Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-01-30
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
ParaRraPhs.

rune dropplngs OF cattle in pastures arc
spread out, their value 10 increased three
fold.
The farmer who plows deep, manures
literally and keeps down weeds will pros,
per.
The cultivation of the soil il fast becom.
ing science, and ono that 10 Of moro value
to mankind than any other.
The increased price Of tho great aer;eul.
tural staples, does not keep pace with tho
increased cost ofproduotion.
MODERN fowls show tho result of nsr.
sistent effort toward improvement %
much ~ tho present races Of cattle, sheep
or swine.
We should bear in mind the fact that
while sudden wealth 10 rarely seouired IN
farming, neither will great or sudden loss
es be met with. :. :,
The driver Of = grocery cart who lot q
basket Of eggs tall, says that ",ruth
squashed to earth may git up and git but
he'll be darned II eggs will;
ONE hundred Merino sheep, with plenty
of bedding, will, during the ordinary feed.
ing time in winter, produce about forty
two-horse wagon loads Of manure, which
is far more valuable - fertilizer than
that OF either horses or cows.
We are now exporting apples to Eu.
rope. The shipments from Nav York
have been between 1000 and 5000. bar.
rels week for the last two months.
recently increasing to between 10000 and
1900.
Profit in keeping stock comes from the
food digestsd and assimilsted in excess Of
what is required to support vitality, and
the more we can get . single animal to
digest and assimilste, and therefore con.
vert into the desired product tho greater
the profit.
APPLES, pears and peaches contain from
81 to 10 per cent. of water, and most other
fruits nearly the same. Grapes contain
ne.rly twice as much sugar a. apples,
more than twice as much a. currants.
three times a. much as raspberries, I've or
SIX times as much Of apricots and peaches.
FEED more grass! These three words
contain and explain the entire theory of
that practice by which any one can make
hog raisin g-barring the cholera-as pro.
htaole as the raising ofany other kind Of
STOCK, 1t not more 90, on account of their
ready sale in any market every year.
A correspondent of the New York Tri.
bune holds these excellent articles of
faith; l believe the best fertilizer of anv
soh Is spirit of industry, enterprise and
intelligence, and without these mo- man o.n
be successful. believe that q man who
is not smart enough to enter tho oommer.
cial world, is not smart enough TO run q
farm.
JOSEPH HARRIS claims that he can mako
cheaper pork out of late fall pies th.n
out Ct spring pigs. IF we'll w,ntersd, b.
ing young, they will consume but little.
they will keep tat on clover during tho
summer, and . very little Germ in tho fall
will makethem ready for market. His
plan is to give young pigs all the cooked
corn-meal they will eat until four months
old. '''
PROF: BucKMAN reports to an English
'armers club that in pint of Italian rve
grass seeds he had examined, he found
1910 seeds of weeds: from pint of mix.
ed grass he took out 5,4O6, from . pint Of
Dutch (white) clover seed 1900. An these
seeds were Of plants of an injurious or
troublesome character, many of them de-
cidedly poisonous.
The following is said to he q sure tsst
ofa horses ago. After;a horse il nine years
old, wrinkle comes over bis eyeiid. at
the upper corner Of tho lower lid. and
every year thereafter he has ono we'll de.
hned wrinkle for each year Of bis ago over
nine If for instance, horse has three
wrinkles. he 10 twelve years old.
AccoRDlNo to newspaper gossip. thers
is mare in the city Of Troy. \. r. which
il fond Of lager beer. She answer IN .hs
nome!y name Of Nance, can speed 2 40
9aN, out mas become 30 partial to tho
roaming malt that she has ceased to be
useful Whenever she comes in night Of
tavern sign she feigns si.kr ess, and no
amount Of whipping will forse her to nova
until pail OF beer is placed before her
ana she is permitted to drink. After
drinking she pricks up her ears and we.
on her way a. jolly as Teuton.
VIZ find in the Western Planter, from
as many orchardists, five different pre.
scriptlons tor protecting trees from tho
teeth of rabbits. One places q thin laver
OF weeds, refuse hay, or similar trash
around tue stems, fastens it with q tough
weed, or tie of straw, and has thus saved
2oV trees for many years. Another rubs
the bark with fresh hogs liver aud other
bloody offal. Another has equal success
with strong smelling grease. Another sp- !
plies paint Of buttermilk and SCOT whom
snow falls; and again in March and tho |
lust smears tho bark with the BLOOD Of the !
Thanksgiving turkey.