New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1894-02-21

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Dlacksmithing carpentering, and various
other manual pursuits, in addition to the
agriculture that was taught, He expec-
ted great things from the school, and as
he had seen all phases of farming he
thought he was in a position to judge of
its own value to the young men,. Those
who purposed living by farming should
certainly leave no stone unturned to get
the advantages which it could give to
them. The only charge made was for
board and Washing, and three winters
would take the student through the
course. ..... - 80
! , The attendance at the forenoon session
was fully 500 of which very large pro-
portion were young men. Each person
who attended was given a copy Of Far
mers Annual No. before the session
closed.
In the afternoon Theodore Louis gave
an address on growing clover. He said
he had settledson sandy farm, and had
it not been for the growth of clover and
corn he could not have lived there at all.
He had been told in derision by one of
his neighbors when he =. = first started to
grow clover that he would have to put
break on his mower before cutting it,
He was now able to grow more than two
tons per acre on that same land. Clo-
yer was not only very valuable as afood,
but it brought large amount of fertili-
ty TO the land. England was able to
grow 26 bushels of wheat per acre.
| Minnesota with much better soil ma
turally was only able to grow little
| more than 13 bushels per acre. Careful
attention to the growing of clover would
change the Minnesota figures very much.
The Hon. G.. T. Powell continued the
discussion of the clover question. He
showed by drawing on the blackboard
I the reason why clover had so great an
advantage over nearly all other plants in
bringing fertility to the soil. It got
some in the air and some it brought from
the subsoil. This is the reason Hwhy a
good crop follows clover crop. In the
State of New York fertilizers had to be
purchased and IN order to grow good
crops the farmers had of necessity to stu
dy growing clover or buy the fertilizers.
Mr.. Powell dwelt upon the wisdom of
growing vegetables for home use on the
farm. One reason why the Americans
we're so vigorous and energetic race
was that they were better fed than the
people of other nations. Afarmer's wife
had a very large task in preparing suit
able food for the table 365 days in the
year and three times during each day. It
was the boundend duty of husband to
provide vegetables so far as he is able to
Tighten the task for her. He showed
how vegetables could be grown.
Mr.. Somerville spokeon growing wind
breaks. He had set out the first wind
break in his country in which he has
lived for "a years. The white willow has
now been set out for groves and wind
breaks on almost every farm in his coun-
try. 1t will not pay the farmer to raise
wind-breaks from seed. Nor should they
buy trees put upon the market that have
been grown in the forest. Evergreens
should be bought from reliable nursery
men, and should have been twice trans
planted IN the nursery. This may be
known by the roots and tibres being num-
erous. They should be planted early in
the spring. The roots should not be ex-
posed to the air for any length of time
in planting. Mulching should be freely
resorted to. He can get three feet in
white spruce per year. .-
Theodore Louis followed on the sub
ject of hog houses. He showed very
clearly the necessity of providing ample
accommodation for pigs. He also dwelt
upon the great tendency to treat pigs i'm
properly because they were said to be a
filthy animal This was not true. The
pig was clean, if he had chance to be
so. Mr.. Louis then described plan. of
a small hog house which he had used
some time ago. He also described his
present hog house with its various con-
veniences, etc.
On Wednesday morning DR.. Curryer
| spoke on the points of a good horse. We
should begin the examination Of horse
with the feet If these are, deficient he
is useless. s'No frog, no foot; no foot
no horse.n The wall Of tho hoof should
be thick and tough. The frog should
be elastic, but yet streng. The pasterns