Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-08-21
Notes for the Farmer

A marked feature Of Che meat imports
into Great Britain during 1884 is the
decrease in all sailed meats, except
hams, and in the quantity of preserved
(tinned) meats also, partly on account
Of exaggerated reports Of bad effects
that have resulted from consuming them
in few instances. On the other hand,
thefresh m eat receipts have largely in
creased, especially those Of mutton,
chiefly foreign mutton from New Zea~
land and Australia.
The culture to flax is quite easy, end
this crop will grow upon almost any
soil, although a low, moist, vegetable
soil is the best for it. 1t viii not yield
we'll in poor land; good sod ploved in
is the best for it. Half bushel of seed
is used per acre; it is sown in the Spring
on well-plowed land at the time when
oats are sown. Some farmers mix it
with oats and thrash tho grain together
a feed for horses, colts, and calves.
The feed required to tatten a sheep
should be ricH; rye, cats, wheat and
buckwheat are better for making flesh
than for fat. Corn is the best fatten-
ing food, and a small quantity of cotton
seed meal with the corn would hasten
the fattening. The food for Swear
old sheep should be daily two quarts Of
sliced turnips and quart Of corn, with
four ounces of cotton-seed meal busted
over the turnips. This should be sup
plemented with az much good clover
hay as the animal will eat until grass
comes, when the grain food above will
be needed in addition to the grass.
The Massachusetts Board of Cattle
Commissioners report to the Legisla~
ture "no animal disease"in that state
the past year, with exception OF @ eds
temper moro or less prevalent among
swine" The NewEngland Farmer
hopes this official utterance will set at
rest 'the hog cholera scare in the Con-
necticut Valley" and adds: lit is not
the first time, within a period of a very
few months, that trivial and non conta-
gious maladies among live stock have
been rlagniied into dangerous and
communicable diseases, to the great de-
tri,nent of our animal Industries both
at home and in foreign markets."
Mr.. J. Henry Gest, who testihes for
the Jersey Cattle Club to the enormous
butter yield of Princess Ind, VIZ: As
lbs, 121 ounces of sailed butter in Il
week, is willing to wager that the cow
Pea meal is considered by Mr.. Gest as
the great fat producing element i'll
Princess ration. Seven pounds of but
ter were made from the last days milk
ing. One pound Of butter to six pounds
or three quarts of milk! Dairymen
may we'll be skeptical about the accur-
acy of these figures, but the test seems
to have been o fair one.
Dogs were made personal property
in Minnesota by an act Of the state
legislature. The law reads as follows:
"Be it enacted by the Legislature of
the State Of Minnesota: Section L.
All dogs owned or kept by any person
for domestic or personal use, or for
pleasure, are hereby declared to be
personal property within the purviow
and meaning of the criminal laws Of
this State relating to larceny and mali
cious mischief or injury, shall be con-
strued to embrace and apply to said
animals, Sec 2. This act shall take
effect and be in force from and after it's
passage"
The weird interest that five legged
calves and two headed chickens have
for the visitor to museums will suffer
some diminution when it is announced
that the making up of these monstrosi-
ties is regular business. The methods
are simple. Calves which had onlyxhe
regulation number Of legs during life
are invested after death with another
leg or cad or tail, as the case may be,
if set,by an ingenius taxidernist.