The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1867-11-28
agricultural. Horticultural and Domestic.

3 The AgficuJtGriSt for November has n
article on "What Shall the South do for
Manure?" The question is equally. applica-
BILE to- If not 80 urgent in, the North, and
the answer is so good that wegive it entire,
and invite Che close attention of our cou. a
try friends to this important question of in :
creasing the fertility of their lands. 1t isa
great mistake to so cultivate land that it
deteriorates. Land, as well as man aud
plants. should improve by cultivation. If
it does not the earth cannot be made, toG
sustain population mnde more dense than q,
it now is. If suffered to run down it must
reach point when the race will die out.
No question Of recohstru ctiob, of war or 4
peace, Of finances, tariffs or education, is 80
-farl~saehiug and 80 universal in it's rimpoF- <
lance as that of improving the. soil. We
therefore Keep it before the people, and ask
OF thinking men to give attention to the,
wicked waste of valuable manuresf which
characterlzes the general habits Of our pso- (,
pie. Our air is everywhere poisoned by"
foul gases from decaying7 matter going to
worse than waste; while our fields are year
ly depleted to supply the demands made app
on them. 90 The best wheat il only grown
onlnew7 land. whereas wheat, the great sta
pie OF life,should be improved both in Qsaan
lily and quality by continued cultivation.
When farmers understand sheir business.
and cultivate wisely,the land which brought
the bestawheat forty years ago viii bring
better and more of it forty years hence;
and instead of bequeathing TO our posterity
lands which shall cry out againstus as dec
spoilers, the inheritance weleave. our chill,
drenlwill be richer than that we received
frcm our fathers.
adt ft aio;,t,, POULTRY.
q, Poultry should be cooped two weeks be-
fore being killed for market. They never
fatten so well running atslarge. dIhe best
food isboiled potatoes with ,one-third corn
meal washed in with them while boiling la
cold y Gather this should be given them
warm. For Turkeys and chickens bits of
meat or tat Should be added once day
Geese uid ducks should be let outsi eyeEy
day for swim, and all should be- supplied
with some kind OF raw, vegetables chopped
fine. Ducks and geese should have salt id
the MOI ming meal q Tablespoonful ofcay-
enne pepper to that ainount of feed given
once III three days, will add to the deicacy
OF the flesh OF any fattening fowl Coops
should be kept cleaned and we'll supplied
With lit yer and plenty of clean watelsgrateI
and charcoal should ibe always in reach, m
Cd i.iJ .{4nasiu3 sTlMBERsi'Yssi .5t,.t
edfTen acres of timber will supply,s family
with fuel Half an acre per year will suf-
fee to keep two or three fires going con-
stantly or all the time that fire is needed.
By the time the last half acre is cut over,
which viii be on the twentieth year, the
first half acre will again be ready for the
axe Ten acres are enough for all necessary
purposes of fuel on hundred aud sixty
acre farm, that is one-sixteenth part of the
farm in timber. Timber will grow almost
anywhere. Every farmer will do well to
look at this matter. 1t will require only
few days work to start the te acres No
other ten acres on the farm will yield'a
larger profit who's the timber is once large
enough TO eut. M ga.5 5.Is re 4raa