Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1907-05-16

now for work.
Every farmer can and should breed
draft horses in a small way.
Dirt more than anything else is the
cause of poor butter.
Clean up at least one more old field
this year.
Taxes on unused land don't pay
Make your land work for you:
Watching mites and lice and laying
eggs do not go together.
Of all men, the farmer can least af-
ford to put off until tomorrow what
should be done to-day.
A new insect-the apple leaf miner
is reported to be getting in it's evil
work in some parts of the country.
promising industry being developed in
Iowa.
The young, immature sire at the
heed of the dairy herd will never
build up profitable herd.
The farmers who don't believe in
book learning are growing less each
year, and will begin to feel kind OF
lonesome after awhile.
Give the old horses ground feed.
horse with worn out teeth cannot keel
in good condition on hard. whole
grain.
Well-developed, healthy turkey hens
of two or three years of age make the
best breeders.
Handle the young horse with the
utmost care when breaking. All loud
talking and abuse should be avoided
Will the predigested food fad ex.
tend to the farmer at last so that he
will eventually be feeding predigested
hay and grain to his stock?
It doesn't pay to raise the scrub
horse which nobody wants, but coach
ers and draft animals of good stock
are always in demand at good prices.
At the last meeting of the Wiscon-
sin buttermakers' convention resr
luton was adopted declaring that tho
minimum of fat in butter should be
placed at 82A per cent.
It takes very little more feed to OBJ
tain the large yield from the good
cow than the small yield from the
poor cow.
The agricultural department ia
about to undertake the task of ascer
tanning the cost of growing farm
products throughout the country.
The keynote to the situation of the
WORKOUT farm is live stock, more live
stock, most live stock, which can be
maintained upon the place.
That cellar needs attention. Undel
the accumulation Of dirt which ha:
fallen from the stored vegetables there
is generally decaying matter tina
should be at once cleared out.
The average size of the American
farm is about LAT acres. Too large
some say Others declare it is to-
small. It means a farm for about ev
cry IA people in the United States.
You may SOW dodder and plantat
with your clover and alfalfa seed,
YOU do not clean it carefully. TIL
bureau of plant industry at Washing
ton stands ready to examine sample
of seed to prove it's purity and gel
minating qualities.
Feeding corn in excess should b
avoided in fattening sheep for ma
ket, as too large a proportion of f.
lessons the market value. The butche
does not want tallow, but meat.
much better fattening diet will CO..
sist of oats, bran, oil-cake. etc.
Oats, wheat, rye, barley, or othe
grain intended for seeding should
run through the tanning MILL Secul
the cleanest, heaviest seeds possib
for planting, as the increased stan
and yield will more than repay &c
for your trouble.
Here are the different principle
which tend to permanent soil improv
nent as outlined by Prof. Cyril
hopkins, of the University Of Illino
s:;cultural department: Thorou9
1 derd1 sinage wherever needed. A
.,asio1ys of ground natural limesto]