Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-07-25

Stood by each other, whatever befel]:
| Six boys have called us father and mother,
And all Of them living and doing well,
| We owe no man penny, my dear,
! We're both Of us loving, and well and strong;
| Good man, wish you would smoke again.
Aud think how we'll we've got along''
| He fll,d his pipe with pleasant LAUGH:
He kissed his wife with tender pride:
| Ho said, ''pll do Us you tell me, love,
| III just count up on the other side"
! She left him then with his better thought
And lifted her work with low sweet song
song that followed me many year,
Somehow or other. We get along,
! In.and-in Breeding.
The misfortune of n.and-in breeding
is that it is like two-edged sword-it
cuts both ways, says MIR. William Wat
500, In his address before the late Kan
sas meeting, as given in the Live Stock
Indicator. 1t is the readiest path to
uniformity and perfection in the hands
OF thoroughly competent breeder; yet
it is the surest and swiftsst to bring de-
struction to the animals and interests of
the Incompetent breeder. Admirable
animals have been and are bred both
ways. Mixing and mating may be done
SO we'll in the hands of first. rate Judge
and skjllful breeder, through the selec-
tion of animals personally suitable to
ono another, that the results are ~ con-
start as those of the most judicious
breeding within one tribe; and, on the
other hand, alliances of relations may
be 60 badly assorted as to prove worse
than alien alliances. There is indis-
criminate mixing. and there is indis-
criminate in-breeding. Suppose the ef-
fects Of the two errors appear equally
bad, those of the latter are really the
worst, if it is true that close in breeding
| intensities hereditary potency. But
again, we may assume as q rule, that an
| unsklllful breeder is less likely to make
mistakes in uniting animals of kindred
blood, than bringing together sorts diff
ferently derived and descended. Inna-
ture mani: in breeding must constantly
occur, and if animals are perfectly sound
and possessed of good sexual character
lstlcs, there is no evidence that he
knows of to show any evil results of
such breeding, but, on the contrary.
much good, because breeding in. and-in
causes the tendencies to become fixed in
the constitution of the offspring. Feed,
blood and comfort must be included in
tho bill OF fare; that good management
goes hand in hand with good blood no
one can deny, for without both it is i'm
possible to obtain perfection or success
sion,
Treatment of the. Aftermath.
The general practice is, to feed it, or
cut and cure the rowen. 1t is so much
moneyln sight, and it is hard to make
the average farmer believe that anything
better can be done with it. As rule.
it is best to let it lie upon tho meadow
to grow as long as it will, and then to
protect the roots of the grasses during
the winter. As long as the grass grows
luxuriantly, there is an addition to the
fertility of the soil in tue increased bulk
OF the roots as we'll US in the tops. Any
soil that yields less than two tons of hay
to the acre. needs this increase of fer
tility, and leaving the aftermath is the
best investment that can be made of it.
The soil is made better without any
labor. There are, however, few excep-
tons to the general rule. If meadow
is infested with wild carrots, or other
weeds that blossom and go to seed in the
late summer and fall. a second or third
moving is probably the cheapestmethod
of subduing them. The destruction
of the weeds would be a greater benefit
than the leaving Of the aftermath.
Sometimes farmers have unusual facili.
ties for getting manure at very cheap
rates. They live near the shore, own or
lease beaches, and can cart the wrack of
the sea, eel grass, rock-weed and other
saa weeds, in unlimited quantities, at al
most all seasons of the year. The prin-
cipal expense is the carting. Or they
are near the village where wood.ashes
and bones can be had for small cost, and
night-soil for the carting. In these
cases, where the meadow can be kept up
to yield of q or tons to the acre at
one cutting, by top. dressings of sea
weed or cheap compost, it may be justi-
fable to take second crop of hay. But
in this case the crop should yield at least
ton to the acre, and should be cut
not later than September 1st, to give
time for third growth, to make Gov
ering for the roots in winter. Hay is
among the most profitable crops in all
the older states, and the. aim of every
farmer should be to steadily increase the
productivenees of his moving fields.
Excelsior" is a good farm motto
american Agriculturist.