The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1892-11-24
THE AGRICU LTIJR a j WORLD.
MATTERS TO INTEREST THE
FAR M VA. s8sl

Manuring Grass Land Wheat Ex-.
perlnents--S ucculent Hog Food
Cheap Corn Sheds Sell or
Make Use OF all the Pro-
ducts Of the Farm.
Sell or Make Use OF All Products Of
the Farm.
Farmers waste more than any 9TH
.er class OF business men. Why is it?
4 Farmer @. is going to market with 40
pounds OF butter today. Will he car
1 ~ anything else? No, he can't both
er today. To be sure, there is moro
4 pie plant and asparagus than the
family can eat; it might bring ST 80
4 to $500, but he doesn't care to fuss
Tor that. Then a little later comes
Strawberries, but he can give away.
what the family doesn't want il the
neighbo1s will pick them themselves.
AS for early peas there are hardly
enough to pay for fussing with them.
He might pick three pecks at 45
cents, but they can spoil or the birds
1 carry them off. The grocer tells him
he will take all the sweet corn he will
bring and pay for what he sells while.
he can take the remainder home to
feed the pigs. Here is a dollar or two
extra and he can carry it as well as
not when he goes to market with but
ter and eggs; but it is a bother any
1 way. If he cannot spare more than
q couple OF barrels of apples, or five
bushels OF potatoes, or two dozen
cabbages, squashes, etc, he does
not bother to find market
for SO small quantity, and perhaps
he puts several dollars worth Of yege-
tables that he has no use for into the
cellar, or outdoor pit, simply because
he doesn't take the trouble to sell
them. Now, fancy, says q writer
in the Cleaner, hear some
man say: "rThe potatoes, ETC., are
worth something 20 ferd live stock in
! Winter" Does he feed them? Gener-
ally they remain in the cellar until
February or March, when he carries
out decayed cabbages, apples, etc.;
and the potatoes have shriveled until
he thinks he'll let them go until plant
ing time, for be may need most of
/ them. A merchant often spends more
time in selling SO to 25 cents worth
of his stock, shan in selling a ST. dress
pattern: We say that is his business!
4 1t is a farmers business to try to sell
his stock instead Of letting it waste.
A penny saved in farming is worth as
much as in any other business! In the
largest business establishments if d
book-keeper's accounts fall short q
few cents, he often spends hours Of
valuable time trying to find out where
the error lies. Afarmer needs to calcu-
late as closely as any other business
man IN order to be successful. Does
lie do it?
ManurlnR Grass Lands.
The latter part OF the fall and early
winter is one of the best seasons for.
applying manure to grass lands. There
are perhaps two advantages in this
says a writer in the Farm, Field and
fStockman; one is that during the win
ter the rain and melting snow vii. aid
| materially to carry the soluble por-
tions into the soil in condition to be
used by the growing plants, and the
other is that the coarser or insoluble
| portions that remain on the surface
will act,as a mulch and help material
4 lyto prevent injury by thawing and
freezing. It is often the case that both.
the meadow and pastures are cropped
SO close that the plants are injured
very seriously by the thawing and
freezing.
One of.the best plans Of manuring is
by applying on the grass lands. OF
course where this is done regular
system Of rotation should befollowed
up. At the same time with good man
agement and proper manuring land
may be kept in grass for several years
without a change.
With both meadows and pastures
i by keeping the soil rich a better growth
can be secured, and this implies the
! keeping Of more stock and the making
1 OF more manure.
II manure is applied early to grass,
twill work down on the soil SO that
it will not interfere with the growth Of
the grass the next spring. However,
if applied in large Jumps some damage
may BE- done to the plants by smoth-
ering them. BY a little care inspread-
ing, 50 that it will be scattered evenly
over the surface, this may be avoided.
81 Ofcourse care must be taken not to
4 haul ont WHEN tha soil ia soft no com
siderable damage will be done in this
way. But there will be plenty OF OPP
! portunity for hauling out manure.
during the winter into the mead ows
and pastures, when no injury will be
done by manuring and the soil be in
!. good condition to derive the benefit
from the application. The finer the
manure, and the more evenly it is