Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1890-03-12

isn't much of man, and of course not
much of u farmer II there is anv
necessity for starving anything let that
farmer starve himself, and not his help.
less animals. He will then know how it
feels.
1t is claimed by some that eight sheep
may be kept for every COW without
much additional expense, since sheep
will live mainly on what cows will re-
ject and which otherwise would 90 to
waste.
The wool supply in the United States
is reported at 70, 0O0, 900 pounds domestic
and 15,OO0,OO pounds foreign, against
50,O0O,OOO pounds domestic and 17OO0,-
600 pounds foreignln 1883. The imports
of clothing wool show decline of near
ly 70 per cent.
The creamery company at Mortified,
Mimi has reduced the price of milk to
IS cents per 100 pounds, and returns the
skim milk to the farmers. Heretofore
90 cents was paid, and the skim milk
sold to farmers.
1t is said that the best dairymen's
wives are those whose husbands furnish
them with the best implements and con-
veniences for doing their work. She is
the most efficient in the dairy and is the
best housekeeper.
Rural New Yorker: Fifty horses,
ranging in age from four to 16 years,
and Is to 10 hands high, were received
in this city this week direct from a ranch
in Minnesota. They are the product Of
a cross of imported stations and native
mares. They give promise of becoming
serviceable horses when they once be-
come accustomed to civilized ways.
An Iowa farmer throws several wagon
loads of corn cobs in heap and sets
them on fire. When they are reduced to
Goals he pours several bushels of oats on
the mass, letting EN- scorch and then
puts out the fire by pouring on water.
The hogs are then turned in and devour
the mixture greedily. In community
where cholera is prevalent he has not
lost hog.
During recent thunderstorm near
Memphis, Tenn, a negro was severely
kicked by vicious mule; and just as he
was picking himself up, stroke of
lightning hit the mule, and killed him
dead on the spot "Well, dar." ex-
claimed the negro, "ef dis chile hain't
got pow'ful frens to 'venge his insults,
den der's no use trying to hab faith in
anyt'ing!"
Winnebago City Free Press: Inside
of three years cattle will again COM
mand high prices, Many farmers who
are now selling off their stock will be in
the field as buyers when the advance in
price takes place. The men who are
buying up all the young stock they can
obtain the money to pay for, at low
prices prevailing at present, are the ones
that will reap the benefit.
Northwestern Agriculturalist: One of
the reasons for the rapid development
of the Friesians as producers, is that the
breed has been in the hands of skillful
and enterprising breeders. Believing in
the good qualities of the breed, they
have gone to work scientifically to de-
velop still more the dairy points and to
fix such qualities as are wanted in an
American dairy cow. That they have
succeeded in reaching high degree of
excellence, and are still progressing re-
markably is admitted by the most ardent
advocates of the Jersey and Guernsey
breeds, and the remarkable results at
tanned have stimulated the owners of all
the dairy breeds to greater efforts. AS
an example of what careful selection,
and scientific mating will do, Smiths,
Powell & Lamb report the butter tests
of all the cows of their herd. In the
list are 100 COWS and heifers, which pro.
duced an average of 1926 pounds of
butter in week, the average amount of
milk required to produce pound of
butter being 10 pounds. Such a record
has never before been made by any herd
of any breed, and yet there is reason to
believe that the records of 1896 will SO
far surpass it, that the wonder will be
that people in 1890 were content to milk
cows of such moderate capacity.