The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1886-08-19

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With three sllm letters intezlaced,
Above tho notes she used to write
signing them ever, "Yours In haste.''
The world was young, and 30 was 1:
How sweet to think that in the whirl
She kept one moment all for me,
TO glad my heart-my radiant girl!
The world IL old, and 90 am l.;
Ana, s1nce my love became my wife,
1t seems to me I've somehow been
Too late for everything in life.
With ribbons flying, gown awry,
with painting breath and boots unlaced,
True to her vows Of yore, she's been,
Both now and ever, mine sin haste.''
JulteK. WetheriH In the Century.
TREES ron PRAIRIE PLANTING.
The best tree to plant on our ptairies. for
quick shelter, shade and fuel, is the Box Elder.
or Ash-leaved Maple (Negundo aceroides). It
is extremely hardy, as is proved by its being
found IN river and creek bottoms, and on hill
sides which have been protected from the
prairie fires; it is sometimes frozen back
shghty the first year after starting from reed,
but will make = steadyland rapid growth there
AFTER. 1t Is easily and cheaply raised from
seeo' which can be obtained of almost any
scotsman; It weighs about twelve pounds
to the bushel, which is estimated at about ten
thousand seeds. Six pounds of seeds will plant
I'VE acres, As required by timber culture law,
at four feet apart. The seed should be gather.
Cd In the fall, when ripe, and may be planted at
once or Kept until spring; in the latter case it is
pest to mix 1t with sand and store in the cellar:
very few seeds will fail to grow If kept In this
way, and the sand is easily sifted out in the
spring.
The seed may be sown thickly, in drills three
or four feet apart, but the seedlings should be
transplanted before they grow very large, as
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or they may be sown in hills, four feet apart
each way, planting three or four seeds to the
hill: cultivate thoroughly and keep free from
weeds.
Box Elder is also easily grown from cuttings.
which should be made n the fall, before severe
freezing weather. The two-year-old wood lie
preferable cut ten or twelve inches long, tied in
bundles, butt ends all one way, and stored free
from frost. In the spring select dry, sunny
| spot, place them ON end, butts up, and cover
with about two inches of light, rich soil. Shell
ter with sash, or oiled cotton cloth tackled on
frames, and sprinkle occasionally; or cover with
twelve or eighteen inches Of fcrmcnting manure
BY the time the ground is 1T to be worked, the
cuttings will have formed callus, and grow i'm
mediately,
For permanent plantation the soil should be
thoroughly subdued aud put in as good condition
as would be required to raise good crop of
corn. Rows eight feet apart, and two feet in
four by four feet, the object being to quickly
shade the whole surface Of the ground, and to
| cause the trees to grow tall and straight, with
few side branches When the trees are two
years old, they can be transplanted into the
prairie sod without breaking it; in which case
large hole should be dug out for each tree. and
filed up With old soSs. The newly planted trees
should be we'll mulchcd-sx inches deep. and
five or six feet across. is none too much mulch
ing but trees so planted will not grow as fast
as those in we'll cultivated ground.
The tree attains height of from fifty to six
ty feet with diameter of eighteen or twenty
inches; and although it cannot be recommended
for timber, is of great value for fuel and shell
ter. 1t grows very rapidly, can be trimmed to
any shape desired, and will stand the toughest
treatment syrup and sugar is also made
from the sap, approaching the maple syrup in its
richness and wniteness; a pailfui of gap is said
to make half gallon Of syrup.
SUCCESS IN DA1RY1Ne.
The dairymen who are most successful are
those who seek to improve their stock; but, as
yet, there are but few who attempt to do this,
despite all the efforts that have been made in
that direction The proof of this is in this fact;
visit any dairy section We may, we find that
large number of the dairymen keep scrub bulls
1t Is not because they do not know the value Of
good breeding, but as they sell their calves and
advantage to use any but the scrubs, the calves
possessing but very little value. But the mis-
chief does not end here. These dairymen ex-
pect to buy cows, and as they keep only scrub
bulls-and others do likewise-from what source
can they expect to procure meritorious animals,
especially as many Of them purchase from drov-
ers, or wherever the fresh cows can be procured?
We can demonstrate that it pays better to breed
good calves and raise the females for the dairy,
than to sell of the cows when they are dry and
substitute others in their place-though custom
has made the selling Of the calves, 1T an early
age, method not easily discarded; but as long
as such is The practice, just SO long will the mie-
cradle scrub bull be allowed place in all such
dairy herds.
He not only sires calves that are really value
less but he sres the majority of the future COVE,
as may be noticed by an inspection of many dairy
cows, the owners Of which shake their heads
obviously over the recorded feats of thirty
quarts Of milk, or three pounds of butter per day
from noted cows; yet if they would discard the
scrub bull, they would witness an annual i'm
provment, on the average, with all the herds,
that would add many thousands of dollars to the
value Of the dairy products. 1t is well to urge
good feeding, pure water, dry quarters, and
clean management of the milk and butter but
the most important matter of all, is for dairy
men to keep pure-bred bulls.
DRY EARTH.
sorb the orders of the stable, and the value of
this absorbentsis IN proportion to the clay con-
tanned, A few shovelfuls of earth scattered
over the floor after cleaning will render the
air of the apartment pure and wholesome, and
the addition OF the earth to the manure hill
will largely improve the quality Of the heap.
TO KEEP HOGS IN HEALTH.
One Of the best, well-tried, and always sue
ccssful preventives of disease among swine is
to keep a trough, to which they can always
have access, filed with mixture composed of
60 parts of wood ashes, 20 parts salt, IL parts
sulphur, and parts copperas, The pigs will,
regulate their doses. Prof. Turner of Jackson
vile, ILL., has been successful with this proven
tive, as originally composed by him.
TO REMOVE faint.
\ tainted meat barrel may be best sweetencd
by charring it. 1t may be cured by shaking some
lime in it and then we'll waehing it, but 1t is cas-
ier to char it. Put a small quantity of dry shaw
ings in the barrel snd set them on fire, and let
them burn ont. The barrel may then he swept
out or washed and used again at once. II lime
is used: put a peck of it freshly burned into the
barrel and pour a pailful of warm water on to it;
when it is slaked down add boiling water until
it is thin enough to stir round with broom, and
thoroughly rinse the barrel several times during
two days. Then wash it clean with freeh water
NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL CONGRESS-.
The ncxt session of the National Agricultural
Congress will be held at the Minnesota State
Fair grounds, commencing August 25th and con-
tinuing, probably three days. This body, in
number, is identical with the National Congress,
and is composed Of one delegate from each con-
gressional district, and two from each state At
large. This will be the most notable gathering
of agriculturists ever held In the Northwest, and
! its coming here is a recognition of the promi-
nence this region has assumed In the agricultural
interests Of the country, It will enable all who
can attend to see and hear the leading agricul-
turists Of the Union, and can scarcely fail of be-
ing an occasion Of interest and profit. At the
close of the congress the delegates are to make
an excursion into the Red River Valley, return
ing in time to visit the Minnesota State Fair.
CABBAGE WORMS.
Secretary Shader, of the Iowa Agricultural
Society says the cabbage worm has destroyed
| whole fields and acres of cabbages, and the
remedies OF lime, ashcs, brine. salt and lye
have been failures. Birds do not take them,
and hens and chickens tied among the plants