New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1899-03-08

on his own farm, which cost only about
$3.50 and holds about 1870 tons of en-
silage which is sufficient food for so
cows for six months. This silo is called
= tub silo, built by using 2x6's or 2x8's,
held together with hoops, similar to a
barrel or tub.
Mr.. Greedy gave talk on the feeding
and breeding of sheep. He also gave a
description of a very economical sheep
fence, which he claims can be built at
an expense of ten cents per rod by using
four parallel wires and short wires as
ties. He emphasized the great necessity
of using good strong sire in grading up
our native sheep. -. .--. ......--
Theodore Lewis gave talk on the
care and feeding of swine, and also gave
satisfactory answers to a great many
questions asked by the audience.
Q. NJ. Lord says there is little danger
OF getting red raspberries planted to
deep. The full length of the spade will
not be too deep. Prepare soil as for
cabbage or any gooG crop. Rely on
shallow cultivation rather than for ma
nure the first year. Set four feet apart
in row, and rows eight feet apart. Shake
out roots so they will not be doubled up
IN planting. Twist bushes around be-
fore layerlng for winter, so they will not
spring up and will protece each other.
Better lay toward the north as more
away from sunshine. The Gregg, Lou
don, Cuthbert and Schaefer are good va
rieties.
In planting evergreens, keep them in
the cellar, till set out. Make a puddle
In pail, set few in and saturate their
roots with mud. Plant in rows with
roots lying in the direction of rows so
that horse cultivation can be used. The
Scotch pine is hardy but homely. Mr..
Gregg spoke of his mistake in building
| his house on the corner of his farm. since
which he has had to buy land both west
and south of him in order to put out the
necessary necessary trees for protection.
Among deciduous trees the European
birch Tanks high. It is hardy, great
root grower, with branches tough as
whalebone and pretty foliage. The Box
Elder is homely in it's trunk aud occ a.
sionally blights. Tie Golden Willow
is beautiful, hardy ard a rapid grower.
The elm is long lived and snapely.
W. j. Kennedy took up the principles
of feeding and dwelt upon the value o.
the building elements in foods. Noth-
ing else can build milk, bones, nerves
and muscles. Protein can bum, can
take tie place of other heating foo dis,
but they can'never take it's place. Glow
er hay is we'll balanced food, but the
woody fibre, etc., cause the COW to eat
too much bulk for the result. Oat hay
comes next to clover hay. Though
harder on land it will grow under some
conditions where clover hay does not.
Sow one half bushel per acre more than
for grain so as to secure fine stalks. Cut
| when the first heads turn white so the
juices are still distributed through the
stalk. If damp season, use mower in
stead of binder. Mlllet hay should al
so be thickly sown, 40 lbs. to the acre.
Cut early in. blossom as seeds are very
indigestible. For our balanced ration
we need one part of protein to six of
other elements. Add therefore some
grain, and feed latter with or after the
roughage. Bran at $40 a ton equals
oats at 8 cents bushel. At present
price of oats it will pay to sell them and
buy bran. This is based on amount Of
protein or builder in each. Corn meal
lies SO heavily on the stomach, Tighten it
with bran or by grinding the cob also.
Pasture grass has one part of protein 10
four and half parts of heaters, so is
we'll balanced. When made into hay
some has become woody so is unavaila.
ble. Our pastures, too, have usually clov-
er and other things than timothy in
them. Do not feed more than Il pounds
of fax seed meal a day to COW, while
even two or three pounds of knssed meal
might be given. Two feeds day gives
the COW timeto remasticate. Water af-
ter feeding, so as to moisten food. The
amount of flax seed or linseed meal de.
pends upon wnat else is fed the cow.
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