The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-04-03
FARM NOTES,
From the Farmers Tribune)

thoroughbred brown Leghorns are among
the most elegant and valuable of fowls,
either in the yard of the farmer or the fam
cier
In order to foster the butter trade, the
Canadian government has offered to buy
the winter butter made by it's citizens for
shipment to England, paying 20 cents a
pound.
We cannot, of course, lay down rules for
each farmer, for every man must study out
his plans to suit his circumstances but
certainly the exiger cies of our present sur
roundings demand intensive methods, the
largest production at the least COST and a
variety of paying crops.
Trim the wool from the ewes udders be-
fore the lambs dropped. The little
things will waste more effort pulling at
these dry tag locks than the milk they get
will pay for. Give the little fellows a
chance to get their milk easily.
Those chickens really do not need atten-
ton. When the poultry house is white
washed this spring, put a little carbolic
acid in the wash, and this will destroy
many vermin Also, if the chickens are
not provided with a place where they can
have a dust BATH the lice will play hide
and seek among their feathers. They will
seek the hide most though.
Hen turkeys are usually good mothers.
They are careful and persistent settlers, and
take good care of their chicks. They usu-
ally begin to lay at the approach of warm
weather, and continue laying one egg each
day, or one every second day, until they
have laid their number for the season.
which, with young turkey hens, is usually
from 10 to Is eggs. Older hens lay few
more.
The question of economy in public ex-
pendtures is being discussed from the
length to the breadth of the land and
very properly, too. National Lecturer
Messer has just sent out leaf1et of 'Sug-
gestions to lecturers of Pomona and SUBJ
ordinate oranges" which touches upon
taxation, retrenchment in public expendi-
lures, and other hints for lecturers.
The first duty of a shepherd is to keep
sheep out of danger by the most careful
precautions. Let him think and puzzle
his brains to imagine any way in which
the sheep can possibly get into mischief or
trouble of any kind, and take the precau-
tons needed to avoid the trouble, and even
then close Watchfulness must be given
something will go wrong.
Gems of though from leaders in the
order" is a circular in three parts which
has just been issued from the office of the
lecturer of the National Grange for grange
campaign purpose. Every patron should
read it, and then pass it over to
his neighbor who is not a patron Write
to the master of your state grange for
copies
THE time for flowery speeches has pass
ed says the master of the Minnesota
State Grange 1--WE have in years past
been Toasted upon sentmentality. We need
now to go to work in earnest and surmount
the barriers that have been presented and
to overcome every obstacle that stands to
prevent the advancement and widespread
knowledge of the Grange that has met and
filled every necessity of the farmer and his
family
Never allow cows to drink water that
you would not drink yourself. Milk from
common cows, when grass fed, contains
nearly 81 per cent water. The COW has no
filter in her to purify water, and if the
water is impure the impurity goes straight
into the milk. If COW drinks 100 pounds
OF impure water, 81 per cent of the impure
ties Of that water will be found in the
milk.
With hogs, in nearly all cases, it will be
best to select out the animals intended to
be kept for breeding, and then feed them
especially for this purpose. 1t is very inn
portant to select animals having a good
development of bone and muscle Vigor
and thrift are important with breeding an
imals if the offspring is to possess those
qualities.