St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-12

with the best cider he could make. He
used little of it while fresh, but about
seven-eighths of it remained in the bar
rel until spring. Then he carried Ii to
porch On the sunny side of the house,
put in two or three sheets of brown
paper and a gallon Of good mOlasses,
used an inverted bottle for bung, aud
let it turn to vinegar in the good old
fashioned way. That barrel has never
been empty since.
At the recent Michigan state forestry
convention held at Grand Rapids. i'm
that state. it was stated that the annual
waste or consumption of forest timber,
according to the last census, is estimated
at S700, 200, 600. 1t was also stated that
Michigan originally had about 10000
00O,000 OF feet, board measure, of pine,
but now has only from 12,000, 900, 900 to
10000, 100000. Wisconsin now has be-
tween 10000, 000, GOO to $4,000, 0G0, 900. and
Minnesota has about 10000, 000, 900 feet.
Pine timber is rapidly disappear
ing from those great lumber regions.
That .'Uncle Sam is rich enough to
give us all a farm is evidenced in the
fact that Notwithstanding the best of
the public lands may be occupied, still
there remain unsurveyed upwards of
1900, 900 acres in Colorado, $4,000, 900 in
Arizona. nearly 100000 in California,
10000, COO in Dakota, 1000, 900 in Florida,
a, OO0, 600 in Idaho, 7,000,0 900 in Mime
sofa, &c, 100000 in Nevada, $4,000, 900 in
Montan, 81 100000 in Utah. more than
10000, 900 In Washington territory, and
so on.
In the matter of exporting eggs we
are beginning to turn the tables on our
foreign relations and we should keep on
until we turn them clean over. In nine
months of 1886 we exported 49,. 696 doz-
ems; in the corresponding months OF
1887 we exported S43, 122 dozens. This
is encouraging; let US do still better in
1888.
A huge petition has peen presented to
the house from the furniture manufaet-
urers Of the United States, praying for
the reduction of the tariff on French
plate glass, and the placing on the free
list of ccal, spenges, burlaps and other
articles used extensively in their trade.
A farmer living in Fairview let his
stock go without water several days.
He then drove them to the creek and
they drank so much cold water that four
of them died before he got them back
home. This item has moral not diff
cult of application.
Senator Palmer, of Michigan, who has
been trying to buy Arab horses in Asia,
is informed by letter from his agent at
Jerusalem that the mission is failure.
the sultan having recently prohibited
further expectation of these highly val
ued animals.
The wool growers of Utah, in con-
Aention lately held at Salt Lake, aver
that they own in their own right $780,
600 sheep, which represents capital of
SS,0O0,000. Their last years clip they
claim to have been 100000 pounds.
1t has been demonstrated that the
quantity of meat produced by sheep de-
livered to the butcher at the age of nine
to fifteen months costs exactly half the
expense of those fed to double that age,
says the Dakota Farmer.
The COW is becoming an animal of
Importance. 1t is declared that there
are now less beef animals In the United
States, according to the human popula-
ton, than ever before. 1t would seem
to be very good time for the man with
COWS to keep them.
Succulent food gives cattle glossy
look. Oil meal will do the same thing.
Ensilage will do it if fed with meal.
Roots are also just the thing with meal.
LOU lnuCu ucdl VII Will ply oiC IilS ilii-
NAL.
The Boston Bulletin makes the sur
prising statement that there are fifty
firms in that city who deal in sheep
skins, and they sell 5000, 100000 an
nually.
Nearly every flock of sheep along the
Rio Grande suffered depletion during
the recent cold weather, the losses be-
ing generally confined to lambs and old
sheep.
Cold causes a big appetite because
every part of the body is famished to
keep the heart and lungs going, in other
words, to keep up life.
The barbed wire monopoly has had
it's nose broken by the United States
court, and that brand Of fencing mate
rial will be cheaper.
1t is claimed that the new Australian
clip is the best for years, exceedingly
sound and we'll grown, the sheep having
enjoyed good feed.
A majority of the farmers of Mime
haha county are now dehorning their
cattle.
Beef cattle were never so low in the
West. They will be higher next sum-
mer.