Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1878-08-30
FARM AND HOME.

The chemical composition Of hoofs,
hair, wool and feathers is substantially
the same.
The Poultry IVoyM says seperate the
sexes in old chickens this month, while
the moulting season lasts.
Look for grubs among your peach
trees right away; ut the surface Of the
ground, or just below il, you know.
Try top-dressing grass, with fair soil
or subsoil-and sand, even, if the mead
ow is wet and you'll bc surprised 1T
the way the grass will grow.
One bushcll Of sugar bccts, mixed
with nine bushels OF apples makes y
cider richer and Of superior flavor 70
that made from apples alone.
TO prevent iron rusting give il u coat
Of linseed oil and whiting mixed togelh-
er il the form " paste. ltls easily r.
moved, and will preserve iron from
rustng for years.
They are telling now Of d "soldier-
bug yellow insect with sword
bcak that can stab the potato beetle
and suck his life out. Don't smother
him with Paris green.
Col. II. q. lIolImnm's HoIsticn herds,
~ IIorsohcads, N. y, consisting Of six
thoroughbreds and four hall-brccds,
averaged $40 quarts Of milk per COW
during the past year.
A small bag Of hops, say rs large US
ones head, placed ina bin Of grain, il is
said, will destroy wccvil and other in
scots which find u Judgment. 1t costs
but little, and is easily tried.
Charcoal should be fed 10 hogs and
poultry. Experiments has demonstrated
that the same amount Of feed will pro
duce II far greater amount Of flesh and
fat when fed with plenty Of chalcoal.
Ellwanger & Bury, near Rochester,
report 5ll bushels Of wheat TO the acre
from u field Of eight acres; also, 40
bushels per acre from another field.
The land had boon u nursery. Who
beats IL?
No longer do the New York papers
quote state butter" MS superior 10
western. Tho 1gricuh,uia New York;
says Good western butter brings as
good prices as any other IN the
market
IL III the extra feed and the extra mnn-
IRE applied that produces the profit.
Land is but natures machinery 70 pro
ducc crops; tho better the machine is
tended nl.l fed, the better il will manu-
lucture.
The French, and they are very sue
cesslul chicken raiscrs, have light, Dor
table eoops, which they move from
place 10 place over their farms, ut one
time sci upon the the ncW-plowcd fields
and again upon the grass lands
A Nebraska farmerrcports 600 pounds
Of bright sugar and l53 gallons Of nice
syrup from two acres Of curly sorghum.
Ile got the sugar by hanging the thick
syrup iii coffee sacks after it began to
granulatc.
The farmer who wishes To avoid an
excess Of labor, with improbable result, |
will not spread asmall quantity Of man
urc over u large surface OF poor lnnd
but will only. pillow as much ~ he can
highly manure, when his income will
30 as large, and his lnbor nearly one
half saved.
Tho German government has recind-
ed the order for ii microseopical exam
nation of American fat pork
rs thooough investigation has re-
suited IN proving that no trichinn ever
exists in the purely FIT parts Of pork,
Pork containing lean matter IL still sub
ject To examination; but lis now said
that hams never contain any.
Cabbage has nsupCriur value Tor feed
ing purposes. English cattle feeders
assert that their beasts progress faster
on cabbage mixed with plenty Of fine
cut wheat strawnnd cotton cake, than
With any other vegetable. Cabbage
contains one part flesh forming sub
stance to three of heat producing,
while in potatoes the flesh forming Isl
only ono "a twenty. Cabbage is also
rich iii mineral matter.
MIR. Nouh Franklin Of Mclean county
I'LL. mised fed and sold twenty.nine
high-grnded steers That averaged $50
pounds, and sold for $40. The course
Of treatment which these cattle have
had proves eoncluslvcly, IN the ostlma-
tion Of many besides Mr.. franklin, that
blood is III ii far more importance than
pnmpering III raising cattle for market,
for they We're roughed through OH grass
nnd such roughness rs almost every
farm affords until last winter, when
they we're fed with corn. Chicago
DfoWr's Journal
As u rule, pure-bred sheep arc quite
loo dear 10 raise for mutton. The fine
woods arc small; tho long woods furnish
too much fat III proportion To lean to
be profitable e the consumer. The
southdowns supply iind-grained lean
meat, but they have the drawback Of
being II tritle small. a cross between
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