The Saint Paul globe., 1900-04-02
MISCELLANEOUS.

A buy-way-~a road with a tolI-gate.
Corn is good for hens, but should be
used with judgment.
Good acts are like sheep, in that they
follow each other.
The Grain Palace Association of Aber-
deem, Mimi, has decided to hold an ex-
position as usual next fall.
Owing to the advance in broom corn
many Kansas farmers will plant large
areas to this crop.
The Canadian Horse show will be held
at the Toronto armories. April 26-2S.
Henry Wade, Parliament buildings, is
secretary.
An Ardmore, let, man claims to have
a bread making machine, but he does not
say whether the machine has bright eyes
and dimpled arms.
Congressman and senators have 15,0O0,
00O packages of seeds to distribute among
their rural constituents.
The laying fowls require twice as much
food as the non-layers, provided it is
properly selected and fed so as to avoid
fattening A vigorous eater is most like
ly to fill the egg basket.
Eureka, Minn.-There never was such a
prospect for apples in this state. The
trees are loaded with fruit buds. We
have had very mild winter and expect
large fruit crop.
The selling of $4,000 barrels last week
by all Minneapolis shops represented the
consumption of 66S,20O coiled elm hoops
and 1868 hickory hoops.
There was never an instance in the
worlds history of wage-earners' pros
perity when farmers were not prosper
ing.
r. - hot
of the coming seasons cut of lumber at
Duluth has been sold or spoken for up
to date. The bulk of sales Is Of lower
grade lumber.
A COW may possess all of the signs in
the world of a good mixer, and yet, be-
cause of faulty care while heifer, may
not be a profitable dairy animal.
One of the local papers pertinently
says: If the farmers would only go more
into the dairy business it would certainly
pay them when they get 81 net cash for
100 pounds of milk, and that is surely
ahead of So cents for wheat.
Some sorts of rotation will give a field
that tired feeling" The way to remove
the tired feeling is to give the proper
medicines. All kinds of patent medicines
are advertised to remove that tired feel
ing" There is no patent on the remedy
for the tired feeling" in land. good
system of rotation VIII do it and will do
it well.
1t is predicted that within five years
North Dakota will have developed into
the greatest linseed oil and flax producing
county of the world and that manufac-
turers of all kinds of products into which
flax fiber enters will come to this state
for their raw material
Sixteen fine registered Jersey cows be-
longing to the Sanitary Dairy company,
of st. Louis, Mo-, were recently killed by
being turned into second growth sor-
ghum field. They all died of bloat. The
Sanitary Dairy company keep 175 cows.
Potato starch factories have been in
successful operation in Maine Minnesota
and Wisconsin, where they consume all
the small tubers not worth shipping. A
similar factory is now talked Of at Water
Vile, Wash, a famous potato country.
Some Of the adjacent lands are said to
yield as high as 100 bushels per acre.
H C. Erwin, Manager George TfIeston,
Milling Company, st. Cloud, MINI:
Local receipts of wheat are increasing
slightly on account of better roads, but
deliveries are still far elbow last year at
this period and farmers will not market
freely where local price is below Coo.
Sales of -four with US just about keep
equal to our production and we are run,
ming steadily"
August Schwachheim, secretary Cam
bridge (Minn.) Milling Co: THE flour
market has been somewhat better with
us the last week. We have had lots of
inquiries and effected some new sales
We are not exporting at present, neither
have we any surplus of any grade on
hand except some rye flour. Bran and
shorts are selling readily mostly at mill
door"
Elk River (Minn.) Milling Co: Now
that the roads are in better condition
the farmers are bringing in more wheat
than for some time past. We are having
little more inquiry for flour and look
for better prices later in the season. FIX.
port business continues light"