St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-02-02

The Hartford Courant says: "While
in several cOutieS of Illinois and Wis
consin lately | saw thirty-SiX farmers
who had each dehOrned from 900 to 600
head of cattle, and not single animal
life was lost in consequence. Two cows
decreased slightly in their milk few
days. 1t was not thought best to take
the horns off the beasts till the animal
is two years Or more DID," The editor
thinks dehorning is a modern idea
which has come to stay.
1t is certainly much to be regretted
that so few farmers keep accurate rec
ords of their operations. A double loss
results to themselves and to the public.
II is an absolute loss to any man to have
no actual knowledge of his business af-
fairs, based upon recorded facts. And
/ it is a public loss to have no accurate
record of the results of the most i'm
portant industry OF the country, being
that upon which the prosperity of all
others is found to depend.
A writer in the Dumb Animals says:
''Wheneyer horse driven by myself
has baked, | have got out of my car
riage and gone to his fore-foot, lifted it
from the ground and struck the shoe a
few blows with stone or with
wrench, which | always carry in my
carriage. l have never failed to start
horse in that very simple way, and l
have. Oh several Occasines, had balky
horses which exhausted the patience of
all former owners"
Manitoba seems destined to become
famous for barley. The Winnipeg
board of trade reports that the crop of
last season in the province amounted to
100000 bushels, and large proper
ton of the grain sent to Ontario graded
as No. l, weighing forty-nine to fifty
three and half pounds to the buShel,
whereas the highest standard barley Of
Ontario weighs only fortyfour to forty
nine pounds.
A good method for fattening steers is
made up from mixed hay and corn fod-
der and other materials. thus: Mixed
hay, twelve pounds; corn fodder, six
pounds; corn meal, two pounds: mid
dlingS, two pounds: cotton seed meal,
two pounds. This has nutritive value
OF to 6, and is about an average ration
per day for large and small steers.
though rather too much for the latter.
S. J.. Burnap, of Texas, sends Hoard's
Dairyman recipe for the removal of
warts from cows teats and udders,
which he says is a sure cure. He uses
one part of flour sulphur andithree parts
of lard, mix we'll and apply after each
milking. He alsorecommends the ONT
ment for cracked, chapped or sore
teats, and says it is the best for the pur
pose he ever used.
The question with many is, what is
the best way for farmers to choke off
trusts and pools-by organizing oppos-
ing trusts, or choking off those which
exist by legislative enactments? We
think there is no better way than for
everyone to work hard and systemati-
eaily at home, vote right and trust to
Providence.
The Nebraska Farmer says that al
though the number of sheep in the Ohio
valley has greatly fallen off for term
of years, it is equally true that the quail
ity is improved, and that more wool will
be shorn Ill that region next spring than
has ever before been taken from the
same number of sheep within its bor-
ders.
The Poland-China is doubtless the
most popular breed of hogs in the
United States. as they combine more
desirable qualities than any other. But
they are not proof against the cholera.
The Chester County Whites, the
Yorkshire, the Irish Graziers, and es-
pecially the Berkshire, used to bear the
palm. :.t
In private letter al earnest woman
throws good deal of practical sense
into the following paragraph: Il feel
Oftentimes like getting upon the house
top and shouting, Down with physic,
keep your feet warm all of the time,
drink warm water, eat plenty of yege-
tables of all sorts, and coarse Bread"
Small quantities of celery for family
use can be stored in shoe or other boxes by
first boring inch holes four inches from
the bottom at each end of the box. The
celery should be packed in layers with
enough earth to mulch well, and the
whole kept damp by pouring in water
through the holes.
If dairymen would continue to sue
cessfully meet the close competition
which is sure to confront them and
have profit left they must always be
ready with the best cow and the cheap
est food to supply the best article OF
milk possible for the end for which it is
to be used.
The Brooklyn, n. Y, horse car COM
pany give their horses in winter regular
meals of corn and oatS-One-tenth part
of oats to four of corn; in the summer
equal parts Of each. The average con-
sumption of each animal is fifteen
pounds OF meal and nine pounds of hay
day.
''Feed the crops, and the crops will
feed YOU" Proper manuring of soils is
the basis of good farming, and the ma
nureS which are homemade should be
those chiefly supplied. it should be
the aim of the farmer to sell as much
and buy as little as possible.
Hartford county, Connecticut, it is
claimed, is the fourth county in the
country in the value of her agricultural
products, and her percentage of gain
the last year was greater than that of
any other state. Pretty we'll for q
manufacturing county.
The Department of Agriculture says
there are 44,G00, 900 swine IN the United
States, or seventy-three for every 100
inhabitants: Twenty-Five per cent of
increase will enable every man, woman
and child i'll this country to ''go the
whole hog"
The American Agriculturist proposes
to give $500 in gold coin for the largest
yield of shelled corn on one measured
acre of land. A similer prize is to be
given for the best acre of wheat, and
also oats and potatoes.
Many diseases of hogs are due to in
breeding. The conditions under which
our improved breeds of swine are kept
render change to new blood" every
year as indispensable for health and
Vigor.
Some men never succeed in their pur-
suits. having too many partners. Farm
ers should observe closely. think much,
consult with their sensible wives, and
have no ornamental or dogmatic part
nerS.
If a good account of expenses and
sales is kept there will always be a
balance in favor of sheep breeding; not
so much as a speciality, but as an assis-
tant to other farm animals and crops.
Collar gals and bruises are benefited