New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-02-01
FARM, FIELD, AND FlREsIDE.
General Farming Information.

General Farming Information.
Probably the first swine brought to
the United States came from Spain
and were brougt by DeSoto in 1853;
Nova Scotia and Newfoundland had
them from England as early at 1853;
Canada received them IN 1908 from
France. --..-
Here is the amount OF seed required
ior two rows,-75 feet each: Turnips,
1 LIZ ounce; onions, 4 ounces for sets;
onions, 1 ounce for large bulbs; peas,
/ 1-2 quart; radish, 8 ounces; squash,
L LIZ ounce; tomato, 1 l-2 ounce;
green corn, 2gllls; cucumbers,2 ounces;
lettuce, 1 ounce; celery, l 1-2 ounce;
cabbage, IL ounce; beets, 2 ounces;
asparagus, ounces; beans, pole, 2
gills; beans, bush, 1 LIZ quart; beans,
Lima, l IL pint.
Mr.. William Richardson, OF Lancas-
ter, has been successful in growing
alfalfa for fodder. He has for sever
al years cut his first crop on the 9th
Of June, and gets three good crops
from the same ground each year. Cat
tie are very fond Of it. Horses do
well on it. Hogs like it as we'll as
they DO clover. It is very nourishing.
It will not winter kill. It's roots have
been followed ten feet into the earth,
and in the longest drouths it finds
moisture and in the coolest winters it
escapes the FROST
In view OF the probable high price
OF seed potatoes next spring, '"The
N. E. Farmer" advises culling the
small ones very closely for planting;
a practice which proves very profit
able in his personal experience. "a
sound potato the size of q shagbark
or a pig walnut, if planted early in
rich soil, will be pretty sure to bring
a. satisfactory crop. For very early
potatoes we usually select small,
whole seed. setting the potatoes with
the sprout end up, in a warm, light
room, a few weeks before planting, to
start the terminal buds. In this
way, the seed being placed closely in
pans Or on shelves, the side buds Or
eyes do not start very much and the
whole seed gives us no more vines
than cut pieces OF large potatoes"
In selecting place to plant a grape
vine remember that the plant needs a
great amount of sunshine-sun heat.
1t cannot get it on the north side of q
building, or wood lot, or high hill. Do
not set a grapevine close by the sink
drain, where it will be surfeited with
moisture all the season, nor in cold,
dry loan, in regions where the season
is a little too short, but put it where
It's roots will be warm all summer A
dry knoll may be better than a mud
hole, though good land is best for the
grape as we'll as for other fruits, pro.
vlded it is not too cold or too wet.
Successful grape growing requires q
good deal OF pruning and thininngof the
fruit.-New England Farmer.
Senator Palmer of Michigan does
not allow cross word to be used up-
on his stock farm and he tells his
men in working the horses that they
should give them water to drink
whenever they want a drink them
selves. Palmer has his stock so train
ed that the colts will come up and
rub their noses against him when he
comes into the field, and he says
that the average horse has con-
slderably more serse than the
average man. He was led into keep
ing Percheron horses by his adnira-
ton of a picture of Rosa Bonheur's,
who had taken these horses for her
models. He was thus led into the
study Of the Percheron horse and he
says that this horse is the best breed
in the world for general purposes.