New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1886-06-02
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spring asidafrom lettuce and radish lis
that of onionss The success of thu.
crop will depend very largely on thu.
early planting oftheseed. The growth,
of onions stops after the weather 10.
comes hoaand thesoil very dry They
must attain. their entire growth and
become ripe before the middle of Aaar
gust. II the seed Is planted quite late
the onion4Mill be small at the time the
conditioned the air and the soil puts
stop testheir growth.
Many farmers bank up cellar-%in-
dows, dsors and all early in winter,
keeping ittwenty degrees warmer than
is necessary and having no veatla-
ton, and then wonder that potatoes
sprout,- and apples rot, and their
families; perhaps, are sickly. Build
cellar wadls properly, put doub1&glass
IN the windows, plaster overhead and
use paper for carpet lining, and then
keaalittle pains to cool your cellar
dowsa:to 81 deg, at least, as soon as
you can In the fall, and to keep it
down., and have good arrangements
for. ventllating, and you will! be able
toekeeP early potatoes frora, sprout-
lnguntil about planting timer and to
keep apples sound till late spring.
Farmers in feeding horsesgive near
" twice as much hay as city people
do and yet city horses ara.in the best
condition for the road. My father
was never satisfied unless hay was
continually present in the manger.
am satisfied that this IS mistake,
and that grain is cheaper than hay,
and yet it is necessary TO have hay or
other coarse fodder to- keep the horses,
in good health. A wealthy farmer,
! know does not give. ais horses a par
ticle of hay; he simply cuts straw and.
mixes ground feed with it, and his,
horses are in excellant condition and,
do good service.
A heifer calf intended for a COW, says
the National Ssockman, should. be
trained from birth with this end: in
view, and be made tractable by suffi-
cient handling It should be taught
to lead, to stand tied, and allow any
one to approach and handle at pleas,
ure. A cals treated in this way will
make a gentle and valuable COW. and
one which will not kick over the milk
pail about the time it is filled with
rich milk. Such attention to the train
ing OF the young heifers will pay, es-
peciaIly if they are intended for fam
lily COWS.
The Chicago Times says: 'sTo have
a fine crop of large, rich currants, en-
rich the ground, make it clean and
mellow, and thin out the brush. Cut
away the old stunted wood and leave
vigorous young shoots. Let them &C.
cupy equal distances from each other,
and give the bushes in some degree
regular form. No fruit is more neg
lected than the currant, the bushes
being allowed to become enveloped in
weeds and grass, and the enfeebled
bushes allowed to grow into a mass
of brush. The difference in the size of
the berries raised in the two modes is
about one to four"
Speaking OF the rude forms ofbutter-
making practiced in some countries,
DR.. Davenport states that in Brazil
they fill a hide with milk, and it is
tightly closed and then Justify shaken
by an athletic native at either end, or
it is dragged about upon the ground
after galloping horse until the butter
comes. In Chill. the filled hide is
placed upon a donkey's back, and he
is trotted about until the butter
comes. In Morocco, filled goatskin
is rolled about and kneeded by wom-
en- until the same effect is produced.
Tumors consisting OF a whitish
GRANULAR substance sometimes form
in the flesh of animals. These are
easily removed, having no vascular
attachments to the muscular tissue,
All that is necessary is to cut the tu-
NOR open by a free incision in the skin,
to turn out the cheesy mass, and divide
the thread which holds it to the muscle.
It's possible that the tumor may form
again, in which case the operation is
repeated. A dressing of tincture of
IODINE and a daily dose Of one dram
OF lodide of potassa will help to pre-
vent the return of the tumor.
If there is one thing needed by the
farmers in the northwest more than
any other, it is barns, and good barns
1T that. It is very well to stack hay
and grain out doors, but there are
OTIS OF products on the farm that |
should, after maturity, be stored in
BARNS: Next to a large crop of corn,
there is nothing so convenient on the !
arm as a good barn. In the East |
hey are held in such high estimation
hat farmers frequently build good |
respectable barn before the erection of |
: good respectable dwelling house. !
Here the rule is reversed, and to such
IN extent that sometimes barns are
lever built at all.
Points in Pig Keeping.
New York Tribune: It is just as true
his winter as last, that the late pigs