The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-12-19

| habit easily contracted from too much at
| tention at feeding time Winter weather
usually creates a good appetite, but this
should not be over-indulged in, and laziness
replace good laying qualities. Activity must
| be had to induce laying.
The man who wants to succeed at stock
breeding should be a careful reader and
observer, and listener, also, when some
thing instructive is to be heard Farmers
institutes are now important feature
of agricultural life and especially intended
to benefit farmers at their homes. The in
struction as to dairying and the care Of
dairy animals is often of great value. The
man who sneers at the opportunities they
furnish shows narrow mind.
The future prosperity and standing of
New England depends almost wholly upon
the average intelligence of the farming
population. and the bright farmers can see
the advantages which the grange offers for
increasing their intelligence and giving
them broader thoughts of life and true
citizenship. This is why the grange is adj
ding SO largely to it's numbers in the New
England states at the present time.-New
England Farmer.
What kind of disposition does the
mother expect her child to have, when be-
cause it has accidentally struck itself
against some article of furniture she bids
it, Hit the nasty old thing for hurting
baby. or, when the pet kitten, in self
defense, scratches its little tormentor, she
stimulates 1t pound, ufdS, ana hlCh II
tor revenge. What abuses can be reformed
| by sowing the seeds of discomfort, envy and
malice?
! Most of the accidents from ugly bulls
comes from thinking that we can make
them tame and docile. Always treat your
bull kindly but never trust him. Be gentle
with him, yet always be the alert and
prepared for an attack. Cut off his horns
| and then you will run no danger of being
| gored to DEATH When handling a bull
| watch him you would a thief and
! promptly stop all suspicious actions on his
| part.
| Please your customers not only in the
| quality of your product but in the manner
| of sending it to the market. In this it is
| always best to consult your customers
| tastes rather than your own. If they pre-
| fer half-pound prints rather than two
| pound rolls in nearly all cases it will pay
| to supply in prints carefully wrapped in
| parchment paper so that it will reach them
| in good condition.
Competition is rife in farm products as in
| everything else, and the farmer who pro-
| duces the most with the least expenditure
| of labor and capital is on the road OF
| wealth. His success is not due to blind
| chance but to an intelligent practice of
| principles and ideas gained from some one
| farther advanced in the science of farming
| or from some good agricultural paper.
We may disagree greatly as to how much
! full milk during the summer and winter,
| but nobody can for a moment dispute the
! fact that the male which is to stand at the
| head of a valuable herd should have a rea-
| sonable amount of persistent exercise from
| the time he is calf until he is discarded.
Ii a superior from neglect is allowed
| to shirk her work and dry up because of
| the carelessness of the owner in feeding
| and management, she is sure to remember
| it in the years to come and more than this
| her calf. as l believe. will surely inherit
| some of the qualities which she has ac-
| quired during this unprecedented drouth.
! 1t is all very we'll to assume a self COM
| placency as if nothing more was to be
| learned except what was taught by our
forefathers. nevertheless our experimental
| farms. agricultural schools and colleges
| are introducing practical methods of farm
| ing so far in advance of the average farm
| er as to fairly eclipse all his efforts.
/ 1t is well to remember that it is the man
| who makes a low quality of butter and
| sells it at a low price who complains that
| daryirg does not pay. Unless one is will
| ing to put up the proper convenience and
| take the pains necessary to make good
quality of product, the better plan is to let
| dairying alone.
| 1t is easy enough to raise a gentle COW
| if the owner treats her right as a calf.
| Be gentle and kind always, fondle much
| as you please, but never tease. Teasing
| has been the ruin of many a COW and the
| disappointment of many an owner. Ill
| bred boys have a fancy for that sort of
| meanness.
| 1t is a mistake to pasture the cows as
| long as there is anything left above ground
| for: them to eat. Such practice not only
| Injuries the pastures by cropping off all pro-
lection to the grass roots, but the
| frozen grass contains little nutriment and
While it may be filling it gives little milk.
The dairy brings a revenue which is al
! ways cash and almost continuous. 1t helps
| maintain the fertility of the farm; it's pro-
| duct if good, has seldom to seek a buyer;
| it exhibits more vitality in times of de-
| preston than almost any other product
| that the farmer sells.
| During the winter the flock cannot forage
| for green and insect food and substitutes
should be furnished by feeding cabbage,
| roots, cut bone, etc. The poultryman who
| keeps cows will find the sour milk and
| skim milk returns better profit fed to
| fowls than to hogs.
| The increased attention paid to stock
| breeding during the last % years has also
! been felt in other departments of agricul-
| ture. Whatever branch of work obliges
| farmers to think and study is sure to lead
| to better farming, well as to better
! citizenship.
| Ensilage is healthy food for all farm
! animals; it has no bad influence on milk
| or butter; it is digestible, and the cows
| relish it: there is less loss in saving corn
| in the silo than curing in the field; it is
as good six months after making as when
| fresh.
| Poultry can be made very profitable if
| given the. thought and care given to other
| lines Of business. Variety of feed, cleanli-
| ness. room for exercise and good, roomy,
| dry, warm and comfortable fowl house are
among the most important requisites.
Speaking of veterinary science, it is a
| good thing to know how to cure an animal
| that is sick, but far better to keep well
| one well. Good food and absolute cleanli-
| ness are the means by which they may gen.
| orally be accomplished
This is the way to get fair prices for we'll
| fattened poultry: Dry pick, dress neatly,
| removing every feather, wash off all dirt
! and when the animal heat is out pack in
| clean barrels and get into market as quick
| ly as possible.
Don't depend too much on how some one
| else has done Study your work and plan
! to the best possible advantage, study your
| own conditions and determine from them
| whether some other plan will do better
| than your own.
| Under the reduced tariff onions have been
| coming into the seaboard markets at a
| lively rate, reducing the price of the home
| grown stock. The new tariff bill is proving
| an advantage to many foreign producers.
| There is good deal more money in close
| applcatlon to business and in the practice
| OF economy on the farm than in hea ted
controversy with your neighbor on politica |