Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1881-09-15
HOUSE AND FARM.
Useful Scraps tor Farmers.

The drouth and its consequences is the
theme Of our exchanges over q wide SCOPE
of country, comprising much of the "corn
belt" of the west.
In the course of the present wear the
Messrs. Hamilton of Flat Creek" near
Mt Sterling, KY, have sold close to $780,
600 worth Of pure Short-horns of their own
raising.
Draining wet land is estimated to return
from 40 to 80 per cent. on the yearly cost.
In the same way good stock pays for better
than poor; good fencing, we'll selected fruit
trees and carefully looked after homesteads
repay the money laid out, and add i'm
mensely to the comfort of the occupant.
The sum of 81, 200 was offered for ram
exhibited at the recent sheep show in Aus
tria.
stitute for manure, but that man is not
wise who endeavors to substitute manure
for tillage.
Mr.. N. w. Bliss, of Kingston Fee, No.,
writes to Coleman's Rural that the present
is the driest season, with the exception Of
that of 1854, he has known in the west, and
that his alfalfa has withstood the dry
weather better than any other forage plant.
(. least wilted now blue with bloom and ready
for the third time for cutting, this dry, hot
year. He expects to cut fourth crop by
October l. He says that Tor pasture in a
dry season, orchard grass is as inferior to
blue grass as alfalfa is to timothy for hay.
A Colorado correspondent writes: alfalfa
has proven to the Colorado ranchman that
more sheep can be kept on a given area of
land than was ever dreamed of by the most
enthusiastic ranchman of the plains.
Colemam's Rural says: On our recent
visit to Pana, ILL.,, we were assured by sew
eral reliable and we'll informed farmers
that there was not much wheat harvested
this year in that section as was used for
seed to produce it. Vegetation is so dry
that all along the railroad lines the sparks
from the locomotives set fire to the grass
and burns up the fences, and the fire some-
times runs over large fields adjoining. The
apple crop over the country generally is
very light. There is full half crop in
Missouri, and if properly taken care Of, will
bring good deal of money to the pockets
of Missouri farmers. Potatoes are al
most as staple az bread, but from the pres
ent outlook, the "spuds" will soon become
% great delicacies as po1npano or soft shell
crabs.
The American Dairyman tells it that ga
prominent dealer in butter and cheese, who
has lately made trip through the princi-
pal dairy districts Of the west, informs us
that wherei was once the custom with fac
tories to haul milk but five miles at the
| farthest, under modern Improvements of
cream gathering, the area from which the
factories gather supplies will often stretch
straight line from the factory over thirty
miles. This is q revolution, and the re-
suits are striking Where it was once the
custom of only fair percentage OF farmers
to sell their milk to factories, it is now a
custom of a large majority OF them to do
SO. The direct effect of this change in
custom on the market may we'll be consid-
| cred. Ladle- packed and milled butter
must begin to go the way of all things and
in the near future find q welcome grave.
And so now Massachusetts can boast of
o herd of short horns that are all white.
The herd in question belongs to Maj. 3. j.
Poore. The hord was established in 1880
by the father of this gentleman, who frank
~ confesses that it is sentimentality which
prompts" him to keep up the distinctive
color as stated above. After establishing
the herd at the date specified, Maj. Poore s
father purchased observes the pres,ent
owner of the herd, "a white bull calf from
the herd of Mr.. Hall, at Harlem, near New
York, and since then he and in later years
I purchased at intervals Of four or five
years white short. horn bull calves. For
ton or dozen years the herd was notified,
but white began to predominant, and fol
the past.teniyears every calf hus been white
Pretty Pansies.
Pansies, although hahitats of shady
woods, will languish if denied all sunshine
they also require some moisture and are
easily ruined by i'll treatment or adverse
circumstances. A cellar, therefore, unless
light one, would prove an Improbable
place for them. Pansies as house plants
do not succeed we'll, it beirg almost i'm.
possible to furnish them indoor with the
cool, moist atmosphere required. A colo
frame is an excellent place for them during
winter in a latitude that will not admit Of
their remaining in an open bed, the frame
to be protected in severe weather. Thii
can be constructed by placing together foul
boards the size of the bed and covering
over with old window sash. It should b.
remembered that the largest flowers ar.
produced on the youngest plants, hence
the importance of sowing seed every year
Seed Isown in cool place in il ne and July
and we'll watered until out of the ground
will make fine plants for autumn Towering
| Female Farmers.
From the Vermont Waterman.
France has agricultural schools for girls
One of the chief is near Rouen, which ii
said to have been begun with capital O.
one franc by a sister of charity and twt
little discharged prisoner girls, and to l.
now worth 100000. This establishment
has 300 girls from to IS. The farm
entirely cultivated by them, is over 40
acres in extent. Twenty. five sisters form
the staff of teachers. More than one media
of the French Agricultural society has been
awarded to this establishment at Darmetel
and the pupils are in great demand all owe
Normandy on account of their skill. The,
60 out as stewards, gardeners, farm man