Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-07-03
AGRICULTURE.

AGRICULTURE.
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As soon - the upper portions of the
straw Of the cereals become yellow, no
fursher increase takes place in the
weight OF the seed. If the seed be not
cut dbwA SOon after the fappeafaiice of
This sign, its quality deteriorates and its
weight diminishes.
, Pulley" or purslane. anathematized
here as a pest by our farmers and gar
deners, is carefully cultivated, and con-
sdered very choice and delicate vege-
table, by those of Europe. Prejudice
alone prevents people in every part of
the world from using many edibles
highly priced by those equally civilized
elsewbere.-Druggi&'s Circular
TARREN Paper FOR HIN HOUSES.
gentleman writing totthe Poultry World
says: "Iread your recommendation to
use tarred paper as preventive for
lice in poultry houses, and your request
to those interested to report. l have
lined my buildings throughout with it
for two years, putting it between every
piece of board or timber. and even into
my nests, and so far have not seen
louise about. had a hen-house over
run with lice two years ago, but upon
lining it with tarred paper, they disap-
pea1cd and have not been seen since"
Asa general thing farmers do not
pay that attention to the cultivation Of
the mind and the development of their
social faculties that they should. Too
many of them have an idea that educa-
ton belongs to the professional classes,
and that farm ers should not take time
to advance beyond the narrow boundary
of their own domain in search Of wis
dom and knowledge. tits no sign that
because am farmer need not knew
anything Of history, biography, affairs
of government and the sciences. In
deed there is no other class has greater
opportunities for the cultivation of the
mind in its broadest sense than the agri-
cultural class. No class possesses great
I rfchances for unalloJ ed Happiness. :
Exchange. tED.f III
We have two kinds of shepherd dogs
in this country, the Am erican and Col
liea The points Of Collie are these:
The head resembles that of wolf, being
rather conical, tapering gradually to
sharp nose, with a long jaw. A foxy
and intelligent look, wide, large ears,
which are pendant and little feathered.
Eyes have. a sort of flashing and miss
nothing" look, always on the alert.
Neck long and we'll furnished
with apron and rutfie; shoulders fine
and deep: chest well let down; legs
straight and full of muscle; cat-ike feet;
good broad back; stiles Well developed;
tail feathered and not carried over the
back; coat long and straight, wiry to the
touch. Color varies, but black and tan
prevails, the tan pale.-Practical Farmer.
FREQUENT STIRRING OF THE SOIL.-To
keep the hoe busy between now and
haying is to more than half insure the
success of the crop. The young plant
needs all the nutriment the soil con-
tains in it's vicinity to appropriate to
its own uses, that it may be what it
should be, fully developed. As with
the animal. so with the plant; if it is
but half fed, it is but half bred, and
must necessarily be puny and worth
less. Weeds, of all kinds, are rapid and
greedy eaters OF the plant food contain
ed in both soil and atmosphere, and
will soon outstrip the hardest Of do
INVESTIGATED plants. But it is no use to
explain it. 1t can only be the "old
story" told over again, for all under
stand it. But the question is, will we
act up to our understanding II we do.
and keep dows the az eds, not only between
now and haying, but after haying, we
shall, in q great measure, compensate
for not having manure enough on that
"other acre." by saving all the nutri-
ment there is for the growing crop.
And no. only this, we shall be gaining
ground. 1t will not be so hard next
year to keep the weeds down, if we do
well at it this year. But keeping down
the weeds is not the only way in which
we get benefit from frequent stirring Of
the soil. In dry weather it is exceeding
" beneficial to stir tn soil about plants,
because of the fact that the soil is thus
put in condition for absorbing moist
ure from the atmosphere; and the
more frequently it is stirred, the better
in such time. But little fresh dirt is
invigorating to plant life at almost any
period, and l hope we shall all see the
beneficial policy of keeping the hoe
busy.-A. p. Reed in Maine Farmer.
Digestion IN THE HORSE. horses
stomach has capacity Of only about
sixteen quarts, while that of the OK has
two hundred and fifty. In the intes-
tines this proportion is reversed, the
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