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| — ee to Alameda District. The fol- lowing let- ters have been se- lected from a large num- ber of those sent on Western by delegates to report Canada to their friends in Michigan, and as a result of which hundreds of eople expect to leave this spring for the Free Grant Lands of Canada. Alameda, N. W. T., Aug. 31, 1897. _ Dear Friends of Saginaw:—Those de- Siring to secure a good and sure home will do well to take our advice, and examine the land in the neighborhood of Alameda, as we know that every- one who sees this land will be agree- ably surprised. Before seeing this land we were partly in doubt as to moving here, but after looking it over We at once decided to make our home here, and we beg those of our friends Who are desirous of securing farms, not to let this chance slip by, as the Soil is of the best and the water can not be excelled. The finest wheat we ever saw is also raised here. We shall return home in haste, straighten out our affairs, and move here at once. Western Yours truly, (Signed) WILLIAM GOTTOWSKI, ALBERT MAI, WILLIAM RIEDEL, i Of Saginaw. Winnipeg, Man., Sept. 10, 1897. _Mr. M. V. McInnes, Chief Colon tion Agent, Detroit, Mich. Dear Sir:— We are pleased to state to you that we have found the country in the vicinity of Alameda fully up to what you and Mr. Keller had represented it to be. It is, in fact, an ideal location for mixed farming. The soii is the best we ever saw, and as the farmers were all busy at threshing, we had an excellent chance to see its productive quality, which cannot be surpassed anywhere. The cattle could not be in better con- dition. We saw two year old steers equal to three year old raised in most places, and these, as are all others about Alameda, were fed on native hay in winter and herded in summer. As we hed previous to this visited the Northwestern States in behalf of a large number of farmers, to locate suitable land for mixed farming, we are now in a position to say that the Alameda district of Western Canada Surpasses them all. The country is equal to that about Thuringen in Ger- many. We were rather sceptic before starting, and our intention was to set- tle in spring, if we were suited, but we have now decided to move at once; that is, as early this fall as we pos- sibly can. We left Mr. Riedel at Alamed rd take back his report, and we will take his family and effects witb us when we go. Yours sincerely, ALBERT MAI FRED GOTTOWSKI. Ludington, Mich., Nov. 1, 1897. M. V. MeInnes, Esq., Colonization Agent, Detroit, Mich. Dear Sir:—We have just returned from the West, aad were exceedingly well pleased with the country. We are going back to take up our homesteads in early spring. We received $35 per month and board working for farmers, and the board was the best we ever had—the beef and muiton especially were excellent. The fine flavor is owing to the fine grasses which the cattle and sheep feed upon. The people are ve'y hospitable, and treat their hired help with much kind- hess. The grain is much heavier than here; wheat being 62 Ibs. to the bushel; oats 48 lbs., and barley often 55 lbs. Any man with a good team and money enough to buy provisions and seed for six months can become rich there in five years. Many people who arrived there five years ago with little, or nothing, are well off now. One man I met held his wheat from last year and was offered $16,000 for this year’s crop and what he had held over from last year, and is holding at $1 per bushel. We are going back in the spring to work for this same farm- er until seeding, after which we will homestead between seeding and har- vest. We think we will settle on the Manitoba & Northwestern R. R. You can refer any one to us for this part of the country, while we are here, and we will cheerfully answer any evestions which anvoane may wish to (Signed) ask, Yours truly, (Signed) CHAS. HAWLEY, JOSEPH DOLA. Peddler—I have 2 mest valuable work to sell, macam; it tells you how to do anything Lady stically)—Dees it teh how to get rid of a pestering peddler? Peddler (promptly)—Oh, yes, madam -buy something of him.—London ‘lit- bits. A New A brake adapted for wu a Di cle was made the subject of a recent patent. The invention consists of a pneumat- ie piston and cylinder which is fast- ened to the frame of the bicycle. ‘lhe piston is provided with a plunger rod, extending outward from the cylinder, and is shaped into a spring bo its end, upon the ends of which i ened a span of pliant material, leather. 