St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-22
Wisconsin, consul at Brockvllle, Can
ada
FARM NOTES,

Experienced stock-growers who have
tested ground and whole oats for hogs
pronounce it superior to corn for pro-
noting growth.
All hinges on the barn doors and gates
will be made to work easier by Oling
occasionally, a process, however, which
is seldom performed.
Many fertile fields have been ruined
by bad blowing. Upon the blowing
sometimes depends the washing of the
field by heavy rains.
keeping COWS twelve months of the
year for seven months milk when but
ter is worth only Is cents a pound must
be losing business"
Churning without thermometer is as
difficult as steering a ship without a
compass. The proper temperature
must be maintained, which cannot be
done without thermometer.
Of twenty crops of hemp and five of
fax raised in the vicinity OF Schaghtl-
yield of the hemp was S1S.22 per acre,
and of the flax, S49.75 per acre.
Glover hay, cut very fine and scalded,
is an excellent ration for growing pigs
tibet have been weaned. A mess of the
mote their appetites and keep them in
health.
The Astrachan, says DR.. Hoskins, in
Garden aud Forest, is a most remarka-
Bile fruit, in the fact that it is equally at
home. valued and productive in Can
ada and Louisiana, and from the At
lantic to the Pacific.
Dipping sheepln winter must be done
at a risk, as the animals may take cold
and loss in the flock be the result. A
better mode is to dust insect powder
(pyrethrum) in the fleece, which will
instantly kill the ticks.
The presence of two or three inferior
COWS in a herd affects the average profit
of the whole. If dairying is to be con-
Quoted as paying business, the most
important requisite is good coWsln
place of an inferior Que.
1t appears from the late bulletin from
the Kansas experiment station that
smut in oats can be entirely prevented
by soaking the seed fifteen minutes in
water heated to 1872 degrees. This will
not interfere with termination.
If early ducks are to be Matched they
must be brought out in March in order
to bring the highest prices. Ducks
should be laying well now. Those who
hatch large numbers use incubatOrS,
and raise the ducklings in breeders.
Nine cases out of ten. where variety
of fruit which once fonrished IN given
soil has ceased to flourish and perfect
fine fruit there, the change is due to
the fact that the soil has become desti-
TUE of the necessary mineral manure.
Every farmer should raise pigs and
cure his bacon. There is no meat
equal to that produced at home. You
Will at least know what you are eat
ing" which is valuable point in favor
of home-raised meat, as only healthy,
thrifty stock will be used for the home
supply.
Many young fruit trees are received
that have but few roots. 1t is better
not to plant such trees at all, but if they
are used the tops should be cut back Sc
verely, in order to give the roots as little
work i'll the beginning as possible. The
larger the top the less growth, as the
roots cannot nouriSh but proportion of
the buds.
1t is the late frost--a frost that comes
at time when spring appears like sum-
mer-that damages the crops. Do not
be in too great hurry to plant seeds.
Wait until the ground is warmed and all
danger of frost is over. Peas and
onions, as well as other plants that can
endure slight frost, may be risked,
but it is safer not to take the chances Of
loss with tender plants.
AT this season the hens should begin
to lay, and the late pulletS will come in,
the early pullets beginning incubation.
The best prices for chicks are for those
Matched early. When hen desires to
sit it is better to allow her to do so, as
the hatchiDg and raising of brood will
put her in better condition Tor laying
than if she is "broken up'' from Sit
ting.
A subscriber advises that onion sets
be planted with the bulb only half
buried, and that tomato plants be put in
to the depth of two or three inches only,
as deeper planting induces them to
should not be compelled to do. 1t may
be claimed, however, that deep plant
ing assists against drought, while
abundance of roots give greater feeding
capacity.
DR.. Beal, the botanist of the Michigan
experiment station, ends up late
bulletin (No. 64) in this wise: "Finally,
do not place too much confidence IN
some of the suggestions here made, as
future experiments may show them to
be ill-adviSed." 1t may be true, but we
wish all who are working for the good
of agriculture were possessed of Prof.
Beal's painstaking care in experiment
and his caution in forming conclusions
therefrOm.
F. H. Valentine very sensibly advises
that grape vines be planted on the south
side of the building, and trained evenly
over the wall. This is an excellent way
to cover all unSightly barn or old build
ing of an kind. There is no expense for
treliS, and grapes will thrive finely, as
they get the full benefit of the sums
rays. Very little room is required to
grow grapes in this way, as all that is
needed is soil enough to hold the roots.
1t has been found by experience that
the best COWS are the most affected in
their milk and butter yield when taken
from home, put orto the cars and
| landed in a strange place with unusual
| surroun dings. 1t causes serious
| shrnkage of the mess of milk and nc
less serious depreciation in Its quality
Hence, public milk and butter tests
have no real value. The best COW suf-
fers most and the poorest least, but
| both are disturbed and have the lacteal
system more or less deranged.
Cattle can thrive only by full feeding
and without thrift there can be no
| profit. If milk be the object short feed
ing is succeeded Immediately by loss of
product aud loss of power to produce.
1t is, therefore, short-sighted policy to
depend on the season of year, or, with.
out thought, to suppose that cows witt
full stomachs must give a full yield OF
milk without regard to quality of feed
! Provident dairymen, careful Of thell
own interests, begin feeding grain early
in autumn and find profit in it.
The advantage of good feeding de
ponds much on regularity. If supplies
are furnished at irregular hours, no
only are animals kept uneasy, but theil
digestion is injured and they cannot
thrive. Here is the great advantage O
herbiverous animals over those of car
nivorous habits. Flesh-eaters gorg,
themselves when they capture thei
prey, and then suffer from hunger unit
they make their next capture. Thi
keeps them always thin in flesh, as the,
have to be to hunt well.
Prominent Massachusetts gardener
advise that nitrogen be used with eau