Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1878-08-16
THE FARM

Apples and pears will keep and color
better and bring Il higher price if picked
few days before they are quite ripe.
1t is asserted that tomatoes as food
for COWS improve both the quantity and
quality Of the milk, and give the cream
and butter rich golden color.
Coon VS.. PoOR Cows. Farmers should
bear in mind that one good COW is
worth more than two or three poor ones.
Consequently they should keep the good
ones and sell the poor ones. a good
one can be kept at a proilt-a poor one
can't. Save I'LL the heifer calves from
good COWS. Get males Of the best milk
ing stock. Jerseys are what are wanted
for milk and cream and butter. a
thoroughbred Jersey bull on farms
where Il dozen cows are kept is u pay
! ing institution.
IMPROVE THE FARM.--The more val
liable lie makes it the more his capital
stock is increased, the larger will be the
patrmony he leaves his family. Fix
40 the old home then. Clean out the
fence corners. Destroy the noxious
weeds. Grub out the hazel and sassa-
| fras Burn out the stumps. Clean OIL
the logs and stones. Make n paradise
on earth Of your farm, for are you not
to live on it while you remain on earth,
and will not your family live OH it when
you lie in yonder grave Yard Plan out
good orchards so that your family may
enjoy the good fruit that you had the
foresight and energy to provide for
them
| TIE CATTLE OF THE PLAlNs.-To show
| the growing importance Of the cattle of
the great plains and the mountain re
glOn beyond, assessment returns Of the
present year give the number of head
Of cattle to be rs follows: California,
$50. 600 head; Colorado, 100000; Utah,
350,O00 Washington Territory, BOG, 700;
Oregon. 10000. 1t is estimated that
Texas has probably more than 5,O00,-
600. II will be but short time before
the states and territories named will
equal the whole amount Of these fig
urcs added together. The quality of
beef when made fat is superior; 50
| there is no danger of Il dearth Of cattle.
| The great corn zone of the west will
ocean transit arc rendered more and
more available, we can AS we hereto
fore remarked, supply Great Britain
and the continent with all they may
need -Pidirie Farmer.
HIVE ITEMS There are 100000 bee
hives III the United States. Every hive
yields, Oh IN average, II little over TWEEN
ty-two pounds Of honey. The average
price ut which honey is sold IS twenty.
five cents Il pound. So that, after pay
ing for their own board, our bees pre-
sent Us with u revenue Of over IS, $780,
GOO. To reckon it another way, they
make clear gift Of pure honey to ev-
cry man, woman and child in the vast
domain Of the United States. In 1860
over q, 1888 ,333 pounds Of wax was Civ
en- to US by these industrious workers.
The keeping of bees is one of the most
profitable investments that our people
can make of their money. The profits
arising from the sale Of surplus honey
average from 50 to POO per cent. Of the
capital invested, h,rchange.
rnE New Orleans Tjcay,ule saws:
''Therc is quiet kind Of an improve.
ment going on iii the southern states
that but few people seem to fully real
izc. In numerous localities can be
found, here and there, II man who is
beginning to improve his breed of cat.
tie, sheep and hogs; others are attempt
ing to raise their own horses and mules,
and are bringing in better breeds OF
horses than We have generally had in
these states. Tho mcrino sheep is be-
ginning to attract attention i'll the Gulf
states fur more extensively than i'll
former years. And fine sheep Of the
mcrino, Southdown and CotswOld
breeds, are sold i great deal cheaper
than formerly. A good mcrlno ram,
formerly sold from SO or 500; now
they can be purchased for from $50 to
$50. The Jersey, Alderney, Short-horn
and other breeds of cows are being IN
troduccd into the south more than ever.
The improved breeds Of hogs, particu-
larly the Poland China and Berkshire,
are getting new holds in many parts Of
these states, such us they ney"l had be-
fore. Improved chickens, gcc,c, ducks,
turkeys, etc, are on the increase
AMERICAN IAIIlE n [1OlSTElN.- some
time since the Prairie F,uner noticed
the export Of cattle from the United
States 10 llolstcin TO be there fattened,
and called attention to it us one of the
singularlties of modern civilization. 1t
now seems rs though there would be
some diplomatic difficulties between
Holland, Denmark and Great Britain
over this matter. According to the
LdndwdthSchqtiiehe PyeSse there is much
Indignation iii Sehlesw1g-Holstcin at IL
regulation emanating from the British
government, TO the effect that Ameri-
can store cattle which may be grazed