Morris tribune., 1891-03-11

tatoes produce much better even in
Ohio, Illinois and other central states,
than home grown seed, and further
south northern grown seed is recog-
nized necessity.
1t is undoubtedly true that Stevens
county farmers are giving more at
tention to sheep raising at the present
time than formerly. We hear of sew
eral, besides Milo Camp. who will in
troduce sheep on their farms this
season. Instead of declining as many
have anticipated, sheep have rather
increased in price, of late, and the de-
mand is not abated. This is largely,
no doubt, due to what people antici-
pate will be the effect of the Mckin-
ley bill in raising the price OF wool,
though thus far there is nothing to
justify such expectations. There never
has been time before when cloth
ing, at least such as is bought by peo-
pie in moderate circumstances, could
be had at such moderate prices, and
there is nothing which indicates an
advance. Says the Northwestern Ag-
riculturalist: What will be the effect
on the prices of sheep if wool does
not advance in price cannot now be
foretold, but whether it goes up or
down, careful farmers can safely con-
tinue to go right along raising good
sheep. They will always make their
owners fair profits, if we'll cared for.
Not only there is no profit in keep
| ing it but there is also loss in breed
ing from scrub stock-a loss in dollars
and cents just as large as the differ
ence between what is actually received
and what might be had from more
| productive animals. Therefore, breed
well and feed well. 1t pays.
All advantage Il flock Of shsep offers
is this: When the family needs fresh
| meat it is not necessary to kill the
iquantity contained in whole beef,
only to sell part. salt it or see it spoil.
| A nice carcass of mutton Is as easily
dressed as a turkey, can be hung up
and cut from as long as 1t lasts and
can be cooked in dozen delicious
ways. There is no trouble about keep
Ing it.
Sugar beets are the most valuable OF
all feeding roots. They contain near
ly as much sugar as potatoes do starch,
but as starch in the food is always
converted into sugar before it is diges-
ted. the sugar is the more valuable
/! food. Every particle Of the sugar
beet is 4ffffgestibie and Neap - fee,s
without loss wben, fed with hay.
Blinders were invented by an En-
glish nobleman to cover defect in a
wall-eyed horse, and then they were
found to be good places to put Oh the
coat of arms of the nobility, and so
they came into fashion.
If you raise the right kind of horses
the buyer viii come after them; if the
wrong kind you will have to hunt up
buyer, and sometimes have consider
able trouble to find them.
Lawyer: what is your occupation!"
Witness: II live by my pen.' "Then
your are an author!'' "No, 1 raise
hogs"
Experiments in France showed
that water given horses Immediately
after eating grain washed the grain,
undlgested, into the intestines, caus-
ing inflammation of the mucus men,
brane.
There Is a horse farm in Illinois |
where 700 horses are kept on 4,300 |
acres of land. Three hundred of these |
are Percherons, $50 French coachers,
and $50 grades. The sales are about |
800 annually.
LII Scotland there was class of |
sheep with black faces and legs called |
coolies, from theAnglo-Saxon "col,"
signifying black. The dogs which
took care of these sheep were called
collie dogs, which in time became
shorted to "collies';; hence the name
which the sheep dog now bears.
The fine bone of thoroughbred horses
is dense and hard like ivory; the coarse
bones of a reedy animal are soft and
spongy; and will break with one-third
the force OF the fine bone. 1t is the
coarse bone creature which is spav-
ined and ringboned.
Il
Northwestern Agriculturist: Those
who are near the "Big Four dealers
in beef predict that these kindly dis
posed monopolists will permit the
prices of beef advance this spring, in
order to encourage the farmers little
and prevent their going out of the
cattle business altogether. The pres
ent state of the market is strong
in favor of the view of that
the "Big Four" can dictate prices;
but the prices paid for sheep prove
contrary. The moment the impress h
ion goes abroad that cattle will adj
vance, the control Of prices will pass
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