St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-08-22
FARM NOTES.
Shelter the implements.

Shelter the implements.
Push the warfare on weeds.
What are you going to take tie the
fair?
During these pushing days be con-
siderate of teams.
Texas promises to produce more than
100000 bales of cotton this year.
Don't be afraid of getting up too
much swamp hay or brakes; well
stacked they will come handy.
Be sure the cattle are secure nova
days. Weak fences ruin many corn
field and spoil many COW.
Most crops are best harvested when
riDe-the weed crop should be harvested
green, the greener the better.
The last week of July, 1890, the stock
of old flax seed in Chicago was but H.
200 bushels, this year it was 2O1,3S3
bushels.
Ii you cannot top out a stack we'll, a
covering of green slough grass will pay
a good profit if it should rain before
thresbing time. Try it.
Good mutton makes one of the best. if
not the best, fresh meats that the
farmer can secure to use during the
summer.
Breeding too young is leading cause
of both hogs and sheep deteriorating.
The offspring are weak and often slckly.
If, by convenieDceS. five minutes,
work can be saved each time the milk
ing and feeding is done. it will amount
to six full days of ten hours each in
year.
Sheep properly pastured on land and
fed when necessary will gradually build
up the fertility much better and at a less
cost than with almost any other class OF
stock.
Those who have whitewashing to do
in the stable, hen house or cellar, will
find the force pump used for spraying
trees, etc., a very convenient lmple-
ment. and more expeditions than The
whiteWash brush; the WhiteWash should
be strained through a fine wire sieve,
so as not to clog the spraying nozzle.
The rats ior the past year or two have
been very bad in DahIgren township,
Ill. The F. NJ. B. A. have now taken
the matter in charge, and the lodges in
the township have gone into competI-
tive hunt to close at the first Saturday
in September. The lodge that kills the
most rats will get a So banner.
Flies and other insects contribute
largely to the misery of stock in the
summer season. Horses tails should
never be cut, or they will be unable to
protect themselves. 1t is almost i'm
possible to make an animal fat if insects
are very troubl esome. 1t will pay to
protect the animals at night by the use
of fly screens on the doors and windows.
Butter can be produced at cost of II
cents pound. according to the results
of experiments made, but to do so the
silo must be used, the feed given judi
ciouslY, and he cows must be Of the
best, producing not less than 500 pounds
of butter per year. Cows that produce
less will increase the cost according to
the difference in the number of pounds
below 800.
America is now the headquarters for
| jersey cattle, as the breeders of Jersey
cattle on the isle of Jersey have been
crowded away by French truckers"
| until but few remain. The breed has
been greatly improved in this country,
and are really "American'' cattle, but
| will, no doubt, always retain their dis
| tinctive name of Jerseys"
| 1t is maintained by some who have
made experiments in that direction. that
the shading of the land, when it is Oc-
| cupied by clover. promotes nitritcation
in the soil, which gives an additional
value to clover as renovator of the
soil.
| Docility, vitality. early maturity,
rapid development and fertility are
among the high qualities that constitute
value in the hogs kept for breeding;
when these are found centered i'll an in
| dividual of the species it doesn't matter
so much about the breed.
Mares milk contains more sugar than
the cows milk-sO E. W. Stewart says
hence cows milk for a young colt
] oh ho Rf tn a
| comparative quality of animal milk is
doubtless the reason why so many
young animals die when fed on cows
| milk