Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-08-08
FARM NOTES.

pastures with little plaster, after plant
ing, and If there are any ashes left over
these should be mixed with the plaster.
It will help along the feed amazingly If
it has not already had such treatment.
MoLEs are without exception insect and
worm eating animals, and whatever de
struction they cause to the crops IS
caused not by their eating the seeds and
roots, but by their disturbing them II
their passage underground in search Of
other food, consisting of yermin much
more harmful than the moles themselves.
IT has been thought by some that
there was nothing in q name, as far as
asparagus was concerned and that oil
kinds were equally good, if given equal
care and attention. But it has been
satisfactorily proved that the new giant
Or colossal asparagus Is much superior
to the old kinds in size az well as earli-
ness.
The Charleston NeUs says that ip
South Carolina farming is being done
more extensively, moro industriously,
and more inteligently than ever before
known by the Oldest inhabitants. Men
are working with all their might and
with cheerfulness, thereby raising agrl-
culture from the previous status OF an
isolated and plodding calling to that of
live, hopeful business, in which an en-
ightened and economical consideration
is given to surroundings and their
bearings.
IT often happens, especially in sandy
or gravelly soil, that q plow-point be-
comes so much worn that the pillow, to
be kept in the ground, has to be held on
its nose, which makes hard work for the
team and for the one holding the pillow.
A temporary relief can be given till Il
new nose can be obtained by carefully
breaking off the point of the pillow. from
one to two inches as the case may be,
with hammer, holdingsomething under
the point while it is being done to
steady it.
THE second crop of clover is the one
for seed. This should be cut when the
majority of the heads have turned brown
and before they begin to shed off the lit
tie seed pods. While the quantity of
seed depends much upon the weather,
the crop is largely increased by moving
or feeding off the first, or hay crop, early
as possible. The harvesting of the seed
crop may be effected with a machine
for the purpose which simply removes
the heads, or the cutting can be done
the same as it is with the grass crop.
When thoroughly cured the crop should
be taken to the threshing floor or barn
and the seeds beaten out with light fails,
or, betterstill, with athreshing-machine,
especially clover huller and separator.
PROF. KEDzrE, Of the Michigan Agri-
cultural College, in late address said
that cane sugar is two and one-half times
as sweet as grape sugar, closely allied to
it, and differs 80 little from il that some
persons cannot distinguish il. By cook
ing, the cane sugar may be changed to
grape sugar, and thus lose its sweeten-
ing power. Some women put the sugar
in with mass of acid fruit to be cooked,
and keep cooking, and adding sugar
while it keeps on growing sourer, until
at last they use two and one-half times
as much sugar as they need to secure
the desired result. The cane sugar ha
been changed to grape sugar. Now if
the sugar had been added after the fruit
was cooked, much less would have been
required, and the result would have
been far more satisfactory.
In rearing calves, after a fortnight old,
skim-milk may be gradually substituted
for new milk, by adding tablespoonful
offlaxseed, well boiled, to theirallowance
mornings and nights. If faxseed is not
to be had, thensubstitute oil meal. Steep
one-quarter Of pound of this in boiling
water, and add to each gallon IF skim
milk fed to the calf. As the animal in
creases in size, gradually increase the
quantity OF flaxseed or oil meal. Take
special care that the milk be sweet, and
feed it blood-warm. After while, oat
meal or fine middiings may be added to
tue milk, and, as the calf gets to be two
or three months old, Indian meal and
wheat bran, mixed half and hall, may be-
used instead Of oat meal and middhngs;
but the iaxseed or oil meal should be
kept up, and the calf carefully watched
to see that this change does not scour it,
and if SO, go back 70 the oat meal and
middlings again. Let the calf run IN
good grass pasture if convenient, and
after proper time it viii take gradually
to grass as part of its rations.