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

The new 200-acre dairy farm of the
owa State Agricultural college At !
Ames, is to be under the mana cement |
If Mr.. Frank White, successful dairy
armer of Fonda, Iowa.
The manure pile is the farmers |
bank. The funds properly applied
return handsome rates of interest |
More than three per cent. you may be
sure.
Are you about to build dairy
house? The dairy division of the bu-
reau of animal industry will suggest
specifications for dairy houses and
ice houses to any one who makes ap
plication.
Fresh poultry manure containing 45
per cent of water is worth perhaps
$4.35 per to-. while the dried manure,
containing less than seven per cent.
of water, is worthy nearly double.
lOu huOW III" lC :" az AooC yOoA.
You missed that favorable day for the
work yol had in hand, and it de-
layed ana bothered you for weeks.
Don't put it off.
While beet pulp has no great value
as nutrient, it has given general sat-
isfaction as a ration for the mich cow
because of it's palatability. Unless in
excessive quantities it will not faint
milk.
An opportunity for settlers will be
offered next summer when the large
tract of government land near the
Occur d'Alene Indian reservation in
the state of Washington is thrown
open for settlement. The land will
be sold for $125 an acre.
The only way pumpkins cap be fed
to hogs with profit is as relish and
corrective when animals are feeding
heavily on corn. Pumpkins in large
proportions are washy ration and
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nutriment necessary for support, let
alone gain upon young hogs.
The boy with gumption will get the
benefit of some agricultural course
be it by correspondence, or by the
purchase and study of the best books
on agriculture. To remain ignorant
in this day of progressive, scientific
farming is worse than folly, it is a
SIM
The Indiana legislature has before
it an agricultural school bill whose
purpose is to establish courses Of
study which shall "direct the atten
ton of the boys and the girls of the
state to the Importance of farming anc
farm home-making, and for the best
preparation for this very important in
dustry" Why not such a course ii
every state?
Have you profited by any. of the
| farmers Institutes or special shor
courses at the agricultural college:
this winter? You are the loser if you
have not Let the resolve be made
now that next winter will find you il
the ranks of the progressive farmers
who are studyina to know more AM
more about farm science.
If you visit the city, as of cours
you, do, did it ever occur to you t.
visit the markets and note the proc
ucts that are bringing the best prices
their appearance, how they are packe
and handled? A day or several day
thus spent would suggest many RI
forms and improvement in your metl
DDS of shipping to market.
The Jacksonville (F1a.) Metropoll
prints the following hen story: IN
6. Glass, a well-known colored cit
zen, has a hen that three times
week lays an egg of. enormous siz
the first and second eggs each wee
contains two yolks, while the thil
one contains three yolks. The hen
about six or seven pounds In weigl
and is cross between black Spa
ish and Plymouth Rock" Evident
some parts of the egg machinery ha'
become mixed, or the mans veraci
screw is loose.
On very badly frozen young fru
trees the twigs and small branch
should be trimmed off and larg
branches cut back to diameter {
one and one-half or two inches. Th
pruning should be given as soon
possible after the freezing. If on
slightly frozen trim the SIN:
branches moderately. Old trees shou
be only moderately pruned. If c
back severely the chances are tn
a will not recover. Old trees that ha
. been weakened by insects or fungo
I attacks, unfavorable weather or NJ
lect, seldom recover under any ire
\ ment after a severe freeze. The be
|. way is to dig them up and blu