Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-07-18
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Peter writes ttth,es \ eW ING llsntl
Homestead that, artter experiime ting
for = number of years. and trimming
eyery n,onth q the year he has oma Ii
the conclusion That al ay Us to June
s2l5 Is the proper time here il II fun
huW of sap then, aud the wound begins
to heal INN ediately he Two worst
months in the Whole year are March
and april gs||1 Iiss
Z. a lien states Shat be finds wheat
lI5tan III hle Heed for swine,
They do not seem tte pos sess the power
sof digestiins II, consequ ently much 81 il
passes through them only partially
assimilated. IF mixed with corn meal
it does better, and can be fed with ad-
vantage to cattle along with cut hay,;h II
mixed with it and well Wetted, as it then
undergoes q second naastication.
"A Canadian correspo sdent of Yicks
Monthly grows excellent radishes IN
this way: he selects . piece Of ground
IN the corner Of Ills garden and keeps it
especially for this purpose. He covers
the surface with about two inches Of
leached wood ashes every spring, and
spades in thoroughly. His soil is sandy,
His radishes are not troubled with
worms and are smooth and brittle.
& Mention is made of an Ohio boy:
whose far-sighted father gave him last
spring the use for the season of q quar-
ter-acre Of good land, which. the son had
ploughed and narrowed, and then him
self planted to peas, potatoes and other
crops, all il straight rows for easy til
lage. He will tend it alone, market the
entire product and retain the money.
Other children Of both sexes might do
likewise i. IA. - ss,5saas Il i $ia,s >4
An overproduction Of any crop rem.
ders it Improbable for a time, but the
man who "keeps his grip" is as likely to
win as the one who goes by. t'fits and
starts" Fear Of competitors never
made a successful farmer or fruit grow
er. If the prices Of our crops are low
we must endeayor to produce them at a
I cheaper rate. Low prices Of fruit
create greater demand and consump-
tion and a consequent increase in price
in the future. E.4 ..s
The United States Agricultural Re-
port says that hot water at a tempera-
ture of 100 degrees Fahrenheit seems
to be the best remedy for the cabbage
worms, where it can be conveniently
applied. 1t may be boiling hot when it
goes into the watering can, as it will
cool before it falls upon the plants. If
a few Of the outside leaves get scorched,
it will do little harm, as the cabbages
will continue to grow from the heart. .
In building poultry-house the
amount of actual room for roosting is q
very small item compared with the pur-
poses for which poultry house should
be constructed. The house should be
as large and roomy as possible, not only
for ventilation in summer, but for exer-
else in winter, as the fowls are best
protected confined at times when the
snow is on the ground, and consequent
~ but few should be kept together in
one yard. In building a poultry house
all these matters must be considered, as
room is required for feeding, roosting,
laying and exercise. *Ft% =
Mr.. w. J. Fowler, writing against
late moving and over-drying, both Of
which promote woody fibre and waste
Of leaves, The most nutritious part
favors storing Hay and Straw in Alter
nate Layers, method especially appi-
cable in the case Of clover cut, as it
should be, just as it comes into blossom
and apparently only partly cured. he
tells The American Cultivator that many
farmers have found this practice ttles-
sens labor while greatly improving the.
quality Of the produce, :" and the straw
so favored is much relished by stock,
and usually eaten clean. : .z-.-