The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-01-03
shock corn once a day With an oc-
easional feed OF fodder. They are fed
IN troughs when the ground is Soft
Ohio Farmer. &.
Ain, for auaI2ty.

| 2 { 5ta9 r r ~
Aim for QunI&ty.
Poor products spoil the markets.
III order to be able to sell his yeger
| tables and fruit :st good prices the
grower Elust learn how to tempt the,
buyer. He must appeal to his eye.
liz the first place, by the neat, appe-s
tfzing appearance of his products, and
then to his palate by their taste and
| favor, thussmaking the customer wish,
for more
| Al of this seems to be- self evident,
Yet when we go on the markets we
find lot Of stuff that actually looks.
|repulsive. We see plenty OF wilted
vegetables, and specklcd, spotted and
gnarled fruit. Californians are about
the only ones that have learned how
to put up good fruit, and put it up IN /.
an appetiZing manner Otherwise. it
Is seldom that any of the stuff offered
fof sale in the open market tenlpts
our appetite. 1 have never cared to
Day a., quart of strawberries in the
cay markets, no matter how cheap
they We're offered, or have never
| cared to. Call for dish of strawberries
and cream in a city hotel. But / can
eat-nY quart Of that lucious dish at
any meal at home, when 1 know the
Defrles have come fresh from the
neld and. the cream from our own lit
tie Jersey II l expected to get ber-
rles and cream just as good in the
motel or'restaurant in the city, would
frequently ask for it.
Poor stuff spoils the market. An
instance: Of this is given in a new
DOCK on market gardening, by Burnet
Landreth Orange Judd & Co.. New
York: PIG pages; cloth; price. s1.5m
as follows: '
.Early: shipments are always profit
able Whe1. the fruit or vegetable is
properly developed, but quality s-.ouId
be aimed at by the grower rather
IMAM early. large or extensive shin
ments. AS an example of the evil eff
fects OF producing quantity at the ex-
pense OF quality, notice the result of
the introduction of the Kolb Gem
watermelon, an early, reliable sort, a
good shipper; Snowy outwardly. but in
quality only third class. so poor in
texture and flavor that the cons,1mn-
ZION OF early wateamelons by neonIa
OF discrimination has fallen off ovor
one half, because it is impossible to
obtain anything but miserable Kolh
Gem until after the Northern-srown
Watermelons' come Tito the market.n
nave been taken in by these Kolh
gems myself: They looked so anpe-
tlzins in the hot days of July, hlng
oelore our own melons were ripe. that
l occasionally did buy a specimen or
TWO; put since 1 found the quality So
very interior, l did not feel the TENN
tation to repeat the experiences very
often. If these early watermelons
had been really good, always would
nave bought ten where bought ono
Farm and FTreside.
management of Barnyard Manu-.
Farmers Bulletin No. q ;ssnod hu
the United States Department of Az
r1culture,' is compact little mono-
graph on the value and proner man.
agement of barn-yard manure. If the
rertlllzing constituents of the manure
producedi by all the farm animals
of the United States are estimated
at their market value the total amount
toots up to the enormous sum of more !.
than $2,OO0,0o0,O00 in year. This es-z
innate does not mean that manure
produced by our farm animals is &C.
tually worth that amount of money to :,
the farmers, for much of it is actually
thrown away and much of it is care
lessly applied. 1t means. however. that
the phosphoric acid, potash. and nitro
gen Which this product contains would
cost that much if it were p, released.
1t ought, to be borne in mind too. that
| If this valuation is too high it takes
no account of the use of manure in inn.
proving the mechanical condition and
the drainage of the soil. which is al
| most as important as it's actual fer.
| tilizing value. Prof. Roberts of Cor
! nell University, thinks that $3.50 is a
| conservative estimate Of the value of .
the manure produced during seven
winter months On small farm which.
| carried fou" horses, twerty cows, fifty.
| sheep, and ten pigs. At leass. one-fhird,
of this is lost, which would mean for.
the whole country a waste of nearly
$7o0,000.000. This little pamphlet Of
thirty odd pages gives plain directions;
for protecting this valuable product
from loss by fermentation or by the
teaching out of it's soluble constituents:
1t also explains the rational methods
of preserving and applying manure.
Advantn ses of Crimson Clover.
Crimson clover is attracting good
deal of attention throughout the eoun-
try, but especially in those sections
where the ordinary red clover does
not thrive we'll. In the South and far