The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-06-03
Fruit Prospects in Michigan.

The official state report from Mich
igan concerning fruit prospects, indi-
! Gates condition very discouraging to-
peach growers. Orchards within ten
or fifteen miles of lakes Erie or Michi-
gan, that were we'll situated on high,
dry land, show less damage than those
In the interior, but even in these fay
ored localities, from so to Is per cent
OF the buds have been destroyed, and
many young trees killed outright.
Older orchards of hardy varieties will
survive, but the crops produced this
year will necessarily bensmall. In the
northern and central portions OF the
state, orchardists report that rs to IS.
per cent of all the peach trees are dead.
Pear, plum and sweet cherry trees
have Jared almost as badly. Sour
cherry and apple trees, and grape.
vines of hardy varieties, appear to be-
all right, and so do strawberries, which
have been protected by a good blanket
Of snow. Raspberries and blackberries~
are much injured. The loss Of potatoes
in pits and cellars by freezing, is very
great, ranging from rs to Is per cent.
The Seed Flat.-An excellent box in
which the seeds for early flowers can
be sown is about eighteen inches long,
fifteen inches wide and three and one
half inches deep. This box can be.
placed in the window beside the cut
ting box. A good soil for the seed
box is made of three-fourths soddy
loan and one-fourth sand; this mix
ture gives a soil that drains we'll and
does not run together after it has.
been watered few times. In this box
can be sown Pansy, Verbena, Petunia,
Snap Dragon, Sweet Alyssum, Saliva
Splendens, or seeds of any other sim
liar plants that will stand transplant
ing and are desired for early bloom
ing. Enough plants, can be grown in
box of this size to supply good
sized flower garden.-W. H. Moore.
Varying Types of Feeders-Practical
and experienced feeders, who breed and
purchase steers for fattening, observe
striking differences in the aptitude of
animals of varying types and makeup
to lay on flesh readily and in such form
and quality as to command the highest
price on. the market. It requires a
well-trained eye to detect in all cases
the possible variation of results in the
store or stock steer; but there are some
distinctions that are easily detected.
There are certain types OF cattle, for
instance, that never feed proftably
under any conditions, and it is quite
as important to discriminate against
these in the feed lot as to be able, to
recognize the excellence in other types.
Bureau of Animal Industry Report.
Waste.-One of the important things
about good farming that most of US
have to learn is to avoid waste. We
pay taxes on land that we do not farm;
we only half cultivate our fields and
so waste both land and labor; we leave
a large percentage Of the crop in the
field; we waste time and capital in
raising inferior animals; we waste en-
ergy in trying to do more than one
man can do right; we waste money in I
buying what we should raise ourselves; 3
we waste opportunities to improve our
scond ition by staying away from insti-
tutes and fairs and by neglecting to-
read papers; we Waste-in thousand
ways, and then Ne are ready to say
farming don't pay And it is no
wonder. Montana Fruit Grower.