Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-05-27
SEAS0NABLE FARM HINTS.

tne changing OF their coats.
A HORSE will not bite crib made Of
hemlock lumber, nor will rats, mice O,
other vermin gnaw through it.
On clean land drills may give the best
! returns, but if weeds are plenty. hills
will be better, as they allow of cultiva,
ton in two directions.
The amount of flesh forming food is
l greater in oats and oatmeal than in any
/ other grain, being about sixteen pei
, cent, ana the amount OF fatty substance
, Is double that contained in wheat.
A FARMER in Iowa estimates that the
, profit OF raising one two-year-old short
| horn steer for market is equal to that on
eighteen scrub steers which have to be
/ Kept three years or more before they are
saleable.
THE Connecticut Farmer saws that
Mr.. n. Bailey, Of Little Compton, r, T.,
has kept 1000 to 1000 hens during the
past five years, and realized from each
an annual profit of $1.15. Large flocks
are not uncommon in that vicinity, the
poultry interest being largely developed.
WHEN putting up perches use some
Judgment, at least in placing them so far
apart that the fowls can not peck one
another. This alone is a fruitful cause
OF many injuries happening them in their
endeayors to escape from their belliger-
ent neighbors.
LAYING hens need a great deal of lime
IN order that their eggs may have the
proper thickness Of shell. Nothing bet
ter can be given than raw eggs crushed
fine. They are of special value on &C.
count Of the fatty matter contained in
their cells.
Few realize the necessity of manuring
orchards. When once planted, the trees
are to remain on the same soil thirty or
forty years at least. They in fewyears
exhaust the food in the soil that they are
most fond of, and then they will cease to
be productive and thrifty unless proper
ly fed.
AN early rolling of clover to settle the
roots that have been raised by frost will
be especially appropriate after the open
winter just passed. Fifty pounds of
plaster per acre will often have as good
effect as the larger doses Of 100 and 200
pounds that are recommended. Wood
ashes on many soils will be found use
full application.
Corn, unlike the other cereals, will
| bear the direct application of manure in
liberal quantities. For immediate re-
suits, we'll rotted manures are always
best, but that taken unfermented from
the barn-yard may be applied to corn.
Long manure may be placed under,
while short manure may be spread upon
the surface and worked into the soil by
the harrow and cultivator.
POTASH dissolved in water, or I've from
wood ashes, is the best wash for the
trunks and large limbs of fruit trees.
Whitewash should not be used, as it
closes the pores of the bark, which
healthy tree. Potash or lye answers
every purpose which whitewash would,
with none of its objections.
PICK up any stones that may have
been raised above the surface bs the &C
ton Of frost. The roller may be used to
bring the surface into good shape for the
mower. Meadows arefrequently injured
by the tread Of cattle before the ground
is fairly settled. The grazing of mead
ows in spring is at the expense of the
hay crop. It is better to keep cattle in
the barn until the pastures are ready to
furnish them a full ration.
JERUSALEM ARTICHOKEs are growingi in
favor; they are relished by nearly all do
nestle animals. They may be left in the
ground all winter, and when dug in the
spring are crisp and fresh and the most
acceptable change in the feed. The
round, short variety called Brazilian"
is best. The seed is cut the same as
potatoes, burrows made three feet apart,
and the pieces dropped about twelve or
fifteen inches apart in the furrow and
covered with few inches Of earth.
LAND for sorghum should be such as
would produce good crop of corn, and
prepared in a similar manner. The
ground for early amber is checked off
three and one-haf feet each way, taking
care to check it regularly, SO that the
crop may be easily worked both ways;
with these distances, about two pounds
of seed to the acre will be required. By
hills no elevation of the ground is
meant, but the term is in common use
for the spot, or place for the seed. For
sorghum the ground should be level
About ten or twelve seeds are to be
dropped in place and covered.
w. T. HEARNE, of this county, one of
the most successful as we'll as scientific
farmers in Kentucky, after testing the
valuable fertilizing qualities of salt sown
with small grain, is convinced that the
yield Of wheat is largely increased there
by. Last year he sowed salt with por-
ton of his wheat, and the yield was
much greater than on other portions n OF
sown with it. This year he has eighty
acres Of wheat, on all of which he has
sown SALT He also applied tito his oats,
as he says it certainly ought to be good
for that crop also. The experiments
made by Mr.. Hearne have induced
large number Of Kentucky farmers to try
this fertilizer, and we hear of its being
sown by farmers in other counties.
ington (Ky.) Transcript.
IT must be admitted by every one
familiar with farm work, that the labor
problem is a difficult one, and it may
fairly, from it's Importance, claim the
first consultation in deciding upon the
plan Of operations for the year. The
largest possible crops may not contain
profit, if the labor in their production |
has not been we'll planned. One of the
most important advantages to be obtain
ed from a. systematic rotation of crops
consists in the judicial distribution of
labor throughout the year SO that there
may not be a surplus at one time, and
deficiency at another that will require
the employment Of extra hands at the
highest wages.
The potato beetle has become such an
abundant and troublesome pest that it
should be given no quarter NOT even
from the start. By combined effort in
the early part of the season the "bugs''
may be kept in check and thus do very
little damage. Paris green has been so |
long ana so successfully employed thatit
is scarcely necessary to explain it's mode
of application. Suffice it to say that the
liquid method is the one now generally
practiced; that is, mix the Paris green
with water and sprinkle it upon the
vines. A cofee:pot may be converted
into sprinkler by providing the spout
with an extension and rose at the end.