Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-06-04
FARM AND HOME.
Farm RaIcisaOs.

Farm Ra1ctNDs.
TuRNIPs. piece Of land freshly
turned over, or an old place where chips
and rotting wood have been lying, will
be good location for strapleaf turnips.
They may also be sown in the field, and
if you have any old SCOT or wood ashes
sprinkle it over them.
SHEEP. Store sheep will not need
much more feed than a good pasture
will afford. Give them salt at frequent
intervals, and see that they have shade
through the hot days of midsummer and
free access to pure water. Sheep for the
butcher should be fed literally with
meal. A quart of ground feed per day
will, with good pasturage, bring the an
imals into marketable condition.
american Agricalturist.
REMEDY FOR LIcE.-A lady who has
raised a large number Of hens says that,
after trying the recommended remedies
for lice, she has hit upon the plan of
giving them once or twicea week large
loaf made of Graham flour in which
handful Of sulphur has been mixed. The
hens like it, and are freed from lice and
kept healthy throughout the season.
We would not advise poultry keepers to
trust to the above plan to exterminate
lice unless the fowl houses are thorough
~ clean to begin with.
COOP FARM1NG.-It is one sign Of a
good farmer, says the R@ral NeaO
Yorker, if he prizes manure. It does
not require good farmer to raise boun-
tiful crops on farm already rich, but
the art lies in SO managing the farm that
it will produce good crops every year
without losing in fertility. A man may
make money from his farm while he is
wasteful Of fertilizers, but he is not
good farmer, for he is constantly run
ming his land into debt. Good farming
consists Of such management as will
make the farm produce the best posi-.
BILE results without deteriorating the
soil. This can only be accomplished by
rigid economy in the making and use
of manure, and systematic rotation of
crops that will be the least exhaustive to
the soil.
GIVE THE BEST FRIEND CHANCE.
Aunt Phebe writes the following sensi-
bic words to the Christian Iatezligencer::
Daughters should see to it that mothers
do not take more than their share of the
heavy household work at this season.
If pleasure jaunt or picnic is proposed
it is never mother who is first to offer
herself to be one of the party. She
will make the cake, pack the lunch
basket, prepare the dainty sandwiches,
and sit up late to finish Miss Fannie's
new lawn, or do the linen suit over that
it may be fresh and fair, but she is al
ways ready to be counted out of the
good times. The daughter who loves
her mother truly will take her turn in
staying at home and letting the kindest,
best friend in the world have her share
in rest and recreation.
WHEAT SowING EXPERIMENTS
perimenting on the depth at which
wheat should be covered, the following
results were obtained: Of fifty grains de-
posted at the depth of eight inches only
two came up, and these formed no
heads; at seven inches one-fourth came
up, but formed no heads. Ten of the
fifty came up when covered five inches
deep but had defective heads. At four
inches covering there were few perfect
heads, but most were defective. Of
those covered three inches all came up;
but the best yield was from those COW
cred only two inches deep. The condi-
ton of the soil as to moisture is not
stated, nor the state of the season, but
we should infer it was moist, or those
planted three inches would have been
better than those at two. The same ex-
perimenter says he prefers to cover
his wheat one inch and never more
than two.
WORKING Cow.-A gentleman writ
ing from England says: "When visit
ing the fine herd Of shorthorns belong
ing to Mr.. e. Bowly, Of Skiddington, I
learned that it was not an uncommon
practice at that place to work shorthorn
COWS. They were used in blowing and
other farm work-not on the roads, as [
understood. In q number Of cases this
practice had been successful. I saw
two or three COWS belonging to the herd,
and very high-priced COW belonging
to another noted herd, which had been
worked more or less this year, and which
were being grazed on the poorest pas