St. Paul daily globe., 1888-07-07

SAuI IhCo kuO duu UUlbCI-
milk thoroughly Incorporated with it
before the churning process is stayed.
Last year there was paid as compen-
sation by local authorities in Great Brit
tain for cattle slaughtered ON account
OF pleuro-pneumonia-for deceased cat
tie, So, 900; for healthy cattle in con-
tact, $4,000; on account of swine
slaughtered owing to swine-fever, S79,-
600 for deceased swine, and $32, 900 for
healthy swine in contact, making a
total drain on the country caused by
these diseases amounting to $332, ,000.
The best reproducing food for sum-
n mer is wheat and oats with milk and
bran mash. For winter, wheat, boiled
potatoes, mixed warm milk and bran
for morning feed; at night, corn and
oats mixed. Fresh meat and table re-
fuse are also essential, as are pulverized
bones, lime and oyster shells. Vegeta-
aDleS and fruit are also fed with profit.
and great care must be taken that they
have plenty of pure, fresh water.
Bells Messenger of June announces
what it terms ''the greatest achieve
ment and the most important in its re-
suits that veterinary surgery has ever
been able to boast Of" This achieve
ment n was wa the cure of roaring" in
horses by an operation upon the larynX.
The operation was performed by DR..
George Fleming, chief veterinarian to
the forces, upon an extreme case, and
was completely successful.
Dispatches from Findlay, O., state
| that much excitement prevails in that
section, where the black tongue has
broken out among the horses, and many
are dying. The disease also attacks
hdman beings, but as yet is confined to
the animals. The road leading to the
infected district has been fenced in,
and there is talk of killing all the horses
within that section to prevent the con-
taglon from spreading.
''It is dreadful waste of cow-force,"
says Hoard, Ito turn her out where she
roamS over several hundred acres of
land. She will be doing it most all day.
II there is no fence to stop her, and will
be sure to do it If the pasture is thin
and sparse. She had better be fed
what she needs, on small space, and
then lie down and attend to her legiti-
mate mission Oh the earth-make milk"
The cereal crop of Manitoba for last
year was of wheat IL, 100000 bushels, of
which l0,6l3,000 bushels were for ex-
port. The crop of barley and oats and
fax was also of considerable dimen-
slons, so that altogether the export of
that region was 15.000,OOO bushels. This
crop was produced by not more than
10000 farmers and farm workers.
In England silage is given to sheep by
many farmers, says the Rural News
Yorker. They claim particularly good
results from feeding it to ewes both be-
fore and after lambing; that the ewes
90 well, give plenty of milk, and pro-
duce strong lambs, which grow remark
ably well. Some grain, as bran or
shorts, should be given with it.
nrlnc
Dak., shipped carload of fat wethers
to ST. Paul. The sheep were sheared
before shipping. Ninety sheep pro-
Queen 97S pounds of wool, or an average
OF about eleven pounds each. The
lighteSt fleece is over ten pounds and
the heaviest little less than thirteen
pounds in weight.
1t is singular fact that, as cheap as
are potatoes in this country 1862, ,OS9
bushels of foreign potatoes have been
imported since Oct. l, 1887. These po-
tatoes, in addition to the cost of pro-
duction, paid freight to the seaboad,
across the Atlantic, a duty of 10 cents
per bushel, freight and commissions to
inland points.
Dakota, in 1860. produced less than
LOCO bushels of wheat; in 1887 the yield
was nearly 62, ,254 600 bushels. In 1860
the yield of corn was 20,269 bushels; in
1887, "a, 511 ,726 bushels. In the same
time the hay crop increased from S55
tons to 2,5G0,090 tons. Other farm prod
uctS have increased at the same aston
lShing rate.
A bill has been introduced in congress
providing for a silk culture division in
the agricultural department. and max
ing liberal appropriations for develop
ing the industry. The department has
1trp96V hppn GQinU rnnH work in
that line, and its facilities will be in
creased if the bill is passed.
I The Dairy World says that an Illinois
genius has invented travelling milk
separator, that he sets up in ''gitfen
| or two" at the door of each farmer, and
puts the milk through, leaving the
| sweet skim-milk on the farm, and goes
Oh his way rejoicing with the cream to
the butter factory.
| think that. with the exception of
brood mare. the ewes, with mutton,
wool, manure and lambs, make more
clear money for us than any other thing
| produced on the farm, says W. w,
| White. | believe there is no farmer
who owns land who cannot afford to
have few sheep.
Sheep must have dry footing: wet is
fatal, says the Dakota Farmer. Keep
| your wool clean: it will pay. If you do
| not the buyers will do it at your ex-
| pense. In fattening sheep for market
| be very careful not to over-feed at first.
| If they get the scourS they will be Aong
| time recovering.
| 1t pays to produce the best. An in
| feriOr article is always sold at a loss,
| while the man who has the best cows,
| the best butter, the best beef, the
| choicest poultry, well dressed, or the
best butter, put up in neat packages,
always sells his goods at a profit.
The agricultural department has noti-
| fed the Chicago board OF trade that it
makes the acreage of winter wheat 23,-
| 600, 900 and the acreage of spring 13 $40
| millions. This makes the basis for esti-
mating total crop of Ala, 100000 BUSH
els of wheat this year.
The New York state legislature at it's
last session appropriated S25, 900 for the
purpose Of extending a more exact
| knowledge of butter and cheeSemaking.
| The dairymen's association has also ap-
propriated $1,000 for the definite pur-
pose of cheesemaking.
The Indiana Farmer says of that state
that the wheat improves as harvest
time approaches, and farmers who a
month ago talked about getting Only
one-third or one-half an average crop
now think the yield may be one-half to
two-thirds an average.
Henry Smelser, of Grantsburg, Ind.
a local weather prophet of considerable
reputation, predicts heavy frost in
August, which will destroy the growing
crops. Just what he bases his predic-
ton on is not known.
The Maine Farmer says Massachu-
setts is looking for competent pro-
fessor of agriculture. Other states
either are, Or should be, looking for the
same thing, There is no ''Over-pro-
! ducti0ni; of Such men