Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1878-10-17
RURAL ECONOMY.
Practical Notes.

Practical Notes.
If cornstalks are to be saved for fod
der they should be cut rs soon as tn.
grain is glazed.
The quality of the dung of animals
as a manure, always depends on the
quality of the food.
WEEDS about the walls and buildings
should be cut before permitting them t
mature seeds, and burned. A single
weed neglected will be a frightfu! source
of evil next season.
Roof crops of all kinds are usually
crowded; one we'll developed and quickly
grown root is better than two or three
starved ones.
The farmer who keeps all the stock his
farm will safely carry, and feeds them
! fat" soon has Fat acres, even if they
were not originally SO, from the manure
returned to the soil. And the fatter the
cattle are made the better the soil will
become. So fat cattle make fat farmers
GRAVEL, sand or some other similar
substance is almost as essential to the
fowls we'll being rs is food, and if fowls
are kept i'll confinement, and not sup.
piled with this, no matter how much
grain you may supply, they will not
thrive, or even keep healthy for any
length Of time.
BEET root affords very grateful food
for cattle, sheep and swine, and is better
raw than boiled or steamed. The fatten.
ing qualities are not equal to sthe Swed-
ish turnip, but for mich COWS and for
| nursing ewes in the spring, it exceeds
any turnip plant in the juicy property
1t is highly beneficial to store pigs
through the winter.
THIS item is going the rounds: cit
may not be generally known that COM
mon cooking soda is a sure remedy Tor
the bite of rattlesnake, if applied soon
enough. An incision may be made to
the depth of the wound made by the
fangs Of the snake and into this cut the
soda should be sprinkled. 1t will i'm
mediately bubble up and turn green,
caused by the action of the soda in neu-
tralizing the acid of the poison"
THE fall months offer seasonable op
portunity for making permanent i'm
provements on the farms. Much of this
work Of ditching, retaining wet land,
the repairing and making of stone walls,
the general repairing of premises in
places where needed, can be proftably
done between the periods of harvest and
frost, as the weather is apt to be pleasant,
the days long and labor cheap.
SPONGE is an expensive article in the
stable, for when constantly in use it soon
decays. To employ it to the best adj
vantage a double supply should be
always on hand, one piece being in use
for week, and then put by to dry for
similar period. In this way a soft, fab
by and nearly WORKOUT sponge RECEIVERS
its texture, while sponge treated on this
plan will last fully three times rs long
as if it is constantly wet from first to
last.
In many European towns night-soil is
collected, dried and converted into
manure termed proudrette. Sometimes
it is mixed with gypsum or other sub
stances, for the purpose Of Disgusting it's
odor. Poudrette is in general, manufac-
tured in very unscientifc manner. and
is seldom worth the price ($15 to 800 per
tony at which it is sold. It rarely con-
tains more than 2 per cent. of nitrogen,
and frequently only per cent, with 3
per cent. of calcic phosphate, and 1.5
per cent. of potash.-Amer1can Cultirotor.
Pools in pasture which are liable to
be trodden into mud by the cattle should
be deepened and sufficiently paved, and
if supplied through underground pipes,
these should be protected at the outlet.
It is often the case that deep drain
near the house will remove the stagnant
water of the soil, and add to the comfort
and health Of the family, while a stone
or tile drain passed under the road will
add to the convenience and attractive
ness of the roadway in spring and peri
DDS of wet.
IT is a SOW of the Poland China breed,
is % years old, and will nearly, if not
quite, raise the beam at 900 pounds.
She measures feet from the tip of her
nose to her tail; stands 50 inches high,
and measures feet across her back.
Colonel Wallace bought her when a pig
from Collin county farmer, who i'm
ported the stock from Kentucky. She is
certainly massive piece of evidence
toward recording North Texas as good
country.-Shermon 7er.)
Register.
OFTaNT1MEs shed built in the barn
yard and facing the south will be found
a profitable adj unct to the stock of farm
er's winter resources; atany rate, tight
board fence on the north and east sides,
or preferably on all sides, will be found
of great value. It is also good idea to
conduct the drainage from the roof sur
faces, by means of cutters, so it shall not
drip into the yard and accumulate in
places which by all means should be
kept dry; for frozen water-surface
about the buildings has been responsible
for many accidents to stock through
slipping, which may be productive of
strains. fractures or internal injury.
The experiment of an agricultural ex-
hibition the farmers clubs, oranges,
agricultural societies and towns, is
soon to be tried for the first time in Mas
sachusetts, upon an entirely new plan.
Preparations have been going on through
the entire summer. At the coming fair
the attempt will be made to show prin-
ciples as we'll products, and to stimulate
a greater development of agricultural
resources. No money will be paid out
in premiums, but the funds accruing
from the exhibition will be expended in
paying for agricultural lectures during
the coming winter, to be given in the
several towns entitled to them, from
having been awarded premiums at the
fair.-Prairie Farmer.
THOSE who first introduced into our
country the improved breeds of stock,
who paid from $1,000 to $4,000 for
Merino buck or Durham bull, or who
paid the high price for Berkshire, a
Suffolk, or an Essex pig, were laughed at
as examples of folly, but where is the
sensible man who does not now see that
they were benefactors and promoters of
their country's good-who does not now
see that the improvement of our stock: is
worth thousand times to our country
what these innovations cost? And who
does not see that those who have given
the example of thorough culture, of
mixed husbandry, of a rotation of crops,
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