Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-03-06
AGRICULTURAL.

s,s.a al AGRICULTURAL. 81. ~
SOME imagine that the perfection OF
farming consists wholly in aptness to
labor and strength of muscle.
A NEW YORK firm has in operation a
hog'scraping machine which does the
labor of twelve men, and is capable OF
scraping $500 hogs day.
RED clover hay safely housed and
we'll cured is the best article for sheep
With a supply of this, and an occasional
sprinkling of corn, sheep will keep as
fat and as we'll as on good pasture.
SANDY loans are best adapted tc
grain growing, as general rule, while
grass, either as meadow or pasture, -four
ishes well on clayey soils. This should
be regarded in making selections.
A BARREL of plaster should be kept
in handy place in every stable and
manure cellar. Where this is used con
stantly there will be freedom from the
usual strong odor of stables and ferment.
ing manure, and saving of valuable
material which would otherwise escape.
EXPERIMENTS made by Messrs. Cor
enwinder and CONTAINING indicate that
the amount of sugar in beet roots is in
proportion to the leaf surface of the
plants. That is, the more and the larger
the leaves the more sugar there will be
in the roots, and of all parts of the leaf
the mid-rib contains most sugar.
SMALL bones in animals are an indica.
ton of good feeding quality, early ma
turity, and superior, fine grained flesh ;
while coarse, large bones, with promi'
nent joints and angular projections OF
the skeleton, indicate poor feeding
quality, late maturity, and coarse flesh,
in connection with q large proportion OF
otfal and cheap pieces in the carcass,
when reaching its final destination al
the slaughter house.
TIE Japanese, like the Chinese, have
not heretofore paid much attention to
farm stock, as we understand the term,
as a means of human food or clothing.
The Japanese, however, are now pay
ing attention to this matter. Not long
since, $25, 900 worth Of sheep, cattle, and
horses were imported to Japan from
California for a government farm, and
We may soon expect to hear of the re-
suits Of this and previous importations.
NEVER put the hands into butter.
There is no excuse for 50 doing, and
every sense Of cleanliness forbids it.
Even if the han( are clean, still as but
ter absorbs any and every impurity
with which it comes in contact, exces-
sive Precipitation of the hands, or any hui.
NOR of the blood might thus be impaired
to the butter. A wooden ladle should
be used to lift the butter from the churn
or to turn it over while being washed.
PREVIOUS to 1883 there were but few
mules in this country, and those of an in
ferior orderit is we'll known that Washing
ton introduced into the United States q
superior breed of mules. AS soon as it
became known that this illustrious states.
man and farmer desired to stock biz
Mount Vernon estate with mules, the
King of Spain sent him jack and two
jennies from the royal stables, and Lafay.
cite sent jacks and jennies from theisland
of Malta.
AGRICULTURE can not be carried or
by any rigid rule. The soil of no two
fields is precisely alike, or would be
alike benefited by the same treatment
No two seasons are precisely alike. All
is variety, change. Intelligent farming
is learned to adapt methods to condition
and circumstances. There are fixed
principles that apply to each condition
The man who masters principles can be-
come a master in practice. Modify all
principles according to soil and climate
MALT is eagerly eaten by all kinds OF
live stock, on account of its sweetness
but the result of many careful expert
ments has shown that the benefit derived
from feeding it do not repay the trouble
and cost in mailing the grain. Every
advantage from the mailing may be
gained by simply adding little molasse<
to the fodder or grain, and this is much
cheaper. In mating grain there is 8
loss of substance, as we'll change of its
form in termination, and this reduces
the actual value Of the grain, although
it rendersit more palatable.
PoMoLoG1sTs generally disapprove OF
raising wheat and other similar kinds Of
grain in young orchards, on account Of
the tendency Of such crops to dry up thu
soil in summer, leaving the trees to suffer
for want of moisture. In wet soils the
grains mig bit be beneficial instead of in
furious, especially in wet seasons; still al
a rule, we would prefer to plant the
land in orchards with some kind Of cror
requiring cultivation in summer. Pc.
tatoes, peas, beans or other low growing
kinds are preferable to corn and table
crops. ..-.-.
REGARDING borers in peach trees
says the Country Gentleman, it is usefu
to heap a peck of dry Stacked lime about
the peach trees after the grubs had beer
picked out and before the earth il
drawn back to the tree. The lime kill.
any grubs that may be left. If live
grub is thrown into the dry lime it viii
soon die; this may be tried to satisfy
any inquiring mind. Having used lime
in this way in 1877, the writer found NJ
borers at all in his trees in 1878, anc
therefore has confidence in this means O.
representing the depredations. of this
pest.
Mr.. A. T1LDEN, of Morris, Ills, writes
to- the National Live Stock Journal a
follows in regard to spaying heifers
eve spay when the calf is from thre,
days to. three weeks old. We cut slit
about one and half inches in length
just forward of the bag. This is NOR,
convenient than in the side, and I thinl
better. I do not think there is an,
more risk to run in spaying heifer a
that age than in castrating bull calf O
the same age; in fact, in my calves, tn
heifers do not mind the operation 81
much as the bulls after the second day
Sew up with stitching through the hid
and all that you cut through, using dee
stitches like the letter x
To the inquiry of one of our subscrih
ers as to the effect Of common tar applie
to the trunks of fruit trees az a wash
we may state. that, when applied, il
small quantities and only upon mario,
strips, for the purpose of checking tn
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