The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-03-12
MISCELLANEOUS.

Minnesota did well at Lincoln and as
usual came off with the first prize.
Early vegetables are among the most
desirable OF material things. and the
hotbed or house starting box is a means
to that desired end.
The 724 tubs of butter entered at the
Lincoln convention were bought by C.
H. Weaver & Co, of Chicago. and the
price was 2Shc f. o. b. Lincoln.
The average weekly wages of the men
employed in the cotton mills OF Maine
are %.SS. OF the women $780, and OF the
- children $2,7S.
In Australia there is said TO be a gum
tree which is 4l5 feet in height.
There are now Al. $50, O65 sheep In the
United States. against S9,114 453 last year.
Indiana has Increased her sheep hold
ings from 67+.5S2 in 1899 to 677, 905 this
year.
Molasses for cavalry horses will In fu-
90 ture be one of the items of expense for
the maintenance OF the army in the Phil
ippines.
New York Journal of Commerce: The
National Biscuit company received 2,124.-
BOB barrels OF -four in the past thirteen
months or 1883 more than In the pre-
vtous thirteen months
The Minneapolis Retail Hardware Deal
ers' association. at its annual meeting,
elected the following officers: President,
Jacob Stoft; vice president, II. c. Vohn;
secretary, J. Boehme treasurer, j. II.
Woehler
Henry Gwinn, a farmer near Hager-
town, owns a clock set in a vertebra
of a mastodon. Mr.. Gwinn has another
bones belonging to the same animal.
which were found while digging ditch
several years ago.
Joseph Welmer, an old farmer near
CharlestOwn. distrusted banks withdrew
5000 he had on deposit and secreted 1t at
his home. A burglar did the rest. There
is no clew
An English inspector Of poor houses
for twenty-five years Is quoted as say
fng that during all his experience he has
never met with a teetotaler in an Eng
- lish workhouse.
Go into the barn some day when it is
cloudy and see If there Is sufficient light.
1t may be necessary to put in a few
more windows. 1t IS all nonsense to
creep up in dark hay NOW, running
against beams and stepping off of
abrupt places. Provide light.
T. B. Terry tells in the Practical Farm
err OF a pou!tryman who cans chickens
When the ROSTERS get large enough to
suit him. he dresses and cans enough
to last about a. year for his family use.
The roosters are cut up, boiled and then
packed I'm two-quart cans, all air spaces
being filed with gravy. Then the cans
are closed. just as though you were
putting up fruit
To the man who has from five to ten
bushels OF navy beans to sell at this sea-
son of the year at 81 to $3.50 per bushel
II Is Just ike finding that amount. 1t is
an easy matter to grow five TO twenty
bushels of this product and not notice the
extra wcrk required ''1-r
The North Dakota supreme court has
decided that AL grain contained In ele-
VatOrs in that state on April is subject
to assessment for taxation and that the
tax is a charge against the elevator. The
elevator owner Is entitled, however. to a
lien on the grain to reimburse him for
payment OF the tax.
Boer means farmer This Beers are a
nation OF farmers. They are given mostly
to stock-raIsirg. for which their wide,
grassy plains are well adapted.
When whole milk is furnished to a
creamery and the skim milk is returned
20 be fed on the farm. it is a good plan
to have the skim milk boiled at the
creamery as soon as taken from the
separator This keeps it sweet and does
not impair its food value.
The BTahma, Plymouth ROCK ana any
of the heavy breeds must not be fed too
much, The Leghorn will eat a little corn
and then go off foraging, but the heavy
breeds will eat till they can hold no more,
and then sit around waiting for the next
meal Don't condemn the heavy breeds
because you don't know how to feed them.
They are the best winter layers when
properly cared for.
The depar tment of agriculture has In
PRODUCED from France what Is called the
ever-beaUjng strawberry, which Is said
70 bear for several months on the same
= plants. If ii proves to answer this de-
scrlptlon it will be a great variety for the
home strawberry patch. although 1t will
probably not be much in favor with the
truck gardener
BrookvIle. Pa, has a crow hatchery
said to be the only one in the world.
This birds jet black head makes hand
some trimming for ladies' hats and mil
liners are credited with paying 5 cents for
each head. The eggs of crows hatch in an
ordinary chicken incubator In fifteen
days. and in eight weeks the birds are
big enough to be guillotined.