St. Paul daily globe., 1889-02-11
AGRICULTURAL TIPS.

"A correspondent of the Weekly Trib-
une says that the kicking of horses in
I the stable Indicates nervous, restless
disposition, and recommends the use of
large, roomy stall, which will often
| change the current of the animals
|, thought and cause him to drop the OBJ
| noxiOus practice. -: :: - >; r. AZ.
I Prof. .Sanborn adviees farmers to at
I tempt to use chemicals (not including
| lime, plaster and salt) only after intelli-
f gent buying, careful study of the soil
[ BY comparative tests, and then OH horti-
! cultural crops mainly, including pota-
|: toes. s.. =
r.! Practically, drugs and nostrums so
freely used By farmers amount to 10th
| ing except bill of expense. A drug
Sufficiently. strong to destroy cholera
germs may reduce the hog to such a low
| physical condition that it will cost more
|. than he is worth to fatten him.
| The continued warm weather for this
Seoson may cause the buds to prema-
| tnrely swell, only to be caught by the
| frost later on. The best preventive is
| the use of mulch. which prevents the.
ground from warming before spring..
E~sss1t. is estimated that for fattening hogs
| one buShel of corn is equal TO three
bushels of oats, and that when fed dry
7 Shelled corn is more. economical than
| meal for -hegs, especially if the cost of
| grinding is taken into consideration,
The st. Louis Republic will. say:
t. c''MiXed farming is best because it per-
mits of a greater variety of crops, more
stock. more manure, larger yields and
| lessons the drOuth i'll case of drouth OF
fluctuations in the markets.
A cotemporary asserts that sunf1ower
seed is coming the fore as an admiX-
| ture to chicken food; as treatment of
horses in medicinal way; as a preven
tion of malaria, and for the abstraction
of a valuable oil. All very true.
White clover is said to be one of the
best pasture plants for sheep. Sheep
dislike long browse and are close crop.
perS. White clover is rich in lime and
other mineral matter. 80 "'..
When farmers let sheep go because
| wool was low, they forgot that sheep,
|. independent of wool, are worth more
/ than their cost in what they do for the
farm and in the meat they furnish,
says writer.
1t is said that the experiments. of DR..
|. Billings, of Nebraska, made fol the
/ prevention of hog cholera, show that
nearly every animal inoc ulated died
from its effect.
+ Use carbolic acid in all the whitewash
that may be applied. and whiteWash
| the interior of the stables as often as it
can be done, as it renders them light
| and cheerful. -: -:
Look we'll to your supply of hay, grain
and roots for the stock. The barns
| should certainly be in good condition.
/ Ii kept in warm quarters less food will
/ be.required. -
Cooked rutabagas with a little meal or
bran will make admirable pork. Fed TO
sheep with trifling addition of feed
and they will make the finest mutton in
the world.
Corn cobS pressed into forms resem-
bling bricks, and held together by wire,
made waterproof by soaking in tar,
have been patented for building blocks,
iii Italy. - ~ f.
We find it repeated in our exchanges
that poultry should have grass or
chopped hay (sealded) cut in short
lengths during the winter.
The caves of barns and stables should
|. be guttered, so that ciSteTnS may be
filled and dampnesS prevented at the
| foot of the walls.
Beef cattle are cheap, but when a
man goes into butcher; shop to buy a
| sirloin steak, it is hard to convince him
that it is cheap. a.5
/ +. Animals or chickens in the winter
keep thrifty when moderately fed and
kept comfortable. Both wet and cold
arc Improbable.
~ Hiram Smith, of Wisconsin. shingles
down the inside of his sile after cover
ing the studding with boards and paper.
Keep your seed potatoes cold. enough
| tesprevent them from sprouting. All
| sprouting should bedene ander ground.