New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1890-03-26

both ways, without DESTROYING more
than half the present roots, and short
ems his crop in proportion. Farmers
must use brains.
Tomatoes as q Farm Crop.
The New Jersey experiment station
has issued bulletin in relation to
the tomato industry in that statet
which contains the following state
ment: The number Of canneries sup
piled by this crop is seventy-three,
mostly south Of Mlddiesex, and Is, 900
acres are devoted to raising tomatoes,
The average yield is eight to ten tons
an acre, and the lowest selling price
at the canneries is Sc, so a ton, For
the general market at least 2, GOO acres
are occupied, the average yield six
tons an acre, and the average selling
price rs cents a basket of thirty
pounds. The annual value OF the crop
to the farmers OF New Jersey is over a
million dollars. For money value of
the staple crops of the state tomatoes,
and below hay, corn and
potatoes, and with wheat rank
above oats, rye and buckwheat.
Experience indicates that barn ma
nure and especially commercial fertil-
izers increase the yield at the expense
OF maturity, but the best effect with ma
nare results from it's application the
previous autum1. Tomato growers for
both cannerics an1 the general mar
ket,aro benefited by large yields, but
not equally Icy early maturity, A
gain Of one week in ripeningt for the
general market is often the difference
between q $l.25 and Is cents a basket.
while 81 week may make little difference
to the canneries.
a large part of the tomatoes put up
in eastern canneries are sold In the
western states and territories. There
is no good re .son why the west should
not raise and preserve all the toma-
toes needed for home consumption.
The soil here is much richer than
that IN the east, and there is an album
dance OF stable manure. In the east
the crop is raised by the use Of com
mercial fertilizers. which are very
costly. BY raising and canning them
where they will be consumed the cost
OF transportation would be suvel.
A long growing season and quite a
high temperature are required TO rem
der the crop profitable. These condi-
tons are found in most parts of the
west south of the fortieth degree of
latitude. Missouri and Kansas are ex-
ceedingly we'll adapted to the produc-
ton OF tomatoes, as are portions of
Indiana, Illinois and Iowa. It is as
easy to obtain capitl to start a toma-
to cannery as it is to erect creamery
or cheese factory.
Pure Milk.
In a paper read before "a convention
OF Australian farmers, Mr.. Barron
Jones stated that milk, ifiinfected, NAV
be rendered harmless and maintained
sweet by sealing it in bottles, and sub
sequently plunging these into boiling
water for few minutes; that if this
plan were universally adopted there
would be no danger Of attack from
disease through the medium of milk.
This plan is more especially necessary
In thlckly populated towns, where
dangerous organisms are present in the
air to a. much greater extent than in
country places. Milk should never be
put into dirty vessels for similar rea-
sons, inasmuch as the terganisms in
varlably adhere to these, but can be
destroyed by scalding. For similar
reasons COW should never be allowed
to drink from dirty ponds or streams,
which are Invariably abedes of in
furious organisms.
a New Enemy.
The potato now has another enemy.
called the flea beetle. H is a very
small insect, moving in large numb ers.
like clouds, and attacks the vines by
piercing the leaves full OF small holes
from the under side Poison fails to
destroy them thus far, and the beetle
us an enemy that is dangerous. A
strong solution Of tobacco has been
recommended as the most eficacious
preventative yet tried, but it is not q
sure destroyer OF the pests.
The Pony.
She pony is the horse of hardships
says horseman in an exchange, and
one shat has sprung from some poor
conRtry where he has ever been nrrelv
the, child Of neglect, he and all the
predecessors OF his e. Ia q rich
country like the horse regions OF Ken
lucky. for instance, his pony charac-
teristics would invariably run ont ID the
course of few generations. He il
not q distinct strain, as many would
seem to sappcse. He doubtless sDrang
originally from as good q strain az
horses as the world knew of al the