The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-11-05

at hve months OF age and closely con-
fined and fed corn meal and hardwood
ashes for six weeks. During this time
they gained five and half pounds
each per week and consumed twenty
eight and half pounds OF corn meal
per week. For thirteen weeks there
after they We're fed no ashes whatever
and fell off in the consumption ofcorn
meal to the average Of nineteen and
three-fourths pounds each per week,
and made again OF only two pounds
each per week. Several other expert
ments were tried, all showing the same
approximate results-Chicago Inter
Ocean.
Regarding the Weight of Corn.
Prof. Morrow, Of the Illinois expert
ment station, has tested the weight
OF corn ears to determine the amount
required of various kinds to produce
shelled bushels Of Sc pounds. He
found 70 pounds Of the early, 70
pounds OF the medium, and 70 OF the
late maturing varieties would produce
each when fresh bushel of air-dry
shelled corn by the end of October.
We have found quite a variation, how
ever, in seasons, and more difference
in wet seasons than in dry ones, some
times varying more than 20 per cent
in the later sorts which do not ripen
dry. The earliest varieties will OF
course have O. BETTER chance to be-
come hard and dry than the later and
more succulent, and there will be a
difference greater in more northern
regions than under longer and hot
ter sun further south. Farmers who
have occasion to measure OF estimate
corn in the car may easily make tests
by weighing freshly husked ears, and
again in winter and again the next
summer, and may ascertain what may
be OF Importance to them when deal
ing in large antities.-Country Gen
tleman.
Side Issues of Cattle Raising.
Not only is the raising OF cattle
now reduced to an exact science, but
the utilization of the various parts OF
the animal which the butcher rejects
is carried to a point OF the greatest
nicely. No portion of the steer is al
lowed to go to waste. The hair is
used for plaster, the hoofs are con-
verted into gelatine, the horns are
steamed and rolled out foz various
purposes, the tongues are canned and
the shreds OF meat about the head are
scraped off and utilized. The hide is
cured, the skull is burned for bone ash,
the tail appears in oxtail soup. the
blood is used in making rare and ex-
pensive dyes and chemicals, and the
waste is used for fertilizers.
Butter Pays Better Than Cheese.
A creamery can be established, and
carried on with much less cost and
with fewer COWS than is necessary to
make cheese making profitable, and
again the process OF butter making is
much simpler and more easily acquir-
ed than that Of cheese making. The
butter made and packed is ready for
market, while cheese requires weeks
and months of careful handling and
management before it can be put on
the market and command a remuner-
alive price. The season for cheese
making is limited, while butter can be
made during nine months of the year
In the creameries.-RuralC Canadian.
Agricultural Hints. s.
Cottonseed meal has the highest
manurial value of any article pro-
duced upon the farm. 49,
Some asparagus plants might be set
this fall, if you have not already O.
supply OF that delicious vegetable in
the garden.
Dairymen should try a deep pit,
filled in with absorbents, in place of
the gutter behind the COWS. ANY
method that adds to cleanliness should
be adopted.
All the stock should 60 into winter
quarters in good condition. It is
cheaper to, keep a healthy animal in
condition than to attempt to put
flesh on one that is not thrifty.
Now, is a good time to begin to
think about making some provisions
for housing the farm tools. Millions
OF hard-earned dollars go every year
from the farmers into the pockets Of
tool manufacturers and large pro-
portion of it is because of careless
waste and Indifference.
Raspberries can not be manured too
heavily. Nothing is so beneficial to
them as a heavy coating Of manure
on the ground around them in winter
1t requires but a short row of rasp-
berries for small family, and the
size of the berries largely depends on
the fertility OF the soil and the manure
given.
For horses timothy hay is preferred,
but clover is better for cows. Cows
will give more milk from clover and
thrive better than from any other
hay; but, in order to keep them in
full flow of milk. they should have a
variety, and if ensilage can be provid-
ed it will be found an excellent addi-
ton to the ration.
The money buried in drains is put
where no man can steal it, and it new
err fails to nav the BIGGEST kind oe ~.