Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1878-05-10
AGRICULTURE.

IT is reported that the flea-beetle is
doing great damage TO tobacco IN GER
tain Tennessee districts.
TWENTY-FIVE thousand pounds of
oleomargarine are SAID to be sold daily
in New York city.
Pres need clean, dry pens. and supply
breeding sows with cut straw, chatf or
sawdust for litter.
A FARMER in Michigan recently sold
one walnut tree forthe sum Of $S76. 1T
was Of the curly variety
FARMERS who have been dairying for
five years say their farms arc worth so
per acre more for crop bearing than
they were before they commenced their
present policy.
BY raising the hcifers Of our best
COWS the stock will be improved. Every
farmer should aim to keep only the
best. A COW yielding only eight quarts
Of milk u day does not pay for the feed,
and should be replaced by u better one.
We must look upon our live stock us
machines, kept for q purpose, and dis
card Improbable animals.
My experience in rotation Of crops
Oh clay land, for the past eight years, is
Us follows; ]. Turn down timothy or
clover sod, before or after harvest, rs
the season is, cultivate. and drill in
wheat and it will be sure crop The
turning under Of flat lands affords par
tial drainage, and prevents the wheat
from freezing out. 2. Turn under the
wheat stubble for corn, and you will
not be bothered with cut worms 3.
Oats after corn, and SOW grass seed on
the freshly plowed ground. PhHtclphio
ProcticM Farmer.
A MODEL BARN. have II plan which
utilizcs all the room, with stabling the
most convenient and economical of
feed, time and labor. With Il farm of
ia acres, had an old-style barn, -l0x50,
with barn floor IN the center, stabling
for Is head Of cattle iii stanchcons. /
nut II II feet addition to each end of
this barn, changed the barn floor to one
end Of the barn, which takes II feet,
or one of the new additions. The barn
now stands 40x7S. Fourteen feet Off
for barn floor leaves two rows Of stabling,
each so feet long, which stables Tin
stanchcons) II head Of cattle each,
or 81 in all. The hay NOW is in the
center of the barn, the tabling on each
side, the cattle facing the NOV, which
is If feet wide by SO long, same length
as the stabling The other additions is
u back stable l4x40; can be used for
sheep, or partitioned Off to suit your
convenience. Above the stabling the
barn is all free for storing hay or grain.
Phihiephia Practical Farmer.
Ten AnREs.- all farmers of limit
I'd capital we would say, buy small
farm, pay cash for it, and reserve ready
money enough to meet incidental cx-
pcnses, then go To work with deter
minatiOn to succeed, and we have no
doubt Of your final triumph. Make
your business your whole study, seek
advice from those more experienced
than yourself, and do not let false pride
deter you from living economically un-
til your farm has been put in condition
to yield Il fairincomc. We have known
young men to rush into business with
out II thought, apparently, buying
good-sized farm, paying part cash and
giving n mortgage for the balance
Then they stocked it with horses only
tit for the road, still further cucumber
ing the land, and proceeded to high
farming without the faintest idea of
their calling. The sheriff relieved them
from any trouble on that score. This
is the grand secret Of SO many failures
on the part of young farmers, and cam
not be attributed to their occupation.
So writes the editor Of the California
HoHicuhpiS. - (Slectea.
Foop FOR PRopuClNG MlLK.--We
think dairymen have not sufficiently
appreciated the value Of the pumpkin
as II food for producing milk The pre-
iudice against this food for mich cows
has arisen from the effect of the seeds
when given i'll to large quantity. The
seeds have Il diurctic effect, operating
on the lliducys, and this has sometimes
lcsScned the flow Of milk; but if u small
portion of the seeds are removed, this
danger is wholly overcome. Indeed,
the cases of ill-ellcct have probably oc-
Cured from feeding more than the due
proportion Of seeds. We have seen
pumpkins fed quite freely with excel
lent results i'll quantity and quality Of
milk; but it is not 1T or economical to
feed oolargcly of amy one food. Potatoes
fed in moderation are excellent for
milk; but, given iii too great quantity,
they will reduce tile yield, Turnips or
bcctS must not lie given too literally,
corn-foddcr, given rs II sole ration is i'm
protitable but fed with halfpasture.
will keep up the yield Of milk and add
largely to Che profit Of the season. 50
pumpkins are excellent Il keep up the
fall flow of milk. Having full the value
of turnips, per weight they are more
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