New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1882-08-23
Farm lafes.

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Brewery refuse d valuable for milch
cows only when fresh, Is It affects the
quality Of the milk when sour. Si
By the ase Of lime and ashes. and by
growing COW peas for turning under.
poor soils can be made to yield good
crops. S:ss q
Orchard grass and red clover make
excellent companions, and Is they grow
90 we'll together. the former 10 being
substituted for timothy by many farm-
ers.
The present high prices are convince
ing proofs that farmers have not been
able to overstock the market yet. There
is plenty Of room tor more farmers in
this country. i
Okra Is g easily grown as corn, and
requires the same treatment The young,
unripe pods make delicious soups, and
II sliced and dried can be used tho year
around.
Mustard is one Of the most valuable
plants for blowing under. 1t grows IS
quick as any other crop. and il sown
quickly will afford an excellent green
manure in time for wheat.
Permanent pastures should consist Of
mixed grasses in order to satisfy the de-
sires and peculiaritics Of animals. A
variety does much in the matter Of pro-
noting health and thrift.
Every farmer who has to contend
with stony land will thank us for saying
that when the small stones are to BE-
picked, two men with dung forks will
do more work, and do it easier, than
four with their hands.
A French chemist reports that water
made slightly salt, and to which, when
boiling, bran in the proportion Of one
quart to every gallon has been added,
has been found in y series Of expert
ments to increase tho yield of milk Is
per cent, If given to the cows as their
ordinary drink.
+ 1t is = startling fact, and one worthy
of serious consideration, that the people
of the United States are clearing of
thirty five acres of timber for every acre
that is planted with forest trees. We
have reached that point in dcnuding our
country of its forests where it becomes
the duty of every landowner to plant
trees.
Cultivate frogs, toads and lizards.
Put them in your gardens, and as the
evening approaches they will hop from
their hiding places and snuggle down
in some convenient spot near the gut
ter. or where they know there will be
plenty Of food. The ants, reaches, mos
quit0es, etc., they consume in the night
is marvellous, and thus they keep down
the insect pests. s
A French journal recommends . fire
test for determining the quality Of seeds.
Samples are placed, one at . time. up
on live Goals. II the combustion is slow
and quiet, it may be safely decided that
the seed contained diseased germ; but
it the seed tnrns and leaps about. pro-
ducing dry sound, it may be inferred
to have good gerninative qualitiea z
Professor Bell, of Michigan Agricul-
tural College, says that the young tree
must be treated very much like . hill Of
corn; therefore, raise hoed crops in q
young orchard. He also, like most in
telligent horticulturists, saysit Is > good
plan to keep young trees mulched. to
prevent rapid evaporation from the soil,
keep the surface mellow and prevent
the soil from freezing and thawinR in
Winter, and from becoming overhsated
in Summer. .,.'-.g,
A correspondent of the Husbandn,a,,
tells how to raise sixty bushels Of oats
per acre, IS follows:
Plow the ground in November; be
particular to turn it all over; then in
winter give light coat OF manure;
spread evenly, from five to ten loads
per acre. according to fertility OF land.
Early in spring, as soon - the ground
is dry enough, sow the oats. and work
them in with . cultivator-g going over,
and then across; level the ground BY 60
ing once over with = harrow, and roll il
desired, thus getting them In carly. A
late snow-storm will not hurt them. II
not put in the ground early the ground
gets hard.