St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-06-20
FARM NOTES.
Points and Facts That May Be of
Value to the TiIler of the Soil.


ILL.,, says:
81 cleared several dollars by preserv-
ing eggs according to receipts given in
these columns, and am making arrange
ments to buy and preserve eggs in
large quantities. | have three methods
and want to know which to rely on !:
l, pack the eggs, little end down. IN
common salt in barrels, head up the
barrels and turn them end for end every
other day; 2, pack in lime in the same
manner; 3. to each pailful of water add
one pint of fresh lime and one pint of
common salt, filling barrel half full
of the liquid and putting the eggs in it..
Farm animals are hurt more by
medicine than by the lack of it. When
an animal needs medicine it needs a
competent physician.
The purchasing agency of the Dakota
Farmers alliance received in one week
recently orders for 100000 of Irvine.
This indicates that the alliance is be-
coming business institution of no
small proportions.
Whether prices are up or down, prime
mutton sheep are always Salable and at
good prices. The markets are never
supplied with choice mutton.
Pure water and a variety of wholesome
food regularly given, with comfortable
shelter and kind treatment, are the best
preventiveS of disease.
The number of mich cows in the
United States at the beginning of last
year was estimated by the government
StatiSticianS to be II, 522, 0S3, and of oxen
and other cattle, 3,511, $50. or total of
So .033. 1873 cattle, on which an increased
value of only 81 each would amount to
SIG. 067, 666.
1t is reported that a cattle disease,
closely resembling blind staggers, is
still in existence in Jefferson county,
Wisconsin, where it appeared last
spread until it now bids fair to seriously
interfere with the whole cattle industry
of the district.
In speaking of the prospects of the
wheat crop in that state the Indiana
Farmer says they do not improve as the
time for harvest approaches. 1t is
found that the fly has done more dam
age than usual, and the loss inflicted by
the insects added to that of winter kill
ing will cut the crop very short in many
sections. The best estimates will hardly
exceed a half crop for Indiana The adj
joining states will do somewhat better,
but in no states south of Wisconsin will
the yield exceed three-fourths of the
average probably. But the corn crop
will be immense.
Crops of 100 bushels of Shelled coru
are rare, but they are not an impossi-
bility. We have seen, says the Amer
lean AgriculturiSt, on the farm of E. S.
Carman, on Long island, a crop of 1874
bushels of Shelled corn raised ON one
acre of ground. The variety grown
was Blount'S Prolific, the soil a light
sandy loan, the fertilizer used was
MapeS' corn manure, applied three or
four times during theaSon-altogether
not over One-Quarter of a tOn-and the
cultivation consisted OF running cult
vatOr between the rows after every
rain. and after the application of the
fertilizer. The labor and expense be-
slowed upon this acre was not more
than any intelligent farmer gives to his
crop, if he expects big yield. On the
same farm four acres of Chester County
corn yielded 456 bushels of Shelled
corn, the best acre 150.37 bushels, the
poorest 63.75, average 1850, actual
measurement.
Animals of vicious habits should never
be used for breeding purposes, as vices
are transmitted. By careful breeding
in this respect the dispositions of the
animals can be partially controlled.
Prof. E. w. Stewart, who is noted for
his experiments in stock feeding, states
that one. ounce, or less, of Oil meal to a
gallon of warm, sweet whey will make
it nearly equal in feeding value to whole
milk for raising a calf to three weeks
old. and after that another quarter of
an ounce may be safely added. The Oil
meal should be dissolved in hot whey be-
fore mixing with that of the right tenn
perature to feed.
DR.. Salmon says there are two con-
tagiOuS diseases known as hog cholera,
one affecting the bowels, the other the
lungs. The one is the genuine hog
cholera, the other is the swine plague
1t is possible for an animal to have both
diseases at the same time.
The president of the Wisconsin Dairy
mems association expects the average
Wisconsin COW to soon reach a prOduc-
ton of $50 pounds of butter year.
DO not wet the teatS: it is dirty
habit, besides making them more sensi-
tive to the cold and more liable to chap,
and then you will wonder what makes
the cow kick.
Dealing in futures IS a species of
gambling that has not yet been reached
by law. The sales under this system
are fictitious trades; seldom is the COM
modify really delivered. These specu-
latorS come between the producer and
consumer and fix the prices for both
They issue certificates calling for stated
quantities of wheat, corn, cotton, ETC.,
to be delivered months hence. These
certificates are bought and sold many
times before the goods are actually de-
livered.
OWhen stock is turned Oh the pasture,
and there left all day, the water supply
must be looked after. A mich cow
must have plenty of water. She cannot
wait till she is driven up at night. The
water is necessary constituent of the
milk, and she must have it during the
time the milk is being manufactured.
If deprived of water during the warm
days her supply of milk will fall off.
w. n. Roach, of Larimore, OAK,
planted Mercer corn-a yellow flint va,
riety-between the Goth and 25th of May
matured and ripe, and produced 100
bushels from two acres.
Enormous quantities of Russian corn
are being imported into Germany. In
two days GAS truck-loads of grain en-
tered German territory. The Nachrich-
ten expresses hope that a remedy for
this serious evil will soon be put in
operation in the shape of vigorous
measures to prevent further swamp
ing OF German markets.
Mr.. H. II. Clough, of Elyria, Ohio, the
well-knOwn breeder of Hereford cattle,
speaks in the highest terms, in the
Breeders Journal, of his experience in
growing and feeding sorghum. He
says that he planted the Early Amber
seed, and that it will mature wherever
corn will.
The railroad and warehouse commits
sioners have given notice that they will
be at Moorhead on the 14th of June.
They do this at the request of citizens
who believe that the rates on grain are
excessive, and they want them re-
duced.