Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1883-11-23
FARM AND HOUSE.
Farm Miscellany. b.

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"a farmer friend has sixty colonies Of
bees, fine flock of Brahma fowls and a
farm of I20 acres. He has two sons
aged IS and 16 years respectively, and
the elder boy has entire charge of
the bees, Of which he is very fond. He
runs his sections. extracts the honey,
introduces queens divides his bees and
rears queens with skill OF which many
a veteran might envy. He is already
we'll known in the city, three and hall
miles distant, for his honey, and talks
about bees, and quotes authorities in
the most intelligent manner. All his
honeySis sold in one grocerv store; and,
though he has good yield this season.
and has reached q fine profit, he cannot
fully supply the demand at the store
American Agricultu1ist for November.
Cows which are to give milk through
the winter, says the American Agricul-
turist need to be fed with special care
at this time. If possible, the flow of
milk must not be permitted to decrease.
Mangels and sugar beets are excellent,
cut in slices and spr nkled with bran.
The rule. that good feeding brings good
manure, should be kept in mind in q ju-
judcious care of farm ami
mails during winter. Good
feed in abundance is not enough; it
should be given with regularity. The
habits Of different animals have to be
studied, and treated accordingly.
Scarcely any two cows or horses have
the same appetites. It is important to
so mix and change the feed that same
aess may be avoided. A variety oftood
encourages healthful digestion, and up-
on this the profits of the owner largely
depend.
The farmer should remember that
animal heat is maintained oy the food
eaten. The more heat required the
'arger the amount of food must be used
for this purpose. Food that is used by
the animal for the production Of heat
cannot be changed into fat. You might
as we'll expect to use the same pile of
logs to build house, end burn in the
stove. This is not ''mere theory" it is
scientific fact, backed by the expert
ment. 1t follows, therefore that the
corn and hay may be wasted though a
crack in the stable walls as certainly
aud as rapidly as through crack in tile
corn crib floor. It is sim ply question
Of profit. Will it pay better to keep an
animal warm by giving it comfortable
quarters, or by feeding an Increased
amount Of corn and hay?-Far,ner's
Advance.
All vegetables that are grown for their
leaves or stems require an abundance of
heterogeneous manures, and it is useless to
attempt vegetable gardening without it..
To this class belong cabbage, lettuce,
spinach, etc. The other class, which IS
grown principally for its seeds or pods,
as beans, peas, etc., does not require
much manure of this character; in fact,
the plants are injured by it. 1t causes
too greet growth Of stem and leaf, and
growing7--is iujuriously affected. Min
etc., are much better for them. For veg
etables requiring rich stable manure it
is best that they have it we'll rotted and
decayel, Nothing las yet been found
SO we'll fitted for the purpose as old IT.
bed dung, though to the smell no trace
Of ammonia remains in it.
Very many families desire some mex
pensive device for filtering rain and
other waters to be used for cooking and
table use. A cheap and very efficient
filter may be made Dy using spirit or
wine cask, placing it on end with the
head removed, and placing a faucet at
the bottom to draw off the clear water.
TO fit it for a filter, take the removed
top head Of the cask and with small
bit bore holes all over it, then place four
clean bricks or blocks Of wood on the
bsttom, and on these rest the perforated
tOD Now fill uDOn it about tOl1r inches
of charcoal chopped into small bits the
size Of peas, and over this put layer of
sand six inches deep. Impure water
poured into the cask on top of the sand
will become clear and sparkling after a
little while, or as soon as all fine par
ticles are worked out of the charcoal
and sand. This filter will not nee,i re-
newlng oftener than once in two or
three months.-Popular Science
Monthly.