Middletown transcript., 1906-11-24
THE FARM, GARDEN AND DAIRY
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The State of Newyork has twenty-seven
Grange Fire Insurance companies, insur-
ing property OF members of the order in
the state alone to total amountof $780,
9S6, ,495.
Grain shippers Of the west and north
west charge that eastern railroads, By
failure to supply cars for Transporting
grain from Buffalo to tile seaboard .bave
taken action internationally that means
the depreciation OF all farm produce.
The storm of early October seriously
damaged the fruit and celery crops in
Michigan and New York, and the same
storm extended over the Cotton Belt, re-
shifting in loss estimated at 100. 900 bales
Of cotton. Hardly any damage is report
ed iii the Northwest.
Stick to the farm; don't sell it, even if
it does not pay; it gives you home, plen-
ty to eat aud plenty to wear, aud tight
roof over your head. A foothold upon
the soil is what all who eau, should have,
| ii they do not wish to become like those
described by the wise pltiIosopherquoted.
Dead, he yet speakeslrl
The Iowa Experiment Station has been
doing some good work in demonstrating
the possibles OF cold storage for falllyarie-;
lies of apples. 1t has been found that fall
apples can be kept,in proper cold storage,
three or four months. The Northern
half of Iowa is becoming great apple
country, with special attention being
given to fall varieties instead of winter
apples.
A single hair from COW falling into
| pint Of milk, and being permitted to re-
| main there for thirty-six hours will pro-
duce 5000, 600 bacteria, a bit Of sawdust
or straw from the floor il it gets into the
milk and stays there twenty four hours
germinatess Z, 100000 bacteria and live
fly drowning in milk will produce 3,4l0,-
600 bacteria if its corpse stays in the milk
one day.
The fall plowed lands should be given,
thorough and repeated tillage in the
spring before planting to corn. Disk and
roll until firm, mellow, seed bed has
bean made Don't plant until these con-.
| ditions are secured. Many Northwestern
corn growers will harvest seyent, five
bushels per acre this year, which is no
accident or good luck, but the result of
close observation and intelligent farming.
Beet raising may be made highly pro-
titable industry. It brings factory in
10 an agricultural district. It assures the
farmer $5 ton Tor his crop. It makes
him better general farmer because of
the habits Of industry it trequires;beet rais-
ing is simpIy-truck gardening on a laIge
scale. 1t is good for dairying; the pulp
from which juice has been expressed is
wholesome, appetizing to cattle and pro-
dnctive of both milk and flesh.
Imports of farm products were larger
in 1905 than any year since 1890, accord
ing to report iust issued by the Depart.
ment Of Agriculture OF exports and for
est products. The value Of the exports,
however, exceeds that Of the imports by
more than one half, and there was bal
ance Of trade OF s2s5, 900, ,0oo in favor
Of the farm products. The report adds
that during the last sixteen years the
balance Of trade for all products was $5,
9S2, 600, ,0J0, while The balance OF trade
for farm products was s56. 81, ,00O, coo.
In 1905 the balance Of tradeli in favor Of
farm products was the owest since 1898,
due to the falling off III the grain trade
and to the increase in the quantities
and in the average import price Of certain
article imported in large amounts such as
sugar, wool hides, skins, and coffee,