The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-03-10
NOTES OF SPRING.


1 Arbor day will be here pretty sooon,
aaIIdHse 70 plant some trees or shrub
perry IN the home yard; also to shade
the live stock 74ie'eie
In buying cows for the dairy be sure Of
| quantity. d" INC
Win seed potatoes be high this spring2
~ I'm Is reported that the high prices last
an lnuuced uhe boarding of potatoes for
sun hlgher prices this spring, and thar
Iarge stocks are being held for this bur
be high eii' iioC 70
The farmers Institutes this season in
tLe Northwest We're attended by more PEG
PIE and more interest was manifested
imam ever before. This indicates a oe-
ere on the part of the men who till the
son 10 pc better Informed, to pursue bet
ter Methods to impOreV a llgrades of seed
ana stock to improve the conditions Of
me farm home, to be more in touch with
the spirit of progress which is dominat-
ing and shaping all lines of business in
this country.
New seeds, other things being equal.
VIII germlnate sooner than old seed. 1t
Is said that seednnen sometimes mix old
SEED with new, although | do not know
that this is often done. At any rate. it
IS good plan to test all garden seeds
before planting.
Now is the time for the farmer to de-
clde whether he will give more attention
10 MS poultry or go on in the same old
way OF keeping scrub stock and letting
them SHIFT for themselves. The season
Is at hand when this matter should be
given some consideration. If the farmer
Goes not care about the chickens will
he let the women folks have a little
money 50 they can improve the flocks?
A practical man, who always has
g0od garden, says: Along the last Of
March we get few small boxes fill
them with earth and SOW some celery
cabbage, peppers, tomatoes, pansias and
other desirable things. Then in Nav we
nave nice lot of strong plants to set
out IN the garden without having to buy
or beg them from the neighbors''
Ii oleomargarine is ''the poor mans
butter, the said poor man should see
70 II that he gets it at poor mans
price. This will be when he buys it for
just exactly what it is and not dis
gulsed under the name of butter Buying
1t as butter he pays just about twice
as much for it as he would if sold under
It's own name. 1t only costs about cents
a pound to make oleo., and it goes in
the market with genuine butter that
cost 20 cents to make
Farmers and others should not allow
sparroWs to harbor around their barns
and houses. The sparrow is a nlrate
and the enemy of all other birds
In the spring of the year the bees are
IN most danger of dwindling. They should
! be looked over and the light colonies fed.
In feeding them do not expose the feed.
for in so doing the strong colonies, which
need 1t least will get most of the feed
and besides it will incite robbing. If is
better to place the feed over the brood
nest.
No small part of the farmers living
comes from the garden if it be thorough
~ worked. It follows then that we
snould give this plot of ground more at
tention than we do
There will be an unusual demand for
seed corn the coming season. Most of
last years seed is not good. 1t does not
pay to plant any kind of seed except
Don't blame the hen if she comes from
the nest with five or six chicks out Of
a possible dozen. She has done her
| pest The thing to do is to be ais sure
as may be that the eggs given her are
| fertile.
Tn silo has come West and is taking a
! pace on every practically conducted
| STOCK or dairy farm. The first silos that
! were built cost so much that the practice
| of putting them up received a serious set
! back. Now, very good ones are made.
| anu seem TO answer every purpose, that
ccst only 500 or little over. In Mime
/ sofa and Iowa. stave silos are being put
| up for from 500 to $125, to that will care
| for from ten to twelve acres of pretty
! thlckly grown fodder corn, or from eighty
10 ninety tons of good feed. These silos
are made Of 2X6 stuff, stood up staye
fashion and fastened by hoops of rod iron,
! Inc outside is kept Well painted and the
| inside well and frequently smeared with
coz coz Tar heated I'll thin and penetrating.
OF the more than $3.50, 600 600 worth Of
animal matter exported from the United
States in 1900, more than $112, COO, 600, OF
nearly so per cent, was received for hos
products alone.
The old saying is that one bee in March
| is worth half dozen in June The March
| bee helps to breed up the strong NAV
swarms that gather the surplus honey in
! June. -
1t is said that a sick pig readily learns
to lie down when scratched by a stick and
VIII submit to be covered by an old blan-
ket. The warmth will keep him quiet
Empty oil barrels make excellent coons
! for young chickens. Set a level floor in
the open end. Vermin will not infes1
| such coop.
| Great stories are being told of what
| money there is in raising alfalfa. 1t is
/ good Stuff from all reports.
Why the hen insists upon resting in
| winter when eggs taste better and keen
| better than In summer is one Of those
| things no fellow can find out That
men can send messages across the sea
| without Wire but cannot cause a meek
| and lowly hen to lay regularly in winter
/ SCIENCE - =
Sorghum will be planted by many This
| season as fodder on account of drought
| resisting properties. 1t has little or no
| advantage over corn in ordinary seasons
! but in drought keeps right on erowin9
as II nothing had happened Corn and
! clover, where they grow, still make the
| winning combination, but some SORGHUM
TO provide against drought is a safe
About the last poultry show Of the
season is announced for March 20 to %.
| at Grafton, n. D. T. H TravaIson geo,
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