Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1864-06-01


TREATMENT of CoWs.-We have received
from S. F. Perley, of Naples, Maine, Rules
for the Treatment and Milking of Dairy
Cows The "rules" are very good, and
substantially as follows:
Cows should be driven from pasture az
Ieisurely as the will walk ; never harrassea
or irritated by man, boy or dog, because fast
driving or harsh treatment of any kind in
lures the quality and lessons the quantity of
milk The milk of COWS in heat Is unfit both
for human food and for diary use.
Milking should be at regular intervals, say
at FIVE o'clock in the morning and five O'Clock
in the afternoon Those MIXED first in the
morning TO be Iailked first at night.
When cows are In the barn treat them
gen,EV in every respect. Let them under
stand thai they are TO be approached only
with frienoiy intentions Loud and harsh
language, or anything that would excite the
animal or cause fear, Is decidly injurious.
Filth NAV add value TO the dung heap, blH
Il sI.oils tie MIX: Let the udder and teats be
tIorouqh{1 czeaaed-washed if necessarv-end,
beginning slowly, let the milking soon be az
rapid as consists with gentleness. To draw
milk gently, quickly and completely, is the
highest Accomplishment in a mixer. The
strippings are from five to fifteen times rich
er than Cue milk first drawn. No one can
afford to lose this. and besides. leaving any
ia che udder tends To diminish secretion.
Poor mixers dry up cows.
No taking should be allowed while milking
Is going on. Besides irritating the COW by
noise, the mixer. every now and then, sus
ponds his labor to listen and reply to conyeE-
sation, and hence the work Is Imperfect
performed and the loss is very considerable
-B0ston Cititg0t0r
USE OF POULTRY MANURE send YOU ms
way of preparing and using hen manure on
corn.
| have been in the habit for several years OF
getting together all the clear manure from
the hen roost that / could, and few DAYS
before planting, (say three to six,l mix an
equal quantity of wood ashes and about half
as much plaster thoroughly together, wetting
enough TO moisten the whole When the
grounu Is ready marked 10th ways, drop a
small handful to each hill, or one large hand
fuI for two, planting the corn as soon as may
be, after dividing the compost with Slight
motion of the hoe, before dropping the corn
alG covering with mellow dirt.
&c4ing the compost helps much to pull
verize heE manure, and insure the corn i'm
mediateIy, winch il would not be likely to
to DO until after rain, if planted N dry
state.
have never tested by actual experiment
the increase Of crop, but am well satisfied
that | get enough more corn to keep nay bens
during the spring, (give them all they will
eat) besides lots of pumpkins in the bargain.
Perhaps something else would do better in
the place of ashes. / think / shall try
some with muck this year, and note tie diff
ference, if any, in the yield.-1 lSuaoD Farm
e., IN Co,ealsy Gent
To DESTROY Bof.ERs IN FRUIT TREEs--Bore
the tree about one inch in depth with Climb
let or small auger; fill the hole thus made
Z u. IL viii eds ar
shoemaker's wax. The sulphur VIII pene-
trate the tree, o. the sap will carry it into
the pores Of the tree, and the borers viii dis
appear, and the tree viii recover from their
injurious effects. ! saved thrifty apple free
by this method few years since. Tfe sui
phur does not injure the tree the hole made
for It viii groE mp, and the tree viii thrive
again II holes made By the borers are ae-
cessible, FL them with sulphur, and the Dor
eTs viii not again trouble the tree
If the trees are large, more sulphur viii be
REQUIRED, and perhaps an inch auger would
/ not be too large. Let the sulphur be put IN
TO the tree in a half a dozen places. u will
| not iniure the tree, and it is certain rene
! DIV against the borer.
I PLANT Pas DEEP.-The theory recently
/ advocated of planting peas very deeply in the
I earth, in order to prolong the bearing capaci-
! ty Of the vines, has also beer well tested and
| found to be correct A faF ner told me that
he ploughed-a furrow beam deep; then seat
tered the seed peas at the bottom, after
which he turned deep furrow upon them
with his plough, covering them, if possible,
tc the depth OF twelve Or fourteen inches
They pushed their way up through the ! thick
mass of earth very soon, and, instead OF turn
ing yellow at the bottom and dying after the
first gathering, they blossomed and bore until
he was tired of picking the pods. II such
result will uniformly be realized From tbs
plan, pea culture may be more profitable thar
hitherto. 4 -