The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1894-01-27
AGRICULTURAL NOTES.

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AGRICULTURAL NOTES.
There is no profit in %foundered pigs.
Poor quality lower prices more that
ov~r-productiou.
There is always a: good demand for
first class stock.
More fat can be laid with ground than
with whole grain.
Ventilation and warmth should 90 to.
gether. Avoid draughts.
There are reported to BIZ 998 abandoned
farms in Massachusetts.
If turnips arc fed before milking they
will affect the flavor of the milk.
Leaves are excellent Ms Il mulch. as stock
bedding and as a stable absorbent.
Sheep produce four crops every year
namely: Mutton, wool, lambs and MANURE.
The greatest profit in feeding sheep for
young.
One hundred pullets will cost $50. Els.
timating $1.5O each for keeping and il
properly fed and cared for you can make
300 from their keeping.
Field Peas for Pigs.
No kind of grain is better for pigs, or
yet for fattening hogs, than field peas
They require less labor than corr. and for
inducing thrifty growth they are superior
to any grain, excepting possibly wheat
A patch Of peas ought to be sown express
ly for the pigs, and as soon as the peas
are fully grown a hurdle fence moved
from place to place will enatle the pigs to
harvest the crop themselves. While the
vines are green they will eat pods and
leaves, but as soon as the peas begin to
ripen tho pigs become expert shelters. II
is an axcellent crop to grow in orchards
and the roofing of the pigs in search Of
scattered grains will keep the surface
mellow and cover the droppings which
they make, thus insuring against waste
To grow peas In orchards and feed them
down with hogs there becomes a good
way of keeping the trees in good con
dition.
About Horses and Cows.
Careful feeders of horses know that il
feeding oats especially the whole grain
much depends upon the nature of the
hull or chaff. H. lis not always the heav
fest grain which gives the best results
That which is much above the STANDARD
weight has most often a rough. gritt,
chaff. which 40 acts on the stomach as Il
e1pel much of the grain in an undigestee
state. The hall, however soft it's tex
ture is always laxative, is a and
moderate degree of la%xativeness is ben
efcial. especially to breeding animals, bu
there is no gain in passing through thu
heaviest grain in a nearly whole state
1t is better to use light grain, which viii
be more thoroughly digested.
Raising horses on the farm. by the av
erage farmer, does not pay. although they
are a necessity. In many of the towns o
this county, oozens of farmers with mort
gagged farms are trying to raise a t%rottinl
horse, 1t is probable a fancy price va
paid for the breeding mare and string he
costs from 1926 IT, SO. Trotters require
good care. 1t will cost at least $50 an
nually for keeping 80 that a 4-year-olt
has cost about, $3.50. If such q hors
cannot go inside the $50 class she can b.
bought for less than 800. Where is tn
profit A COW that will make 300 pound,
of butter per year can be bought for los
than $50. Butter at an average of z;
cents will leave a profit of $25 per cow.
Farmers Diversity.
St. Paul Pioneer Press publishes T,
statement of the benefits of diversified
farming, as opposed to the cultivation o
n product, as wheat, which should b.
read and protted bv North Dakota farm
ers, generally. This general view of tn,
question Is followed by an exceeding in
teresting argument drawn from actual ex
perience in Minnesota. The writer of tn.
paper has selected a group of seven coun
ties in the southern and seven others il
the northern part of the state, and illus
trated their progress by a series Of elab'
crate diagrams which convey results tc
the eye with startling clesrness and direct
ness. 1t is shown that in these seven
southern counties, where the policy of al
in the days of their early development
the average yield slowly but certainly de.
clined. and with it the prosperity Of the
farmer. As the fertility of their soil be.
came impaired, the. yield dwindled; until
it brought the severest financial distress,
resulting in the total ruin of large part of
the agricultural population. 1t was only
in this severe school that they we're taught
to turn and try diversified agriculture.
Since they did that, and begin to raise in
addition to wheat. other grains for the
market and, to give much attention to
live sthck and dairy products, they have
come TO enjoy the highest prosperity.
Now the comparison shows that the
fortunes of the seven northern counties
that have stuck to the one-crop system
against all ADVICE are nearing the point
where such great disaster disaster fell up.
on those of the south. The average yield
is declining; and if the comparison must
not be ridden too hard, it is at least sufi
GENTLY striking to make a prudent mar
take thought for the future.
From this statement, the Press goes or
logical and convincing. 1t says:
What. then, ought the farmer of North
srn Minnesota to doi He had bean tolt
many times before. He need not abandon
wheat raising but he must diversity hi
crops. It is not desirable that all the Ia
Dor divirted from wheat culture should b
tnrned into any one channel
but each section, and almost escl
individual will be able to find some othe
form of farm industry peculiarly adapte'
to It. just al this time, the raising o
hogs appears one of the most paying sui,
~stitutes. So is the breeding of stock, AM
there is always q market for the diar,