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FARM AND GARDEN. * \) Report of Delegates Sent from Michigan MATTERS OF INTEREST TO AGRICULTURISTS. Some Up-to-Date Hints About Cul- tivation of the Soil and Yields Thereof—Horticulture, Viticulture and Floriculture. About Shredded Corn Fodder. To the Editor of The Farmers’ Re- view: I have read with considerable interest the remarks at the Illinois State Dairymen’s convention on the subject of torn fodder, as given in your paper of 9th and 16th insts. While those discussing the matter realize the great value of corn fodder as a feed product when properly prepared, their comparisons with other feed has not quite reached the experience of some others. Mr. Giles Green, one of the largest farmers in Whiteside county stated before a convention of farmers that he had tested the value of shred- ded fodder with good timothy hay as a feed for horses. He took a pair of good healthy horses and weighed into the manger all the hay the pair of horses could eat in twenty-four “hours, and took out of the manger and weigh- ed what they had not eaten, and did the same with shredded fodder, and found the horses had eaten only four- teen pounds of shredded fodder and had eaten thirty-seven pounds of tim- othy hay. The difference being 2% times more hay to satisfy the horses than fodder, which was an astonishing statement to the farmers present. Mr. Green has fed but little hay to either horses or cattle. He finds the fodder is much more satisfactory than hay, and feeds from 150 to 200 head of cat- tle, also a large number of horses each year. The value of the fodder as a feed depends on the time it is cut off. It has been found that the proper time to cut off the fodder and get it into the shock is after the kernels of the ear begin to dent, which is an evidence that the drying process has com- menced, after which the development or growth of the corn has_ ceased. When cut at this stage the corn, when shelled, will weigh more to the bushel than when left to dry on the stalk be- fore cutting. Cause, the kernel will dry quicker and harder in the shock than when left on the stalk on the ground. When dried on the stalk each kernel will have a pithy end, which helps to make up the bulk to the meas- ure, but does not add to the weight. When cut at this stage the saccharine matter which produces the ear is still inherent in the stalk, which is pre- served by drying after being cut off, and adds to the quality of the fodder. When horses are fed on timothy hay their bowels become distended and cause more or less constipation, while with fodder the bowels can be kept in a healthy condition, making the evac- uations easier and more healthy. The same result will be noticeable in feed- ing cattle or sheep. When fodder is plentiful feed it liberally, and what is not eaten may be used for bedding. It will make better bedding than straw, as it absorbs the liquids and droppings of the animals better. As a feed for milk cows it is far better than any kind of hay. It will produce more milk and richer in butter fat than can be attained from feeding hay. I think Prof. Sanborn has given out as the re- sult of experience with shredded fod- der that when properly prepared it is better feed for cows than ensilage; while ensilage may produce a larger flow of milk, the milk will not be so rich in butter fat, nor will the butter keep so well as when the cows are fed on dry fodder. The condensed milk factory at Dixon, Illinois, will not buy milk from cows fed on ensilage, as they claim the milk will not keep so well. I am glad to see this discussion going on in reference to the value of corn fodder. The farmers in the corn growing belt have wasted enough of their corn crop by letting the fodder stand in the field to pay the national debt every year, being satisfied to go into the field and take the ear of corn and letting the stalk go to waste, which contains as much feeding value to the farmer as the ear, although it is not worth as much as a commercial com- modity. There are many farmers who are not aware that the stalk on which the corn grows is about equal in weight to the ear of corn, that is, a field of corn which will produce two tons of corn to the acre will produce the same weight of fodder. I believe I was the first person to bring into no- tice shredded corn fodder as a valuable feed, and I have some other experi- ments in process which will be a won- derful development to the farmers in the further manipulation of corn fod- der as a feed which will show results that have never been attained, and will still further increase the value of the corn crop. Some Wheat Experiments. At the Kansas experiment station some experiments.have been carried on in wheat culture, and the following summary is published in bulletin 71: 1. Wheat grown continuously with- out manure on a measured acre for seventeen years in succession has pro- duced an average yearly yield of 19.57 bushels. The crop was completely win- ter-killed during three of these years, so that only fourteen crops were har- vested, and two of them were partly winter-killed. The average yield of the fourteen crops harvested is 23.76 bush- els. 2. Subsoiling for wheat has not ben- efited the yield. It has, on the con- trary, apparently reduced the yield over that on surface-plowed ground in nearly every instance it has been tried. 3. As to the time of seedifg wheat, the results of the past season’s experi- ments confirm those of former years. The best yields were obtained from seedings made about the third week in September. 4. The rotation experiments are just beginning to give results, though they have not run long enough as yet to warrant definite conclusions. They do show, however, that a yearly applica- tion of twenty tons of barn-yard ma- nure to the acre is decidedly detrimen- tal, in that it causes an excessive growth of straw and a failure to devel- op kernel. 