Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-02-19
FARM HINTS.

DRAINAGE drives away butterflies.
Fowls fed on buckwheat are of fin
flavor. -'s@I
| Bone dust is lasting manure, and vii
continue to fertilize plants for years
when not ground too fine.
A FAILURE of clover seeding means
year lost in the profits of the farm. Tn
time is close at hand for sowing clover
Prepare for it.
In all our cropping and planting W
should remember that the farm is GU
capital, and that increasing its produc
ing capacity meuns adding to our princi
pal.
The poultry should be fed meat thre
or four times week with their othe
food, when, the ground being frozen
there are neither worms nor insects TO
them to pick up about the premises.
The best herds of dairy COWS in thi
country yield from 600 to 800 pounds o
cheese per COW. Few of these ar
thoroughbreds, but are selected from
the best grades Of the various breeds.
Cows, when they expend vitality i,
labor, eat more; when they expend It il
keeping warm, they need more food: anf
when they either lay on fat, or produc,
milk, or grow, they need food in proper
ton"
| Cows remove more from the pasture
than their droppings supply; therefore
| 1t Is good plan to spread manure ove1
them, sprinkled with plaster, to save the
ammonia for the young grass in the
spring.
PNEURo-PNEUMoN1A, or lung fever,
made its appearance about century acc
III central Europe, and has since spread
to most European countries. It was
brought to this country as early as the
year 1S43.
TIE great secret Of manuring for corr
is to keep the fertility hear the surface
when applied, and it is rare that anothe,
course is advisable. It is best to harrow
or brush, to distribute more evenly, and
then by shallow blowing prevent loss OF
nitrogen.
Mr.. BENJAMIN P. WARE recently re-
marked at the farmers convention, held
at Auburn, N. Y, that heavy corn land
was good for onions, and better the first
year than when first devoted to the crop.
The manure should, if possible, be ap-
piled in the fall.
PURE water and salt must be supplied
to mich COWS al H6Stnne, as eighty
seven per cent. Of the milk consists of
water, and where salt is sparingly sup
Piled the digestive powers Of the COW are
enfeebled, and the milk is defective in
keeping quality.
TIE farmers around Elmira, N. Y, are
quite excited over the beet-s,lgar aues-
ton, which Mr.. Ernest T. Gennert. of
the Portland, Me-, sugar factory. and
other experienced men in the various
processes OF sugar manufacture from
beets, amber cane and corn are to be
present.
CATTLE like change of diet OCCASION
ally, as men do. Keeping cattle on hay
or straw alone is a little like living on
bread or potatoes, or meat alone, with
nothing except that one dish. Therefore
feed some roots, as we'll as hay and meal
or shorts. If you haven't the roots on
hand, be sure and have a supply next
winter.
The potato crop Of the country is esti-
mated at ISL 1869, 900 bushels. Compared
With 1878 there was al increase of 3 per
cent. in acreage, and the yield is esti-
mated by the department Of agriculture
IL nlnety-eight bushels per acre, against
5i2ty-nine bushels last year, and ninety
Jour in 1874
IF you feed proftably you must bring
The pasture into the problem. Summer
feeding pays better than winter, because
CATTLE need less to keep up the natural
neat of the body in summer, and their
blood is kept cool by the grass. These
elements Of success can be brought into
winter feeding by warm houses and the
use Of roots and oil cake.
An exchange says that cheap walks
around the farmhouse and yards may be
by laying sapling trees, say
TX inches in diameter, parallel with each
other and one and two feet apart, accord
lg to the width desired. Bind them in
place by pinning ties across occasionally.
Fill in the middle with sand, gravel. saw
lust or any other similar material.
SWINE that are fattening will do bet
er with soaked corn than dry. Corn
stepped in water for twelve hours has
'een found more economical to feed than
when ground into meal. The animals
Ire sooner filed, the food digests better.
md, consequently, the feeding is finished
more expedit1ously, and feed, which is
money, is saved.
In Great Britain a machine has been
invented by which wet grass is rapidly
urned into hay. The machine has
worked very successfully during the past
eason, and it is said that this method of
making hay is to be introduced on many
arge estates in England. The admoni-
ion Of the old adage, "to make hay
While the sun Shines" is in danger of
osing its force in that country.
FENCE posts OF timber cut for other
purposes in September, will be more dur.
lble than if cut at any other season.
Many farmers give il as their experience
hat fence posts cut in August or Septem-
yer will outlast by many years others
hat are cut in winter or spring: and if
he ground ends Of gate posts are slight
= charred before sinking they will not
OF for years.
TIE matter of windows in stables is =,
ne of vastly more Importance than some
armers think. Animals, no more than
can thrive in the dark. Our
ong winters are sufficiently trying to the
constitutions of our farm stock under
he best circumstances, and an animal
lpon which the SUN scarcely shines at all
or five or six months, will come out in
he spring in a bad state of health, even
hough the feed and ventilation and the
have been all right.
The best breed Of fowls would never
atisfy the man who did not take an in
crest in them. Fowls must have care
nd attention just the same as any other
i've stock. It is foolish and unwise to
hink they can find their own living and
t the same time yield fair profit to the
wner: Good, clean, pure water and a
ood OF reproducing and nourishine
constituents, fed regularly and wisely,
I'LL pay the owner Of the flock. no matter
That may be the breed or pedi gree.
The ewes will now be in lamb, or
hould be, excepting where late lambs
re desired Where wool and ,,u++o,,