Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1863-08-26
AGRICULTURAL,

oA'i NC SEkDS-As the period of ripeninp
| Oh gram aud vegetables arrives it ia well to
Dear IN mind the truth, that like produees
IKE: ana lake precautions to preserve the
earliest anu pest specimens of the yarioua
crops Oh tue garoeh' tor the next years seed.
by so dong We may obtain seed from the hos,
and most fully matured stocks. which heTner
planted the next season will be likely 10 &c
duce better specimens, and at an earlier date
than those selected and preserved as thaI 40
apt to be, from late and inferior plants. Let
the earliest of each kind grow and ripep for
seed. Save the first squash, cucumber and
melon, row of peas, a few hills of corn.
beans, &C., and when perfectly ripe pick and
preserve carefully, put them in packages cor
rectly labelled, lay them away until next
planting season, when you will have seed that
you can depend upon, and if the process is
continued year after year, the quality of the
plant must be continually improving
BEES II AUGUsr.-August is not a protita-
bic month for the bee-keeper. as it rarely
happens that the bees can obtain enough
honey for every day wants, and must draw ON
the stores laid up in July. At the present
time, the Sth, the ground is parched, there
are few blossoms even in the gardens, and
the woods and meadows are dull and dry
From the corn-felds bee-bread is obtained
and along with little honey is also the pro-
duct of the various species of thistle. A
thorough wettlng would produce little white
clover, and, perchance, a second blow of
hoarhound and catnip; from all of these,
honey might be obtained. \ good field of
buckwheat will be blessing next month, and
we hope our farmers will SOW enough of il to
supply both the wants of bee-keepers and
pancake eaters. The little busy bee" does
not Improve each shining hour this wealth.
er, or rather it cannot.-Ohio Farmer.
PT-DE N 4TFR Fap STnrV GOOD dra,xh.
of good water is, probably, as refreshing to
beasts as it is TO people. But in the month
of August nearly all domestic animals suffer-
tar more than we imagine, for want Of good
water. Sheep will thrive far better if they
can have plenty of water And if mich
cows must drink stagnant water wherever
they can find it, how is it possible for them
TO give their usual flow of good milk 1t is
lmpracticable for them to do il.
Some people allow water to stand in
troughs, day altar day, and compel their ami
mails to drink it all up. Did such people ever
drink water from old dirty slop pail after
II had been allowed to stand in the sunshine
for two or three days? Let them try the e1-
pertinent of such water, and wait for the re-
suit; and then they VII be prepared 20 ex-
press correct opinion whether or not such
water is as good tor stock, in the sultry DAYS of
August, as pure water could be.
Water trouglis and water tanks should be
cleaned frequently, during the hot days of
August, and fresh water pumped into them
| several times during the day.
Mich COWS require vast quantity of pure
| water in hot weather, in order to produce
| their usual flow of good milk.
PIG PRoTECToRs.-0ne of the troubles in
pig-nursery is the over-laying of the juvenile
/! swine by careless maternal hog Ii is not
at all agreeable to the proprietor of such
stock, when he has progressed so far as TO
| count his chickens after they are Matched on
| visiting his pig-nursery in the morning where
| he had left, the night before, dozen of the
| cunning little juveniles, to find half of his
| pets fiat and stiff as a cold johnny-cake, from
| having been laid on by their mother. To Sc
| cure the little pOrkers i'll their inalienable
| rights OF life, liberty and the pursuit of
| happiness, we have seen a plan of this sort
| Against the walls of the apartment devoted
| to the pi g BEDROOM, fix plank like a shelf,
about foot wide and some eight or ten inch.
| es from the floor, so that when the female
| swine lies down to rest, or give sustenance to
| her little folks, there will be space between
| her and the sides of the pen, which she can
| not occupy, and into which the pigs can re-
| treat in case of a pressure. Sows over-lay
| pigs from their backs; not from the side
where the pigs get their dinner, and by this
| contrlVance, the pigs are shelved away,
| and the mamma may roll about upon her bed
| with lmpunity, whereas if she could press her
| brood to the wall there would be a smart
| chance for pig funeral, and many of the
| hopeful flock would never arrive to the wears
| of discretion.