St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-10-09
ITEMS FOR FARMERS.

The Iowa Falls Sentinel, after giving
an account of bull goring his owner,
says: This is one more warning to
farmers who allow bulls to carry their
death dealing horns. Any farmer who
fails to dehOrn his bull. owes it to his
family to carry a heavy insurance on
his (0wn. not the BULBS life.
A. Wilfert. of Cleveland, Mimi.
has made quite success this summer
in bee culture. He started in the spring
with thirty hives. and these have been
increased so that he now has fifty-SiX
hives, from which he has already taken
800 pounds Of extracted honey, and 1000
pounds of Comb-hOney.
In using wire netting for poultry
yards ii must not be overlooked that the
fences will be very open. which some
times renders the yards useless Oh very
windy days. A space at least two feet
high should be boarded at the bottom
before beginning the fastening Of the
wire.
The wells on the farm should be
cleaned out every fall. Despite all pre-
toads. 1t is not safe to wait until the
water becomes affected before cleaning,
but do it now, before the late rains come
on, so as to render the work easier.
Preserving eggs for winter use is not
difficult, but care is required. Eggs
from hens not in company with males
will keep three times as long as those
containing the germs of chicks. Keep
the eggs on racks in cool place, and
turn them half over twice a week.
When fattening turkey do not keep
it confined over week or ten days at
the limit, as it will lose flesh. If posi-
BILE, turkeys should be fattened with
out being closely confined at all, They
are too restless when deprived of their
liberty, and often refuse to eat.
Good. clean seed wheat of a variety
well adapted to the soil should be Sc
lected for seeding There should be no
delay now in having the wheat in, as,
the better the growth the less liability of
young plants being thrown out by the
frost next spring.
AS beast of burden on the farm, the
mule appeals more strongly to the
pOcketbOok than to the eye or the ear.
He is not ching of beauty" nor is his
musical gift "a JOY forever" but he Is
business all over, and at a smaller cost
than the horse.
AS the grass disappears let the change
from green to dry food be as gradual as
possible, in order to prevent the cows
from falling off in milk. To do this. be-
gin the use of hay and other dry food
now, so as to supply the deficiency of
the pasture.
The Orange Judd Farmer claims that
the corn and wheat crop of the country,
if sold at the present prices, would
bring the farmers 100000 more than
last years crop would had it been sold
last year at this time. at the price then
prevailing.
It's understood that at the late Des
MONIES conference of the Methodist
church. minister was refused il pre-
siding eldership because he used tobac-
co. Methodist bishops are not allowed
to Ordain ministers who do use tobacco.
Several Minnesota farmers have been
experimenting on cutting corn with
harvester this season, and report the re-
suit as not good. About half of the ears
breaf off, and it takes more time to pick
them up than to cut it by hand.
A piece of pumice-stone as large as
ones fist soaked in coal oil and wired
to pole makes a good torch for burn
ing insect webs out of fruit trees. A
piece of soft brick may be used if
pumlce-st0ne is not at hand,
Ontario. Canada. has 752 cheese fac
tories and 80 creameries where butter
is made on the factory plan. The cheese
made from skim-milk is better for some
body else. 1t is hard to digest.
The Breeders Gazette is yet very
confident that arrangements will be
made in some way by which the Fat
Stock show will be held in Chicago at
the usual time in November.
Short-legg9d fowls fatten quickly;
long legs are hard to fatten. Those
which are first hatched fatten quickest
in a brood. Sell as soon as tile chickens
can be got ~ condition
As rule, those croTs> pay the best
that require the most care eud atten-
ton. The brains and the lab6g are
what sell in the markets in the shape Of
the crop
A candidate shouted in his speech:
1--WE must return to the food of our
fathers; and what was it, | ask?" a
voice across the hall replied: ''ThiSles.'
With diligence, punctuality. and en-
terprise as watchwords. no one need
fail in the poultry business.
The prospect is for fairly good prices
for hogs.