The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-02-27


by lamp. which beats the hen. for It
never leaves the nest, never tramples
over the eggs and breaks them, and
keeps uniform temperature. There Is
an incubator factory here m St Paul
There should re 10, 900 of these Matching
machines among the farmer boys and
girls of Minnesota. They could be made
10 pay the interest on many mortgage
and reduce the principal too. Have flower
gardens and trees near the house; adorn
the home with pictures, If nothing more
than Autographs of harvesters and plows-
Supply the family with literature; home
papers first. farm journals next, and
then magazines and books. The bulle-
TINS and publications OF the state expert
ment station and OF the national depart
ment OF agriculture are sent free 70 all.
and every farmer should have them.
Know Your Farm and Work 1t Well.
The methods Of the old time farmer
IN diEersfying the crop industries
ought 10 be taken up. Every
farmer ought TO be familiar with the
character OF every acre he OWLS.
Full attention ought 10 be given
10 small farming. Every farmer
knows the dependence that Is placed
for household supplies upon the
garden and truck patch Commonly
from an acre Of ground enough vege
tables can be raised 10 supply a whole
family and al a total cost practically IN
significant. To many farmers the idea
of raising vegetables for the market
seems never 10 have occurred, and vet
the subject Is one Of importance. On
nearly every small farm the grain crop
only pays the expense OF running the
farm; the small crops and incidentals
can be depended upon for profit. On
every small farm there should De plant
ed al least an acre OF potatoes for mar
ket. With proper cultivation. involving
but little time and labor, the yield VIII
average 100 bushels, worth - 10 90 cents
per bushel Last fall the price u St.
Paul ranged from So TO 50 cents bushel
and they have been selling al retail al
winter for about $ a bushel.
some Other Money Producing Crops
Navy beans can be very prOhtably
raised They VIII grow ON almost any
KID of soil and produce well with but
lie attention. Soil that VIII not raise
beans is proverbially worthless They
are always worth from 81 TO 81 g
bJlshel The present price IN St. Pau
Is rom g 10 s2-2a. Northern
grown seeds are considered ERe best, and
several OF tine largest seed growers ID
the Country have farms II Minnesota
and produce beans, peas ETC, by 1ne
carload.
Onions VII yield large profit for ahe
time and labor expended IL their culti-
Walton They are singularly exempt
from tbs ravages of insects or diseases,
do not require much attention and al
ways command good prices. They vii
sell al present IN ST. Paul and Mime
apolis for s1.25 per bushel
As good celery as any IN the world
| comes from Minnesota, and yet we send
thousands of dollars ever year I'd Mich
igan for a precinct no better than VIII
grow here
A small popcorn patch would pay, f0l
this product is always worth from 81 &c
&1.50 bushd Present price for good
article, g.
In our neighboring state OF Wisconsin
tobacco is precinct on such Importance
that newspaper is printed IN It's inter.
est. As long as men VIII use II, tobacco
| viii be grown Why not raise some IN
Minnesota:
| Good profits may be obtained ON ma
terials that are ordinarily thrown away.
Clean balad straw. particularly oat
straw, is always ID demand by h0rsemen
IN cities and towns for bedding and
other purposes, and brings from So &c
| SO ton
Grow Flax and Grow Rich.
Flax fiber is very valuable or can
readily be made SO. The tow which
| comes from a threshing machine. If ID a
good condition and fairly free from
| shives. can be sold to the tow mills and
| factories for the use OF manufacturers OF
mattresses, upholsterers. snip chambers
and others al good prices
Flax growers viii do well 70 return Go
old methods If they desire the best re-
l44c dA
ment, the fax from a small portion of
the field should be pulled or cut, bound
INTO sheaves and shocked and then,
when thoroughly dry, the seed threshed
out and then spread upon the ground
until the rains and dews have rotted
| the fiber so that II VIII part easily from
/ the stalks, then gathered and broken UPON
the old fax break, then scutched and
hatcheled and the long silky fiber
twisted into hanks and sold TO the linen
makers, who VIII be glad TO buy II al 10
cents per pound or more The tow re-
suflng from the hafcheling can be SPUN
upon an old-fashioned spinning
wheel into binding irvine AT odd
times al an expense OF but few cents
per pound, and the noted binding Irvine
problem thus be solved by each farmer
/ for himself.
Good Market for Flax Fiber.
Il Is not improbable that the ordinary
tow from the Ihresning can. with a lit
tie preparation, De spun into irvine. Il
Is, however, quite certain that the pre-
paraIion of fax fiber for the linen mills
VIII yield boundful results. It always
finds ready market. We are told by
those VINO are putting up linen mills IN
Minneapolis that they viii take all the