5. The rotation experiments in which wheat is followed by some le- guminous catch-crop, sown as soon as the wheat is harvested and removed or plowed under in time to again sow the ground to wheat that same fall, have only just been begun, the past year being the only season in which wheat has been grown on this plan. The wheat seeded on soy-bean stubble gave the best yields. 6. The test of varieties is of special interest the present year, in that it shows the comparatiye hardiness of some fifty leading varieties grown at the station for several years. Out of the whole number only the Turkey, Tasmanian Red and Crimean with- stood the severe freeze in November so as to yield at the rate of ten bushels or more per acre. Spray in Time. Every fruit grower should own a spraying apparatus and should apply Bordeaux mixture once before the blossoms open, second time just as the flowers are opening and again when apples are about the size of peas and a fourth and fifth spraying at intervals of about three weeks thereafter, says a bulletin from the Oklahoma station. This should prevent apple scab and fungi that attack the foliage. The 50 gallon formula for Bordeaux mixture is as follows: Water, 50 gallons; Blue stone, 6 pounds, unslacked lime, pounds; take one head out of a 50- gallon vinegar barrel and fill half full of water. Tie up 6 pounds of blue stone in a piece of gunny sacking and suspend it from a stick across the top of the barrel, beneath the surface of the water. In another vessel slack 4 pounds of lime to a smooth paste free from lumps and grit. When the smooth paste is obtained add enough water to make 25 gallons. This is called the milk of lime and must be well stirred before using. It will be found very convenient to cut a 50-gal- lon barrel in two, making two 25-gal- lon tubs. Having a 50-gallon barrel empty, each of two persons should take a bucket and into the barrel one should pour the milk of lime while the other at the same. time pours in the blue stone solution, When all is mixed thoroughly, a steel knife blade should be held in the solution for one minute and then examined. If the steel takes on a copper color more lime must be added, but if it does not the prepars- tion is ready for use. Curing Clover on Racks.—In a Ger- man paper M. Maerckler gives a de- scription of the methods of curing clo- ver and alfalfa on racks instead of in the open field. This proves to be of great advantage in seasons where there is much wet weather at haying time. It is, of course, more expensive than curing the same crops in the open field, but perhaps this cost is more than overbalanced by the more nutri- tive condition of the crops. There is also an increased yield over field cur- ing, and this alone the author claims will repay the extra cost. It is doubt- ful if this method will ever pay in this country. In some of the northern countries of Europe it has for a long | time been a common practice to cure hay on the tops of the fences, though unprotected from the weather. Protection from Girdling. — Where fruit trees are kept cultivated there is little danger from their being girdled by mice or rabbits if the ground is free from weeds or trash of any kind. But around the edges of the orchard there is often danger of the pests coming in from the outside and doing their work. Mr. S. C. Rowell says in an exchange that the greatest danger is likely to occur in orchards that are in sod or near woodland. Old trees seldom are |. attacked, but young ones should always receive some protection. Where noth- ing but mice are feared the simplest and easiest protection is a bank of earth heaped up around the base of the tree to the height of a foot. If this has been neglected a solid tramping of the snow around the trunks will turn the mice away. Gardens in Alaska.—Nearly every village has a number of gardens in which, in spite of very indifferent cul- tivation between planting and harvest, potatoes, turnips, ruta-bagas, cabbages, cauliflowers, peas, carrots, radishes. lettuce, onions, ete. are grown. Some form of bedding the soil is practiced nearly everywhere but the greatest evil is the tendency of crowding through planting too closely. Close planting seems nearly always the rule, and it results in such a complete shading of the ground that the sun’s rays rarely or never strike the soil. Poor drainage is often an accompaniment of ‘close planting, and, with the rank growth of weeds it is no wonder that meager results are obtained. Grasses in Alaska.—The southwest- ern region of’ Alaska is characterized by its wealth of grasses, many of the grasses common to the United States being found there. In the southeast- ern part of the territory common tim- othy and orchard grass do exceedingly well. Nor are these the only fodder plants. White clover is spreading ey- erywhere; red clover has apparently not been given a thorough trial, al- though here and there it grows vigor- ously. A native vetch is abundant in pasture lands, and is said to be readily eaten by stock. In newly cleared countries the first use that can be made of the land is for pasturage for dairy cows. The land can be seeded before the stumps are cleared, the stumps being allowed to rot by the processes of nature, ——4~ These two words emphasize a neces- sity and indicate a remedy. 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