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

The va1rnt and uncared for lots IN the {
city of It. Paul grow mp with II every /
season One man has realized as high |
as So It0u for prepared hemp and |
ton ana quarter can be grown on an |
acre 4 mil at Champaing, Illinois. |
last yea contracted for 9, 900 acres OF
hemp fDm Illinois farmers
MenJflen idle away time IN one way
or anOdar that could be most advan-
tageouly employed IN the potato field, |
the onDn patch, and other work COM
monlyeaIlad tinkerins. and generally
though too undiguifed for men and too
Insignificant for any one. Things can
be engaged In which are not very labori-
GUS II he.T natrI-R and that viii amount
only Z plsSilna. and when market day
come Sd nom onions. $50 from navy
beans, $50 10 800 from potatoes, $50
from IGher root crops, 800 or more
rom AK iba-, t8gether with resI1ecta-
bic aLsDuuEs from other sources, VIII
make z quite snug sum, goodiy 10
see AMI handy to have.
Always Escp Live Stock In Variety.
Evev small farmer can have various
kinds o. stock. Horses, cattle, sheep,
hogs, should al be kept Good milk cows
are IN isDansaBIe. and the annual differ
ence se5weal Z scrub COW and good
one Is 100 Or more pounds OF butter II
the milk cannot be sold TO creamery,
butte NAY be ma 1e by the housewife.
ON state Is wei adapted 70 the rais-
ing or sheep We can make mutton
cheaIar and better than they can any
wler4 else IN the civilized world. and
when we supply home demand there Is
plenty OF demand abroad, as ne Euro
pean can make frst-class mutton az
easil- and cheapiy as we can. and NUT
ton Is q fav0riEa meat abroad
The stock should be cared foT and SO
should tine implements. Rust and rot
| DO more for the Implement maker II the
wIutar than wear and tear do N the
summer and rain and sun do more IN
/ summer than wear and rear. Shelter
fer animals as well as implements can
be cheaply and easily made ID Mime
sOta-n nothing more. poles and straw
can Dc used.
| More attention should be paid I'd
poultry. Chickens and turkeys can be
j prohEably raised and are always salahle,
and, with the abundance Of water II the
lakes and rivers of Minnesota. ducks and
geese can be made a source OF income,
and something too can be made from
Hsh- Eggs can De preserved against the
day0f good prices by methods simple and
easily urac1icad The best grades of
/ poultry should be selected and the
fowls given comfortable quarters and
other naelEul attention The average
price received from TWO eggs viii keep a
chicken q week and ID g3od condition
We bought last year s. 396, $50 worth
Of eggs from Canada. and III al agricul-
tural products 10 the value OF SIS Sol, goo,
or enough 10 divide $500 each among
G.. eG0 American farmers.
In this land of flowers every farmer
can keep bees cheaply and prahIably.
With proper care and attention a single
strong healthy hive of bees viii produce
every season at least 100 pounds Of good
honey, worth from 10 TO 20 cents a
pound A farmer at Alexandria, Mimi
100 miles north Of us, gathered 5000
pounds, or three tons, of honey from q
small apiary-
Look After the Multitude of Detsiis-
By attention TO these little things a
man of reasonable industry and intelh-
gence can make farming the occupation
that II should be- The merchant makes
other business man looks closely after
the little Things The small farmer
especially ought not TO reject the staple
crop, but ne ought not 10 depend upon
thai more for real profit than upon his
fax field vegetable garden berry
patches, poultry yard and many other
ways and means that can be SO easily
adopted and utilized.
/ Let the editors of Minnesota and the
Northwest give more attention 10 the
discussion and development of small IN
dustries ID their towns and speciality and
variety On their farms. than creating
small politicians and there viii BE- more
III II for the country.
/ Without assuming 70 tel the editors
what they ought 10 do, ! ask If
the papers OF the farming districts
should not give the interest UPON which
the prosperity of their community de-
ponds a large share Of space. How
few papers solicit contributions from
their successful farmers, telling why and
how one succeeded with his crops. while
MS neighbor failed II the farmer
feels unable 10 d0iI, let the editor write II
ND. A hint or suggestion whereby a
subscriber Is enabled 10 make an I'M
pr0vement, and ID anywise increase mis-
income or better his condition Is worth
more than the knowledge of the exist
ence OF the greatest pugilist that ever
lived
Discard the Ideal Retain the Practical
/ 1t was the expressed ambition Of the
good king Henry III, of France, that nus
subjects would become so prosperous
that every one OF them might have a
fowl N mis- pot whenever ne wanted II.
Every one DESTROYS OF his c0unTys good.
viii heartily wish, not only that every
farmer can have fowl ID his pot for his
dinner, but that ne may have happy
family ID a SING home, wel-hlled
barn, horses ID his stables, cattle ID his
pasture, sheep In the fold. pigs N the
sly. poultry IN his wards, vegetables IN