The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-03-20

are nicely out in leaf. IL should be done
once week and should'fbe Continued for
about five weeks. He then told how to
grow asparagus. The palmetto is an excel
lent variety. Asparagus rightly handled
may be made to retainraits oplace in the
ground for so years, but " must be heavily
MANFRED all the time. AIgood crop should
yield $50 per acre. 81
W. L. Carlyle came next with an address
upon the stab1ing of dairy coWs. He dwelt
upon the amount of dirt found in the form
OF specks in the bottom, of the glass of
milk as supplied at many hoteis. This was
owing to carelessness op the part of those
who provided milk. We'speak of making
butter, but we should remember that the
COW makes the butter and We simply ma
nipulate it, 1t is absolutelye essential to
keep the COW warm andfcomfortable if we
are to get first-class results. Mr.. Carlyle
then described ventilation suitable for COW
stables. He told about the stalls in their
own stables, in which they used no ties.
These stalls were 31a feet wide, and the
cows were kept in place by chain running
along behind them about 21s feet up from
the floor. He condemned the practice of
milking with wet hands, and also of strain
ing milk through wire strainer only, and
gave the reasons in both instances.
Theo. Louis closed the afternoon session
with an address on growing clover. He
started out by stating the result of obser-
vations he had made while coming up on
the cars. In his Judgment much of the
country passed through was especially we'll
adapted to farming. He therefore thought
1t would afford an excellent opening for
young men commencing in this line. He
then told how he had depleted the fertility
of his farm when he first settled on it, by
what may be termed senseless farming
that is, by growing grain from year to
year and selling it off the farm. He was
now enable to grow 100 bushels of ears of
MOI inst
60 bushels of oats, and this result was
owing to the fact that he had grown
clover. He then dwelt upon the necessity
TESTING CLOVER SEED,
and told how 1t might be done. To show
the value that they put upon fertility in
his nei2hborhood, he mentioned that a
dozen of his neighbors, along with him.
self, purchased annually about y carloads
of shorts and four carloads of oil meal
from the state of Minnesota which simply
meant that they were taking Minnesota
soil and putting it on Wisconsin farms
Supt Gregg opened the session onWed-
nesday with an address the dairy COW.
Where market gardening is conducted 1t will
be well to have dairying flourish in the
neighborhood, for then there will be less
difficulty in getting fertilizers for the gear
den. The speaker then referred to the
purchase of cows made by Prof. Becker
and himself for the state farm. In test
that had been made with these cows it was
found that only one of the number tested
failed to give 400 pounds of butter in a
year. These cows were chosen on the same
lines of selection advocated at the farmers
institutes. The speaker then dwelt upon
the Importance Of depth at the flank in
the dairy COW. He also spoke of other
characteristics, as steepness of pitch at
the crops, and good udder capacity In
his judgment the furnishings of the head
and neck were of very little account, pro-
viding the other important essentials named
by him are present
Mr. Powell followed with address on
market gardening. He did not dwell so
much upon the growing of garden products
as upon the varieties, suitable for being
grown. Lettuce was probably the earliest
garden plant. Grand Rapids early upright
is good kind for growing in hot houses.
Denver market and golden bowl are also
good varieties. He recommended the fol-
lowing varieties of beans,r namely, golden
yellow wax, a stringless variety; black
wax, kidney wax, white wax, early yellow,
six weeks, and early mohawk. OF the
dwarf varieties he would recommend Hen
derson's dwarf, Dreers and Burbees. He
thought the soil around Duluth pre-emi-
nently adapted to growing peas He
would recommend the following varieties:
American wonder, over bearing alpha,
champion of England, and -stretagen; the
last named is a half dwarf. OF the short
varieties of beets, the early blood turnip,
the eclipse and the market garden are all
good, and of the long varieties the improv-
ed long red and the early bassana are ex-
cellent. Cauliflower seed should, if posi-
BILE, be imported from Denmark, and
THE BEST CABBAGE
seed comes from Germany. He would
recommend the following varieties of caul-
flower, new model and Henderson's snow
ball, and of cabbage the early summer, the
late fiat Dutch, and the short stemmed
drum head. Radshes came next to lettuce
in earlness, and are of many varieties and
shapes. OF the short varieties he would
name scarlet globe, early scarlet
white, and white box. Of the long varie-
ties he named the long French breakfast
and white olive shaped.
Mrs. TilSon closed the morning session
with an address on parasites Of poultry.
Three kinds of parasites infest poultry,
namely, the grey the yellow and tawny
The gray infests the head and throat; the
yellow and tawney the part of the
animal, although they are sometimes found
in other parts of the animal. Various rem
edieS were given. First, the droppings
should be carefully cleared away; second
the houses should be Whtewashed regular
ly, and the roosts should be coated with
kerosene, and Persian insect powder should
then be busted on the body of the fowls
that were thus infected.
w. l.. Carlyle opened the afternoon ses-
sion with an address on feeding dairy
cows. Fodder should be we'll cured when
fed to dairy cows. He would recommend
for the conditions around Duluth bran,
three parts, shorts, one part, and oil meal
two parts. If two parts Of corn meal could
be added the ration would be much improy-
ed Great care should be taken to feed the
cows according to their respective capac-
ity. 1t would usually be found that one
COW could digest considerably more than
another. They did not feed more than
seven to eight pounds of meal per day to
each COW.
Mrs. Tilson then answered a number of
questions relating to the poultry interest
AS a food for small chicks she would rec
ommend bread and milk, but it should not
be too sloppy; after that cottage cheese
and certain other things, as green onions
and other vegetables Eggs are also good
IT boiled half an hour in preparing them.
TheO. Lewis then gave address on
FEEDING REFUSE TO PIGS
in the neighborhood of large cities. The
trouble in many such instances often arose
from keeping the pigs in dark stables and
under confinement. He would recommend
steaming the swill, and if grease formed
on the top Of it it should be SKINNED off
and not fed to the pig. The swill would
be greatly improved by adding to each bar
rel say 40 pounds OF shorts and three
pounds of oil meal The swil should not
be fed in an acid condition. Mr.. Lewis
gave many other valuable points.
Mr.. Powell followed, touching upon var
ious phases of market gardening Nitrate
of soda should be used with great care as
a fertilizer, as it is costly, 1t is specially
adapted for making quick growth. Among
the good varieties of currents he might
name the Cherry, Versailles, Fay's Prolific