The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1889-11-07

sofa elmer awe or dressed, the live
ducks being preferred. To derive
profit from ducks they must be made to
reach a fair weight in a short time,
and it is right here that beginners, or
! those who are interested in ducks,
should bear in mind that the common
duck will never give a profit. They
are too small. Either the Pekin, Ayles-
bury, Rouen, or Cayuga breeds should
be used.
Hogs.
I There never was a time, all things
considered, when the raising of hogs
was more remunerative than now. A
very important consideration comes up
for the farmer-'What variety of
breeding stock should l secure?" This
is just the way to 60 at it. Don't rush
off to every public sale that you hear
Of in the country and stock up with
stunted scrubs of all kinds and classes.
If you do you will be disappointed in
returns. They are always older than
they look and the seller never knows
their exact age, and would be little
embarrassed to have such small matters
too closely Investigated. If you are
not posted in Breeds send and get the
history of several of the leading breeds
Of hogs and select from these what you
think will best suit your farm, location,
market, etc. Under no consideration
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be exacting; require the individual
pedigree, also a certificate of registry
signed by the secretary of the associa-
! ton in which the animal is recorded,
Or other similar and undisputed evil
dence of record.
! BY this means you will start on a
solid foundation and be able to speak
htelligently to inquirers. All your
neighbors will want to know where you
got your stock, their history, etc. You
! will be able to sell all you can raise of
the pure bred pigs at good prices
more than an Is months old scrub
would bring when fat For your
common feeding stock get the best
grade sows you can buy in your neigh
borhood and breed to your thorough
bred male. Select a few of your
choice young sows each year for breed
ers. Do not be tempted to sell them at
any price. Never use your stock hog
more than one season. Sell him, if he
has to go among the fat hogs. Buy
another hog in no way closely related
to your stock. Introduce new blood
into your herd in this way each year,
and by making proper selections of
vigorous, strong animals you will be
proud of your success in a short time
and have herd for health, beauty and
profit the envy of the whole neighbor-
hood.
Every man handling hogs should
read all the available information on
the feeding and management of swine
and practice such as seems reasonable
and consistent with his circumstances.
windbreaks for Fruit Growing.
The ben eits derived from wind
breaks are numerous, positive in
character, and appear to possess suf-
ficient Importance to warrant the
strongest recommendation of horti-
cultural writer's. Yet the injuries oc-
casionally sustained in consequence of
shelter belts may be serious, for it is a
well-attested fact that trees some times
suffer from cold in the immediate
vicinity of dense windbrealz, when
they escape injury in other places.
This fact is easily explained, however
The infence of a windbreak upon The
temperatures of an adjacent planta-
ton is governed by its position with
reference to prevailing or severe
winds. Of itself, wind probably ex-
erts little or no influence upon tempera-
ture. 1t acquires the temperature OF
surfaces over which 1t passes. II
these surfaces are colder than the
given area, cold winds are the result,
or if warmer, as large body of water,
the winds are warm. But wind often
causes great injury to plants because
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winds which are no colder than the
given area, If comparatively dry, may
consequently do great damage to fruit
plantations. This is particularly true
at certain times during the winter
season. Land winds, being cold and
dry. are therefore apt to be dangerous.
while winds which traverse large
bodies of water, and are therefore COM
paratively warm and moist, are usually
in themselves protectors of tender
plants.
Fireproof Fence Posts.
1t is said that soaking fence posts
one hour in a solution OF alum
water will make them tireproof as
] long as they stand. One ounce OF
alum is used to gallon of water. Il