St. Paul daily globe., 1889-06-11
KILLS THE CHlNCH BUGS,
But the Good Money Is Coming
Most Freely From Fine Horses.

Most Freely From Fine Horses.
Special to the Globe.
FOUNTAIN, Minn.. June 3.-Can it be
possible that we must have good old
Fashioned snow storm before the sum-
mer weather comes to stay with us this
year of grace? A cold north, ranging
to northeast, wind prevailed all the
time for over week past, and this
morning was ushered in with an ex-
treme cold wind directly from the land
of ice, it seemed, so cold it was.
More or less frost has appeared
every morning, and the tender
plants that can be covered
are looked after every afternoon before
sundOwn, to see if they are well pro-
tected from cold winds and frost. The
farmers say its good for the grain but
bad for the corn, but best of all they
seem to think that chinch bugs cannot
survive the cold rains and chilling
winds from the north pole.
The corn shows in the rows and looks,
rather too pale to please the eye, but
time will remedy that if the cold winds.
will return to the land from whence
they started on their tour of searching
for tender victims. All vegetation has
a sickly appearance and humanity COM
plains of its aches and rheumatic
twingeS from the unSeemly weather we
have.
But the world yet moves, and the
'seed time and harvest shall never faiP'
we have been promised by the Ruler of
heaven and earth, and mortals can do
nothing to help themselves, in such
matters. But we can be cheerful in
k.
ing and waiting patiently as the days
pass. Just now the celebration of the
Fourth of July is on the tapis, and it is
said we shall celebrate, as we'll as sew
eral of the villages that surround us
that published their intention of cele-
brating this year.
Some of the farmers about here begin
to think that raising more horses and
less cattle will be most profitable, and
to judge by the price and ready
SALE OF HORSES
it certainly does appear to be very
profitable from the way purchasers
come from all parts of the country to
purchase these animals that it will pay
decidedly better than raising cattle.
The past week parties from Iowa pur-
chased blooded horses for Boston,
Mass, parties close around this place,
which was another link in the chain
that has been forming as market
opening for such stock, and large
prices are paid for finest stock.
We sincerely hope the sales effected
for the new opening so far east will give
us an advertisement that will be as
good as other sales of horses have been
in other portions of the county, for
Fillmore county does raise fine horses
for all purposes.
No one in Southeast Minnesota can
help but see that horses of all descrip-
tions are very fine animals, and "old
plugs" are not seen, for all are kept in
good condition, so that old age does not
show its marks on them. A number of
carloads have been purchased and
shipped from this point,and not one but
what excited the admiration of the on
locker at such times, and surely from
the prices that were paid that must have
been good profit on them sufficiently
remuneratlve. Less cattle and more
horses just now seems to be the feeling
among the farmers, yet there will be
certain amount of both of such products
of the farm, as no farmer at this time
can afford to surrender the cultivation of
anything he can grow on his farm, or
make money out of, even if he does not;
make but little more than the cost of it:
for the times just now will not permit
of its being done. We hope that some
thing may be done about the sugar beet
industry, for that would add to our
needs if we could raise them, and we
believe it could be done easily if we did
not have too far to ship the beets to the
place of manufacturing the sugar. At
least we could easily try the experiment
Of raising hpatS and what oould ha
done with them, for our facilities for
shipping such products are very good
for any direction in which the manu-
factory might be situated from this
section of country. Even the women
would do that much, for they are not
afraid of work.
MRs MApTuA CpANDArI