Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-08-25
SEASONABLE FARM NOTES.

NEVER work with dull tools, for they
require too great an outlay of strength.
both Of man and beast.
ASA TIT, of Stockton N. Y. makes al
average Of over 800 pounds of butterp per
annum from each of his COWS.
SLovEN1Y work does not pay. See,
then, that the work Of the pillow and hoe
is done thoroughly.
THREE tablespoonfuls Of London pur-
pie, well mixed in peck of plaster of
paris, will mako compound which is
sure death to the Colorado beetle.
SALT it is said, will prevent club-root
in cabbages. Throw tablespoonful
Of fine salt around the roots after plant
ing; this will also destroy the cut worm.
CLEAN farming is the best under all
circumstances, and if adopted as rule
will tend largely toward preventing the
increase OF chinch bugs and of all other
injurious insects.
SWEET cream is usually churned at
a little higher temperature than sour
cream, and the same rule holds good for
churning whole milk. Sweet whole
milk churns best at little above 60 de-
grees Fair.
The root crops need frequent cultiva-
ton in August, and as long as thefoliage
will allow it. Sugar-beets are best if
earthed up until the roots are entirely
below the surface. Mangels do not re-
quire this careful chilling up"
HE butter globules in milk from far
row COWS and COWS nearly dry are small
er than COWS in flush of milk, and. in
order to obtain all the butter the cream
from the former should he churned to-
gether, and the same of new milk COWS.
THERE are many waste matters about
the farm, and they should be gathered
into q heap and there rotted into a
valuable fertilizer. Weeds Of all kinds
that do not contain ripe seeds, and re-
fuse to crops, should go into the COM
post heap.
HAVE good deal of faith in an over
ruling Providence, but pillow early and
often, and use the cllltivator as often.
with plenty of manure in the hill; then,
with occasional rains, Providence will
never hide a smiling countenance.
LAMBS should be separated from the
dams and given good pasture by them
selves. If early lambs are desired for
the spring market, Southdown cross is
preferable for quality, though in size the
Cotswolds are much larger than the
Southdowns.
PERSONS who use nitrate of soda as a
fertilizer: says the american Cultuotor,
ought to be careful about the COWS. If
they get to it they will eat il, and if
they do death will ensue. In small
quantities it is a medicine, in larger
doses poison.
If you wish to educate Americans to
be cheese eaters, tempt them to do it
with a tirst-class digestible article, and
not turn their appetites against it with
cheese from which the butter has been
purloined.
IT is wise to pillow as much as possible
for spring sowing. It is halfway fall
lowing, and is so far an advantage to the
soil; it is of more benefit to heavy land
than hight, and the earlier done the bet
ter. Fall blowing greatly facilitates the
farm operation i'll the spring.
Cows will need some fresh fodder
when the pasture becomes short and dry.
Fodder corn is excellent for this, keep
ing up the flow of milk through the sea-
son. An abundance Of cool, fresh water
ought to be within the reach of the COWS,
and also shade from the hot sun of the
summer monday.
LIME Stacked with solution of salt in
water, and then properly thinned with
skim milk, from which all the cream has
been taken, makes a permanent
whitewash for outdoor work, and
it is saidrenders the wood incombustible.
It is an excellent wash for preserving
shingles, for all farm buildings.
A HORSES hoof is of the same nature
as horn. If you desire to see the effect
Of applying hot shoe to horses hoof,
place your comb on a hot stove for
minute or two, then let it cool and see
how easily it will break. A hot shoe
makes the hoof brittle instead OF tough.
A FEW years since l used 400 pounds
Of Peruvian guano on 100 rods of ground
where corn had been raised the previous
season. From this piece we had 400
bushels Of onions. These were planted
11x5! inches. Whether like satisfactory
results could have been obtained again
by repeating the experiment I cannot
say, as [ have not had an opportunity of
testing the matter.
WEEDS on gravel walks may be de-
stroyed and prevented from growing
again by copious dressing Of the cheap
est salt. This is a better method than
hand pulling, which disturbs the gravel
and renders constant raking and rolling
necessary. One application early in the
season, and others as they be needed,
while the weeds are small, will keep the
walks clean and bright.
ALWAYS set the hens after dark, cover
ing them from sight Cor day, and re-
move the cloth or covering at night
Thus, if the sitting room or nest is new
to the hen, she gradually grows familiar
with the surrounding as day approaches,
and will be very likely to conclude to
stop for few weeks in her strange quar-
ters.
If you want your chickens to grow
fast feed them on oatmeal scalded with
sweet or sour milk. Don't make the feed
wet or sloppy, nor give more at once
than will be eaten up clean. Only pre-
pare as much as will be eaten before any
takes place in it. Where
oatmeal cannot he had, fine corn meal or
cracked wheat similarly treated and adj
will answer a very good pur-
pose.
The age of sheep is as readily ascer-.
tanned by the teeth as the age Of horses.
The first year sleeps front teeth are
eight in number, and are of equal size;
the second year the two middle teeth are
shed, and replaced by two larger than
the others; the third year two very small
ones appear OH either side of the eight;
at the end of the fourth year there are
six large teeth; the fifth year all the front
teeth are large; the sixth year all begin
show signs of wear.
II HAVE observed many fields in oats,
barley and other grain in the course OF
extended travelling through
the most f1ourishing districts in southern
New York and northern Pennsylvania,
some drilled and rolled, some drilled and
not rolled, others sowed broadcast and
rolled OF broadcast and not rolled, and
The conclusion have reached is, that as
! rule grain does better in the rolled
fields than where that work has been
omitted. The seed seems to sprout with