Jasper County Democrat, Volume 5, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 March 1903 — Untitled [ARTICLE]

will be some conditions on his fans which do not apply to their soils, an 4 he must solve the problems unaided. Much benefit is being derived by farm* era from the work of the experiment stations, but the farmer should also make his farm one on which to experiment. The information given from the stations will be valuable and of great assistance, but the many little details pertaining to each farm cannot be anticipated by the directors of the stations, and farmers can therefore not only educate themselves, but also be of service to the stations by making known their experience.— Philadelphia Record. THE FENCE QUESTION. Get any farmer estimate the cost of a fence around a three-hundred-acre farm and he will not object to having the privilege of growing crops on the fields without fear of trespass from the stock of his neighbor. Tkere is one good point in favor of a “no-fence” law, and that is it does not prevent anyone from having-as much fence as he desires. He can build miles of fence, but he cannot impose me same necessity upon his neighbor. He can also keep his stock on a smaller area, if he prefers, and he will be enabled to save a large portion of the manure that usually goes to waste. The “nofence law” has been a progressive step towards the soiling system, and all who have come within its province have been compelled to acknowledge that the change has permitted of greater economy an*, assisted largely in increasing the profits of stock-rais-ing—in every case proving a blessing. MANURE IN DEEP STALLS. Recent German tests indicate the desirability of keeping manure compact, as in deep stalls, and show the effectiveness of flour-sulphuric acid, a byproduct of superphosphate manufacture, containing ten to twelve per cent, of free sulphuric acid and twenty per cent, of fluorin, as a preservative as compared with other preservatives frequently recommended—-superphosphate-gypsum, sulphuric acid, etc. By this stall method is meant the plan of supplying plenty of bedding in the stalls until it reaches an inconvenient height <W until there is si%re time to fork i* out. When carefully managed it Is not a 4irty plan. The greatest objection f*.r an Eastern farmer is the immense amount of bedding needed. He no longer has much straw to spare, while leaves free from sticks and burrs are hard to get in sufficient quantities and difficult to store under cover. In the case of milk farmers, too, the system when known is liable to areftse prejudice on the part of consumers. For quantity and quality of manure made, nothing could be better than the stall plan of manure saving, but for the reasons noted, it does not gain much In popularity in the East.—The Cultivator. HOW TO MARKET EGGS. Fully BO per cent, of the eggs that come to market are so carelessly packed that their value is reduced fully one-third. No attention whatever Is paid to their appearance, and a case of eggs will contain some of all sizes, colors and shapes, many of which are covered with filth and feathers. In order to command the highest price eggs should be gathered and delivered promptly. Any that are soiled should be washed, and the entire lot sorted and packed, according td size and color. The large white eggs aqd the large brown eggs by themselves, while the small eggs should be in class No. 2. Consumers will gladly pay a premium for eggs that have an inviting appearance. In addition to the treatment of the eggs the case should be clean and the card board fillings should be new. Eggs should never be packed in boxes or barrels, no matter how short the distance to market. If private customers are supplied, small cases holding from one to dozen. eggs should be used. They cost bus little, and when emptied can be gathered up and used again.—Home and Farm.

FOWLS KILL INSECT FOES. Mature fowls cannot be liberated In gardens without much danger of their doing more injury than good to the plants. But if they are allowed to follow the plow and cultivator when these implements are in use, they will pick up and unearth many grubs, beetles, grasshoppers, cutworms and earthworms, most of which are injurious to the gardens. Hens will do little, if any harm among field crops when following the cultivator. Where native birds are scarce, little chicks kept in the garden, with the old hens confined in coops, will largely take the place of other birds by eat Ing most of the smaller Insects within their reach. THE CALF. It is claimed that it required eleven pounds of milk to make one pound of gain on the calf, or about five quarts of milk. This amount is not worth over fifteen cents by the can in some sections. The milk may be skimmed, however, the fat removed being replaced by flaxseed meal, which reduces the cost of the milk. Aa the calf will not be fed on milk longer than weanlng-tlme, there is probably as much profit in feeding milk to a good calf'as in selling it by the can. This cost should be considered in the matter of raising the calf as a future cow. It Is not alyvays the better plan to sell the cfflves off too early.