St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-05-02

accustomed to the farm, and they woui
quickly comprehend the lectures from
the aid impaired by everyday eXpe-
riences. No doubt such studies would
be OF much benefit to the coming geDer-
alton, and lead to better systems Of
farming.
The value of any kind of fodder Is
not in its quantity, but in the amount
that is digestibIe. The quality largely
depends on the stage of growth when It
is cut and cured.
Now that the teams will be busy it is
important that the harness fitS the
horse. Calls and sores on the horse
may be avoided by giving some atten-
ton to the harness.
Small patches OF wheat have been
grown which produced at the rate of 100
bushels to the acre, yet the average
yield of wheat in this country does not
exceed twelve acres.
Dry soils should receive flat cultlva-
ton and damp soils should be ridged.
The object, in the first place, is to save
as much of the moisture as possible,
and, in the second, to get rid of the ex-
cess.
If you cannot keep the number of ami.
mails you have on your farm do not try
to get more land, but sell off portion
of the stock. OvercrOwding is as in
furious as too much room.
Bees, according to Prof. A. J. Cook.
are fond of salt. For this reason they
are often seen lowering about urinals.
This is a sufficient hint for the bee
keeper to keep a shallow dish Of sal
and water where the bees can get &C
cess to it. Probably clear salt put near
them under cover would draw moisture
enough during wet weather and dewy
nights for all practical purposes.
Variation of the food promotes APP
petite. All ANIMALS become disguised
with a sameness of food. When food is
refused tempt the animal with some
thing else. In this manner sickness
and loss of flesh may be avoided, while
the cost need not be necessarily in
creased.
A correspondent of the Mirror states
how to avoid rot and scab in potatoes:
"Roll the land, and, when the potatoes
are four inches high, SOW on mixture
OF fifteen parts plaster, three parts
slaked lime and one part of fine salt"
1t is pleasure with those who live
in the suburbs of towns and cities to
keep few hens. A small flock will
cost but little, as the scraps from the
table and any waste material will pro-
vide large share of the food. 1t is
claimed that as many eggs are produced
in suburban sections as On the farms.
The common way of killing fowl,
says the Iowa Homestead, is by chop
| ping off the head and throwing the
| chicken down to struggle and kick
itself all over the yard. When fowls
are wanted for our own use choppiDg
Off the head is well enough-in fact we
| like 1t best-but we prefer holding the
| bird by the feet and wings until through
struggling rather than have it tumbllng
around on the ground Smearing itself
with blood and dirt. Birds for market
should be stabbed in the roof of the
mouth and then picked dry. Always
kill after a fast of from twelve to six
teen hours.
Henry Cooper, of Winters, CAL,
bought a Jersey cow in 1854 and paid
for her 500. Since then this COW has
had six calves-al heifers. At this
time her pOsterity number seventeen,
and it is supposed that they are worth
$3.50. The original cow and her older
| calves have been remarkable mixers,
and the value of the milk and butter
they have produced would be large
item.
Various tests show that the cost Of
the production of milk differs greatly In
cows, some cows producing milk at one
third that produced from others. The
Importance of using only the best cows
is plainly shown by the differences in
the cost. The yield of milk does not
always give the true value of the AMI
NAL. The only mode of determining
the profit is to keep record of the re-