The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1876-03-16

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CONTINUED NEXT WEEK.
HINTS ABOUT WORK..
Cleaning 1p.-This is an import
ant job, and can be done during
rainy days. Clean OUT the potato
bins, select seed potatoes, thoroughly
clean aud whitewssh the cellar, put
the dairy into good condition, sweep
the granary; every cobweb and hid
ing place for weevils and grain moths
to deposit their eggs in should be ex-
plored and filed with whitewash the
feed rooms and mixing troughsshould
be swept or scraped, the yards scrap
ed, and the rubbish burned the
plows painted, and the shares and
mold-boards polished; the harrow
teeth sharpened, and everything that
can be done now, should be attended
to. A little torcthought Is acorth
great deal Of etaerthought.
Psoso;nq.-No pillow should be put
into the ground until the soil is dry,
When . spadeful Of earth thrown
down crumbles into a loose mellow
heap. the plows may be started, but
not while the spade comes out Of the
ground smeared and soiled. A few
days delay is better than being q day
too soon. The first in the field 10 Of:
ten the last at harvest. -: -.
Potatoe'.-Plant early potatoes a.
soon IS the ground is dry and warm.
A few early trosts WILL do no. harm if
the young shoots are kept covered by
the hoe or the plow when . frost is
feared. The earlier the crop. the
higher the prices. A, difference Of a
week may make a difference Of 81 a
bushel.
Spring Wheat.-The earlier this
crop is in the ground the better. Now
that the new process Of grinding has
been brought into use, the value Of
extra spring is equal to that Of the
best fall wheat. 1t is as easy to produce
extra wheat as No. 3 or rejected. The
Whole differ ence is just that between
careful and slovenly farming. Per.
fectly clean seed, Of = pure variety,
and we'll prepared ground, will pro-
duce first quality Of wheat but with
seed, mixed with oats and rubbish, as
W SOW, 30 we reap. Minnesota farm.
ers are making a worldwide reputa.
ton for their wheat, which is now
sought in foreign markets, by produc
ing a superior sample. This is worth
making a note Of
Cdlves.-A calf should never be al.
lowed to suck if it is possible to avoid
it. As soon as it's coat is dry it
should be taken from the COW and
put into stall next to her, where she
can see it. This is better than separ-
ating them altogether, unless the cali
can be removed entirely to where the
COW cannot hear It. A calf may be
taug ht to drink in Que lesson if pa
thence is used, and it has not sucked
the COW. 1t should have the fresh
warm milk for week, then warmed
halfskimmed milk for q time, and
finally warm skinned milk. While
the weather is cool, the milk should
be warmed and given a little sweet ;
we'll boiled linseed-meal Cruel is an
excellent addition to the milk.
Sheep and Lambs.-The draft upon
the nursing ewes should be met by a
supply Of nutritious food. The
kind Of food should be suited to the
kind Of sheep. Merinos will consume
corn without injury, but the heavier
bodied sheep will do better on a
mixed food. A bushel Of corn, with
the same quantity Of oats, or rye and
bran, ground together, and mixed
with bushel of linseed oil-meal, is a
good feed for nursing ewes. One
pound . day. with some cut roots or
= few potatoes, will help both. eve
and lamb. a run in = corn stubble
on fine days will be very useful for the
whole flock, but not if there is deer
snow upon the ground, or the soil. il
muddy.
Termin.-It is now that vermin
give most trouble. Whenever "cow
ticks" are seen upon cattle lice may
be found. A good remedy consists Of
an ointment made Of pound each of
lard and crude petroleum mixed to-
gether with quarter of pound OF
flower Of sulphur. This rubbed
along the spine and the inside of tht
thighs of calves and cattle will soon
free them from lice. 1t will also free
hogs and poultry from Aeas, and is
not injurious in any way. Bare irri.
table spots upon the tails or necks of
horses may be also treated with this,
American Agricultural for March.
1t is Z cardinal rule in England
never to order roast beef except 70,
Sundays dinner.