The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-01-02
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Farm Notes.

The farmer should never grumbe about
hard times when he can sell grown chickens
for 80 cents each and eggs even in winter
at prices that rule now.
1t is not the man who raises the most
bushels who is the best farmer; it Is the
one who raises the most bushels from an
acre.
A test covering over 10000 cows, and re-
corded in my books today shows me that
large proportion, nearly 40 per cent OF
the 10000, don't pay for their board.-W. d.
Hoard. Hf
Prof Henry has found by experiment in
feeding hogs that bone meal makes corn so
farther, and that hard wood ashes are near
ly as good as bone meal. The effect of the
bone meal and ashes was to save IS per
cent of the corn required to produce 100
pounds of gain. There was about so per
cent more ash in the bones of the hogs re-
ceiving bone meal or hard wood ashes than
in the bones of those not SO fed.
The good housewife can show her hand
in the poultry yard if she wishes, and can
make 80 well selected hens a source of great
profit.
Don't crowd; don't over feed. An overfed,
idle, half frozen hen won't lay. Wheat and
very little corn if you want eggs. but dom
neglect to feed plenty of fresh ground bone.
Nothing pays better or is any easier to fur
nish than grit, gravel or charcoal.
A COW does not require coal fire and a
she is not all fastdious and is just as
contented in dug out or sod house or
warm straw shed as she would be in d
brown stone front but unless she is kept
comfortable she has way of protesting
| that is felt in the pocketbook.
AS a rule, the most active hen is the
| best layer. The one thai comes out of the
| house first in the morning and goes in last
| at night, and is always getting into mis-
! chief, is the one that may be depended
! upon for eggs
| Live stock of some sort will add to the
profit of every farm, however small it may
be. If nothing more, try dairy as
| an experiment, and remember that one well
| kept will yield a profit, when half dozen
| indifferently cared for will not
! Be content brother farmer. with your lot
| You the mainstay of the world and the
| world knows it, and every day YOU are Win
ming to higher place in public esteem.
Do not spend the winter like a hermit
| Be in the club the Grange the Alliance
| or wha it is that your neighbors hold
| If there is no practical result for YOU yot
| will in any event have advantage of the
| society of your fellows and the recreation
| it brings. No ever listened yet with
| out learning something.
! Farmers once thought burned bones jus
| the thing for fowls, but it has at Length
| Deen developed that green bones are prefer
| able.
| Il can't half supply the demand for my
| butter. said a farmers wife who ha.
built up a trade among private customers
| She began in small way by supplying
| friends in a near by city. These friend.
| were well pleased that they told theil
friends and regular demand that last.
| through the year, at a uniform price
| sprung up, and now the demand exceeds
the supply. This is not the only case W,
| know Of nor is it one that has anythin:
| wonderful about it. Anyone can Great,
such demand by making first class but
| ter
The farmer need never worry about lacl
of work to do. For hands and brains
there is steady employment the yea
around, If he will but see it, and Their
are endless resources for making a littl
money even during the hardest times.
Don't guess about the amount of fee,
your stock requires. Feed carefully an,
test results on the scales. If you haven
the scales you do entirely too much CUES
work. Guessing spoils profits good man,
times.
We sometimes think that the agricul
tural writer works to small purpose, bu
when we contrast the care given COW
now and that which they received 20 year
| ago we see that the improvement is YER
| marked. a,
You overpray when you ask the Lord t
do things you ought to do yourself.