Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-07-10
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FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
ParAgra plls.

Para gra phs.
FROM 5000, 900 to III, D00, 600 sheep IRE
boiled down annually for their tallOw in
Bucnos Ayrcs.
In the application Of manurss rs mucl,
attention must be paid, it not more, TO the
peculiar nature If the plant, Us to tho ma
ture Of the soil.
1rrHE arc 5,OOo,00O Of dwellings in
the United Stmes. Admitting that On the
average they cost 81 900 each, which is y
very low estimate, We have $500, OO0,
oodinvested in tho dwelling. af the peo-
pie. :, g..
The truth is, agriculture 10 an art re-.
aairiag moro talent, intelligent executive
ability and the exercise Of shrewd COM
mon sense than aro essential for sue.
sessful engineer, civil architect, trades
man Of any sort, dentist, physician or law.
yer. ..-.--.- %. -
A WAC says he attended tair last fall,
and the show consisted Of calf, goose
and pumpkin, and that it rained so hard
the afst gilt that the goose swan of, the
calf broke loose and ate up die pumpkin,
aud a thief stole the calf, and that ended
the fair.
IT has been shown that the last cup Of:
milk drawn from the cows udder contain
ed sixteen times as much cream a. tho first
one. Thisssspsrstion Of cream from milk
takes place in part in tho udder Of the COW,
particula il the COW is suffered to rest
for some time previous to milking.
ASHES and the borer about fruit trees do
not agree according to ID. W. kaufman, of
Iowa, who says that during fifteen years
experience he has never seen tho b0rer in
fruit trees where ashes were frequently
used, and that he consid ers them worth 81
per bushal for putting around trees alone.
UKovEsTroRABLYsS best way to dis
pose Of broom corn seed is to feed it to the
fowls. The next bost mode is to give it to
the sheep: they are fond Of it, and fatten
upon ituearly rs fast as upon Indian corn.
Ground with corn, rye, oats or barley, it is
proiusely fed to cattle, and when mixed
with wheat bran, It is good for mich COWS.
The Shakers frequently feed it to horses,
and at the season of the year when this
grain is abundant they use it exclusively.
The place of . griculture in this govern.
ment is at the head. Its department in
the hatls Of Congress-. It has )bsen CON-
tent with the cast off apparel Of legisls-
ton long enough. Rightfully it is the law:
maker Of the land ; its interests are broad.
er and more comprehensive than any 9th.
Or; its numbers are the great majority oil
oursGlagiQ; its intelligence is fully equal
to teessf, and its morals are at ieast, u up
to the "veg9gs. How mucn longer will
it wait before entering upon its birth
right. 50,
rnVSnnGoard Statesman urges young
men.0t NeNlIanpshire not o. 20 West
claiming that among its own rugged hills
farming II moro renumerative than III
most other States of the Union, in addition
to,which the winters can be utilized nv
those ipdustriously inclined. It instance.
the town Of Northwood, in which the far.
mers, last year, earned over 100000 by
shoemakjng, and closes the argument by
reference to tho superior school and
church privileges and social advantage.
at home.
EVERY person who has had any expe,
rience whatever in farming, is familiar
with u number Of phrases BY which tn.
various kinds Of soil are distinguished
such as clay soil, sandy soil, loan
clay'loam, sandy loan, imy-clay, SC. Al
thcse:have essentially tie sane compo
nents, ssoly in different proportions. Clay
lime and sand are found in Ysrious degrees
in them all. But these, however well
proportional, will not of themselves form
. good productive soil.ss There must also
be certain amount Of what is pfiilosophi
cally called humas or GENE, and is com
monty known as vegetable mould. This il
produced by the rotting Of plants, leaves
and'vegetatian generally.