The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-10-03
SOME FARM TOPICS.
USEFUL INFORMATION FOR The
TILLERS OF THE SOIL.
Science In Fnrning-CurlnE Corn
Fodder to PerfectiOn-HoldinE Up
the Milk-YellOw and White Corn
SCRUB Feeders-FarM Notes.


the NIiIk-YellOw and White Corn
SCRUB Fceders-FarM Notes.
Frank w. Hawley, one Of the gentle
men interested in the Niagara Electric
Power company, and a scientific farm
er, has model place near Rochester,
N. Y. Writing on the subject of the
farmer of the future, he says:
"The new. era for the farmer has
Just begun. In no domain of human
activity lies greater scope for genius
than in agriculture. No other calling
is so conducive to health, longevity
and happiness. Science lays discov-
cries at the farmers feet and implores
their use. For him the chemist tolls
in his laboratory. For him the botan-
list CLEANS the fields. For him the in
ventor has simplitied labor and en-
lightened toll For him scholars and
experts employed by the government
are kept at work at state and national
experiment stations to solve the prob
lens of the soil. The broad-minded
agriculturist who avails himself Of
these researches and discoveries is a
man to be envied. We may yet attain
the art of making malleable glass, and
under such protection acres may be
devoted to the growth of vegetables
and semi-tropical fruits for our local
markets. Rapid transit and improved
refrigerator cars will enlarge the ter
ritory to be supplied. The broad belts
of the temperate zones extending
round the world, will be explored in
search of new varieties Of grain, trees,
| a Nd e1,C
laws of animal breeding and heredity
will be better understood and our do
nestle stock be greatly improved.
America will possess the finest cattle
in the world, and the states fitted for
cattle raising and dai1ying will vie
with one another for the leadership.
"The electric age will materially i'm
prove the condition of the agricultur-
list. I look for the day when each
farmer will own an electric equipment
to furnish power for his creamery, for
grinding food, for pumping water, for
lighting his house and for heating his
greenhouse and other buildings. Elec
trio roads will pass his door, affording
quick transit for himself and his pro-
duce to the nearest market town. His
horses will labor on the farm while
he journeys on the highway in a
wagon propelled by a storage bait Try.
The subtle energy can be made to
serve him in a thousand ways and per-
form innumerable tasks. BY it's kind
ly aid the hitherto overworked farmer
may become largely gentleman of
leisure. Then we shall expect much
of him. Then will he have liberty to
assume that political Importance to
which he is justly entitled. The sue
cessful farmer should be the coming
man, and future legislation must look
closely to his interests. 1t is a nota-
bic fact that many Of our best and
ablest men have exhibited strong
prediction fol rural life"
Curing Corn Fodder to Perfection.
For the last three years the only
corn have raised has been the sweet
variety for canning. The first year Of
my experience with the fodder of this
crop was not satisfactory. Put into
the barn after it was apparently well
cured, and packed away IN the usual
, manner, a considerable portion of it
rotted. The second year l tried a diff
ferent plan for curing it. AS soon as
the corn was picked the fodder was
cut up and put into stocks in the usual
manner, an average of about sixteen
I hills to the stock. AS soon as the
stalks had become we'll wilted the
, whole was hauled to large barn built
for curing tobacco, but no longer used
for that purpose. A loose second story
floor was laid in the barn, and both
floors were filed with the fodder. the
! stocks being set up as they stood in
: the field, with sufficient space between
r them to allow the circulation of air
: and all supported in an erect position
! by the old tobacco poles, suitably ar
ranged for that purpose. The side
doors provided for ventilation whe1
4 tobacco was hung in the barn, were
:. thrown open and the fodder given, al
: the air possible. The result was thu
i finest lot Of corn fodder that l have
ever seen. It was bright in color an(
perfectly sweet, and all kinds of stool
ate it with keen relish. Last yea
y I treated the fodder in the same wa,
r with similar results. AS 1 happen tt
: have the necessary barn, the cost O.
. storing my fodder in this way is very
y much less than would. be the cost O.
4 building a silo and making ensilage
I can handle it at my leisure withou
J. extra help, and without costly ma
| Culuciy 1oi cutting. ITODdDly Irln
II more of the dry fodder is rejected b,
= stock than would be the case with en-
i silage, but all things considered 1 pre-
:: fer to continue the drying of my fod
4 der. If 1 had no suitable building il
h which to cure it, I am at present in
tt clined to think that should erect Z
is cheap shed for. that special purpose
rather than to build a silo.-A. OWN
nell in Orange Judd Farmer.
Holding UD the MILK.
Has the mixer any remedy agains
the wilfulness of the cow in holdin