St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-03-26
FARM NOTES.
Hints and Facts That May Be of
Value to Tiilers OF the Soil.

Congress made the following appro-
priationS for the department of agri-
culture Tor the current year: EXperi-
ment stations, $685., 200: bureau of ami
nal industry, S5l5. 00O; seed distribution,
Sl04, 200; sorghum sugar cane investiga-
ton, 100000; collecting statistics, 500
900: silk culture, $50, 0G9; botanical in
vestigatiOns, $4,000; vegetable pathol-
ogy, $4,000; chronological investiga-
tons. $50, 900: food adulteration studies,
$1,000; chemical laboratory, 5000: bird
and animal investigations, $1,000:
forestry Investigations. $1,000: gardens.
museum, library, etc. 81. $50: postage
and contingencies. $4,000; salaries,
S161. S20-making total OF 81. 1900.
Some practical dairymen have found
that to resort to rather violent measures
to dry off COW that is very persistent
mixer, lessons the cows performance
the next year, says one. 1t is also true
that very many of the copious mixers,
if left to give milk all the time, are
worn out earlier in life. On the whole.
it has been found that it is best TO
hnm0r the nature of such cows, even if
they are shOrter-lived. They are grand
While they last.
A prominent Rice county. Minnesota.
farmer reports the sale of thirteen Per-
ties at an average of 1927. He SAYS that
aside from the stallion service they did
not cost more than the same number of
steers would at the same age. 1t would
be difficult indeed to get such prices for
native stock. The Introduction of pure
blood pays every time.
At this time of year a careful inspec-
ton of the contents of the cellar should
be made With so many changes of
temperature as are now being expert
eneed, decay among fruits and vegeta-
bleS may be looked for. All showing
signs of rotting should be removed, as
they tend to injure the whole, and are
also liable to Yitiate the atmosphere and
spread disease.
AT the Maine agricultural experiment
station Director ". A. Jordan conduct
Ell experiments with swine, covering a
period Of 1914 days, with meal or whole
corn fed with raw potatoes and milk.
Prof. Jordan says the cost per 100
pounds Of live weight was % cents
greater with corn meal than with whole
corn above the expenses of grinding.
A Western journal says if there is
nothing else of a similar character on
the farm to feed, it will pay to OCCASION
ally feed potatoes to stock, whatever
may be their price, unless some other
like food IS procured.
A farmer had vicious and tricky
horse. He had two inducements to sell
it. One was that he might live a
Christian. And secondly, he wanted
patience to have its perfect work in one
of his neighbors.
The ''oleo'' trade has injured the but
ter trade by throwing suspicion upon
all butter. Travellers. especially when
at a hotel, will go without butter for
fear that they are not served with the
genuine article.
The same Lord Sully, who had his
colony OF European tenantry in Illinois,
and whom the Illinois legislature com
PEELED 10 sell and leave, it is now ascer-
taiaed owns $1,000 acres of land in
Kansas.
a COW that takes on flesh and fat
freely will not, as general thing, make
good mixer, and one making a lib
eral, large flow of milk will not at the
same time be good animal for beef.
To tell the age of a COW add two to
the number of rings on her horns: the
age of the bull may generally be told by
adding five to the number of rings on
his horns.
Keep all of your old cows and bulls
until they are played out and unprofit-
able. and then send them TO Chicago for
beef. They are not fit for home con-
sumption.
Cover the soil around the rose-bushes
with Well-rOtted manure now, while the
ground is frozen, and you will have an
abundant crop of roses when the season
arrives.
The cotton crop of 1888 in this coun-
try reached the stupendouS amount of
7.046. S53 bales, $4,000 bales more than
were ever grown before in single year.
Give the lightning-rod man the go-by,
and if he ever shows you a contract,
call the dog. Every lightning-rod con-
tract is loaded whether signed or not.
Cattle are dying all over the ranges in
South Florida from starvation, the fat
lands where they usually feed being
submerged by the continuous rains.
Canadian butter is being prepared
and shipped to China. where it COM
mands good price. This ought 10 be
market worth looking after
The 40,000.000 hogs raised in the
country are valued at S209, 900. 900. The
Mississippi valley claims to have raised
three-ffths of the number.
To remove warts from animals apply
few drops of oil of cinnamon put on
with feather. So says the National
Stockman and Farmer.