Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-02-26
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FARM HINTS.

J II is said that the hog crop will be
short half million to q million head this
, season. =, - .,..-a = -
MEHNo sheep feed in aocks while mutt
ton sheep separate almost a. much as
herds of cattle when feeding. i"
To make q chicken ooop-Get store
goods boxes (about 1890, put strips the
short way, about three inches apart. Be
sure to put in floors. ..yl
Of all the products of the soil none are
so prolific in seeds as weeds; &C, 600 seeds
have been counted upon one mullen
stalk.
PERSONS using nitrate of soda as fer
tiizer ought to bear in mind that, of all
fertilizers, it is the easiest washed out
from the soil. -" &.
The Duchess Farmer saws: IF farm
ers would plan recreation for their wives
and families they would remove one cause
of gloom and sickness from their homes.
In trimming off branches they should
be cut close to the trunk, so that no dead
stumps shall disdgure the tree; also
that the bark may readily grow over.
The United states has nearly four
times the acreage in crops than are given
IN the agricultural returns for Great
Britain.
A CORRESPONDENT writes: "Last
season I kept the striped bugs from my
cucumbers by saturating ashes with
kerosene and applying handful in q
hill"
A WRITER in the Garden says that if
potting soil is placed for day or two in
the hen yard every particle Of it Is dug
over, and all the grubs and eggs of in
sects are picked out.
ANY of the cereals may be cut at the
roots when the kernel is in the milk, and
the seed will ripen just the same, show
ing that at that time all the elements for
protecting the grain are in tho plant.
DIN. C1ouaH, of Canterbury, N. H.,
has just slaughtered seventeen hogs,
weighing, dressed, 6,020 pounds. The
hogs were fattened with corn, every ker-
mel of which was raised on his farm.
For 1879 Nebraska gives the largest
average yield of corn per acre, amount
lug to forty-ive bushels, and Colorado
the largest average of wheat, amounting
to % bushels per acre.
CALIFORNIA cul6vates Brazilian arti-
chokes, which yield four hundred bush
els to the acre. They are fine for stock,
but are difficult to get out of the ground
when once established.
Our domestic feeces arc still cheaper
than foreign wool can be imported, since
the staple has advanced in Australia.
South America and in England. High
prices for wool must prevail here for
some time to come.
A CORRESPONDENT at Keene, n. H..
recommends boiled potatoes as remedy
for diarrhea in CATTLE He says that three
pecks day, fed warm, cured in two days
an OK of his that was badly affected in
that way.
BUCKWHEAT straw, which has hitherto
been considered of little value, has of
late been utilized by some of the western
farmers by chopping it fine and adding
meal to it. A small quantity fed to stock
occasionally would be reished, no
doubt.
ALL scars made by pruning off large
branches of trees should be painted or
tarred, or otherwise protected from the
rain. Many fruit trees become hollow,
or fall into premature decay, from the
rain penetrating through. old sawcuts
made in pruning.
The sugar product of the world is not
increasing as fast as the demand. The
amount consumed per capita is each year
increasing. In this country the amount
consumed per capita is larger than any
other, and is estimated at nearly forty
pounds.
Mr.. CHARLES l.. SHARP1Ess, Phila-
delphia, has sold to T. 8. Cooper, Coop
ersburg, Pa, the fawn-colored Jersey
heifer, by Chelten Duke, out of imp.
Black Bess-price 5000. Chelten Duke
was the bull, and; Black Bess one of the
COWS, of the Centennial Prize Herd.
MENTION is made of an Illinois apiary
of fifty colonies kept by a man who, hav-
ing, had the good sense to cultivate q
home market by Offering honey at mod
| crate rates, has found the demand 80
RAPIDLY developed by this iudicious
means that at present it runs beyond: the
supply: -:
In the valley Of st. Martin, in the
+ Austrian Tyrol, they have q mari which
lis regularly put upon the land, and by it's
Use the clover crop continues undlmin-
ished from generation to generation; it's
growth is very luxuriant, the clover
stems frequently reaching five to six feet
in height.
| AN exchange gives the following as q
cheap and true barometer. Put a small
quantity Of finely pulverized alum in a
long half-onnce vial and fill it with spir-
it's of wine. When the atmosphere is dry
and clear the spirits will be as clear as
crystal, but on the approach of rain or
bad weather the alum will rise in the
center: in the form of spiral cloud.
which is an infallible indication of rain or
bad weather.
A CORRESPONDENT of the New York
Tribune says: Having raised MANY
calves in the last twelve years and found
. their thrift checked by loose condition of
bowels, I, this fall, gave bareback tea in
their drink by the advice of an old army
surgeon. These were cured in twenty
four hours, and have since grown beau
tlful, with no recurrence of the COM
plaint.
:17 is generally supposed that the roots
OF grass do not penetrate very deep, but
these roots have been traced as far down
into the soil as four feet. Persons plow-
ing for seeding think that just loosening
the surface is sufficient, but if deep plow.
ing is necessary for any kind of crops it is
for grass, unless the soil has been deeply
worked for other crops.
THERE is q difference between "saltine
the butter and buttering the salt which
the makers of some of the butter found
in the markets fail to distinguish. At
the late dairy exhibition in Massachu-
setts, the premium lots, according to the
statement, averaged six ounces Of salt to
every ten pounds of butter; the range
was from four to nine ounces, indicating
. general tendency toward fresher
article. The time Of an ounce to q pound
has. passed. ~
EVERY spring We notice numerous re-
ceipts published for making grating
fwex, each one being an improvement on
all the others. Some Of these reonire
considerable time to prepare in getting
together all and the exact QUANTITY Of The
MANY inOrn6ienfn Wa ,,rnfono - H..