St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-09-21
FARM NOTES.
Hints and Facts That May Be of
Value to 1ilIers of the Soil.

Z. planted, says the independent. In
ninety days from planting he picked
from one stalk three ripe and well ma
tured ears. The seed from these three
ears he planted on the 1st day of June
last on high prairie land. In fifty-eight
days from planting ne picked fine hard
seed corn, a specimen of which can be
seen at this office. This is certainly an
early variety of corn, and will be appTe-
ciated by the farmers in this section OF
the state. The corn has the appearance
OF the yellow dent variety, but it is a
variety that has not yet been introduced
into this country, and every kernel
should be saved for seed. Mr.. e. thinks
he will have two bushels of seed from
the three ears planted.
The destruction of the crops by rain
in many parts of England has led to a
renewed demand for government APP
preparation for dairy colleges. Meetings
of landlords and tenants have been held
for the purpose of considering the Situ-
alton, and the general conclusion ar
rived at has been that English farmers
must without further delay give up the
cultivation of wheat altogether. The
uncertain climate, coupled with foreign
competition. renders it almost impOSSi-
bic 10 make wheat pay as crop. State
aid for dairy instruction is to be asked
on a large scale, and it is to understood
that Lord Salisbury is willing to give it..
The subject will be discussed in the
house at the autumn meeting.
The Winona Republican is RESPONSE
Bile for the following extraordinary
item: Fora prolific COW l.. Van Anden
has one on his farm near MantOrville
that challenges the record, having had
seven calves in two years. She had
two in 1856. In the following year her
ambition was represented in tripletS-
all doing well, while TO maintain her pro-
life record she last week brought into
the world another pair of twins. All
the calves are fine animals. The proud
mother is a large, we'll formed Durham,
now about nine years old. She GER
tainlY Is entitled TO handsome medal.
An old farmer once said: 1.-The first
thing l did when | went to farming was
TO fix me up a house. | had no money
to use, and my father kept telling me
that to fix up the house and surround
ings would load HE down with debts
that | would have to struggle hard to
lift. l, however, did ii, and made fine
rooms for the boys. gave them pets
outside and toys inside the house. l
made it pleasant for them, and now they
are 50 fond of home that | can't keep
them away: and the debts have all been
paid, though at first they troubled me-"
Frank Fisher, of Clinton Falls, is one
OF those who made a success of winter
wheat. The Peoples Press says his
winter wheat yield was eighteen bushels
to the acre of fine quality. He has al
ready disposed OF all of his winter
wheat at 81 a buShel His barley aver
aged eight and One-quarter bushels to
the acre. His spring wheat was poor,
a n no
Mir. Fisher reports the corn crop good,
and that it is now out of the way of the
frost.
\ Denver cattle company. it is said,
have contracted to supply the French
army with 100000 head of dressed cat
tie per year. Of course, our tariff on
foreign beef cOmpelS the French gov
eminent to pay more for these cattle
than il can get them for elsewhere in
the world. and so our cattle growers are
protected" 1t seems kind of funny
that it should work that way, but then
it does. and lots OF paper, and speaking
are proving it every day.
The harvest in Russia is so abundant
that there are not field hands enough to
gather it i'm. The miners are leaving
the coal pits to work in the fields, and
the output of coal is almost entirely SuS-
pended. Rarely has such harvest been
known in Russia. The granaries are
already filled TO overlooking, and farm
ers are puzzled what TO do with the sur
Fslus.
y. P. Clarke's herd of ShOrthorns
from his Meadow Lawn farm, near St.
Cloud, made clean sweep of the Yalua-
BILE prizes at the Iowa state fair.
Mr.. Clark's animals took the grand
sweepstakes prize of $500 for the best
herd on the grounds; the sweepstakes
for the best ShOrthOrn herd exhibition;
first premium on calf herd; second on
yearling and three-year-Old bulls, be-
sides number of other premiums.
The latest swindle on farmers is said
to be this: The farmer objects to Civ
ing his note and having it discounted
for cash. The sharper says: "Oh, we'll
keep the note" and writes across the
face, Not transferable" In a short
time it is found in the hands of another
party. with an ''e' added to the Not"
which makes it read, Note transfer
able"
Albert Henderson, of Tippecanoe
county, tells the Farmer that he bought
a mare in 1854, then five years old, that
to his knowledge has had twenty-five
colts, and he does not know how many
more, as he has not owned her for many
years. She is now thirty-three years
old and is owned by William Hill, of
Covington. Ind. and at her advanced
age now has a sucking colt by her side.
An egg weighing an ounce and three
quarters contains about 120 grains of
carbon and about Is grains of nitrogen.
Il his is equivalent to about 1514 per
cent of carbon and per cent of nitro
gen. AS the egg is composed largely of
water. these proportions are not so
small as they seemingly appear, for as
flesh producer they are equal to beef.
Many farmers seem to think that they
have done all that Is necessary when
they buy a bull with pedigree, but
here is where they miss it. 1t needs
good bull to sire good calves, and no
ScraWny, inferior animal can be de-
pended to produce such calves, even if
his pedigree is longer than his body.
a. Med. Allen. of Goderich, presi-
dent of the Fruit Growers Association
of Ontario, has completed freight ar
rangement, with the Canadian Pacific
and Grand Trunk railway companies
whereby $4,000 barrels of apples from
the province of Ontario will be shipped
to English markets.
The international corn and seed mar
ket at Vienna was opened Aug. %. Six
thousand persons were present. The
amount Of produce available for eX-
port, exclusive of old stock, consists of
5.eOO.O0O centners of wheat and flour
and 2,5OO,O0O meter-centnerS of barley
and malt. There is no rye or oats avail
able for export.
Among the exhibits in Belgian dog
show is a breed of dogs, the Ship
perkes, found only in Belgium. They
are made use of as watch dogs on board
the numerous island navigation boats.
They are small black dogs, without
tails and with pointed ears, of extraor-
binary intelligence and fidelity.