The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1886-01-08
FARM NOTES.

FARM NOTES.
Persian powder will destroy aphis in
plants, and also all soft insects that
breathe through pores. Try it on the
window plants.
Labor, concentration, and adaptation
to an art or profession are what gives
success. Ii is no less true in agriculture
than in other professions.
The Agricultural Department at Wash.
mgton reports the corn crop of the cOun-
try at 1000, 0O0, 900 bushels.
The Sacramento Bee says that cotton.
rice and tobacco have been found to do
so well in California that some farmers
will cultivate these crops with n view TO
further test them.
In an atmosphere that is moist enough
to suit plant-life HOwer-pots get green in
time. In washing such if n little chlor-
Idle OF lime be put in the water it will be
a longer time before they will become
green again.
The annual production of condensed
milk is estimated at 10000, 900 cans.
manufactured by eleven different firms
in Europe and America. of which the
Anglo-Swiss Condensed milk Company
manufactures 100000 o cans
Mr.. &. A. Miller. in an article on the
management of orchard on warm soils,
correctly says the Orchardist who neg
lects to care for his trees and feed the
soil has no more right to eXect perma-
ncnt good results than the sto~ckgrower
has who only occasionally feeds his live.
stock.
North Of England farmers are reported
as being disguised at the low prices Of
fered by butchers for beef. They hav-
ing taken to butchering and selling the
dressed-beef themselves. Presumably
the fact is that English butchers paw all
they can afford. Best American steers
are selling i'm Liverpool at Is cents. esti-
mated dressed weight.
A contemporary claims that "the
French have succeeded in developing a
mutton sheep out of the merino." II is
not. however. probable that French
mutton sheep will supersede South
downs, Hampshires, or ShrOpshires as
mutton sheep any more than that the
French merino will supersede the Amer
lean merinO in the production of fine
wool.
The Bermuda lily is nice as a window
plant. but requires warmth and moist
ure. 1t is peculiar in that its bulbs ma
ture while its flowers are developing.
and its growth and Towering are al
most continuous. After towering give
a partial rest by gradually Withholding
water. In a short time it will throw up
new stems. when il should he grown
along rapidly.
The secretary of the Ohio State Horti-
cultural Society. Mr.. 6. w. Campbell.
in nsw to the question of varieties for
Central Ohio for an orchard of 100 to
500 trees says: For summer. Early Har-
vest, Red A%strachan. Benoni: fall. RAM
BIO. Fall Pippin. Chenango. Strawberry:
Winter, Baldwin. Rome Beauty, Grimes
Golden, White Pippin. Red Canada.
Stark. Ben Davis. Hubbardston. Tall
mans Sweet.
The orange tree furnishes four differ
ent perfumes. all highly fragrant: First,
the oil of nerOli. or orange flower. dis
titled from the petal of the orange bios
SON.: then orange-iOwer water: next
the oil of the petit grain from the green
leaf of the tree: and last the oil of
orange. expressed from the peel of the
ripened fruit. These are all indispensa-
bic for the production of the finest CO.
lOgne water.
A contemporary holds tlrat fowls as
well as chicks become qnarrelsome if fed
on raw meat, and that cooking makes
meat more nutritious. That when raw it
is rather harsh and crude compared
with the more natural diet of worms
and grubs, which are for the most part
soft n easily digested. II is a mis-
take. however, to suppose that cooked
meat is either more digestible or more
nutritious than raw Experience points
the other way.
Official reports show that the number
of sheep in Great Britain has suffered a
great reduction in the last ten years
something over 10000 O head. Ac-
cording to the Prussian census, the same
has taken place in that country. and to
almost exactly the same extent. In 1873
the number of sheep in Prussia. includ.
ing Saxony, Schleswig-H olstein. and
Hanover, was A. 6 $50; in 1889 the
number had fallen to 11.116. 750-a re-
duction of rs per cent.
Pasteur's method of vaccination for
cattle plague is said to have proved sue
cessful in India for horses, cows. sheep,
buffaloes. asses, and elephants. But
Pasteur's method would be dangerous
to the cattle interests of any country not
fully infected with contagious pleurO-
pneumonia. In Holland stamping out by
incubation did not stamp out, and That
country lost valuable time and money
in the attempt. Killing of infected and
also exposed cattle had finally to be re-
sorted to.
A Georgia farmer thinks a mistake is
made in MOI raising more goats. He
says that they cost absolutely nothing to
raise, are not as troublesome as may be
supposed, arc much more profitable than
sheep, and when fat the goat-meat
rivals mutton. He states that he has
spring lamb the year round, as goats
usually bear young twice a year. 1t
must be a happy country where it costs
nothing to raise kids. Northern people,
however. prefer well-fattened lamb and
mutton to either kids or goats.
When a new mich cow has her calf
taken from her she will often hold up
her milk, and especially so in the win.
ter. 1t will require kindness and pa
tience to overcome this habit. The
operation of milking is pleasant for the
animal, and il she is given a mess Of
warm Stops while being MIXED her at
tention will be so diverted that she will
yield without remembering her calf. It
is important to milk clean from the first,
as retention of milk in the udder in
jures it and tends to decrease the yield.
A fast but silent mixer will take the
milk when a fussy n will fail.
A Michigan official report in relation
to varieties and yield of wheat says that
to the question, (Which variety of
wheat has given the highest yield per
acrep" 23l correspondents in the south
ern four tiers of counties answer Claw.
son, Sc Fultz, 36 Egyptian, 6 Lancasters,
and 81 answers are divided between
twenty-five other varieties. To the
question, (Which variety has given the
second highest yield?" 10 answer Claw
son, 100 Fultz. 7S Egyptian, and 50
Lancaster. To the question, (Which
variety is third in order of yield?' Al
answer Clawson. 70 Fultz, 20 Egyptian,
and SO Lancaster In the northern
counties the Cawson leads all other va
| rietieS.
Mr.. w. II. Earle, of Worcester, Mass,
has used coal ashes for mulching his
currant bushes for several years past
| with very excellent results. The ashes
keep the weeds from growing, and thus
save some labor with the hoe, but the
greatest benefit is due to their influence
in keeping off the currant worm, which
is often so destructive to this fruit.