlon of a Now York poultry houae, whlcb contains a uiimiUt of K'im. U. Arthur Bell writes nf the system of ventilation In use aa rillov.'s-. Several of the partitions In the bouse are boarded up solidly from 0Mir to celling to prevent tbe drafts which are ao likely to be found In long houses. lu the front or aouth aide of each pen are placed two wlndowa, each crrn babh ib puorrxu. window consisting of two twelve light sashes. The windows are arranged to altdo np and down aa In an ordinary dwelling, special care being exercised to hn ve them move freely In order that they may be opened at any time re gnrdlosa of weather conditions. Un less this point Is considered tbe wln dowa are very apt to become frozen In on the arrival of cold weather, and It liecomea dllllcult to open them; hence the ventilation la frequently neglected. Purlng the past winter one window In each pen was arratiged aa shown In the cut. the upjier sash being dropiied to tbe window sill aud the opeulng thua made covered with a piece of eight ounce duck, the latter being tack ed to the upper bar of the lower sash and to the aides and top of the window frame. In extreme cold weather the lower sash Is slipped up to the top of the window, thua effectually closing It. Thla method proved to be very sat isfactory, the house betng unusually dry and the birds appearlug to be In excellent health. Cutting Rack Tree. In highly Interesting experiments at the W'oburn (England) experimental fruit farm In cutting back apple trees when planted the ultimate result was found to be that trees uot cut back until the end of the first year contin ued to form wood lu subsequent years, and the crop borne by them during the first ten years was only one-third of that borne by those which were cut back when planted. Winter Hay. There should be no difficulty any where In the south In getting a winter hay crop thut would yield one ton per acre, to be followed by a summer crop of cowpens that would yield from one to two tons per acre. Considering the price of hoy In the south aud the con siderable Income from a hny farm, the cost of the necessary equipment la not too large. Harman Benton. Cotton aa a Surplu Crop. nigh priced cotton does not help the all cotton fanner, for the price of ev erything else rises at the same time. 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