The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-04-10
FARM NOTES,
From the Farmers Tribune. J

CErOm the Farmers Ir1Dune.)
Cows and sheep go we'll together, so do
cows and poultry; and COWS, poultry and
sheep do well, too.
Do not insist on milking beef cattle all
your lifetime, when you wish to make
money by selling cream or butter.
A few rows of strawberries should be
planted each spring. 1t is not best to fol-
low the usual plan of planting a large bed
at one time and counting upon that to fur
nish a supply of berries for several years.
Where potatoes are planted Is inches
apart in the drills, with the rows 80 inches
apart, about eight bushels of seed potatoes,
if cut to single eyes, will be required to the
acre. From 80 to 36 inches is the best
distance for potato rows.
The time will come when stock will no
more be permitted to fall away in flesh than
they will be to fall into a mud hole to die
there. When flesh goes, money goes, and
frequently stays.
There arc few farmers who cannot raise
a few hogs with profit. 1t must be re-
membered that good pasturage is the Sc
cret of success with them.
How about that hog pasture? Have you
provided one yet? To make pork produce
ton as profitable and satisfactory as Theo
Lewis and other improved farmers are do
ing you need a good pasture. If you have
neglected the matter thus far now is a
good time to correct your mistake.
Clarence Wedge says: "The true pioneer
evergreen of the Northwest Is the Scotch
pine 1t pleases the average planter by
its rank growth as a young tree. Our wind
break planted seven years ago. is now a
project protection and averages from Is
to Is feet in the row.
That market bones produce wonderful
results when fed to poultry is indisputable.
The lean meat and gristle form the white
of the egg, and about 16 per cent of the
yolk. The marrow and other fat on the
bones supply the remainder Of the yolk.
In order to get the best results from
the garden, it should be thoroughly en-
riched with we'll rotted manure from the
stables sheep sheds.
We want cows with great capacity for
eating rich feed, not cows that can eat a
bale of straw.
We venture to say that nothing will
one may select to do on the farm than a
potato field of good soil, planted with care
and with well selected seed. and thor
oughly cultivated and protected from in
SectS.
Begin at the bottom. Do not invest too
much capital until you learn how to man.
age: Brains are worth more than capital
in the poultry business.
Draw on nature for some of that stored
up fertilizing material in tn soil. by stirr-
time as to let in the sun and air. which
are the keys that will unlock Dame Ma
lures plant food. It's there in the soil.
and to be had, not for the asking, but
for the necessary tilling.
For gardening purposes we put premi-
UNI on the improved mechanical condition
of our manures:. We want them fine. or
at least partially rotted. Yet we can
not afford to leave the manure, as thrown
out of the stables, lying under the caves,
exposed to torrents of rain or snow water,
and to have the most soluble plant foods
their best part-leached out and wasted.
The Galloways originated in the lowlands
and extreme southern part of Scotland, and
took their name from the district where
they were mainly bred. They are essen
TALLY a beef breed, are hornless, and well
adapted to grazing. Their skins are COW
cred with long, woolly coat of black
hair which make excellent sleigh robes.
The manufacturers of any line of goods
bases his scale of profits by the difference
between the cost of manufacturing and the
selling price. In the first place he knows
what his goods cost him because he makes
it his business to study the relation be-
tween the cost Of raw materials and the