Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-12-31
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Always fatten 8 fowl IS quickly IS
possible Ten days Il long enough to
get = fowl fat, and it should be con-
fined either il . coop Or q number in
q small yard. Give plenty Of fresh
water and feed four times q day, be-
ginning early and giving the last meal
late. a mixture Of cornmeal three
parts, ground oats one part, shorts
ono part, seal ed, is best for the first
three meals, with all the corn and
wheat that can be eaten up clean at
night, :..55 .2$ t<+' 5 BIT
a veteran horticulturist Marshall
p. Wilder-:once said when asked
what he considered the three most
important things necessary to success
in FRUIT culture, '.WeIl, would first
stir the soil, then / would secondly
stir the soil, and it is my experience
that the next thing would do would
be to stir the soil.'' -. .5
Thistles in a garden and door yard
are easily destroyed by cutting them
and pouring a little sulphuric acid (oil
OF vitriol) into the hollow stems. A
strong solution of sulphate of iron
common copperas) is also fatal to
any plants when it is poured about
their roots. In the field the thistles
may be killed by blowing the land two
or three inches deep now and leaving
it until spring, when it is cross-plowed
five or six inches deep, and then plant
ed with corn or potatoes. No kind of
thistle will survive one year of thor
ough cultivation. ill.,.
A house'1Ox7x8 will hold about IA
tons Of ice il filled to the walls, and
the caves. When the walls are double
and filled in with sawdust, no inside
packing is needed and the ice may be
laid close to the inner wall. But the
crevices between the ice must be quite
filled up with fine broken ice we'll pack
ed in with thin rammer made of g.
piece OF board. An ice house floor
should be perfectly air tight; a wood.
en- floor through which the air can
penetrate, will cause the ice to melt
and waste.
It would do farmers q service to
visit some large killing and packinges-
Establishments and note how easily,
quickly and successfully every opera.
ton can be performed when every
convenience for killing hogs is en-
ployed. Few farmers have many
conveniences for killing hogs and, be-
ing themselves unused to the work,
the killing of five or six often occupies
the entire day and then the work may
not be done in frst-class style.
Wherever an expert can be procured
to take the lead in. this business it
will pay to employ him. His skill will
give greater efficiency to the opera
tons OF the inexperienced.
By a new process of getting the su.
gar out OF cane, tried by Prof. Wiley
at Fort Scott, Kan, the product is
1874 pounds ofsugar to the ton ofcane,
against eighty pounds by the old pro-
cess. In the old process tho Juice is
pressed out; in the new the cane is
soaked, and; the sugar is diffused in
the water. This latter process has been
tried for some years in India, with a.
gam in the sugar product OF 43 per
cent. The improvement may lead to
important results in sugar culture
from cane in Louisiana and Florida,
as we'll rs from sorghum in the north
ern states.
Stock in winter are wholly depend
ent on their provider for what they
get. When they forage for themselves
at pasture they can select q greater
variety in their feed, and thus eat
mole and keep in better condition
than they otherwise would. So far as
possible this or even greater variety
should be given, in winter feeding. As
cheap as grain now is some can be al
orded to any kind Of stock worth
keeping. In fact, farmers who CON-
plain that they cannot afford to teed
grain are only accusing themselves of
keeping animals Of very inferior char
acter. Besides the gain to the stock
it is the grain which mainly gives val-
he to the manure heap. Thus good
feeding during the winter is the basis
Of good farming the following season.
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