Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-01-16
THE FARM.

oo ,'i'Aeo 10 withln SIX weeks of calving
ana perhaps closer. Feed well, and
nave them come in " in good order.
uood COWS will milk down in flesh fast
enough If ever so we'll fed afterwards
but every pound of fat will be given
back IN cream and butter-Amerjean
Stock Journal.
IHE GARDEN.-A couple of acres, iu-
dlciously planted with sound seed of
choice varieties of all vegetables, and
properly tended, will prove the most
profltable portion of the farm, by sup
plying abundant healthful vegetables.
all spring, summer and autumn. be-
SIDES filling the cellar with rich sun
ply of healthy delicious food for all the
family during the winter, when it is most
acknowledgement Farmer.
MILK Cows.-In cold weather a great.
er amount Of food is needed to keen M
the necessary animal heat, and where
out sufficient amount is given for this
purpose, how can much milk be ex-
pectedY With little extra pains, which
will more than be made up by the extra
flow of milk, this can be done. Good
hay, plenty of water, and q small guam
tity daily of some provender will be
found to pay well. - american Stock
Journal.
FEED FOR HORSES. most natural
feed for horse is what he can pick up
for himself, but as We cannot let him
run and pick his own living, let his feed
be as near natural as possible. Too
high or too low feed have both IL bad
effect. Hay alone, be it ever so good, is
not tit feed for horse, whether working
or idle, they need grain, with an occa-
sional feed of roots, bran mash, or
something to keep their bowels OPEN
American Stock Journal.
To MAKE SAUsAGE.--To forty pounds
of sausage mea. cut the size of wal
nut and spread over your table before
grinding, put one pint Of fine salt, half
a pint of ground black pepper, half
pint of sifted sage, one and a half table
spoonfuls of cayenne pepper These
ingredients we'll mixed, sprinkle over
your table of meat and mix it well,
then grind it. In olden times we used
to grind before seasoning, and oh the
aching shoulders and painful wrists
that was the result of mixing 200 or
800 pounds of meat after it was ground
and seasoned over and over again to
suit the taste of all the family.-Rural
World.
YOUNG PIGs.-Milk is supposed to be
the most proper feed for young pigs, as
general rule, but the best authorities
on hog raising do not seem to hold to
this idea. They seem to look upon corn
meal cruel as the best feed. 1t is made
by boiling one quart of corn meal in
four quarts of water, stirring well so as
to have it entirely free from Jumps,
ard cooking it thoroughly. The scien-
tific hog men are always careful to
have it cooked just the same way every
day, and to this end they cook by the
clock-put the meal in after the water
has commenced boiling and cook inst
so many minutes. A variation in We
cooking is said to work to disadvant-
age.
THE EGG QUEsTIoN.-To get the best
result in eggs from your hens, too many
should not be kept together If you
have large number better divide them
up into flocks Of twenty or thirty in n
flock. 1t is not necessary to keep n
cock with them unless you want them
for Matching, as they will lay as well
without, and the eggs will keep longer.
Give them all the room you can. The
less room you give them, the greater
care you must take of them. Provide
a box Of dry ashes and road dust in
which little -four is mixed for them
to dust in. This will effectually keep
vermin off Of them. Whitewash your
poultry house several times during the
year. Provide suitable boxes for them
to lay in and change the straw or hay
in them, sprinkling plenty Of sulphur
into the nest TO prevent vermin from
annoying the hens while laying.-Poul-
try World
A BUsHEL BY WEIGHT.-To have per-
sons ask how many pounds Of certain
articles are required to make bushel
is thing not at all unusual. For the
benefit of all such as are not thoroughly
posted in weight measures" we would
state that shelled corn is reckoned at
pounds to the bushel; rye, Sc pounds;
Irish potatoes, GO pounds wheat, 60
pounds corn on the cob, 20 pounds !;
buckwheat, SO pounds oats, 32 pounds;
sweet potatoes, so pounds onions, 81
pounds beans, 62 pounds bran, 20
pounds clover seed, 40 pounds f; flax
seed, So pounds hemp seed, 45pounds;
blue grass, IA pounds dried apples, "a
pounds dried peaches, SO pounds of
peeled and 36 pounds of unpeeled.
FINE HOGs.-Some of our Southern
farmers are Of the opinion that fine
nogs cannot be raised in our section as
they are raised at the North. This is
mistake. If we devote the same atten-
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