Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1906-02-22

lnere is lnlS ABOUT the poultry ana
dairy business-there is no danger of
OVERRIDING either one. Profitable prices
for the product Of the cow and the hen
are absolutely assured for the future
The two lines represent the very safest
and surest Of any branches of agricul-
ture.
Keep clear Of that attitude Of mind
which SCOTS at every new thing. We
saw man the other day who objected
to the King drag, and the only reason
he could give was that it was a new
thing. New things are the outposts Of
civilization and enlightenment None
but the Chinese should follow in the
footsteps Of their ancestors.
Along in September we noted wo-
man with a sunbonnet riding on q
moving machine and engaged in cut
ting all the weeds in the cow pasture,
handled the big Percheron horses with
as much skill as any man. She might
have been doing lot of less worthy
things-been reading a cheap historical
novel, been tatting or tattling or at
tending some club where pug dogs
have the lead over children.
If you are sixty and have always
worked hard the worst thing which
you can do is to cut off short and quit
work, no matter how we'll able you
may be to live without it. Work
is great panacea for human ills. 1t
keeps the boy out of mischief and pro-
longs the life of the old man, while
it keeps all, both young and old, from
lots of meanness. The old man, how
ever, should not be driven by his work,
but should do just as much Of that kind
of work as he feels like doing and DO
more
! Through large section of the north
west where the tile draining of wet
land was a new thing an almost fatal
blunder was made with all the first
drainage work done in the use Of tile
of too small diameter. Because of the
smaller cost three inch tile was COM
monty used, with the result that much
of the work proved worthless and now
has to be all done over again., No tile
less than four inches in diameter
should be used save in very rare in
stances. Another bad mistake was
that the land was not properly sur
veyed leveled and staked to secure
the right fall for the water, and in
some cases we know Of the attempt
was made to make the water run up
hill.
1t is not so hard OF so costly to start
a herd Of we'll bred cattle as good
many men think it is. A first invest
ment in a couple of registered heifers
in calf will give good start, and from
even such small beginning fine herd
can be built up. What breed? That
is for every man to determine for him
SELF He will do best with that breed
which he likes the best, only just make
the selection and then stick to it year
in, year out. The most foolish thing
ever done in stock raising is to try to
run from one breed to another by
crossing, for it means the begetting Of
a first class herd Of scrubs and moth
ing else. Stock kept along dairy lines
will make the most money, but will
also require the most work. Not every
farmer should try to be a breeder of
pedigreed stock, but every one should
be grower Of we'll bred stock.
A friend recently hauled from the
field large stack of clover hay put up
surprised to find so large an amount of
it spoiled, for it was in good condition
when stacked. 1t is almost impossi-
BILE to so stack clover hay that the
stack will shed rain unless covered
with some other material. In England,
where large amounts Of this hay are
put up each year, the rule is to build
large stacks, from fifty to hundred
tons, the stack being protected with a
canvas cover while in process Of build
ing, and when it is well settled it Is
covered with a well matched roof Of
straw, and so protected the stack will
keep for years. Here the average stack
Of clover hay is forty feet long sixteen
b feet wide and ten feet high and simply
a great sponge to absorb all the rain
which falls. Really, all clover hay
should go into the barn, and IL there is
no barn It will pay to build hay shed
In which to, store It.