Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1907-06-20
Wash the dairy utensils immediate
y after using them.

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Barley which has been rolled. not
ground, makes one of the best foods
for the horse.
Improve the rainy days by work In
spring house cleaning in the barn,
granaries, cellar, etc.
A mistake is not SO bad il the one
making it is smart enough and wise
enough to profit by it.
In the growing of wheat the mill
ing quality of the grain must be con-
sidered as we'll as the yield.
The true basis of all good farming
must be found in the honest pride
which the farmer takes in his calling.
Clover hay will be eaten by the
calves at an early age and ground oats
are desirable addition to their ration
as they grow older.
The successful poultryman says it
is not case of being able to afford
a green bone cutter, but rather that
he can't afford to be without one.
Sharp edges on the grinding teeth
OF a horse prevent proper mastication
of the food and result in an unthrifty
condition of the animal. File these
edges off.
The accumulation of manure in the
barnyard is not going to help you
grow your crops this season unless
you get it on the fields A ton OF
manure on the ground is better than
two in the barnyard
Does your interest in folks extend
no further than the limits of your own
household? Don't be narrow and sell
Ssh. Ieighbor sick or in trouble,
visit him. 1t will do you coed and
will cheer the other fellow up and
help lift his burden.
There is likelihood that the Illinois
university will establish a great vet
Urinary college at the Chicago Union
stockyards to be run as one of the
departments Of the agricultural col
lege
1t must be remembered in seed
testing that the same terminating
power which is indicated under the
favorable conditions of heat and
moisture obtained in the test may not
be secured when sown in the open
field.
Director w. A. Henry of the Wis
consin experiment station has hand
ed in his resignation to take effect
next July, and while he will thus
sever his connection with the ex-
pertinent station he will continue
with the college of agriculture as pro.
fessOr emeritus.
The government has distributed to
about 1000 fruit growers in the gulf
states and in Oregon and Washington
specimens of the new citrus fruit
known as citrange. This fruit is es-
pecially valuable for cooking and in
the making of acid drinks and can be
grown in regions slightly too cold for
the ordinary orange.
The Michigan experiment station
mentions green or black root lice,
which attack strawberry plants In
early spring they appear on the
leaf stems and foliage, and are car
ried down to the roots by ants. "Clean
plants on clean land" seems to be the
only safe advice Soil on which corn
and melons have been grown is most
likely to be filled with lice. The
plants may be cleaned by dipping in
tobacco water before they are set
No practical remedy for cabbage
rot has yet been discovered. The re-
moval of diseased leaves, which was
at one time advocated, has proven to
be useless. Rotation Of crops will
help matters some However, it fire.
quently happens that an excellent
crop may be grown where rot was de-
structive the previous year. Much
depends on the weather conditions.
Sometimes the disease is transmit
ted through infected Seed Trouble
from this source may be avoided by
soaking the seed Is minutes in weak
solution of corrosive sublimate, one
part corrosive sublimate to 1000 parts
of water. Corrosive sublimate tablets
for making disinfecting solutions are
sold by druggists.
A Holstein COW on the farm Of w.
j. Gillett Of Rosendale, Wis, has in
test conducted under the direction
OF the Wisconsin experiment station
made the following remarkable show
ing: The test began December "a,
1906, and closed February "a, 1907,
and shows production for 63 days
Of 5529.6 pounds Of milk containing
FL, 207 pounds Of butter fat. The
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