The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1870-05-12
FARMERS COLUMN.
Shall We Dispose Of Our Farrow
Cows?


kept of farrow COWS deing remark able well
| and there is good reason. A COW will d.
well in the Fall or carly Winter if well fs'
| and taken care of, the COW being In calf a
| usual. She will do better without thu
strain upon her system. What she need
is care, good, green, tender hay-clove
(cut 10 blossom), all the better-and q
much as she will eat at a time, and thei
rest this to Keep up the appetite. 1t thi
COW is curried, and the stable kept ciea.
and we'll Uttered and warm, but not tot
close and small /; if she is not abused at all
either by cattle or men, but perfectly con
tented and quiet if all this is done, anC
more, and regularly, there will be flow o
milk that will surprise one, and this mill
will be unusually rich. The tender gras.
will make the butter accordingly, the bes
in quality that can be made in Winter, anf
equal to Summer butter, June alone x
cepted.
Ii grain is fed there may be richer mix
but it is not so gooI in favor; besides the
excess of expense lin the grain) will not bt
realized in the butter. Here is our error
If We get little richer milk, or made ever
little more butter, where grain is fed, We
never get paid for our grain-or at least nc
profit-if access to good hay may be had
Take two cows; feed on the hay indicated
give all that will be eaten, but give one in
addition grain, and it will be found, IL
comprising the proceeds, that the grail
has a loss in it. Perhaps not always
A farrow COW will give rich milk or
early. cut, well cured, tender hay; she will
give good quantity; it will be uniform
and reliable and be available lin Winter)
when good butter is scarce and high. Be-
sides, COW will always Winter better ia
such q condition, will come out hearty
and well prepared for the Summer and give
richer milk than if not farrow, and fair
quantity If a very good COW, she will
make more butter than an ordinary COW
fresh MIXED IN the Spring.
If she does not do this, if she is but an
ordinary COW, she had better be driven to
the butcher, and the sooner she can be tt>
ted for him, the better. But never sell q
good COW because she is farrow. Several
farrow cows in dairy We have thus known
to pay well, giving largely of rich milk dur
ing the Winter, when butter sells at greatly
advanced p.iccs But the cows must re-
ceive care without it those will be loss
during tho year, especially as compared
with other cows.-Uttc Herald.
SCAB OR SHEEP ITCH-John T. Wad-
dell of Henry Co., Mo-, wrote to the New
York Farmers Club that he has 500 fine
wool sheep that are losing their WOO, biting
and scratching themselves. Some have
small scabs aid little pimples, and some
have no such signs where the wool comes
off, but the skin looks smooth and
healthy. Would like to know the best
remedy?
MIR. Curtis said &: Sheep exposed to cold
storms of Autumn and Winter will often
have sore skin, and if fed too heavily on
grain when first put up for tie Winter they
will lose their wool, owing to the fever
created by the high feed The appearance
of "scabs' and the ''pimples" as Mr..
Waddell calls them, leads me to think bis
sheep have that infectious disease called
1.-THE scab." and the "pimples'' are the
pustules made by the dcarus, an insect
which causes this disease by burrowing in
the skin. These parasites increase rapidly
and cause the poor sheep great torment,
unless cured. This can readily be done By
a thorough washing with strong decoclior
of tobacco. 1t would be best to rub of
the scabs with good stiff brush before ap
plying the tobacco water. AS soon as ;
sheep shows any signs of the disease i
ought to be removed from the flock ant
immediately treated. There is no difficulty
In ettecting cures, and generally from on,
application.
PLANTING PoTATOEs. I'm the $lOt
Prize Essay on the Cultivation of the Pc
tato, by D. II. Compton, the questio On 0
cut and uncut seed is discussed with tn,
following conclusions: Only large. matur
sound tubers should be used; cutting then
in pieces with two or three eyes each, Sc
curing az much flesh as possible. Eye
from the seed end produce the largest an
latest potatoes; those from the middle Q
the potato produce tubers of very uniforr
size. Very few Of the eyes OF an uncut pc
tato, produce vines that comes to maturity
the stronger shoots overpowering and stary
ing the weaker. IF small, ill-shaped DC
tatoes are planted on the same ground fc
three successive years, the result will Civ
the best variety bad name"
| Some of these conclusions will haIdl
meet with universal assent. Gu. it is
we'll established fact that the create.
yield from given quantity of seed can
obtained by cutting the potatoes probabl
TO single eyes.
The same writer says that If the potato.
are planted IN hills, the ground should /
marked four feet apart each way, wit
broad, fat bottomed burrows about thrt
inches deep. Three pieces Of potato eac
with two or three eyes should be droppe
at the crossings, being placed foot distal
from each other and forming a triangle
1t is better to place the cut side down
Cover about two inches deep. Sprink
over aud around each hill large handfi
of unleeched wood ashes and salt.
How TO SUBDUE RAW PRAIRIE.
year ago last Summer l pastured 60 acr,
of prairie very close with sheep. La
June | broke it, also pastured with shee
till September. then dragged the grouu
and seeded with rye and timothy using
common drill. l have now first raj
stand of rye and timothy in the place
weeds and coarse grass. Timothy sowe
in this way will not kill out tie followir
Summer as Spring sowing sometim,
does. q. b. B.
Prof Lays prescription for contracte
boots in horses is TO remove the shot
round the edges of the boots to prevel
cracking, and then let the feet stand in