St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-04-10
FARM NOTES.

w. c. Spooner, high English author
lty on such matters, says: THE in
fiuence of the male and female is not
capriciouS, but yet not always alike; in
the majority of instances the male
gives the size and external shape of
the offspring, particularly the back and
headquarters, while the female influ-
ences the constitutional, the nervous
system and often the head and fore
quarters. 1t is such fusion of two
bodies into one that both defects
and high qualifications are passed from
parent to offspring with a sort of irreg-
ularity resembling the waves of the
sea, each parent having the remarkable
power of propagating ancestral peculi-
arIties. though latent in itself.
Everything done on farm or in
garden has a principal for its fOunda-
ton. Study the principle and the proper
way to do it will suggest itself. These
principles are like wax nose. elastic,
pIlable, and may be slightly changed,
twisted TO one side or the other, but not
enough to break 1t off. So man of
good Judgment can vary the plan of OPP
erationS to suit the circumstances. but
he must observe the general law. This
faculty of conforming to circumstances
marks the good culturist and Is his char
acter. So, if he studies his profession
and acts with good judgment. he at
once is master OF the situation, no mat
ter how adverse it may be.
Prof. Golf. of the Wisconsin station.
says that in regard to the prevention of
apple-scab he has found that seven
SDraylngs, at Intervals of about two
weeks, from May is to Aug. 10. with a
solution composed Of one and an eighth
ounces carbonate of "copper" one quart
aqua amOnia and ninety quarts water.
so far prevented the growth of the
apple-scab fungus as to increase the
number OF first quality apples by more
than three and fifth times. and to de-
crease the number of third quality ap-
pies to almost fourteen times.
Some food, like matt sprouts, is so
dry, as it is sold. that COW cannot
swallow 1t without mOiStening. Again.
1t may be necessary under some cOndi-
lions, or with some cows, to mix ground
rec with cut hay or straw to prevent
waste. But the strong tendency of re-
cent investigation is to show that the
main thing is to get the food eaten.
The Way that secures this at the least
cost, and with. the least waste is gen.
orally the best way.
After trying various other means of
protecting themselves from the rabbit
nuisance, the farmers OF New South
Wales have decided in favor of rabbit
proof fencing. At a large meeting at
lvanhoe, \. 5. W., at which over s, 1000.
600 acres OF pasture land was repre-
scented, resolutions were adopted in IA
vor OF compulsory fencing with wire
netting all holdings in the rabbit-in-
tested regions.
The Cornell Station reportsi "As the
results OF analysis made at different
periods of growth in 1888, we strongly
urged that only such varieties of corn
should be grown for ensilage as would
reach good degree OF maturity in the
locality grown. These conclusions have
been abundantly confirmed. not only by
our own experiments repeated IN 1889,
but by similar experiments at several
other stations"
Sir Philip Miller, the great English
hortlculturist, writing in 1740, says:
The best method to have cabbages
good IS TO procure fresh seed from
abroad every year, for it is apt to de-
generate in England in a few years"
The above is simple Illustration of the
fact that the best seeds will rapidly de-
generate under unfaYOrable conditions.
Popular Gardening says that at the
meeting of the Allegan County Pomo-
logical Society, Mich, it was stated that
grapes at two cents a pound, were
more profitable than wheat at Il dollar
bushel. Such statements must always
be taken with a grain Of allowance.
Much depends on the quality of soil,
and the market. 1t is well to study
such matters before going into them.
The feathers of the Pekin duck being
white are nearly equal to those of the
goose, and as the Pekin is a very large
duck the feathers are an important part
OF the profit. The common puddle duck
however, is of no value compared with
the pure breeds. The Aylesbury, Rouen
and Pekin ducks not only give fair
proportion of feathers, but also produce
large and desirable carcaSses.
Many barns and stables are to be
found on good farms where the rain
drtps from the caves in such a way as
to make going in and out of them ex-
ceedingly disagreeable. Quite often,
too, this drip may be found falling on
an uncovered manure pile, teaching out
its fertility, and carrying it, off in
streams as it runs out OF the yard.
Radishes grow rapidly, and the seed
may be planted in the rows of beets,
carrots, parsnips, etc., when the seeds
OF the beets, etc., are slow in coming up.
The radlsh may easily be pulled up for
the table, and while growing they serve
to define the rows containing the slower
terminating seed.
We see long accounts of various forms
Of tree labels discussed every year in
agricultural papers. What a pity that
it was not generally known that any
name or number may be grown into the
limb of a young tree by simply drawing
a single stroke of the knife IN the
smooth bark.
Cows must be turned OH the pasture
with caution in the spring, or they will
be affected by the early grass. All stock
that is allowed on the pasture will be
more or less liabla to scnmrs if nnrmit-