The Saint Paul globe., 1900-06-11
MISCELLANEOUS.
Spinach is a Persian plant
The peach came from Persia.
What if it should be a wet June2

Spinach is Persian plant.
The peach came from Persia
What if it should be a wet June2
The nasturtium comes from Peru.
The juice of raw meat is the newest
pure for consumption.
The Minnesota State Fair offers $4,000
TO premium winners.
California will raise 125, ,OOO, 900 pounds of
prunes this year.
The latest estimate Of the Cuban crop
of sugar places it at $4,000 tons.
Georgia and Alabama have fine wheat
crops.
Since 1891 Colorado has produced over
coo in gold.
by all means buy for cash, or On very
short time, and fight for the biggest dis
counts that you can get.
It's poor heart that doesn't rejoice at
the news that the peach crop of 1900 Will
probably break all records.
1t IS rarely a good plan to replace the
old SOW that has a good record with 4
young one.
The song of the reaper will soon be
heard III Kansas. Hands are scarce ana
1t is reported farmers. are engaging help
al $5-oO per day
Many gardens have potatoes almost in
bloom. The early varieties will be ON the
market early this month
Iowa farmers are becoming greatly in
terested in beet culture A large area
viii be devoted to the production of sugar
beets.
Sheep breeders who dip their sheep will
save a heap Of trouble later on, and thew
VIII hnd that it pays to do so.
The movement Of cattle to market at
present is fairly liberal The demand for
beef has rarely been better at this sea-
son Of the year.
The farmer who complains that farm
ing nowadays is hard work. should think
OF his grandiathers, with their scytha
ana cradle, when he is sitting upon his
moving machine.
The Missouri state crop report for June
makes the condition of winter wheat
a.. 81, compared with 81 on May /; corn con-
diiion, 81: oats, 81.
The present season. so far as the
growth Of crops is concerned, is about
a month later than usual in Great Brit-
am France, Holland, Belgium and Ger
many.
Many farmers who have quite a number
OF COWS rut two calves to one COW. in
stead o. feeding them by hand 1t saves
quite a little work, and they claim thar
1t makes better calves
The grounds Of coffee left after usino
TIE liquid are ar excellent ingredient to
mix with the earth used in flower pots
tur grandmothers' custom was to put IT
on the surface also, in order to keen tbe
earth moist, and they had roses in bloom
all the year round in their windows
Pittsburg Chronicle. How did the
frost affect your fruit?" asked a Pitts
burg man Of a Rfchland township farmer
Well, the blanket mortgage on the
farm was the only thing that kept 1t
warm, replied the agriculturist.
According to the report of the auditor.
just issued, the state OF North Carolina
IS paying taxes upon '5S6,20e cattle, /. .232.-
6o5 hogs, 5O9,4G3 sheep, 48 S35 goats, III, ,S27
horses l25,S5S mules and 991 jacks and
1ennets, also on H,1le,351 acres of land.
June IS the month when the best butter
can be made, and 1t is the time when but.
ter is most sought for cold storage. 1t
has a good color and quality and is put
into storage and marketed when prices
are good. There are some very good
methods for preserving June butter until
later when prices rule higher I have
eaten packed June butter several months
later which had a better favor than
some fresh butter. June is the month to
put away butter for future use