Morris tribune., 1885-01-07
Farm Notes.
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there Will be no want OF customers.
It does not matter much whether the
markets are dull or lively, good
article always sells at a good price.
If dull introduce superior article
and it will make the market lively. 1t
is real pleasure to sell good fruit,
good vegetables, good beef, good but
ter and cheese, good grain good every
thing. Should the market be bouyant
the good articles are kings, if dull
queens. Even an article that is not
the first quality, if tits fixed up neatly
and in good condition will sell. There
is good deal in preparing products
for market. A half dressed slovenly
prepared chicken may be fresh and
fat and in good condition, but there
will be no sale for it. So with any
thing else. Bring good articles to
market, and have them neatly and
properly prepared. We will warrant
a quick sale.
It is a fact that poor mixer will
spoil almost any COW, and there are
but few people who are aware of the
fact that in the mere process of milk
a great difference is made in the
yield of dairy COW. The ability to
bring cow to her largest yield of
milk varies greatly with different
mixers as many persons who consid-
| er themselves good mixers are in
reality very poor ones. Owing to the
fact that large proportion of what a
COW gives at milking is secreted
during the process of milking, it must
naturally follow that unless the cow
Is in quiet, contented state Of mind,
and satisfied with the mixer, that the
usual secretion of new supplies during
milking will not take place. 1t is gen.
orally owing to this cause that cows
oftentimes "hold up their milk" as it
is termed and this cannot be obviated
so long as the cow is In a restless
state of mind and dissatisfied with her
mixer. Owing to the connection be-
tween the nervous and secretory
symptoms of the cow, it should be the
aim of the mixer to gain her conf
dence and good will by feeding her
with those things she is most fond of.
By the mere difference in handling
and becoming acquainted with them,
| many cows can be made to increase
their flow of milk at least 10 quart or
two a week, and this too without any
change in their food. It makes great
difference in the milking qualities Of a
cow as to who milks her, and how
the operation is performed and In
judging of the milking qualities of a
cow these questions should be taken
into consideration.
Minneapolis Tribune: 1.-THE price
of wheat is 50 low, said prominent
farmer to us the other day, "that /
shall not occupy my ground with it
next season." Now just there is
where, in our opinion, this farmer will
make a mistake. While we do not
believe in the universal wheat system
| we do believe in the cultivation of it,,
as diversity of crops. For instance {;
! if a farmer has 100 acres of plowed
ground to cultivate he should at least
occupy one fourth of it with wheat.
The other three fourths or seventy
| five acres should be put into oats,
barley, corn, potatoes, flax, aud root
crops always reservlng one acre or
two for early amber cane, beans and
buckwheat. Again from all that we
can learn the average of winter wheat
is much less this season in the middle
western and northwestern states than
it was last year, This fact will al
most insure our farmers that they
will get an oldfashioned prioe for their
wheat next year. Hence instead Of
curtailing the wheat the farmers of
Minnesota and Dakota should next
spring increase them. Make them
larger because they will have less
competition in market for their crops.
With Kansas Missouri, Illinois, In