New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1891-11-04

~. MiooSe COuCeIIllIlS5 the pFaCClCe OF
MIR. Louis. Every farmer that. tried
1t found the same result. They noted
the great Improvement IN the bright
ness and health of their hogs; that is,
If they were caring for them in q de-
cent manner otherwise The result OF
Prof Henry's experiments can be
simply stated: Three pigs were taken
at five months OF age and closely con-
lined and fed corn meal and hardwood
ashes for six weeks. During this time
they gained five and a half pounds
each per week and consumed twenty
eight and a half pounds OF corn meal
per week. For thirteen weeks there
after they were fed no ashes whatever
and fell off in the consumption ofcorn
meal to the average Of nineteen and
three-fourths pounds each per week,
and made a gain Of only two pounds
each per week. Several other expert
ments were tried, all showing the same
approximate results-Chicago Inter
Ocean.
Regarding the Weight Of Corn.
Prof. Morrow, of the Illinois expert
ment station, has tested the weight
OF corn ears to determine the amount
required of various kinds to produce
shelled bushels OF Sc pounds. He
found 70 pounds of the early. 70
pounds OF the medium, and IS of the
late maturing varieties would produce
each when fresh a bushel of air-dry
shelled corn by the end of October
We have found quite variation, how
ever, IN seasons, and more difference
IN wet seasons than in dry ones, some
times varying more than 20 per cent
IN the later sorts which do not ripen
dry. The earliest varieties will OF
course have a. better chance to be-
come hard and dry than the later and
more succulent, and there will be a
difference greater in more northern
regions than under a longer and hot
ter sun further south. Farmers who
have occasion to measure or estimate
corn in the car may easily make tests
by weighing freshly husked ears, and
summer, and may ascertain what may
be Of Importance to them when deal
ing in large quantities. Gen
tleman.
Side Issues Of Cattle RAISING
Not only is the raising of cattle
now reduced to an exact science, but
the utilization OF the various parts OF
the animal which the butcher rejects
is carried to a point OF the greatest
nicely. No portion of the steer is al
lowed to go to waste. The HAIR is
used for plaster, the hoois are con-
verified into gelatine, the horns are
steamed and rolled out for various
purposes. the tongues are canned and
the shreds OF meat about the head are
scraped off and utilized The hide is
cured, the skull is burned for bone ash,
the tail appears in oXtail soup, the
blood is used in making rare and en-
penslve dyes and chemicals, and the
waste is used for fertilizers.
Butter Pays Better Than Cheese.
A creamery can be established, and
carried on with much less cost and
with fewer COWS than is necessary to
make cheese making profitable, and
again the process OF butter making is
much simpler and more easily acquir-
ed than that Of cheese making The
butter made and packed is ready for
market, while cheese requires weeks
and months OF careful handling and
management before it can be put on
the market and command remuner-
ative price. The season for cheese
making is limited, while butter can be
made during nine months of the year
In the. creameries.-Rural Canadian.
Agricultural Hints.
Cottonseed meal has the highest
manurial value OF any article pro-
duced upon the farm.
Some asparagus plants might be set
this fall, if you have not already g.
supply OF that delicious vegetable in
the garden.
Dairymen should try a deep pit,
filled in with absorbents, in place of
the gutter behind the COWS. ANY
method that adds to cleanliness should
be adopted. ..
All the stock should go into winter
quarters in good condition. 1t is
cheaper to keep healthy animal in
condition than to attempt to put
f1esh-on one that is not thrifty.
Now is a good time to begin to
think about making some provisions
for housing the farm tools. Millions
OF hard-earned dollars go every year
from the farmers into the pockets of
tool manufacturers and q large pro-
portion of it is because Of careless
waste and Indifference
Raspberries can not bemanured too
heavily. Nothing is SO beneficial to
them as heavy coating Of manure
on the ground around them in winter.
1t requires but q short row of rasp-
berries for a small family, and the
size Of the berries largely depends on
the fertility OF the soil and the manure
given.