The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1878-03-16
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
Seasona BILE Advice,

The female canker worm ascends an
pie trees early in the spring-freauenti
in warm March-to lay her eggs. Loci
out for her.
HARNESS will be greatly improved b,
taking it apart, washing with soap ancc
water, and dressing it with Some goof
waterproof preventative.
1T is now time to prepare for hot beds
1t is necessary to have the bed prepared
and part of the extra heat of fermenta
ton to pass off before the seeds are sown
AT recent farmers meeting in Massa
chusetts speaker gave a recipe for max
ing farming pay, as follows: "Have
but one business, and get up in the
morning and see to it yourself"
A LUMP of rock salt kept in shed O,
under cover, where the animals can lick
it at will. is the safest way to give thi.
necessary condiment. Given to excess
it is hurtful, especially to pigs.
FROM the middle of February to the
middle of May stock require peculiar
care, and especially young stock Food
is cheap, and by all means keep the
stock improving. Any other course is
VIC highest lOlly III Il laIHleI.
PROVIDE all seed that may be wanted
at ce. Choose those kinds that have
been carefully grown and free from
weeds. Order corn, oats clover timo-
thy and other garden seeds at once, to
be on hand when wanted.
AN old farmer gives his opinion in
the Michigan Farmer as follows: "From
! long observation / am more and more
convinced that a loose, friable bed for
wheat is mistake, and that compression
or solidity in the soil is a necessity to
prevent the failure of the root in taking
hold of the ground after sowing"
A HEN may be calculated to consume
one bushel of corn yearly, and to lay
twelve dozen, or eighteen pounds of eggs.
This is equivalent to saying that 81
pounds of corn will produce, when fed
to this hen, one pound of eggs. A pound
of pork, on the contrary, requires about
five and one-third pounds of corn for its
production. When eggs are "a cents a
dozen. and pork is 10 cents pound, we
have the bushel of corn fed producing
1928 worth of eggs and but sl.05 worth
of pork.
LIGHT feeding of grain is preferable
for ewes at this season. Too much corn
meal will be positively injurious. Half
pint of corn a day will be sufficient,
alternated with a pint of wheat, bran, or
whole rye. A mixture of one quart of
salt and one ounce of sulphur, placed in
a box where the sheep can always reach
it, will be beneficial. Early lambs with
their dams should have warm pen in
sheltered parts of the stables during the
coolest weather. Such pens are very
useful for ewes that reject their lambs
SHEEP, feeding for the butcher, can
profitably consume, according to the
size, from one to two pounds of grain
per day, with hay, straw, and six to
twelve pounds of roots. 1t will not pay,
as a rule, to keep fattening sheep to save
the fleece after they are ripe for market.
The value of the pelt always enters into
the price given by the butcher, and to
feed sheep two months to save the value
of the pelt, and then find this deducted
from the price of the sheep, is not a
pleasing surprise. Fat sheep generally
sell best this month, or early in March.
THE season for eggs is close at hand.
Have the hen house thoroughly renovat-
ed and whitewashed inside, including
all rests and roOsts. Lice are the great
enemies of hens, and it is probable that
they are the cause of cholera in chick
ems. Renovate with lime, ashes, car
bolic acid. Some of the hens that have
been laying will brood this month. Pro-
vide a warm place for them, where they
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corner in warm stable will do very we'll
for the chicks next month if the fowls
are Of a hardy breed. These early chick
ems will make early market birds, and
the pullets will lay early.
RECENT experiments have shown the
result of growing turnips three successive
years in the same ground, without ma
nure, to be as follows: The first year the
yield of roots was 1888 pounds; the
second year 4, $3.50 pounds, and the third
year / ,536 pounds. The result from the
same piece of land and the same crop for
three successive years, with the addition
of twelve tons of farm-yard manure, was
ali increase in the yield the first year to
p, 233 pounds; the second years crop in
creased to "a, 1O8 pounds while in the
third year crop was obtained of 1910
pounds. In these experiments the bene-
fetal influence of the farm yard manure
is clearly evident two years after its
first application.
OFTEN in fine orchard we find one or
more trees leaning over so far as to
destroy the beauty of the whole orchard.
1t is also much more difficult to cultivate
around Leaning tree. This trouble may
easily be remedied while the trees are
young, by partly digging up and replant-
ing them. The roots will be found
smallest on the side from which the tree
leans; therefore, these roots should be
loosened from the earth, and the tree set
in perpendicular position and carefully
fastened by stakes and guys, and the
earth replaced around the roots. 1t
would be we'll to add some rich compost
to promote their growth. If, as is very
probable, the top of the tree has become
one-sided, it should be pruned so as to
restore the balance. In this way we have
"righted up" pear trees six inches
through the stem; but the best way is to
look after the young trees, and not per
nit them to depart from the way of up
rightness.
Household Recipes.
CHEAP MOLAssEs CAKE-Use 9 cur
fuls molasses, | cupful hot boiling water,
, large tablespoonfuls butter, batter like
griddle cakes, with ! teaspoonful soda.
Spioo apI halo fill bo,r