Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-05-04


cavating care should be had to not
lower tho low places nor leave the
ridges too high. Water itself makes
good level, and any intelligent farm
er can begin to drain his field at the
lowest point and as he excavates tho
water will run of. Many other un.
productive fields can be reclaimed in
this way. The careful blowing of
dead burrows leading into the main
drain will afford excellent help In TAX
ing water from a field. Even ordi.
nary blowing with the burrows run.
ming toward the low places will go a
long ways towards carrying of the
water.
Little drops Of water, little grains
OF sand," etc., was never more prac.
tically illustrated than at the Mime
sofa Experiment Station in the breed.
ing Of wheat. Here. from one kernel
OF wheat planted in 1892, this little
grain" has grown until it's progeny
covers more than half a million acres
of Minnesota soil and has attracted
wheat growers in other states and ma,
tons. It is known as Minnesota No.
169. A shipment of this wheat has
Just been made from the Experiment
Station to South Africa for seed.
Farmers Library No. 8 is ready for
distribution and is being forwarded
to all those whose names have been
requested to be placed on the mailing
list. All other residents of the state
who wish to receive this literature are
requested to send their names at
once so that back numbers of the Ii.
brary may be sent before the several
editions are exhausted. Bulletin No,
3 gives detailed information regard.
ing the state industrial contest for
Minnesota boys and girls.
A. P. Nelson, of Maynard, has found
by experience in operating a grain
farm that where scarcely a dozen cat.
tie could be supported on the farm by
the old hit-or-miss method of farming,
by rotation of crops, he can now easily
keep half hundred cattle, supporting
them on the otherwise waste products
of his farm without in the least do.
creasing the total yield of grain.
The way to get good, fast walking
team is to not overload and not trot
them. Two 1.200-pound horses, on a
II or 16-inch pillow are overloaded.
They are loaded too heavily to walk
three miles an hour. Three horses
on the same plow will make the work
lighter and reduce the cost Of blowing.
Sow fodder corn thickly, either
with a grain drill or corn planter,
at the rate of 80 to SO pounds per
acre, cultivate one way, cut with a
corn binder, shock in the field, allow
to stand until fed or hauled to thu
barn.
The Best Way-There is always 9
best way of doing things on the farm,
but it often takes study to find it,
The result is worth the effort. II
some one else is getting better re-
suits than you are, find the reason.
A Short Course for steam and gaso.
line engineering will begin at Uni.
versity Farm on May 18th and con.
tinue until the 18th of June. TUT.
ton, $500, board, $3.50 a week.
It will not cost the farmer more
than ten cents an acre to select out
Of his wheat bin the plumpest and
heaviest kernels for seed. He will
then improve his crop and yield.
Pasture and hay crops are very
easily and cheaply grown, and in add
ton to the value of the crops is the
valuable effect such crops have on
the soil and it's productiveness.
In selecting brood SOW it is i'm.
portant that the number of pigs she
farrows, the number she raises, and
her attitude toward them be deter
mined before purchasing.
Prof. Hacker, who is international
authority on dairying, estimates the
feeding value of ton of fodder corn
at $3.50 as compared with a ton OF
timothy hay at $500.
The Most Valuable Farms were al
one time sloughs and swamps and
considered worthless. Drainage has
made them what they are now-val
liable.
Lawn c'ippin9.-1f no other and
better means for keeping the lawn
clipped be at hand the horses o,
sheep will be of great service in doina
it.
A mixture Of little salt, charcoal
ashes and air Stacked lime has good
effect upon parasites of the digestive
system of either young or old pigs.
Pleasant surroundings and modern
conveniences, easily obtainable, will
go long way in keeping the boys and
girls on the farm.
Isolation, hard work and small con,
pensation is too often the lot of the
farmers wives. These are burden:
that need lifting.
The Most Economic way of secur
ing a permanent road bed is through
drainage. It solves much of the gooG
roads problem.
Farmers homes may be provided
with many of the modern convent
ences that city people enjoy.
The orchard is splendid place
for poultry to range in. Poultry is q
very good insect destroyer.
Place the hog pens a good distance
from the house. Odors from sucl
pens are not agreeable.
Plant trees this spring to protect
from wind and shut out undesirable
views.
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