New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1886-01-20
Farm and Household.
miscellaneous Farm Notes.

miscellaneous Farm Notes.
Don't wilfully breakad down or deface
any public guide-board, If you would
keep out of prison. Don't sue the
town if you find a snow-bank or an
icy spotsin the highway, for in this lat.
itude such distractions are naturalh|
and not always the fault of the town.
Don't keep a dog with the habit ofrun-s
ming into the street and barking at
people passing; If this causes a horse
to run away you may be called upon
to pay double the damage done.
The new wheat pest lately discov-
cred in Milwaukee, when viewed by
the naked eye, was scarcely discerni-
bic, being the nnerest atom. When
put under the rays Of a. powerful mag
nifying glass, 1T is seen to be an active
midget, transparent in body and APP
parentiy terminated from the grain.
its industry is shown by the samples
of the berry, which are reduced all
most to dust through it's workings.
The bin In which these workers were
discoveredsis, strangely enough, select
ed wheat i}seulled from the choicest lots
that had been sent in.
Havina'Anown the carp in the wa
ters OF BsashnellE P ark, Hartford, The
Connecticut Farmer thus celebrates
that "greet and glorious" Goyera-
ment gudgeon: ,"Given a fair start,
he can say the multiplication table
backwarcatin seven different languages.
He IS as igamey as a printing office
towel, af1ai, according to the nlostHre-
liable accounts as toothsome las a
sawdust pie. But confidently COM
mend him to farmers in possessionSf
q convenlent mudhole and wishing to
topdress their lands with him three
or four years hence. /"
1t is mach to be wished that every
neighborhood OF farmersvwould insti-
tute and 9aaint ain a farmers club fer
the discussion of the countless CUES
tions which continually come up re
lating to their business in all it's
branches, stages and connections.
Definite conclusions may not be often
reached, out all find both profit and
pleasure in the interchange and conflict
OF views. The isolated life Of the farns-
er needs s4sl1eh encounters with the
faces OF friends. 1t is aaplatform oa2
Which woman can appear with adyara-
tage to herself and al! her friends, and
the oftener she participates in the
discussions the better for all the inter
ests in question.
A neigiabcr.,has sold alarge COW
which gave2&he most milk oi,any in his
dairy. It scame about in this way:
Her milk happened to come into the,
house one day by itself, and his wife,
ttook q notion" to set it by itself, and
thus found that this favorite COW was
really the poorest. No doubt there
are many More such COWS, but they
are not tested. This was a good COW
, TO sell, as nsosJE farmers think a big
mess OF 1niik,n1akes a goodeow. This
: notion is a@ostly one, as ssloh COWS
: are big eaters with small; returns.
fThis COW colaa. have been pat to good
ss;use by her omner in raising calves, for
(which she WAS. especially adapted, or
y,she could have been turned to good
$ account for ths4cheese factosy or for
the milkman.
yEomatoes with always be a,profta-
hble market garden crop, but Ike sweet
: corn, the greatest return will come
:is0nl the earliestsa1cd latest, es.in the
Iheignt of the season the market is in
Hvariably Quilted. For the early crop
fseeu should be sown under glass in
February. A Very small sash Willsuf-
iieetto start a larae.liumber,a AS several
!llu1aared can be geown to the square
ifoot;;large enotsghs to- prick out IN the
lhotbed, but besupesSo have the.beds
antoxwhich TO transplant them ,Raady
anttlnae, and transplant promptly, as
sshenA large enoelgh: tic begin to enowd
eaehoother in s., vesy few daYswWill
will raa,llse them to spindle. In f5em
three to four weeks ifnozn sowingthey
will berready to prick 0lt, and maybe
set three inches apart each way. "A
bed :f0Nr feet by enaAzill hold akaotxr55
59Grplapts.
The' anosst f1equea;t ,lassts whicla ,izl-
fest cabbage are the snaaN lice and the !
green,woa,ns. Thess ,are.b 9th destroyjjlf|
ed by Persian insect pow@er. Fine air{
Stacked .lasse will kilt tthaaice, but mott
the wspun2s. The keGosepa emulsion
will destroy both anR! wal not injune
the cabbage s1nless it is neatly mature.
This is lnalie by mixing zone pint Of
kerosene 0ilser crude petroleum with;
one galssan ,ez strong acaftsoap sude
and chureling it into aweli mingled i
emulsion iHassad pickingte1 tie worms
once q dag ISIS good plan where the /
plot is small, .i2st for q large sglot the |
Persian nssctrpowder is preferable to
Any other Rsethed.
sNAr. Samsasl Preston describes in
Whe Farmers Review his ways>df win
'telIiag seed com .saiaich has giwenssatis-
Gactton during 4l,daEen years: ssSsslect
t'hesaed before it freezes, take pieces Of
twine about sixteen 1nches long make
a slip,aoop in each .ona. put an ear in
each hoop, hang sapiaa a warm noesn
until thoroughly dry. Then pack st
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