The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-03-29
FARM IND HOME.
Farm RaEinys.


Ir is not claimed that HUlsteit coATs
give as rich milk as Jerseys, but more
of it.
For success, stock must be improved
by intellect, and farms manured with
brains.
RAISE the best calves. Never send the
largest and fattest to the butcher under
any emergency.
FROM the experiments it is assumed
that ten pounds of corn will make, if
rightly and iudiciously fed, one pound
of butter.
THERE are some things which cannot
be planted too early in the spring. Peas,
onion sets and lettuce will stand consid-
erable frost.
Ii is supposed hogs will eat just as
much corn, even if the,s ale fed liberaily
also with artichokes, beets or rutabagas
But they will improve more rapidly.
To RID CoLT OF WORMS. an
injection of salt and water, about one
ounce of salt to a quart of water; the
next day give quarter of a pint of lin
seed Gil be the iiioiiith.
WE would warn all farmers against
selling their best COWS to go east for
either beef or to dairies, no matter how
tempting the price Save the best to
raise stock, and thereby improve the
stock cf the cottttry.
Coop CO. when made properly into
bread, cakes or buildings, is a superior
quality of food. One acre of corn will
produce about 1s, ,CuG pounds Of bread,
enough to bread family of eight for
one year. There is no need of children
crying for bread.
CR1BB1NG HORSES Cribbing is a de-
rangement of the stomach caused by dry
improper feed and confinement j. the
stabi6. The oni y helpment is roots and
grain feed. If bad, they seldom entire
ly recover. But do not punish them
with an iron muzzle.
HIGH feeding of incoming cows fre-
quently is the carse IF gatget, 1iliih fe-
feH, abortion, and other infammatory
diseases. No corn should be given for
several weeks before calving Bran and
middlings, with a plenty of good hay,
and an occasional quart of oil-cake meal,
will prevent much trouble.
A WRITER in the Farm Journal recon-
mends those preparing for flower gar
den to depend mainly ON old standard
varieties, which are always reliable. He
recorafi4ei'ds do&eti 4aiinds. ard here are
the na1nes of them: Asters, balsams,
dianthus, petunias, phlox, calliopsis,
verbenas, sweet peas, mignonette, Gin
Mas, marrigolds and portulaccas.
IT has been recently ascertained by
Lehman that the same plant demands a
change of plant food in the course OF its
growth. The t:diaii coin did best With
ammonia salts the first forty-one days;
after that nitrates had the greater effect
So with tobacco. Buckwheat fed best
upon nitrates throughout. 1t was found
that lupine gets its nitrogen from the
atmosphere.
CARBoLIC Soar FOR VERMIN.
has for a long time been specific for
lice on cattle, but of late carbolic soap
seems to be considered good substitute
for the former. New lei otir farmers
get fets rothds Of this soap and keep
it ON hand, and when there are any signs
of lice on the calves OF cows give them
good scrubbing with soap-suds. .-Rural
NetC Yorker.
FARMERS are not given to calculating
how many grains of wheat placed in
row it would feqiiife to circle the earth,
or problems of a similar nature, but a
little arithmetic of this kind applied to
more practical subjects is worth the
while, as, for instance, the following:
Let two machines, one cutting four
feet wide and the other five, fol-
low each other in grain for
one day, each being drawn distance of
24 miles, the former will have cut II
acres, the latter Is acres. To cut 100
acres of wheat, the former must travel
200 miles, the latter only 160 A saving
of 40 miles travel with heavy load at
the end of so long a journey is matter
OF 10 small Importance. 1t is saving,
too, of 40 miles walking, or 10 miles for
each OF the four binders. It is saving,
also, to the farmer of two days labor for
himself and team, and the wages and
board of the four binders for two DAYS,
III cutting 100 acres of grain.
Domestic Economy.
ADvICE.-Ladies will do well to give q
large share of their attention to acquiring
the :" fine art of cooking
POTATOES cut in small squares and put
into cruets or bottles, with the water to
wash them, will clean them quickly and
we'll
To PREVENT SCoRCHING.-The secret
is simply to keep basin or cup of water
in the oven The steam generated not
only prevents scorcling, but makes the
meat cook nice.