Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-10-31
GRAINS FOR CHANGERS.

PRUDENT cnltivators will secure pot atoes
and other root crops early. II dug before
tho fall rains, and kept dry, potatoes will be
much better for table use than otherwise.
UNIFoRM1rY can only be obtained by CO
operation among dairy farmers, and by the
adaptation of the same methods of man
ufacture What Is required, then, is CO
operation and education.
The first point in making cheap pork is
to get the hog to market in the shortest
possible time. The same food makes more
pork in early fall than in midwinter, for
less Of the food is used to produce animal
heat. w.. ~
THE farmer Is more tempted to run in
debt than almost any other man, because
de2lers are so willing to trust him his farm
Is good basis for security, and it is prop.
crty which can not BE hidden or carried
away. ."
WHERE fallen leaves arc abundant and
there is a convenient place neav the stables
for storing them, it Is quite good plan to
gather them up and use them for bedding
in the stable. Although compared with
their bulk there is not large amount OF
substance in them, whatever there is makes
very superior fertilizer. =.
In winter, no matter how severe the cold,
the safety of vines may be insured by lay
ing them down in the fall and slightly COW
ering with earth. This protection is more
easily given the grapevine than to any
other fruit tree. It is an advantage, even
if the winter is not cold enough to kill.
: The frequent failure of red clover Of late
compels farmers to look for substitute for
pasture. Nothing better than rye. Sow it
after wheat, early potatoes, or oats. 1t
gives late feed and early feed. Land in.
tended for corn next year will afford two
months pasture in the fall and one month
in the spring and green crop to turn
under-better than weeds.
WHEN potatoes are ripe, the proper time
to dig them is while the ground is dry,
They are then handled with more ease and
satisfaction that when the ground is sc
moist that the soil adheres to the tubers
They are best left on the ground in pits, and
covered with hay and earth enough to keeI
out the rain and removed to the cellar or
the approach of cold weather.
THE milk temperament is born with q
COW. You may increase the butter yield9by
making her give more milk, but the relative
proposition of solids will not be greatly
changed. On the other hand, certain line
OF feeding will put water into cows milk
without showing any corresponding increase
of butter or cheese yield, sort of grue
diet, but this don't pay, Us water in milk
don't count
THERE is one thing to impress upon the
fathers of the boys about going to the fairs
Tell them all you know about all tho petty
swindles that hang around the outskirts O.
the fair. Tell them it is cheaper to buy
cane than to pitch for it, that the three care
monte man does not throw the cards he is
looking at but others under them. That M
one can tell which horse will win, or there
would be no fun in racing.
The best judges agree that no colt in
tended for agricultural labor ought to b.
set to work before it is three years old; il
any case they ought never to be employed
at two years, no matter how numerous may
be the cares bestowed upon them. Ant
even when employed for farm labor a
three years the work should be studiously
made to suit their growing forms, so as no
% compromise their imperfectly formed
srticulations and their unknit or unhardenet
bones. Premature work makes colts I'm
shapely, difficult to train and unpleasant tt
drive; they wear and age rapidly, anc
further, drift into viciousness caused b,
their weakness