St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-09-28

land is this year the poorest crop. The
straw is large and heavy, but the berry
small and Shrunkeu. The conclusion is
that a rank growth of straw requires
longer time to mature, and the season
was too short. The frost came before
the wheat had matured.
The OwatOna Journal relates of
farmer who threshed out ls5 bushels of
winter wheat from six acres. That's
over thirty bushels per acre and about
the amount of spring wheat he could
grow in three crops. By sowing winter
wheat you can have two failures out of
three and then make more money OH
winter thar spring wheat.
The old agricultural theory sustained
by Bible authority. of summer following
| lettlng the sol rest one Year, is fall
lacy long size. exploded. The soil is
seriously injured by letting 1t lie bare
and exposed to the sun. Better raise a
crop of cookie burs than nothing, if they
are plowed under while green, before
the seed ripenS.
New Process Sugar. is the title of
new fraud lately started. In the East
ern cities it is abundant in the market.
1t is made of the common yellow sugar
and glucose. 1t is lighter color than the
yellow sugar and has taking look, and
retailers are selling il as high as new
fancy article.
The starch factory at Monticello,
Mimi, is now grinding out from two to
three thousand bushels of potatoes
daily. The factory has a capacity to
grind four thousand bushels, but the
machinery has not yet been put to full
test of its grinding powers. The price
paid for potatoes is 20 cents for all con-
tracted for.
Two hundred and tWenty-nine head
of the Mcdonald steers shipped from
San Marcial, \. NJ, to the Kansas City
market last week, sold at s.. ID per 100,
and weighed IA pounds each. Deduct
ing the expenses of placing the con-
signment on the market, Mr.. Mcdonald
received a net price of about 50 per
head.
Lard was formerly made from the fat
of the hog only, but it is now composed
of a little hog fat and great deal of
cOttOnSeed oil, tallOw and water, says
that the fat of any animal dying from
disease will make excellent lard.
A bee hive contains three classes of
acknowledgements, drones and work
ers. The queen is female and is the
mother of the community. The drOnes
are males, and the workers are abortiYe
females.
1t is claimed that the impaired char
acter of the fruit, this fall, is the result
of the cool summer. Duchess apples
alone seem to have attained full flavor
and they are the product of naturally
cool climate.
Every boy and girl, no matter how
comfortably they may be surrounded,
should at least learn to do one thing so
perfectly that he or she can rely on it
as an unfailing resource in case of
need.
The clover crop in some parts of this
state was very poor. 1t is related that
one man with machine worked two
hours and hulled but one bushel OF
seed.
Farmers have been busy since the
rains putting in winter wheat, which
will be more generally sown this year
than last in the southern part of Mime
sofa.
AnOka has starch factory, and the
Herald says about 1000 bushels of pOta-
toes per day were unloaded at the fac
tory last week.
The best class of steers are now sell
ing at Chicago for $3.50, And the poor
est Texas COWS and steers from $50
to 8.
Several farmers have lost mich COWS
from eating too much green corn.