Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-12-26
AGRICULTURE.

IN the mountain region in California by
the workmen engaged in blasting road
way for the Southern Pacific railroad.
/ y MINNESOTA farmers boy brought
the village editor an ear of corn which
was truly wonderful for size. 1t meas
ured ll9 inches in length and l04 inches
in circumference, and contained 1920
kernels.
BE liberal to your farms and they will
be liberal to YOU A farm is very much,
III one respect, like a looking glass-it
reflects the character of the owner ex-
actly II he Is parSimonious, his farm
Will show It, If he is man of taste,
has buildings, fences and general ar
engagements of his farm will tell the tale.
No effort on his part to disguise his real
thoughts or sentiments will avail any
thing, SO long as the operations of his
farm belle his words.
Muck AND SAND.-A supply of absorb
ents for the stables, dry leaves. sods,
muck or similar organic matter if the
tlllage lands are light and sandy; or
sand II the manure is to be applied to
heavy soil, should certainly be secured.
But we only advocate a sufficient amount
to save the liquid manure, which with
out much absorbents may run to waste.
Or themselves, muck or sand do not add
plant TODD to the manure supply; SO if
the soil needs either, il may be cheaper
carried direct to the fields and plowed in,
thus saving the extra carting to and
from the stables.-Sctahjfic Farmer.
PLEASANT VIEW GRANGE, Dearborn
county, Indiana, has delegated one
member for each particular crop or pro-
quot OF the vicinity, who is to report to
the grange his methods and suggestions
and the history Of his work in that de-
rartment for the season, his report be
lng accompanied by anaccount showing
, expenditures and receipts. This has Il
practical look about it, and ought to
result beneticlally. 1t is going down to
the root of the thing and the evil of
short crops may be exhumcd.
WARTS ON CoWs.-There are two kinds
the inst, on the outer skin may be re-
moved by rubbing with camphorated
olive oil. The others penetrate into the
flesh, and may be removed by hgaturc
of fine Irvine, or silk, or India-rubber
around the wart, which falls off in few
days. Remedies Nitrate of silver, (lu-
mar caustic) applied to the wart, will
remove it, but 1T produces sore. APP
ply strong wash of alum. Rub with
the juice Of milk-weed. Poultice with
grated carrot.-Amaioan Stock Journal
SAGE FOR MARKET. Sage is dried in
the shade, after having been cut vixen
free from damp or moisture. 1t is then
packed into oblong paper bags, by means
of mold and rammer provided for the
purpose; the packages weighing ounce,
4 ounces and s ounces The larger
packages are sold by the drug jobbers
at 90 cents a pound, and the smallest at
25 cents a pound. The jobbers, of
course, pay the packers and growers
, less than this; we do not know precisely
what they pay, but probably not more
than half these prices.--N. y. Times
FERTILITY OF RAIN WArER.-Liebig
makes the statement that rain water fl
tered through field or garden soil does
not dissolve out a trace Of potash, silicic
acid, ammonia or phosphoric acid. The
soil does not give up to the water one
particle of the food Of plants which it
contains. The most continuous rain
cannot remove from the field, except
mechanically, any Of the essential con
stituents of its fertility. The soil not
only retains firmly all the food of plants
which is actually in it, but its power to
preserve all that may be useful to them
also extends to Withdrawing from rain
: or other water all the ammonia, potash
phosphoric and silicic acids held in So
luton. Rain water brings down yearly
about twelve pounds Of ammonia to the
acre Of ground, which forms u most
valuable and effective principal rs fer
tilizer.
IL his late report Secretary Kelley
says; Possibly my views may appear
chimerical, but | believe we NAV do
mach in our oranges to relieve distress
and avoid future labor troubles by on
couraging the establishment of industri-
al schools and making agriculture one
of the principal studies Some of the
teachings in school should be, how the
scholar may earn his own living, so that
when he leaves school he NAV enter at
once upon practical existence. Instead
of which the child, male or female, at
sixteen leaves school without any fixed
purpose, the mind crammed with the
usual routine Of studies, and soliciting
employmer' of any kind that may be
obtained. Then comes five or ten years
in getting that practical knowledge by
which one tries to obtain livelihood
Why, first-class gardener with a pot
ting bench, propagating bed, and bud
ding knife could teach a class one hour
Il day for one month, and impart to them
more tAat would be Of real value TO the
-chlldren In after LIE than five years nf