St. Paul daily globe., 1890-04-12
FARM NOTES.

The product of few hens and roost-
ers seems small by itself, but our ma
tional wealth is likely to suffer from our
habit of overlooking the small things
and only utilizing the magnificent. 1t
is easy to account for the wealth and
the thrift of the French nation when it
is remembered that they pay the most
scrupulOus attention to the little details
OF farming and marketing. In fact, at
tention to the little things constitutes a
great element of success in every de-
partment of life. The immense can't
ilever bridge reaching out over the
Firth of Forth and the grand Eitfel
tower command the admiration of the
engineers of the world because of the
scrupulouS and scientific attention paid
to details. In the largest and most lu-
crative mercantile business In the world
it is said that the smallest details are
watched more closely than the imposing
things, and no branch of income is be-
meath the notice of the proprietor.
An Australian who has been expert
menting with the storage of wool, to de-
termine whether it will increase in
weight or not, gives this as his expert
ence: Sheared number of sheep in
April, 1888, and stored it in room 10X
80 feet, the floor being three feet fl ON
the ground. The fleeces that | weighed
and noted particularly were put on the
top of 1,200 pounds. | sold my wool in
August and, weighing these tleeces
again with the same scales, which were
in perfect working order, noticed an
increase of One-quarter pound to one
half pound to the f1eeceS that ran from
ten to thirteen pounds.
1t is everywhere known among show
men that mich and butter cows never
show up either milk or butter in full
quantities while in a show yard. The
boss butter COW so far on record was a
Jersey cow in the last London, Eng.
dairy show. Her record was 2.94
pounds of pure chemical fat in
twenty-four hours-equivalent, so au-
thoritieS say, to 3.67 pounds of market
butter. This is good enough for the
Jersey.
No matter how careful we may be,
we shall occasionally find eggs frozen
in the nest. These eggs are, of course,
unfit for setting or marketing, but with
a little care can be preserved and made
useful for culinary purposes. The only
precaution needed is to keep them
frozen until they are used. To prepare
for use pour boiling water over them.
and allow them TO cool III warm room.
Then use them at once.
1t is said that the soil around an old
tree, especially dead one, is unfavor,
able to the growth of young one
probably because the soil is exhausted
of some important food element, which
may have caused the death of the old
tree. If a young tree is set in place OF
an old one it is best to remove a large
portion of the old soil and replace il
with new if you want the young tree to
thrive.
The Baltimore Sun says: "a gooc
butter-maker with herd of Attorneys
will produce fancy brand of butter
which will command ready sale al
double the price that can be obtained
for common brands. Good specimens
| of this stock will make from twelve tt
fourteen pounds of butter per week, o1
a peculiar yellow color not attained by
| any other race"
| The town of Lake Mills, Wis, con
tains about fifty silos, large and small
In fact, a large majority of the siIos o.
the country are in the North and North
| west.
Some experiments in Montana will
| Angora goats appear to have been very
| satisfactory. They are harder thai
sheep, aud, therefore, better trust
| lers."
The way to win a battle is to plar
your campaign. The way to have
good garden is to think the matter owe
and lay your plans during the winter.