St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-07-29
FARM NOTES.
Hints and Facts That May Be of
Value to Tillers of the Soil.

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Value to Tillers of the Soil.
An experienced poultry handler says:
Much of the trouble about the business
not paying is caused by the fact that
amateurs allow themselves to be run
away with by desire for fancy fowls,
and pay big prices for birds which have
not been we'll tested.
James Miller, of New York, says to
the Elmira club, that after trying fif-
teen years to improve the common cow
up to good mixer, he has dropped it
aud commenced breeding to a milking
to third better than their mothers.
American live cattle are selling at II
cents in Liverpool, estimated dressed
weight. Dressed beef is worth So cents.
Insurance is II per cent, and freight
SIG to SIT per head.
Pure-bred cattle were imported in 1888
as follows: Red Polls, 144; HoIstein-
Friesians, 50: Aberdeen-Angus, 10; Jer-
seyS, 81: Guernseys, Is; ShOrthOrnS. 26;
Swiss, II; AyrShires, 3; French, "A
total of 2S5 head.
After planting a young tree, throw
about the roots chip dirt. wood ashes
OF broken bones, and then fill up with
the top soil, but no fresh manure or
fermenting material.
There are one or two advantages in
properly sorting fruits and vegetables.
1t aids to protect the sound fruit from
decay and adds very materially to the
appearance and quality of the fruit.
Keep the bull at work. Make him
tread and give power for the hay-cutter,
feed-mill and other implements. He
will then keep in better condition, be
more serviceable and be less liable to
become ferocious. 1t is waste of power
to allow the bull to be idle.
Good, clean, dry bedding is an essen
tial in the stalls now as at any other
period of the year.
1t is claimed that one pound of lin
seed meal is equal to ten pounds of hay,
and being a cooked food it is easily di-
gested and safe to use, as we'll as cheap.
Dr.. Just, of Coral, Mich, owns a
horse which once belonged to Dan Rice,
the Snowman, which is forty-siX years
old. He is said to be perfectly sound of
body, wind and limb, and apparently
good for twenty years more. If "blood
tells" that old horse must be we'll
Observation-Disclosures.
Corn fodder for ensilage should be
cut Just as the ears are glazed, and with
other material the plants should be cut
| when the seeds are about to turn.
Grease is destructive to all insect YER
min, which so much infest domestic an
imals. and at this season begin to null
tiply with great rapidity. Grease of al
most any kind, kerosene, and few
drops of creosote added, we'll rubbed on
chickens. will, it is said, soon cure them
| of vermin.
The poorest and lightest sandy soils
are dryest and best for foul raising.
They sometimes do best for fruit orch
| ards, especially if the latter be we'll
fenced and stocked with poultry to take
| care of insects.
A lamb will put on more flesh than a
yearling, and will do it on less feed.
A farmer says a bushel of corn is
worth nearly three bushels of oats for
| fattening hogs or other stock, but oats
make better food owing to the larger
proportion of nitrogen and mineral mat
ter contained therein.
None buta fool or greeny would deny
that birds do more good than harm to the
farmer and orchardist. and that the
| prevalence of destructive insects is due,
in great degree, 10 the enforced alb
Sence of birds.
u0 DlGlHOl SOuIty R6puUllcdu Say
that 800 to 1000 calves have been
shipped from that county to Chicago
for beeves. 1t looks like killing the
goose for the golden eggs.
No farm hand should be retained as a
driver who is continually using the
whip. During the warm season horses
should never be forced. The horse that
is permitted to work at a slow, steady
| gait will be more serViceable and ready
for work every day.
No man should think it unreasonable
to be required to hold the baby while
his wife runs the lawn mower.
1t is almost certain that any farmer III
this section who sells his farm and goes
to other fields for home and to better
his condition makes the mistake of his
life.
There are some prominent and noisy
candidates, who, If asked their occupa-
ton or employment, would be compelled
to say, Nothing but officeseeking."
Two things are necessary in order to
sell products to the best advantage; one
is good quality, the other that they
shall be presented in an attractive form.
Good things are wasted if would-be
purchaser is disgusted by the manner