St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-08-12

may be cleaned out after a rain, but
where the growth is heavy the work
can be made more effective if done in
dry weather.
The best time to cut clover for hay is
when the majority of the blossoms are
in full bloom. When cut at this stage
and properly cured clover makes the
best of fodder for cattle, sheep, horses
and hogs. Careful experiments have
been made by both practical farmers
and scientists for the purpose of de-
termining at what stage the clover
should be cut to give the most profitable
results, and most agree that it it should
be as stated above, when the plants are
in full blossom. or just as the first heads
begin to turn brown.
White oats are popular in this coun-
try, and bring two to four cents bushel
more than the black. In Europe the
black are preferred. There is great
difference in feeding value of oats. not.
dependent entirely upon weight. nor
yet on color, but on the character of the
hull. Some of the heaviest white oats,
indIgestible hull, which makes them
as unfit as barley for feeding whole.
The black oats may have more bulk of
hull. but it is not so harsh.
Sheep raising in Dakota is bound to
become paying agricultural Industry,
The high, dry ground, the pure, clear
air, the fine sheep ranges, all combine
to make the raising of sheep profitable.
Every farmer should keep few head.
AS usual, this spring there has been
great demand for this meat besides
having the crop of wool to dispose of,
Those who have tried it are satisfied
with the eXperimentS-why not make
it one of the branch industries Of every
farm.
Areport from 1.O44 points relative to
hogs in the West is summarized as fol-
lows: What will be the run of hogs for
fair, SOC poor. What success have the
farmers had with their March and
April pigs? SAB report good, 367 fair,
ia poor. Are there any reports of hog
cholera? 239 report yes; 800 no.
Every farmer ought to keep in mind
that he is now raising the crop which IS
to be recorded by the United States CEN
sus of 1890, and is to 20 forth to the
world as evidence of our productive
capacity.
In Scotland, according to the Ameri-
can DairymaD, but nine of the noted
butter-makerS continue to use salt, and
both of these merely used a brine to
wash the butter in.
The walk is the most important gait
for the general purpose horse. With
out doubt it is the favorite gait of the
farmer, as it is for the driver, over ordi-
nary country roads. There should be
series of matches throughout the coun-
try for walking horses.
Most all who attempt duck raising
keep too many. Avoid OverStOcking.
Too many brakes are usually kept. One
not intended for Matching, one to twelve
is enough. Ducks usually deposit their
eggs at night or early in the morning,
and are quite careless where they drop
them. 1t is often necessary to keep
them in their pens until 9 or 10 O'Clock
in the morning in order to be sure of
getting their eggs.
A bushei 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 nitro
gen and mineral matter contained
therein.
A reader asks where he can see
flock of chickens to the number of
5000. There is no flock of adult fowls
so large in the United States, but there
are large number of br0iler farms.
with capacity of from 1000 to 5000, at
Hammonton, N. j. Matching is now
over until November. IncubatOrS and
breeders are used entirely.
Taking care of the tools and nipple
ments is one of the best modes of econ
omiZing on the farm. The value of the
tools annually deprecated from lack of
cleaning, Oiling, and exposure to weather
is enormous.
Experiments by the New York dairy
commission show that OleOmargarine
will not dissolve and digest in the hui
man stomach in its natural and ordinary
temperature, and it is, therefore, an un-
profitable substance as food.
1t has been demonstrated that horses
can be fed on enSilage with advantage,
aud that where they are not required to
do service, as in winter, an allowance
of thirty pounds of ensilage per day
will keep horses in COED condition.
France has about 100000 horses, an
increase since 1882 of nearly 100000, and
had large surplus for export. In 1887
France imported 10000 horses, princi-
pally cheap cab horses, from Germany,
and exported 34.51S horses, including
the United States; while Germany i'm |
ported last year 1850 horses, princi- |
pally from France and England, and |
exported only 11,42S head.
Orchards, says the Maryland Farmer, |
generally produce full crops only every |
other year. This is because the full |
crop of the year so eXhausts the fruit |
producing qualities of the soil that it is !
not able to produce free crop the next |
year. Give it good supply of the |
proper kind of manure, and thus make |
up for the loss of the fruit-producing |
qualities of the soil, and you may eX-
pect good crops every year, provided |
you treat your trees properly in other |
respects.
Do not expect too many eggs. Occa-
sionally hen may be found that will |
lay an extraordinary number of eggs, |
than the rule. Ten dozen eggs in a year |
is good average, and more than large |
number of them Will do, and this num- !
Der will return handsome profit on the |
cost of keeping.
Halter the colts early, and If they |
must go to town with the mares teach |
them to lead alongside of their mothers, |
and thereby save much trouble.
All barns should be so constructed as |
to allow the family cat to go anywhere |
under or in it, as precautiOn against |
rats and mice. which destroy more than |
may be supposed.
Wire fencing for poultry yards are
cheap and good, but the lower part of |
the fence should be of boards, in order |
to avoid quarreling of the males in ad
joining yards. The boards also serve as
windbrake in winter.
Wethers intended for market can be |
made fat in short time If separated |
G,,1, d. -
week before sending them to market.
The ewes not intended for breeding |
should be fattened at the same time.
Stagnant pools of water in the fields
should not be relied upon as the sources
from which the cows are expected to de-
rive water. Impure water not only af-
fects the health of the COWS but renders
the making of choice butter an impossi-
bility.