The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-04-09
MISCELLANEOUS.

Pop corn Will do well on any soil suit
able for field corn.
Plant with hope. it makes both heart
and labor lighter.
Temper the work for a few days to
the long idle horse.
The onion and cabbage rarely find soil
too rich for their blood
Pop corn is selling to wholesale dealers
at from $3.50 to s. per 100 pounds on the
cob.
The Jasper CMinn) Milling company
has been succeeded by the Jasper Cereal
company.
The apple tree and peach tree borers
know enough to let tobacco alone.
AS the proportion of farmers to acres
grows larger so will Yields per acre grow
larger.
the foot more than is consumed by the
mouth.
II IS not often that we expect anything
to occur today, but tomorrow-ah, tomor-
row Is when everything is expected.
The American Agriculturist estimates
- that the number of farms in the United
States has increased by 10000 during the
past decade.
The International Live Stock EXPOSE
ton announces that the preliminary
classification anu premium list is ready
for distribution. Copies can be had by
addressing International Live Stock EX-
position, Union Stock Yards, Chicago.
Some stock food" analyses viii be pub,
lished ere long that will shame the jour
nalistic promoters Of the sale of the stuff
The compounders OF the nostrums can
not be shamed
The peach prospects in Georgia are said
to be excellent, but in most other South
ern states they not promising.
Around Benton Harbors Mich, there is
promise of a fine crop.
II cream is churned at low temporal
ture the butter yield will be larger and
OF better quality, but will take longer
time than if at a higher temperature.
The proper temperature is about IS or 60
degrees.
The National Dairy Union has been
foremost in the fight to stop the sale OF
Oleomargarlne IS butter, and they now
announce that, if all Interested will at
once write their congressman urging them
to vote for the Grout bill tH r. BID
there Is good prospect for It's passage.
If a cow Is milk cow she should have
the very best feed for milk. If she Is
merely kept to grow a calf 1t may not
be necessary, and still a good calf needs
milk. milk cow can assimilate more
food than the average cow gets. This is
an assured fact.
The wide awake amateur gardener Will
not let the present month slip by without
earnest effort to start seeds and plants
that need to be brought along before
piantEng-o1t time. aWhat- to- do depends
on locality in milder regions, the cold
frame will be employed; where colder, a
hot-bed. or a2boX of soil ia 1.-The window
Vegetable seeds SHOULD be sown in hot
bed for early crops of cabbage, cauli-
flower and celery. Those intending to
raise. onions by transplanting young seed
hngs should sow the seed this month";
Watch hotbeds carefully vventilating on
mild days.
L learn that guineas are sold as prai-
RE chickens. I have eaten both, and so
far as looks and taste are concerned.
never could detect any difference. They
are dark alike, and the meat has the
same general appearance. have en-
dured my share Of prairie chickens very
many times, and We have, raised as fine
gulneas as ever 'potrackedt' 80
A farmer living near Peru, Ind, says
that he killed the Hessian fly in his
wheat by sowing airsaked lime on the
field. He spread the lime with a hand
sower, or hddler, and repeated the dosage
twice, making three sowings at short iii.
tervals.
ne OOIonlaI Fruit company has been
organized. with 100000 capital to carry
on general fruit business between this
country and Cuba. 1t is said not to be
connected in any way with the United
Fruit company, and VIII compete with
that company IN the banana and orange
trade .a...A .r-.-.
Prof. Webster of the Ohio experiment
station. says: Il would certainly rather
risk oats or corn on fields that have been
raVaged by Fly last fall II there are no
other infested fields of fall wheat near
by. however, and you plow the ground
and SOW early there will be less danger
as the files that are now in the field
would be buried so deeply in the soil as
to prevent their getting above ground
to do their work"
Eagle Roller Mill company. New Him
MINI: @Fhere is a better demand for
Hour, both domestic and foreign bItt
prices are close The farmers sold wheat
quite freely during the week; there is a
large amount still left In the country.
ana we Will have no trouble in getting
all mat We need for grinding. The
ground is In excellent condition and seed
ing viii commence soon."
When you sneeze or find you are catch
ing cold, wash the hands and face in
coid water at once and at the same time
> snIif little cold water into the nose
" This stimulates the skin and membranes
ana counteracts the effect of the cold.
l want YOU" said the old farmer. "to
give. BIZ about Sc worth of schooIin'~
perVided you'll take it out in trade Fer
instance, III start him on three bushels
corn; then, when that's out I'll keen
nun a-movin' on a couple o, smokehouse
mans; III give you young heller fer
larh MIN writin', an a home-raised cow
Ter peat hggers in his head" Do vo1,
want him to learn any of the higher
t oranchesE Well after he climbs a
leetle' you might throw In bout a busbeI
or two o them, eff you think ft~or sa,r
Dout quarter O. beefs worth. Atlanta
Constitution. I'd