The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-28
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name has long been obsolete Durham
cattle was name used later. but now
this breed is almost universally called
shorthorns in both England and America.
One of the common causes of failure
! in potatoes is the planting of poor seed.
This is not generally realized at a time
like this year when there is a greater
liability to use poor seed than at any
other time
The alumni of the Minnesota school of
agriculture has organized farmers club
to have branches in localities where one
or more of the graduates of the school
reside. Each member of this club when
feel it his duty to organize the young
men of his neighborhood. In this way
the influence of the school may be in
definitely extended Each club will serve
as sort of agricultural extension course
and every farmer, young and DID, would
do we'll to become a member.
Plant a nice patch of peas the first
thlng. Be sure that they are of the very
earliest variety.
Use the knife unsparingly on old cur
rant and berry bushes. Cut away the old
shrubs 81 We mean by this to prune out
the old wood and give the thrifty young
growth a chance. Good pruning and
manuring will insure large berries.
AiiClS 10 NJ 1OOu Tie 1dTIl0T can SuDDIY
for his table that is better or cheaper
than eggs. This food is nutritious is
nVlgorating, strengthens the sinews and
equips man well for toll. We prefer eggs
TO beeksteak or any kind of flesh.
In the rush and hurry of spring work
there IS great temptation to plant things
in poorly prepared soil. Time gained in
this way had better be lost. A crop well
planted is half cultivated.
What breed of sheep is best?'' Well,
that depends On VINO it is that answers
the question.
Common sense dictates that whenever
a SICK sheep is found it should be re-
moved from the flock Common sense
also teaches the same regarding any
other stock.
A day off-yes, a day off. Farmers,
don [ work all the time, but take a day
once in while and have a visit with
your neghbors. 1t will do them a bit of
good and you a good deal more. AS a
general rule, it's work every day and
nothing but work, on the farm Take a
| day off, same as do men of other branch
! es of trade.
There are few things on earth more
delightful than fruits and flowers Anv
kind Of fruit is desirable. The small
fruits fill just as important a place as
do the standard fruits. However. thew
nave their enemies also, just the same.
ana the small fruit raiser, just the same
as the apple raiser, must keep up a war
upon the insect pest.
1t is often the case at this season, es-
| pecIally when COWS have been on dry
iced in the winter, that milk will fail in
richness In many cases this may be
remedied by a change in the rations
! ANIMALS tire of any one single ration if
! fed too long, no matter how good or nu-
! trltlous, and change is always more
! or less beneficial.
If a farmer expects his women folk
to take care of the garden, he should in
| all fairness prepare piece of ground
Tor the garden in the best possible man
| ner, and it should be in a long strip. so
that he may run his cultivator through
| 1T frequently. The small square garden.
| made up of beds and worked with a
! spade. hoe and hand rake, is the hardest
way of all to care for the garden.
The hens will enjoy the coming of green
| grass just as much as will the cow and
the horse.
The United States furnishes England
| with 90 per cent of her breadStuffs and
| 50 Der cent of her meats So long as
England is compelled to depend upon the
/ United States for her very living there
| VIII be no serious ruction between the
| two countries
Darwin once picked UP a wounded pig
| con by the WaySide. It's leg had beer
broken, and in its contracted claws was
| a little lump of earth. This Darwin plant
| ed to see what vegetable life it might
contain. From it he produced fifteen va
rleties of plant life. This shows how