Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-09-01
S EASONABLE:FARM NOTES.
ARE you going to the fair?

AAA'C JOu SO1lS3 " Vic Id1r
j. WHAT will you exhibit worthy of ,
prize at the coming fair?
In SNony diaries, milk is kent from
i sourlng by passing a thin iron chat,
u through the milk pans, the ends O
which chain are kept constantly j,
: cold water.
IHE R1t1Ut Messenger thus tells how tx
g turn a horn: Rasp the horn on the out
side IT you wish to turn the horn in. [
: Will give life to that part and increase it.
l growth wonderfully on the side rasped
= You can give the horn any shape yo1
+ please by scraping.
3 THE meaning of the word "soiling,
L as understood among the cattle feeders
} IS the practice OF combining animals tc
, the stake or small lots, and feeding them
on green clover, corn, grass, etc., cut as
needed, and not allowing the stock te
Craze on the ground where the food
! grows.
} IT is we'll known that butter, cream,
milk and flour are peculiarly liable to
absorb effiuvia, and should, therefore,
never be kept in mouldy rooms or placed
where there are sour LIQUIDS, aromatic
vegetables, such as onions, cabbage and
turnips; or smoked fish or bacon, or, in
deed, any kind of food or thing Of strong
odor, lest they lose their flavor.
l HAVE had very good success both in
growing and feeding beets, either sugar
mangel 0he yellow globe [ pre-
ter). They are sweet and healthy to
give as a change to all stock in winter.
AS an experiment have fattenel beef
by feeding only beets and clover hay,
making what butchers call first rate
quality of meat.
A SERIES of experiments has demon
strated that bran possesses valuable
qualities us fertilizer, it being claimed
to be superior to guano, bonedust,
land plaster, etc., by a contemporary.
About half ton to the acre, applied
once in three OF four years, is sufficient,
while the yield is prodigiously increased.
This would make it a cheap dressing.
SOME varieties of potatoes are more
liable to scab than others A row of
Buckeyes were almost eaten up by the
sc.b, while other varitics close by were
free from it. [ have, [ think, proven,
to my own satisfaction at least, tllatsince
the exclusive use of commercial fertiliz-
ers my potatoes have become entirely
free from scab, and better than with
the use Of barn-yard mauurcs.
Mr.. w. H. CHAPMAN, who owns one
of the largest cherry orchards in Napa
valley, Cal., smokes his orchard in spring
to prevent injury by the frost. Here
after, says the Napa Register, he intends
smoking when the trees are in blossom
whether there is danger of frost or not,
as from past experience he is confident
the operation is very beneficial to the
trees, causing the fruit to set better.
In somep parts of France rye is largely
employed for green feeding, but Of late
| farmers are substituting barley, which
appears to be better rclishcd by stock.
1t is sweeter and somewhat more tender.
Its nutrltiye value is very different fol-
lowing the period of its Developments
When young it contains but six parts in
100 of dry matter, and twenty-onc about
fifteen days after coming into ear.
"A CORRESPONDENT of the Ohio
Farmer says that he has found by ex-
perience that six Cotswold sheep will
not consume more food than q COW. and
are more profitable. For lamb of
this breed, weighing 1875 pounds, SIS. so is
obtained. He estimates that six ewes
will produce eight lambs per annum and
;; fifty pounds of wool.
PARsN1Ps' carrots, Swedish turnips
and especially mangel-wurtsel, will ali
fatten pigs. The roots ought not to be
given IN a raw state, but always cooked
and mixed with beans, peas, India corn,
oates or barley, all of which must be
ground into meal. When pigs are fed
on such cooked food as we have stated
the pork acquires peculiar rye flavor,
and IS much esteemed, especially for
family use
CoRNsTALKs are good food for cattle,
but their is a great difference in their
value as saved by different farmers. Let
out to become weather-beaten, they are
poor food for any kind of stock; but
when saved without being injured either
by sun or weather, well cured and shell
tered early, retains the sweet juices I'M
impaired, they are one of the best fodder
crops. 1t pays to cut and secure them
early, while there are some of the
juices remaining in them.
CR1B-Brr1NG is often habit, but may
be caused by disease. Indigestion oc-
casions constant irritation and I'M
easiness, which may impcl the horse to
take hold with the teeth and stretch the
neck as a means of relief. From this
grows the habit of crib biting and
wind-sucking, which ceases when the
cause is removed. AS remedy give
the horse i'll his feed, daily, for a few
weeks, one drachm of copperas and half
All ounce of ground ginger, and feed him
upon cut feed, with crushed or ground
grain, and An ounce Of salt in each feed,
NEVER water horse directly after
feeding him, especially if he is fed on
corn. Thirst should be allayed before
the feed is given, and if any water is
allowed after it should be merely a
mouthful, until the lapse of two or
three hours time has been had for gas
trio digestion. Many valuable animals
have been lost by allowing them to drink
freely directly after eating.
LET us look ut the influence clover
would exert on the wheat crop that would
follow it. Hard spring wheat, SO much
sought after by millers, and which brings
in the market :: much higher price than
soft wheat, owes its superiority to the
fact that it is strong in heterogeneous sub
stances, which are more glutinous and
consequently more nutritive. Now YOU
cannot profitably grow hard wheat, like
the Fife wheat, on soil THAT'S deficient in
nitrogen; but as clover supplies that in
large quantities, bard wheat can profit
ably follow clover. Soft wheat contains
less gluten or heterogeneous matter, and
therefore is less nutritious. Soft wheat,
therefore, can be more proftably grown
than hard wheat on soil that is deficient
in nitrogen.
IF COW has kind treatment from the
time she is calf, up to maturity, she
will hardly ever be inclined to show any
temper, and if she does happen to kick,
it may be taken for granted that she has
very good reason for so doing. On
no condition whatever should she be
kicked or pounded, but the cause
should be found and measures taken to
remedy it. If a cows teats arc sore
sho narr1ct Ia l1opoo1 10.