The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-09-30
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60 FARM AND DAIRY. s.

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Where fodder is depended upon
largely as rough feed for stock dur
ing the winter, cheap shed under
which a supply can be stood especially
to use in stormy weather will be
found very good Investment. Stock
do not relish wet, frozen fodder and
will not eat any considerable quantity
unless compelled TO by excessive
hunger, a condition always TO be
avoided If stock are to be kept
thrifty. A supply stood under
shelter that will be dry when that in
the fields is too wet TO feed to an ad-
vantage, will be found great help.
IL can be built, Of posts set in the
ground and covered with iron cor
rugated roofing at small cost and
will prove help in saving feed.
The seed corn should all be selected
while the stalks are standing in the
field, for it is then that the farmer
can judge of the size Of stalk on
which the the corn has grown and
figure pretty closely as to what may
be expected from such selected seed.
If the selection is made after the ears
have been picked the farmer is in the
dark regarding the kind of seed corn
he has selected.
With caution aud proper treatment
at the first signs of the disease
cholera may be kept out Of the herds
entirely. Many men do this. 1t is
the careless hog raiser who is sooner
attacked and who suffers the greatest
loss. All hogs need plenty of good
pasturage in the summer time and
some green food in winter. 1t assists
n the digestion Of the foods, and
with good digestion and plenty of eX-
ercise, together with cleanliness, hogs
are almost immune from any disease.
The dairyman who does not keep up
an endless war against dirt VIII never
make the finest butter or cheese. He
may make something that seems good
while it is fresh, but, on Keeping, he
will find that it will go off" and the
price will go off" also. The life of
the successful dairyman must be one
long cleaning. beginning with the
COW, her food, water and surround
ings, and ending up with clean milk,
clean vessels, and clean dairyman.
All these are in his reach, and all
these he must have if be expects to be
anything more than poor maker OF
poor dairy products-poor in his purse,
as well as his products.
A BulI-"Hey Pat. what's bull?''
"Ye see thin three cows lOyin' down
ia the field yander? Well, the one
that's standing up S bull"
As result of the good season fol-
wool throughout the northwest very
few of the men who make wool grow.
ing business will he in debt this
year. Those who have had Obliga.
tions hanging over them for some
time past will wipe them out, while
those who were out Of debt will be
able to increase their land and stock
holdings, and pay cash for the better
ments.
Consul General Goodnow of Shang-
hal, China, reports that The Chinese
and especially the Europeans in China,
want more American butter, but he
adds: II must reiterate one point.
Do not send poor butter" So say we
all of US, ADDS the Northwestern
q griculturist. There is no article on
the market for which there is such a
uniform demand for the best grade as
butter Our exports to Asia last
year amounted to $40, 633, l59 of all
kinds of merchandise.
The New York Sun has presented
several kinds of crow to pick, which
it charges up as follows: The crow of
Uncle Sam is "Y ankee Doodle Doo."
OF rooster is "Cock-a-Doodle Doo.n
or an old maid is ANY Dude'll Doo."
1t is a fact that about 1000 pounds
of good business hen is about the most
profitable half ton of live weight that
a farmer can have on his farm, SAYS
Rural New Yorker.
In embarking in the poultry bust
ness, plan for q regular income every
week. Instead of trying 10 make it
all at some particular season. 1t is
the regular laying by that shows up
profits in the end.
Views on Calf-Raising.
To the Gazette: have raised, or.
rather, tried to raise calves since 1892
and have had varied results. / never
failed to raise q good calf il the COWS
came in in the fall of the year anv