St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-01-18

Michigan Farmer, only one is native
OF the United States, all the rest being
naturalized impOrtations from Europe,
where they are common wild plants.
The village butcher who buys the
farmers hogs and retails them from the
block, IN almost every instance makes
greater profit than the grower dare
think of. The farmer can save some of
this profit to himself by learning to
make fancy article of meat for sum.
mer use.
In selecting breeds be governed first
by your individual fancy. and then fix
upon family noted for hardy cOnstitu-
tons. Don't begin with weak, puny
stock. The first cost may be tritle
more, but the years work is in the bal
ance, and that means much TO the
breeder.
The skin OF animals is an eXcretory
organ. Now, if the pores are filled with
dirt. the organ cannot perform it's Office
efficiently. Keep the skin as clean as
possible. This may be done partially
by keeping bedding clean. keeping dirt
from sitting down from above, currying,
etc.
The currycomb is never more useful
than in the winter. 1t is pretty use
full thing any time. 1t should be used
carefully, however. at all times. The
man who uses sharp currycomb as he
would spade in digging had better not
use one at all.
1t is an old saying that every one must
eat his peck of dirt. Those who use the
milk that comes from COW covered with
filth, and MIXED by man whose hands
nave not been washed clean for Quar-
ter OF a century. get their share OF dirt
ID quick order.
Wood or coal ashes are among the best
materials that can be used to Loosen up
stiff, hard soil, says the Live Stock III
dictator, aud should be applied freely
whenever they can be secured, while
wood ashes are valuable fertilizer.
at the present price of feed stuffs,
Prof. GOessmann reaches the cOnclu-
sion that it pays 10 grow and prepare
corn fodder, slower or corn eusilage.
II his conclusion is confirmed by the
Ohio and Iowa experiment stations.
But few cows on the farm give su fiji
clent milk to produce POO pounds of but
ter per year. and even with that produce
ton they do not pay. To discard such
cows, or grade up the herd, is the only
way to make profit from dairYing.
A steer at the Chicago fat stock show
gained over three pounds per day to the
are of 322 days. The greatest gain with
steers is when they are under two years
old, the average gain being about two
pounds per day to that age.
Do not disturb the onions or onion
sets if they are frozen. The handling
of them when they are in a frozen con-
dition is detrimental. Allow them to
gradually thaw, and keep them where
they were originally stored.
The richest land on the farm may be
that which is not cultivated, simply be-
cause of lack of drainage. The swamp
land is full of alluvial soil, and can be
made to grow all KINDS of crops If
drained and cleared.
The cost of farm is not the heaviest
expense to the beginner. The outlay
for horses, cattle, machinery. utensils
and extra labor the first year is often
more than the cost of the farm.
One mode of disposing of surplus
poultry is to can it. This country pro
duces enormous quantities of poultry,
and we should be able to export pUr-
ton.
The feet of many horses are ruined by
standing In foul stables. So is the gen.
eral health of the horses,