St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-12-19
POINTS FOR FARMERS.

In crOss-bred pigs. especially in the
second cross, there is much variation in
the progeny. If the SOW is pure-bred
Chester county, and the boar a pure
Berkshire. the sow will control the
color, while the pigs will ''split the dit
ference" in general make up and fat
tenlng and maturing qualities. Select
a cross breed SOW and breed again to
Berkshire and there is likely to be three
Kinds OF pigs In the litter, and the ap-
parent types will mature according to
outside appearances. They are Chester
county, Berkshire and haif-breedS dis
ttnctively. This second cross should
never be attempted unless an exception
al farmer is, searching for sports to use
In trying for new strains.
The dairyman should be to some ex-
tent veterinarian, at least enough to
be able to tell when his cow is sick and
what is the matter with her. Many
times milk is sold from a sick COW for
days before the owner is aware that
anything is the matter with her. Thus
the germs of tuberculOuS and other
deadly diseases become scattered
through the community, and there is
no knowing how much sickness and
death have been caused by this ignor-
ance.
Experience in California and other of
the newer settlements in other parts of
the Union of late years established
fruit growing as most profitable indus
try, so that there is now 10 danger that
it will be neglected in the future. There
Is nothing the new settler at the South
or West can better do, as soon as his
uewiy-purchased piece of land is cleared
and prepared, than to plant literally of
pears, apples, cherries, ounces, grapes
and small fruits.
A good yield for the large fowl is $50
eggs in year, and for LeghOrns and
other small breeds 1870 eggs a year.
FiOckS seldom exceed these figures, but
individual fowls often do, and when
such can be selected they are the ones
to breed from IT egg production is the
object. II they can be induced to give
One-Quarter of that during the winter
months it will pay for the whole years
feeding.
1t is asserted by a California paper
that Swiss sayant has made diScov-
cry which seems almost To reverse
known natural laws. He reduces milk
to dry powder in such a manner that
by the addition of water it at once as
Sumes all its natural properties. 1t is
claimed that milk in this form is much
better than canned or condensed milk
for one reaSOn-it has no sugar in it.
Turnips are not very valuable feed for
cattle. but they are easily and cheaply
produced, and help out largely. They
are good for a CHANGE" and we are
told by scientists that they assist in di-
geStiOn of other foods. TurnipS fed to
milk cows in moderate quantities, Just
after milking. will not flavor the milk
TurnipS should be planted now, and for
a succession next month also.
There are recorded IN the United
States alone over fifty distinct species
of fungi which have been found grow
ing upon the grapes. While many of
these grow only upon dead canes or
leaves, numerous distinctly parasitic
forms live upon the living tissue. All
fungi are plants.and not insects, anddiffer
from common towering herbs in the
absence of green leaves, stems aDd
flowers.
Many years ago a Scotchman carried
a thistle to Australia. and he was BAN
quoted by his cJUutrymen for the act.
He planted it in his garden, and the
seeds were soon scattered far and wide
by the winds. Reports say that now it
has surpianted the native grasses on
millions Of acres of land, destroyed
Sheep-runS by the hundreds, and is
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Milk set i'll milk pans in pantry at
a temperature of sixty to siXty-five de-
gFeeS will raise more cream and butter
than milk set in cooler pals at a tenn
perature of ffty-slx degrees. Milk to
which 30 per cent water has been added
Will raise more cream when set at fifty
five degrees than the same to which no
water has been added. n. Muncey.
The sheep business, like dairying, is
business that cannot be made success
full by picking it up one year and drop
ping it the next. 1t is a business that
needs study, and, like dairying, the de-
tails of it cannot be learned in one year.
1t is the man who goes into itand sticks
to it who wins; and he cannot be breed
ing for mutton one year and wool the
next, neither can he keep his flock on
the feast or famine plan during the
winter and raise a crop of healthy lambs
in the spring.
The Christmas turkey will bring a
good price, and the demand is usually
great at that time. There will be higher
prices and more weight if the turkeys
are given all the grain they can eat
twice day. Sell only the young ones.
if the old ones are not over two years
old, as the old turkeys are better for
breeding purposes next year, they pro-
uuCAIB SlIOllSCI anu OCllCI NOuuS OuCO
than can be obtained from pullets.
An inquirer wishes to know the breeds
of fowls that are considered the best
winter layers. The Asiatics-Brahmas,
COchins and LeghOrnS-2re entitled to
that distinction, being hardy, well feath-
cred. and adapted to confinement. though
the Plymouth Rocks and Wyandottes
are also excellent winter layers. Much
depends, however. on warm quarters and
the mode of management.
Apples that do not keep we'll in WIN
ter should be converted into cider, and
then into vinegar. Some variety of APP
! piles will not keep over the winter I'M
der any system OF storage, and, unless a
market is found for them at the time
they are harvested. they will be loss.
Good cider vinegar, however, is always
in demand, and it will keep until IA
vorable time for selling arrives.
A few sheep will serve as scavengers,
and clear away much food of kind
that is not relished by cattle. The NUT
ton breeds will always thrive in small
fiOcks.