Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1872-10-17
THE FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
The Farm.

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served during the winter in the village
of Thomery, France by merely putting
the stems in bottles of water and keep
ing away from frost
THE Gardeners Monthly says: eve
have no doubt that more trees are lost
from imperfect heeling-in then from
any other cause whatever" which
every observing person who has seen
the way in which the roots of trees are
buried in masses, with large interstices
of air everywhere among the roots,
will assent to. Trees badly heeled in
should not remain so twenty four hours
of earth are merely thrown on the top
of the roots, and only shade them from
the suns rays. In few days the roots
will become dry, because they are not
in contract with the moist earth II
the heeling-in is well performed every
crack and crevice will be compactly
filed with fine pulverized earth, and
the trees will keep long time as well
as in the nursery rows. II badly
heeled-in in autumn, and left till spring,
trees are nearly If not wholly ruined,
by freezing and drying combined.
To FARMERS who are not vet schooled
up to the point of taking the trouble
to cultivate Strawberries in the garden
bed the Ohio Farmer makes this sug-
gestion: You have upon your prem.
| ises spot where a stack has been built,
some nook or corner in the meadow
where the soil is rich, a place that
fence has been moved from, or where
| logs have been piled and burned or
drawn off Now some day during the
coming two weeks, when the team is
hitched up, take the pillow and turn this
! little patch over, harrow it well, and
then go to some more enterprising
neighbor who raises strawberries and
thin his patch of plants, which he will
| gladly have you do if his bed is old, and
put out these sets upon your own land
Next June you will rejoice at the result.
1T IN future years you have not time to
give the patch cultivation, let it alone
until the vines began to get nom pro
ductive, then prepare new place, plow
the old ones urder and seed the ground
to grass. We know of farmers who fol-
low this method and have abundance
of fruit for little trouble and no cash
expense. 1t is not the most approved
system of culture, but better than
none. .
A VERY nice experiment was institu-
ted at the University of Wisconsin last
year, by the Professor of Agriculture,
Mr. Daniels, to test the question of the
proper quantity OF seed per acre. This
test, however, showed Yield in pro
portion to the seed sown The least
quantity, threefourth bushels, giving
the least result, and the greater guam
tity, two bushels per acre, giving the
greatest amount The experiment was
as follows: Three-fourth bushels of
seed to the ecre produces 263 pounds
grain, or 1888 bushels, or $40 pounds
straw and grain. One bushel produc
ed 297 IL pounds, 1888 bushels, or
500 pounds grain and straw. One and
one fourth bushels produced 332 3 4
pounds, %. Is bushels, LAG pounds
gram and straw. One and one-half
bushels produce 1876 1-2 pounds, rs. IS
bushels, and 1884 pounds grain and
straw Two bushels produced ass A
pounds, 30 l 8 bushels, and LAP
pounds grain and straw. On the whole
plat where one and three forth bushels
were sown local cause gave an Unfair
result; III each instance the weight per
bushel was sixty pounds or more, the
highest being in the plat where two
bushels of seed were sown, which was
SIXTY and one half pounds.
A CORRESPONDENT of an Eastern ex-
| change says: l have found that ripe
cornstalks are as poor feed for stock as
ripe grass and although it is little
more troublesome to cure while in this
| condition than it would be a little lat
sr, the fodder is enough better to pay
for the extra care required. If the
weather is clear and dry at the time of
cutting up drill corn, there need be no
dlfflculty IN having it well cured with
out destroying its nutritious qualities
cut 1t down IN the morning and spread
out thlnly over the ground; next morn
ing turn it over, and either tie up into
small bundles in the afternoon or the
following day. The bands on the bun
| dies should not be drawn too tightly If
the cornstalks are small and slender,
but tied so that they will not come
apart. Set the bundles up in small
shocks and put a band around the tops
to hold them together II the bundles
or shocks are not made too large the fod-
der will cure without any further care,
and 1t will be of green color, not all
hieached out AS usual when allowed to
cure spread upon the ground. At the
approach of cold weather the fodder
may be drawn under cover; but it is
not safe to place very large quantity
together in NOV, as il is very likely
to become moldy and unfit for feeding
l do not know OF any other plant that