Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1877-12-21
AGRICULTURE.

VEHTILATING STABLES. Fresh air
should enter the stables at the bottom,
and the foul air escapes Mt the top. Make
small sliding doors for ventilation, and
cover them with wire netting or laths, to
exclude vermin.
CARE OF PIGs.-Pigs will thrive all the
better if kept warm and dry. Every pig
gerry should have a close pen warmed
BY stove, for early arrivals Of young
pigs. Many 4 litter Of pigs dropped in
the middle Of winter might be saved by
having some means of keeping them
warm. A good fire, u blanket for the
SOW, and II drink Of warm Cruel, would
thus be found worth many dollars every
year.
Work FOR TIE WINTER After the
field work is done, look to the house,
and make that and all about it COM
Portable, without delay. Where water
lodges, grade the surface 50 us to carry
it away from the building. Fit caves
troughs and leaders to the house
Double sashes in the cellar windows
will keep out frost and admit light
Never heap manure about cellar win
dows; bundles Of corn stalks are best
for this purpose. Provide place for
ashes, house slops, and other waste
Remove heaps Of rubbish, and every
thing that will cause snow drifts.
FRUIT IN CELLARs.-Frut in cellars is
likely to suffer from heat rather than
cold. lnthe slow operation of ripening,
heat and carbonic acid arc given OIL.
Whenever the temperature approaches
40 deg. the outer air, if colder, should
be let III to rcduccit. In the house eel
lar the accumulation Of carbonic acid
would be injurious to the health Of the
family, and it is highly important that
this be removed by ventilation. LII fruit
cellars apart from the house, this is not
necessary, rs the presence Of this gas,
so injurious To animal life, tends to
preserve the fruit, Us it excludes the
atmospheric air.
COVERING GREEN PLANTS. Care should
be taken in covering grccnp plants which
are to pass through the winter, such rs
autumn-sown lettuce, spinach, etc, so
lightly that they will not be smothered
and decay Evergreen branches are
excellent for this purpose; forest leaves
and ont straw arc Objectionable, as they
exclude air and light. Wheat straw is
better, ard rye still more 50, being stiff
fer and less liable to lie flat but they
should be applied thinly.
Hay AND GRAIN.-Some conception
of the magnitude Of the hawests Of hay
and grain IN this country may be form
cd, when il is considered that there are
-, 2S2,797 acres in grass for hay, yield
ing an annual crop of 30,S67 100 tons,
valued ut $30o,90l ,252; 1921 ,02l acres
in wheat, producing nearly 300,OO0,000
bushels, Of II value of $325, 600. 900; 49,
35S, 90S acres i'll oats, with IL yield Of
500. SS4 600 bushels, worth $l12, $50, 800;
l,766,5ll acres III barley, yielding 81,
7l0,5O0 bushels, Of market value of
$50, 735, Ito; and ,4GS,374 acres in rye,
giving return Of 20,374, 800 bushels, of
II selling value of $l3,635, S26. These
five crops alone yield u harvest Of the
total value of nearly $S0O,000,0 00.-
american CuRilutor.
PROJECTION or BEEs-I placed ten
stocks III the cellar in the middle of
December, all i'll langstroth's and Lees
hives, except one, which was in an old
style hive, with chamber for large caps.
removed them the first week III April,
when it became warm. One small late
swarm came out healthy, but starved
through my neglect The other nine
have thrown out fifteen swarms that |
know of, Two settled with others when
swarming, and two went to the woods.
All the hives are well filled, and the
honey heavy. Some Of them filled the
second set Of six ivc-polmd boxes. Bees
receive only small share of attention
when SO much other farm work is daily
pressing. Protection in winter, of some
kind Or III some way, is both proper and
desirable. Severe losses occurred III
this vicinity after spring opened.
FEED AND BREED or DAIRY CONS
DR.. f. l.. Stutevant, ofSouth Farming
ham, Mass, makes the following SUM
mary of conclusions ut which he had
arrived on this subject, after many
years Of study and practical expcr-
imcnts / The production of butter IS
largely dependent on brood. ,. There
is Il structural limit to the production
of butter to each COW. 3 That when II
COW Is fed to this limit, increased food
can not increase the product. t. That
the superior COW has this structural
limit ut Il greater distance from ordinary
feed, and is more ready to respond to
stimuli than the inferior COW ). That
consequently the superior cow is seldom
fed to her limit, and ~ i practical con-
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