The Saint Paul globe., 1902-02-17

thority for the statement that not less
than $20,000,000 worth of imported fibers
are converted into manufactured prod
ucts in this country. This amount could
be much Increased, and it is easily pose
sible to grow in this country at least as
much fiber as we are now importing.
And these imported fbers are mainly
fax and hemp, both of which grow ir
| prime condition in Minnesota and other
Northwestern states.
The leading cranberry states east Of
the Rockies are Massachusetts, New
! Jersey, Wisconsin and Minnesota, in or
der named. Oregon on the Pacific coast,
has three cranberry producing countess
and Washington is reported as having
at least two.
Forestry may be briefly defined as
follows: Protection of timber lands
from destructive fires, restricting the
cutting of timber to trees of certain
growth, judicious thinning, and the
planting of seeds and cuttings" Now
is the time to take up the forestry ques-
tion in Minnesota.
of the country over mule-footed hogs,
which have a solid instead of split
hoof, it being claimed that they are
cholera proof. Don't invest any money
in them on that account. The disease
never attacks the hoof.
Every farm in the land should boast a
well TILED garden and wel filled lied poui
city people an enormous sum annually.
On the outskirts of Chicago, New York
and other large cities are numerous small
poultry plants, catering to this demand
and the business is annually assuming
larger proportions.
Supt Gregg is now approaching the
close of a very successful institute cam
paign in Minnesota. Anent this subject,
Secretary Wilson, of the department Of
agriculture. says: "on the supposi-
nually attend the Farmers in
stitutes, it will be seen that out of 10000
GU farm workers in the United States
only one in. twenty is directly reached by
the most intelligent men in the busi-
ness, and whatever good they receive
from the Institutes is disseminated to a
considerable extent among their less ag-
gressive and more careless associates. .
There is a great scarcity of pasture
feed in the Southwest veritable grass
IN poor flesh and dying by hundreds. The
spring movement of feeders from that
region to the Dakotas and Montana will
be earlier and greater this year than ever
before
The New York Tribune has been pub
nshlng some articles entitled What
farmers Most Want One man said:
The farmer need to. be a Christian gen
tleman, to be farmer from choice, and
TO nave the right sort of wife Another
man said he needed good land, health
and strength, practical education and
thorough goodness. -
1t is time to be looking over the farm
implements to see if repairs are needed
Tor spring work. Then repair them if
tney need II, and do not wait until they
come into use
The Iowa dairy commissioner reports
that at the close of 1901 there were thir-
ty-four less public creameries in the state
than in the previous year This is a fact
that is significant. 1t does not mean
tEat Iowa is going out of dairying, but
that IN many sections farmers are re-
turning to private carrying, which they
are able to do with hand separators at
home.
farmer who speaks from sad ex1er-
lence gives out the following advice: IF
you are tired of farming-tired of milk
ing COWS, ploWing, reaping and choring-s
don't make the mistake of renting or
sellng the farm and starting into mer-
cantlle business in some. town. Nearly
every community can furnish some finan-
cial wreck Of man who has done this
tmng. 1t is the surest way in which
| u get rid of the old farm and dissipate
| the hard earnings and savings of tWenty
hye or thirty years that we know Of"
North Dakota seems on the eve of
quite movement to build a system Of
fax tow mills in various parts of the
in that direction.
Modern farming requires in all depart
mentS a higher training than has been
required in the past Every progressive
knowledge respecting the underlying
principles of his occupation is an es-
Senual element of success.
The question of fertility of soil is one
that must come before the farmer of
the West, and the sooner they take hold
OF it Understandings. the better for them
In counting the cost of production, the
extent to which the cxop exhausts the
soil should be considered, A crop of flax
seed, for instance. makes a much greater
drain upon the elements of fertility than
one OF wheat, corn or other ordinary
farm crops
Last year. as soon as the farmers Of
southern Illinois realized that the corn
crop would prove a failure on account
OF the drought. they planted COW reas
and secured yield of fifteen or twenty
ouShels to the acre. That's where fore
sight and the question of cattle crops ha-
came important. That's what head1vor,r
will do on the farm. - y ~ :