The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1882-04-20
Farmers Short Rows.

To prevent some COWS leaking their milk
is very difficult because it ia due to the
construction Of the udder and teats, and
any interference with these delicate organs
may cause worse trouble. But safe and
often effective remedy is to cover the end
of the teat and half its length with photo.
graphers collodion, which shrinks in dry.
ing and exerts gentle pressure on the teat
that causes the retention Of the milk.
If garden seeds, when planted in the
spring. ore firmly pressed when under the,
earth by the ball of the foot at the time the
gardeners are putting them into the ground,
they will invariably grow, drouth or no
drouth; and what is still more important,
they will spring up earlier and grow faster,
and mature better than any Of their kind
which have not been subjected to this dis
cipline. This same rule Of pressure holds
good in regard to transplanting trees,
shrubs and plants.
Mr.. William Smith, Of Ontario county,
New York, is an extensive hop grower. He
estimates the cost of raising hops at about
II cents per pound. He states to the edit
or Of the Rural Home that he has sold, at
harvest time, at az high as sixty cents and
as low as nine cents. A maximum crop is
about 800 pounds per acre. and at the es-
timated cost Of IL conts pound, 20 cents
would give profit Of $64 an acre or amax-
imum crop. OF course, many fail to get
maximum crops, and then the cost far ex-
ceeds IL cents pound, and the crop may
involve considerable loss.
An eloquent Chicago minister crammed a
whole sermon against sel6shness into sim
gle illustration. "Said bystander to an
old man. busily engaged in setting out
young trees. My old friend, why are you
plarting treesp You will not live to gather
the fruit AS the veteran of 80 mOpped
the sweat from his brow, he replied,
Somebody planted trees for me before
was born" The man or woman who has
no desire and makes no effort to add to the
beauty and comfort Of the world, physical
ly and morally, has low appreciation of
lifes duties and privileges.
Every country house should be provided
with watercloset where it is possible, and
where there is bath room, as we'll az with
an outside closet. The indoor closet is Of
ten positively necessary as for an Invalid
or Tor children or for delicate persons in
the winter who may suffer serious injury
by exposure to the cold in an outdoor clos
ct. But for summer use and for robust
persons the outdoor closet is great con-
venience. This may be constructed three
feet above the ground, with o vault under
1t foot or 80 in depth and covered with O
tight falling door, through which dry earth
or ashes may be thrown in occasionally, and
through which the contents may be removed
at least every month or two. The vault
prevent fouling of the soil. As rule,
but the above arrangement answers every
purpose If it is carried out.
Butter milk that will net churn mey be
due to several causes. IF the milk house
is mouldy or damp. or not thoroughly aired
and is too cold, that will cause IT, The
condition Of the COW may also cause it. If
the milk. house is all right, give the COW a
dose Of one ounce of saltpetre daily for
three days. and be careful not to feed any
smutty corn fodder.
The best So,inR fodder crop is oats
mixed with peas two and one half of the
latter to the acre. This comes off in July,
aud miilet or Hungarian grass may be sown
immediately. This will be ready to cut in
September, when rye may be sown for
blowing under in the spring for corn. But
heavy crops of these folders cannot lie
grown on poor land without the help of
fertilizers.
A fair ration for new mich COW of lin
seed cake-meal and bran would be two
pounds of the meal and three pounds Of
bran. But this would make very poor
quality of butter. If the ration was made
Of two pounds of corn meal, two pounds
bran, and one pound of linseed- cake-meal
it would be better for the butter. Bran
makes white butter and 1inseed makes it
greasy and white too; corn-meal gives COL
or and firmness to the butter. -
The best way to protect the seed-corn
from grubs and cut.worms is to put table.
spoon Of pine tar into gallon Of warm wa
ter, or ia that proportion. and ,tir it we'll:
an hour or two, stirring it q few times
meanwhile; sufficient corn should be used
to soak up all the water, and thin finn of
the tar will then be left upon each grain OF
corn, which will drive off the grobs.