Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1885-04-08
Farm Items.

Inc OuG6E anu COdrScT lcdNcS VI OoC
bages are good winter food for poul-
try.
The great value of sweet corn as a
forage plant is universally acknowl-
edged. .'.
The Cincinnati Commercial is author
,ty for the statement that good coal
If unleached wood ashes will increase
the wheat crop from twenty-five to
thirty per cent.
The Southern Livestock Journal
says that Holsteins are finding many
warm friends in Mississippi. Many
fine animals of that breed have been
taken to the south of late.
An Englishman says that single
grain of wheat has produced thirty-nlne
ears, containing in all $500 grains, and
that three of the largest of the ears
had respectively 104, 1O3, and 1O1
grains.
Sugar is fed to the cows on a large
dairy farm near London, England, with
good results. It induces the cattle to
eat every mouthful of food in the man
ger, instead of leaving part, as cattle
usually do. The sugar also improves
the flavor of the milk.
The statistical account of the pro-
duction of wool throughout the civil
lied world shows that in the year 1880
| it was 32O,OOO,OOO pounds, in 1871 it
was nearly 1000, 900, 900, while in 1888
| in the United States alone the produc-
ton of wool was 800, 900, 900, or as much
as was produced in the whole world in
1880.
Disease among fowls is almost al
ways the result of Encouragement,
remarks portltry-breeder, no matter
how much science may be mixed in as
preventative or cures. Cleanliness is
| of the first importance; next, an album
dance of good food always accessible
and in variety; also fresh, clear water,
summer and winter, where the fowls
can get it when desired.
The Ohio Farmer is of the opinion
| that "there is no great bonanza in
feeding 60-cent corn to fattening cat
| tie, but it could be made to pay well in
combination with other foods" A
question of great interest to farmers is,
| will it paw to feed 60-cent corn to cat
tie? With fat cattle selling at seven
cents per pound, Mr.. Stewart found
that, feeding four pounds of corn and
fodder together, cut fine, with two
| pounds of linseed meal to each steer,
the corn alone brought him about 70
cents per bushel.
The American farmer, says the
Breeders Gazette, has very plain
remedy for hard times, of which all
can, to some extent, avail themselves
| in giving more attention to live stock,
and especially to economy in its pro-
| duction, under which head may be in
cluded alike the selection of improved
varieties of stock best adapted to the
farm management, and capable of
yielding the best returns, and the de-
| votion of a very large portion of the
farm products to its maintenance. This
| is certain cure for hard times, and it
has been found even more efficacious
as a preventative. It is invariably a
fact that those who have made live
stock production the chief feature of
their farm operations have suffered
the least, and many scarcely at all
from the agricultural depression.
..b ro i cattle Is rec cor bS
the Breeders Journal: Procure COM
mon head-halter without a leading
strap; in place Of the strap tie to the
ring a half-inch rope eleven feet long,
about three feet back, more or less,
according to the size of the animal; tie
q small ring firmly to the rope; pass
the rope back between the forelegs,
which will bring the ring directly I'M
pass the loose end up over the back
and down to the ring, and tie. This
makes harness that will keep the ami
NAL from getting its head high high n enough
jure or annoy unreasonably. Only a
little practice will be required for find
ing the proper length for each of the