St. Paul daily globe., 1889-05-03
FARM NOTES.
Hints and Facts That May Be of
Value to TilIers of the Soil.

Hints and Facts Tnat May BE or
Value to Tillers of the Soil.
Prof. Stewart, in the Country Gentle
men. says that 1919 per cent of cream in
the milk is no certain indication of the
percentage of fat in the cream. There
is no way to know the latter but to'churn
or analyze.
One cause of trouble with churning
| Crowded the temperature of the cream
is right is too much milk with the
cream.
A close observer is credited with the
statement that shOddy in America dis
penses with the employment of no less
than 100000 sheep.
The hog can be made to attain very
large size. A Vermont farmer killed a
COW, years old, that dressed SIT
pounds, but hog, only 3 years old,
owned by another Vermont farmer,
dressed 663 pounds. Large hogs, how
ever, are only desirable for producing
lard. The best pork comes from hogs
that weigh about $50 pounds dressed.
At a recent meeting of wool growers,
one who had raised sheep for more than
fifty years, waXed warm and said: ST
had asked myself, has the sheep got to
die? Of late we have heard of the
CNcIldSIIiS COW duu uOtLlHS Uut 6uo
COW; but change has taken place; the
rise in its majesty"
Sheep are nervous, sensitive animals,
quick to notice changes, and easily dis
turbed by them, says the Sheep Breeder.
1t is hard to fatten bundle of nerves
unless they are kept still. They ought
to be fed every day at the same hour,
in the same place, in the same way,
and by the same man. We would al
low no dog to come within sight or
scent.
A favorable sign of the times is that
in recent years there has been decided
effort to improve the carcass of every
different breed Of sheep,says the North
western Agriculturist. Even the breeds
of the oldest and ymost fixed types Of
fine wool are breeding into decidedly
better carcass than formerly.
Prof. Bennett says: Some expert
ments seem to show that the seed from
the tips and butts of corn produces
larger and better ears of corn than that
raised from the middle of the ear. The
tip is better than the butt and the butt
better than the middle. This may not
prove true in all cases. but the expert
ments reported point that way.
IL 10 dllllOSt luuiSpclSdUlc 1OI every
farmer to have a box to hold a general
assortment of bolts, nuts, brass rivets,
nails, hammer, pincers, coal chisel, brace
and bits. etc. There has been such
great improvement in these things that
by having them time and expense can
be saved.
Young bulls of the improved breeds
are scld at a very low figure compared
with their real value, and farmers who
have dairy herds can grade up their
stock at a very low cost by securing the
males when they are young. Heifers
are high. as they are in greater demand
by those who do not object to paying
good prices for superior stock.
1t is recommended, but how benefi-
cial we do not know, giving cows.
some time before coming in. a quart of
wheat each day to prevent abortion.
A table in the Mark Lane Express
shows not only that the gain Of NUT
ton sheep under full feed is cOnsideia-
BILE, but that the lamb outfeeds the
yearling nearly two to one. The lamb
will put OH more flesh than the yearlins.
and will do it on less feed.