The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-03-31
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them, using a brush or spray pump. In
mixing whitewash use a little carbolic acid
IN it. Constant vigilance is necessary to
kill the lice
A few years ago, says the Des Moines
Homestead, Iowa repealed her dOg-shcep
law, which had been on the statutes so
long, and now nO sheep owner can get pay
for sheep killed by dogs in that state I'M
less he can prove the owner of the dog or
dogs and get pay for his sheep from the
, owner. Taxes still are paid on dogs how
ever. Now Minnesota has done the very
same thing, which IS slap at the sheep
breeders. Some member ought to introduce
bill in-both of these states to be entitled
"A bill to encourage the multiplication Of
worthless ours and to promote, the destruc-
t!on OF sheep in Minnesota Cor Iowa." for
that is just what it is doing.
Onion seed is of no account the second
year, hence it is good practice to try to
sprcut few seed before the main seed
ing, so as to be sure that there will be 10
failure.
Do not think that the money is vast
ed that is laid out for flowers and to
beauttfy your home. We can never mako
1t more beautiful than it should be- We
look TO nome for everything, SO let US Go
our best to make it the dearest place en-
earth.
There is really no way of getting dis
solved dirt out of milk No strainer ever
made will do this. The only thing left to
do then will be to keep the dirt from
getting into the milk. The only wav to
have clean milk is to be clearly about the
milking InsOluble matter may be strain
ed out, but that which has once dissolved
is there to stay.
According to the professors at the Min
nesota experiment station, not enough field
peas are used by the farmers of the
Northwest. AS portion of the ration for
stock, they possess large value. They are
an excellent food for fowls either fed
whole in the litter, or ground and added
to the mash.
i, Heavy hofseshoes are unnecessary ON
the farm. There may be economy in
loads on the highway, especially if it be
sraVeled, but ordinarily the less weight
horse is obliged to life every time he
takes a step the better Fashion instead
Oh common sense controls such things
too often.
Potatoes. are high and there viii be
q temptation TO use seed that will not
give the best results. The small pota-
Don't scrimp the seed potatoes or the
yield may be Scrimped. Better put in
good seed in smaller area than to put
IN smaller and inferior seed in a large
patch.
Clean out your hen houses and sweep
tne noorS clean; sprinkle the floors with
SACKED lime with a few drops Of car
bonc acid mixed in it. This a good g.
1nfectant. Keep your roosting poles wen
painted once a week with some good
nee paint and don't let the lice get the
START OF OF you. Filthy houses are the
cause of lice, and lice is the foundation
OF all diseases among poultry.
Inc population Of this country is in
creaSlng al rapid rate. The demand
Tor the products of the farm is becoming
greater. We are a meat-eating and a
Understanding nation. We can grow
ana snip these two products of our farm
ana not no, deplete our soils The time is
past When we can afford to sell hay and
grain No state in the Union is better
situated or better adapted than Mime
sofa for producing and shipping meat
ana putter and milk. The prospects for
ter. Net-
It is the early Matched chicks that
brlng the highest priced broilers and
make early winter layers next winter.
ana keep them growing and by the first
OF october you will be gathering eggs
rem ZEN them. Well developed pullefs thai
b bread aging f91 e. IN the fall make fine
Iets nave full developed, SO that Chicks
Matched from their eggs will be strnn@
and healthy " strung
II IS claimed by those who have made
study OF the matter that no article of
1000 can be contaminated and adultera+ed
as easily as milk without Changing its
appearance Pure milk is a delight and
pressing, but poor milk is an abomina~
tl0u, shame, sin and crime
1rS OIe or the great questions before the
o w estern Dalrymen is that of getting an
nro6I1o+i re'' oO5iioIheS poIh beef and milk
Prooueuon, dual purpose COW, as it is
Termed. Breeders are discussing if with
arguments for and against the p ~; ISL
go1. IT is said that the Shorthorn and
n hed Polls stand nearest to the head
IN tniS combination and have baay1 ,,1 80
In this combination. M" w
+, Inc distribution of seeds by the Ma.
! tlonal department of Agricultural tifroneb
e eiga fsI a5od is getting to be an expen
there was anything practical in # fber III
could be no objection. but as it is. seeds
af ;fb app9ortioned and sent indiscriminateiy
t Mi1tnout much regard to location, condi.
senting city districts have been KNOWN ypi f. f.
sen or trade their supply to countr ~
members who are anxious to send .
package or two to each of their conSTi+,,
ents. In the second hand stores in Wasb-
lngton seeds can be bought at half the
original cost to the government. 1t is