The Wahpeton times., 1889-08-08

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er figure than do our horned brutes.
Some q our 1nglish contemporaries
express astonishment that the various
products Of swine should be considered
of sufficient Importance on this side Of
the Atlantic to have current prices
cabled daily all over Europe, while beef
and mutton arc hardly mentioned in
the same reports.
We will explain the reason for this.
It is because we export five, If not ten
times the value in pork and lard that
we do in beef. We Of the United
States, and particularly Of the West
ern states Of the union, are the only
people on the earth who have any
considerable hog meat and lard to ex-
port. This is made possible by our
great corn product, that is entirely
American and is scarcely known in
Europe.
Then, again, pork is more easily
and more generally stored and held
than il beef. Beef, even to be used
in the armies and navies of the world,
must be cooked and packed in cans.
while pork is carried and stored like
cordwood, and oftimes ate raw by
the soldier when on forced marches.
The wealthy Of the earth, too, eat ham
and bacon constantly, while not one
in a million ever tastes Of picked
beef. In conclusion, we will say that
the cash value of the porkers of the
United States in 1888 reached the
mammoth sum Of 1921, ,307, ,193. Corn
is king in America, and the hog is a
power in the commerce of the world.
Farm Notes.
1t is discouraging when even q little
grain is given COW in summer at pas.
ture to have her begin to fatten instead
of increasing the milk flow. But if the
cow be of that kind, the sooner her
owner discovers it the bettcr II grain
ing fattens her probably she is not
worth keeping without the grain. So
fatten her as rapidly as possible, and
get better COW in her place.
The Shorthorn cattle originated in
Durham, England, and it is even yet
common in some old-fashioned sections
to speak Of them as the Durham breed.
OF course the original Durhams were
not bred up to present standards for
beef making, but the characteristic
tendencies of good beef. breed were
not In the original stock. Good feed
ing and careful selection of breeding
stock has done the rest.
In very small localities farmers have
been discussing how best to remedy ,
the damage by frost. Some crops, as
beans, tomatoes and melons, or Gu
cumbers, are utterly ruined if touched
by light frost and must be replanted.
Others like corn if not more than three
or four inches high, and potatoes at
almost any size will grow up again If
left alone. Tne root is there and un-
injured. The now buds that will put
forth will grow rapidly under its stim-
ulus.
Blue grass will bear pasturing
lightly earlier than almost any other
grass. Its roots lie near the surface,
and are quickly startled into growth
in the spring if the land is rich enough.
For this season too they are more
easily reached by light showers.
Later in the season it may suffer from
drought, but hardly more so than
other grasses and clovers that strike
into the subsoil and thoroughly ex-
haust its moisture long before the
summer drought has come.
The millet crop should not be sown
until hot weather, but it is we'll to have
it in the ground as early as the latter
is well warmed. The earlier it ripens
the better weather it is likely to he for
cutting it. In September the days
shorten rapidly. and it is this which
makes the curing of both millet and
fodder corn so difficult. Millet is ex-
ceilent hay for horses, and none tho
worse il it is cut when the seed is in
the milk. so that it will ripen from the
stalk. Millet seed gives horses fine
coat. as it is very fattening.
White oats arc popular in this coun-
try, and bring two to four cents bush.
ell more than the black. In Europe the
black are preferred. There is a great
difference in feeding value of oats, not
dependent entirely on weight, nor yet
on color, but on the character of the
hull. Some Of the heaviest white oats
which bring high prices have a harsh,
indis sestible hull, which makes them as
unfit as barley for feeding whole. The
black oats may have more bulk or hull
but it is not SO harsh. Any way. we
have little faith in whole Gate as food
for work horses. There is too much
waste about them. Grind the oats.
and then those that weigh heaviest
will be the most valuable for FEEDING.
CultivatOr.
Tho Household.
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