Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-01-20
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CARROTS FOR HoRsEs.-"L. d."
Boston Corners. II see these roots
often Accommodated for horses. How
should they be fed 2"-They are one
of the best kinds of feed for horses,
and should be fed about two to four Z
quarts day, in connection with +
their other food more will do no
harm, as hay, oats, or corn meal.
Wash the roots and run them
through root cutter, or in the alb
Fsence of machine. isliP or mash
them in SOME other way
/ How 70 START A FARMERS
/ CLUB.-s.G. l.. c. Dennis, Mass
''Can you ten US how to start and
manage a Farmers Club This is
one of the things that ought TO go OF
itself in any farming community.
/ Gail a meeting without delay IL is
] not necessary-to have a constitution
or any officers but a chairman, who |
may be provided for i'm alphabetical
order of the names. PROPOSE sub |
iect, invite in the neighbors, and let |
each man have his five or ten min |
utes' talk upon it. 1t Will he found !
Fyery profitahfeTto compare notes. III
men from other callings viii come in
and give their outside views offarm-
: : ing operations, It Viii be all the bet
Ter. 80 -
n STRAY GRAfSs FOX CuIcKENs.-
= Under this title The Gardeners Mag-l
: azine tEnaiish), gives the following
| sensible hints :: Feed your poultry
: on raw onions chopped fine, mixed
: With other food, about Twice week.
= 1t is better than a dozen cures for
= chicken cholera Fowls exposed To
$ danlpness are apt to lie troubled with
catarrh, which will run to Group, II
II not attended TO. Red pepper mixed
: with soft feed, fed several times Il
t W eek, will remove the cold. Pulver-
4 lied charcoal. given occasionally is a
n preventive Of putrid affections, to
IS which fowls are very subject. Set
: ting-hens can be cured by putting
IL Water in vessel to the depth of one
l. inch, putting the hen into il, and
l. covering the top Of the vessel for
o about twenty four hours. The YES
Il sci should be deep enough 10 allow
= the fowl 10 stand up. This is the
IL best remedy have ever tried. Pull
il verified chalk administered with SOFT
feed will cure diarrhoaa. This disor-
r der is caused by want of variety in
1t the food, OF by too much green food.
lie Garlic fed once or twice Il week is
Of excellent for,colds.'
IL RAISING PotITRY FOR MARK IN.
=, =. r Va Arch St, asks:
"Where can I fluid some one who
~ is engaged in raising poultry for the
-, MAJ ket : | intend going into bust
= ness. ~ poultry raising is a business
: usually followed on the farm, ana
-. you can hardly go amiss of good
= poultry men in any farming district
- II is seldom pursued as 4 distinct
90. business, and when attempted ha,
81 generally failed, mainly, We think
| through t"o close crcWding. \
u Thousand heus, turkeys, ducks, an,
!" geese, ought 10 have al least tweittN
- acres of land, partly covered viii
- wood and brush. Ducks, geese, an,
turkeys, are very extensively RAISED
t about Narrag:ussetL Bay, in Il. /.
81 - and it would pay Il man who Wishe
toraise waterfowl 80 visit 1ivertol
:" and Little Compton, III that state
10 learn how il is done
il, MIXED STOCK IN PASTURES +
,9t ID. So Putnam 60. as ii Il goo,
IL plan IL keep different kinds of stocl
OF ia the same pasture r''--John John
k, ston says: Sheep do we'll anon.
- cattle, but cattle do badly among
he sheep Unless pastures are yer.
H. large, and the feed very abundant, i
&c; is better TO keep them separate
ed Sheep Snav the grass very closel Y
u anu tiitii lit9il tipBltliiSS IL 50 VI
Ter fensiye To cattle that they Will no
ng feed near them. Besides, sheep ;r
ok very liable 10 get injured by horne
lie cattle. If the high grounds at Il dis
IA lance from the house are selected IL
en- sheep, they viii keep the pastur
as constahtly improving without othe
eft manure. The pastures nearer til
IL Fbarn are much more convenient fo
he the COWS. sheep and horses do be-
to ter together. Both are close feeder:
/ and there is much less danger OF tn
n. fsheep getting harm. II is Well
nd have a rotation of stock as " ell i
n, of crops. The pasture fed one seaso
ere bycattle may, with advantage, /
in fed the next hy sheep.
W. SMALL. rs. LARGE FARMS
. H., - ackettstown, N j., asks
a, What is your objection TO farmin
"a. on a large scale, say 100 To 81
:" acres :''-None whatever, if the ma
& has capital, and skill enough to wor
that number of acres thorough y
reg The probabilities are that the ma
who has much land will not spen
~ money enough upon it to make
IL pay as well as the small farme
- would. There are some advantage
IN in the large farm. tt requires les
81 capital per acre for buildings, stoc
=
~. small farms is probably the best il
y society 1T brings families closer Il
rig getheh distributes wealth MOI
= 4 equally, and favors social inteI
~ course. With farms occupying
eit mile square public schools are a
- most impracticable, and ii Is diff
80 cult 10 sustain churches, iyeeum:
~ and Libraries. The highest state a,
nc social cultivation does not harmonic
nv With the plantation system, or wit
=! enormously large farms.
-, y ROTATION FOR THE WEST
OF The agriculture Of the West is,
i'll, possible, in still ruder cOnditio
,ur than that Of the East The courS
.ed pursued by the great majority
nd farmers has been we'll calculated
er destroy the fertility ofthe land. III
in aim has almost always been Ia g,
Ia the greatest amount of present pre-
'I- fit, with the least labor. The i'm
X Eprovement II The land has not bee
ey thought OF, or cared for. The am
are grant has pitched his tent in II e IA.
in est, or upon the edge of !, l,lairi,
'd. and, with very little capital, has be
lie gun the STRUGGLE for lif.- Corn ha
1T, been the essential crop, for it furf
rr, ished food ior his family and for hi
in animals, and prepared the Way ia
ey wheat which WAS the main relianc
III for money. Corn was plantt-
ty among the girdled Trees. and some
times for several Years in succession
II until the limbs and many of Tia
u a. = "a 4 ~