The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1875-11-11
FROM MISSOURI
BUTLER, Mo, Nov. s. l8,

EDITOR JouRNAL.-What is the matter
in your part Of the country? About once
week the wind wheels in upon US from
the north and We at once surmise that you
are catching it beautifully. With these ex-
ceptions, the weather with US has been, not
merely warm, but some days very warm for
the time Of year. And it is we'll. A short
season would have done incalculable dam
age to the corn crops. As it now is, it is
becoming question, What shall the far
mers
DO WITH THEIR CORN?
Hogs by countless thousands died of last
winter, and the few that were left are thin.
ming out from cholera, while the land is
fairly grooming under its weight of corn.
Several ofour business men are buying and
storing immense quantities at twenty-five
cents per buehel for prime. At our. fair 1
saw corn that was worth looking at-thirty-,
nine ears weighing 70 pounds; planted
June 18th. Minnesota can do well, but I
think not so we'll. -
THE FAIR IN THIS COUNTY
was decided euccess-the horse racing
Part-all the stakes were carried off BY =
regular jockey. This is just as it should be,
20 long as farmers suffer themselves to be
crowded to one side on these occasions.
Why do they not rise and demand that a
county fair shall be managed by
PRACTICAL FARMERS
and in the farmers interest. They are the
men who should get the premiums. What
ever encourages the farmer; improving him
as workman; giving him new or better
methods; stimulating his thought and en-
larging his ideas, is of advantage, not to
him alone, but to all trades and occupations
as well. Ihave often wondered why there
is no attempt made to
TEACH AGRICULTURAL BOTANY
to our farmers. 1t would not require
college to do this; and I apprehend that
the newspapers, not even those devoted to
the farmers interest, could do it success
fully. Why not take this plan or one sim
liar? Let some one man in each commu-
nifty make this special study; the others
could help him to buy his books and pa
pers-then let him lecture to his neigh
bors; have his experimental patches where
he could try different kinds of seeds, under
various methods of cultivation and with
different kinds of fertilizers. Itmight even
be necessary for given community to give
such man his entire support, either.by d.
rect salary or in some other way. But
what Of this? Do not tie same commune
ties pay for work done for them BY others
and which they cannot do for themselves?
Why then not in this case also7 The di.
rect result would be
AN INCREASE OF KNOWLEDGE
BY an increased aptitude for knowledge. As
It now is, q man sows wheat in this field
and plants corn in another without know
ing whether these soils viii afford the prop
er kinds Of food-the one for wheat and
the other for corn. Well, had better stop
off here OF they will think I am willing to
be hired by some community for this pur-
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=. For once I have been in fear all the day
long and night too. "A wet summer pro-
duced marvellous vegetable growth, and
the decay of this during the fall months
has filled the land with the essence Of that
GRIM MONSTER, AauE. =.
I see people shaking with it in the stores,
on the streets-everywhere. Whenever
chill strikes me in the back, I think I am
gone. A pain in the head is the first symp-
tom, and to- stand in the sun few minutes
and then "gap," as they say here, why it's
all over with one them How I have Aed
the sunshine; gone around marshes; hur-
ried on my overcoat when the least bit
cold, and above all fallen in love with
BLUE-MAss AND ou1N1NE!
So far am unscathed, but there's ne
knowing how long I shall be. I have al
most felt myself growing sallow and woe
BECOME looking. nd Come down and Try it
and then you will knoxghow 70 sympathize
with body We have alp been praying
for cold weasher-thst is, those, of us who
Dc pray-cold weather don't come, howev-
er.TxzsJE Your truly, Ms
I aH3a2IEl EvscEHfppr11
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