New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1892-03-16

is morsmoney in sheep thanformerly
Writing for the Southern Farm he
says:
Where farmers have gone intelligent
Ily into the handling Of small focks Of
sheep they have usually procured such
results that it has been an object les
son to their neighbors and induced
| them to do likewise. This is why so
many small focks now are to be seen
all over the country than was the case
few years ago. To carry a small
flock in connection with the diversified
industries OF the farm, and in ordertos
still further diversity them, is a wise
| policy, and we hope to see it more
| generally adopted. No branch Of the
live stock business can be made more
| profitable in a small way, nor will re-
4 turn more for the capital and labor
| invested. One reason for this is that
4 there are so many channels
through which the revenue comes.
There is the rapid natural increase OF
the flock; the annual proceeds from
the sale of wool; the food value; the
enrichment OF the land; and their
services in clearing land, which is al
ways worth considering, because they
are the best weed exterminaLors IN
! the world. Another reason why sheep
are more profitable than they were in
/ the past Is because the average weight
OF the fleece produced in the United
/ States now is double what it was Sd
/ years ago, and along with this gain IN
the fleece has been almost a proper.
/ tionate increase in the size OF the
carcass and the quality of the meat.
! 1t is these high-class features that
have made the business more profit
| able and more attractive than it was
in the past, and developement along
/ the same lines will do as much for
any branch OF agriculture.
AOuart Of Cream.
Chow much butter will a quart OF
cream make?" is asked
Just as many different amounts OF
butter as there are quarts OF cream.
1t all depends, first upon the COW that
gave the milk, the kind OF machine, or
plan OF setting, the temperature in
which the milk is set, whether in q wa
ter or air-bath, and how long it sets.
In a test report, it was found that
in twenty samples submitted from as
many sources, that the water con-
tents Of the cream varied all the way
from fifty up to seventy one per cent,
no two being exactly alike This
! would give the first sample fortythree
! per cent. butter-fat, and the last
nineteen per cent. The dairyman who
sold the seventy-one per cent. kind Of
cream based on butter value, needed
| over twice as much as his cream was
worth as compared with the other.
Ofcourse the cream, if mixed, would
| show so much butter, and the two
millzs divided would make each cream
equally valuable by the balance Of
errors.
This guessing" with test-tubes and
| methods Of testing, will not do Justice.
The churn is what we must fall back
| upon for butter. The acid test will
point out our shortcomings and the
faults of the chur1l, but until it is
churned, the quart OF cream is an I'M
known quantity OF butter.
How to Catch Runaway Horse.
Most persons, when trying to stopa
runaway horse merely add to the pam
| ic which has caused the beast to take
to his heels. Don't stand in the middle
OF the road, and throw up your hands
and shout. No one ever saw a real
runaway stopped by such tactics.
| Don't stand on the side of the road
and yell to the horse to stop. That
will merely cause him to be more
frightened than before.
AS you see the horse coming, staff
to rum as fast as you can in the same
direction the horse is taking; when he
catches up with you, and before he
passes horses don't go with the
rapidity Of a bullet from gun, even
when running away Jump for his
/ bridle-rein, and hold to it running
along all the while as fast possible.
The check thus given by the pull on
| the bit will almost always stop a rum
away. If you are on horseback you
can do this with ease and very little
danger; for, in this instance, Your
horse is running, and you have all
your strength to give to the run.
away.
Practical Hints.
/ A long-handled shovel, which can be
used without STOPPING, saves the back
/ of the man who uses it.
Any hour when no other work is
| pressing can be put into advantage in
forking over the manure heap.
/ Hnot already done cover over your
strawberry bed with straw to remain
and protect the fruit from. theground.
| Set out your new currant plantation
as soon as the condition Of the ground
will permit.
Economy is the proper term for
1 good farming. Save the Titles all
around. Chips will make as good fire
while they last as big cord wood.