St. Paul daily globe., 1888-06-11

| stamps his progeny every time. He
may cOunteract the mares influence for
| evil. Sweeny is not the ailment, but
the result. 1t simply the wasting of the
muscles from disease of part. Sweeny
| is sometimes caused by Inflammation of
the foot. and again by using collar too
| large for the horse. 1t caused by the
| latter, rest is the best cure; otherwise
1 blister and remove inflammation from
| seat of trouble.
Scratche, or cracked heel should not
| be neglected, but should be attended to
| at once. A good remedy for this evil is
a lotion made up of one ounce sugar of
| lead to six drains sulphuret of zinc, and
| apply it with feather.
DR.. Dickson occupied considerable
time each day of the institute in his
talks of the horse and his ailments, de-
Scribing every conceivable disease that
| them ali to our readers would occupy too
much time ana space.
| SMALL FRUITS.
| j. Q. Barrett, of Browns Valley.
| Minn., who is an educated practical
fruit culturist, with an experience
| gained on one of the most bleak of our
| Western pralrieS, gave some valuable
points on the raising of small fruits and
what, from his experience, he found
would thrive in this Western country.
He first mentioned the apple. After re-
! peated trials of the various varieties, he
| finds that the attempt to cultivate the
apple is a failure. Strawberries he
found, after four years. experience, were
| only partial success, and up to the
| present time he estimated that every
| quart of strawberries had cost him
about 80 cents. He said: ~ find, how
ever, the plants continue to grow harder
and becoming acclimated, and shall
continue to cultivate them until can
raise them prOfitably. am satisfied it
| can be DONE"
Of the berries of which Mr.. Barrett
mentioned that could be raised success
fully, (providing they received the
| proper cultivation and care and pro-
| lection from the cold during the winter)
are the red and black raspberry, black
| berries, Especially the 'Briton' and
schneider" varities) red and white
| currants.
Mr.. Barrett also read long article on
| forest treeS-condemning the WantOn
| destruction of the same, and advocating
| that every farmer should plant at least
ten acres of trees on his farm, their
advantage and gain by so doing being
great.
| THE RYOT.
DR.. Dickson, who has spent twenty
| years in India, lectured on the ryOt
| Qaborer) of India. He said that ESQ.,
100000 people there occupied an area of
territory equal to our country east of
the Mississippi river; that of the terri
| tory, 27,000.000 acres of land was used for
| growing wheat, chiefly for export,
| as their chief article of food
| like the Chinese was rice, of which they
raised great quantities. Agriculture is
in a very primitive state. None but
wooden plows were used Zone of which
| by two little bullocks. 1t merely
| scratched the surface, and they went
over it as many as thirty times before
the ground was ready for seeding. 1t
was impossible, he said, to plow fur
| row with such plOW as was used in
this country, as the soil, if turned up in
that way, would bake as hard as stone.
1t is also impossible to use the modern
American farm machinery. The soil
| ready for the seed, about two and a-half
bushels of wheat is sOwed to the acre.
1t is rare that one man plants and reaps
OVER TWO ACRES.
The land has to be irrigated. 1t is
fixed up into squares like a checker
board, and is watered from canals and
wells at great expense. The plowing is
commenced in April and the seeding
is done in October. The ryat receives
only about cents a day for his
labor. The grain is cut with
sickle, by hand. 1t is thrashed by
bullocks which tread it out. Six of
these bullockS are tied together, the
inside one being tied to stake, and they
are made to walk around the stake, and
so it is painfully and slowly tread out.
The straw thus separated and tread
fine is the feed of the bullocks. Having
no tanning mills they clean the grain
by winnowing or running it from a
shovel in current of air, which sep
arates the chaff from the wheat. Not
withstanding the fact that the India
wheat grower labors under disadvan-
tages that, to Americans, appear suffi-
cient to drive him from the business,
yet he becomes sturdy competitor of
the American wheat grower in the mar
kets of the world, and can lay his wheat
down in Liverpool for "a cents per
bushel cheaper than can the American
farmer.
Theo Lewis, of Wisconsin, man
well versed in the preparation of the
ensilage, that new and wonderful cheap
food for cattle. gave an Interesting and
valuable lecture ON the Silo. Mr.. Lewis,
coming from a state where already
900 of them are in operation,
spoke from actual experience as to the
success of the silo, and its immense
value to the dairy farmer. The silo, as
is probably known, is the building, and
the ensilage is the stuff used to make
the fodder.
The silo need not be an expensive
affair. 1t is within the reach of most
every farmer to build one. 1t can he
built of stone, lumber, or even pit in
the ground, where good drainage can be
arranged and roof of straw or hay to
keep the rain out of the top might an
swer A lumber SilO is, however, con-
sidered the best of all for the preserva-
ton of the ensilage.
A most convenient size for the ordi-
nary farm is a building 14X14 or 14x16
SKIS, and halved together at the corners,
and fastened securely with two large
bolts. For joists use pieces 2XS and set
sixteen inches apart. Let the plates be
the same width as the joist, enclose this
with common boards, dressed on one
side to make them of the same uniform
thickness. Use building or tar paperto
cover this and then one thickness
matched fencing.
For the outside, one thickness of pa
per Tapped on the Joists, and side up
WITH matcIleu IeilcIilS, !lllllg up Ill De-
tween with sawdust. Another plan for
the outside, is one thickness of common
boards, and one layer of tar paper with
matched fencing for the outside. Let it
be borne in mind that the silo should
be, by all means, air tight. The floor
can be made of straw well pounded in,
but a safer and better one is six
inch layer of gravel pounded down well
and covered with cement
A silo can be filled With most
ANY GREEN FEED
raised on the farm. The best, and that
most used, however, is corn OF clover.