The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1886-02-26
FARM NOTES.

EXCLUSIVE Wlcat farming Is us ulSlS-
trous as exclusive cotton or tobacco
farming.
A hybrid of wheat and rye has been
produced ut the experimental farm al
the Rarai MeW Yorker.
Cornstalks cut, crushed and sailed
will keep the stock quiet atwecn meals
on the cold winter days.
The value of the dairy products eX-
ported from this country for the twelve
months, ending December l, was SlZ,-
100000.
1t is said that one acre of ground will
support one individual, and that five
acres will keep family in the more
thcklv-scttled portions of Europe. Less
than that does so in Ireland.
A contemporary says n Jersey COW
with large record was given six miles
of walking exercise daily during Il but
ter-test trial TO enable her to digest the
large quantity of food necessary during
the trial.
Wheat succeeds better in clover than
in timothy sod-not because the limo
thy has removed more from the soil in
| the grass that was cut, but because il
leaves a smaller and less efficient mate
rial residue.
The United States imported seeds this
year to the value of about 81, 100000. II
would seem that Il country tropical, sub
| tropical and temperate. as is its climate,
might raise the seeds required for gen
eral planting.
Ordinarily almost anything capable
| of growing green leaf is thought good
| enough to SOW To grass. and there are
| too many cases where. after eXhaUstng
the soil by overcropping. it is without
more ado sown to grass.
In 1881 it is stated that the number of
horses exported from Canada WAS g.
900 and the value S2,O94,000. In 1894
there were 1883 horses exported and
the value was 81 ,6l7,S29. The value of
| horses increased from 800 10 Sli0 IN
three years.
II is undoubtedly true that pork made
from corn has a iirmer texture than that
produced by feeding sloppy food, apples
and vegetables. 1t is all very well to give
other food while the hog is growing.
but whole corn or dry meal is better
|
cess is going on.
Prof. Henry of the Wisconsin Agri-
cultural College gives as 4 result of an
experiment that 4,49l pounds of ears OF
corn from an acre will make 1900
pounds of meal, allowing 20 per cent foi
shrinkage after husking and grinding,
or net 5000 pounds of corn-mcal from
| an acre of average corn.
While it is true that exports of both
wheat and flour to Great Britain are less
than year ago at this time it must be
remembered that what we send now is
for crop nearly 2OO,000.OOO bushels
less than the average. Ii is not inn
probable that England will take all the
wheat we can spare before another har-
vest comes.
a correspondent of the NeW England
Farmer relieves cows choked with APP.
Piles by forcing down their throats Il
| rubber hose until the obstruction is
passed into the stomach. He keeps on
hand for this purpose II inch rubber
hose four or five feet long When the
| nose 10 NJ. cry sun Il SIIcn r,r", A~-r,,..
inside to, give it the required tension.
AS scarce as hens teeth" has be.
come proverb. And, as fowls have
no teeth, they are dependent on sand
and gravel swallowed to grind the food
in tLeir gizzards. A supply of gravel
shohld be provided for winter use, and
small quantity placed where the
fowls can have access to it when the
ground is covered with snow.
The Western Farmer says farmer
near Seymour, Wis, averaged nearly
200 bushels of corn per acre; that an
Adams county farmer averaged 10.
bushels of clover seed from fourteen
acres; that q farmer near Baraboc
raised 100 bushi Is of potatoes from s
barrel of tubers, and that q farmer near
Mount Hope thrashcd an average crop
OF thirty-five and one-guartcr bushels OF
wheat per acre.
London Garden says that 1.-The sooner
the notion is dispclled that roses. in or
der to make them grow vigorously.
must be cut back to mere stuMps, show
ing two or three buds. the better The
florists of the United States long ago
ceased to cut close. us they have ceased
the pruning Of trees into the thin. UNI
brella form supposed TO suit the moist
climate of England.
Ii manure is 10 be used in the orchard
il should never be fresh. or such rs will
quickly ferment. That which has been
thoroughly composted, or well decom-
posed is best. Wood mold. mixed with
lime and ashes, has been found excel
lent, and the better the manure in fine
ness of condition and freedom from de-
composing matter the less liability of
the trees TO disease.
Burn all old rubbish. prunin@s, etc,
about the garden, vineyard and berry
patches. Loose materials lying about
will afford harbor for insects, many of
which but for this would freeze. Anent
this, Mr. Samuel Edwards of Illinois,
who knows something about killing in
sects, says little kerosene applied be-
fore lighting the fire is an excellent aid
in burning damp brush or other refuse.
The best floor for stable. saws the
Rural Era, is one made of smooth
stones of an egg shape. set on end on II
graded floor, well rammed down and
filled with sand and hydraulic lime &C.
ment, so as to make Il smooth surface.
This is saturated with hot gas tar, and
when dry makes a hard, durable.
smooth, waterproof floor. But in the
west cobblestones are not always handy.
In this case paving-blocks six inches
thick, sawn from four-inch plank, and
treated as above, are most excellent
A correspondent of the Country GEN
tieman holds that the wool does not
| give taste to the flesh either by its
growth before butchering, or by its
touch in the butchering or after. and
says the flesh of the sheep partakes of
the flavor of its food more than does
that of the steer or hog, and the milk
still more so perhaps. But all the APP
paratus of glands, and cells, and tissues
for the manufacture of wool is situated
in the skin, and all its deposits are made
there without affecting the flesh. The
disagreeable, sleepy flavor is impaired
to meat by age, by bad feeding, and by
the delay in the removal of the viscera.
The potato, originally South Ameri-
can plant. was introduced into Virginia
by Sir John Harvey in 1929, though it
was unknown in some counties of En-
gland $50 years later. In Pennsylvania
potatoes are mentioned very soon after
the advent of the Quakers; they were
not among New York products in 1895,
but In II. 3 we are told of 1900 BUSH
els grown on a one-sixteenth acre patch
in this province Potatoes were served,
perhaps, as an exotic rarity at Har-
ward installation dinner in 1907; but
the plant was only brought into culture
in New England at the arrival of the
| Preshvtar;an immigrants from Ireland