St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-02-19
FARM HiNfS.

A rat-proof floor for chicken houses
can be made by mixing coal ashes and
freshly Stacked lime. Take twenty or
thirty bushels of ashes juStas they come
from the heap, cinders and all. Add to
this one bushel of fresh lime, in the
liqnid form just after Stacking Mix
thoroughly with hoe. Make floor
loot thick. or even thicker. The stuff is
cheap. Ram hard with heavy hammer,
at least three times, on different days.
This same process carefully performed
will make celler floor that can be
scrubbed.
Ten acres of small fruits will often
make man more truly prosperous than
ten times as much land in wheat or corn.
He may not be worth as much in actual
capital invested, but he will be getting
larger net income, and doing it with
much less severe toll. The small farm.
well titled. whether it be in fruits, dairy,
vegetables, ETC., is almost always the
most satisfactory. The principal capt.
tai needed to start such farm is level
head and knowledge of your business.
No class of flowers will give greater
satisfaction for house culture than the
imported bulbs. In pots, they should
have rich loan with plenty of sand, and
layer of broken crockery at the bottom
to insure drainage. Holland bulbs. such
as tulips, hyacinths, crocus, ETC., should
be placed in cool. dark room after pot
ting and watering, as they will then
make roots faster. When earth is well
filled with roots they should be brought
into moderate light and warmth.
The question of ultimate speed is
again being discussed, and writers
proving by actual figures that horses
can and horses can't trot in two min
utes. These discussions are interesting
and entertaining, but so long as no man
knows what day may bring forth, SO
long will enthusiastic breeders buy and
breed, feed and educate. in the hope
that a fraction may be knocked from
present figures. and old Father Time
get another blow.
An authority on commercial grape
growing has recently stated that the
vineyards of Europe are giving out, on
account Of the phylloXera, and that
within five years the resources of the
United States will be taxed to the ut
most to supply the deficiency in the
wine supply which will then exist.
Wholly aside from this consideration,
however. it will pay to continue plant
ing grapes.
In the Eastern states the farmers aim
to grow large crop on a small area.
while in the West the total is looked at
regardless Of the number of acres. In
the East manure is considered as i'm
portant as seed, and we are glad to say
that the Western farmer is now turning
more attention to the matter of keeping
up the fertility of the soil. The motto
should he, Cultivate well what is Gull
tivated."
There is no necessity for keeping the
stable dark, unless at times during the
summer, as protection against in
SectS. Animals love the light and will
seek it il they have the opportunity.
Cows endure severe cold in the barn
yard rather than remain in gloomy
stable. There should be windows on
all sides. and the stable will be more
comfortable.
Neatness and cleanliness on the part
of the farmer who places them upon the
market always add TO the value of the
products which are offered for sale, and
are in themselves positive luxuries, for
which the buyer is willing to pay, and
to pay we'll. .
Experiments at the Texas experiment
tationGshow that milk which, with or
binary feed for the cows, would produce
seventy pounds of butter, would pro-
duce eighty-two pounds when the cows
were fed cOttOn-Seed meal.
E. S. Leagarden reports in the Farm,
Field and StOckman that by planting
corn and potatoes together in the same
field-twO rows of each. alternately-a
full crop of corn can be grown and half
crop of potatoes.